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fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:40:24 -0800

Judge Minty is a fan film based on a minor character from the comic 2000AD's story Judge Dredd

Is Legendary Comic-Book Vigilante “Judge Dredd” Light In The Gavel?

chavenet — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:24:46 -0800

Since first appearing on the scene in 1977, Judge Dredd has been the comic-book world’s answer to Dirty Harry, serving as judge, jury and executioner in a dystopian future. Now, in the latest issue of 2000AD, titled “Closet,” it appears as if the legendary lawman is coming out of the closet. On the first page of the comic, Dredd is shown sharing a passionate kiss with another man, with a caption reading: “I guess, somehow, I’d always known I was gay. I was just too scared to admit it.” Note: these links contain SPOILERS. Writer Rob Williams said Dredd's sexuality - whatever it is - was buried beneath his love for the law. He said: "Although, can you imagine what would happen if that repression ever fell away, just for an instant? Sure, Dredd could be gay. "You can't look at the original costume design of leather and chains and not see a fetishistic edge there. "But Dredd's feeling are so deeply hidden, he is extremely unlikely to ever let them show." Judge Dredd previously.

Terror Tales

Artw — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:08:49 -0800

It was the last few weeks before I left 2000AD and I was looking forward to starting work on my next creation: Misty. I took the title from the film, Play Misty For Me and my plan was to use my 2000AD approach on a girls’ comic: big visuals and longer, more sophisticated stories with the emphasis on the supernatural and horror. Pat Mills on the creation of Misty, a comic full of "pacts with the devil, schoolgirl sacrifice, the ghosts of hanged girls, sinister cults, evil scientists experimenting on the innocent and terrifying parallel worlds where the Nazis won the Second World War." The Guardian's Jacqueline Rayner recalls Jinty, Tammy, Misty and the golden age of girls' comics.

Dredd Reckoning

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:15:35 -0800

I AM THE LAW!

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.... and mega cities and future cops and cyborgs and deathgames and time-travelling dinosaur hunters and mutant bounty hunters and....

fearfulsymmetry — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:11:48 -0800

British sf tabletop miniature wargame Warhammer 40,000 is 25 years old today, British sf anthology comic 2000AD is 35 years old tomorrow Warhammer 40K: 25 Years of Orks in Space 2000AD at 35: A future you can still look forward to Drokk Back In Anger: 35 great things about 2000AD Covers Special - Who's the McMahon? Tharg Cover - Mike McHahon Happy Birthday 2000AD from Simon Gurr Happy 35th Birthday 2000 AD from Simon Pegg and Karl Urban (as Judge Dredd)

The Ballad of Halo Jones

Artw — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:33:33 -0800

Alan Moore and Ian Gibson's epic story The Ballad of Halo Jones concluded 25 years ago today (bar the odd strange one page appearance hinting at why it did not return). Despite being unpopular with readers at first due to it's female protagonist and relative lack of action it is now rightly regarded as one of 2000ads classic stories. However despite Quality Comics reprinting a color monthly version (which was anything but quality) it has remained a rarity in the US, until now. But how would the other 6 chapters of the planned 9 part chapter have gone? Moore revealed how it would have ended in a recent interview.

Credo!

Artw — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:00:32 -0800

A 3 hour podcast interview (part 2 here) with British comics legend Pat Mills, most famous for the anti-war WW1 strip Charley's War, the creation 2000ad and many of the most enduring characters within it, superhero hunter Marshall Law and numerous other comics. His work usually combines combines dark humour, a dash of left wing politics and ludicrous amounts of violence, now as much as ever with puritan zombie hunter Defoe. Subjects discussed in the intreview include the death of artist John Hicklenton, being Irish-English, Sláine and the comparitive lack of celtic heroes in modern popular culture, Oliver Cromwell and the Levellers. Bonus link: 20 pages of Metalzoic, Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neills "lost" story.

Zarjaz!

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:55:37 -0800

Prog 1 to Prog 1500- Every cover of the British science fiction comic 2000AD from the years '77 to '06 in 3 and a half minutes. (SLYT)

He liked that imagery. He liked the war. He liked the fight

mippy — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:02:16 -0800

How 2000AD artist and MS sufferer John Hicklenton chose to end his life: The Herald reports on the death of John Hinckleton - Pat Mills writes on his life. See some of his art here. As well as his own chronicle of his last days, Channel 4 screened the documentary about his life, work and illness, Here's Johnny, in 2009.

Happy Birthday, Alan Moore

Alvy Ampersand — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:21:55 -0800

"Alan Moore is a writer and magician from Northhampton. He's a stranger to hairdressers and worships his very own god in his very own way, blurring the lines between religious belief, magic, and the power of the creative imagination. If you film him from strange angles, you can make him look very sinister." It is his fifty-eighth birthday. The beard is pushing 40. You can celebrate Alan Moore's birthday by watching a 1987 profile from the program England, Their England. Or you may enjoy browsing a collection of occasionally NSFW strips Moore created under the pseudonym Curt Vile, or, as Jill de Ray, some Maxwell the Magic Cat. Or you might want to curl up with your favorite Moore-penned comic book and read along with some annotations. Perhaps you would enjoy Neil Gaiman's spot-on impression of Moore, or Moore's MAD-inspired parody of Frank Miller's Daredevil ^Previously. Maybe you would like to read a classic Moore yarn from 2000AD or a bleakly prescient collaboration with Don Simpson, , an amusing one-page with the late Harvey Pekar, or Moore's remembrance of Pekar, or whatever the hell this is, with Mark Beyer. More Mooreana can be found at glycon and fourcolorheroes.

A very special comics message from Leigh Gallagher

Artw — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:43:59 -0800

How to propose on the internet (if you are a highly talented comics artist)

Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me

Artw — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:46:25 -0800

Whitechapel, the Warren Ellis forum, remodels Superman #1, 2000AD Prog 1, Amazing Adult Fantasy #15, Young Romance #1, Zap Comix #1, Wonder Woman #1 and New Worlds #223. More remodel fun. Note that the good stuff tends to be towards the middle of a thread, where the artists have had time to get going and before things tail off.

I Am The Draw!

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:01:05 -0800

Script to Page - Guy Davis(automusic) comic panels alongside a Rob Williams script of a story of the eponymous law man from the Judge Dredd Megazine, a spin off magazine from the venerable comic 2000AD. The original comic has been around since 1977 and the Megazine itself is now approaching it's 20th year. This year will also see the launch of a new US line of graphic novels and a new movie version of Judge Dredd going into production. Dredd merchandise. Dredd RPG material. 2000ad Covers blog.

The First Detective of the Space Age, and more Pulp Science Fiction Art

filthy light thief — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:12:07 -0800

Ron Turner (1922 to December 1998) was an artist and author from the UK, with a extensive list of credits. He script, letter and created the artwork for a number of series, though that proved to be too much for the quick turn-around time required for publishing. He excelled when he could focus on the artwork, as seen with Rick Random, who first appeared as part of Super Detective Library in the 1950s. "The first detective of the space age" returned in the late 70s with 2000 AD. Ten story arcs from the 1950s and 60s were collected in quite a tome, featuring new cover art. Though Turner was well known for his pulp Sci-Fi artwork that graced comic and book covers, he only produced two covers for Super Detective Library, and neither were suitable for a Rick Random compendium.

Robots and aliens and people slaughtering superheroes

Artw — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:37:41 -0800

Kevin O'Neil, classic 2000ad artist, co-creator of Marshall Law, frequent colaborator with Alan Moore and the only artist ever to be outright banned by the Comics code Authority ("there’s nothing you can change — the style is unsuitable!”) talks at length in an epic interview at the comics journal: Part one, part two, part three, part four, part five.

For the Emperor!

Artw — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:02:12 -0800

Dan Abnett, writer for 2000ad, DC Comics and some of the more well regarded Warhammer 40k novels, has been guest blogging this week at the Borders Sci-Fi blog Babel Clash. Topics have include working with other peoples characters and writing within the Warhammer 40k universe. Fellow Black Library writer Graham McNeill is now taking up the reigns.

'NO! Please let me drown BEFORE the GIANT SCORPIONS get to me!'

fearfulsymmetry — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:32:25 -0800

When the future was 2000AD by Garth Ennis. Thrill-power invested illustrative examples courtesy of Simon Gurr.

MegaCity-One

Artw — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:38:56 -0800

An epic blog post on the evolution of the architecture of Megacity-One, the futuristic comic-book home of Judge Dredd, by Matt Brooker, showing influence of artists such as Carlso Esquerra, Mike McMahon and Ian Gibson over the years. Judge Dredds cover appearances on 2000ad from 1977 onwards (when each Prog cost 8p), and plenty other images from the world of Judge Dredd. As for that movie... Oddly no mention of Cam Kennedy, which is a bit of an oversight. 2000AD covers by artist (inc. non Dredd covers): Carlos Esquerra Mike McMahon Ian Gibson Ron Smith Colin Wilson Colour version of that first Esquerra image of Megacity one.

Mark 13 - "no flesh shall be spared"

Artw — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:52:40 -0800

The Sea of Perdition - Children of the Kingdom - Black Tulips - Three short films by South African-born film director Richard Stanley. Stanley's career took off with Hardware (an unacknowledged adaptation the 2000ad story Shok!) and the apocalyptic African western/Horror movie Dust Devil, then hit the rocks with the doomed 1996 version of the Island of Doctor Moreau, from which he was fired and replaced by John Frankenheimer. Stanley hasn't directed a feature film since... though he now has two films in preproduction, Vacation and Bones of the Earth. The original script for Moreau can be read on his unofficial site, as well as the script for a sequel to Hardware. Richard Stanley's MySpace Blog is also very strange.

Too bad the guy was only thirty eight - just two years older, he'd have been worth three times the points...

Artw — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:43:52 -0800

Did you grow up anticipating sports where death would be likely, if not certain? Almost certainly played by convicts, possibly with robot limbs? And which would be even more likely to have chainsaws and flamethrowers not usually found in the sports of today? Those We Left Behind’s look at Future-sports of the past, in videogames, movies and comics is for you!

Borag Thungg Earthlets!

Artw — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:55:59 -0800

30 years of thrillpower! British weekly comic 2000ad celebrates it's 30th aniversary. Previously discussed here, current Tharg Matt Smith interviewed, special birthday Prog. Splundig vur thrigg!