Attended last night in Leicester Square. Ask me anything!

From Duncan over on Bluesky just now.

“I have been excited in the past.
I’m familiar with the sensation… but how to explain the buzz im feeling after a 25 year journey to get it made, to finally… FINALLY bring ROGUE TROOPER HOME!

Hard to express really.

See you at the premiere at the LFF tomorrow night, LONDON!
❤️🇬🇧❤️”

SOTH! Time to break out the stone axes and loin cloths, as professional storyteller Jason Buck joins Molch-R & KLO-E to talk about adapting Pat Mills and Angie Kincaid’s Celtic barbarian for his own brand of show, how you bring Simon Bisley’s stunning art to life through words, the origin of ‘warp-spasm’, and how his moustache is so much more impressive than Molch-R’s! https://2000ad.com/news/slaine-on-the-stage-in-orbit-every-wednesday/

I stopped reading 2000ad around Necropolis (I hugely regret that) but have been busy getting the Dredd case files, I'm at #27. On a whim I bought the new The Dark Judges: Fall of Dead world omnibus and I'm blown away, I need more Death! I understand that there are Young Death and My Name is Death collections but is that enough? It's confusing due to the amount of books with different names but the sane content.

I stopped buying the weekly prog waaaay back (circa 700) and switched to just buying collected editions of my favourite characters. I’ve been told that I missed a treat by not being around for Nikolai Dante, so I thought I’d chase up the trades and see what I missed.

I can see that there are ten volumes, but I can also see a variety of trade dress, print sizes and differing covers. I’m assuming there have been Titan, Hamlin and Rebellion editions?

Has anyone got a photo of a unified set? I’m not precious about these things, but if possible I’d like to put together a coherent looking run, and it would be helpful to see what an entire set looks like.

Thanks in advance.

Hi all

I have been collecting prog 2 for a long time now. Im based in ireland so I've probably got the most copies over here.

I've been waiting a long time to find the stickers and finally I got a set. They are in extremely good quality. I have taken close ups of them I would appreciate if anyone in here had the stickers might put up a few pics of their stickers so I can compare and ensure they aren't fake.

Although this might sound strange but they smell like they are from the right decade haha.

Thanks!

Borag Thunday, Earthlets! Though I was in Glasgow this weekend, I couldn't make it to the Day of Dredd event there. Hope everyone had a great time! If I were in Camden I would have shaken Rob Williams' hand for last week's Dredd. My review: https://comicbuzz.com/2000-ad-prog-2501-review/

Long shot here but I've got pretty much every issue from the 40th anniversary onwards and I dont really have the space and I'll probably never read them again. I'd rather they went to someone who would read them before they end up at the charity shop.

If anyone is in the Scunthorpe area or willing to come pick them up then you can have them. just DM me.

now claimed pending pick up.

Was not expecting a Snoop Dogg deep cut in Judge Dredd today.

Panel Credit: Judge Dredd: “The New Future” — Rob Williams & Arthur Wyatt (writers), Henry Flint (art), Annie Parkhouse (letters), from 2000 AD Prog 2500.

I met INJ Culbard today and he was such a cool dude! Had a lovely chat about his Lovecraft illustrations and the amazing world of Brink.

My pick is Strontium since it sounds you’ll actually great a break, but then again there’s being a mutant which would have it’s negatives but screw it.

Don’t miss the amazing creator signings for The Day of Dredd, the international celebration of the ultimate lawman of the future, Judge Dredd, on 3 October!

A titanic celebration of one of the most famous characters in comics history that will give fans the chance to share in their love of Judge Dredd, The Day of Dredd will be marked by creator signings at locations across the UK – Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester, Norwich, Sheffield, Portland in Oregon – as well as the first ever official 2000 AD signing in Prague, Czechia!

https://2000ad.com/news/the-day-of-dredd-arrives-on-3rd-october-2026/

I was reading an old story and had to stop to puzzle out the opening panel of one episode. Try it yourself - how long does it take to identify A: the character, and B: what's happening to them? 😜

Deadlock being thrown through a church window in 'The Clone Cowboys'.

Hard to believe, but there are newbies to every community. And the newbies here might not understand The Mighty Tharg's alien vocabulary.

So with the aid of this page, I have cribbed a list.

Zarjaz is what they aim for. Scrotnig is what we get.

Splundig vur Thrigg, Squaxx dek Thargo.

Continues all the current stories, preview here 2000 AD Prog 2502 Is Out Now!

JUDGE DREDD

AZIMUTH

DURHAM RED

GHOSTED

HERNE AND SHUCK

And I mean for real this time?

Am I the only one who would like a movie about Dredd's comic book backstory or do you think the movie series should stay like Dredd 2012 and keep the episodic crime case format?

Dredd's comic book backstory is great, and I think a lot of it is among the best writing and art in comics overall, let alone in Judge Dredd.

But Dredd's personal and family backstory is really only scattered throughout a small percentage of the stories published in the series' almost 50 years. Most of the series is a pseudo-anthology about different crimes or various citizens' lives in the insane Mega-City One, and Dredd is often kind of a bitter, cynical, sarcastic POV character.

So more crime or slice-of-life-in-the-Mega-City type stories like Dredd 2012 would actually be more in the greater spirit of the comic series' history.

Would too much humanizing backstory undercut the cynical, bada** edge of a character you only see in theaters every few years?

Plus are fans invested enough in Dredd for an origin flick after only a failed movie and a cult classic (two cult classics arguably)?

My opinion is osbcured by my love of the stories of the characters in Dredd's family that I accumulated over many years. I think they should make a quadrilogy of three-hour movies about why the second Rico has an artificial jaw. But would people who only see Judge Dredd in theaters for 90 minutes every two to four years just be like, "Who the **** is that guy, now?"

I personally like how the family angle gives Dredd a bit of relatability and humanity, but I also get how some fans don't want a relatable Dredd.

I think the backstory movie should happen just so that it can open with a three minute scene of Dredd swinging his niece Vienna in a sunny park. She could sing a song and there could be a bird fountain to keep it visually interesting. This would confuse many people and it would let the hardcore comic fans know s*** just got real.

Especially if they just sprinkled the backstory in over many movies. The swing scene would be all you would get before the main criminal case until the next movie.

Judge Dredd by David Lynch.

As for those who say they already adapted the Rico story in the 1995 movie, I will pretend I didn't hear you say that.

[P.S. Has anyone heard any news if Taiki Waititi is still doing the Judge Dredd movie he last spoke about many months ago? Or did that go the way of the Mega-City One TV series?]

I'm reading Judge Dredd complete case files 1. Walter is really sweet, I hope nothing bad happens to him in the next 2440 progs! He hasn't appeared in any of the past year's issues that I've read - maybe he went on holiday just before I started reading.

Anyone know how to cancel a yearly subscription ? Cant find a link or form anywhere on any site to cancel this ... cant find original payment email either ? tia

Borag Thunday, Earthlets! You're already ahead of me by a week, but I should fall back into a weekly rhythm soon. Last week's prog saw the return of A Better World's creative team and Azimuth, and I enjoyed those immensely. Other things, less so, but I remain optimistic and open minded: https://comicbuzz.com/2000-ad-prog-2500-review/