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The Hunting Party (Judge Dredd Story)
''Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection'' is a fortnightly partwork collection of hardback books published by Hachette Partworks. The series is made up of 90 volumes which contain thematic collections of stories about '' 2000 AD''’s Judge Dredd and related characters, as well as bonus material including previously unpublished art. The spine art on the books combine to display a new image by artist Patrick Goddard. The series was also accompanied by the launch of a series of podcasts called '2000 AD Thrill-Casts' which, after the 6th episode, widened its focus to 2000 AD in general. On 5 July 2017 it was officially announced that the series had been extended from 80 to 90 issues. The series is the third recent comics series by Hachette Partworks. It follows the success of ''The Official Marvel Graphic Novel Collection'' and '' Marvel's Mightiest Heroes Graphic Novel Collection'' and is the first which departs from Marvel Marvel may refer to: Business * Marvel Entertainment, an Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Smith (comics Editor)
Matt Smith (born 31 October 1972) is a British editor and author. He is the current and longest-serving Editing, editor of the long-running British science fiction weekly comics anthology magazine ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' and its sister title the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' Career Smith joined ''2000 AD'' in 2000, after three years working as a desk editor for Macmillan Publishers, MacMillan, at the time the comic was changing ownership – from Egmont Publishing, Egmont to Rebellion Developments. Starting out as the assistant to the new editor Andy Diggle, Smith was appointed as the ninth incarnation of Tharg the Mighty (a humorous character representing the ''2000 AD'' editor) in January 2002. After Alan Barnes (writer), Alan Barnes resigned from the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'', Smith also took over the editorship thereof in 2006. Since 2005 Smith has also branched out into writing: his credits so far include a ''Judge Dredd'' novel and three novellas, along with three more n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Origins (Judge Dredd Story)
"Origins" is one of the longest ''Judge Dredd'' storylines to run in the pages of British comic ''2000 AD (comic), 2000 AD''. Making extensive use of Flashback (narrative), flashbacks, it tells the story of how the Judge (2000 AD), Judges of Mega-City One rose to power. It was written by John Wagner and illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra, who between them created ''Judge Dredd'' in 1977. The story ran to 23 episodes and was published from 2006 to 2007 to mark thirty years of the ''Judge Dredd'' strip. It is set in 2129, Dredd's debut story having been set in 2099. Wagner explained: ''2000 AD'' editor Matt Smith (comics editor), Matt Smith has expanded on this to touch on the contents: Publication history "Origins" was preceded by a five-episode story called "The Connection", written by John Wagner and drawn by Kev Walker. It appeared in progs (issues) 1500-1504 and was immediately followed by "Origins" in progs 1505-1519 and 1529–1535. It had been intended that the final epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hondo City
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John Higgins (comics)
John Higgins (born 1949) is an English comic book artist and writer. He did significant work for '' 2000 AD'', and he has frequently worked with writer Alan Moore, most notably as colourist for '' Watchmen''. Biography John Higgins was born in Walton, Liverpool. After leaving school when he was 15, he joined the army and, on leaving, spent some time in a commune in Wiltshire. He returned to Liverpool and, in 1971, resumed his studies at Wallasey College of Art. There, in 1974 he qualified in technical illustration, which allowed him to get a job as a medical illustrator at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. After getting his first comic book art published in ''Brainstorm'' in 1975, he drew the cover for '' 2000 AD'' No. 43 in 1977 and decided to go freelance in 1978, with an eye on becoming a comic artist. In 1981 he started getting regular work at ''2000 AD'', one of his early projects being the art for a '' Tharg's Future Shocks'' by Alan Moore, as well as doin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democracy (Judge Dredd Storyline)
Democracy in the fictional future city of Mega-City One has been a significant recurring theme in the ''Judge Dredd'' comic strip in '' 2000 AD''. In particular, a number of stories published since 1986 have addressed the issue of the Judges' dictatorial system of government, and efforts by the citizens to re-establish democracy. Besides being a notable story arc in itself, the "Democracy" stories also had wider repercussions which led directly to the events depicted in the story "Necropolis". The stories include "America", which is regularly voted by fans in polls as the best Dredd story ever written, and is Dredd creator John Wagner's favourite ''Judge Dredd'' story.''Judge Dredd: The Mega-History'', by Colin M. Jarman and Peter Acton (Lennard Publishing, 1995). Page 122. () Editor David Bishop called it "the best ''Judge Dredd'' story ever written." The first Democracy story, "Letter From a Democrat", is co-writer Alan Grant's favourite Dredd story. All of the stories in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Flint
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Day Of Chaos
''Day of Chaos'' is a story featuring science fiction character Judge Dredd, which was published in British comic '' 2000 AD'' in 2011–2012. It has the greatest number of episodes (48) and pages (289) of any Judge Dredd story. It features amongst other things Russian revenge plots, the "Chaos Bug" after which the series is named, the Dark Judges and the destruction of most of Dredd's city. It is mostly written by John Wagner, who has said that he is "really looking forward to seeing what other writers do with what I've left them. It's a new ballgame." Al Ewing admitted that the writers were "caught on the hop slightly" despite being forewarned, as "I didn’t realise it’d haos Daybe that bad." Plot Following the death of Byron Ambrose, the Mayor of Mega-City One, an election for a new mayor is scheduled. Hennessey, a psychic cadet judge with precognitive powers, predicts that a major catastrophe will occur on election day, and also predicts that a certain unidentified per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inspector Shimura
This is a list of characters in the British comic strip ''Judge Dredd'' appearing in '' 2000 AD'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' and related publications. They are listed alphabetically by surname, in categories. (Major characters have their own articles: see the navigation box at the bottom of this article.) Judges of Mega-City One Anderson See Judge Anderson. Beeny Beeny is the child of the two main characters who appeared in the first ''America'' story, America Jara and Bennett Beeny. She herself first appeared briefly in the sequel to that story, but her first main story was the third in the ''America'' trilogy, in which she took a lead role. In 2119 Beeny was enrolled as a cadet in the Academy of Law by her father just before his untimely death, and served well enough to qualify for the accelerated graduation program. In her tenth year, as with all tenth year cadets, she was required to plan and execute a criminal investigation on her own. Allowed to choose her supervisor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Robinson (artist)
Cliff Robinson is a British comic book artist, probably best known for his cover work on 2000 AD, and contributions to the ''Judge Dredd'' strip. Biography Clifford Robinson was raised in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, England. Robinson has an extremely precise inking style which is extremely well suited to producing detailed, composed single images for cover art. But his strip work has also been praised highly by, among others, Gordon Rennie. This excerpt from a 2004 interview demonstrates the regard in which Robinson’s art is held by the ''2000 AD'' writers: Robinson’s strip work outside Judge Dredd has been quite limited, though he did create the strip ''Mother Earth'' with Bernie Jaye. Bibliography *''Judge Dredd'': ** "Block Rite" ( with John Wagner and Alan Grant as T.B. Grover, in "2000AD" #489, 1986) ** "A Real Xmas Story" ( with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in "2000AD" #502, 1986) ** "First of the Many" (with Garth Ennis and Gina Hart, in ''2000 AD'' #775, 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike McMahon (comics)
Michael McMahon (; born 1954) is a British comics artist best known for his work on ''2000 AD'' characters such as ''Judge Dredd'', ''Sláine'' and ''ABC Warriors'', and the mini-series ''The Last American''. His influences include Víctor de la Fuente, Hugo Pratt, Gino d'Antonio, Don Lawrence, Joe Colquhoun and Harvey Kurtzman.Mike Taylorinterview with the artistin ''Masters of Infinity'' (fanzine) #7, 1980 Career ''Judge Dredd'' was created for IPC's new science fiction comic '' 2000 AD'' in 1977 by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, but problems in pre-publication led to both creators walking out, and the first published story was written by Peter Harris and Pat Mills, and drawn by an inexperienced young artist called Mike McMahon. Mills, who was editor at the time, chose McMahon because he could do a passable imitation of Ezquerra's style, but the more he drew the more his own style emerged. When Wagner returned to his creation, McMahon became the chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cursed Earth (Judge Dredd Story)
"The Cursed Earth" is the second extended storyline of the British science fictional comics character Judge Dredd. It appeared in '' 2000 AD'', and was the first Dredd storyline to exceed twenty episodes. Written mostly by Pat Mills, this story arc added many core setting and backstory elements to Dredd's world, particularly to locations outside Mega-City One. Publication history The storyline ran from ''2000 AD'' #61 to 85 (May to October 1978), and according to Kevin O'Neill was inspired by Roger Zelazny's novel ''Damnation Alley''. Plot In the year 2100, Mega-City Two, on the West Coast of North America, becomes infected with the virus 2T(fru)T (a play on tutti frutti), which drives people violently insane before a painful death. Scientists in Mega-City One manage to develop a vaccine, but authorities find it impossible to safely land at Mega-City Two's airports. The only option is to send a land expedition of Judges across the "Cursed Earth"–the remnant of Middle Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kev Walker
Kevin Walker is a British comics artist and illustrator, based in Leeds, who worked mainly on '' 2000 AD'' and '' Warhammer'' comics and the collectible card game '' Magic: The Gathering''. He is now working for Marvel Comics. Biography Walker began his career in 1987 working on ''Future Shocks'' in ''2000 AD'', and followed this up with work on some of the anthology comic's most popular long-running stories, including ''Judge Dredd'', '' Rogue Trooper'' (inking Steve Dillon's pencils), the ''ABC Warriors'' and ''Judge Anderson''. During this period Walker also wrote a number of stories including ''Daemonifuge'' and ''The Inspectre'', often with co-author Jim Campbell. In reviewing ''Daemonifuge: The Screaming Cage'', critic Don D'Ammassa wrote, "The artwork is for the most part excellent." Jeff Zaleski wrote, "Walker's grayscale, b&w CGI artwork is extremely effective in the oversized format, and Walker's people look more human than most Warhammer characters." Originally kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |