''Murderdrome'' is the title of a

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created by

Al Ewing Al Ewing ( ; born 12 August 1977) is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press, for '' 2000 AD'', and for Marvel Comics. Career Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the four-page '' Future Shocks'' format for '' ...

and

PJ Holden Paul Jason Holden (born 28 December 1969) is a Northern Irish comic artist based in Belfast. He has worked for '' 2000 AD'', '' Warhammer Monthly'', and ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. Among other stories for these publications, he has provided the a ...

. It is an ironic pastiche of certain British 'boys adventure' comics of the late seventies, particularly ''

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''. It contains scenes of on-panel decapitation and extremely over-the-top dialogue. The series is notable because it is one of the first comics to be drawn specifically for the

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with the intention of distribution through the

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. This has been made possible by the "Comic Reader App" developed for the iPhone by Infurious Comics. However, the Murderdrome project is surrounded by controversy as 'Murderdrome' has been rejected by

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on the grounds of 'objectionable content'. Although Apple have defended this decision, it has been described by some as blatant censorship. However, the publicity got the Comic Reader App attention, which resulted in

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licensing it for their ''

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. This led the BBC to suggest that "Mr Holden and his colleagues may have accidentally hit upon what could be the future of comic book publishing.NI comics heroes find US success

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, June 1, 2009

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Murderdrome 1997
a 2005 version of Murderdrome written by

, and drawn by Simon Penter. British comics titles IOS software {{UK-comics-stub