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#31
Good to know on Stone Killers, thanks!

Sounds like that Batman/Dredd signing was from around 1991 I think.
#32
Quick question on those classic Grant/Wagner partnership years. What were the last Strontium Dog and Dredd stories they worked on? I know Wagner was on "Bitch", and I found this fun interview with them both from 1988 talking about it, and their partnership. But was Wagner on The Stone Killers etc, stuff from early 1988? Right up to The No-Go Job?

For Dredd, on 2000AD.org they list prog 577 (June 1988)'s The Sage as the last one credited to them both on there.

https://www.tcj.com/the-john-wagner-and-alan-grant-interview/

I've been enjoying some old interviews with Alan and Carlos at the moment, and always enjoy Wagner ones as well. And it's cool that they worked together again on Bogie Man and Batman/Dredd so soon after the split too. Here's a fun tidbit about Batman/Dredd's release from wikipedia:

Igor Goldkind was 2000 AD's marketing consultant at the time and recalls one successful event:

    I also organised more professional press conferences before major signings and national comic book signing tours, which hadn't really been done on a big scale in this country before. I remember the Judge Dredd vs. Batman graphic novel signing launch at the Virgin Megastore at Oxford Circus in London amazed even the police with the numbers that lined up around the block to get their book signed by Simon Bisley, John Wagner and Alan Grant. The store manager said it was a bigger draw than when David Bowie had done a signing the month previously.[2]

Speaking of John Wagner, I hope there's plenty of Wagner Dredd in 2023! And Spector sounds cool, I still haven't read that special it was in yet. I'll read anything he writes for sure.
#33
General / Re: 10 Greatest Judge Dredd Comics Of All Time?
15 November, 2022, 06:25:49 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 15 November, 2022, 11:16:00 AM
Also, perhaps the writer really does think all this, which means they've not read much Dredd or this is really what they enjoy. That if nothing else should be an eye-opener regarding how the strip fares in the US.

Hopefully we don't let this article's author represent US comic readers, plenty are zarjaz thrill faithful! But I apologize on behalf of US fans and comics journalists anyway.

Comics in general are pretty niche, Batman for example and any top US comic sells less than 100,000 copies a month generally, plus some digital readers. Invincible is a fav of mine that hovered around 10,000 copies a month. So the people who know and are into it are fellow art/entertainment fans who make the effort to learn about cool stuff like 2000AD. And it's easier than ever to get into stuff like this with the internet. It is all more specialized and smaller audiences for a lot of the cool stuff.

For some US fans/journalists who get it, War Rocket Ajax is a podcast that gives 2000AD and Dredd a lot of credit. And they have some cool favs on their top Every Story Ever list like the Wagner classics. They recently had the editor of Best of 2000AD stop by to talk about it on the show too.

If it helps, CBR has bad articles about US comics and anime too. But it is a baffling article for sure.
#34
General / Re: Quick Dredd questions topic
18 October, 2022, 02:58:18 AM
Quote from: judgeurko on 15 October, 2022, 11:25:28 PM
When will Dredd die he is so old now.

I don't think we'll see that, since he's the main character of the prog pretty much.

Or at least, John Wagner has mentioned he'd like to write a "final" Dredd story. But even if they published one, I'm guessing it would be set sometime further in the future (or a possible future), so the comic could continue after.

Since Dredd is already in his 80s, though he had that rejuve thing, I'm guessing they could go another 20 years with the comic going as is. With both Dredd and Anderson the real time aspect has been it would seem de-emphasized a bit.
#35
General / Re: Quick Dredd questions topic
14 October, 2022, 10:38:52 PM
Thanks! Always get the good stuff on here.
#36
General / Quick Dredd questions topic
14 October, 2022, 04:32:41 AM
Didn't see one in recent pages, always good to ask some Judge Dredd questions.

My question: are the Angel Gang cannibals in the comics, or just in the 90s movie? Aside from Fink, who I figure is.

And if so, when was that first mentioned?
#37
Happy to hear he's keeping busy with more comics. We always need more Wagner!
#38
General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2022
28 August, 2022, 01:50:55 AM
What do we know about Death Metal Planet, author etc? Is it in current continuity, set after Dark Justice and Dominion by Wagner? Or maybe a lighthearted tale where the band doesn't successfully involve Death?
#39
Other Reviews / Re: Dredd: The Complete Case Files
12 August, 2022, 08:47:50 AM
Just got Case Files 40, always great to get the new Case Files. Lotta cool stuff.

On the lettering thing, I notice if the lettering has been changed here since the progs, it was also changed for the previous Total War collection from over 10 years ago I think. I compared all three just now, and the diffence between the Total War Book and CF40 is very subtle. Looks like just about the same font and spacing to me, maybe printed slightly darker in the older Total War book. Very subtle difference to spot, them both being digitally lettered and almost identical sizing and spacing as far as I can tell.

One difference I notice is the first episode of Total War opens on a left page in CF40, but it begins on the right page in the Total War collection. That older collection had a black page with the title and credits on the left. So this makes the pages not line up between the two versions, at least for a bit.
#40
General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2022
09 July, 2022, 06:55:12 AM
Quote from: Richard on 06 July, 2022, 12:11:35 PM
Disappointing that "By Private Contract" didn't make it into The Son. It's the only omission from the series of SD graphic novels.

For sure. Just in case anybody doesn't know, that is in the Dredd Guatemala book at least.

Any Wagner news for upcoming thrills? I know there's The Citadel and Surfer recently.
#41
Film & TV / Re: Current TV Boxset Addiction
09 July, 2022, 06:47:38 AM
I love One Piece myself, but everybody clicks with different stuff. Has a pretty unique vibe and style. I do find in the second half (say after ep 400 or 500) the pacing of the adaptation slowed down too much, so I switched to reading the manga.

Lately I've been enjoying Doom Patrol, pretty charming and also intense. Just a well done comic serial show.
#42
Film & TV / Re: Last movie watched...
09 July, 2022, 06:44:13 AM
I've been meaning to see that, just rewatched The Royal Tenenbaums. Classic Wes.

Saw Another Round, that Mads movie, pretty darn solid. Also the first time I've seen a movie starring him, after seeing him play so many memorable villains etc.

Beavis & Butt-Head Do the Universe is a treat too, just delightful stuff.
#43
Books & Comics / Re: Whats everyone reading?
14 May, 2022, 02:35:27 AM
You might enjoy the 90s anime series as well! But for sure, the Golden Age / Band of the Hawk arc that starts in vol 3 is the heart and soul of Berserk.

Cool to see Terry Pratchett fans here too. I'm on Guards! Guards! at the moment.

For comics, I always love Savage Dragon.
#44
Good info! I used to stack all my trade paperback and hardcover comics, really high. This can cause some bending as well. Tried some techniques like flipping them here and there etc.

I had recently put my Case Files upright in a bookcase a few months back. So will take these tips into my strategy!

It is wild how heavy and space consuming keeping graphic novels around is. But worth it!
#45
General / Re: Sideshow Vote: Who are you?
26 April, 2022, 04:34:16 AM
Quote from: Funt Solo on 25 April, 2022, 10:55:41 PM
It depends on the story being told - as Dredd is not always the protagonist.

In The Apocalypse War, he's the hero. In Working Girl, he's an antagonist, and Mona Plankhurst is the hero. He also gets to play mentor roles, like in Carry the Nine - where Maitland is the protagonist.

By being fairly brutal, single-minded and monk-like (he doesn't seem to have personal desires), he's able to act in ways that seem heartless (as he applies impersonal and hurtful laws without remorse) or kind (in using those same laws to support underdogs), depending on the needs of the story.

I haven't read Working Girl yet, I see it's by Kenneth Niemand. That reminds me, if Dredd is in a particularly negative light, I tend to take it with a grain of salt if not by Wagner. Kind of like how people pointed out Grant's Dredd was often used to kind of show that side in a not so subtle way, which didn't always fit with Wagner's take. It's so tough to pull off that subtlety, even for great writers.

If I need a label, for me antihero works. An atypical central character. Antihero articles tend to cite classic Eastwood on Leone movies as well as Dirty Harry. Influences on Dredd of course. Antiheroes often have a code, it's just different from ours.

For sure he fits different kinds of stories, and is in the antagonist role at times. I think it's tough to sum up what's so special about this character. He's larger than life, at times he's not very flashy, and the stories can be grim or darkly humorous. I love him, that's for sure. Part of the fun for me is not judging Dredd by our real world standards.

Maybe a funny comparison, but he's a bit like Godzilla. Another beloved character. Sometimes he may destroy a city, and sometimes he'll save the day. He's like a force of nature.