The Four Dark Judges... Plus nine more?

[Jim_Campbell]

Hugh Janus?

Careful now... isn't that the sort of thing that got Roger banned?

Cheers

Jim

[Goaty]

Still waiting for Judge Goaty...

You know what? The funniest thing is that could happen.

Hehe... hopefully.

[Cyber-Matt]

The character every fan was waiting to see!

Millar's most enduring contribution to the franchise.  Like, rilly.

Grant Morrison's, actually. From TPO: 'Janus was a rave-era character, the kind I was meeting, so she felt more relevant to me than Judge Anderson, who had this kind of dated Debbie Harry vibe.'

[Skullmo]

The character every fan was waiting to see!

Millar's most enduring contribution to the franchise.  Like, rilly.

Grant Morrison's, actually. From TPO: 'Janus was a rave-era character, the kind I was meeting, so she felt more relevant to me than Judge Anderson, who had this kind of dated Debbie Harry vibe.'

Grant Morrison creating a bald character! That is a first!

[TordelBack]

Grant Morrison's, actually. From TPO: 'Janus was a rave-era character, the kind I was meeting, so she felt more relevant to me than Judge Anderson, who had this kind of dated Debbie Harry vibe.'

That Grant Morrison really does work hard at undermining my tremendous respect for his writing!  Next you'll be telling me Psi-Judge Bhaji is his too... 

[Mabs]

I quite liked Janus.

Hugh Janus?

Thanks Tordelback, you just made me spill my tea! 

[Frank]

That Grant Morrison really does work hard at undermining my tremendous respect for his writing!  Next you'll be telling me Psi-Judge Bhaji is his too...

The sniggering Viz-like tone of the Millar/Morrison partnership means I always imagined Judge Bhaji's first name was Unwin. It's a good job they both spent years writing earnest stories about the iniquities of the remand system in UK prisons and Freud-literate deconstructions of the psychology of the superhero, so we could all be certain they were laughing at lazy racist stereotypes.

[Leigh S]

How many years separate Morrison/Millar from Jade Goody?

[QuickQuag]

The character every fan was waiting to see!

Millar's most enduring contribution to the franchise.  Like, rilly.

Grant Morrison's, actually. From TPO: 'Janus was a rave-era character, the kind I was meeting, so she felt more relevant to me than Judge Anderson, who had this kind of dated Debbie Harry vibe.'

I'm probably missing something obvious, but the only other ravebaldy girl I remember Morrison gifting us is one of the other super heroes in the latter Zenith books. Who have I overlooked?

Mind you, my favourite balding Psi Judge is Gellar, so...

[QuickQuag]

Okay, back on track sort of...

I've got Prog 406 open in front of me and am looking at Judge Hate, drawn by Earthlet Steve Heard of High Wycombe. Anybody remember any other reader-created Dark Judges making Tharg's page?

(Aside form the obvious Judge Fred Flintstone Death riffs, obviously)

[Frank]

Anybody remember any other reader-created Dark Judges making Tharg's page?

Judge Steel, by Earthlet Gordon Klimes of Slough. Not only are there three actual Judge Steels in Dredd World (Treasure, Becky, Amy), but the design of the character prefigures both Colin MacNeil's original (and definitive) Mechanismo robots and Simon Bisley's pumped-up take on Mr and Mrs Fargo's little clone:

[QuickQuag]

And, if I'm not mistaken, and Right and LEFT Hand of Doom!

[Skullmo]

there was definitely a Judge stench around the 500s