Info on 2 Judges

[worldshown]

Herman Sherman (aka the Kneepad Kid) had paper lungs.

Portrait of a Citizen Under Suspicion : Judge Dredd Annual 1984

[worldshown]

Thinking about it, as this was the story that introduced us to Judge Sladek, isn't his 20 years on Titan due up soon. Or was he killed off in Inferno.

[Richard]

He wasn't in Inferno, and he was due out last year.

[soggy]

Dredd and Anderson (and all Judges) are not allowed to have sex or any sort of romantic relationship (but Anderosn broke this rule with a bad guy called Orlok).

I thought it was said somewhere that there was more leeway given to the Psi Judges on account of them all being just that little bit nutty anyway.

[Jim_Campbell]

Pretty sure that Ennis made reference to Chopper having a paper lung as part of his efforts to convince that he didn't die at the end of Supersurf 11. Except, of course, we all know that he did.

Cheers

Jim

[johnnystress]

2000ad review mentions then paper lungs here:



"an organ legging ring bust that seems painfully routine. You have to wonder why such an enterprise is needed, in a future no doubt replete with lab grown organs as well as the paper lungs that Dredd himself has."

I seem to remember he got them after one of the epics, like The Apocalypse War or something?

Link: http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/reviews/2007/2000ad_1548_review.shtml" target="_blank">Today on Blue Peter we will be making...

[Richard]

Oh for god's sake. How TF could LUNGS be made of PAPER????!!!

They are "bionic" or "carbon fibre," according to the stories. Get over it.

[TordelBack]

Um, worldshown just cited the actual source of the "paper lungs", slydog Sladek's very own Kneepad Kid a few posts ago, so they do exist in Dredd's world, and in a very fine story too.  And "bionic" doesn't just mean "bits made of metal", y'know - it's really anything technological that emulates/copies a natural process.  It's presumably 'future' paper (some type of complex oxygen-filtering fibre), not just chip wrappers.  See also, William Gibson's paper bicycles in (IIRC) Idoru

[johnnystress]

I use a paper bag to scoop up dogshit- it's pretty resilient stuff

[Richmond Clements]

Is it from your own dog, or do you just collect it and keep it in a specail cabinet?


Glad I didn't imagine the paper lungs though...

[johnnystress]

It can be dicey when they've been at the cheap dog food, then it's  "Mr. Whippy" time and a sponge would probably be best

[Richmond Clements]

The 'gifts' left on the carpet some mornings are nice too.