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..... Hopefully not having the sport bit at all will mean that new Harlem Heroes has the answer.

Don't build your hopes up.  Outside of Dillon's artwork it has very little to offer.  Sorry.

Fair point, Magnetica.  I do think it is a bit more than that.  The Nort 'empire' has a mystique to it that I'm not sure could be achieved with the Southers, at least not without falling into a standard dystopian cliche.  There was always an element of the Fascist about them.  The Scum Marines always struck me as a very thinly veiled reworking of the Kriegmarine of old, for example.  Frank's point is valid in that this backdrop is not absolutely necessary but it works so well because it was always there to be explored.  It allows the tension of the relationship between the core character and the social milieu within which she has to operate to drive the narrative forward.

Oh, .... "Here kitty, kitty, kitty!"

Finally got round to binge watching the first three episodes and I can see, as has already been said, where the discontent is coming from.  This is most definitely a very different beast.  Hints of old Trek to be sure but intermixed with the brutality of BSG or the Expanse, with a touch of humour a la Firefly.  Maybe there is hope for it yet.

The same is true of the 46ers

Only half as good as The 86ers*


* Maybe a little more

Shows how much it hit home if I can't even get the title right!   

Jaegir has worked incredibly well.  It has to be an excellent example of world building but I wonder if the choice of focus on the Norts rather than the Southers is also helpful there.  Would a similar story have worked in that respect?  Coleby's artwork is also a perfect example of how to match up writer and artist.  Contrast that with the Traitor General strip with artwork by Holden.  I'm not sure how much mileage there actually is since the core character appears remarkably one dimensional anyway.  Is Holden's cartoony style the most appropriate for it?  The same is true of the 46ers for me. 

True.  Depends on how you pad it out.  Filling it with material from the Mega History, annuals or specials, not to mention various covers.  Perhaps some analysis of Dredd's influence on popular culture and so forth. Just a thought or two.

Bugger!

Oh well, here's hoping.

I don't get the requests for an index. The excellent Wikipedia page tells you what all the books are, what issue number, what volume number and what the stories are.

Personally I don't see the need for more than that.

Some of us are hard core luddites.  You can't beat the feel of a solid, well prepared book.  Plus ... Wikipedia ... you know.

I love the Art of Judge Dredd but come on, always New Great Art coming out, so maybe see that?

Fair point.  Scary how long it's been since AOJD was published (2012!!!!).  Perhaps intersperse the index volume with cover art that hasn't already been included in the collection to date?

Tidy.  Any chance we can show our interest in advance.  Even to the extent of stumping up cold hard cash?

Wow.  Now that is something special.  Pity it's only going to be available at the tooth booth at the con.  Would have been nice if a few could have been listed in the shop but hey ho.

Dillon gets my vote for artist on my all time favourite stand alone Dredd: Alone in a Crowd.  IIRC it was his first Dredd to boot.  His work perfectly captured the paranoia and anguish of the characters, not to mention the parallels between the judges and the criminals.  He brought, to my mind, the perfect snapshot of MC1 life to reality.

Smiths in Ponty had copies of Halo Jones and Shakara this afternoon.  Fairly prominently positioned to boot.

Yep.  Will Hugh be the only stiff there?

So the logo of the girls' comic is bigger than the logo from the boys' comic?  The castration of white male culture at the hands of the matriarchal conspiracy continues.

Not sure I'd call it 'castration'.  Have you seen the size of that chopper?