2000ad fans use Robusters as a palette cleanser between re-readings of Proust
Not that type of palate
Balls! I proof read that, too.
Wagner and/or Grant would certainly convince
me to buy IDW's Dredd, but I'm not sure how many US readers that would be worth. It does make me think that one thing IDW, DC and even the Quality/Eagle reprints haven't tried is big name creators.
Does Ennis still have enough of a following to bring new readers with him when he signs on to a book?
Mark Millar Presents* above the title of a US Dredd book might only cost Tharg as much as returning the copyright to his old
2000ad strips.
Doesn't it seem like a no-brainer to make the IDW Dredd title a co-production with Rebellion, sharing costs and running it as either the main strip or the back-up strip in the
Megazine? The Meg gets a cheap strip and IDW get cash to attract creators with a profile.
* He wouldn't be interested in writing it - I mean as an Executive Producer, with a cheap newbie scribe adding flesh to his plot outlines and tone guidance