1. Come up with a cover pun.
2. Briefly flesh out the story.
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Cover pun: "Armitage Shanks"
Story: A young Detective-Judge Armitage goes undercover in a Brit-Cit prison to investigate a series of homicides in which the victims are drowned in toilets.
"Maybe Later"
P.J. gets a time machine.
**
"Rum, Sodomy, and the Dash"
How will Dash Decent cope with being shanghaid into Captain Skank's crew?
**
"Banjo from Beyond the Stars"
Dan Dare returns to search the galaxy for Earl Scruggs's mysterious instrument.
Amazon Prime
Hippolyta, one time Amazon Queen and daughter of Ares and now Sceneshifter for IP, is stranded in an alternate reality Brazil where she must deliver mysterious parcels in the jungle to stop the collapse of reality.
Quote from: Barrington Boots on 27 March, 2024, 09:24:58 AMAmazon Prime
Hippolyta, one time Amazon Queen and daughter of Ares and now Sceneshifter for IP, is stranded in an alternate reality Brazil where she must deliver mysterious parcels in the jungle to stop the collapse of reality.
BRILLIANT!
CAS - A BLANKER!
Due to some class of psychic boobery, Anderson loses her memory and doesn't recognize any of her fellow judges.
Quote from: Definitely Not Mister Pops on 27 March, 2024, 11:35:09 AMCAS - A BLANKER!
Due to some class of psychic boobery, Anderson loses her memory and doesn't recognize any of her fellow judges.
I want to double down and have her go missing in Casablanca, thus opening the way for Wally Squad operative Rick Blaine to make contact. "Of all the Psi-Judges in all the woild..."
Flesh Tones
- A new line of Otto Sump make-up is accidentally contaminated with the blood of Satanus!
Dredd Retconning
Judge Dredd slowly begins to realise that aspects of his own history aren't quite how he remembers them. No one believes him until Psi Division start picking up on the changes to reality. It would appear that someone has been altering the past, but whom and for what purpose?
Quote from: M.I.K. on 27 March, 2024, 03:07:52 PMDredd Retconning
Judge Dredd slowly begins to realise that aspects of his own history aren't quite how he remembers them. No one believes him until Psi Division start picking up on the changes to reality. It would appear that someone has been altering the past, but whom and for what purpose?
A double pun, I like it.
That's great!
Ace of Spades
Its poker of the very highest stakes for Ace Garp. The winner gets the very best shovel in the galaxy... but the loser gets castrated!
"M.A.C.H. to the Future"
John Probe gets a time machine.
**
"M.A.C.H. in Nations"
John Probe executes a cunning international plan.
**
"M.A.C.H. Ache"
John Probe does his back in.
Well there is clearly no way I can sensibly salute individual acts of genius here. So much great stuff - keep it up folks.
Dredd Herring Dredd investigates illegal fishing practices in the Black Atlantic... but is there a twist in the tale?
"In the Mean Time"
Mean Machine Angel gets a time machine.
**
"Doper Mean Hits"
Mean Machine Angel falls in with a group of pot-smoking hippie assassins.
**
"Mean in Full"
Mean Machine Angel somehow writes a significant autobiography.
Moby Drokk
Dredd battles a mutated whale in the Black Atlantic
Whack Atlantic
Either a SinDex story set on the NuTitanic OR a Dredd story about an assassination attempt in the new Atlantis facility.
Slow Life
An intelligent alien snail is recruited by Wally Squad to investigate reports of a rogue Banzai Battalion unit.
Red Sees
Durham Red crosses over into the Edgiverse when she visits her dimension's Temple of Mithras and encounters the Eye of Hastur.
Whack for the daddio
Downlode crimeboss Phil Lynott hires Sinister and Dexter to take out a rival.
Philly Knot?
Tharg uncovers several lost pages of the '90s Rogue Trooper reboot. These extra pages add stunning context to the original run, vastly improving the story.
Tharg releases it as an extended edition of the prog, titled:
The Long Good Fr1day
Riffing on that one:
In a Tryanny Rex / Rogue Trooper crossover, Foo Fighter founder Dave Grohl's genetic material is needed to fight back against the Nort's superior musical output in ...
Scavenger of Grohls
"Stone Age"
The Meltdown Man gets a time machine.
**
"Nick & Bokker Glory"
The Meltdown Man and Mean Machine Angel team up to save the day.
**
"Nick of Time"
The Meltdown Man gets another time machine.
"Lodgers & Hammerstein"
After having his time machine stolen, the retired A.B.C. Warrior settles down to run a boarding house in Torquay.
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"Codgers & Hammerstein"
The retired A.B.C. Warrior settles down to run an old folks' home in Torquay.
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"Todgers & Hammerstein"
The retired A.B.C. Warrior settles down to [CENSORED] in Torquay.
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 27 March, 2024, 08:42:53 PM"Stone Age"
The Meltdown Man gets a time machine nuked.
**
"Nick of Time"
The Meltdown Man gets another time machine nuked again.
FTFY
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 27 March, 2024, 08:59:14 PM"Lodgers & Hammerstein"
After having his time machine stolen, the retired A.B.C. Warrior settles down to run a boarding house in Torquay.
I want this as a comic. (Would've looked good in an all ages spin-off version of 2000 AD. Now, what to call that...)
Enamoured Gideon
The mechanical interdimensional exorcist can't keep his mind on the job after he encounters and falls in love with a hitherto unknown giant 'female' robot, built by the Silent Ones.
Torquay Mad Da!
Bill Savage tracks his insane traitor father to the Devon coast
They Might Be Giants
Judge Giant Junior learns that he may not be the sole result of his father's unpermitted liaisons.
Bring Me the Dredd of Carlos Ezquerra
A homage prog in which Tharg challenges his art droids to draw a story in the style of King Carlos.
Magnam Force
Lost behind enemy lines, straggling Souther trooper Harry Callahan's life is saved by the accidental discovery of a GI pistol. But what do you do when your commanding officer is a talking gun, with ideas other than getting you back to safety?
Death by Chocolate
When Brit-Cit's Chief Judge Cadbury and his aide Yorkie visit MC1 to attend Hershey's commemoration service, crime boss Mal Teser has other ideas. Ideas that involve a certain alien superfiend and a giant fondue display.
Alien Sex Fiend
The Olympic Games most-watched event has a new contestant.
Who?'s the Boss
An obscure Calhab artist unexpectedly becomes President of a major MC1 corporation.
Who?'s on First
Hijinks ensue as the Who? family move into a plush residence on MC1's famous First Avenue, along with Ma Who?'s sister, Beverly Hilbillie.
I think I've gone from puns to bad TV Guide entries.
Harry 20's High on the Rock.
Harry becomes addicted to crack-cocaine.
Well, I have to paste it in here as well, then. Love it...
Quote from: Le Fink on 29 March, 2024, 01:42:46 PM(https://i.imgur.com/gqhWqQs.jpeg)
Inspired by Funt's cover puns thread.
Sinister Feckster!
A couple of gunsharks arrive on Craggy Island. After Reservoir Dogs, and Father Ted of course.
Exceedingly Lewd Rake
The origin story of (Mr.) Harry Kipling (Not Yet Deceased).
Cheers - Minister Dexter could also apply.
I like Minister Dexter - could be a solo spin-off. Or, years in the future somehow, Sinister tracks down Dexter to find him rocking a clerical collar. Or he's undercover. Whatever - it's a cool tagline.
Yes, Minister Dexter and the sequel, Yes, Prime Minister Dexter.
Later, tired of wetwork and politics, the gun shark may become a trawlerman in Finisterre Dexter.
It does have a ring to it. This is reminiscent of squaxx sending in their drawings of various plays on Judge Dredd - and other characters. Pretty sure I recall a Judge Fred (Flintstone).
Rogue Trooper gets heroically drunk and allows the Traitor General to slip away, condemning his buddies to synthetic disembodied existence.
Pissed on his chips
Rogue Cooper
Rogue single handedly tries to revive the barrel making industry
or
Rogue finds out he's the clone of Tommy Cooper & heads out to save Nu Earth with the use of bad magic tricks
Quote from: Dash Decent on 24 April, 2023, 03:05:45 PMthe story of how an intergalactic gladiator came to be covered in soft fur: Black Hawk Down.
Ah! Naturally, we've sort of done this before.
Duncan Dares
Duncan Jones talks about his next project Dan Dare
Quote from: paddykafka on 28 March, 2024, 10:49:37 AMHarry 20's High on the Rock.
Harry becomes addicted to crack-cocaine.
Well, I laughed out loud.
Cassandra And 'Er Son - well, you can fill in the rest.
Turkey Murder- It's Christmas on Termight.
Rouge Trooper
Rogue attempts to conceal his blue skin with makeup so he can infiltrate enemy base unnoticed.
Unfortunately pun does not work as majority of readers do not realize the misspelling of Rogues name.
Quote from: Vector14 on 12 April, 2024, 09:20:42 AMRouge Trooper
Rogue attempts to conceal his blue skin with makeup so he can infiltrate enemy base unnoticed.
Unfortunately pun does not work as majority of readers do not realize the misspelling of Rogues name.
Droid Life had that one covered :D
Quote from: rogue69 on 01 April, 2024, 12:49:59 PMRogue finds out he's the clone of Tommy Cooper & heads out to save Nu Earth with the use of bad magic tricks
What, just like that?
I AM THE LAWN.
That Father Earth fella gets made an honorary judge, or something. I don't know.
Grud on a meanie
Dredd cracks down on the illegal salted snack trade.
Quote from: Vector14 on 14 April, 2024, 02:02:04 PMGrud on a meanie
Spud on a GenieAnderson's daughter is sent to Murphyville to investigate some supernatural shenanigans!
Little Dredd Riding Hood
Let's see now ... Dredd's in a red rad cloak, supposedly meeting a mysterious informant in the undercity - but it's a trap set by those werewolves from that one time. Is Prager still a wolfman?
Durham Dredd
Yes, I'm just finding things where I replace the word "red" with Dredd. Still, a Durham Red / Dredd crossover is gold!
Quote from: Funt Solo on 14 April, 2024, 04:50:16 PMQuote from: Vector14 on 14 April, 2024, 02:02:04 PMGrud on a meanie
Spud on a Genie
Anderson's daughter is sent to Murphyville to investigate some supernatural shenanigans!
Anderson has a daughter!?
Strontium Pog
Johnny and Wulf get deeply involved in the pog gaming scene.
Mersey Heights
Tor Cyan repels a band of happy-go-lucky Scouse space pirates from the space hospital.
Mersey Beat. Dredd hits the Scallydome.
Quote from: Vector14 on 14 April, 2024, 05:13:53 PMAnderson has a daughter!?
Judge Anderson in 2127 (aged about 50):
(https://i.imgur.com/QT98zZT.png)
Anderson's daughter in 2145 (18 years later):
(https://i.imgur.com/3xBVkqw.png)
The only thing that baffles me is that we never saw the story in which Anderson gives birth (or conceives a daughter through other means). Her daughter looks like she just graduated from the academy, so there's some missing tale left to be told.
Psychic projection of youthfulness. Indicator of vanity, possible pressure point. (SJS Assessment Bulletin)
Rogue Pooper
A sexy female Nort agent, disguised as a vid-vulture mechanic, poisons Rogue with a fast-acting laxative.
Neil: "Uhm, Vyvyan, can laxatives actually kill you?"
Vyvyan: "I dunno, Neil, but I'm going to stay around and find out!"
For Rogue's diarrhoea he needs von Trapp's patented "Trooper Belly (Fragile) Colic Toxic G.I. Potions."
I'll get me wimple.
A sufficiently awful pun, but where are the ugly AI avatars we all hated, Sharky? Every day used to bring us something new and disturbing.
It's as if you're not even trying anymore!
Since the last site glitch, I can't change anything on my profile. I suspect Deep State shenanigans... But if nobody else can change theirs either then it probably isn't that.
Furthermore, the Spoiler and Move tags stopped working ages ago, the Active Topics page is lying in an unmarked grave somewhere and we still haven't got a Like button - one could almost say that this Stupid Bally Badly Fix-ed Website Is Atrocious...
(It's not really atrocious - I just can't find my rhyming dictionary.)
Quote from: Funt Solo on 14 April, 2024, 06:34:09 PMQuote from: Vector14 on 14 April, 2024, 05:13:53 PMAnderson has a daughter!?
Judge Anderson in 2127 (aged about 50):
(https://i.imgur.com/QT98zZT.png)
Anderson's daughter in 2145 (18 years later):
(https://i.imgur.com/3xBVkqw.png)
The only thing that baffles me is that we never saw the story in which Anderson gives birth (or conceives a daughter through other means). Her daughter looks like she just graduated from the academy, so there's some missing tale left to be told.
Intriguing!
Ander-daughter!!! Anderson's secret revealed in this weeks prog!
There's something about that 'young' Anderson that reminds me of the 'why can't they all be nice "2000AD, It's not for girls" advert.
Quote from: Dash Decent on 19 April, 2024, 09:21:33 AMThere's something about that 'young' Anderson that reminds me of the 'why can't they all be nice "2000AD, It's not for girls" advert.
Wow! I just looked it up and you're right. Never seen that before. Very 90's.
Quote from: Vector14 on 19 April, 2024, 11:04:10 AMWow! I just looked it up and you're right. Never seen that before. Very 90's.
To quote Kent Brockman (who was talking about the '60s), "what a shrill, pointless decade that was".
Dredd Reckoning
It's the end of days and Grud has returned to Mega City One to judge the right and wrongs doings of Judge Dredd actions and to pass judgement upon him
Quote from: rogue69 on 20 April, 2024, 11:57:33 PMDredd Reckoning
It's the end of days and Grud has returned to Mega City One to judge the right and wrongs doings of Judge Dredd actions and to pass judgement upon him
I figured this would happen at some point...
(https://2000ad.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/P.01-2277-COVER-1-779x1024.jpg)
Also, first page of thread, I beat you to it with some slight variation, (which makes that cover image sort of apt)...
Quote from: M.I.K. on 27 March, 2024, 03:07:52 PMDredd Retconning
Judge Dredd slowly begins to realise that aspects of his own history aren't quite how he remembers them. No one believes him until Psi Division start picking up on the changes to reality. It would appear that someone has been altering the past, but whom and for what purpose?
Quote from: Funt Solo on 21 April, 2024, 05:19:29 AMQuote from: rogue69 on 20 April, 2024, 11:57:33 PMDredd Reckoning
It's the end of days and Grud has returned to Mega City One to judge the right and wrongs doings of Judge Dredd actions and to pass judgement upon him
I figured this would happen at some point...
On top of that (and sorry, Rogue69, you really don't deserve this dogpiling just for a throwaway pun), I seem to remember Grud sent his son Jovus to MC1 once. My memory is blurry but Bishop Desmond Snodgrass was involved, possibly as a fleshly vessel to host the second coming.
Newly Dredds - Flymo and Weetabix Beckham's honeymoon takes an unexpected turn...
Rogue Hooper
The original owner of Hooper's Store didn't really die. He's in a biochip, somewhere, out there.
This is his tale.
The Screw-Bix Catalogue - Before his mysterious evaporation, Bix Barton's mortal enemy Fix Farton released a dossier of 150 secrets with the potential to destroy our intrepid hero! Now that dossier is for sale on Eeriebay!! It's just not cricket, by Jove!!!
Rogue Hooker - in the seedy backwater gene-brothels of Nu-Earth the glistening fronds and pulsating
No. Just no.
Cass and Ra and Herr Sun - the Egyptian god of the sun and Mrs. Anderson's little girl go on a road trip to find the Nazi who caught the magical fish that ate Osiris's willy in order to restore Mjolnir to Olympus before Quetzalcoatl marries Stalin to usher in the New Age of Weeping Sores and Assorted Miseries which will pave the way for the LHC in Cern to release Cthulhu into Narnia. (By John Smith.)
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 25 April, 2024, 07:29:31 PMRogue Hooker
The untold story of what went on in Cinnabar between the panels.
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 25 April, 2024, 07:50:30 PM(By John Smith.)
I was going to say this sounds like another book of Periwinkle Supreme.