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Funt, you seem capable of rectifying these trifling annoyances

Aye, but only for spondulacks.

[22 - Judge Dredd Yearbooks]

22 - Judge Dredd Yearbooks

The Judge Dredd Yearbooks matched releases with the 2000 AD Yearbooks (as per Annual tradition), but the gatefolds sort of gave up after the first two. They were still physical gatefolds, but the wider image was just repeated in the both the front and back sections.


Judge Dredd Yearbook 1992 (1991; Dermot Power) - Dredd takes out a cyborg in this gritty cityscape.




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Judge Dredd Yearbook 1993 (1992; Brendan McCarthy) - a heavily Brit-flavored cover from McCarthy, which echoes a transatlantic tale within. There's also a reprint of seminal tale Atlantis, a one-off Judge Joyce (When Irish Pies Are Smiling, with art by Steve Dillon) and, because they demanded it, the return of the Soul Sisters. If there were awards for sound effects, then it might win with its ZAPPO, FLUTCH, KA-SPLUTCH, THONK, FAP, FLUTCH, FLUTCH, SKREEEEEE, PONK, FOK, KRRAAKK, CREEEEE! (Are sound effects always scripted, or done by the artist, or done by the letterer? It's probably a mixture, right?)




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Judge Dredd Yearbook 1994 (1993; Mark Wilkinson) - an interesting character mash-up on this one, although Devlin is limited to a text story inside.



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Judge Dredd Yearbook 1995 (1994; Sean Phillips) - not featured on the cover, but appearing inside are Harmony and Calhab Justice. Hershey looks black here.


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Judge Dredd Megazine #329 (2012; Brendan McCarthy) - not, clearly, a Yearbook, but included because it's another McCarthy.


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Thank you, Funt! On the ball as ever. Is that John McCrea on art duties?

Aye - doing that magic negative space is positive space thing.

JBC, I'm pretty sure I have the 1992 yearbook in a pile of neglected comics here and after your that post about your love and loss of it I'd love to send it to you.

Aw! This is why we need a [Like Button] - sometimes words are too much.

LOTR The Two Towers - Simbelmynë on the Burial Mounds

Ahoy, matey, tech-heads!

It's currently impossible to make any profile changes. When you click the "Change Profile" button you get dumped onto a 403 Forbidden page.

Please fix this so our resident Shark can change his profile picture each day, as is his wont.

Bump!

Double-bump? Is this a bug or a feature, tech-bods? If this thread is an empty well that I'm calling into, perhaps it should be deleted or locked? Y'know, with all due respect.

I have no idea why you're being quite this confrontational

It's because this was going unanswered:

the let's pile on Ed Piskor mob

You can call it a red flag, and me the bull if you like. From my perspective, everything else is hand-waving, noise and conveniently feigned indignity. It is rather rich that I'm supposed to calmly and gently try to get to know someone who haphazardly throws a Piskor-bomb into the middle of a thread that started out as enthusiasm for a new project.

But, I was serious earlier - hands up and give up - mods can decide if they need to reprimand my salt.

BPP - no no - you're absolutely right - it's me that's in the wrong. Nothing you said is at all problematic, and it's not as if you're splitting hairs at this point. Admins - feel free to remove/edit my posts or admonish me in any way you see fit.

And Jim's right too - I should definitely be banned.

And Funt can you remove the false quotation box, I find that a particularly bad faith display and beneath you.

Well, you perhaps hold me in too high esteem. But - look closely - it says "BPP translated in Funt's head" - I'm not sure I could make it any more obvious that it's not a word-for-word quote. Nobody else seems confused, there.

I'm glad to hear you're not a blanket misogynist. I am incredibly wary, though, of anyone jumping on the "Ed was bullied to death by witches who must now be punished" bandwagon. So, y'know, you should probably reel that in - or start up a thread on that particular topic (although I'm not really suggesting anyone does that here because it would be a complete shit-show).

[Responding to IP]

We definitely need new talent and new content circling the Rebellion nest.

I'm not the target audience for Monster Fun - but my step-mum buys it for my three nephews. I don't know the numbers, but I sometimes imagine that 2000 AD is a sort of niche, prestige product - and it needs supported by other content - which may feed into it later. While Regened (eventually) flopped, the idea behind it (trying to reach a wider audience) is eminently supportable.

So, glad to see this effort being made to expand Reb's horizons.

Hi Funt, it's absolutely nothing to do with comicsgate. Whilst I do think identity politics is the enemy of class struggle I don't think I have to be inappropriately politically labelled just because I look at a list of creators and think 'Christ, nothing for me there'.

I have to take you at your word - it's only fair. It's odd, though - because when people aren't abundantly clear about what they mean, then I use inference. So, my in-head translation of what you said, I'll add below.

Women can't draw, and they hounded Ed Piskor to his doom.

I honestly don't understand why Rebellion hire women. Women's work has never connected with Rebellion's existing base (of men) and women don't belong in the UK scene.

Oh Grud. Could you not bring your comicsgate bs in here? Please.

I seem to remember the Happy Mondays making their way into a Judge Death story in some Dredd special or other. 'You're bending my cantaloupe, man! Call the Judges!'
The 1995 cover is amazing - way better than Joy Hogg, Millar Slade and Fleisher Friday deserve.

Masque of the Judge, Death (JD Mega-Special #4):

also there's an actual little boy holding onto Tyranny's foot

Oh, wait - it's Luke Kirby! I thought one of the Inspiral Carpets had somehow sneaked onto the cover for a minute, there.

[2000 AD Yearbook 1992]

2000 AD Yearbook 1992 (1991; Dermot Power)

That one's Sean Phillips, surely?

Indeed. Fumbled. Sean Phillips it was.

...at some point it was determined by Thargnanimous that Annuals were just meh, and they had to be replaced by Yearbooks.

To be fair, it wasn't some capricious whim — the old annuals weren't selling, so it made sense to try something new. Unfortunately, the yearbooks didn't sell, either.

Well, yes, if fairness and facts are your bag then my casual approach to journalism won't quite cut the mustard.

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As regards tracking them down for a read, I'm not sure I could fairly recommend them. Here's what they contain, in amazing spreadsheet technicolour:

[21 - 2000 AD Yearbooks]

21 - 2000 AD Yearbooks

You think you know about wraparounds? Fuggedaboudit! You know nothing, Jon Snow! Erm, anyway - at some point it was determined by Thargnanimous that Annuals were just meh, and they had to be replaced by Yearbooks. Basically, annuals, but with floppy gatefold covers. In some ways these gift us an insight into why people go on about how bad the 90s were for Tharg's Organ.


2000 AD Yearbook 1992 (1991; Dermot Power) - this one is sorta special in that it's not just a gatefold wraparound, but it's circular - so you could have it repeat forever, with Tao de Moto there. You can tell this isn't quite golden-age, as Fr1day and Feral Jackson are holding court alongside the more established fizzogs.






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2000 AD Yearbook 1993 (1992; Dermot Power; But is it Art?) - this is a fun one, with our smelly friend Brigand Doom stalking Dredd. Nerd alert! Anderson's badge should say "PSI"!






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2000 AD Yearbook 1994 (1993; Mick Austin; Spaced Out!) - a real flag of the 90s here, with Sam Slade wielding an automatic rifle, Hammerstein for some reason monochrome, DR looking like a little boy, also there's an actual little boy holding onto Tyranny's foot - and The Clown is given more screen space than one might expect from a historical context. Anyway - this was the 90s. Too much acid, not enough editorial control.






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2000 AD Yearbook 1995 (1994; Mick Austin) - quite a clever idea, with the characters appearing out of the  working art, but Babe Race 2000? Brigand again? What's Tharg done with his hair? Oi vey!






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