For me...
1. Judge Dredd (goes with out saying)
2. Durham Red (from my childhood, and I've just finished the Scarlet trilogy, my new favourite GN's!)
3. Harry Exton.
4. Finn.
5. Johnny Alpha.
These may change once I delve deeper in to 2000ad!
Let's see...
1. Judge Dredd of course
2. The Dark Judges - hope I can count them all as one
3. Nemesis The Warlock
4. Rogue Trooper
5. Johnny Alpha
1. Judge Dredd
2. Torquemada
3. Sam Slade
4. Nikolai Dante
5. Slaine
Although I very much enjoy the strips, Johnny Alpha and Rogue never really struck me as having that much character to them. Johnny is particularly over shadowed by many great supporting characters (Durham, Wulf, Middenface, Gronk) so it is strange the strip struggled so much without him.
Oh, go on then. Limiting myself to one character per story:
1: Torquemada
2: De Racine
3: Judge Giant Jnr.
4: Ace Garp
5: Devlin Waugh
Tricky, but.....
1: Dredd / Johnny Alpha
2: Dredd
3: Johnny Alpha
4: Dredd
5: Johnny Alpha
In no particular order, and limiting to one character a strip -
Judge Dredd
Nikolai Dante
Mek-Quake
Torquemada
Gene the Hackman
Very good question. I reserve the right to change my mind next time I'm asked... indeed in 5 minutes time BUT for this single moment in time I'll go for...
1. Nikolai Dante
2. Torquemada
3. Judge Dredd
4. Sinister Dexter (yes its cheating but...)
5. Zenith
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 21 March, 2017, 10:06:00 PM
4. Sinister Dexter (yes its cheating but...)
Before I read the strip I did think that it was just referring to one person, a scary bloke called Dexter.
1. Johnny Alpha
2. Judge Dredd
3. Middenface McNulty
4. Sam Slade
There's a whole slew of 'characters I like' that would be very hard to put into some sort of order after that- main characters and supporting characters alike. I used to be really into Slaine but more recently Slaine (to me) appears to be much less about Slaine the character and more about adapting and retelling ancient Celtic mythology and while I find that interesting in itself (being familiar with a lot of the source and interested in how Pat adapts and reframes it), I can't help that Slaine the character has lost something along the way. It's like he's become more of a vehicle for those tales rather than the protagonist of the tales himself, if that makes sense. Not really a criticism, more of a general observation. Bill Savage is great too, also really strong supporting characters who add colour to stories work well for me- Hoagy and Stogie, Michael Ness, Wulf Sternhammer to name a few.
In no particular order:
Dredd, Middenface, Zenith (or possibly Peter St John), Kano (or maybe Thrax), Torquemada.
And yeah, Sláine the way he used to be - cheerful and loutish, not mopey and grim. Horned-God-era Slough Feg was a great character too. And Medb when Bisley painted her, just because.
I agree with Colin, in a s much as this is a list that can change at a moments notice depending on mood and what I have read recently.
So for right now:
Dredd
Alpha
Slaine
Torquemada
Sydney
Finny
Jack Point
Sam Slade
Waldo Dobbs
Metta Lawson
Zenith
Dante
Junior Angel
Billy Octavo
Pettifer
Ace Garp
DeMarco
Judge Cal
Otto Sump
Ringer
Thrax
Quote from: Dog Deever on 21 March, 2017, 11:25:53 PM
I can't help that Slaine the character has lost something along the way.
sorry- my bad... I meant "...can't help
but think that..."
Everyone loves these High Fidelity lists.
I'd go for;
1) Judge Dredd
2) Nemesis / Deadlock (dons shades :cool:)
3) Danny Franks
4) Peter St. John
5) Hammerstein
HM) Judge Anderson
How on earth has this thread gone for so long without anyone mentioning Halo Jones?
Anyway, this week they are:
- Dredd
- Halo Jones
- Anderson
- Zenith
- [spoiler]Freely[/spoiler]/Lawson
Dredd.
Dirty Frank.
The Gronk.
Big Dave.
Finn.
Honourable mention to the depiction of 'God' in Canon Fodder.
Cheers
Quote from: Dog Deever on 21 March, 2017, 11:25:53 PM
There's a whole slew of 'characters I like...Michael Ness
Maybe it's my memory, but who is he?
1. Dash Decent
2. Rogue Trooper
3. Judge Dredd
3. Johnny Alpha
5. Stix brothers
1. Dredd.
2. Rogue Trooper.
3. Halo Jones.
4. Peter St. John.
5. Fr1day.
6. Harry Elston - the Button Man.
That's in the order they were introduced.
- C
In no particular order, and subject to change at any time
Gene the Hackman
Nicolia Dante
Dolman
Harry Absalom
Jack Dancer
Hmmm, right now...
1. Johnny Alpha
2. Blackhawk
3. Gene the Hackman
4. Kid Knee
5. PJ Maybe
Quote from: Magnetica on 22 March, 2017, 10:08:47 AM
Quote from: Dog Deever on 21 March, 2017, 11:25:53 PM
There's a whole slew of 'characters I like...Michael Ness
Maybe it's my memory, but who is he?
A supporting character in Caballistics Inc.
In no particular order
1 Torquemada
2 fink Angel
3 Harry 20
4 meltdown man
5 judge dredd
Dredd
Nemesis
Anderson
Chopper
Sláine
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 22 March, 2017, 04:35:43 PM
Hmmm, right now...
1. Johnny Alpha
2. Blackhawk
3. Gene the Hackman
4. Kid Knee
5. PJ Maybe
Doh! That'll teach me to do my list late at night...forgot PJ!!
So straight into my chart at number 4....
1) Joe Pineapples
2) Harry Elston
3) Halo Jones
4) Johnny Alpha
5) Chopper/Cassandra Anderson
I can't edit my post and I forgot to include Sensitive Klegg!!
1. Dredd
2. Johnny Alpha (Johnny and Dredd are interchangeable for my top spot, depending on the day)
3. Rogue Trooper
4. Gene the Hackman
4. Mongrol
Honorable Mention: Ro-Jaws (my 3 year old loves the character and asks me to tell stories about the adventures of her and her robot pal Ro-Jaws who eats garbage so she can cross impassable paths :) *note that I dont actually read her the progs...yet :P)
Atalia Jaegir too (This top 5 business is tough, need a top 10 at least...)
Quote from: Rogue Judge on 23 March, 2017, 06:04:58 AM
Honorable Mention: Ro-Jaws (my 3 year old loves the character and asks me to tell stories about the adventures of her and her robot pal Ro-Jaws who eats garbage so she can cross impassable paths :) *note that I dont actually read her the progs...yet :P)
There must be something about robots. My 3 year old refers to Star Wars (which she hasn't seen) as "the R2D2 movie".
My Top 10 are:
1)Rogue Trooper
2)Johnny Alpha
3)Dredd
4)Anderson
5)Hammerstien
6)Earl Reagan
7)Bill Savage
8) Durham Red
9)Devlin Waugh
10) Sam Slade
But those on my current list are mainly there due to my age and when I was first hooked - there are still loads that I enjoy and thats the beauty of 2000AD it keeps adding characters and give them 40 years they just make my top 10.
PJ Maybe
Stickleback
Torquemada
Judge Caligula
Dirty Frank
NBK
Marlon Shakespeare
Zombo
Abelard Snazz
You could argue at length what 'top' means, of course.
My 'Trying to sound well-rounded' Top 5:
1. Judge Anderson
2. Kano
3. Dirty Frank
4. Ritterstahl (all versions)
5. Torquemada
My inner 8-year-old Top 5:
1. Bad Jack Keller
2. Grobbendonk
3. Blackblood
4. Hoagy
5. Mean Angel
My 'bugger, not enough women on the list' Top 5:
1. Demon Jenny
2. Purity Brown
3. Metta Lawson
4. Jena Makarov
5. Judge Death (token male)
My 'hang on, who have I actually spent serious hours/pounds of my life reading about' Top 5:
1. Judge Dredd
2. Nemesis the Warlock
3. Judge Anderson
4. Kano
5. Johnny Alpha
Ooh i like lists- heres mine!
1. Bill savage
2.harry exton
3.judge anderson
4.zenith
5.kano
Plus about 20 more!
Here's my I can't believe no-ones mentioned them yet list:
Venus Bluegenes
Defoe
Elfric
Lobster Random
Shakara
Jupe, Smith
Hershey, McGruder
Steelhorn, Happy
Tranny Rex
Evans the Fist, Precious Matson
Otto Sump
Aquila
Wren
Howard Quartz
Dimtri Romanov, Tsar Vladimir
Absalom, Torquemada, Dirty Frank, Luke Kirby & Big Dave.
Quote from: Magnetica on 24 March, 2017, 06:38:29 PMTranny Rex
Or Harlan the Transvestite Dog at any rate.
Mek-Quake :)
Alpha
Dredd
Halo
Ace
DR
Mek Quake
Rogue
Ro Jaws
Jaegir
Z