Dorling Kindersley 'Ultimate Guide To Dredd' Book

[Marbles]

Was thumbing thru the excellent 'Batman', 'Superman' and 'Spiderman' Dorling Kindersley 'Ultimate Guide' books at lunchtime and it made me wish there was a similar sumptuously illustrated book dedicated to old Dreddy.
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[Matt]

Have you read "The A-Z of Judge Dredd" &  "Judge Dredd The Mega History" ?

[Marbles]

Yeh I've read the Mega-History, but I reckon the DK books are a real cut above them for both quality and depth.
Make a nice Chrimbo present.

[DavidXBrunt]

D.K. lost a fortune on the tie-in books to Star Wars : Episode One, so I can't imagine them taking any risks with a character as (comparatively) unkown as Dredd. I don't think a book like that would sell.

[GordonR]

The A-Z of Dredd is a cheap nasty cut'n'paste job that well deserved its swift book club/bargain bin fate.

The DK books - I've got the Batman one, my kid's got the Spiderman one - are much nicer, flashier and reader-friendly.

[karne]

The A-Z of Dredd is also full of stuff like" See also...." notes that point to non-existent entries. Over-all a poor quality publication, on which the term "Proof Reader" seems to have been classed as an un-neccesary extravagance.

[davidbishop]

"The A-Z of Dredd is a cheap nasty cut'n'paste job that well deserved its swift book club/bargain bin fate. "

However, I suspect most of its cheapness and nastiness was down to the publishers, Hamlyn. Mike Butcher busted a gut writing the authoritative reference work and then had great swathes of the book junked - rendering what was left incomplete. Nasty design too.

Remind me not to offer Thrill-Power Overload the book to Hamlyn!

davidbishop

[DavidXBrunt]

David, don't offer 'T.P.O.' to Hamlyn.

[davidbishop]

Thanks!