Not sure how well-known / rare this is but anyway...here's a Wagner/Grant Judge Dredd strip (illustrated by Robin Smith) from the UKCAC 1987 brochure...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2022/05/ukcac87-judge-dredd-strip.html
I didn't know this existed, thank you!
That's a great find, cheers!
Quote from: Richard on 01 May, 2022, 11:32:40 AM
I didn't know this existed, thank you!
hey, no problem - there's plenty of other 2000AD / Dredd stuff to check out on the blog - fill yer boots!
I remember this, because I was there. Someone posted it on Twitter recently, with the comment "The Grant is strong with this one."
When I saw the thread title, I was thinking this was the [spoiler]Maggie Thatcher[/spoiler] one - forgot about this one!
What is the [spoiler]Thatcher[/spoiler] one?
yeah - what IS that one? Come on, spill the beans!
I don't remember all the details, but one of the UKCAC booklets had a strip with what initially appears to be Dredd talking to the the other Judges about the need to crack down on criminal scum, and to hell with the bleeding-heart soft-on-crime brigade. Pull back to reveal that it's actually Thatcher talking to her cabinet.
This strip is kind of amazing, a real window on how Wagner and Grant c. 1987 were thinking about Dredd, somewhat more actively nasty than he maybe is now. But also that much more of a comedy strip, too.
I was at a couple of the UKCACs, but its all a bit hazy... surprisingly! Had these booklets and remember the Thatcher strip,
I'll have to find that Thatcher strip