Has someone finally melted Judge Dredd's stony heart?

[Proudhuff]

It's just a cheeky teaser image that we knew would get tongues wagging, but that's hardly trolling. The depressing thing is that instead of being intrigued some people decided to let their prejudices shine through.

Sorry shouldn't have said that about the fanboys 

is it Bolt01 on art duties?

[Steve Green]

If you say so Mike.

I just find it hard to believe that you wouldn't have expected at least something along those lines, taking into consideration what fb groups can be like.

But I guess its better to expose those prejudices, still fucking depressing though.

[Dandontdare]

If we got it, would you tell us then?

Yep. But you won't get it.

Suggesting it's not a regular prog artist.

Is it by Karl Urban? Denise the subs droid? Damien Hirst? The ghost of Tony Hart?

[Trout]

Mick McMahon?

[Proudhuff]

Did some of that gas from Lenny Zero story leak into the pages of Dredd ?

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

I think the artist is One of Us. I say that for no reason.

Kev Levell.

[TordelBack]

Tom of Finland?

Or, a more serious guess, Paul Grist?

Let's think about this a bit.  The pose is a flip of the VJ Day Kiss picture - what could MC-1 possibly be celebrating that would make John Joe Dredd kiss Dog Deever?  Rebuilding of the Statue of Justice?  Too soon.  A retaliatory strike against... who? Too pointless. But. What about the ABOLITION OF JUDICIAL CELIBACY?

[SmallBlueThing]

My first guess was paul grist, or carl critchlow. Or paul-carl critchrist, who sounds like a pope.

Is it pj holden being inked by someone else?

As to the fb-homophobes, fuck 'em. They all just secretly want judge-cock up their umpty-bums anyway. Honestly, is there anything sadder than moaning because you fear someone posted a picture of a cartoon character kissing someone of the same sex? My friend anthony famously drew a picture of doomlord bumming dan dare just after the new eagle came out in the early 80s. He got told off by our art teacher- who happened to have been a 'finisher' and letterer for battle and commando picture libraries in an earlier life.

SBT

[TordelBack]

...who happened to have been a 'finisher'...

Is that the opposite of a 'fluffer'?

[Hawkmumbler]

Does Pye do interior work?

[strontium71]

I'm going to go with either a) CrazyFoxMachine...or b) Alex Ronald

[Proudhuff]

I know Dog Deever occasionally lurks, but has anyone told HIM?

[Trout]

I'm going to go with either a) CrazyFoxMachine...or b) Alex Ronald

I was going to guess at Alex, but I was talking to him quite recently and he didn't mention it. I would have expected him to have said he was drawing Dredd again, at least.

[radiator]

My first thought was Doherty, surprised it isn't him. Dredd looks a little chunkier than how Doherty normally draws him though.

Whoever it is, it's bloody good. Nice boots!

[Frank]

My first guess was paul grist, or carl critchlow. My friend anthony famously drew a picture of doomlord bumming dan dare just after the new eagle came out in the early 80s.

Heh. It's a rite of passage and a crucial stage in any budding artist's development to draw porno versions of your kiddie favourites; my Rabelaisian version of Oor Wullie was a big hit in the playground. Grist is good for the type of line and the nature of the figures, but the colouring would represent a throwback to a much earlier era of his work.

Molch-R's comment that we'll never identify the artist leads me to follow Dan in thinking it's someone outside comics. Derren Brown? Chris Cunningham? Alex Garland? Or what about folk you don't normally associate with this type of work: Bill Waterson, Angie Kincaid, Charles Vess? Grant Morrsion gave an interview to the Daily Record around the time of the Stallone film where he claimed they'd ripped off his and Millar's Purgatory/Inferno stories, which was illustrated with a drawing he'd done of Dredd (copied from Bart Sears), and in which he claimed he'd have been a great artist if he'd just stuck at it.