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You know, that son-of-Kazan fellow of Rennie's seemed to enjoy chess a lot...
And that's something I'd love to see more of.i definately see that beginning casefile as dredd being a hardened lawman who doesnt seem to be out of the academy long enough really or hasnt gained enough experience. Infact Dredd seems like a rightwing young cop who's hungry for experience doing a stint on the moon colonies if my memory serves.
By the time we see Dredd in Prog 2 he's already been on the streets 20 years.
Cloned in 2066 and accelerated growth to the age of 5, graduated in 2079.
Rejuve after Necropolis, new Lungs, and a whole host of other medical procedures.
As its 2134 he's been out of the tank for 68 years, biologically 73 but with the advances in technology who can really tell.
Besides all the big story lines we've had over the years Dredd's age is one that has to be resolved at some point in the near future.
According to Sector House, there are seven versions of Dredd doing the rounds; all of various ages. Rico and Dolman seem like they've been used to provide a unique look at the same character from multiple perspectives- without resorting to What If..?, out of continuity tales.
That seems like a more interesting way of allowing the original Dredd to age gracefully, while telling various types of stories, using different iterations of the same character. By the time the original exits the stage, we'd have become accustomed to reading about the other seven already- as we have with Rico.
A large portion of my dislike was due to the art. Ezquerra is a talented artist I'm sure, but I just don't like his style.
Bolland did a couple of issues in the first half of the book and his stuff I loved, I've already gone back to reread it. McMahond as well, great clean line work, nicely detailed.
I'm afraid the art is a big factor for me in comics, and as much as I tried, I just couldn't get behind Ezquerra. Because of this, I find it off-putting and the stories are hard for me to enjoy.
After doing some reading, I realize this may be a problem since he is a co-creator of the character and a prolific artist.
Anderson hasn't shown up, but she's guaranteed safe (I'd still like to know where she is/what she's been up to, though). Who else is alive and likely to be in Mega-City One that we haven't yet heard from?I asked Mr Wagner that question over on that thar faceybook. I'm sure he won't mind it being c&p'd here.
--John, is there a reason why Anderson hasn't made an appearance yet in DoC? I've noticed you have used her less and less in recent years, do you see her more as Alan's baby now?Quote from: John WagnerYou're right, it's because I regard her as Alan's character. She will, however, be making a major appearance in a forthcoming story with Greg Staples, "Dark Judgement". Greg's very busy and wants to take his time over it - it'll be beautiful - and I've over-run a bit on length as well, so it may be quite some time forthcoming, I think!
Cheers chaps.
I'm about ten minutes in, and just want to say to thehod: It sounds very likely that the guy 'ripping into' the Dredd script and calling it a 'Die-Hard rip-off' on the Doctor Who forum was 'scojo' - a known oddball (read: actually mentally unstable) with an axe to grind who has been posting exactly the same thing on every single blog, site and message board that covered the news (he has a lifetime ban from here).
The reception to the script elsewhere has been positive pretty much across the board.