Just a quick question guys.
I am collecting all the case files but I was just wondering: are the case files going to be printed in colour just like the originals were and how long do the case files intend to run to?
There's been no definite confirmation, but the thinking is that the recent Nemesis collection was a test-run for future Dredd volumes, to see whether a combination of b/w and colour would work. My guess is that the Dredd series will now continue until the point where it's not commercially viable to go any further. In other words, if people keep buying them, Rebellion will keep printing them.
Do you guys bother with the case files. I mean most of you guys are hardcore readers and probably have most of the originals. So do a lot of you guys buy them. The dredd universe is my favourite strip by far and thats why I wanted to read all of them from start to finish.
I would have been buying the case files , but there were a few printing issues that held me back (double page spread art falling into the gutter being the main thing) in Books 1 and 2 (possibly 3?). To Rebellion's credit they listened to the comments and sorted it, so I would be tempted to get em as a nicely definitive and handy version on my shelves - Just have to look and see if they ever went back and sorted the issue for the early case files on subsequent reprints - anyone here know? As it is, my money is more than kept busy with the lovely stront and Nemesis files, and the upcoming Ace TRucking ones!
"Do you guys bother with the case files. I mean most of you guys are hardcore readers and probably have most of the originals. So do a lot of you guys buy them."
Yes, I've been buying them as they've come out, even though I already have the stories in either the original progs or the Complete Law in Order reprints.
The appeal for me is that I can put the new collections neatly on a shelf and access them so much more easily.
Regards
Robin
I only joined the good ship Tharg in late 2000 (appropriate, I suppose) so I'd never read any of the really 'clasic' Dredd before. The books have been an invaluable way to catch up - to finally know what all those references to the regin of Cal were about, to see just how good the legendary Apocalypse War was, and to realise for myself just why McMahon is held in such high regard.
Plus I love not having to read the epics in isolation - you get all the little aftermath tales as well that you'd otherwise miss out on.
I love the case files. I expressed my hopes for bumper reprints of Dredd when I first joined the board, so it was great to finally be able to read them.
I'd recommend them to anyone even remotely interested in Dredd as they're great value. If you're only going to buy one though, make it Case Files 5, as, in my opinion it's easily the best. What an amazing collection - Judge Death lives, Block Mania and the Apocalypse War, and The Mega-rackets and Hotdog run as "filler" in between?! Unbelievable value.
It's the best way to jump in and out of Dredd stories without rummaging through all your comics. Nice and compact.
Yep - I've read Dredd since the very beginning and have the odd Trade collection hanging around but for me these are ideal way of catching up with an old friend. I'm only on number 6 mind so I should go out and get myself another.
And try the Stronty Dog ones as well - if anything they may be even better because of the absoultely solidly consistent art from Carlos.
I only started on 2000AD last year so I'm definitely tempted to splash out on the case files at some point.
Actually I got the first from the library before I even started subscribing so it's partly thanks to JD Case Files 1 that I did!
They were quite different to the modern Dredd tales though weren't they? I think I prefer the modern style of not including a caption describing every action you can pretty much see in panel... but I liked the comedy in the old stories. Not that there isn't any in the new ones though, it just seems a bit less frequent... but also less cheesy too, (although the cheese was part of the fun.) In short, you can see how the comic grew up with the readers.
Incidentally was the Cursed Earth story in Case Files 2 any good? I get the impression that was the first major epic.
Incidentally was the Cursed Earth story in Case Files 2 any good? I get the impression that was the first major epic.
As someone who only read it for the first time a few years ago, I can say - yes, it's still worth reading. There's a sort of manic energy about it all, and you get the sense that Mills, Bolland and McMahon were having great fun just going nuts making up a geography and history for Dredd's world as they went along.
The Day the Law Died (also in Casse Files 2) is also highly recommended, although the constantly changing artists is fairly annoying.
I suppose one other point that may be worth mentioning is that the first couple of case files are actually pretty tough going. The standard of the stories varies wildly (even with the Mega Epics) and, for me, it doesn't really find it's feet until Case File 3.
I thought it was odd to discover this on rereading them as DREDD was always the stan out strip in the comic for me. I'd (mis)remembered it as being deep fried gold on toast from the very get go.
the moment when find it's feet is Case File 5!!