It seems that Tharg is going to write a 4 part mini series for IDW next year. Greg Staples will do the covers but the artist for the strip is unknown at the moment!
wow. the series hasn't started yet and the first spin off has been announced. ::)
still get it, though.
This will really confuse the 'if it's not Wagner it's not canon' types.
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 25 October, 2012, 11:58:03 AM
This will really confuse the 'if it's not Wagner it's not canon' types.
Not really, it's not Wagner ;)
Looking forward to this. Matt Smith's (I mean Tharg) novel Final Cut was excellent and the Dredd movie prequel comic he did was great!
And Greg Staples on cover duties?
Sold! ;)
For at least 4 months next year I'm gonna have 7 Dredd/2000AD titles to read each month, get in :thumbsup:
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 26 October, 2012, 05:58:55 PM
For at least 4 months next year I'm gonna have 7 Dredd/2000AD titles to read each month, get in :thumbsup:
Yeah. Can't be bad, can it? One can never have enough Dredd in their lives! :thumbsup:
Four of those being 2000AD, yes? 4xprog + meg + IDW1 + IDW2 = 7? For a moment there, i thought you knew something i didnt, and we were going to see the return of the specials and annuals...
SBT
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 26 October, 2012, 06:31:24 PM
Four of those being 2000AD, yes? 4xprog + meg + IDW1 + IDW2 = 7? For a moment there, i thought you knew something i didnt, and we were going to see the return of the specials and annuals...
SBT
Arh I see, I was struggling for a second there...
Can't see if this is up yet but first few pages and covers from CBR.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=14275
Quote from: Zarjazzer on 17 November, 2012, 10:32:51 AM
Can't see if this is up yet but first few pages and covers from CBR.
Already under discussion over here (http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,35620.msg726576.html#msg726576).
Cheers!
Jim
Now that is a cover :D
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/commandoforces/JudgeDredd-YearOne-1.jpg)
If that was a poster I'd buy it in a flash, awesome.
It just stands out so well, the colours of Dredd against the dark city!
I can't remember Greg Staples giving such good lawmaster before. Do you think he got to keep his Minty bike for reference? (aye, I know; Minty's bike is CG)
I think both Matt Smith & Simon Coleby have proven their stockon Dredd to make this a very worthwhile purchase.
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 03 December, 2012, 05:31:39 PM
I think both Matt Smith & Simon Coleby have proven their stockon Dredd to make this a very worthwhile purchase.
Indeed. This makes Me very excited about this book.
Maybe this will be the leading series that launches the IDW line, or should be. It seems perfectly tailored for new fans.
Why aren't Rebellion employees, y'know, doing this for Rebellion?
Quote from: Banners on 03 December, 2012, 05:45:28 PM
Why aren't Rebellion employees, y'know, doing this for Rebellion?
It'd cost Rebellion a lot of money to launch another title on the market and since IDW are opening up another for Dredd, why not exert some significant influence over it that fits with the Dredd we know.
Yeah, seems obvious. IDW already have the infrastructure to make something like this work whereas presumably launching a US title would be a big risk for Rebellion.
Good call on getting them involved - looking forward to seeing what they turn in.
Quote from: Banners on 03 December, 2012, 05:45:28 PM
Why aren't Rebellion employees, y'know, doing this for Rebellion?
Don't know if Rebellion/2000ad operate the same hiring practices, but DC and Marvel once operated a strict policy of not employing editorial staff in creative positions to prevent conflicts of interest. Regardless of quality, it'd be a bit dodgy if Smith commissioned 88 pages of material from himself to run in the prog or Meg, but IDW is a seperate company and the book was likely going to happen anyway, it may as well have someone who knows what they're doing with the character to write it rather than it being "from the writer of Vampirella vs Pantha: Boobageddon."
Quote from: Unicorn Bukakke on 03 December, 2012, 06:16:39 PMRegardless of quality, it'd be a bit dodgy if Smith commissioned 88 pages of material from himself to run in the prog or Meg
I think that was the line Diggle crossed.
Quotethe book was likely going to happen anyway, it may as well have someone who knows what they're doing with the character to write it rather than it being "from the writer of Vampirella vs Pantha: Boobageddon."
AFAIK, the series came about because of Smith's Year One audiobooks.
Now this I might actually buy. An artist and writer with proven credentials who I've actually heard of previously (!) and know the character, the world, the tone.
It looks like the kind of thing I'd love to see in the Meg, rather than have to shell out more money.
Wondering about the potential for Rico popping up?
He was in the e-book by Tharg
True.
I'll definitely be buying the physical copy of this, the recent IDW issue I bought digitally to test the waters before bothering with something that would potentially take up more space!
But yeah off the back of Matt Smith's recent ebook and the fact the whole pre 2099 Dredd angle intrigues me this is definitely something else to look forward to in 2013.
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 03 December, 2012, 06:21:42 PM
I think that was the line Diggle crossed.
I thought Andy only commissioned one episode of Lenny Zero 'from himself' and that was so he could waive his writer's fee to pay for that magnificent Frank Miller cover...
Cheers
Jim
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 03 December, 2012, 06:56:52 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 03 December, 2012, 06:21:42 PM
I think that was the line Diggle crossed.
I thought Andy only commissioned one episode of Lenny Zero 'from himself' and that was so he could waive his writer's fee to pay for that magnificent Frank Miller cover...
You're right, Diggle was cautious about using 2000AD as a venue for his own work.
and why not use this as an excuse to post that cover again just to remind us,
(http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/millerdredd.jpg)
Quote from: radiator on 03 December, 2012, 06:31:30 PM
Quotethe book was likely going to happen anyway, it may as well have someone who knows what they're doing with the character to write it rather than it being "from the writer of Vampirella vs Pantha: Boobageddon."
AFAIK, the series came about because of Smith's Year One audiobooks.
I was not suggesting that Matt wrote a book about a tittypocalypse, I was suggesting that if he hadn't got this job, it would have been taken by someone whose previous writing experience may have been in the post-feminist milieu.
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 03 December, 2012, 06:38:15 PM
Wondering about the potential for Rico popping up?
I'm not interested in reading Dredd stories where he's younger, greener and more idealistic; but the prospect of the fall of Rico finally being treated with the tone and the page count that story deserves would make me buy this book sight-unseen. I loved Coleby's recent Dreddworld work.
This looks exceptionally good- let's give cyber-matt a go to prove himself in comics after a number of prose books, and simon coleby is a top ten dredd artist. This will work. But...
...if IDW want to commission JUDGE DREDD: TITTYGEDDON i wll buy it. That is all.
SBT
Quote from: we are all roger godpleton on 03 December, 2012, 07:12:22 PM
I'm not interested in reading Dredd stories where he's younger, greener and more idealistic
I'm thinking he'd likely be even more of a
cuntish jobs-worth.
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 03 December, 2012, 07:12:58 PM...if IDW want to commission JUDGE DREDD: TITTYGEDDON i wll buy it. That is all.
If nothing else, I think that's the theme for the December art comp sorted.
I can't wait for this! I adore Coleby's work and the Dredd I've read from Matt Smith is spot on. I am a happy Pete!
This is very, very good news indeed.
Three proven creators with Mega City pedigree.
Its a no-brainier really.
When IDW get things right, they get them right BIG TIME.
(These are the guys who put James Roberts on Transformers - now quite possibly one of the very best comics on the market. And James Stokoe on Godzilla. need I say more?)
This will be bought without question, as far as I'm concerned. From the creative talents involved i don;t see how it can fail.
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 03 December, 2012, 07:35:12 PM
Quote from: we are all roger godpleton on 03 December, 2012, 07:12:22 PM
I'm not interested in reading Dredd stories where he's younger, greener and more idealistic
I'm thinking he'd likely be even more of a cuntish jobs-worth.
In the context of the job, that is idealism.
Quote from: we are all roger godpleton on 03 December, 2012, 08:26:44 PM
I'm thinking he'd likely be even more of a cuntish jobs-worth.
In the context of the job, that is idealism.
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I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more of that.
From the blog of the Stapler himself,
(http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/704136_10151181005928772_228709058_o.jpg)
And im sold.
No firm date for this yet, just sometime next year?
Quote from: Judge Jack on 03 December, 2012, 09:29:52 PM
And im sold.
No firm date for this yet, just sometime next year?
March.
"2000 AD'S" MATT SMITH THRILL TEASES "DREDD: YEAR ONE," "BRASS SUN" & MORE (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42467)
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 03 December, 2012, 08:40:37 PM
Quote from: we are all roger godpleton on 03 December, 2012, 08:26:44 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 03 December, 2012, 08:40:37 PM
I'm thinking he'd likely be even more of a cuntish jobs-worth.
In the context of the job, that is idealism.
I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more of that.
RICO: What would you give old Booth?
DREDD: Sentence, you mean? A bullet between the eyes, that's what I'd give him.
RICO: Me too. (from
Origins)
March? Not too long then, really. Guessing pre-order's available Jan time?
And caught that linked site googling Dredd Year One. Quite a few Forumites getting namechecked!
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 03 December, 2012, 09:36:39 PM
"2000 AD'S" MATT SMITH THRILL TEASES "DREDD: YEAR ONE," "BRASS SUN" & MORE (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42467)
QuoteColin_YNWA was one of many readers who wondered, "When's 'Sinister Dexter' coming back?"
Next year, by Dan Abnett and John Burns. The start of a new arc for Ray and Finny -- as the gun-sharks are smuggled out of Downlode and into new lives -- called "Witless Protection."
John Burns! That's a TPO right there!
And Year One (http://comicbookcritic.net/2012/12/03/judge-dredd-year-one-miniseries-arrives-in-march-2013-from-idw-publishing/) to feature variant covers by 'Cerebus mastermind Dave Sim and Dredd co-creator Carlos Ezquerra'.
Though sight unseen, getting the Carlos variant is most likely a cert. But gulp, more covers!
Maybe a bit of Judge Morphy as he mentor's Dredd through that first year.
V
OHhhhh with that line-up colour me excited! Not had a chance to read the rest of this thread so will say more when I do... well if I have owt else to say aside excitment.
What a stunning cover!! lurve the rain the rad cloak wrapped up, the widowmaker holster, wonderful stuff, as said this should have been on point for the invasion of yankdom.
Loving the sound of this more every time. Can't wait to pick it up!
I can't get over how fantastic that cover is.
To me, Greg Staples is one of the definitive Dredd artists, up there with McMahon, Kennedy, Bolland, Ezquerra and Flint.
Quote from: radiator on 11 December, 2012, 10:22:27 AM
I can't get over how fantastic that cover is.
It's the rain hitting the water on the road that stuns me. Such a seemingly small detail, but so hard to render convincingly...
Cheers
Jim
I'm not sure what the division was between Greg and Ryan on the details, but it's a fantastic collaboration.
I see Simon Coleby listed as the artist for Judge Dredd Year One #1 according to the solicitations.
Sorry Joe Soap, I missed your post where you mentioned Simon as the artist...
Some more info (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=43262) on Year One
(http://majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/JudgeDredd_YR1_02-cvrA.jpg)
Another cover.
And Simon Coleby's interior art from the link above.
(http://www.comicbookresources.com/assets/images/articles/1358537108.jpg)
Here's the legendary Mr.Ezquerra's b&w art, colours to be provided by Len o'grady.
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt99/flipray09/58AC30CC-790A-4F9C-97BD-6DCBB2B67271-2375-000001B619C78859.jpg)
filip
Lovely!
Quote from: Steve Green on 21 January, 2013, 04:28:36 PM
And Simon Coleby's interior art from the link above.
(http://www.comicbookresources.com/assets/images/articles/1358537108.jpg)
This is what we want!! :thumbsup:
Wow! Lovely stuff! King Coleby y'heard!
This is the way forward by showing the past!
This looks great. Sadly not out til the end of March though.
Predictably impressive stuff from Coleby.
I can see there being a few eyebrows raised stateside over the quality of his work.
Really like the look of this. If I was going to be a whining fuss monkey I'd have liked to have seen the uniform looking a bit retro, like in the early stories, rather than fully developed as it is here.
Mind guess if they'd done that it wouldn't have been as recognizable to its target audience, which I suppose is the uninitiated US comics crowd... still I like being a whining fuss monkey sometimes!
Gorgeous stuff!
Can't wait! :)
Aye, some proper nice looking stuff for this series.
The third panel of that interior page is already one of my new fave Dredd images.
I want this book. I want this book HARD!
Damn, I really wish Simon knew just how damned good he is...
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 25 January, 2013, 11:59:32 PM
Damn, I really wish Simon knew just how damned good he is...
Don't tell him or else he'll leave us for American comics! We need him to stay at 2000AD :)
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 25 January, 2013, 11:59:32 PM
Damn, I really wish Simon knew just how damned good he is...
He was getting some giant-sized man-love for this page on FB t'other day, including from some pros, so hopefully he might be starting to get the message!
Cheers
Jim
Quote from: karl on 26 January, 2013, 12:04:40 AM
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 25 January, 2013, 11:59:32 PM
Damn, I really wish Simon knew just how damned good he is...
Don't tell him or else he'll leave us for American comics! We need him to stay at 2000AD :)
Oh I hvae told him many times..! And he's already been to the 'merican comics as it is!
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 26 January, 2013, 12:20:03 AM
Quote from: karl on 26 January, 2013, 12:04:40 AM
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 25 January, 2013, 11:59:32 PM
Damn, I really wish Simon knew just how damned good he is...
Don't tell him or else he'll leave us for American comics! We need him to stay at 2000AD :)
Oh I hvae told him many times..! And he's already been to the 'merican comics as it is!
Yup, amongst others he did a real kick arse job on the Authority.