Over on the Meg-thread Richard asked the question: What ever happened to... Judge Giant?
last seen? survivor of DoC or going down fighting Rage against the Megs? or Injured getting the Cadets out the Academy or nailed to the Judge Christmas tree?
We need to know!
If anyone can enlighten us on this issue, I'm betting it'll be Al Ewing - his love of Judge Giant is well noted. I am wholly confident that MC-1's finest judge has survived the Day of Chaos though, and if he hasn't, I will cry.
Quote from: Greg M. on 26 August, 2013, 02:42:30 PM
If anyone can enlighten us on this issue, I'm betting it'll be Al Ewing - his love of Judge Giant is well noted. I am wholly confident that MC-1's finest judge has survived the Day of Chaos though, and if he hasn't, I will cry.
Ale Wing and Judge Giant the love that dare not speak its name
Ewing was touting Giant as a possible successor to Dredd in some of the press interviews for Trifecta. (http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/12/05/blog-judge-dredd-writer-al-ewing-on-2000ads-surprising-crossover/#comment-window) I suppose that's a little less significant with regard to the character's long term survival prospects now the writer is suckling at Stan Lee's tit. So whether Giant made it through Chaos Day depends on whether Wagner has any plans to use the character again.
Wagner's occasional scourging of the sectors is a bit of genius from that perspective. If he's sick of writing a character beloved of readers, and doesn't want to explain why they're not involved in whatever stories he's interested in telling, the odd extinction level event is a convenient way of quietly dropping them without putting them through the indignity of hacking off their limbs or putting them in a coma.
He will be fine as he is the Judge Giant. I do miss his and Guthie's partnership.
Still one of my fave Judge Giant moments was when he got his father's badge.
I think he's the new Ronan over in Al's Mighty Avenges.
I like to think he used the pandemonium of Chaos Day to sneak to Guthrie's prison ship which they have now converted to a cosy love nest.
Rather hash there Sauchie, The old E-Wing droid is a damn fine fellow, great writer and all round good egg, IMHO.
Guthrie's Prison ship lovenest sounds like a fine story, was that in the Megazine?
Quote from: Proudhuff on 26 August, 2013, 03:57:57 PM
Ale Wing
If I won the lotto and built my own house it would have one of these.
With Al Ewing sitting at the bar reading Dredd scripts out loud.
He died in a Shimura strip didn't he?
Vaguely remember something - Colin MacNeil drew it?
Wikipedia says he injured him.
I think at the time it looked like it might have been fatal, but turned out not to be in the next episode.
Quote from: Steve Green on 27 August, 2013, 11:51:56 AM
I think at the time it looked like it might have been fatal, but turned out not to be in the next episode.
Robbie Morrison, you say? I'm shocked!
Christ, doesn't anyone KNOW? This is why we need PSU back on its feet.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 27 August, 2013, 10:17:23 AM
Rather hash there Sauchie, The old E-Wing droid is a damn fine fellow, great writer and all round good egg, IMHO.
Sorry, chief; I only meant that since not many writers continue working for Tharg after they're handed the keys to the Batmobile or Professor Xavier's mansion, the fact Ewing likes Giant enough to consider him as a replacement for Dredd doesn't have much bearing on whether we'll see him again. Wagner's shown no inclination to continue writing the character, so unless another of the Dredd scribes is reading this and works Giant (or his fate) into a future story, we're not going to be any the wiser any time soon.
Considering the way his Dad went out, I suppose it would be fitting if Junior's death happened off screen too, and we only found out by seeing his name on that wall of fallen judges' badges Goodman kept in the corner of his office.
That must be a pretty big wall, no wonder Smiley managed to tuck away his hidey-hole massive base.