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...Judge Callahan

Hello fellow perps,

Long time 2000AD fan here, though I think you'd all classify me as one of your typical 35 year old 'zombie fans' as opposed to an out-and-out Dreddhead. I used to read 2000AD in late 80's and early 90's as a young lad, and played the Mega Mania and Block Mania board games with a friend of mine, who actually got me hooked on 2000AD in the first place - another 'zombie fan' who's still actively reading, unlike myself. Having just watched the new film, though, I'm thoroughly reinvigorated and remotivated to return to 2000AD again.

I did stop reading 2000AD around the time of the first Stallone film, which I utterly despised, but it was more a function of growing up than the film putting me off, however my interest in comics never waned and I started getting quite seriously into Anime. I won't bore you too much with that, as it's obviously off topic, but a few of my favourites are: Cowboy Bebop, Hellsing, Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X), Witch Hunter Robin, Fullmetal Alchemist, Wolf's Rain, Claymore & Last Exile.

It is a secret wish of mine to see all the various 2000AD characters adapted as OVA's to a long series faithful to the comics - this way we can see a fully animated version of our favourite characters and a good representation of what the stories would look like on screen that'd be even better than any static storyboard could represent. I mention OVA's as opposed to direct Animes as the former are directly based on the comics/manga as opposed to being adapted to the animation.

Way back when I read 2000AD, I generally read the Annuals, though I think I will begin to reinvest some time back into Dredd and Rogue Trooper, as I thoroughly enjoyed both in my yoof.

The new film has definitely brought me back, as it was such an unexpected surprise and so thoroughly exceeded my expectations, it's reopened my mind as to what can be done with Dredd.

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