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I see that Firekind had some pages out of order in the original print..  Perhaps that's why I don't remember really getting it at the time!

A few shouts for Firekind there, what did you like about it?  I don't remember it that well.

Oh yeah I'd have Low Life or Total War in there, maybe.  

If I had to pick a Zenith book, mine would be War in Heaven too.  SO stylish; peerless super-carnage.

1) 2) 3).  Stuff you reckon is on a level with the big, global classics like Watchmen and Maus..

Whatd'you think?  For me it's got to be Zenith, Halo Jones, Slaine the Horned God.  Every one an epic.  I think Zenith may actually be my favourite comic arc of all time, in fact..

Yes. psy-division would be a helpful pivot to introduce crazier supernatural stuff later.  

And what about.. aliens and offworld trade, and all that other stuff?  For a planet supposedly in touch with alien civilizations Dredd's earth often strikes me as pretty un-alien.

Yeah he does BLACK humour so well, without sacrificing (apart from in Starship Troopers, where it's deliberate) the seriousness of the action.  Very 2000ad.

It's funny, I was watching Total Recall last night and it struck me how very MC-1-like the Mars section of that movie was, stylistically.  

Particularly a few of the chase scenes - in the bar, with the mix of muties and hookers and just plain freaks, the comedy robot cab drivers and so on!  And of course the graphic violence.  I'm not sure you'd see a film depicting scifi that graphically now.  However, more lessons for the imaginary new Dredd movie scriptwriter who is of course reading this thread.

Quality Comics, that's what I've got.  I remember them being fine, but then, I'd never seen those stories in any other format.  Getting the whole Apocalypse War was worth it, like someone said above, it would have been really expensive to hunt down all the individual progs.

In the early '90s I used to get small-format (same size as the regular Marvel monthlies) reprints of earlier 2000ad strips from my newsagent, I think they came out fortnightly.  Some were colour (even if they hadn't been originally printed in colour), like the Dredd stories, others (I got pretty much the entire VCs) were black and white.  Anyone know who did these?

Aw man..

Total War was absolutely wicked, I think I may have regained the bug!  I don't remember it ever being this good.  The pace of the damn story just draws you in.. and the bit where Zondra bows out.. really really classy stuff.  

Must get some more.  I got most of the older stuff in the small-format monthly reprint comics in the early '90s, so I'll have to dig those out.

I've read all the mega-epics up to and including Judgement Day (which was crap) so I'm familiar with Apocalypse War (which was great).

Can you swear on here?  Because Total War is FUCKING AWESOME!

Thanks for the tips.  I flicked through The Pit when I was there and I remember it being one of the last Dredds I read while I still got the comic.  I also bought Simping Detective, which looks interesting.  Next time I go I'll get Chief Judge's Man!  Ta.

I think we have some winners!

Cheers for this.  Off to the shop this evening - I'll let you know how I get on!

ttfn WM

Yes.. but not to the end, I don't think.  That's where he runs a sector house, yes?  I might pick that up!  More suggestions welcome, am taking a trip to the FP tomorrow..

..please

Hi everyone, I read the comic for 10 years or so, but I stopped reading about 8 years ago.  I recently picked up the Mega-City Undercover collection, which was awesome!  Very noirish, great plotting, esp. the Lenny Zero character.

Dredd was never my favourite character, in fact - I think I suffered from coming to the comic just after the various Necropolis arcs had ended - so - stuff with great plotting would be ideal, and not so much of the Dredd as invincible terminator, you know what I mean.  I'm clueless as to what's been happening, so hit me!  Cheers!