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I can confirm that that is a Brit-Cit Sector 002 lid.

Ah...Brit-cit....
I've seen one of them before...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sg-2vtu0GE

British director Peter Hewitt said he was a fan of 2000ad, and was actively trying to land the Dredd film gig in the early nineties.

He may get his wish yet, Hewitt wil be working with Herr Urban this October on their next film, The Wonder. Maybe he'll be pitching for that 'sequel' everyone's been talking about.

Se-sequel????!!?

And apparently Die Antwoord too.

Die Antwoord.
Dredd is alluded to in a few ways but they also mention 'like a Rogue Trooper' in one song.

SJS ?

Anthrax and Die Antwoord.

Hello... forgive me if this slightly off-topic, but there is a charity print project featuring Dave Gibbons, Dave McKean and myself among many others and as many of you are collectors I just wanted to draw it to your attention.

My submission has already raised 100 pounds for the charity.
You can read my post about it on my Gamebook thread...
http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,38692.msg785436.html#msg785436

Or go direct to Dave Kirkwood here...
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mob-print-and-booklet

Do you draw cartoons or comics? ...if so why not think about joining in...

Pat Mills posted (or re-tweeted) a message for comic artists to pitch-in and send a character sketch to Dave Kirkwood of the MOB project this week. I mistook the concept as a request for a 'mobster' type. Anyway I thought up a character I called 'Bullethole' Jackson and quickly drew it up in Manga Studio. It sold immediately. Also, Bullethole was placed shoulder to shoulder with Rorshach by Dave Gibbons (and Dave McKean to the right of him!)....some nice company to be keeping.

The concept is simple, artists send in a drawing of a character and the drawings are digitally aligned on a page by Dave Kirkwood. The page grows into a crowd of comic characters and this 'Mob' is printed and sold to raise money for cancer charities. It seems to have raised an astonishing amount of money before with a previous print.

Although it's an auction one twitterer was so smitten with 'Bullethole' that she paid 100 pounds up front for the drawing as a gift to her husband. I was told I could print it as a 1/1 print but I decided to break out the inks. Anyone willing to put down 100 quid deserves an original.

I bought some paper and a lovely new brush. I knew I had black Winsor and Newton ink so I didn't buy a new bottle. That was dumb because yesterday I started to ink it and realised my ink was so old that it had somehow separated into a black block and muddy water. I've been digital longer than I thought! It still ended up being a nice enough inked picture of 'Bullethole' but I'll be heading back out to my art supplier for a new bottle of ink on Monday. My second version will go to my collector...or at least she'll have the choice of two. The muddy version will go as a bonus piece to Mr Kirkwood in the hope he can sell it a second time.

There are many pragmatic reasons to be fully digital but I miss the materials. I miss the smell of the ink in particular and inking Bullethole was a pleasure. I did it in the car while my wife did the shopping yesterday...it felt good doing good so easily.

You can read more about the project at the link below...and why not consider joining in if you have a few minutes.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mob-print-and-booklet

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/micro-mob-print

http://davekirkwoodstudio.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/micro-flash-mob/

I think the intricacies of the story were a bit much for her, as her eyes glazed over after a while.

Oh...I love that look. I get it a lot.

They should make this thread into a film.

This thread would be an awe inspiring film...like that Hammer film with all the men in the train carriage, each  tells their story...but the Threadjacking train film would be ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-rOknQlZ3w

speaking of films has anyone seen that Dredd movie?

No, but I hear there's a scene with them Rude Boys...bought the soundtrack by Prince Buster....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc4F7mYFw24

Glad you liked that...going out on a limb here. But 'Ninja' was 'Max Normal'....was there not a Jolanda or Yolandi in one of the stories? Forget the title, but illustrated by Cam Kennedy, she had an affair with a Judge, some creeps find out...blackmail follows...I know, it's not Yolandi...still.

Judge Sladek's bit on the side was Yolanda.

Poor Sladek....Great story.

Glad you liked that...going out on a limb here. But 'Ninja' was 'Max Normal'....was there not a Jolanda or Yolandi in one of the stories? Forget the title, but illustrated by Cam Kennedy, she had an affair with a Judge, some creeps find out...blackmail follows...I know, it's not Yolandi...still.

For what it's worth a very simple exercise you can do anywhere with a biro or a pencil is to draw the following 3 shapes at variant angles. Cylinder, sphere and cube. Try manipulating them on the page, y'know, draw them in a standard position, then draw them again slightly rotated, combine them in another drawing.

By varying the angles and shading them you can enhance your sense of form and foreshortening.

If you want to recreate reality, do figure and painting classes.

If you want to create comics this book is worth it...I'm no fan of Marvel comics by any means. But the lessons in this book are pretty good, they might help you find your way. Good luck. And yes, draw all the time, keep a notebook in your pocket. Above all trust what you see in your head, imagine the forms...and take your time rendering them. You'll do it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0907610668/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379424555&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+draw+comics+the+marvel+way

It's basically an Irish fairytale.

200 pages of this tripe, Why can't anythread stay on topic here?

I've actually had the pleasure to dine on 'Trippa alla Romana' and I must say it was one of the finest things I've ever eaten....and I've eaten almost every day of my life. Highly recommended, it is a speciality of the city of Rome and shows that with care and skill any dish is better in the hands of an Italian, even tripe.

Let me know if you plan to travel to Rome and I will furnish you with the necessary details so that you too, young Proudhuff, can experience this gastronomic wonder.

Now...could someone please direct me to the drunk thread?