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Aye, glad your on the mend, fella.

And i only knew this because i saw it on a Wickerman dvd extra, 

[Gaul]

Wasn't it a Roman writer who gave us the info that the tribes of Britain used Wickermen cages?

More Gaul than Britannia.

Any McMahon pieces heading to the sale?, 

I think that's the first time I've ever heard Mr. Wagner speak!

-- Mike

Ha!, same here. Yep - great interview.

Stage and screen actor Simon Ward.

Sounds fascinating, but now I'm even sadder that this didn't develop further.  Anyway, Mick hinted that he might try and find some old material from the project to post on his blog, so I'll update this as and when (or someone else will).

Nice one!, ill keep my eyes peeled for any updates.
Just when you think that your pretty much aware of everything 2000ad related, past and present, little things like this pop up!

I now have the full story (many thanks!), if anybody else would like to read this, then i can PM it forward.
Wonder if this story would qualify for a restricted files reprint, at some point?

No probs, David!

Back in the day i was probably a bit sniffy about this, thinking as i did then, that it was just somebody aping McMahon's style, but you live and learn! its all kinds of loveliness isnt it.



Wouldnt mind one of those sketch books - they do look great. E-Bay scouting it is, then.

...despite the fact I've only ever seen it in the version you re-worked for the cover of Best Of 2000ad Monthly.

Does anyone know in which prog that artwork was originally published? And was it originally reproduced in colour or black and white? I seem to remember it being used inside another reprint title as b/w line art:

I can only remember it being on the cover of that Best of 2000AD issue...  Nothing else pops up in Barney (usually pretty reliable).  Not sure if this was reproduced in any other publications; maybe one of the Titan reprints?  Nothing springs to mind, though.

http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=reprint&page=profiles&choice=BO2K49

Was pretty sure id seen this before, though my recollection was that it was a B&W interior pin-up, but a quick look through my back issues reveals it was in fact the coloured back cover to prog 327.

[Chuck Norris, Jesus, Brittany spears and two other guys]

Chuck Norris, Jesus, Brittany spears and two other guys

[Dredd]

Dredd - excellent. I knew there'd be secessionists, and I also felt a bit sorry for them. Great tense script tied to great art, handshakes all round.
M.

Just having a lazy saturday re-read of the prog, and the Dredd story is a cracking read. Its great to see the block leader talking down, and being dismissive, to the Judges. And though the last panel shows more help coming (for Dredd anyway), you sorta want them to fail.

[full]

Took a bit of trawling. 

Is there a link, in the offing, to the full story?

Happy to share, if the forum allows it.

Cant see any harm in posting a link, though if you mean posting images of the full story directly onto here, then im not sure. Does that go against fair usage, or summat? Over to one of those nice mods, then..

Took a bit of trawling. 

Is there a link, in the offing, to the full story?

Im a huge fan of Kneale's myself, and ive been after a copy of Tomato Cain for ages, but it does always seem to be priced at a premium.
Missed out on a couple of relatively cheap copies on E-Bay before, so they do turn up.