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JUDGE KARL and OLIVIA arrest WOOD but leave all THE OTHER surviving criminals behind who just wait patiently to be arrested LATER I guess.

You know, this is an interesting point - after the drug den shootout Anderson contacted control, to get a meat wagon and H Wagon to take the dead and alive perps away.  They never turned up! 

Cool t-shirt!

That's on the Saturday btw, sorry

NOOOOO!!!!

Earliest I can get there is 6pm, so I won't get to see it.   

sorry about that Mr Monkey - it's only a small con so we don't stay open late :/

What actually are the opening/closing times please?

Brilliant!   

I'm too old for that commercial pop music.

It's a well known fact that the music you loved when you were a teenager will dictate the music you'll love for the rest of your life. The pop industry knows this, and therefore loses all interest in you when you get to your early twenties.

Unless you're into Iron Maiden, in which case you're marketed to all of your life. 

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an in-joke combined with several other in-jokes to pretty much be baffling in isolation

That's the bit that baffles me.  This seems to be an exercise that will only ever be understood by twenty people.

But interesting to see it all in action and if I had more time on my hands, doubtless I'd be doing this sort of thing.

Initially, yes, a meme starts off with one thought or concept, usually with just one person.  The fascinating part is watching that meme spread, and the power it has.  While these Dredd memes may only start being understood only by a select few, they have the possibility of spreading until Dredd memes are as ever-present and understood as the cat/Cheezburger ones.

I'll give you another example of a meme that doesn't involve a picture of a cat or Dredd, which illustrates how concepts spread, and their power. 

From a moral point of view, I will always support the concept that a woman has the right to choose when, or even if, she wants to procreate.  This concept has been bourne of a combination of ideas (ie feminism) and the availability of birth control.  This is the first time EVER in our history that a woman can control biological drives, and therefore not procreate.

However, if it wasn't for the initial meme (the concept that a woman should control whether she wants to reproduce or not) the pill would be irrelevant.  The abstract concept that this biological function belonging to creatures that reproduce in the same fashion should be subverted at will, is an incredble meme. 

The power of this concept, this meme, is removing DNA from the gene pool. A woman who chooses to follow this meme, and not reproduce, is removing herself from the gene pool, because of the power of a thought.

This particular meme has basically bypassed drives created after millions of years of evolution.

Isn't that amazing?  Doesn't that show how powerful memes are?

Hmmm.  So was that helmeted parrot the Norwegian Blue?  Beautiful plumage. 

Mind you, if it hadn't been nailed to it's Sector House it would have been pushing up the daisies.

I take your point about the meme having it's own formal structure in language, and that it's subverting of the English Language is as straitlaced as formal English anyway, in it's own way.

But I still can't bring myself to do it.

Guys, these are great! Get these on Facebook and Twitter etc, and get Dredd more embedded in people's psyches!!!

Hahaaaa!!  Brilliant!

The group dynamics of three sisters is fascinating.  They're all vying for alpha/apex but each outdoes the other in a specialist area, namely brains, brawn, and the ability to scream the loudest.  As such, an uneasy balance of power is appearing.

It's like Game of Thrones in my living room.  Or Monkey World.

try it without question marks and exclamations...srsly

Gah!  The Grammar Nazi in me just won't let me do that!!!

Earliest I can get there is 6pm, so I won't get to see it.   

Do not worry, I will save your day

Oooh, ta!  I'm all curious now!

... in the Earnest Willows in full Judge regalia...

What a great idea - let's hit Ernest Willows in full uniform!!! 

He was desperately keen to be a part of it (and, unfortunately, very disappointed he didn't get any comments).

Let's get commenting then!   



A superb piece, very reminiscent of Ron Smith's wisecracking Dredd from the Daily Star strips.



A festive effort, yet retaining a feel for the dystopia of Mega City One, where Law and Order cannot abate frustration and disappointment with the system.

That's cool! 

My kids did some Dredd and 2000AD art for the Xmas Advent Calendar which were fun.  In particular, my seven year old did a mean Dredd, and my six year old really enjoyed drawing a Thrillsucker.

Has anyone got any more?