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Just taking inspiration from another thread: There's some crazy stuff that Alan Grant writes that just doesn't seem to fit in with Dredd contintuity. What's the crack - pretend they haven't happened or just assume they were dealt with behind the scenes?
The worst thing was the Chief Judge and Dredd deciding to nuke most of MC1's young children on their crusade to the Cursed Earth, in Anderson. For my money, it's hard to drop something like that into a long-established continuity without preparing for years of reprecussions, but there was no mention of it ever again. I really find it hard to accept it as fitting into Dredd's backstory.

For my money, I believe Alan Grant was a fine Dredd writer when teamed up with John Wagner, but I'm not sure if he 'gets' Dredd or the Judge system any more. Hard and dictatorial bastards they may be but you don't kill all your own nation's children then sit back and move onto other things.

Also, Grant often show Dredd recommending death sentences and torture, both of which have been shown to only be used in extreme circumstances - the Security of the City Act seems to be the only time the judges will resort to these methods. also, Wagner's Dredd seems a lot more intelligent and well-spoken than Grant's.

Is this week's prog the first normal one (ie. not an all-Slaine or SD special, or prog 1) that hasn't featured Dredd at all, or at least a clone thereof? I thought it was some kind of policy to show at least one of the Dredds in every prog, even if it's just in a single panel. Or is that just the way things have worked out? I have to say, I missed the miserable old codgery bastard.

i think i have a permanent case of it. I went to the doctor with it before, and he said there's nothing that can be done. That said, I don't notice it at all now, to the point where I only hear it now if i concentrate very hard on listening to it.
Our generation grew up with headphones and deafening music in clubs; I remember a lot of nights out that resulted in loss of normal hearing for a day afterwards. even in the 60's I'd imagine it was only the occasional rock concerts that were extremely loud.
Here's to the cloth-eared generation!

A pair of cat's eye UV contact lenses. Not quite sure why

Aye, fair enough. He was bitter and disillusioned, I'd say, but not about Kraken. About the justice system in general, I suppose

2. Rags to riches :
Otto Sump.

My favourite Dredd was the brooding, ageing bloke that was watching Kraken's youthful talent with bitterness and disillusionment. I suppose that was Dredd's midlife crisis, which may have come about the same time as John Wagner's own, and he got over it (by the serenely therapeutic experience of almost burning to death and watching citizens die in their millions); so 'rebirth' maybe?

Wasn't there some kind of 6 degrees of seperation game here before? E.g., link Firekind with Durham Red. Go on, I dare you. I've just done it

A few punters in the Bradley story, but the only ones I remember were The Sisters of Mercy and S-Express. Zenith had a few as well, including Oasis, Britney Spears (we've deal with that debate elsewhere), the Beatles, Robert Smith (though not mentioned by name, he's wandering round a party) and a few others i don't remember.

I've always thought there should be some kind of article about the history MC1 architecture, maybe in a 2000ad special or something. Sort of like the magazine articles and reports that divide the chapters of Watchmen.
Was it just after Booth's spot of nuclear trouble when it all started changing, or before? I noticed cranes and construction work in the background of the post-nuclear scenes of Origins. What would you call the style? Pretentious names here please. Post-organic is my cringeworthy suggestion.

Me too, my friend. I haven't got round to drawing the latest wrinkles onto my avatar yet.

Sorry, missed your post on Friday there Johnny - as it happened I met the boys from Sub City last night and they told me about it. Any good ?

I see Leixlip Tek-Div have been working overtime.  
That's mental. We have to meet up again. You up to anything in Sunday? Used to have your number but lost it. Giz a shout on 0877937367

In my town, Leixlip in Ireland, a deadly virus has just been unleashed on the neighbouring town of Celbridge, five miles down the road. The Leixlip police officers have the antitode, so a local policeman, Sean O'Dreid, is planning to get a 70's punk out of jail, drive part of the way there, break down and crawl the rest of the way. With the sleeve of his jacket torn off.

You can see what will be his face in Judgement in Gotham, though I don't think his spirit has entered the body yet

Thanks, Logan!

'It's not until the penultimate episode that he castrates himself.'
Are you sure? I thought that that was the first time he mentioned it, though he had done it when he started serving the Iscariot. Great name, by the way. Cracking story too