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This kind of thing seemed to have been going on right across the industry too. I remember reading somewhere that in the Marvel offices in the 70's, artists work was chopped up into individual frames and handed out to kids who were being given tours of the building.

There just seems to have been total lack of any regard for the work of comic artists until relatively modern times.[/QUOTE
Is it the UK and American comics industries that used to treat this wonderful art form with such distain? l'm sure  Countries like France and Italy  have museums celebrating this kind of artists work. It's an horrendous thought to think that my favourite artists work ( the late great Belardinelli) was consigned to a skip. His work was fine art in it's execution and imagination.

I thought i would let yourself and others know that some of the artwork that was skipped was salvaged and is now in collections.I know who has some of it but they wont sell.

There is still a certain amount that wasnt salvaged that ended up in landfill and i will guess that about 50 percent of it is lost forever.IPC did contact various artists about wether or not they wanted the art before it was chucked and one example was Belardinelli who declined the offer because he was concerned over the shipping costs amongst other things.

Wot a set of twats!...all that ditched artwork is priceless to first gen 2000ader's like me. It  all would have looked princely displayed in a museum for public perusal.

http://sardinianconnection.blogspot.com/2009/10/dave-gibbons-interview-1.html

Dave Gibbons one Judge Dredd story for 2000AD:

Dredd and the Mob Blitzers (aka Lips Lazarus), 2000 AD prog 130

You guys are stars, thanks.

The interview is awesome, a fountain of  artistic and writer knowledge from Gibbons.  The annual cover looks good as a screen saver on my phone too.

Thanks for the Dave Gibbons Dredd samples fellow perp's.  l hope this posts as l've had some mobile web cockups with my last couple of attempts.

I'm mentally going through all possible sources as I surf the internet. As soon as I get a fix, I'll post it here. If, I get a fix, obviously.

SBT

Apologises for the last two posts,...flippin' phone...

Cheers SBT,...don't labour over it though if it doesn't come to light quickly. We can always ask him in person at the next 2000ad panel/ con.

I'm mentally going through all possible sources as I surf the internet. As soon as I get a fix, I'll post it here. If, I get a fix, obviously.

SBT

Thanks for looking it's much appreciated.  Don't labour over it though if nothing comes to light quickly. We can always ask him in person at the next 2000ad panel /con.

I have an inkling ive read an interview with gibbons in which he goes into the reasons he didnt do much dredd... But i cant for the life of me remember where. Is it in TPO?
SBT

I'd  like to know more  SBT. l'm  sure he had a tryout  for swamp thing way back, but his style did'nt marry up with this title.

Well he had plenty on with Dan Dare/Rogue Trooper/Harlem Heroes/Robusters

Good point Steve, he was very prolific  output wise with  other  characters.

Would have loved to see him draw an epic length Dredd saga, something along the lines of Judge Child or Cursed Earth.

For that matter

How much Dredd has Gibbons drawn? Barney has him down as drawing 13 pages of Dredd and a cover and a half. Now iconic Rogue Trooper imagery yes.

Thanks for the reply chaps,...l could'nt recall any Gibbons Dredd due to the fact  that you've highlighted (he did'nt really do any). I wonder why, can't see it being an artistic  style issue.?!

Thanks for the fantastic insights and pic's of the event chaps, wish l could have  been there.

l've said it before and l'm gonna reiterate it again. Those DREDD PR monkeys can go jump off a 900 storey city block.

One day let. Vote for Jim now or... don't, I suppose.

Not sure when tomorrow this closes so don't delay.

www.eagleawards.co.uk/voting/

Other links:

Votes for paragon and ar' jim plus the libcons submitted. Good luck.

Was it a red tape issue?...copy right etc.?

He told me why it wasn't shown 

Enlighten us please CF.

kapoo's over, but there's still hope for some DREDD stuff emerging at Bristol in May hey!