New monthly Dredd title announced for North America

[Colin YNWA]

Its not bad, but as SBT says its a does hark back and I'm not convinced it'll pop off the shelves as there's a lot more innovative covers out there today. Still its what's inside that matters!

[Steve Green]

Nick Runge's Minty-ish cover for IDW's Judge Dredd with Mk I and II Lawgivers.

Please let that be a generic cover that does not refer to the contents of the comic. Making the introduction of the Stallone-ified lawgiver a crucial part of Doomsday's narrative was one of the cheesiest things the Dredd strip has ever done. I'm not arguing that was the reason Doomsday was (for me) a disappointment, but using up even a few frames of your six pages a week on fanboy nonsense like that doesn't strike me as a great editorial decision.

Especially when Dredd's uniform and the rest of his kit's always been depicted differently depending which artist's drawing him anyway.

When flashbacks in stories like Blood Cadets and Blood and Duty depict the Judge's gear in the style of early McMahon or Gibson, it allows more literal readers to imagine that Justice Dept regularly redesigns and upgrades its tech, while others can enjoy the droll humour in acknowledging that everyone's making this shit up as they go along. Writing changes to the lawgiver design into the strip's lore just carves this nonsense in stone, closes down narrative possibilities, and limits the ability of different readers to enjoy Judge Dredd for different reasons- which has always been one of its greatest strengths.

The narrative possibilities of someone having a different looking gun, that pretty much does the same thing? I'm not sure how it restricts that.

I'd say it works quite well as a visual shorthand for flashbacks.

I don't see why using an aspect of the lawgiver like the self-destruct and turning it against them, while commenting on the dangers of outsourcing is particularly pandering to fanboy nonsense or particularly cheesy.

It was just a plot device, and an attempt to make the gun look a bit less spindly, and lose the clock dial.

[mygrimmbrother]

I love that cover.

[Molch-R]

I love that cover.

Ditto.

[radiator]

Nick Runge's Minty-ish cover for IDW's Judge Dredd with Mk I and II Lawgivers.

Please let that be a generic cover that does not refer to the contents of the comic. Making the introduction of the Stallone-ified lawgiver a crucial part of Doomsday's narrative was one of the cheesiest things the Dredd strip has ever done. I'm not arguing that was the reason Doomsday was (for me) a disappointment, but using up even a few frames of your six pages a week on fanboy nonsense like that doesn't strike me as a great editorial decision.

Especially when Dredd's uniform and the rest of his kit's always been depicted differently depending which artist's drawing him anyway.

When flashbacks in stories like Blood Cadets and Blood and Duty depict the Judge's gear in the style of early McMahon or Gibson, it allows more literal readers to imagine that Justice Dept regularly redesigns and upgrades its tech, while others can enjoy the droll humour in acknowledging that everyone's making this shit up as they go along. Writing changes to the lawgiver design into the strip's lore just carves this nonsense in stone, closes down narrative possibilities, and limits the ability of different readers to enjoy Judge Dredd for different reasons- which has always been one of its greatest strengths.

What a load of nonsense.

[Emperor]

Nick Runge's Minty-ish cover for IDW's Judge Dredd with Mk I and II Lawgivers.

Please let that be a generic cover that does not refer to the contents of the comic. Making the introduction of the Stallone-ified lawgiver a crucial part of Doomsday's narrative was one of the cheesiest things the Dredd strip has ever done. I'm not arguing that was the reason Doomsday was (for me) a disappointment, but using up even a few frames of your six pages a week on fanboy nonsense like that doesn't strike me as a great editorial decision.

Especially when Dredd's uniform and the rest of his kit's always been depicted differently depending which artist's drawing him anyway.

When flashbacks in stories like Blood Cadets and Blood and Duty depict the Judge's gear in the style of early McMahon or Gibson, it allows more literal readers to imagine that Justice Dept regularly redesigns and upgrades its tech, while others can enjoy the droll humour in acknowledging that everyone's making this shit up as they go along. Writing changes to the lawgiver design into the strip's lore just carves this nonsense in stone, closes down narrative possibilities, and limits the ability of different readers to enjoy Judge Dredd for different reasons- which has always been one of its greatest strengths.

Nice, but there is something wrong with that right shoulder.

All that and no one picks up on the fact that there are 5 (yes five) links in his chain? The quality of complaining has really gone downhill, the forum is doomed I tell you doomed. Thank heavens for Mrs Godlepton's* worst son, who is out there at the coalface of complaints every day, showing all you lollygaggers, laggards and slugabeds how it is really done.

* And Trout's

[Large48]

Very Planet Replicas like Eagle!!!!!!

[Full of dreddd]

IDW are releasing reprints of all turtles material. I wonder if they'll do the same with Judge Dredd?

[Mike Carroll]

Very Planet Replicas like Eagle!!!!!!

And very definitely a Termight Replicas badge!

[lborl]

Re: Charlie Kirchoff's coloured-in Bolland - he's currently using this as his Facebook avatar:

[JOE SOAP]

Looks more like Cliff Robinson.

[Colin YNWA]

Idol speculation time since the release of 10 seconds of footage has sent many people into a frenzy here and I'm staying away from all that!

In their September solicitations IDW have released a paperback version of there Gibbon's Doctor Who collection  which makes it a lot more affordable (from over £30 to around £18). Very possible they'll do the same thing for Dredd you'd think? 

[Spaceghost]

Definitely Cliff Robinson.

I wonder if this means we'll be getting re-coloured reprint material? I hope so, it'll be a good excuse for me to buy it.

Again.

[Colin YNWA]

Already announced there's a Bolland collection coming out in November.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Judge-Dredd-Complete-Brian-Bolland/dp/1613774885/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1340196584&sr=1-3

[Pete Wells]

IDW are due to do a joint panel today of tomorrow aren't they?

I'm REALLY optimistic about the new IDW comic!