Gay Dredd .....lol

[Noisybast]

Wow.

Y'know I suggested merging the two "Gay Dredd" threads? Never mind. I reckon this one's better off in isolation.

[Richmond Clements]

Wow.

Y'know I suggested merging the two "Gay Dredd" threads? Never mind. I reckon this one's better off in isolation.

That's kinda why I didn't do it!

[Trout]

I just read the story.

SPOILERS: [spoiler]Dredd's not gay. Neither of the men kissing in that picture is Dredd.[/spoiler]

[Hawkmumbler]

I just read the story.

SPOILERS: [spoiler]Dredd's not gay. Neither of the men kissing in that picture is Dredd.[/spoiler]

The horror! They did what? 
Oh! Well that's alright then. Got mine this morning but not read it yet as I had to chug off to college in ankle deep water. Don't know if it's that or the story that's got me really wet...

[Proudhuff]

as I had to chug off to college in ankle deep water.

Always a bad start to the day, especially it your tie gets it

[JamesC]

as I had to chug off to college in ankle deep water.

Always a bad start to the day, especially it your tie gets it

[Noisybast]

Wow.

Y'know I suggested merging the two "Gay Dredd" threads? Never mind. I reckon this one's better off in isolation.

That's kinda why I didn't do it!

Sort of wishing I'd posted on the other thread instead. Rather too much red-faced bluster and invective here for my liking.

To clarify (and hopefully further distance myself from some of the other opinions expressed on this thread): I don't really care whether Dredd is not shagging men or not shagging women. That was never the issue for me. I just feel the way the story broke in the papers was a rather depressing mix of sensationalist hyperbole and schoolboy sniggering, and drew attention away from some of the strips more impressive achievements over the last year or so. That said, I can totally understand why Molch-R took the opportunity to grab a bit of publicity for the prog while it was available. It is, after all, exactly what he's paid to do. I'd even grudgingly admit he's sometimes quite good at it

As an aside, Dredd also turned down Bella Bagley, and she was drawn by Ian Gibson. The mind boggles...

[House of Usher]

not shagging men or not shagging women

Funny! 

I just feel the way the story broke in the papers was a rather depressing mix of sensationalist hyperbole and schoolboy sniggering, and drew attention away from some of the strips more impressive achievements over the last year or so.

I'm sympathetic to this view. It is regrettable that some of the media seem to have run with the angle "2000ad fans in uproar over gay Dredd strip - they're all homophobic."

[Molch-R]

It is regrettable that some of the media seem to have run with the angle "2000ad fans in uproar over gay Dredd strip - they're all homophobic."

You ... er ... you have read the comments on the FB pages, yes? And this board hasn't exactly been bereft of 'interesting' opinions on the matter either.

[James Stacey]

It is regrettable that some of the media seem to have run with the angle "2000ad fans in uproar over gay Dredd strip - they're all homophobic."

You ... er ... you have read the comments on the FB pages, yes? And this board hasn't exactly been bereft of 'interesting' opinions on the matter either.

So you are saying all 2000ad fans are homophobic?

[Molch-R]

So you are saying all 2000ad fans are homophobic?

Please don't twist my words. Any outsider would take one look at the threads on that page and conclude that there is a significant number of homophobic comments from people who follow the comic book's Facebook page. Therefore it does not take a wild leap of the imagination to write "2000 AD fans in uproar over gay Dredd strip" because, well, there's the evidence right in front of their eyes.

[James Stacey]

It's not a particularly nice brush to be painted with in the press over a publicity stunt though is it. 

[Molch-R]

It's not a particularly nice brush to be painted with in the press over a publicity stunt though is it. 

I think you're being a bit sensitive. At no point has anyone said "ALL fans".

[James Stacey]

Thank you for editing that last comment or I'd have been justified in being over sensitive 

[JamesC]

It's not a particularly nice brush to be painted with in the press over a publicity stunt though is it. 

It doesn't say 'All 2000ad fans'.

You'd have to be pretty silly to read that article and come away with the impression that all readers of Judge Dredd are homophobes. Anyone with any modicum of sense would assume that it's a vocal minority that are 'in uproar' over an issue that, in 2013, we should all really be a little more grown up about.

Despite the content of the tabloid articles it still give 2000AD some much needed free publicity and we got a pretty decent Dredd tale out of it to boot (with great artwork btw). I really can't see a problem here.