well, I think we have to assume another editor could step in - otherwise, what does that say for the future of the prog - pretty precarious if it rests in the hands of one droid!
But I'm not suggesting he need give it up totally - just get an assistant to do the heavy lifting and giving Matt time to spend giving Dredd some direction - when it was Wagner, this took care of itself - if we had a way to corrall the disparate ideas of Carroll/Eglington/Williams into something more coherent, that referenced itself and set a tone, I think the strip would improve exponentially and a Rebellions top property, it would be worth the investment.