tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.comments2023-11-18T10:12:59.253+00:00Dredd AlertDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-86173120195907076912013-04-27T21:56:08.500+01:002013-04-27T21:56:08.500+01:00Ah, Brian Bolland. Judge Dredd finally goes Hi-Def...Ah, Brian Bolland. Judge Dredd finally goes Hi-Def. No disrespect to the previous artists on the strip but Mr Bolland's clean lines just make Mega-city One "Pop!"Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17502213791452047798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-27184778067705578982013-04-27T17:14:34.165+01:002013-04-27T17:14:34.165+01:00Thanks.
Agreed, my Bolland biography was probably...Thanks.<br /><br />Agreed, my Bolland biography was probably briefer than it ought to be. I didn't mention <i>The Killing Joke</i> for <i>Batman</i> either.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-46655383400388025562013-04-27T16:49:28.997+01:002013-04-27T16:49:28.997+01:00Great blog, glad that you are managing to keep goi...Great blog, glad that you are managing to keep going at such a high level of quality.<br /><br />RE: Your Bolland paragraph - surely his co-creation of the 4 dark judges, Judge Anderson and Judge Hershey deserved a mention.Michael Evershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733264695650316572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-18323236503890475922013-04-25T11:36:56.981+01:002013-04-25T11:36:56.981+01:00I'm always surprised by how early in Dredd'...I'm always surprised by how early in Dredd's history this story appeared, even though I know full well and have Case Files 1 etc. Don't know why, but it always felt more like one from the post Day the Law Died pre Judge Child era stories... err nothing else to say really, just that really struck me again seeing this review come up today. Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023156914121070619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-30888463069122552962013-03-08T11:35:02.095+00:002013-03-08T11:35:02.095+00:00Thanks.Thanks.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-77875911422268606382013-03-08T11:15:28.786+00:002013-03-08T11:15:28.786+00:00Excellent stuff, Dave. This blog is becoming a gr...Excellent stuff, Dave. This blog is becoming a great resource for the Dredd fan.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12481887632330662754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-67574704952111603492013-02-04T08:28:49.862+00:002013-02-04T08:28:49.862+00:00Thanks. You too.Thanks. You too.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-28627952848325542852013-02-04T06:59:50.204+00:002013-02-04T06:59:50.204+00:00Great work, mate. Great work, mate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-4572193242194130002013-01-28T09:23:25.233+00:002013-01-28T09:23:25.233+00:00Agreed.
I think that the subjective leniency of y...Agreed.<br /><br />I think that the subjective leniency of your first point surprised me most when I was reading these for the first time.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-52817989032871468432013-01-27T19:39:49.930+00:002013-01-27T19:39:49.930+00:00Reading this I was struck by two things:
1) Dredd ...Reading this I was struck by two things:<br />1) Dredd really is a soft git when it comes to his "friends" commiting crimes namely Maria with the Brainbloom and Walter watching illegal TV programmes. Slapped wrists and stern looks.<br />2) This is probably the first good look at the rather off-kilter society (the gameshow audience's complicity in homicide) that inhabits Mega-City 1 and the black humour and satire that John Wagner and co. will mine from it for the next 35 years.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17502213791452047798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-84604866736875294992013-01-23T22:46:21.381+00:002013-01-23T22:46:21.381+00:00Thank you for the reminder. I meant to include som...Thank you for the reminder. I meant to include something about this and I don't know how I left it out.<br /><br />I have now amended it include your link. Thanks again.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-35502102079076908712013-01-23T21:47:27.670+00:002013-01-23T21:47:27.670+00:00The cover for this issue was quite controversial w...The cover for this issue was quite controversial within the 2000AD office and lead to Carlos Ezquerra leaving Dredd until the Apocolypse War. <br /><br />Read this blog post for more info: http://mooseharris.tumblr.com/post/30794497470/the-2000ad-re-read-2012-quick-somebody-offendMichael Evershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733264695650316572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-473161958659609622013-01-22T21:12:15.350+00:002013-01-22T21:12:15.350+00:00Thank you.
You are absolutely right, it was also ...Thank you.<br /><br />You are absolutely right, it was also in the <i>Judge Dredd Annual 1981</i>.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-22192035267203843772013-01-22T19:28:36.429+00:002013-01-22T19:28:36.429+00:00The notes section says '...then-unpublished te...The notes section says '...then-unpublished test strip, 'Bank Raid' or The First Dredd and are drawn by Carlos Ezquerra. Now available in the first volume of the Case Files (see above)'<br /><br />This was previously published in either a 2000AD or a Judge Dredd Christmas annual from the early 80s.Michael Evershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733264695650316572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-41804348725707692462013-01-21T07:20:06.231+00:002013-01-21T07:20:06.231+00:00To be fair, it’s hard to see Dredd (even in these ...To be fair, it’s hard to see Dredd (even in these early tales) as an “earnest idealist”. I mean, let’s face it, the robots are nothing but slaves without rights, and Dredd helps crush this lower class back into submission. Heck, the Judges even reward the collaborators who helped them defeat the mutinous robots (sound familiar?). It’s nice to see that even from the very beginning, Wagner was willing to use allegory to show that Dredd might be courageous, but he was always a fascist supporting a relentless police state.ARMANDOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729751251528554981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-37203926117767617142013-01-20T23:57:01.241+00:002013-01-20T23:57:01.241+00:00Ian, they are creepy in a way that's difficult...Ian, they are creepy in a way that's difficult to explain, aren't they?Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-39004353793827201922013-01-20T23:56:13.956+00:002013-01-20T23:56:13.956+00:00Mididoctors, thank you.
Mididoctors, thank you.<br />Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-32313063131246292832013-01-20T19:05:34.467+00:002013-01-20T19:05:34.467+00:00I was four years old when I first saw the brainblo...I was four years old when I first saw the brainblooms in a feature in the 1982 Judge Dredd Annual (bought at a church bring-and-buy sale.) They scared the flip out of me then and they still do three decades later. Uuurgh. Also, Dredd's no claims bonus must be up the swanny. Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17502213791452047798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-6424923263144591692013-01-20T18:34:48.637+00:002013-01-20T18:34:48.637+00:00keep going its a worthwhile effortkeep going its a worthwhile effortmididoctorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464320737232721120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-52067205890690280982013-01-18T21:53:43.996+00:002013-01-18T21:53:43.996+00:00Agreed.
Unfortunately for Dredd, he was less luck...Agreed.<br /><br />Unfortunately for Dredd, he was less lucky with the ladies.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-57483853897903672722013-01-18T21:20:42.780+00:002013-01-18T21:20:42.780+00:00Yes, he definitely would. 70s Dredd would be torn ...Yes, he definitely would. 70s Dredd would be torn about doing it but 80s Dredd would do it without hesitation. That is what I find fascinating about the character - his progression from "Boys Comics" over earnest idealist fighting crime to a cynical fascist roughing up Democratic protesters. And now that he is in his declining years he is going back (somewhat) to his more idealistic ways. Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17502213791452047798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-13626261288748256082013-01-18T20:36:04.962+00:002013-01-18T20:36:04.962+00:00Very similar.Very similar.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-76157154360021966032013-01-18T19:48:48.407+00:002013-01-18T19:48:48.407+00:00Glad to help.
Also; while CMK meets his end on an...Glad to help. <br />Also; while CMK meets his end on an flying oil tanker, Cagney's character blows up atop a gas storage tank. Similar?? <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01838780372603640058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-88917677150347816012013-01-18T18:48:53.390+00:002013-01-18T18:48:53.390+00:00I haven't seen White Heat, but it sounds like ...I haven't seen <i>White Heat</i>, but it sounds like you might be onto something. Thanks for pointing it out.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131223022620329561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172022409838539561.post-83671668009866677842013-01-18T16:40:28.749+00:002013-01-18T16:40:28.749+00:00Re: INFLUENCES AND REFERENCES
Just before CMK is d...Re: INFLUENCES AND REFERENCES<br />Just before CMK is destroyed, his last words are; "...TOP OF THE WORLD! BZZZZ!". Surely this is a reference to the film 'White Heat'(1949) which features the explosive demise of James Cagney's character, who's last words are "Made it,Ma!Top of the world!" Cagney plays a mad, ruthless criminal who meets his end, like CMK, in a fiery explosion. <br />Maybe I'm reading too much into it....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01838780372603640058noreply@blogger.com