Star Pin-Up: Buggo The Brave And Uglika

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Buggo The Brave And Uglika

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 217

DATELINE
20 June 81

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
None.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
None.


JUDGE DREDD
None.

OTHER CHARACTERS
BUGGO THE BRAVE AND UGLIKA
BUggo and Uglika have apparently had a son.

ARRESTS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
Buggo The Brave And Uglika previously featured in Judge Dredd: The Judge Child, Part 8.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: None.
Artist: Mike McMahon
Letters: None.

REVIEW
Probably the most obscure characters to get the Star Pin-Up treatment and very nice it is too.

Star Pin-Up: Judge Anderson

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Judge Anderson

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 213

DATELINE
23 May 81

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
Unknown.

SYNOPSIS
None.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
None.

JUDGE ANDERSON
Depicted here both struggling with Judge Death and sealed in Boing.

OTHER CHARACTERS
JUDGE DEATH

ARRESTS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
Judge Death and Judge Anderson last appeared in Judge Dredd: Judge Death.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
This serves to remind the reader of two important characters that they haven't seen for eighteen months.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Brian Bolland

REVIEW
Bolland's art is wonderful as always.

Star Pin-Up: Max Normal - Mega-City One's Pinstripe Freak!

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Max Normal - Mega-City One's Pinstripe Freak!

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 212

DATELINE
16 May 81

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
None.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
None.

MAX NORMAL

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Brett Ewins

REVIEW
It's good to see Max surrounded by the chaotic nature of the Big Meg and the appalled expressions on the faces of the other citizens are wonderful.

Star Pin Up: Tyranno-Mek!

NAME
Star Pin Up: Tyranno-Mek!

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 AD & Starlord Prog 116

DATELINE
9 June 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
None.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
None.

OTHER CHARACTERS

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Dave Gibbons

REVIEW
Meet the Tyranno-Mek. It's a fantastic piece of artwork.

Star Pin-Up: Wulf Sternhammer

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Wulf Sternhammer

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 AD & Starlord Prog 108

DATELINE
14 Apr 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
Unknown.

SYNOPSIS
Wulf Sternhammer

FIRSTS & LASTS
First appearance of Wulf without Johnny Alpha.

INFORMATION
None.

WULF STERNHAMMER

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Ezquerra

REVIEW
Everybody loves Wulf. This serves to remind me that it's been a while since we saw the happy stick.

Star Pin-Up: Ro-Jaws

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Ro-Jaws

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 AD & Starlord Prog 106

DATELINE
31 Mar 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
Unknown.

SYNOPSIS
Ro-Jaws

FIRSTS & LASTS
First Ro-Busters Star Pin-Up to feature in 2000 A.D.

INFORMATION
None.

RO-JAWS

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Kevin O'Neill

REVIEW
It's Ro-Jaws.

Star Pin-Up: The Gronk

NAME
Star Pin-Up: The Gronk

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 AD & Starlord Prog 91

DATELINE
18 Nov 78

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
The Gronk

FIRSTS & LASTS
First Strontium Dog Star Pin-Up to feature in 2000 A.D.

INFORMATION
None.

THE GRONK

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Ezquerra

REVIEW
I like this image a lot. Someone should put this on a T-shirt.

Star Pin-Up: Johnny Alpha

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Johnny Alpha

FIRST PUBLISHED
Starlord No 21

DATELINE
30 Sept 78

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
Strontium Dog: Search/Destroy Agency Files 01.

SYNOPSIS
Johnny Alpha.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First Star Pin-Up to feature Strontium Dog and the last Star Pin-Up to feature in Starlord.

INFORMATION
None.

JOHNNY ALPHA

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Ezquerra

REVIEW
It's a shame that this lacks the clarity of the rest of Ezquerra's Strontium Dog work. The font and the low red sun evoke the Western genre, while the white background recalls the flag of Japan and the electronux working overtime look more like a jagged bladed weapon.

Star Pin Up: Judge Dredd IV

NAME
Star Pin Up: Judge Dredd IV

FIRST PUBLISHED
Judge Dredd Annual 1981

DATELINE
1 Sept 80

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
Justice Central poster.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First Star Pin-Up which serves as an in-world propaganda poster.

INFORMATION
Justice Central produce posters to promote Law and Order and support for the Judges.

JUDGE DREDD
Justice Central uses his image on posters.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

ARRESTS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
Better Dredd Than Dead!

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Mike McMahon

REVIEW
It's a nice image and "Better Dredd Than Dead!" is a great slogan, but the genius of this is Dredd's appropriation as a tool for propaganda. It successfully communicates the cryptofascist nature of the Judge system and Dredd's pseudocelebrity status within it.

Star Pin-Up: Mega-City One By Night

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Mega-City One By Night

FIRST PUBLISHED
Judge Dredd Annual 1981

DATELINE
1 Sept 80

Judge Dredd gets his own annual and this features alongside four Judge Dredd strips, a Judge Dredd text story, the Tran-strips for Walter The Wobot, Max Normal and a one-off called Shok!, all behind a Judge Dredd cover by Brian Bolland.

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
Mega-City One By Night

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION

JUDGE DREDD
None.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

ARRESTS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
"Mega-City One By Night" I suppose, see INFLUENCES & REFERENCES below.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
This obviously turns the joke behind '[Insert Town Name] By Night' postcards, which show the local nightlife as a solid black rectangle on its head.

MISTAKES
It's not the fault of this image, but the contents list which accompanies it are pretty useless. They list simply Judge Dredd as appearing pages 3, 41, 48 and 89, which indeed it does, but this is where a story title would have come in very handy.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Ron Smith

REVIEW
It's a lovely image to open the Annual with and at a time when we are getting used to seeing Mega-City One depicted one cityblock at a time, it good to see something with a sense of scale to it.

Star Pin-Up: Judge Dredd III

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Judge Dredd III

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 AD and Tornado Prog 172

DATELINE
9 Aug 80

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
Mega-City One awaits the return of Judge Dredd.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
None.

JUDGE DREDD

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

ARRESTS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
The cars look oddly twentieth century.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Mike McMahon

REVIEW
"Mega City Waits..." is a great slogan, but it's not strictly true is it? Most of Mega-City One has no idea what Dredd is up to or why. The image itself is nice, but again Dredd isn't really watching over the city at the moment so it seems an odd time to print it.

Star Pin-Up: Judge Dredd II

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Judge Dredd II

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. and Starlord Prog 118

DATELINE
23 June 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
Unknown.

SYNOPSIS
Dredd.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
None.

JUDGE DREDD

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

ARRESTS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Bolland

REVIEW
It's a nice image of Dredd on a Lawmaster radioing in.

Star Pin-Up: Walter & Rowena

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Walter & Rowena

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. Prog 109

DATELINE
21 Apr 79

This Dreddless Prog contained Dan Dare, Tharg's Future Shocks, Ro-Busters, Robo-Hunter and Strontium Dog strips and bore a Strontium Dog cover by Carlos Ezquerra.

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
Unknown.

SYNOPSIS
Walter and Rowena.

FIRSTS & LASTS
Last appearance of Rowena.

INFORMATION
None.

WALTER THE WOBOT
He has drawn 'Walter Loves Rowena' graffiti.

OTHER CHARACTERS
ROWENA

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
The stars of this Star Pin Up are taken from a panel in Judge Dredd: 'Land Race', but with a new background and in the original panel the pair were sat on a bench, but this has been redrawn to appear as though they are atop a car of some sort.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Brian Bolland

REVIEW
A nice reminder that Walter once got the girl.

Star Pin-Up: Fergee

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Fergee

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. Prog 107

DATELINE
7 Apr 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
Unknown.

SYNOPSIS
Fergee.

FIRSTS & LASTS
Last appearance of Fergee.

INFORMATION
None.

JUDGE DREDD
None.

OTHER CHARACTERS
FERGEE
He can write his own name.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Brian Bolland

REVIEW
Fergee is a great choice of subject.

Star Pin-Up: Ro-Jaws And Hammer-Stein

NAME
Pin-Up: Ro-Jaws And Hammer-Stein

FIRST PUBLISHED
Starlord Issue 19

DATELINE
16 September 78

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
The Complete Ro-Busters.

SYNOPSIS
Ro-Jaws and Hammer-Stein pose for a pin-up.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First Ro-Busters pin up.

INFORMATION
None.

RO-JAWS
He has visited the Robo-Wash.

HAMMER-STEIN
He wants Ro-Jaws to stand to attention.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: O'Neill

REVIEW
This is great, but the choice of a posed image, rather than an action shot is an odd one.

Star Pin-Up: Judge Dredd

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Judge Dredd

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. and Starlord Prog 95

DATELINE
13 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
Unknown.

SYNOPSIS
Dredd.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First Star Pin-Up of Dredd.

INFORMATION
None.

JUDGE DREDD

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

ARRESTS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
The pointing finger recalls the 1914 recruitment poster depicting the British Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener, pointing above the words "Wants You", later becoming "Your Country Needs You"

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Mike McMahon

REVIEW
The artwork is brilliant and the choice of pose and gesture are great.

Star Pin-Up: Tweak

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Tweak

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. Prog 83

DATELINE
23 Sep 78

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
Unknown.

SYNOPSIS
Tweak

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
None.

TWEAK
None.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
The Pin-Up borrows its aesthetic from Life, an American magazine first published from 1883 to 1936 as a general interest magazine. It became a news magazine with a strong emphasis on photojournalism between 1936 and 2000, before becoming a weekly newspaper supplement included in some American newspapers from 2004 to 2007.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Brian Bolland

REVIEW
I miss Tweak. This image is great and the pseudo Life magazine parody is wonderful.

Star Pin Up: Artie Gruber

And now the brief return of a character from both Harlem Heroes and Inferno...

NAME
Star Pin Up: Artie Gruber

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. Prog 74

DATELINE
22 July 78

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
The Complete Harlem Heroes.

SYNOPSIS
Artie Gruber back from the dead.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First 2000 A.D. Star Pin Up.

INFORMATION
None.

ARTIE GRUBER
Somebody buried Artie Gruber, but he rises from the grave.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
Artie Gruber would indeed return to the nineties version of Harlem Heroes.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
There are no credits printed in the strip itself and so the following is taken from The Complete Harlem Heroes.

Artist: Massimo Belardinelli

REVIEW
I debated whether this was worth posting and casting an eye over the repeated Nones, but I've been posting daily for 114 days, I really like this image and this is as close to a day off as I'm going to allow myself.