This week’s 2000 AD is a good and useful edition. Prog 1973, which you can buy online or use one of the apps to read, is a special “jumping on” issue. All the stories in the edition are new. In other words you don’t have to go into the back issues to catch-up with the […]
Raid 71’s Countdown to Necropolis
Vice Press are a UK based pop culture gallery. They’ve a license deal with Rebellion, the owners of 2000 AD and Judge Dredd, to sell some officially licensed and limited art prints. Step forward Raid 71. The Urban Sprawl print has been very popular and so Vice Press have pushed on with the the Mega […]
Forbidden Judge Dredd episodes to see print again
“The Cursed Earth” was the first epic length Judge Dredd storyline. It was published in 1978 and the full series has never seen the light of day again. Why not? Some episodes featured parodies of iconic corporate powers; Burger King, Ronald McDonald, the Michelin Man and even the Jolly Green Giant. Punches were not pulled. […]
2000 AD rolls out Android app!
Great news for fellow Android users. 2000 AD is now on Android. You can download it from Google Play. The app has been available since 2012 on iOS and has become on the best performing iPad newstand properties in the UK. The AppStore run by Apple reveals that the top three sellers are subscriptions, with […]
Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection
2000 AD have teamed up with Hachette Partworks to produce a new fortnightly collection of Judge Dredd stories. The idea is that you subscribe online at JudgeDreddCollection.com and gain access to free exclusive gifts. There are, for example, six specially commissioned artwork pieces available to subscribers. Issue #1 will be out in newsagents in the […]
Steampunk delight: A review of Brass Sun
Imagine what it would be like if the sun was a super-hot orb on an actual Orrery and there was a network of planets connected to it by a mechanical contraption. Imagine what it would take to transform a natural solar system into something like that. Brass Sun starts off with all guns blazing. We’ve […]
2000 AD bring Judge Dredd to Cosplay Penguin
Blind Mouse Toys and Blind Mouse Toys have today released the first in the Cosplay Penguin line. It’s a Judge Dredd penguin! I’m sure this is something Google would approve of. The Judge Dredd penguin has a comic accurate costume – which means you can’t remove the helmet – and a removable Lawgiver. The Judge […]
Grim, dark and compelling: A review of 2000 AD’s Jaegir
Jaegir is a one-shot in the US-format from 2000 AD. The comic book is written by Gordon Rennie (Department of Monsterology), drawn by Simon Coleby (The Royals), coloured by Len O’Grady and lettered by Simon Bowland. Importantly, although Jaegir is a one-shot it is set in the same universe as the classic 2000 AD Rogue […]
2000 AD gives new artist a strip thanks to Thought Bubble
Thought Bubble is an annual convention in Leeds, UK. The convention holds a portfolio competition which offers artists the grand prize of working with 2000 AD. This year the new artist getting a strip in this iconic comic book is Tom Foster. Foster earned the right to draw for 2000 AD after impressing the judging […]
You ready, rookie? A review of Dredd: Underbelly
2000 AD’s Dredd: Underbelly is a first. It is the only official comic book sequel to the Judge Dredd movie that featured Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby. Not only is this the first official comic book sequel it is the first time that 2000 AD has done a US-format comic book direct to market. It’s […]
