The barbarian Slaine appeared first in 2000 AD back in 1983. The hero and a world based heavily in Celtic myths was created by Pat Mills and Angela Kincaid. This is the 30th year of Slaine. 2000 AD Prog 1848 (published September) contains a one off special strip from Simon Bisley. Bisley was such a […]
Dan Abnett’s Kingdom to get sequel; Fiefdom
Dan Abnett’s 2000 AD series “Kingdom” is an action-packed comic book series in which genetically created dog-soldiers defend the Antarctic from mutant insect horrors. It’s a post-apocalyptic future that explores loyalty, nature and nurture as well as the sense of belonging but is very much a blood soaked action drama in fitting with the best […]
Review of Charley’s War Volume 10: The End
Sometimes starting right at the end is better than not starting at all. Charley’s War originally ran from 1979 to October 1985. Titan Books started republishing the series in hardback albums back in 2004 and now nearly 10 years later we’re up to volume 10. As it happens it’s “Charley’s War: The End” that I […]
Free preview: 20 volumes of Judge Dread for your iOS tech
Judge Dredd enjoyed a major digital release today with 20 volumes of the popular Complete Case Files graphic novels were made available for the iOS app. That means you’ve now got nearly 30 years of digital Dredd available for your iPad or iPhone. You can access the iOS app only from Apple’s App Store. Now […]
Soul stealingly good Judge Death cosplay
This is real cosplay. The character is Judge Death, the leader of the Dark Judges and Judge Dredd’s most significant foe. He considers life to be a crime. Via Headhunter Store
Judge Dredd might be gay but are fans really threatening to burn the comic?
The news that Judge Dredd might be gay is making the mainstream media. The Independent says; The writers of the legendary lawman Judge Dredd have caused a stir among fans by suggesting he might be gay. The first page from the latest edition of the comic, titled Closet, does show Dredd kissing a punk in […]
10 Christmas recommendations from Forbidden Planet
Geek Native reached out to the team at Forbidden Planet with a Christmas plea for insight. Which graphic novels would they recommend? What’s hot? What’s new? What should this blogger buy his geeky friends? The results are in. The Forbidden Planet team put their heads together and came back with these 10 tempting, geeky, recommendations […]
Judge Dredd: The Dark Judges make World Book Night
Half a million free books will be given out to promote reading for World Book Night next year. Some 20,000 volunteers each hand out 20 copies of their favourite book to people who do not normally read. For the first time ever World Book Night has added a graphic novel to their list of promoted […]
10 popular horror comics for roleplayers
It’s the run up to Halloween and we’re digging deep into unknowable horrors. Yesterday, with sales data from DriveThru RPG and RPGNow we asked are these the best horror RPGs of all time?. Today we look at comics. The slideshow above is composed of front covers from the most popular horror series (comics with a […]
The 2000 AD National Signing Day
When we had the news of 2000 AD coming to the iPad we also mentioned the first ever 2000 AD National Signing Day. The event celebrates 35 years of Thrill-power, in one zarjaz day! In Forbidden Planets and Travelling Man stores across the UK, on 1 September, a host of famous names would be available […]
