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Rok Of The Reds Moves To Judge Dredd Megazine
That is how John Wagner, Alan Grant and Dan Cornwell's Rok of the Reds comic book series, a sci-fi version of Roy Of The Rovers, previously published by BHP Comics, is now being published in Judge Dredd Megazine, though sadly Alan didn't get to see it The two previous Rok of the Reds stories will be[...]
button man
In an exclusive report from Deadline Hollywood from earlier today, Fifth Season has acquired the rights to adapt writer John Wagner (Judge Dredd co-creator, A History of Violence) and illustrator Arthur Ranson's (Sapphire & Steel, Judge Anderson: Psi Division) graphic novel Button Man This isn't the first effort to adapt the work – with names[...]
Cover image for 2000 AD MARCH PROG PACK (AUGUST 2023 SHIPPING) (MR)
Americans! If you are looking for what else Garth Ennis, Dan Abnett, Rob Williams, Simon Fraser, John Wagner, Simon Furman, Dan Boultwood, P J Holden and the like are up to these days, why not check out 2000AD, Judge Dredd Magazine, Monster Fun and Battle Action from Rebellion, from their August 2023 solicits and solicitations[...]
Doctor Who: Tennant Said Beep the Meep Comic Creators Visited the Set
We assume he was talking about Pat Mills, John Wagner and artist Dave Gibbons, who first created Beep the Meep Now think about that Pat Mills and John Wagner are the creators of Judge Dredd for 2000AD, and Dave Gibbons not only drew Rogue Trooper for 2000AD but went on to co-create and draw Watchmen[...]
Cover image for DICE MAN COMPLETE ED HC
Rebellion and 2000AD's May 2023 solicits including a collection of Dice Man by John Wagner, Pat Mills, Kevin O'Neill, Bryan Talbot, David Lloyd, Steve Dillon, Mike Collins & Hunt Emerson How many other projects have that level of talent? #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /*[...]
Rebellion Relaunch Battle Action With Garth Ennis
Following the 2022 Battle Action special published by Rebellion/2000AD, writer Garth Ennis will be returning to the Battle Picture Weekly and Action! brands from IPC to reintroduce a new series, alongside creators John Wagner, Dan Abnett, Torunn Grønbekk, Rob Williams, John Higgins and Chris Burnham.  Launching on the 31st of May in 2000 AD-size magazine format,[...]
Doctor Who Daleks
There may be more… The Return of the Daleks – Steve Moore, Paul Neary, David Lloyd Abslom Daak… Dalek Killer – Steve Moore, Steve Dillon The Star Tigers – Steve Moore, Steve Dillon, David Lloyd Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom – John Wagner, Pat Mills, Dave Gibbons Nemesis of the Daleks – Richard Starkings, John Tomlinson, Lee[...]
Alan Grant at a comics convention in the early 1990s video still
After returning to college – and Dundee – he began working on a new weekly science fiction anthology comic, 2000AD, and began working – and living – with Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner, working on Dredd as well as Robo-Hunter and Strontium Dog But between them, they established Judge Dredd as one of Britain's most[...]
2000 AD 45th Anniversary: Massive Online Comic Con is this weekend
Brace yourselves, Earthlets! – The Galaxy's Greatest: 2000 AD at 45, the star-studded online convention celebrating four and a half decades of the groundbreaking British Science Fiction anthology comic and home of Judge Dredd, is this weekend! At a time when things are slowly opening up and going back to normal, this might be the of[...]
"The Galaxy's Greatest: 2000 AD at 45" Online Con Coming in March
Guests from the world of British entertainment will include award-winning comedians Robin Ince (The Infinite Monkey Cage), Desiree Burch (Taskmaster, Unf*ckable), Dane Baptiste (Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown), and Mitch Benn (The Now Show), scientist and broadcaster Adam Rutherford (BBC Radio 4's Inside Science), bestselling authors Ian Rankin OBE (Rebus)[...]
Auto Draft
Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]
Callie Broaddus, Marguerite Bennett, Maia Kobabe
Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]
Auto Draft
Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]
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Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]
Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang
Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]
Taika Waititi
Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]
From Alan Moore To Taika Waititi, The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World
Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]
John Wagner Returns To 2000AD For Judge Dredd's 45th Birthday
John Wagner is returning to 2000 AD for its special 45th birthday issue, with a new Judge Dredd story, The Citadel, drawn by Dan Cornwell. And there are secrets to tell… Within the intimidating walls of Iso-Block 1, a prisoner is scheduled to die after decades in isolation But he has a tale to tell – one[...]
The 47 Comics Creators Thanked In The Suicide Squad - And Those Not
Any ideas? Jeph Loeb – Co-creator of modern Calendar Man. Al Milgrom – co-creator of the second Thinker Frank Miller – creator of Corto Maltese Sheldon Moldoff – co-creator of Polka-Dot Man and Calendar Man. Jimmy Palmiotti – developer of the current version of Harley Quinn Tim Sale – Co-creator of modern Calendar Man. Mike Sekowsky – co-creator of Javelin, co-creator of Starro The Conqueror. Gail[...]
2000AD Audios: Joseph Fiennes as Dredd with Cream of UK Acting Talent
Written by some of the biggest names in comics – including Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), Dan Abnett (The Legion of Super-Heroes, Aquaman, Guardians of the Galaxy), Pat Mills (Marshal Law), Simon Bisley (Lobo) and John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, co-creators of Judge Dredd – the series of five new audiobook adaptations will include: "Judge[...]
John Wagner's Thirteenth Floor Returns to Rebellion Oct 2020 Solicits
Which, for Rebellion, means another trip to John Wagner, Alan Grant and Jose Ortiz's The Thirteenth Floor, a second volume of these twist-in-the-tale horror and ghost stories from IPC's deep and sordid past As well as a Dracula Files collection and the usual 2000AD and Judge Dredd titles… John Wagner's Thirteenth Floor Returns to Rebellion Oct[...]
Rebellion announces America: Lost & Found - The Rediscovered Scripts
For decades the series skirted the teen market with its language and satire, but the inaugural serial in the then-new Judge Dredd Megazine staked out a claim as a Mature title. Panel from Judge Dredd: America, Rebellion Rebellion's press statement says it best: "Recently rediscovered scripts and new commentary from John Wagner go behind-the-scenes on the groundbreaking Judge[...]
Doctor Who: The Comic Strip Adaptations are Gloriously Bonkers
These stories were originally written by Pat Mills and John Wagner – stalwarts of British weekly comics anthologies in the 1970s and 1980s and the creators of Judge Dredd for 2000AD – with artwork from Dave Gibbons, well before he found worldwide fame as the artist of Watchmen. Big Finish Productions seems intent on producing any[...]
BEEP THE MEEP RETURNS! - The Fourth Doctor Comic Strip Adaptations | Doctor Who
Big Finish Productions released a trailer on Thursday announcing the Doctor Who audio drama adaptation of the Fourth Doctor's comic book adventures that originally ran in the early 1980s. Back in the early 80s, Doctor Who Monthly magazine ran comic strips featuring The Fourth Doctor drawn by Watchmen co-creator and artist Dave Gibbons and written[...]
Fairly OK Heroes: Judge Dredd The Cape And Cowl Crimes
It's up to Dredd to stop him, but can he? My favorite story is "Chicken Run" written by Alan Grant and John Wagner The story in itself is classically-fun Dredd It's gloriously violent and gory, and un-apologetically brutal, thanks to artist Simon Bisley Bisley's art is ruthless The colors are bold and striking, due largely to[...]
Judge Death Was Meant To Be In The Original Dredd Movie But Fox Turned It Down
According to franchise co-creator John Wagner, speaking to ScreenGeek, an early draft by Garland featured Judge Death He said: That was actually the first script that Alex Garland did was a Judge Death script but Fox, who they were dealing with at the time, turned it down They wanted more nuts and bolts before they went[...]
Judge Dredd's Creator, John Wagner, Plans To Kill Him Off Forever
By Olly MacNamee "I would like to write his death story, and have suggested it to Rebellion': John Wagner on Judge Dredd, The Cursed Earth and his possible death With the sell out success of The Cursed Earth hardback, both here in the UK and in the States, I caught up with John Wagner to discuss Dredd then,[...]
John Wagner Plans To Kill Off A Major Judge Dredd Character In 2000 AD
The co-creator of Judge Dredd, John Wagner, has said that he plans to kill off a major character. Speaking on the latest episode of The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast podcast, Wagner said that although he tries to avoid killing beloved characters, he intends to dispatch a fan favourite in the near future. "I'm about to kill an important[...]