John Wagner

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...[caption id="attachment_1241441" align="aligncenter" width="350"] John Wagner's Thirteenth Floor[...]

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.[caption id="attachment_1224520" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Panel from Judge Dredd: America, Rebellion[/caption]Rebellion’s press statement says it best:“Recently rediscovered scripts and new commentary from John Wagner go behind-the-scenes[...]

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[...]

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[...]

At Brighton International Comic Expo this weekend, Jim Stewart was proud to debut the latest cannabis-themed anthology comic magazine, Ganjaman Presents, the first issue of which was published in 2008. The series so far has published the work of Gilbert Shelton, Hunt Emerson, Bryan Talbot, and plenty more. But the newly launched issue has quite […]

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[...]

Tickets have sold out, but Bleeding Cool will be there to help you experience the show, even if you can't make it.    Guests:Abigail Ryder, Al Ewing, Alan Barnes, Alan Grant, Alec Worley, Andrew Currie, Andy Diggle, Annie Parkhouse, Arthur Ranson, Ben Oliver, Ben Willsher, Boo Cook, Carlos Ezquerra, Charlie Adlard, Chris Blythe, Chris Weston, Clint Langley,[...]

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[...]

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 deathWith 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,[...]

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[...]

The first episode was written by a young Alan Moore, with subsequent episodes by John Wagner, credited to his pseudonym Rick Clark Monster continued as a strip in Eagle for a number of years.Well, now it's coming back.It's one of a number of classic British comics that Rebellion, the publishers of 2000AD, are reprinting -[...]

He said that he developed the fastest pen in comics because he would average approximately 24 to 28 pages per month.Eventually, he met John Wagner and Pat Mills They had the idea for a story about a judge in the very near future They had some descriptors in mind: a New York City policeman dressed[...]

It will be available digitally worldwide on the 28th of January, however, through digital platforms like the 2000 AD webshop, 2000 AD iPad app, and the 2000 AD Android app.In Prog 1915 you will find:Judge Dredd: Dark Justice by John Wagner & Greg Staples Savage: Grinders by Pat Mills & Patrick Goddard The Order by Kek-W & John Burns Ulysses Sweet Maniac For[...]

Many of them tell self-contained stories, or are parts of short serials.So while the tone of 2000AD promotes a certain kind of approach to comics (black humored, catholic towards genre, and entirely un-precious), the bit I find interesting is that everything else about it promotes balancing density of content with economy of storytelling, but on[...]

By Chris Thompson[audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode108.mp3]After my last discussion with Jeff Smith as part of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (which you can still listen to here), this time I’m back with Judge Dredd creators John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra at the recent NICE Convention in Bedford.Instead of rehashing the same old stories about Dredd, John and[...]

But John Wagner and Alan Grant are writing together for something new A science-fiction/football comic. ROM OF THE REDS is the story of a what happens when the lives of a dangerous intergalactic refugee and an arrogant footballer collide With his home world destroyed, Rom of Arkadi needs a hiding place And that hiding place happens[...]

It ran 23 episodes and was published in 2006-2007, the 30th anniversary of the character and the story was done by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra who created Judge Dredd in 1977.In Origins, a box is delivered to Chief Judge Hershey with a sample of living tissue and a ransom note The tissue belongs to[...]

How will he top Mama Doop? Stay tuned.Also happily signing, sketching and posing for photos were beloved Con returnees John Wagner (Judge Dredd, A History of Violence), Rufus Dayglo (Tank Girl), Colin MacNeil (Judge Dredd, Chopper), Tanya Roberts (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and a host of others. “And the award goes to...”The Scottish Independent Comic[...]

Even more amazed that it once took John Wagner 18 months to have a script approved back in the day I can’t imagine it’s gotten any better in today’s corporate culture While UK publishers seem to care for their characters, over in the States it would seem the characters we have all come to love[...]

Casualties of WarJohn Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Simon Bowland close the issue out with 'The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha 4: Dogs of War' Superficially this is another in the long chain of action scenes that dominate this series For many people that's a recommendation but, for me, Strontium Dog hasn't felt interesting, or[...]