Oddities #20200124

1015 was a Saturday supplement to the British newspaper The Times that ran for several years in the mid-to-late 1990s. Possibly beyond, too, but info on it isn't easy to find. At a guess, it's called "1015" not because someone behind the scenes was up against a deadline to suggest a title and just happened …

It’s State-Approved Yuletide Greeting Message Time Again!

Oddities #20191206

It is a universally accepted truth in fiction that heroes need villains, and darkness needs light. And just like every rose has its dawn and every night has its thorn, one of the most persistent thorns in Judge Dredd's side is his long-time arch-nemesis Judge Death. Hailing from a dimension where it's been decided that …

Oddities #20191115

Dredged from the cloudy depths of memory canal... the Dublin Event Guide for 7-20 April 1992! Yes, that's Judge Dredd on the cover, drawn by absolute legend Cam Kennedy, reproduced almost certainly without permission -- the cover is not credited within, nor even directly mentioned. Dublin Event Guide was -- as the name implies -- …

Happy Birthday, 2000AD!

The home of Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog and countless other great characters and stories is now forty-two years old -- and it's just as good as ever!  

Noncomics: Judge Dredd Beginners’ Books

The 1995 Judge Dredd movie -- the one starring Sylvester Stallone -- is generally not highly regarded among Judge Dredd fans. While there are some who do really like it, they're outnumbered by those who dismiss it, or even despise it. And there are those who see it more as a misfire than anything else. …

Star Wars in 2000AD, part 2

Due to the huge moderate success of the first part of this series -- in which I explored the appearances of Star Wars-related material in the legendary British science fiction anthology comic 2000AD -- I decided that I would, after all, finish compiling my carefully-researched and luckily-stumbled-upon material into a second, and probably final, part. …