2000 AD Coverssss Uncovered – Nick Percival’s Deliverance Finale – A Beautiful Grotessssquerie…
18th June 2021
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Borag Thungg Earthlets – this week, it’s another Sssssscrotnig cover from the brilliant Nick Percival for Judge Dredd Megazine Issue 433 – a wraparound cover at that, celebrating the 10th and final episode of The Dark Judges: Deliverance, written by David Hine.
Megazine issue 433 is out right now – from newsagents, comic shops, as well as the 2000 AD web shop – go get it right now!
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Across 10 episodes in the Megazine, those Dark Judges have been causing havoc in Deliverance, complete with a brand-new alien appearance designed by Percival, before everything comes to a head in the final episode… so, let’s see what Nick has to say about that his latest encounter with Death and the gang…
NICK PERCIVAL: We finally get to Part 10 and the series finale, so I wanted to do something a bit special for the last cover artwork. I pitched a wraparound cover with the four Dark Judges fighting each other. It was great fun to do and you get a good look at all of them using their various abilities against each other, which I don’t think I’ve ever seen before.
Dave Hine’s ending for the series really lent itself to some cool images, so it was a nice send off (for now!) of the gruesome foursome.
The cover and this episode also gave me another chance to show off the new alien based designs for Fear, Fire and Mortis which was such an integral part of the series and takes them in a bit of a different direction which is something we intend to explore down the line.
I’m busy on a three-part Judge Dredd storyline for 2000AD at the moment (another dark, spooky one) and Dave and I have already been chucking ideas around for where we can take the Dark Judges next. We’ve come up with a very cool premise that hopefully we can start fleshing out very soon.
It’s cool to be back on Dredd but I can’t leave those four bad lads alone for long – who knows what they’ll get up to…?
Ssssee you ssssoon…
And that’s that… with that, he was gone, cackling to himself and surrounded by four dark shadows, whispering into his ear… maybe that’s where the Percival Droid gets his ideas from?
Thanks to Nick for sharing the dastardly insssspiration – and also these wonderfully grotesque process bits from the cover… first up, the full-cover rough, followed by Nick’s finished piece, and then… because you need to see these things up close and personal… some blow-ups of the artwork.
I’d say don’t have nightmaresssss… but that that’s sort of the whole point of the Dark Judges, don’t you think?
If you want more of Nick’s incredible cover work, have a look at previous Covers Uncovered pieces, including for Megazine 425, Megazine 427, and Megazine 430,
You can catch the cover to Judge Dredd Megazine 433 on the shelves right now! So what are you waiting for, head to your local newsagent, run to your local comic shop, or just do the clicky for the 2000 AD web shop!