In February 2017, 2000 AD celebrated four decades of cutting edge comics at the 40 Years of Thrill-power Festival in London and we are proud to give you a front row seat for panels with some of the best creators in comics today…
Two of 2000 AD’s most distinctive, versatile and mind-bending talents, the work of Peter Milligan and Robbie Morrison has pushed the boundaries of storytelling in surprising, imaginative, and shocking ways, from Bad Company to Counterfeit Girl, from Judge Dredd to Nikolai Dante. Join them in an intimate conversation with Jason Atomic to journey into the outer limits of the mind.
It’s holiday time, which can mean only one thing, the mighty one is spoiling us with with the zarjaz 2000AD Summer Special! The special features five brand new stories for you to read at your leisure by the chem-pools of Gran Vesusia or while floating in zero G beaches of Sedna. The special sports a gloriously sunny cover by scrotnig Art Droid Ryan Brown, who has certainly delivered the goods!
I asked Ryan to tell me about this glorious cover, he said “Tharg wanted an image on the cover of us looking up at Dredd on a beach. I had to keep the angle shallow so we could see the sand and the sea. My rough (which I deleted, d’oh!) had the coloured bucket and spade but Tharg thought it should be gray. However, I fought to keep them brightly coloured as it makes a nice contrast with dredd as hes very monochrome. I loved the colours, which I based on this photograph...”
That woman in the white top shouldn’t have had the chilli…
“I thought the colours were a nice connection to the comic covers of old. In my covers, I like to have some dramatic lighting and this beach scene was a great opportunity for that. I really want to get my teeth into an action cover in the future, something with some dynamic poses and stuff!“
Hmmmm, Ryan needn’t worry too much about action covers, here are some of his awesome images of old, starting with a titantic tussle at the dump that is Pete Wells Block!
Death’s ventriloqist act needed some work…
Or how about this super cool cover of Prog 1929?
“Smokin’!”
There are many, many more examples of Ryan’s amazing work on his brand new website, which you can find at www.ryanbrown-art.com .
Back to the Summer Special cover, here’s how it looks at your local Thrill Merchant…
“There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Joseph, dear Joseph!”
Ryan adds “Also, I wanted Dredd holding an icecream which was dripping onto the sand but that was going to far, ha ha ha!”
HUGE thanks to Ryan for sending the images and text. Be sure to check out his brand new site at http://ryanbrown-art.com/ for loads of awesome images!
2000 AD Prog 1978 is out now from all good Thrill stockists and includes the first part of a brand new Thrill by Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard – BRINK!
In a deep space police procedural drama set in the aftermath of mankind’s evacuation from Earth, the human race now populates a number of orbiting Habitats, artificial environments that are breeding grounds for drug crime, murder and all sorts of insanity, and Habitat Security Division officers Carl Brinkmann and Bridget Kurtis are about to investigate a case that will take them to the very edge.
Also in this week’s Prog: Judge Dredd: The Lion’s Denby Michael Carroll, PJ Holden, Adam Brown, and Annie Parkhouse; Survival Geeks: Geeks Fatalesby Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby, Neil Googe, Gary Caldwell, and Ellie De Ville; Tainted: The Fall of Deadworldby Kek-W, Dave Kendall, and Annie Parkhouse; Aquila: Charon’s Mercyby Gordon Rennie, Paul Davidson, Len O’Grady, and Ellie De Ville!
2000 AD is available in print worldwide via Diamond Distribution and all good UK newsagents and comic book stores, as well as DRM-free digital from www.2000ADonline.com and through the 2000 ADiPad,Android and Windows 10 apps!
