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Posted on 24th July 202422nd July 2024 by rlmbruton

2000 AD Covers Uncovered: Mike Perkins targets Dredd in the deadly cover for Prog 2392

Every week, 2000 AD brings you the galaxy’s greatest artwork and 2000 AD Covers Uncovered takes you behind-the-scenes with the headline artists responsible for our top cover art – join bloggers Richard Bruton and Pete Wells as they uncover the greatest covers from 2000 AD!

This week, two very special events… the return of John Wagner and Colin MacNeill with a brand-new Dredd multi-parter, Machine Law, and the return of Mike Perkins to the cover of the Prog for a Zarjaz Machine Rule cover…

After getting his break at 2000 AD in the early 1990s with Future Shocks, a Terror Tale, Judge Dredd, and Vector 13, Mike headed over the pond to begin what’s been a glittering career working for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Cross Gen. He’s most recently been absolutely blowing fans away on DC’s Swamp Thing and Batman: First Knight.

But, as we’ve seen before, the lure of the Galaxy’s Greatest is so, so strong for those who started out here, and that’s why Mike’s always happy to make a reappearance on the cover… and what a cover it is, marking the start of Machine Rule, sure to be yet another epic tale, as Wagner and MacNeil show us just what happens when Dredd and the Mechanismos butt heads.

MIKE PERKINS: Colin MacNeil has long been an artistic inspiration for me. His work has always been nothing short of stunning and his work on the beginning of the Mechanismo saga stands in the echelons of Dredd royalty – if a fascist regime can be said to have royalty (probably MORE likely than not!)

So, my first impression was to wonder why Colin wasn’t illustrating the cover for this issue and then I figured I’d better shut up and just enjoy the opportunity I’d been given…and what an opportunity!

Dredd as a target for the robot judges themselves…well, hold on, there’s the cover right there!

I have no idea what’s coming up in this saga but I bet it’s going to be brilliant!

Mike, we have seen what’s coming up – and it’s just… WOW!

MIKE PERKINS: John and Colin back together again – deconstructing the structures they have put in place and built up into a regime that the citizens – and Judges – of Mega City One have embraced… all except Dredd, who’s pretty much grudgingly accepted the addition of the Mechanismo droids to the judicial forces. I’m excited!

I submitted a couple of ideas but knew which direction I wanted to go in and the addition of the crosshairs pushed the cover into that design element structure I was after.

And here’s those couple of ideas from Mike…

And then the addition of the cross hairs – he’s absolutely right, it does make the image pop…

MIKE PERKINS: This depiction of Dredd is one I may stick with in future jobs. It’s always been an intriguing proposition to “cast” Dredd and it’s veered, for me, from Clint Eastwood to Pitch Black era Vin Diesel through to the shark-eyed No Country For Old Men Javier Bardem who serves as the influence here.

And just to show us what an influence, Mike sent this along…

MIKE PERKINS: Those craggy features that show no emotion, pity or sympathy. The perfect foil for the Mechanismo unit towering behind him.

I’m such a fanboy when it comes to Colin and John!

Oh, we all are Mike, we all are!

Thank you so much to Mike for sharing that cover with us – Prog 2392 is out right now and available in all the usual places you find your Thrill-Power, including the 2000 AD web shop. Trust us, you don’t want to miss a moment of Machine Rule!

If you want more Covers Uncovered from Mike, there’s not that many but what there is is just… wow! His most recent was the 2024 Sci-Fi Special with Judge Alpha here, then there was the cover to the 2023 Christmas Judge Dredd Megazine, issue 463, and finally there’s his cover homage to Futures Past for the 2017 FCBD 2000 AD here.

Posted on 17th July 202417th July 2024 by Steve Morris

2000 AD Vs Battle Action: The action-packed crossover 50 years in the making!

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THE CROSSOVER 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING! What if the old Battle Action comic was merged with 2000 AD in the early ‘80s?

That’s the question posed by this all-new collection that reveals the answer is – action-packed thrills by the bucket-load. It takes old Battle Action strips and reworks them as 2000 AD-appropriate adventures, while remaining true to their original concept and continuity.

This kick-ass crossover sees Judge Dredd feature in a brand-new reimagining of Action’s most controversial strip – Kids Rule O.K., and also includes Darkie’s Mob, Death Game 2049 and Major Eazy amongst others!

Written by Ken Niemand (Judge Dredd), Geoffrey D. Wessel (War Birds), Chris Weston (Rogue Trooper), Karl Stock (Fiends of West Berlin), Arthur Wyatt (Dredd), Gordon Rennie (Judge Dredd), Mike Carroll (Dreadnaughts), Alec Worley (Robo-Hunter) and Alex De Campi (Archie vs. Predator), with art by Simon Coleby (The Authority), Nick Dyer (Tales from the Black Museum), Paul Marshall (Sinister Dexter), Jake Lynch (HAVN), Dan Cornwell (Rok of the Reds), Nick Percival (Slaine), Kieran McKeown (Crime Syndicate), Staz Johnson (Vikings), Patrick Goddard (Battle Action) and The Mighty One himself!

Available from 17 July, this action-packed collection is available to take home either as a standard retail paperback edition or as a 2000 AD webshop exclusive edition with special cover by Batman and Robin artist Andy Clarke!

Featuring:

Juves Rule OK!
Death Game 2049
El Mestizo
Dredger
Hellman of Hell Force
Major Eazy
Judge Dredd
Rad Pack
Strato Squad
Judge Anderson
Darke’s Mob

Posted on 17th July 202411th July 2024 by Steve Morris

2000 AD Prog 2391 out now!

PROG 2391 out now

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ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2391 is OUT NOW!

Witness my works with awe-inspiring wonder, for I am The Mighty Tharg, purveyor of Thrills!

I dictate these words to my desktop minion the day before the UK goes to the polls. Will it be, as has been predicted, an electoral wipeout for the sitting government? By the time you read this, we’ll know for sure — but what is cast-iron guaranteed is that you’ll have a scrotnig time with this prog. Inside, you’ll find the final episodes of both The Bam-Hunters and Souther Belle, the latest instalments of Brink and Silver, plus a complete Future Shock from James Peaty and debuting art-droid Sedat Oezgen!

As mentioned last issue, this week sees not only the release of an all-new Misty special as US writer Gail Simone and a trio of artists craft some chilling short tales, but also Judge Dredd Megazine 470, with a brand-new case for the lawman in Hive by Ian Edginton and Kevin West, plus another complete Mega-City 2099 story from the Niemand and Foster droids, alongside Armitage, Dreadnoughts, Harrower Squad, Dept K and Pandora Perfect. Add to that interviews and features too, and it really is an utter monster!

Grab ‘em now, Terrans — your diodes demand it!

2000 AD Prog 2391 is out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from our webshop and apps! Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of 2000 AD in the first week of its release then postage in the UK is free!

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Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Richard Elson / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // THE BAM-HUNTERS, Part Three

Mega-City One, 2146 AD. Home to over 200 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant, and only future cops the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, a powerful mage has travelled from Cal-Hab to MC-1, hunting down a pair of necromancers…

Script: Dan Abnett / Art: INJ Culbard / Letters: Simon Bowland

BRINK // CONSUMED, Part Fourteen

The late 21st century, and through environmental catastrophe and industrial overload Earth has been reduced to a wasteland. Mankind finally evacuated the planet in 2072 and millions were housed in a number of deep-space Habitats. But life on these cramped, overcrowded stations is tense, often spilling over into madness. Sects are rife, and Bridget Kurtis of the Habitat Security Division is investigating their reach…

Script: Geoffrey D. Wessel / Art: Dan Cornwell /Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Jim Campbell

ROGUE TROOPER // SOUTHER BELLE, Part Six

Nu Earth, site of a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers, where the atmosphere has been rendered poisonous. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, bred to be immune to the pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. Together with biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, they’re searching for the traitor that sold them out. Now, they’re seeking to save a G.I. ‘Doll’…

Script: James Peaty / Art: Sedat Oezgen / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

FUTURE SHOCKS // CRESCENDO

Out in the vast reaches of the universe, there are an infinite number of stories waiting to be told. These cautionary tales pass from traveller to traveller in the spaceports and around campfires on distant planets, acquiring the status of legend, their shocking ends a salutory lesson in hubris. Anything is possible in these twisted trips into the galaxy’s dark side. Abandon your preconceptions, and expect the unexpected…

Script: Mike Carroll / Art: Joe Currie / Letters: Simon Bowland

SILVER // UNEARTHED, Part Two

Earth, the year 2001. In the middle of the night, somewhere north-east of Bristol, England, a group of armed survivors have arrived at the ruins of a burned-out house, seemingly seeking something. On the back of one of the trucks they’ve arrived in is a cage. They break out the shovels and start to dig. What they’re hunting for is a five hundred-year-old vampire, who may just help them against the alien Sepsis…

Posted on 10th July 202411th July 2024 by Steve Morris

Pre-Order Cover Story: The 2000 AD Design Art of Robin Smith today!

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COVERS UNCOVERED

The early 80s saw 2000 AD hit its golden era. With Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper, Sláine and more firing on all cylinders it became the UK’s most exciting and innovative comic. Its covers played no small part in its appeal, and those covers were the brainchild of Robin Smith whose job was to lay out a cover design to pass to an artist who would transform it into the finished product.

This collection of some of Smith’s cover layouts shows just how integral his ideas were to some of 2000 AD’s most famous and revered covers, and it’s a fascinating glimpse into the creative process.

Featuring covers by some of the galaxy’s greatest artists, including Brian Bolland (The Killing Joke), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd), Kevin O’Neill (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), Mick McMahon (Judge Dredd), Ian Gibson (The Ballad of Halo Jones), Alan Davis (Captain Britain), Steve Dillon (Preacher), Cam Kennedy (Rogue Trooper), Massimo Belardinelli (Ace Trucking Co.), Eric Bradbury (Mytek The Mighty), Brett Ewins (Johnny Nemo), Glenn Fabry (Sláine), Ian Kennedy (Dan Dare), José Ortiz (The Thirteenth Floor), Cliff Robinson (Judge Dredd), Kim Raymond (Roy of the Rovers), Ron Smith (Judge Dredd), Brendan McCarthy (Rogan Gosh) and Bryan Talbot (Nemesis the Warlock).

Posted on 10th July 202428th June 2024 by Steve Morris

Of Unknown Origin… 2000 AD Prog 2390 out now!

PROG 2390 out now

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ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2390 is OUT NOW!

I am The Mighty Tharg, galactically revered Betelgeusian editor of this awesome anthology!

Another week, another circuit-shattering onslaught on the senses courtesy of my Mighty Organ. This prog we welcome a brand-new series to the legion of Thrills that have graced these pulse-pounding pages over the last forty-seven years — script-droid Mike Carroll and art-bot Joe Currie have crafted a hyper-exciting story in Silver, details about which I’m deliberately keeping… vague. You’ll gain the most from this ghafflebette debuting strip, Terrans, going into it knowing as little as possible, so plunge away!

Elsewhere, there’s a complete Future Shock from Honor Vincent and Mike Walters alongside the latest instalments of Dredd, Brink and Rogue Trooper. As ever, the House of Tharg is a seriously busy site of creativity — make sure you pick up the new Sci-Fi Special that’s out now, and in a week’s time Misty returns for an all-new special with stories scripted by Gail Simone and featuring the art of Aly Fell, Carola Borelli and Marianna Ignazzi. Joining it on the shelf will be Meg 470, containing yet another 128 pages of zarjazosity.

So! Much! Stuff! Can your brains handle it, my Squaxx?

2000 AD Prog 2390 is out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from our webshop and apps! Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of 2000 AD in the first week of its release then postage in the UK is free!