Next week finally sees the publication of The Cursed Earth Uncensored which features the astounding cover above by veteran artdroid Brian Bolland! For the first time ever, this blistering tome collects the complete, uncensored tale of Judge Dredd’s epic journey across the Cursed Earth to deliver the antidote for the deadly 2T(fru)T virus to the plague struck citizens of MegaCity-2.
This heafty hardback includes the previously banned tales ‘The Burger Barons’ and ‘Soul Food’ by Pat Mills, John Wagner and Jack Adrian. The stories, gloriously illustrated by art legends Mick McMahon and Brian Bolland, feature caricatures that bear a distinct resemblance to several corporate characters of the time. Legal wrangling meant that the strips were never reprinted, until now!
As well as re-inserting those controversial tales, the book features a brilliant cover and star scan gallery as well as glorious full colour reprints of McMahon and Bolland’s beloved centre spreads, absolutely guaranteed to blow the thrill circuits of even the most hardened squaxx!
To celebrate, I have decided to share some uncoloured versions of those phenomenal covers that accompanied this ground breaking epic, starting with McMahon’s often copied classic of Prog 61 that kicked off this crazy rollercoaster ride!
I wonder if he ever suffers from road rage?
In the city of Deliverance, Dredd meets The Lawgiver, who sentences Dredd to a disgusting death from his Devil’s Lapdogs, a swarm of poisonous, garbage surfing rats where one bite means instant death!
“You Dirty Rat!”
The cover of Prog 69 saw Dredd speak one of his immortal lines that a certain robotic cop became very fond of saying…
Tweak is actually swearing on this cover.
In the town of Repentance, Dredd is offered up to Satanus, the Dark One!
Satanus was very fond of Lawman Kebabs…
Here is a cover for one of the banned story arcs, as Dredd meets a not so jolly Green Giant in the Great Utah Dustbowl…
Oh oh no! Green Giant!
Prog 82 gave us Tweak’s tragic backstory accompanied by this absolute classic cover by Brian Bolland…
The crowd didn’t think much of One Direction’s new look…
As Dredd and co enter Death Valley, they cross the Legion of the Damned!
Dredd exercises the right to bare arms…
And finally, one of the most iconic Dredd covers ever. Surely a cover that sums our man up more than any other, the legendary Prog 85…
If you think he looks bad, you should smell that armpit…
As a bonus, here’s a sneaky peek of a BRILLIANT commission that Mick McMahon is working on for fan and Judge Minty FX/Editing whizz Steve Green. This Burger Barons pastiche of the cover of Prog 72 is one of the greatest things I’ve seen. Can’t wait for the inked version!
May contain nuts…
I hope you have enjoyed this terrifying run down Cursed Earth Memory Lane. Be sure to secure your copy of Cursed Earth Uncensored now Earthlets!
