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Join the creative team behind THE DARK JUDGES: THE FALL OF DEADWORLD – Kek-W and Dave Kendall – at signings in Newcastle and Bristol!

One of the biggest hits with 2000 AD readers in the last few years, The Fall of Deadworld details the rise of the Dark Judges before they made the journey across dimensions to menace Mega-City One.

Inspired by a nightmare, Kendall created new and horrifying visions of John Wagner and Brian Bolland’s creations and with writer Kek-W crafted a new origin story that has been lauded as a future horror classic. Collected in a beautiful hardcover, The Fall of Deadworld is a new chapter in the history of Judge Dredd’s great nemeses.

Join Dave and Kek at two signings over the next few weeks:

• Forbidden Planet Newcastle on Saturday 25th November, 1–2pm
• Forbidden Planet Bristol on Saturday 9th December, 1 – 2pm

Deadworld was once a planet similar to Earth, until Judge Death and his brothers Fear, Fire and Mortis deemed that as only the living could break the law, life itself should be a crime.

As the Dark Judges set out to bring extinction to this parallel world, Judge Fairfax and a family of farmers attempt to escape the chaos.

Is it possible for the living to evade to cold, icy grasp of Death?

This chilling collection also features the Dreams of Deadworld strips, giving an extraordinary insight into the undead psyches of the internationally famous super-fiends.

Kek-W is the real name of a comics writer who sometimes uses the pseudonym ‘Nigel Long’. He’s apparently “a mysterious droid who haunts the ducts between sub-levels 42b and 17h, deep beneath the Nerve Centre”. As well as ‘Dreams of Deadworld’ he has created and worked on many 2000 AD scripts.

Jock (Batman, The Losers), Lee Garbett (Loki), Rob Williams (Suicide Squad), Alex De Campi (DREDD, Mayday) and Arthur Wyatt (DREDD) head 2000 AD’s creator line-up at New York Comic Con next week!

The legendary British comic hits one of the biggest conventions in the US – Booth 2244 will be packed with Thrill-power, from the latest graphic novel collections to merchandise, including pin badges and prints by Vice Press!

The full line-up of signings showcases some of the best art and writing talent to come out of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, including Jock – the visionary artist behind the look of the 2012 DREDD movie – and the new movie- tie-in writing partnership of Arthur Wyatt and Alex De Campi.

Plus, conventioneers will get the chance to roam the poisoned wastelands of Nu Earth by playing the demo of the hotly-anticipated Rogue Trooper Redux. Launching October 17, Rogue Trooper Redux allows players to become one of 2000 AD’s most enduringly popular characters – Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons’ blue-skinned, genetically-modified super-soldier!

And to celebrate 40 years of the toughest lawman of the future, a special panel on the Saturday will look at the history and politics of Judge Dredd with special guests Rob Williams, Ulises Farinas (Judge Dredd: Blessed Earth), Kelly Kanayama (Women Write About Comics), Rosie Knight (Nerdist), Arthur Wyatt, and Alex de Campi.

It promises to be another action-packed week at New York Comic Con – make sure you get your dose of 2000 AD Thrill-power!

Full signing schedule:

Jock and Lee Garbett — Thursday-Saturday, 2pm
Rob Williams — Thursday, 1pm; Friday, 12pm; Saturday, 3pm
Arthur Wyatt — Thursday-Friday & Sunday, 11am
Alex De Campi & Arthur Wyatt — Saturday, 4.30pm

Panel:

Judge Dredd: Supercop or Satire?
Saturday 7 October, 6.30pm-7.30pm, Room 1A24
He’s the hardline cop bringing justice to the mean futuristic streets of Mega-City One but is Judge Dredd a hero or a villain? Is he a law enforcement role-model or, in the light of recent years, is he becoming a worrying vision of the future? We debate the pros and cons of the lawman of the future with Rob Williams (Judge Dredd, Suicide Squad), Ulises Farinas (Judge Dredd: Blessed Earth), Kelly Kanayama (Women Write About Comics), Rosie Knight (Nerdist), Arthur Wyatt (DREDD) and Alex de Campi (DREDD).

2000 AD is very proud to announce two new events have been added to the global signing day to mark the publication of Prog 2000!

On 1st October, dozens of droids will be attending signings in London, Eastbourne, Edinburgh, Shrewsbury, Manchester, Dublin, and Los Angeles…

And now this includes Cardiff in Wales and Sydney in Australia!

Australia

Kings Comics, 310 Pit Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Mark Sexton

Wales

Forbidden Planet International. 5 Duke Street, Cardiff CF10 1AY

Dylan Teague, David Roach, Patrick Goddard, Mike Collins

As it prepares to celebrate its 2,000th issue, 2000 AD is delighted to announce a special Prog 2000 Signing Day!

To mark 2,000 issues of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic there will be signings across the UK with some of the comics’ top creators, from Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner and legendary artists such as Mick McMahon, Colin MacNeil, Boo Cook, and Steve Yeowell to newer creators such as Leah Moore, John Reppion, Leigh Gallagher, and Tom Foster!

There are also international signings in Dublin and Los Angeles to mark this milestone issue, which hits stores on 28th September.

When: Saturday 1st October at 1pm
Where: London, Eastbourne, Shrewsbury, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Los Angeles

2000 AD Prog 2000 promises to be a landmark issue for the UK’s longest running SF comic, with comic book superstars Brian Bolland, Mick McMahon, Dave Gibbons, and Kevin O’Neill set to return to its pages for the first time in years for a 48-page celebration bonanza!

Feast your eyes on the full list of zarjaz signings, Earthlets:

England

GOSH COMICS
1 Berwick Street, London W1
Peter Milligan, Rufus Dayglo

FORBIDDEN PLANET
179 Shaftsbury Avenue, London WC2
Clint Langley, Alec Worley, Ben Willsher, Rob Williams, Frazer Irving

Scorch! Comics
Unit N The Enterprise Shopping Centre, Station Roundabout, Eastbourne BN21
Chris Weston, Mike McMahon, Tom Eglington, Boo Cook, Simon Davis

Infinity & Beyond
Unit 25 Middle Mall, Charles Darwin Shopping Centre, Shrewsbury SY1
John Wagner, Ian Edginton, Phil Winslade

Travelling Man
4 Dale Street, Manchester M1
Steve Yeowell, Andy Diggle, Leah Moore, John Reppion, Leigh Gallagher

Scotland

Waterstones (WEST END)
128 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2
Alan Grant, Tom Foster, Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby, Colin MacNeil

Ireland

BIG BANG Comics
Dundrum Town Centre, Sandyford Rd, Dundrum, Dublin
Michael Carroll, Eoin Coveney

United States of America

Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046, United States
Chris Burnham

Bolland, McMahon, Gibbons, and O’Neill are just some of the incredible talent to return for Prog 2000, which will feature the first sequential comics work by Bolland for 2000 AD since 1987, as well as a brand new series by Peter Milligan and Rufus Dayglo and a poster featuring specially commissioned artwork.

Prog 2000 will be available with three variant covers – newsstand customers will be able to choose between covers by Cliff Robinson and Chris Burnham, while a special Glenn Fabry wraparound cover will be exclusively available through comic book stores via Diamond Distribution.

Comic book stores using Diamond will also be able to take advantage of a buy-one-get-one-free offer to double their offering for what will be a highly sought after issue.

2000 AD Prog 2000 will be available from UK comic book stores and newsagents on 28 September, as well as from North American comic book stores via Diamond Distribution, and in print and digital from the 2000 AD online shop and apps.

2000 AD and Orbital Comics are proud to announce the must-attend launch of a keenly-anticipated memoir from the ‘golden age’ of 2000 AD.

To celebrate the release of Steve MacManus‘ highly anticipated memoir, The Mighty One: My Life Inside The Nerve Centre, Orbital Comics and 2000 AD are hosting a special book launch and signing on Thursday, September 1.

As well as having copies of this warm, witty, and revealing memoir available ahead of its official release date, there will be a special live discussion with Steve about his life and career.

Where: Orbital Comics, 8 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JA
When: 7.30pm, 1st September

The signing comes ahead of the September 8 publication of the memoir by MacManus, arguably 2000 AD’s definitive editor.

In 1973, a twenty-year-old Steve MacManus joined Fleetway Publications in London as a sub-editor on one of the UK’s top adventure titles, Valiant. Within six years, he would rise to become editor of the company’s most celebrated weekly, 2000 AD, shepherding it through its first ‘Golden Age’ as he commissioned numerous hit series such as The Ballad of Halo Jones, Sláine, Bad Company, Rogue Trooper, and Nemesis the Warlock, ensuring its place as the most influential comic Britain has ever produced.

In The Mighty One: My Life Inside The Nerve Centre, MacManus lifts the lid on the fiercely creative environment that was British comics in the 1970s and ‘80s. From the hugely successful launch of Battle to the controversial censoring of Action, from the brief life of Starlord to the stellar rise of 2000 AD and Judge Dredd, he details the personalities at play and the corporate politics and deadline battles he and others engaged in on a daily basis.

With keen insight, MacManus reveals how against all odds 2000 AD defined comics for a generation and became a global phenomenon – one that would spearhead a revolution in the graphic arts that is still felt today.

On 8th September 2016, 2000 AD is publishing both a special signed hardback edition (limited to 200 copies) for £20 – available only from its online shop – and a standard paperback edition for £9.99, available from all good book shops and Amazon.