The initial print run is now apparently sold out so good luck in tracking one down.If you have been in hiding for the past year or so, then you may not be aware that a while ago 2000AD had sent a call out to collectors of Bolland’s Judge Dredd art in order to publish this, a compilation of high quality scans of that art to as close to original art size as possible. I even went so far as to commission Mike to recreate his cover for that prog (61) for me a few years back. Co-incidentally, the first issue of the comic I ever picked up, as an impressionable eight year old, contained the first episode of the story and I was hooked. Since the original issues, all reprints of the story have been missing these episodes but recent changes in the law meant that they can now be restored because they fall into the parody category and thus, don’t infringe on copyright as they once did.įrom what I’ve seen, the new hardback version is beautifully restored and features both character and career-defining artwork from McMahon and Bolland, the only artists on the strip, alongside writer Pat Mills. Several episodes featured characters from the McDonalds, Burger King and Jolly Green Giant companies who swiftly slapped the comic with a legal warning that these properties were their copyright. a multi-issue story that spanned over 20 issues) that ran in 2000AD back in 1978. In case you’re wondering what all the fuss was about, the story in question was the first ever Judge Dredd ‘epic’ (ie. No joy but I did manage to get a snap of the legends, Mike McMahon and Brian Bolland inside the shop before I departed – not a wasted journey at all. A quick run to the nearby Orbital Comics revealed the same and Forbidden Planet too. When I arrived the queue snaked out of the shop, across the road and round the block and they’d just sold out of the graphic novel in question. The Gosh Comics signing of the new Judge Dredd ‘The Cursed Earth uncensored’ book was smash hit on Saturday.
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