Any American comic book fan who grew up in the '80s or '90s has heard of Judge Dredd. We even had a terrible film here that I hope never made its way back to the UK:



But I think it's safe to say that most Americans aren't all that aware of 2000 AD. It gets mentioned here a lot, but that's because our community's interests are a lot more diverse than the American comic book mainstream; we're also not all American, of course.

But I'm really glad you've started this. 2000 AD is an area I've always wanted to spend more time exploring.

Dredd is way better and more in keeping with the character.

As a former bookseller, I can attest to the lack of knowledge and even interest in Judge Dredd, among the mass audience. They re-released the Titan books for the American audience, for the movie, and they just sat there, despite Brian Bolland artwork, despite gonzo villains and hilarious stories. It wasn't easy to interest someone in them.

I've enjoyed quite a bit of what I have read from 2000 AD (Dredd, Zenith, Slaine, Halo Jones, Moore's other works, etc..); but, have barely scratched the surface. I have a digital collection of it; but, it is in the rather large pile of digital stuff that I have yet to read through.

Yeah that film was show here. Luckily I was I think 3 or 4 years old at the time so wasn't age to be annoyed by it lol that came later. 

It was awesome. much truer to the comic. 


I wish there was a easier way to share comics. But it is hard to get old issues, I'm lucky that a shop pop up a year ago with a guy selling lot of his old progs for £1 each so brought lots. My uncle has a few boxes to. Good stories should bee shared.

What do you mean by boys action? Just curious as there are lots of strong female lead characters in it. (:

When I was reading about a decade back there was an ongoing called Clawed Reigns or something like that, dealing with half dog mutants in a post apocalyptic future. I really loved it.

I also vaguely recall loving an ongoing that involved warring angels.

Sadly, the Dredd and Slaine installments during that time were lackluster, so I don't have a strong taste for either.

YES!

And the character names are all puns on famous actors. I remembered Clawed Reigns, but I guess Gene the Hack Man was the protagonist. Thank you!

Very cool that the series is still going. That would be my primary motivator in getting back into 2000 AD.

Okay, so this has gotten me motivated enough to look back through the year of Progs I followed (2011). Basically, here's what I remember from that year:


Shakara - Avenger (Robbie Morrison - Henry Flint): Loved the artwork but found the story lacking.

Ampney Crucis Investigates - The List of Ten (Ian Edginton - Simon Davis): Loved the character and tone, but wasn't invested in the story either.

Necrophim - Civil Warlord (Tony Lee - Lee Carter): This thing rocked my world. The characters were rich, the art expressive, and the plot just kept building with twists and turns that really pulled me in. I remember almost nothing about the story now, but I do remember being glued to it and truly WAITING for the next week's installment.

Kingdom - His Master's Voice (Dan Abnett - Richard Elson): I really don't remember the the plot or whether or not I found it interesting, but I loved the scope of this thing -- setting it in a world that loosely followed the events of the classic film Them!, and the art capturing that so vividly.

Judge Dredd - Served Cold (Al Ewing - John Higgins): I have absolutely no memory of this.

Flesh - Texas (Pat Mills - James McKay): Cool concept. Jurassic Park meets time travel meets the Old West, but, even without having read any previous Flesh storylines, I got the strong sense this installment wasn't adding anything new to the franchise; what I was enjoying was the original concept and not anything particularly being done this time around.

Dandridge - The House That Dripped Devilry! (Alec Worley - Jon Davis-Hunt): I have absolutely no memory of this.

The Red Seas - Gods and Monsters (Ian Edginton - Steve Yeowell): I vaguely recall finding the simplistic art interesting. Don't remember anything else about this.

Judge Dredd - California Babylon (Michael Carroll - Ben Willsher): No memory.

Nikolai Dante - Bad Blood (Robbie Morrison - Simon Fraser): I lump this one together in my memory with Ampney Crucis. Weren't they both egotistical antiheroes? I'm not sure anymore. Whatever this was, I didn't find it memorable.

Absalom - Noblesse Oblige (Gordon Rennie - Tiernen Trevallion): I vaguely recall REALLY liking this, and yet I remember nothing other than the name.

Cadet Anderson PSI-Division - Teenage Kyx (Alan Grant - Carlos Ezquerra/Hector Ezquerra): This was a Judge Dredd spin-off, right? I sort of remember liking the character and, more than that, enjoying this glimpse of Dredd's world. Unfortunately, as with a lot of these, my 7 year old memories aren't holding up very well.

Judge Dredd - Scream (Gordon Rennie - Lee Carter): I found these Judge Dredd storylines so utterly forgettable.

Sinister Dexter - Apocalypse Shtick - Charon's Crossing (Dan Abnett - Anthony Williams/Rob Taylor): They were jaded, wise-cracking super cops or something, right? I didn't find them funny and wasn't invested in the story.

Savage - book seven - Secret City (Pat Mills - Patrick Goddard): No memory

Zombo - The Day the Zombo Died(Al Ewing - Henry Flint): I think I found this one...cute? There was some political allegory to it that wasn't all that brilliant, and yet was enjoyable. I recall mostly though that it was really really hard to grasp the basic premise of the Zombo franchise from this storyline. Not a good entrypoint for a new reader.

Judge Dredd - Day of Chaos - Nadia (John Wagner - Ben Willsher): No memory

Judge Dredd - Day of Chaos - The Fourth Faction (John Wagner - Henry Flint): I mean, it's John frickin' Wagner on Judge Dredd, and I still don't remember any of these.

Indigo Prime - Everything and More (John Smith - Edmund Bagwell): No memory

Low Life - The Deal (Rob Williams - D'Israeli): No memory

Ampney Crucis Investigates - The English Assassin (Ian Edginton - Simon Davis): I think I liked the first Ampney Crucis arc more than this second one, but I really don't remember.



I stopped reading at the end of October, once all the storylines I was invested in concluded and it was clear the new ones weren't enticing me as much. And that means I paid around $200 to follow ten months of 2000 AD, during which time I experienced three storylines I truly remember enjoying. I now remember that this is why I stopped. So much cost, so much space consumed, and I just wasn't getting a strong enough return. Had I grown up on 2000 AD, I could see the appeal of paying to have favorite characters I'd grown up with visiting me each week, but as someone new to the series who had to weigh how far I wanted to go with the title, ten or eleven months was enough. Still, I have VERY fond memories of those ten or eleven months, looking forward to the next week's installment. It's like going on an expensive vacation -- I loved the experience, but that doesn't mean it would be worth it for me to do it a second time.