Tag Archive | "2000AD"

He is the Law – but is it Art?

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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As part of the recent arts project which saw a diverse range of people doing different things on the empty plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square Andy Grannell sported some of Termight Replicas’ impressive gear to stand in the centre of the metropolis as Blighty’s biggest comics character Judge Dredd. I love the idea of Judge [...]

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Going digital?

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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There’s an interesting discussion shaping up on the 2000 AD forums regarding the future of comics publishing, especially with regard to different digital formats and the possibility of better tablet computer technology allowing for easy and efficient replacement of the traditional paper comics issue, with individual printed issues perhaps becoming a thing of the past, [...]

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ABC Warriors get animated…

Saturday, October 10, 2009

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2000AD ABC Warriors from Firestep Films on Vimeo. Rather lovely looking promo video by Firestep Films produced with the full cooperation of Rebellion Games the Rights Holders to the 2000AD catalogue. Click here for the full sized trailer. Found via Mark at Bad Librarianship. And, like Mark said, the only thing it’s really missing is a [...]

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The road from Wigan Pier: Bryan Talbot talks with Pádraig Ó Méalóid, part one

Thursday, October 1, 2009

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Today we have a wonderful treat for you – that notorious masked interviewer Pádraig Ó Méalóid has a cracking new interview for us, this time with the brilliant Bryan Talbot (or I should say Doctor Bryan Talbot now!) and, like his previous Alan Moore interviews here, its a long and in-depth piece, so we’re going [...]

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Flesh!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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Imagine you’re ten years old; it’s the 70s, there’s no web, no mobile phones, no on demand cable services and even the ZX-81 is a few years away. Then this brand-new science fiction comic called 2000 AD (how futuristic that sounded!) appears and amid the thrill-powered tales contained inside are laser-gun totin’ cowboys from the [...]

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Tony’s Terrible Tea-time Torture Show: an interview with Tony Lee

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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Tony Lee has been a writer for over twenty years and has worked in pretty much every medium, but in recent years has chosen to concentrate mainly on comics. In this interview, he talks mostly about his work for 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, as well as his experience of scripting Doctor Who [...]

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Going Rogue

Monday, July 20, 2009

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Perusing some recent additions to the Eclectic Micks sketch blog collective of Irish comics creators we’ve mentioned before and I see PJ Holden has posted up some of his earlier Rogue Trooper work, some originally done for the great wee 2000 AD tribute ‘zine Zarjaz with Si Spurrier, with PJ also talking about how long [...]

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Al Ewing at SFX

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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The excellent Al Ewing is interviewed in SFX magazine and they’ve very nicely put it up online so everyone can read it. As well as discussing his career Al offers advice for would-be comics writers, noting how the short Future Shocks stories in 2000AD have proven to be a great way for new scribes to [...]

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BICs got talent

Friday, July 3, 2009

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British International Comics Show’s Shane Chebsey tells us that they are all excited over the publication of the first winner of their BICS Got Talent writing contest: ” The lucky winner John Howson has had his Future Shock story “9 to 5” illustrated by the talented artist Ben Willsher in the latest issue of the [...]

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Tank Girl at Oxfam

Thursday, July 2, 2009

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As part of the charity Oxfam’s Book Festival some of the comics crew, including Rufus Dayglo, will be doing their bit for a very good cause: “As part of the inaugrual Book Fest for Oxfam, Rufus Dayglo and friends will be signing copies of 2000AD, The Megazine and IDW’s Tank Girl to raise funds and [...]

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