Judge Dredd: Mega-Blog One

2000 AD  Progs 322-375       Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 07 carries the legacy that 06 started, no epic arcs are to be found in these pages, unlike volume 06 though where the majority of the progs were dealing with the apocalypse war aftermath this volume begins to return to the original format with less connected progs the average story here being about 4 in length. For me the standout progs were “Cry of the Werewolf” It has great art and watching the Judges fight the classic movie monsters is good fun. I also loved the graveyard shift. At seven parts it really is just like a bunch of individual four-page progs which Ron Smith decided to tie into one interconnected block. I Do love this format when it is implemented, similar to the mega-rackets found in the complete case files 05. It makes what would be throwaway progs that would be drowned out a little more memorable, a little more special and a little harder to forget about. They cover a wide range of topics fr

In 1995 Mattel partnered with 2001 AD on a line of 16 action figurines based on the Dredd Franchise. It was tied in partially with the Judge Dredd film but fortunately there designs more closely relate to the comic counterparts. They came in 6 packages which have 2-3 figures each, all of which are about 2-3 inches tall.  Mattel deliberately puts at least one character that a kid or collector would want in each package which makes each pack worth the purchase.  The packs are as follows Mega Heroes #1 First box of course has Dredd, then they throw in Fergie and mega city perp, couple of throwaway toys to include Mega Heroes #2 Mega Heroes 2 is picked out for the movie fans with Fargo, Mean Machine, and the Judge Hunters. Mean machine is a highlight Mega Heroes #3 Pack 03 has dredd again this time with fink angel and an ugly pugly. its really similar to pack 01, Dredd+minor character+generic villain  Mega Heroes #4 This one seems to just feature c

2000 AD Progs 271-321 As if the apocalypse war in itself wasn’t epic enough the complete case files 06 doubles down on the concept as John Wagner, Alan Grant, and the guest writers/artists spend almost the entire volume (about a year when it was originally published) dealing with the aftermath of the war itself. This is a good thing because when half the city is destroyed it needs to mean something, otherwise stories would be meaningless. There is a lot of great progs in this volume, which makes it a great read but tough to write without spoiling them, a normal comic issue has a much longer page count than an individual prog which sometimes are a complete story unto themselves. The fatties make a few returns in there best appearances yet)and arguably ever) as their entire way of life is put at risk with the food shortages. I also particularly love blobs, it is the kind of weird fashion which I would expect from mega-city one, I actually wish that blobs were more re-occu

          Judge Dredd “Citi-Def Chaos” i s a much less known Animated movie, on a fairly unknown you-tube  channel. This film I was pleasantly  surprised to enjoy. It is a bit rough around the edges production that clearly has love and care put into it. Citi-Def's animation combines stiff 2D models which moves similar  to a motion comic with smooth moving 3D animation. Out of the two distinct  styles I enjoyed the 2D animation more but the two of them work together well, and better than some attempts I've  seen such as in Superfiend.           The camera work is done well enough that is manages to distract from the often un-moving animation style and fake some motion. I don’t know what it was about this film specifically but I really liked the drawing style they used, the colors are bright where they need to be and dull where they need to be making for some truly nice visuals.  While it may be ruff clearly the creator has skills, which based on his newer videos has co

Finally the time to review it is here, the complete case files 05. This is the volume where Dredd becomes great and I went from a casual reader snagging the occasional volume to an obsessed madman who had to buy everything. This is the volume that made me a true fan of Dredd.            The reason this is my choice of volume for new readers kicks off in the start with the mega-rackets, a series of short two prog arcs only connected because they seem to be addressing every day problems for judges in the mega-city instead of new grand threats, these establish a tone of mega-city well with short one note stories, (In mega-city one Candy is addictive!) they don’t need to be large scale, we get that later in the book, they just need to establish how ridiculous mega-city one is and in that they succeed.  One note, but fun! The only story which isn’t for new readers in this volume is Judge Death Lives! A great arc for fans of Judge Death as it ups the ante by introducing a

  2000 AD Progs 156-207            The complete case files 04 is home to nobodies favorite Dredd arc the judge child. The judge child is a simple story which would have worked fine if it was 4-6 progs long but instead it stretches to over 20 progs and a story like this doesn’t need that much room to breathe. It is all about Dredd hunting down a kid which the psi-judges tell him is incredibly important, unfortunately he has been kidnapped to the cursed earth, ok solid premise, but then the remaining progs feel like anime filler episodes, things technically happen but it never matters overall.  He is the chosen one, because we said so          Some of the events which happen feel like the cursed earth did to be honest, very episodic in nature but on average they are a lot less fun. The judge child fails in the way the cursed earth saga succeeded. They both have a lot of episodic encounters for Dredd to fight his way through, but the cursed earth saga had a goal of crossing th

          I listen to old radio shows on my drive to work, I have a thirty minute commute every morning and evening, living in the country my cell phone doesn’t get service during my drive, that eliminates Pandora and Spotify from my options list and I don’t like music enough to buy it on itunes, thus I’ve been restricted to the radio top tens every day and I got sick of them. Then I found radio drama’s I started with the obvious ones everyone knows, lone ranger, the green hornet, superman ect, but overtime I have found more obscure and newer stuff. To me the best radio Dramas are exciting, a little funny, a little cheesy, and basic enough I don’t get lost if I get distracted on the road, but interesting enough I still care. But how does Dredd radio hold up? Does it stand up to the test of time, the first ones are as old as the 90s, much newer than many Dredd stories which hold up. So the only way to get into it is to dive straight into it.  The first Dredd radio show is