anyone used to read 2000AD comics?

DevilRedeemed · May 17, 2004

man....
I grew up reading stuff like Judge Dredd, and TONS of other stuff 2000AD related (my mind's gone blank now). I had stacks of these comics. Amazing stuff. A close friend, Oscar Zarate, who who was an artist with 2000AD (he's done some great graphic novels and illustrations for books too. The man is my mentor), used to bring me boxes full of assorted 2000AD comics.

Its the only comic related stuff I have ever been able to get into. Never read anything as enjoyable as Judge Dredd comics ever again (in terms of comic books).

anyone else? Maybe this is for people in the UK only, I don't kow if these comics made their way outside the Island.

SouthtownKid · May 17, 2004

Yeah, I'm a big time fan of 2000AD. I began reading in the late 80's, then on and off until about a year ago. Just can't afford to keep up with it right now, and I'm not too crazy about some of the recent features, so I figured it was a good time to take a break. My all time favorites would be Nemesis (all parts, but especially drawn by O'Neil or Talbot), and Strontium Dog. There have been a lot of great Dredds also, but overall I liked the ones before the Wagner/Grant writing team split up.

There are a couple stores here in L.A. that carry them, but it seems the distributors miss a week here and there.

DevilRedeemed · May 18, 2004

yeah its actually been something like a decade since I picked up a 2000AD comic, so I am out of touch completly - but Strontium Dog and Nemesis (Torquemada vs Nemesis storyline was stunning) where amazing. Used to like a bit of Slain too, and what was the Saga about the clone soldier called again (the blue soldier)? I can't believe I can't remember. Was it Gene Soldier or something?

SouthtownKid · May 18, 2004

DevilRedeemed said:
yeah its actually been something like a decade since I picked up a 2000AD comic, so I am out of touch completly - but Strontium Dog and Nemesis (Torquemada vs Nemesis storyline was stunning) where amazing. Used to like a bit of Slain too, and what was the Saga about the clone soldier called again (the blue soldier)? I can't believe I can't remember. Was it Gene Soldier or something?

Rogue Trooper. Yeah, I liked the early stories of that, the ones drawn by Dave Gibbons. And I like Slaine a lot too (especially the McMahon and Fabry stuff. Of course I also like the Bisley story). Luckily there are a bunch of reprint albums now, because back issues are pretty hard to come by here.

Michael Yagami · May 18, 2004

I usually skimmed the 2000 AD comics for the Dredd stories, never bought them. I waited until Fleetway/Quality gave Dredd his own monthly book(s), 'cause Dredd owns you, Citizen.

Drokk it!
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aria · May 18, 2004

I am going apeshit trying to collect all the Judge Dredd graphic novel collects (essentially collections of the landmark progs from the 80s).

I have all of the collections available in the US other than "Helter Skelter" which I plan to buy. I purchased a used copy of the Judge Dredd Encyclopedia (really worth it -it plugs in all the major holes). I really hope they release the collection of the story behind Sabbat, Necramagnus (sp?), and stories in Oz.

Really fun stuff. Really fun.

I literally just got into reading them in the past year when I stumbled into Minneapolis' definitive comic shop which is like a block away from me.

DevilRedeemed · May 18, 2004

rogue trooper that was it :emb:

Some Judge Dredd stories have just stuck in my head - like the one about the Hispanic law enforcer who had this little demon in his head, but it wasn't clear if it was mental illness or he was realy being affected by this thing.

DevilRedeemed · May 18, 2004

Bobak said:
I am going apeshit trying to collect all the Judge Dredd graphic novel collects (essentially collections of the landmark progs from the 80s).

I have all of the collections available in the US other than "Helter Skelter" which I plan to buy. I purchased a used copy of the Judge Dredd Encyclopedia (really worth it -it plugs in all the major holes). I really hope they release the collection of the story behind Sabbat, Necramagnus (sp?), and stories in Oz.

Really fun stuff. Really fun.

I literally just got into reading them in the past year when I stumbled into Minneapolis' definitive comic shop which is like a block away from me.

The kind of things I used to get from the guy who had a page in their comics was seriously awesome stuff. I wish I had kept them. He would basically recieve all the issues and everything that came out, and he would give them all to me.
I once bought this issue with all Judge Dredd shorts (it was small and rectangular) - if I remember correctly they where mostly taken from the news papers they where printed in. That was an excellent read too.

tsukaesugi · May 18, 2004

Drokk it, I used to love Judge Dredd. I have almost every issue of the Eagle comics up til about Issue 40 or so.

The Cursed Earth
The Judge Child Quest
Block Wars
The Fatties
The Angel Gang
Uncle Gump's Candy
Judge Anderson
Judge Death & Co.
Judge Caligula
Judge Fish
Dum-Dum Bullets
Walter the Robot with a speech impediment
Brian Bolland covers

..these were such a big part of my childhood. Never saw the Stallone movie until a few years ago, I thought they actually did a pretty good job.

As for 2000AD it was really hard to get in Canada. I only ever managed to pick up two or three copies. Other 2000AD stuff I liked were...

ABC Warriors
Rogue Trooper
Bad Company
Slaine
Nemesis

and non-2000AD, but still very very cool...

CAPTAIN BRITAIN!

Zeekade Zarathos · May 18, 2004

The best thing that came from the 2000AD line were the Pat Mills and Kevin O' Neill (who went on to join forces with fellow 2000AD Alumni Alan Moore to do League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) issues of Nemesis the Warlock, and even that I thought was just OK. Never really got into Judge Dredd, hated Slain, and I had skimmed some other issues.

For British 80's comic anthologies, I always preferred Deadline just because I loved Alan Martin's anarchic Tank Girl, and much preferred it to the nihilistic vision of Dredd. As for comics anthologies in general, I thought they both were fun little diversions, but nothing to write home about.

beelzebubble · May 18, 2004

man i collected for a few years.. everything that came out. 2000ad rocks. the preacher guy in the desert. the robot hunter guy.... heaps of cool stories.

Dash no Chris · May 18, 2004

Zeekade Zarathos said:
For British 80's comic anthologies, I always preferred Deadline just because I loved Alan Martin's anarchic Tank Girl, and much preferred it to the nihilistic vision of Dredd. As for comics anthologies in general, I thought they both were fun little diversions, but nothing to write home about.

Lived in England from 1979 to 1983 (8 to 12 years old), but didn't discover 2000 A.D. until a couple years after I moved back to The States (mostly read friends' copies of "The Beano" whilst in the U.K.). Never had the chance to read a "proper" issue of 2000 A.D., but I read the hell out of the trade paperback reprints of Nemesis, ABC Warriors, and Zenith.

Gotta give a thumbs up to Deadline magazine -- managed to amass a big ol' stack o' these during the couple of years that the Las Vegas Tower Records store carried the mag (nearly 15 years ago).

--Chris

SouthtownKid · May 18, 2004

As long as we're naming other British comic anthologies, I'd like to mention the short lived Toxic. Birthplace of Accident Man and a bunch of other great strips. I wish Toxic had been able to continue (and I'd been able to find it easier here).

tsukaesugi · May 18, 2004

Dash no Chris said:
Mostly read friends' copies of "The Beano" whilst in the U.K.

The Beano is awesome. I used to read the annuals sometimes in Canada. The British 'Dennis the Menace' rules.

BTW, anyone ever read 'VIZ Comics'. That's some quality humour. My favourite strips in that were either 'Billy the Fish' or 'Buster Gonad and his Unfeasibly Large Testicles' Oi Oi!

DevilRedeemed · May 18, 2004

tsukaesugi said:
The Beano is awesome. I used to read the annuals sometimes in Canada. The British 'Dennis the Menace' rules.

BTW, anyone ever read 'VIZ Comics'. That's some quality humour. My favourite strips in that were either 'Billy the Fish' or 'Buster Gonad and his Unfeasibly Large Testicles' Oi Oi!

VIZ has always been too sick for me, but I can't deny the power of the 'Fat Slags'.

Yeah, when I was a kid I would read the Beano and Dandy every single day (I have always been a very slow reader :emb:

). Desperate Dan, Dennis the Menace and co. made me the man I am today

Dash no Chris · May 18, 2004

tsukaesugi said:
The Beano is awesome. I used to read the annuals sometimes in Canada. The British 'Dennis the Menace' rules.

I'm rather infamous hereabouts for my excessively poor memory, yet I can clearly remember Dennis the Menace and Walter the Softy -- but can you remind me, please, of the name of Dennis' dog? I'm drawing a complete blank.

--Chris

tsukaesugi · May 18, 2004

Dash no Chris said:
I'm rather infamous hereabouts for my excessively poor memory, yet I can clearly remember Dennis the Menace and Walter the Softy -- but can you remind me, please, of the name of Dennis' dog? I'm drawing a complete blank.

--Chris

GNASHER!

Dash no Chris · May 19, 2004

tsukaesugi said:
GNASHER!

Brilliant! The perfect closer to my evening. G'night, mates!

--Chris

aria · May 19, 2004

All this talk made me drop by the local comic shop and, lo-and-behold, the had a copy of the "Judge Child Quest" hardcover. I went through it last night, good times. I also picked up a few Judge Anderson graphic novels and Judge Dredd "Helter Skelter" which I'd been looking around for.

tsukaesugi · May 19, 2004

Bobak said:
All this talk made me drop by the local comic shop and, lo-and-behold, the had a copy of the "Judge Child Quest" hardcover. I went through it last night, good times. I also picked up a few Judge Anderson graphic novels and Judge Dredd "Helter Skelter" which I'd been looking around for.

That was such a good series.

I loved the Mega-Texas city in the first issue. That was also where the Angel Gang made their first appearance, wasn't it?

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