Appallingly adorable!
These lurid Lego Judge Dredd vs.Dark Judges figures would surely make a great starting point for a 2000AD set,ideal for children of all ages!
Skillful rendering from UK artist Jolyon B. Yates.(Lego Ninjago)
Slaine as The Horned God by French illustrator JS Rossbach(livingrope) for a novel published by Eclipse.
The Gronkinator Gets Gronked!
The once timid,metal-eating,furry little alien known as The Gronk,former medic to Strontium Dog,Johnny Alpha has a change of heartses after evil scientists set homicidal robotic versions of himself on him and his friends,in Return of The Gronk(Progs817-24,9Jan-27Feb’93).Script:Garth Ennis
Brilliant cover(Prog817,9Jan’93)and designs by former art droid,Nigel Dobbyn
The late John Hicklenton(1967-2010)perfectly contrasts the forces of Order and Chaos represented by the Grand Master of Termight,Torquemada and leader of Credo,alien freedom fighter,Nemesis the Warlock.
From Nemesis the Warlock(Book IX):Deathbringer(Progs586-608,6Aug’88-7Jan’89)
That time of the week is nearly upon once again and tomorrow eager earthlets will be rushing to their comic shops and newsagents to buy this weeks 2000AD.I know many of you just can’t wait so here’s a taste of what’s heading your way in Prog #1833:
2000 AD Prog 1833 hits stores and online this Wednesday – with the return of grand master Glenn Fabry on cover duties! This gorgeous Judge Anderson cover marks the return of Young Anderson by Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra, as cadet Cass takes on a harrowing new case.
Also in this Prog: Sinister Dexter: Witless Protection; Stickleback: Number of the Beast and Zombo: Planet Zombo!
The Many Lives of Tomas de Torquemada!
Tomas de Torquemada,evil arch-bigot and Grand Master of Termight(Earth,millennia in the future)already a rotting phantom(due to an “accident” in a teleporter)is undergoing a type of cell-death.
To get to the root of the problem,faithful physician Brother Mikron is hypnotically regressing Torquemada to early childhood and back through history,discovering the Grandmaster’s many past lives,each one more despicable than the last!
- Top:Be Pure-The Grand Master is watching!
- Brother Mikron regresses Torquemada back through time!
- Sir Edwin Munday,Right-Wing Tory politician,Torquemada’s most recent unpleasant incarnation
- Not wholly unexpected previous life as Reichs-Chancellor of Nazi Germany,Adolf Hitler!
- Vile,genocidal madman,Col.John M.Chivington of the U.S Cavalry,who wished to wipe out the Native American race
- Another unsurprising regression,that of infamous Witchfinder-General,persecutor of women,Matthew Hopkins
- Torquemada’s first incarnation,his namesake,the first Tomas de Torquemada,architect of the cruel Spanish Inquisition
- Bottom:The ultimate dysfunctional family-meet the Torquemadas!
See Torquemada the God(Progs520-24,2-30May’87)and Nemesis the Warlock(Book VII):The Two Torquemadas(Progs546-57,31Oct’87-16Jan’88).Art:Kevin O’Neill and Bryan Talbot.
Nemesis the Warlock summons inner demons to battle the Monads,psychic entities which were a by-product of Torquemada’s evil “purification” plants,inhabiting the final days of Termight(future Earth).
Nemesis the Warlock(Book VI):Torquemurder Pt.1(Progs482-87,9Aug-13Sep’86).
Super script:Pat Mills.Terrific art:Bryan Talbot!
Torquemada revels in hideous creations,the Monads,a by-product of his dreadful “purification” plants,factories of mass-murder reserved for all those the Grand Master considered “impure”!
Nemesis the Warlock(Book VI):Torquemurder Pt.1(Progs482-87,9Aug-13Sep’86).
Script:Pat Mills.Great gothic art!:Bryan Talbot.
Cover art(Prog851,4sep’93)for two-part mini-series The Jealousy Of Niamh by Greg Staples,sees Slaine return after 3 years,following the success of The Horned God.
Judge Dredd Classics #2
John Wagner, Alan Grant (w) • Steve Dillon, Brian Bolland, Ron Smith(a) • Jim Fern (c)
More supreme cover art from IDW’s Judge Dredd line,this front is drawn by US artist Jim Fern and features Sov-Blok agent,Orlok from classic Thrill,Block Mania(Progs236-44,31Oct-26Dec’81)
