Vintage UK illustrator Fay Dalton’s beautiful ‘Warning Ads’ for the physical act of identity theft in Pat Mills and Clint Langley’s American Reaper.
Gorgeous American Reaper cover art(Judge Dredd Megazine#335,14May’13)from vintage illustrator,Fay Dalton.
Clint Langley, American Reaper
This book floors me. It’s like the craziest evolution of the crazy face style Langley was doing in his other books.
It starts in Judge Dredd magazin #316 which you can get here digitally.
The Forbidden Planet International blog says the latest Judge Dredd Megazine is a ‘reaping’ good read…
…. what? It’s a word.
For me, the route into a science fictional hobby for life began with 2000AD, and although I was a regular reader for many years, I admit that I opt to buy the graphic novels rather than go out every week and buy the comic. I remember when Crisis, Revolver and the Judge Dredd Megazine were all launched and bought them. I loved the Megazine, its stories somewhat longer and grittier, I often felt.
With two new stories in this issue, I decided to pick up the Meg again and see how it was, and to be honest it felt like the excitement that I knew, with two stories starting off in this issue.
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Overall this is a very fine issue, and I am wondering what Matt Smith is doing. It has a great mix of new and classic and is very vibrant and sates both my desire for excellently told Dredd and new science fictional content.
More.
Coming at the end of the year in the creator-owned slot in the Megazine:
It’s been around for a while, but it’s finally seeing publication as a comic.
Pat Mills, creator of 2000AD and developer of Judge Dredd has teamed with artist Clint Langley for a new monthly series to run in Judge Dredd Megazine.
American Reaper starts from October 12th, and it’s a sci-fi police procedural with future cops taking down illegal identity transplanters, letting the elderly digitally possess the bodies of the young, amid calls for those on Death Row to donate their bodies to the cause.
The comic has already been optioned as a movie by Xingu Films, who made Moon.
Down The Tubes has more information on the film and funding for the story:
Xingu says the film version of American Reaper was brought to them as a short pitch from Pat with some sample art from Clint. “Immediately captivated by the exciting premise, and the exceptional track record of the creative team involved, Xingu came on board not only to commission a screenplay, but also to raise the financing for the graphic novel itself. A departure for our company, but another sign of our flexibility when it comes to how best to get the stories we believe in made.”
