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Out in mid-September, collecting first story and the latest adventure from the progs. Available to pre-order from Amazon.co.uk and worldwide.

The official announcement:

Flesh: The Dino Files

ISBN: 978-1-907992-26-1 
£15.99 
272 pages

Available from 15th September on Amazon or through the 2000 AD online shop

Saddle up, check your six-shooters and prepare for life in the Cretaceous as Flesh: The Dino Files collects together 35 years of one of the most popular series in the history of legendary comic book 2000 AD!

By the 23rd Century, man has drained the planet’s resources bare, but thanks to time-travel technology Trans-Time Corporation sends rangers back to the days when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. These latter day cowboys round up vast herds of giant reptiles – all destined for the plates of a hungry future!

But no creature fancies being served up as steaks, and packs of ferocious dinosaurs soon put a halt to Trans-Time– with everything from terrifying T-Rexs to chilling cybosaurs in all-out dino action!

For the first time, Flesh: The Dino Files collects the original Flesh story, which started in the very first issue of 2000 AD in 1977, and its recent sequel, Texas. This brand new collection features stunning black and white artwork from industry legends such as Boix, Ramon Sola and Massimo Belardinelli with newcomer James McKay.

Fans have long clamoured for a collection, bringing the vision of writer Pat Mills (Marshall Law, Sláine the Horned God) to a new generation – Flesh is the classic 65 million years in the making!

attackosaur:

We set up a sketch pad on the Attackosaur Comics table at Bristol 2011 and asked people to draw dinosaurs for us. I’ll post random ones every now and again. This one was done by James McKay of 2000AD’s Flesh series! We didn’t go around asking pros to do it, one just happened to walked past. I didn’t recognise him or anything, so when he said who he was I geeked out some. (I had pages from Flesh on my wall.)

2000 AD #1732 cover by Tiernen Trevallion. Out now.

Contents:

• Judge Dredd: “California Babylon” by Michael Carroll (writer) and Ben Willsher (artist)
• The Red Seas: “Gods and Monsters” by Ian Edginton (writer) and Steve Yeowell (artist)
• Flesh: “Texas” by Pat Mills (writer) and James McKay (artist)
• Nikolai Dante: “Bad Blood” by Robbie Morrison (writer) and Simon Fraser (artist)
• Absalom: “Noblesse Oblige” by Gordon Rennie (writer) and Tiernen Trevallion (artist)

Now that’s a début cover! New artdroid James McKay absolutely knocks it out of the park with this terrifying painted cover for Flesh - Texas. It has all the impact of those early progs back when we were all kiddies getting our weekly prog from newsagent!

2000 AD #1727 cover by Henry. Out on Wednesday.

Contents:

• Judge Dredd: “Persistent Vegetative State ” by Gordon Rennie (writer) and Cliff Robinson (artist)
• Shakara: “Avenger” by Robbie Morrison (writer) and Henry Flint (artist)
• Flesh: “Texas” by Pat Mills (writer) and James McKay (artist)
• Dandridge: “The House That Dripped Devilry!” by Alec Worley (writer) and Jon Davis-Hunt (artist)

2000 AD #1725 cover by Henry Flint. Out today.

Contents:

• Judge Dredd: “Served Cold” by Al Ewing (writer) and John Higgins (artist)
• Shakara: “Avenger” by Robbie Morrison (writer) and Henry Flint (artist)
• Flesh: “Texas” by Pat Mills (writer) and James McKay (artist)
• Time Twisters: “The Last James Drillard” by T.C. Eglington (writer) and Joel Carpenter (artist)
• Kingdom: “His Master’s Voice” by Dan Abnett (writer) and Richard Elson (artist)

2000 AD #1724 cover by Liam Sharp. Out today.

Contents:

• Judge Dredd: “Served Cold” by Al Ewing (writer) and John Higgins (artist)
• Shakara: “Avenger” by Robbie Morrison (writer) and Henry Flint (artist)
• Flesh: “Texas” by Pat Mills (writer) and James McKay (artist)
• Time Twisters: “The Time Crystal” by T.C. Eglington (writer) and Nick Dyer (artist)
• Kingdom: “His Master’s Voice” by Dan Abnett (writer) and Richard Elson (artist)

Pat Mills on James Mckay’s Flesh art: “James has done the impossible,” says Pat. “He’s brought Flesh back to life with a vengeance.”

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After more than 30 years, one of very first strips to appear in 2000 AD® is to return in blood-splattering, eon-spanning dinosaur-hunting glory.

Dino-terror classic Flesh is to return to the weekly comic with Prog 1724, out on 9 March.

Written by the series’ original creator, Pat Mills, and drawn by James Mckay, the new series is the long-awaited sequel to the much-loved original Flesh – part of the line-up in the very first issue of 2000 AD in 1977.

Penned by Mills and drawn by Spanish artist Boix, Flesh was a futuristic Western where time-travelling ranchers farmed dinosaurs like cattle and sent their meat back to a hungry future.

The dinosaurs fought back and destroyed the Trans-Time base – the new series follows the survivors as, stranded millions of years in the past, they are ordered to drive their herds across the prehistoric American landscape to Texas – where another base promises safety … and profit!

The new series will premiere with a stunning gatefold cover by Death’s Head II and Testament artist Liam Sharp.

Matt Smith, editor of 2000 AD, said:
“Flesh was one of the original strips from the very first issue of 2000 AD in 1977 and while there have been spin off stories, we never found out what happened to the survivors of Trans-Time Base Three.

“It‟s great to see the sequel make it into 2000 AD, 30 years after it first appeared – it’s a great strip with some fantastically gory dinosaur action that will appeal to both old fans who read the original and new readers who want comics with some real bite!”

Down The Tubes quote Pat Mills on this:

“James has done the impossible,” says Pat. “He’s brought Flesh back to life with a vengeance. After Ramon Sola’s brilliant interpretation of Flesh in Book One, I never thought I’d find another artist who could do justice to its varied themes - cowboys, time travel, science fiction and dinosaurs. James has achieved this and more.”

Thrills of the Future:

Flesh: “Texas” by Pat Mills and James McKay.