Also in the batch are Steve Dillon's never-bettered covers for the Dredd werewolf story... one of the first Dredds I ever read, and still one of the very best.
Showing posts with label 2000AD comic covers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2000AD comic covers. Show all posts
Saturday, 28 January 2017
2000AD...And The Great Steve Dillon
It's always a treat to get a pile of old 2000ADs in the Little Shop. I have to force myself to actually sell them on, but I always have a nostalgic flip through them first. The various Progs in this batch (currently on eBay at very reasonable prices folks!) form a particularly rich seam: was 2000AD ever better than in the 200s? In the space of just 10 issues (the 220s) they launched both Nemesis and Rogue Trooper, and featured the classic Dark Judges Dredd storyline, with amazing Bolland art. They just don't make 'em like that any more.
Also in the batch are Steve Dillon's never-bettered covers for the Dredd werewolf story... one of the first Dredds I ever read, and still one of the very best.
Also in the batch are Steve Dillon's never-bettered covers for the Dredd werewolf story... one of the first Dredds I ever read, and still one of the very best.
Saturday, 9 July 2016
Zarjaz! Some Early Progs, Including The Ones That Got 2000AD BANNED...
Currently on eBay is a competitively priced pile of early 2000AD progs:
See it HERE.
It'a always nice to see these classic comics in the flesh as it were (and yes, some of them do feature Flesh!). Included in the pile are progs 71, 72, 77 and 78, featuring instalments of the Cursed Earth saga which were notoriously 'banned' from any reprint. In fact, they weren't so much banned as withdrawn for legal reasons, due to a court case which then-publishers IPC had settled out of court: the story takes the piss out of several iconic advertising characters, including the 'Burger King', Ronald McDonald, the Jolly Green Giant, and Colonel Sanders, and the owners of these trademarked characters were none too happy.
But what's this? Thanks to a change in EU copyright law dealing with parody, 2000AD's current publishers are now happy to finally bring the offending pages back into print, next week no less!
See it HERE.
It'a always nice to see these classic comics in the flesh as it were (and yes, some of them do feature Flesh!). Included in the pile are progs 71, 72, 77 and 78, featuring instalments of the Cursed Earth saga which were notoriously 'banned' from any reprint. In fact, they weren't so much banned as withdrawn for legal reasons, due to a court case which then-publishers IPC had settled out of court: the story takes the piss out of several iconic advertising characters, including the 'Burger King', Ronald McDonald, the Jolly Green Giant, and Colonel Sanders, and the owners of these trademarked characters were none too happy.
But what's this? Thanks to a change in EU copyright law dealing with parody, 2000AD's current publishers are now happy to finally bring the offending pages back into print, next week no less!
Thursday, 3 July 2014
Scrotnig! Zarjaz! Ghafflebette! A Vintage 2000AD Covers Thrill Circuits Overload
A big pile of old 2000ADs came in this week, and going through them in the process of listing them on eBay (in 3 very reasonably priced lots folks! Just click on the eBay link to the right of this page...) brought back lots of memories. When 2000AD was firing on all cylinders, it really was a thing of wonder: beautifully drawn, brilliantly written, often utterly bonkers and always somehow indefinably very, very British. Here's a gallery of covers that caught my eye as I flipped through the pile. I think the Brian Bolland spaghetti one is my favourite. You'll know it when you see it...
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