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Sequart Releases Judging Dredd: Examining the World of Judge Dredd

Julian Darius — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:36:17 +0000

Sequart is proud to announce the publication of Judging Dredd: Examining the World of Judge Dredd, edited by Scott Weatherly. In 1977, future lawman Judge Dredd roared onto the pages of 2000AD and quickly became a fan… [more]

Judge Dredd: America as a Critique of Unethical Police Practises

Douglas Rasmussen — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:00:59 +0000

Recently Rebellion 2000AD Ltd collected a series of stories from the long running Judge Dredd “Democracy” storyline in a collection called Essential Judge Dredd: America (2020). In this collection, the stories “Letter from a Democrat”,… [more]

With Great Power Comes Great Career Opportunities: A Character Study of Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s Zenith

James Heath Lantz — Sun, 24 May 2020 13:34:16 +0000

Zenith" title="With Great Power Comes Great Career Opportunities: A Character Study of Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s Zenith" style="float:left;" />Colin Smith makes some valid points in his article “He’s Not a Super-Hero, He’s Not Even a Very Naughty Boy: The Case Against Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s Zenith”. Zenith isn’t a superhero. That’s the… [more]

Cursed Earth Carlos: In Memoriam of Carlos Ezquerra

Tom Shapira — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 18:45:12 +0000

I didn’t know Carlos Ezquerra, but I met him once at a con. He autographed the comics I held, and then I moved on and he preceded to do the same for the next hundred… [more]

Review of The Dark Judges: The Fall of Deadworld, Book 1

Tom Shapira — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 17:30:45 +0000

The Dark Judges: The Fall of Deadworld, Book 1" title="Review of The Dark Judges: The Fall of Deadworld, Book 1" style="float:left;" />Writer: Kek-W Artist: Dave Kendall Letterer: Annie Parkhouse Publisher: Rebellion / 2000AD As someone who has gotten into Judge Dredd in his late 20s, I have a lot of opinions that would, undoubtedly, mark me… [more]

Smorgasbord #71: Earthlets and Other Puny Animals

Tom Shapira — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 01:30:11 +0000

Shawn and Tom dedicate a special episode to talk all things 2000AD: past, present, and future. We discuss their new reprint programs, their attempts to bring back classic comics into their modern area, the problems… [more]

Smorgasbord #67: Gene Simmons v. Richard Simmons

Tom Shapira — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 07:30:41 +0000

This week, Tom and Shawn bid a sad farewell to the great Adam West, puzzle over Joel Schumacher’s strange apology, compare the triumphant roar of the Black Panther trailer to the pitiful meow coming from Marvel… [more]

Smorgasbord #62: Shawn & Tom Kill the Marvel Universe

Tom Shapira — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 11:00:49 +0000

Go for broke! The news from the Marvel Retailer Summit have forced Shawn & Tom to discuss at length about all myriad problems Marvel actually have, as opposed to the problems they think they have.… [more]

Smorgasbord #61: Fist of Iron, Feet of Clay

Tom Shapira — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:00:53 +0000

Tom and Shawn call upon their inner chi to give Netflix’s Iron Fist a well-deserved beatdown; Paramount tries to solicit a Pro; Tom discovers that the pratfalls and faux pas of the comics industry don’t… [more]

Smorgasbord #51: Goodbye, Northampton’s Rose

Tom Shapira — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:00:49 +0000

Shawn and Tom consider the legacy of Alan Moore as he prepares to leave comics forever(?); Shawn sings the praises of Outhouser Jude Terror for speaking truth to power; nobody puts Valiant in the corner… [more]

Smorgasbord #34: Cherchez la Femme

Tom Shapira — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:00:51 +0000

Tom and Shawn ring in the new year with movie rumors, a surprise appearance from 2000AD‘s back catalog, and the Angouleme Grand Prix’s questionable grasp of the word “history.” We also review Spider-Man / Deadpool… [more]

The Complete D.R. & Quinch: Alan Moore’s Sci-Fi Fun Time

Mario Lebel — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:00:53 +0000

The Complete D.R. & Quinch: Alan Moore’s Sci-Fi Fun Time" title="The Complete D.R. & Quinch: Alan Moore’s Sci-Fi Fun Time" style="float:left;" />Like many readers who discovered the world of comics in bookstores rather than comic shops, the works of Alan Moore made an immediate impression on me. He’s a comic book rock star and, undeniably, one… [more]

Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Six: A “Crisis” Of Faith

Ryan C. — Sat, 16 May 2015 11:00:57 +0000

The next stop on our tour of British comics focused on disenfranchised teens/twentysomethings in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s brings us to True Faith, a smart, satirical, dare I say sometimes even poignant look… [more]

Grant Morrison, Watchmen, and the Art of the Polemic

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:00:48 +0000

Watchmen, and the Art of the Polemic" title="Grant Morrison, Watchmen, and the Art of the Polemic" style="float:left;" />In order to criticize a movie, you have to make another movie. —Jean-Luc Godard A few years ago I stopped reading monthly comic books. It wasn’t an ideological decision—just a reader’s. Most of the comics… [more]

“To Shoot Every Last Skrull On Earth”: On Skrull Kill Krew #1-5 (The American Superhero Comics Of Mark Millar, Part 41)

Colin Smith — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:00:34 +0000

Skrull Kill Krew #1-5 (The American Superhero Comics Of Mark Millar, Part 41)" title="“To Shoot Every Last Skrull On Earth”: On Skrull Kill Krew #1-5 (The American Superhero Comics Of Mark Millar, Part 41)" style="float:left;" />Continued from last week. Despite the precipitous collapse and subsequent flatlining of Swamp Thing’s sales in the second half of 1994, Millar’s career at the half-point of the decade still appeared to be in rude… [more]

Phony Beatlemania: Zombies, Nostalgia, and Satire in Al Ewing and Henry Flint’s Zombo: You Smell of Crime and I’m the Deodorant

Paul Jaissle — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 12:00:12 +0000

Zombo: You Smell of Crime and I’m the Deodorant" title="Phony Beatlemania: Zombies, Nostalgia, and Satire in Al Ewing and Henry Flint’s Zombo: You Smell of Crime and I’m the Deodorant" style="float:left;" />One of my favorite moments in Al Ewing and Henry Flint’s 2000 AD serial Zombo takes place when the titular character – a half human / half zombie hybrid created by the British government to… [more]

“Our ‘War-is-Fun’ Attitude”: Shameless? Part 37

Colin Smith — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:00:54 +0000

Continued from last week. Hindsight suggests that Canon Fodder marked the beginning of the end of Millar’s relationship with 2000AD. It was by no means the last of his scripts to appear in the comic,… [more]

“Where’s Canon Fodder?”: Shameless? Part 36

Colin Smith — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:00:31 +0000

Continued from last week. Though pinpointing exactly when Millar stopped working for 2000AD is an difficult business, he’d most definitely moved onto the American market by the time Canon Fodder returned without him in 1996. With the… [more]

“Bones Gnawed to the Marrow”: Shameless? Part 33

Colin Smith — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:00:19 +0000

Continued from last week. “I had no idea what I was doing for the most part and just learning how to do very basic stuff then. Only good stuff I’d recommend would be Big Dave (which… [more]

“Two Tickets for My Next Performance”: Shameless? Part 32

Colin Smith — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:00:47 +0000

Continued from last week. So how did Morrison and Millar use the pages of Big Dave to express their contempt for homophobia? Starting from the premise that their readers were similarly liberal-minded, they studded the strip’s… [more]

“We Were Just Trying to Bring Peace to the Planet”: Shameless? Part 31

Colin Smith — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 11:00:44 +0000

Continued from last week. The urge to stereotype Millar’s beliefs in the light of his least liberal scripts is an understandable one. Yet his work is anything but consistent on matters of social justice. As I’ve… [more]

“Bog Off Back to Mars”: Shameless? Part 30

Colin Smith — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:00:44 +0000

Continued from last week. It’s not that Big Dave is without its pleasures, although the vast majority of them are to be found in Steve Parkhouse’s boisterously dynamic artwork. Though even he couldn’t compensate for the… [more]

“A Few Sandwiches Short of a Picnic”: Shameless? Part 29

Colin Smith — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:00:22 +0000

Continued from last week. Given the evidence, it would be hard to argue that much of Millar’s work for 2000AD wasn’t worryingly homophobic. The best that might be said of a number of his scripts is… [more]

“He’s Camp as Christmas, but He’s Good as Gold”: Shameless? Part 28

Colin Smith — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:00:06 +0000

Continued from last week. The debate about the attitudes expressed in Millar’s work towards LGBT issues is hardly a new one. Even as early as 1993, Monaghan’s pseudo-interview with Millar and Morrison in Comic World #18… [more]

A Safe Pair of Hands?: Shameless? Part 27

Colin Smith — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:00:03 +0000

Continued from last week. Millar’s longest running assignment at 2000AD had been Robo-Hunter, for which he wrote several hundred pages between 1991 and 1993. (*1) Created by writer John Wagner and artists Jose Ferrer and Ian… [more]

“What’s the Point Chief?”: Shameless? Part 26

Colin Smith — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:00:09 +0000

Continued from last week. Laughter can be used to reveal prejudice before the mind has the chance to stifle it. But the Millar of the period gave no sign that he disapproved of his own heartless… [more]

“Never Trust A Woman… Women Will Eat You Alive”: Shameless? Part 25

Colin Smith — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:00:27 +0000

Continued from last week. But Millar’s work for Fleetway often went far beyond casual, unthinking sexism. As the months passed and the examples of this piled up, he gave every impression of being a died-in-the-wool misogynist.… [more]

“Comic Books Most Dripping-Wet Liberal”: Shameless? Part 24

Colin Smith — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 11:00:05 +0000

Continued from last week. The image of Millar as a tykish, daring and promising newcomer was wearing through by the end of 1992. What had at first seemed like boyish ambition, conspicuous potential and a novice’s… [more]

“But The Bad People Haven’t Gone Away”: Shameless? Part 22

Colin Smith — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:00:53 +0000

Continued from last week. The Spider wasn’t the only long-unseen British superhero to be radically reworked by Millar in Vicious Games. He also briefly laid claim to Tri-Man, who’d been a far more conventional example of the… [more]

“Lots of People Dressed Like That in the Sixties”: Shameless? Part 21

Colin Smith — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:00:32 +0000

Continued from last week. Fifteen months would pass until March 1992′s 2000 AD Action Special and the next of Millar’s superhero stories to see print. A stillborn revamping of the Sixties British superhero The Spider, it… [more]

“That Slightly Dodgy, Anarchic Material”: Shameless? Part 20

Colin Smith — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:00:48 +0000

Continued from last week. The obviousness of Millar’s influences would become more and more of a problem as his work for Fleetway continued. Of course, 2000AD had been founded upon a deliberate policy of appropriating and… [more]

“It’s A Rare Thing to be Ordinary These Days”: Shameless? Part 18

Colin Smith — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:00:00 +0000

Continued from last week. In fact, it’s more than possible that Morrison actually had a considerable influence upon the format of Zenith: Tales of the Alternative Earths. Four years previously, he’d written his own series of… [more]

From The Saviour to Judge Dredd and Zenith: Shameless? Part 17

Colin Smith — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:00:56 +0000

The Saviour to Judge Dredd and Zenith: Shameless? Part 17" title="From The Saviour to Judge Dredd and Zenith: Shameless? Part 17" style="float:left;" />Continued from last week. For a brief moment in early 1990, Millar’s career appeared to be unambiguously prospering. As of May, Trident had, in addition to The Saviour, added Millar’s The Shadowmen to their schedule. Though… [more]

2000AD, a British Institution: An Interview with Writer Al Ewing and Henry Flint

Colin Smith — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:00:10 +0000

2000AD, a British Institution: An Interview with Writer Al Ewing and Henry Flint" title="2000AD, a British Institution: An Interview with Writer Al Ewing and Henry Flint" style="float:left;" />2000AD artist Henry Flint still recalls the excitement of encountering the first issue of the weekly SF-adventure comic. It was, he says, “nasty, brutal. Parents hated it. The morality of the heroes was questionable. After… [more]

An Interview with Rob Williams, on 2000AD‘s Ichabod Azrael and Comics Storytelling in General (Part 2)

Colin Smith — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:00:59 +0000

2000AD‘s Ichabod Azrael and Comics Storytelling in General (Part 2)" title="An Interview with Rob Williams, on 2000AD‘s Ichabod Azrael and Comics Storytelling in General (Part 2)" style="float:left;" />Continued from last week. COLIN SMITH: I may well be very wrong here, but it seems from the outside as if you’re determined not just to tell a good story, but to push your own boundaries… [more]

An Interview with Rob Williams, on 2000AD‘s Ichabod Azrael and Comics Storytelling in General

Colin Smith — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:00:58 +0000

2000AD‘s Ichabod Azrael and Comics Storytelling in General" title="An Interview with Rob Williams, on 2000AD‘s Ichabod Azrael and Comics Storytelling in General" style="float:left;" />I gave up on 2000AD in the early 1990s. Not only did it seem to have lost much of its sharpness and satirical edge, but it often appeared complacent, sloppy and even, on occasion, smug… [more]

Building a Better Dredd: The Smart Narrative Choices of Dredd

Julian Darius — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:21:30 +0000

Dredd" title="Building a Better Dredd: The Smart Narrative Choices of Dredd" style="float:left;" />Earlier, we discussed how Dredd is faithful to its source material, to the extent that it could be described as a violent morality play. Today, I’d like to discuss the film’s narrative choices, because I… [more]

An Interview with 2000AD‘s Al Ewing

Colin Smith — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:00:24 +0000

2000AD‘s Al Ewing" title="An Interview with 2000AD‘s Al Ewing" style="float:left;" />I’d struggle to overstate how much I enjoy and admire Al Ewing’s work. It’s been that way since the March of 2010, when I first read his Sex, Vi And Vid-Slugs, a collaboration with artist… [more]

Dredd as Violent Morality Play

Julian Darius — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:00:37 +0000

Dredd as Violent Morality Play" title="Dredd as Violent Morality Play" style="float:left;" />Dredd is a far better, smarter, and well-made film than anyone had a right to respect. It gets nearly everything right. It’s visually beautiful, even when disgusting. It’s entertaining. But it’s also disturbing and thought-provoking.… [more]

On The Zaucer of Zilk, by Al Ewing and Brendan McCarthy

Colin Smith — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:00:21 +0000

The Zaucer of Zilk, by Al Ewing and Brendan McCarthy" title="On The Zaucer of Zilk, by Al Ewing and Brendan McCarthy" style="float:left;" />NB: The Zaucer of Zilk is currently being serialised in 2000AD, so please be aware of oncoming spoilers as well as the likelihood that most if not all of my presumptions are entirely misplaced. Like… [more]

Sequart’s Books Get New, Cheaper Editions

Julian Darius — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:18:27 +0000

Sequart Research & Literacy Organization’s entire line of eight books of comics scholarship is now available in revised editions featuring significantly lower cover prices. Each of these new editions also feature revised covers and cleaner,… [more]

Grant Morrison: The Early Years in Previews

Julian Darius — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:58:39 +0000

Grant Morrison: The Early Years in Previews" title="Grant Morrison: The Early Years in Previews" style="float:left;" />Sequart Research & Literacy Organization is proud to annouce that the second edition of Grant Morrison: The Early Years is now available for order only through comic shops. The book is listed in July’s Previews catalogue, which… [more]

Are Comics and Videogames Reading from the Same Page?

Henry Northmore — Wed, 17 May 2006 16:39:43 +0000

Bit of a tangent this time but part of my job as Clubs & Technology Editor here at The List is to review video games. And with the recent release of Rogue Trooper (another classic… [more]

The Best of 2000AD

Henry Northmore — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:31:27 +0000

2000AD" title="The Best of 2000AD" style="float:left;" />In my very first article I mentioned the importance of 2000AD and its impact on the UK comic scene (and in fact the comics world as a whole), so this month I thought I’d pull… [more]

Why are British Writers so Popular?

Henry Northmore — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:24:14 +0000

It is something that has always interested me as a British reader, and something I briefly touched on in my previous column; comics are a quintessentially American art form, so how come so many of… [more]

The Evolution of a UK Comic Fan

Henry Northmore — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:15:13 +0000

Over here in the UK, comics aren’t as enmeshed in our psyche as our US counterparts’. For us, comics all began with The Beano and Dandy, with Dennis the Menace (not that one, ours was… [more]