The Law In Order: Cityblock 1

Three years in and we’re starting (finally) to get a handle on what it is like to be on the receiving end of the Judicial system. Sure, we had Cal’s regime and the put upon populace, but he was a fucking maniac and the real Judges would never turn into a bunch of fascist despots hell bent on crushing any and all resistance. Oh, fucksocks…

DATELINE:
May 2101 (Prog 117).

WHO’S RESPONSIBLE?:
John Wagner shows us the flip side of the Judge coin and Ron Smith gets his egg timer just right.

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT (IN ONE SENTENCE)?:
Dredd chases a litterbug through Charlton Heston Block.

ANY LAW LORE?:
Citizens may live their entire lives without ever leaving a block. This sounds like something from Hoarders.
Employment runs at 87% with many citizens turning to crime to alleviate the boredom.
Dredd is carrying two Lawgivers.

IT’S CULTURAL, INNIT?:
The first block with a name in the strip is reserved for bad actor and thankfully dead gun nut Charlton Heston.

WHAT THE DROKK?:
Dredd seems to shout at the perp before he drops the wrapper.
Speaking of which, Dredd is in hot pursuit, so how does he stop to pick up the wrapper.

WHAT’S THE ART LIKE?:
Good stuff from Smith with a superb layout that shows the scale of things.

HOW MANY LINKS?:
We’re starting to get a feel for the citizenry of the Big Meg now and so that plus the humour gets this four links

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ECBT2000AD Ep376 – Retro 7

Just in time to finish off the end of your week…it’s another blast from the past. You can tell it’s an early episode because…well…if you are a long time listener…it will become obvious! Enjoy this Podcast from the ill-informed manbabies, Flint (Mr.Reid) and Bluemeanie (Mr.McAuliffe)!

Podcast available via iTunes or the Libsyn Webpage as a direct download.

Judge Dredd A3 sketches by Lee Carter on eBay

Here at ECBT we try to keep an eye out for anything that may be of interest to all the 2000 AD fans out there. Sketches by creators from the Prog are always something that go down well and we have some more to show you now!

2000 AD art droid Lee Carter has placed three Dredd pencil sketches onto eBay. These highly detailed head shots, from varying angles, are A3 in size and look stunning.

Follow the link below to own a piece of artwork from a fully fledged Dredd artist, before someone else beats you to the one you like.

LEE CARTER SKETCHES

Mega City Book Club #63 The Mek Files Vol:02

Julius is in this one!

Click the link below to download and listen…
Mega City Book Club 63: The Mek Files Vol. 02

Jock & Lee Garbett – Signing tonight! Forbidden Planet London 18:00-19:00

Two great artists who have worked for the House of Tharg will be at a signing event in London this evening from 6pm for an hour, at Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue.

Jock is there to sign the milestone issue of Action Comics #1000, the Forbidden Planet Exclusive Variant covers and Giclee Prints.

While Lee will be signing issue 1 of Skyward, his latest work.

Make sure to pop along and grab one of these tonight and picture or two.

The Law In Order: Vienna

Continuity busting tale or simply a fuck up? That’s what we have to contend with here. Fun fact- in a Scojo-like moment of brilliance, Orlok actually came up with a better solution to Vienna’s origins but unlike the aforementioned superfan, he never emailed it to Toothy editorial or wrote it on the walls in his own excrement…

DATELINE:
June 2101 (Prog 116).

WHO’S RESPONSIBLE?:
John Wagner pens a human side to Dredd and Ian Gibson props up the tale with some excellent art.

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT (IN ONE SENTENCE)?:
Harry Carmen kidnaps Dredd’s niece, Vienna.

ANY LAW LORE?:
Dredd is asleep in bed at 4am (instead of using a sleep machine) and now sleeps with just his helmet on. Kinky.

CANON FODDER?:
Harry Carmen states that Dredd can only kill a perp if it will save a life. This is a far cry from the Judicial policy adopted in later stories.

WHAT THE DROKK?:
How does a convicted perp like Carmen get hold of Dredd’s direct number as well as the whereabouts of his family?
For that matter, why does Dredd regard Carmen as a murderer, even though he has only been put away for a computer swindle?

WHAT’S THE ART LIKE?:
Great stuff from Gibson, but sadly it can’t lift the strip.

HOW MANY LINKS?:
Apart from the stuff about Dredd pushing Vienna away due to the effect his death may have on her, this is ropey. Carmen is like a bad Bond villain and the inner monologue of Dredd is just, er, dreadful. Two links.