2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 271

Borag Thungg Earthlets! Please be aware that this post contains Amazon affiliate links – any purchases made via these links go towards supporting me and my content at no extra cost to yourself. You can also support me over on Ko-Fi, Patreon or PayPal if you wish and any donations are greatly appreciated and will be put to good use towards web-hosting costs and new content ideas.

Welcome to my personal Prog slog through 2000AD. Here, I post daily about my favourite story from each Prog. I started doing this as a means of focusing my attention on something. A hobby, if you will. Something that will bring joy and fond memories for fans as well as draw attention to and hopefully bring in new readers to The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. I have never read these Progs before. I recall reading some of Flesh at some point in my childhood, knew of Judge Dredd from a PlayStation One game and then the 1995 Movie, Rogue Trooper from the PlayStation 2 Game and had heard of other stories and seen other characters from seeing posts online. So I’m pretty much experiencing most of these stories as an intergalactic virgin. Or something. So if you are an established reader whose loyalty to Tharg has been unwavering, or if you’ve dropped off reading 2000AD, lie somewhere in between or if you are a newcomer to The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic then please let me know via the comments or hit me up on my socials!

Without further ado…

Welcome to Prog 271 featuring ‘Ace Trucking‘, ‘The Mean Arena‘, ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘, ‘Robo-Hunter‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 10 July 1982.

Cover Art Robot: Massimo Belardinelli

The Battle of the Biffos takes this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Robo-Hunter

Script Robot: Alan Grant

Art Robot: Ian Gibson

Lettering Robot: Steve Potter

Still on the Filby Case, Slade has located Ronald the missing robot. Hoagy and Ronald are being offered up as sacrifices in the Goonie cult. In typical Hoagy style, he is oblivious to the imminent threat while Sam tears across Brighton to reach the Mass Goon-in and save Ronald. And Hoagy, I suppose… This strip is laden with details and humour and I particularly enjoyed the third panel in where you can see the Brighton Front is a front in more ways than one. It kinda reminds me of all those dodgy showgrounds by the beach fronts that were probably amazing in their heyday but are now run-down dilapidated deathtraps.

Prog 271 offered up to the robo-gods! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 272.

Florix Grabundae!

Have you read this Prog? If so, what was your favourite strip? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!