2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 309

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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 309 featuring ‘Time Twisters‘, ‘Skizz‘, ‘Tharg The Mighty‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 26 March 1983.

Cover Art Robot: Massimo Belardinelli

A one-off cover featuring a sci-fi spin of a paddle steamer being destroyed this week.

My pick of the Prog is: Time Twisters

Script Robot: Alan Moore

Art Robot: John Higgins

Lettering Robot: Pete Knight

Another cracking Time Twisters tale from Alan Moore this Prog in a comical but also startlingly realistic tale of an alien species basically doing Jurassic Park but with humans. Again, simply writing about this doesn’t do this tale justice as it is a fantastic commentary on the human condition. In a nutshell, after bringing back some of the greatest minds along with historical figures (famous and infamous alike) it all goes south when all out war  commences and history repeats itself…

Prog 309 finds a way! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 310.

Florix Grabundae!

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