2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 434

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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!

I’ve recently started working on a Letterboxd list, compiling movies that have/may have influenced strips within 2000 AD and adjacent titles such as Misty and Scream! Feel free to check it out here, drop me a follow and let me know of any other titles I should add.

Without further ado…

Welcome to Prog 434 featuring ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Sláine‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 7 September 1985.

Cover Art Robot: Cliff Robinson

There’s only one thing worse than a street gang looking for a fight and that’s a street gang looking for a fight while being all musical about it like on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Strontium Dog

Script Robot: Alan Grant

Art Robot: Ezquerra

Lettering Robot: Tony Jacob

The Slavers of Drule comes to a close this Prog as Johnny puts out a bounty for finding Black Gumbs and Frog Parsons got the job done. I loved the Interactions here where Wulf gets told off for calling him ‘Frog‘ and then questions it when Johnny did the same and nothing was said. Frog allows it from other mutants, not ‘norms’. Makes sense. I just loved the little exchange… KInda reminded me of Jules and Vincent shooting the shit before going up to the apartment at the start of Pulp Fiction. Trivial bullshit before shit goes down. And speaking of going down… – no not that kind, this is a kids’ comic fuhchrissakes! – Johnny puts his cartridges to good use to take down Black Gumbs’ ship as he tried to flee. What a climax!

 

Prog 434 gets blown out of the sky! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 435.

Florix Grabundae!

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