2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 579

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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 579 featuring ‘ABC Warriors‘, ‘Bad Company‘, ‘Tales of the Doghouse‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 18 June 1988.

Cover Art Robot: Steve Dillon

Tharg hits the big red “PUBLISH” button on this weeks cover that declares “Pure Genius!”.

My pick of the Prog is: Tales of the Doghouse

Script Robot: Alan Grant

Art Robot: Colin MacNeil

Lettering Robot: Kid

Another dive into the weird and wonderful world of the S/D Agents – this time focusing on Tom “Birdy” Lilley. His mutation is much more practical than our previous instalment but the trouble is, the wings don’t work. Acting as nothing more than decoration, Birdy’s mutation is a frustration for him and results in an unexpected turn when he tries to use them and, perhaps because Disney and other media sources have conditioned us, I thought it was going to work. Like he just needed to truly believe or have an event which causes an adrenalin rush resulting in functioning wings. But no, he died trying. Bye bye Birdy.

Prog 579 doesn’t even fall with style! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 580.

Florix Grabundae!

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