2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 580

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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 580 featuring ‘ABC Warriors‘, ‘Bad Company‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 25 June 1988.

Cover Art Robot: Ian Gibson

Dog Deever goes to to to with Slime on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is:Judge Dredd

Script Robot: Wagner

Art Robot: Ian Gibson

Lettering Robot: Frame

Full Mental Jacket continues and, as this is the first time its made my pick, I just want to call out the One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest references – Dog Deever moves into the Mac Murphy Block which is also referenced as the Cuckoo’s Nest Block. There may be other references I’ve missed so far as it’s been years and years since I last watched the movie. In the panels below, I’m not sure if there are influences from The Public Enemy (I think, I’ve never seen it but I’m sure I’ve seen clips of this movie with the lead always trying to interact with his mother) and Scarface – what with the young thug seeking his mother’s love and approval despite how he chooses to live. It also gave me American History X vibes – in the sense of a youth falling in with the wrong crowd etc. – but that definitely isn’t an influence as that was released 10 years after this was published.

Prog 580 falls in with the wrong crowd! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 581.

Florix Grabundae!

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