2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 598

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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 598 featuring ‘Rogue Trooper‘, ‘Moon Runners‘, ‘Tyranny Rex‘, ‘Zenith‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 29 October 1988.

Cover Art Robot: Steve Dillon

Rogue is back for Hit 4 on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: Alan Grant

Art Robot: Colin Weston

Lettering Robot: T Frame

The first thing that struck me with this Dredd episode was the art. It is simply stunning. The detail (with references like Chopper), the colours… Wow. This comical tale tells us of what went down on the school trip to the Garbage Disposal Unit. Told by Chester Whut but as we can see – his telling of said tale doesn’t match up with what we actually see in the panels. Making out he was a good student with bad things going on around him, we see a classmate fall to the Worms and then the teacher get pushed in too. Then Dredd arrives and we see why Chester’s account doesn’t tie up with what we see unfold – he’s lying and he’s been sent to the Juve Cubes.

Prog 598 has a dose of Hi-Ex! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 599.

Florix Grabundae!

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