2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 619

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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 619 featuring ‘Anderson Psi Division‘, ‘Medivac 318‘, ‘The Daily Dredd‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 25 March 1989.

Cover Art Robot: Cliff Robinson

Old stony face Dredd takes the cover once more this week!

My pick of the Prog is: Strontium Dog

Script Robot: Alan Grant

Art Robot: Simon Harrison

Lettering Robot: Kid

It’s alarming how much comic strips from several decades ago depict so much of our present society. From Nemesis the Warlock to Judge Dredd the future isn’t always that far away and sometimes, they’re closer than one would hope. Strontium Dog shows us panels not too dissimilar to what we see on the news right now about ICE and the various war crimes happening across the globe. In The Final Solution it’s like Nazi Germany and modern day America rounding up mutants in a xenophobic crusade to get rid of all that are different. The mutants are taken to Stonehenge to be transported to another world through a portal – the promise is of a world far from humans, freedom from persecution and freedom to make the world their own. Meanwhile, Johnny and Middenface are following up on a call for help to try and thwart the Church but a new foe awaits…

Prog 619 boldly goes where no mutant has gone before! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 620.

Florix Grabundae!

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