2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 762

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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!

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Without further ado…

Welcome to Prog 762 featuring ‘Judge Anderson‘, ‘Bix Barton‘, ‘Durham Red‘, ‘Trash‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 21 December 1991.

Cover Art Robot: Carlos Ezquerra

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Anderson

Script Robot: Alan Grant

Art Robot: David Roach

Lettering Robot: Steve Potter

Engram takes us in a direction I had suspected in that Anderson has a tormented childhood and it was probably her dad. This strip deals with a darkness that is insinuated rather than spells out for us but simultaneously it’s quite dark in what it does tell us. Pretty heavy subject matter for a kid and again it makes me wonder how I never read these as a kid myself given my background of consuming non-age appropriate content and desensitising myself to the horrors of the world. Cracking writing and the black and white art works remarkably well, especially in contrast to the other coloured strips.

Prog 762 has daddy issues! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 763.

Florix Grabundae!

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