2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 804

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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 804 featuring ‘Zenith‘, ‘Wireheads‘, ‘Flesh‘, ‘Journal of Luke Kirby‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 10 October 1992.

Cover Art Robot: John Ridgway

My pick of the Prog is: Zenith

Script Robot: G Morrison

Art Robot: Yeowell/Hart

Lettering Robot: Annie P

Dr Peyne continues his Benjamin Button-ing as he de-ages all the way back to a baby and then gets yeeted into non-existence. Gotta be honest, not really got a clue what the fuck is going on. Not sure if my head just isn’t in the right space or maybe Grant Morrison is too advanced for me. Or maybe, as I’ve come to realise, Autism is a hindrance in terms of appreciating art as artistic approach, nuance and deeper meaning elude me. Kinda like how these blogs are maybe not as well fleshed out as other people would do. I always got told off in school, English especially, for my minimalist writing. Where others in my class would take paragraphs or more to answer questions I would do it in a single sentence. I wasn’t wrong in my answers, just didn’t meet their confusing standard of having to say it in x amount of words – why when I can do it in a sentence or two?

Prog 804 reverses the effects of ageing!  Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 805.

Florix Grabundae!

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