2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 815

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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 815 featuring ‘Finn‘, ‘Dead Meat‘, ‘Brigand Doom‘, ‘Robo-Hunter‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 26 December 1992.

Cover Art Robot: Colin MacNeil

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: G Ennis

Art Robot: C Ezquerra

Lettering Robot: T Frame

It’s Christmas once again in Mega-City One and we get a familiar tale but with a twist and different spin. Eb Skrooj is a miserly type, Scottish as fuck and has a bad attitude. The McKratchit family are desperate and ask him for a mere couple of creds to which he basically tells them to go fuck themselves. Skrooj is then visited by the spirits of his dead parents and things get physical, leading him to want to make amends. He hunts plans to kill a dog vulture to feed the family for Christmas but he is mistaken as a mutant by the security systems and gets blasted. Despite his wounds he struggles on to the family’s abode only to have Dredd deliver the killing shot but all is well as they stuff and glaze old Eb and a feast is to be had! What a crazy, dark and comical story.

This was a big pick me up as I am really struggling with the Progs of late and find myself not wanting to just give up these posts. After 815 days I think I’ve had enough. It doesn’t help that I haven’t got as much time to read them as I’d like and the fact I’m not enjoying the bulk of the content I feel less incentivised to do so. Hopefully I can get out of this rut.

Prog 815 Skrooj the pooch! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 816.

Florix Grabundae!

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