2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 825

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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 825 featuring ‘Flesh‘, ‘Kelly‘, ‘Bradley‘, ‘Robo-Hunter‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 6 March 1993.

Cover Art Robot: Greg Staples

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: G Ennis

Art Robot: G Staples

Lettering Robot: T Frame

I’ve seen some shit when it comes to the pages of 2000 AD over the last 16 years worth of Progs but holy shit, this opening page of Judge Dredd really took me by surprise (surprise). Seeing a riff of Cilla Black and those gnashers early in the morning when I read this was nightmare fuel. I love that it goes beyond the looks and basically riffs the entire person – the TV show, the sayings… It’s all there. It’s a silly story but much fun as Dredd chases down a perp who makes his way on to the Blind Mate studio and inevitably ends up being the pick by the single lady before Dredd blasts through Chiller Black’s hairdo and kills the perp.

Prog 825 gets grabbed up by our Graham. Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 826.

Florix Grabundae!

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