If you love comics and your very patriotic, there is only one comic which I could suggest and that is 2000 AD. A comic started in 1977 has survived times when most of it’s competitor’s have had their downfalls and today it is going from strength to strength with introduction of ... Read review
Advantages: Brilliant Artwork, Great Scripts Disadvantages: Missing programmes while on holiday
...could suggest and that is 2000 AD. A comic started in 1977 has survived times when most of it’s competitor’s have had their downfalls and today it is going from strength to strength with introduction of brand new series and re-emergence of old favourites.
The magazine itself is published every Wednesday (except over the Christmas period) and is available at most main stream shops (I get mine from WHSmith) and all comic ... ...at comic markets and the 2000 AD site has back issue inquires as well (see www.2000adonline.com). At the last comic market I went to the first few programmes of 2000 AD were on sale for around £50, a considerable increase from their original 5p price. So they are definitely collector’s items and I hope that my collection will be worth a lot at some time in my life.
I love reading 2000 AD because of its variety and fresh look ... more
If you love comics and your very patriotic, there is only one comic which I could suggest and that is 2000 AD. A comic started in 1977 has survived times when most of it’s competitor’s have had their downfalls and today it is going from strength to strength with introduction of brand new series and re-emergence of old favourites.
The magazine itself is published every Wednesday (except over the Christmas period) and is available at most main stream shops (I get mine from WHSmith) and all comic shops. It is printed on 30 A4 glossy pages, which has only changed from paper pages in the last 4 years. The glossy pages mean, however, that the artwork is pristine and it helps the magazines to be kept in near mint condition.
The format of the magazine is a first page editorial and then straight into the storyboards. As ever, since programme No.2, the first story is Judge Dredd, and if you’ve only seen the Sly Stallone film this doesn’t give you any facts on the true Judge Dredd. A future lawman, where the Judges dispense the law, Dredd is THE law. All his scripts are brilliant and can be a mixture from the gritty to the downright comical. The main reason I buy some of the comics is to see the feature length stories based round his world.
The rest of the comic has another four stories that can be anything from new stories such as the recent Necronauts series- a Dark Horror based on Houdini’s death to old series Favourites, lately the return of the Button Man has been a real highlight, as the former bounty hunter runs from his employers.
Also in the comic is the ‘Input’ page, which is basically where the letters, avid fans send in, get printed. The best letter even gets to win a prize, and most letters can be funny and many a time I have looked back in my issues to verify a comment that a letter has made. In some of the comics as well there is a subscription page and a few contain freebies such as posters and postcards.
I have been collecting the comic from Prog. 1000 about 5 years ago and have only missed a few which are easily picked up at comic markets and the 2000 AD site has back issue inquires as well (see www.2000adonline.com). At the last comic market I went to the first few programmes of 2000 AD were on sale for around £50, a considerable increase from their original 5p price. So they are definitely collector’s items and I hope that my collection will be worth a lot at some time in my life.
I love reading 2000 AD because of its variety and fresh look at modern graphic stories. The best of British Writers and Artists such as John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra really know how to thrill the reader and some of the art work can be breath taking- take. For example the ‘Glimmer Rats’ series- some of the most original and visually stunning art I have seen for ages. My personal favourite stories are the Sinister Dexter scripts. The two gunmen working for anyone with the money is the funniest script in the magazine at the moment, the series always bringing me into fits of laughter.
If you like all the American comics but are feeling a little guilty of not investing into some true British talent then go out and buy the latest 2000 AD and see what you think. If you’ve never bought anything like this before it is definitely worth the money as after a few years my collection is fairly large and the stories concealed inside are some of the best.
Advantages: A good mix of stories constantly changing Disadvantages: You might not enjoy EVERY story, and it's gutting if you miss an issue
2000AD.. The Galaxy's Greatest Comic! It's a weekly comic that most newsagents stock (sadly, normally in the kids section) and features five 6-page stories per issue, the most famous character being Judge Dredd. And I owe it to John Wagner et al to point out the movie was sub-standard pap...
This is the best advertisement for British creative talent around, but sadly most creators disappear to America for the money and use up all their great ideas ... ...except Grant Morrison who has way too much imagination... So what 2000AD offers it's readers is opportunities to enjoy up-and-coming fresh-faced creators mixed in with a few old school stalwarts. And that is the best thing, because there will always be at least one story you enjoy in this anthology mag to keep you interested and there'll always be something new in the mix. The Golden Age of the comic was always the period when you first discovered ...
gigglybobby 30.05.2008
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Advantages: Something for every comic reader Disadvantages: The anthology format can feel slightly bitty
2000ad for me is a way of life. ive been buying it pretty much every wednesday of the last 20 years. i got through my adolescent years living in the world of judge dredd and nemesis, slaine and strontium dog. i better give some information to the uninitiated. 2000ad is a british made weekly comic that been about since 1977, no mean feat in the comic genre! it generally features five separate stories by different authors and artists. these stories ... ...i think show why the comic has lasted so well. they really do have something for everyone. another part of the comics beauty for me is the fact that it has grown up with its readership. when i was a wee lad buying it the stories seemed to have a youthful innocence, but nowadays they seem to have realised that those young people are still buying and have become adults, so now there is more of an adult content. one downside is that as an anthology, ...
jamie_rock 27.07.2005
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Advantages: fun, cheap Disadvantages: old fashioned
2000ad for me is a way of life. ive been buying it pretty much every wednesday of the last 20 years. i got through my adolescent years living in the world of judge dredd and nemesis, slaine and strontium dog. i better give some information to the uninitiated. 2000ad is a british made weekly comic that been about since 1977, no mean feat in the comic genre! it generally features five separate stories by different authors and artists. these stories ... ...i think show why the comic has lasted so well. they really do have something for everyone. another part of the comics beauty for me is the fact that it has grown up with its readership. when i was a wee lad buying it the stories seemed to have a youthful innocence, but nowadays they seem to have realised that those young people are still buying and have become adults, so now there is more of an adult content. one downside is that as an anthology, ...
samdanasher 11.04.2007
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Advantages: Good quality artwork and excellent stories Disadvantages: Lacks consistency
An integral part of the late seventies and all the way through the eighties, this magazine (comic?) was light years ahead of it's time. Believable 3 dimensional characters, outstanding art and exceptional writing made it the eagerly awaited highlight of my week. Rogue Trooper, Strontium Dog, Judge Dredd and the ABC Warriors would blow my mind each and every issue.
Over the last few years however it tends to have lacked some of it's earlier potential, ... ...'miss' (Dan Dare! What was all that about?) this now seems to be the rule rather than the exception. The magazine has tried to 'mature' and in doing so has, I believe, ostracized a great many of it's original fans.
In summary, still a fairly good read but would love it if 2000AD managed to recapture at least some of it's former magnificence. ...
soldierwhy 27.10.2004
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Advantages: great drawings, original storyline Disadvantages: can be hard to find cheaply, slightly weak story
I don?t remember much about my childhood, but the one thing I always remember was Dad bringing the magazines home on Saturday lunchtime. Whilst I grew through magazines, starting with Twinkle, and then Oink, and finally Smash Hits, my brothers resolutely stuck to one comic the entire time they lived at home ? 2000AD. I was never a big fan; reading something my geeky older brothers read just seemed a bit sad. It?s a pity my brothers had left home by 1990, as this was when Pete Milligan, one of my favourite comic writers, teamed up with the fantastic Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl, Gorillaz) and created ?Hewligan?s Haircut? which was serialised in 2000AD.
I managed to pick this up at the bargain basement price of 99p in one of those ?World Book? shops. I was immediately drawn to it because it had a big hole in the front. I was so intrigued ...
Advantages: Great artwork, good price Disadvantages: Predictable ending
As a first time reviewer, I browsed through the different categories for a while, before finding the comics section, and the almost complete lack of reviews for the great British comic 2000AD. Even more shocking (well, to my mind) was the absolute void in the Judge Dredd section!
I?ve been an on-off reader of 2000AD since the age of 9, when pocket money restraints meant missing out on every-other prog...soon enough my juvenile attention span lapsed, until the age of 15 when I rediscovered Judge Dredd in the ?Judge Dredd Megazine?, a monthly magazine which I now gleefully buy each month. I?ve also parted with cold cash to buy some Dredd graphic novels, one of which is the subject of this review.
Judge Dredd: Goodnight Kiss tells a story of the death of a mutant colony in the irradiated wastes of the Cursed Earth, the subsequent backlash ...
RedYak 11.01.2004
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Advantages: A rollicking gret read Disadvantages: Where's volume 3?
What a great book! I've been away from comics for some time now. I finally let go when I traveeled off to study for a degree as there were just too many things to spend too little money on. However recently I've started reading them again and was not disapointed when I picked this little beauty up. Penned by the ever quirky and creative Mr Alan Moore it is a strange tail set in a not too familiar Victorian World. The Brits are all powerful and the technology is playfully tweaked to give a ghostly sense of familiarity and alieness all at once. Moore rose to prominence in the comic world firstly by writting short tales for 2000ad (most noteably for me the D.R. and Quinch series) and then onto more heavy duty stuff such as Miracleman and V for Vendetta for Warrior magazine. Probably his most well known work to date was the groundbreaking ...
