Dredd wins if he can get his hands on the lawgiverthat one in the picture is bucky not stevebucky is a good fighter but not in steves leveland dredd spends all day fighting all kinds of. My initial sketch from a couple of years ago was more heavily based on the 2012 movie version but i thought the comic look would be more iconic and a bit easier. For the crowning moments of awesome theme, i give you america, published in the first seven issues of the judge dredd megazine, and generally agreed to be one of the absolute classic dredd stories, if not the classic. It follows the sad tale of democracy activist america jara. America jara and bennett beeny grow up as best friends, living a fairly trouble free life in a dangerous city bar the odd encounter with a judge. In megacity one, the judges are the law acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
Since 1990, dredd has also had his own title in britain, the judge dredd megazine. A map of dredds earth, displaying the location of megastates around the world circa 24. Judge dredds confrontation with the no longer mindcontrolled judge kraken at the end of necropolis, who doesnt resist surrender and tells dredd how the dark judges made him their puppet, only being able to weep as he murdered millions. Now well actually talk about what is widely considered to be one of the very best dredd stories out there, entitled america. Judge dredd returns to political scifi with false witness. Judge dredd, the complete america the british library. Essential judge dredd graphic novel line to launch this. At that point, dredd had been a weekly feature in 2000 ad since 1977, and was also a daily comic strip in the daily starthis was a very highprofile british comic book, in. Judge dredd is one of the best comic franchises in history. Home to over million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of a postapocalyptic north america. They part on friendly terms as dredd admits that he could have easily been standing in his place if he hadnt been away in the cursed earth before shooting. The original america serial appeared in the first seven issues of the monthly judge dredd megazine, beginning in 1990. With karl urban, olivia thirlby, lena headey, rachel wood. Judge dredd created by john wagner and carlos ezquerra.
Inside the walls, a cursed city, stretching from boston to washington d. The city covers most of the east coast of north america. America is the definitive dredd story and a mustread for readers new to dredd. The classic judge dredd story in a us edition for the. America is a great example of a story set in the judge dredd world but with other characters really driving the story line instead of dredd himself.
Published in north america for the first time, judge dredd. The first of the three stories in this titled the same as the collection, america is probably as close to perfect as a judge dredd story is going to get, especially prescient in. Judge dredd was born as a science fiction social commentary on the world, and a new limited series is driving back down that road with a story. The illtreated america jara was the central character in the widelyacclaimed story america, which was written to show that judge dredd is arguably the villain in his own series. John wagner and garth ennis kick off the essential judge. America jara judge dredd wiki fandom powered by wikia.
Described by david bishop, a former editor of the judge dredd megazine, as the best judge dredd story ever written, america won a uk comicart award in 1991. America jara and bennett beeny grow up as best friends, living a fairly troublefree life in a dangerous city bar the odd encounter with a judge. The chief judges man this dark and complex tale is a true 2000 ad. America, includes work by dredd cocreator john wagner, garth ennis, alan grant, colin macneil, john higgins, john m.
John wagner script, colin mcneil art 2003 judge dredd. The essential judge dredd line launches this fall with the release of essential judge dredd. The latter was evident in the dredd story america, written by john wagner with artwork by colin macneil. America jara was the daughter of a puerto rican couple who had moved to megacity one in search. The harsh, repressive lawenforcement system embodied by judge dredd leads both of them down a dark road culminating in despair and death. Time draws them apart, and when they are brought back together, beeny is a successful singer and america has become involved with a terrorist organisation with the judges in its sights. In 1983, judge dredd made his american debut with his own series from publisher eagle comics, titled judge dredd. Although a number of the megacities had their own laser defence systems, the rest of the world was reduced to vast irradiated wastelands, the most famous being the cursed earth and radlands of ji, from which many threats have sprung. Now considering judge fear has abilities akin to the penance stare, and it literally did nothing to dredd apart from cause the innate reaction of fist to face, i think thats saying something. Originally serialised in the judge dredd magazine 1. America jara and bennett beeny grow up as best friends. Written by john wagner a history of violence with art by colin macneil judge dredd. Of course he makes his appearances but its the other characters that really drive this one into five star category.
In spite of this, it seems to otherwise have been since largely overlooked in. In a dystopian future, joseph dredd, the most famous judge a police officer with instant field judiciary powers, is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart. Build a deck of his iconic weapons and bring justice to the streets of megacity one as the comic pages of judge dredd come to life in this addictive and freetoplay collectable card battler rpg. Judge dredd was the longestrunning character of the magazine. The classic judge dredd story in a us edition for the first time. The chief judges man this dark and complex tale is a true 2000 ad classic. America shows the impact of the judges philosophy on the lives of citizens, and the slow crawl of democracy trying to reassert itself. Seeing as i should have been working on my bachelor project, i figured it would be a good time to revisit an older idea of mine namely a mashup of judge dredd and captain america.
However, followup stories featuring her daughter america beeny cast justice department in a much more sympathetic light. America is a judge dredd story that was published in judge dredd megazine 1. Its subject was the effect of growing up in megacity one on two initially ordinary citizens, america jara and bennett beeny. Over the years judge dredd has been hailed as one of the best satires of american and british culture with an uncanny trend to predict upcoming events such as. More important however is how dredd influenced the socalled grim and gritty trend of superheroes. Alyssa, i know you havent read much of this series before, so heres a bit of background. It consisted of stories reprinted from the british comic. A longrunning scifi comic created by john wagner, carlos ezquerra and pat mills, and starring the iconic character from the british anthology comic 2000 ad, judge dredd follows the adventures of brutal knight templar lawman joe dredd, who cleans the streets of the grim, farfuture megapolis megacityone, a gigantic, decaying and crimeridden urban sprawl which covers most of what used to be. In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the realityaltering drug, slomo. Megacities in the judge dredd comics are a fictional exaggeration of the real megacity concept. In the dystopian future city, megacity one, judge dredd is a judicial and law enforcement officer. Judge dredd has had a profound effect on us comics in the past two decades. Read more for grading details for this judge dredd. But how do the citizens really feel about a system where they are powerless.