Journey Planet’s Tribute to Judge Dredd

The Journey Planet team of Chris Garcia, Mike Carroll and James Bacon report –

We’ve been exceptionally lucky with this issue of Journey Planet on Judge Dredd, getting permission to publish a comic story, and also interview the creators of Judge Dredd, John Wagner and Pat Mills who brought Judge Dredd to the comic book pages of 2000AD forty-one years ago

We felt we wanted to show readers some of Judge Dredd. All text about a comic is hard, we wanted fans to get the chance at experiencing the best that the comic has to offer currently.

Chris and James felt that the standalone story, ”The Third Person” was one of the best comic stories last year, and we are all grateful to Mike Molcher and Rebellion for allowing us to reprint this Judge Dredd story in full.

The story covers interesting elements such as neuro-diversity and a unique approach to pre-determinism, as well a cultural reference.

James and Chris wanted to do a feature on it, but reckoned that while a diverse and varied set of views and reviews might be interesting, our own thoughts potentially were dangerously sycophantic. We got a range of voices to share their thoughts, professional games developer Helena Nash, author Anton Marks, academic Jack Fennell, fan Kelly Beuhler, Irish Comic News Blog Editor David Ferguson and comics scholar Lisa Macklem among others to offer insight and comment on this fabulous ten-page story.

We introduce the art, character and historical elements to new readers, have features on related publications, as well as articles that are firmly tongue in cheek as well as serious pieces considering the character and stories.

We wanted something for the new reader as well as for the fans who know the lore of Dredd, but would like to read fresh angles and perspectives.

We also take a look at other Judge Dredd fanzines, with special features on the long-running Zarjaz and the brand-new Belfast-based zine Sector 13.

We are grateful to all our contributors, and Mike Molcher of Rebellion.

Journey Planet 39: Judge Dredd is available at the link.