The fact that Lib Dem conference is rapidly approaching means that I have a semi-anniversary of my own to mark. It’s now been just over six months since I left the Lib Dems. Life after party politics How do I feel? I’ve had a tough, and at times frustrating half year: negotiating the fineries of… Continue reading Clegg and coalition six months on
Month: September 2012
U is for Urban, Karl [Dredd 3D preview – no spoilers]
Credit: John Spelling. U is a pretty tough letter to write about, unless I want to spend an evening writing about U-fronts, which in Dredd’s world are inexplicably the equivalent of Y-fronts. In the late mid-80s, this “futuristic” underwear featured in a number of stories, something which you would almost certainly never see in a… Continue reading U is for Urban, Karl [Dredd 3D preview – no spoilers]
R is for Robot Wars
I’ve already written several times about pivotal moments in the development of the Judge Dredd series; points which proved decisive in the survival of the strip and its development. Robot Wars (progs 10-17, 1977, with a prologue in prog 9) is the first of these pivotal moments. It is easy to forget given how it… Continue reading R is for Robot Wars