W is for Wally Squad [MINOR SPOILERS]

Note the first: this post contains minor spoilers regarding a current 2000AD storyline. Note the second: back in August, I attempted to write a personal A-Z of the comic strip Judge Dredd during the run up to the release of the new Dredd 3D film. I got fairly far in but due to work pressures… Continue reading W is for Wally Squad [MINOR SPOILERS]

The Disney Star Wars films could at last bring a balance to the force

My initial shock of discovering that George Lucas has sold Lucasfilm to Disney has given way to contemplation about what a post-Lucas Star Wars universe might look like. For many people this is bad news; it simply means more bad films cashing in on the goodwill of a dwindling generation of fans who are destined… Continue reading The Disney Star Wars films could at last bring a balance to the force

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]