Jonathan Calder suggests that Brass Eye inspired the government’s latest idea for flying robot drones being used to spy on anti-social behaviour. Of course, given the name of this blog, I should point out that Spy-in-the-sky cameras have been a staple part of crime fighting in the Judge Dredd comic for years now. I used… Continue reading Spy in the sky
Tag: 2000AD
Judge Dredd: Origins
2000AD is beginning a 6 month countdown to its 30th anniversary with a new Judge Dredd story which for the first time explores the origins of the Judge System, Mega City One and Old Stoney Face himself. Probably the most hyped Dredd strip since Necropolis, and deservedly so due to its subject matter and being… Continue reading Judge Dredd: Origins
The Relentless Slide into Fiction
More evidence that Judge Dredd should be read as prophecy and not satire: the world’s first Aggro Dome?