Robert L. Booth – aka “Bad” Bob Booth – is, in Dredd continuity, the last president of the United States of America. Following a disastrous global nuclear war, he was overthrown by the Supreme Court, which invoked the Declaration of Independence: But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object… Continue reading B is for “Bad” Bob Booth and Beeny
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A is for Anderson
Psi-Judge Anderson is probably the most popular Judge other than Dredd himself amongst the fan base. Anderson is a telepath and can read minds, read psychic impressions from inanimate objects and gets “psi-flashes” of things happening nearby (a souped-up form of clairvoyance). She originally appeared in Judge Death (progs 149-151, 1980), which was also the… Continue reading A is for Anderson
Father Ted: “I didn’t swallow.”*
I’ve never understood why it is that public figures who are caught with their proverbial – and sometimes literal – trousers down, are always so keen to qualify their offence as much as possible, as if it makes it any better. So it was that we had Clinton admitting he smoked cannabis but didn’t inhale.… Continue reading Father Ted: “I didn’t swallow.”*