WAGNER: ( Growls) Yes, that is irritating, because it’s not a remake: it’s a proper-make. Is Judge Dredd as known as a comic in the US as it is in the UK? Is it irritating that half the internet coverage of the film is calling it a Stallone remake? But there is a screening and there are panels! And I think there’s another panel as well. GARLAND: As I understand it, there’s going to be a screening, and Karl (Urban) and Jock and Greg Staples, a couple of 2000AD artists – Jock actually worked quite a lot on the film – are going to be doing one panel, I think. So what sort of presence will it have there? JOHN WAGNER: I think the public would rather see them. It’s just the actors that will be out there. With the pair sending the film to Comic-Con to meet its public (“I understand there’s going to be a screening,” says Garland), Empire chatted with them about the Stallone version, Dredd’s uniform and those similarities with The Raid.ĪLEX GARLAND: The film is, but neither John nor I are going. We’re not expecting any of that vitriol to sully Karl Urban’s new big-screen take on 2000AD‘s mighty law enforcer, especially with Dredd creator John Wagner closely involved in the project and screenwriter Alex Garland promising a version that “commits completely to the character”. It’s been 17 years since Sylvester Stallone stalked Mega City One sans helmet and upset a generation of Judge Dredd fans in the process. Originally published on the Empire website ( archived here), but another casualty of the 2015 relaunch. As the film Dredd headed to Comic-Con, prior to its theatrical release a couple of months later, I spoke to screenwriter Alex Garland and Judge Dredd’s original 2000AD creator John Wagner. The further AdVeNshERS of P.J.One from the vaults: July, 2012.WHat i Did during tHe Summer HoLidays by P.J.
Publishing as part of 2000 AD's 45th anniversary and celebrating of almost five decades chronicling the madness and mayhem of Mega-City One, this 305-page hardcover collection features some of the funniest, most poignant and action-packed Judge Dredd tales penned by the great man himself. His often unacknowleged influence can be seen not just in the 'British Invasions' of the 1980s, but throughout modern comics. One of the best-known voices in British comics, and respected and revered for revitalising the industry in the 1970s, Wagner's style is unmistakeable - terse, action-packed, poignant, and often blackly funny. Few writers have had the impact on comics as John Wagner, and this brand new collection celebrates 45 years of his greatest creation - the iconic ‘Lawman of the future’, Judge Dredd.
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