Presented here for the first time is my 2002 art submission to 2000AD. It was from a spec script that appeared in that year's Christmas special prog drawn by Cam Kennedy. As I was drawing it I deliberately avoided reading the published version so that I couldn't, even on a subconscious level, be influenced by Cam Kennedy's fantastic version. It took a few months to do in my spare time, not helped by the fact that we moved from south west London to Milton Keynes (60 odd miles) while I was working on it.
The original pages are black and white traditional pen and ink on bristol board, scanned and digitally coloured around 2010. I added the grainy texture and pinky colour in the gutters to age it up a bit and evoke the old school cheap newsprint 2000AD was printed on back in the day. This colour version was going to be included in a Mondo 2000AD fan special that we still might do one day. Mondo master Lee Davis was going to rewrite all the dialogue to create a new story, hence his name on the credit card.
I much prefer the above older chunky graphic logo for Dredd than the current spindly robotic one.
Judge Dredd is copyright 2000AD/Rebellion.
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'NO' to 2030
'NO' to 2030
