Rebellion Releases — 24 November 2021

2000AD will be popping the champagne corks when the comic turns 45 and Rebellion will be publishing a slew of celebratory titles during the birthday month of February 2022. Four and a half decades old, and there's still plenty of thrill-power left in the old girl yet.

February will see the release of a bumper 2000AD Prog 2270 with the start of two new stories – Judge Dredd: The Citadel, a searing return to the Apocalypse War, and Brink: Mercury Retrograde, the stunning new chapter in the SF-horror drama. Plus bonus Indigo Prime and Tharg stories, and more!

During the same month, the contents will include Proteus Vex, taking on the alliance in ‘Desire Paths’; the Shadow Creatures infiltrate The Order in ‘Fantastic Voyage’; the world’s only hope lies with an Orc in Kingmaker: ‘Falls the Shadow’; and nineteenth-century Paris comes under attack by an interdimensional menace in Saphir: Liaisons Dangereuses.

There's more action and adventure in the future-shocked world of Judge Dredd Megazine. The stony-faced lawman leads a team to the Pan-African enclave of Profundia but there are factions that want them dead in Praise Zort!; something inhuman lurks beneath Badrock in Lawless: ‘Ballots Over; Goya faces a race against time to find her family’s killers in Death Cap; Armitage gets closer to the corruption at the heart of Brit-Cit Justice Dept in Diamond Dogs III; and Zane has no choice but to get involved in the skysurfer movie in ‘Surfer’. Plus there’s the usual interviews, features, and in the bagged GN Hawk’s epic adventure continues from Garth Ennis & Henry Flint!

From A.B.C. Warriors to Zenith! Meticulously researched and compiled for comics fans everywhere, the 2000AD Encyclopedia by Scott Montgomery is the essential fact compendium to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! What are the essential Judge Dredd stories? In which progs did The Ballad of Halo Jones run? What year was the first appearance of Nemesis the Warlock? Just who are the Thrillsuckers? Look no further, Earthlets! Every strip and major character from 2000AD’s trailblazing 45 year history is catalogued and detailed, accompanied by stunning artwork and illustrations. With this show-stopping hardcover collection, must-read characters and storylines from across the cosmos are at your fingertips!

The Judge Dredd art of Brian Bolland is regarded as some of the greatest comic art of the Eighties, and helped catapult both the series and Brian Bolland himself to international acclaim, leading him to work on such titles as Camelot 3000 and Batman: The Killing Joke. His incredible black & white art is showcased in Judge Dredd by Brian Bolland Apex Edition, a deluxe, over-sized facsimile edition featuring new high-resolution scans of his original art from 2000 AD showing Bolland’s delicate inking brushwork in unprecedented detail, as well as the titles and word balloons placed over it at the time by IPC’s art team. It promises to be an unmissable collection for fans of comics and of fine art.

And now, out this week...

2000AD Prog 2259
Cover by Tazio Bettin.

Judge Dredd: The Musical! by Rob Williams (w) Chris Weston (a) Gary Caldwell (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
The Diaboliks: London Calling by Gordon Rennie (w) Dom Reardon (a) Jim Campbell (l)
Dexter: Lordy Jordy, King of Everything by Dan Abnett (w) Tazio Bettin (a) Matt Soffe (c) Simon Bowland (l)
Scarlet Traces: Storm Front by Ian Edginton (w) D'Israeli (a) Simon Bowland
The Out Book 2 by Dan Abnett (w) Mark Harrison (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

Brink Book 4 by Dan Abnett & INJ Culbard
Rebellion ISBN 978-178108939-2, 23 November 2021, 112pp, £12.99. Available via Amazon.

The entire planet of Mercury seems to have vanished and a video clip is implicated in what looks like a mass-kill ... as always on the brink of existence, truth may be stranger than fiction.
    In the late 21st century, after humanity has left the Earth it poisoned and now huddles in deep-space Habitats, life on these cramped, overcrowded stations is tense, with many spilling over into madness
    HSD cop Bridget Kurtis has investigated cults and murders that have driven her to the very edge, but now she must stop the spread of a viral video clip which sends viewers insane...

The Tom Paterson Collection
Rebellion ISBN 978-178108940-8, 25 November 2021, 192pp, £19.99. Available via Amazon.

Scottish artist Tom Paterson is one of the most inventive and influential cartoonists British comics have produced. Inspired by the work of George Martin, Leo Baxendale and Ken Reid, Tom became a comic artist at a young age, working for Fleetway and DC Thomsons on such classic strips as Sweeny Toddler, Calamity James, Buster, Grimly Feendish, The Numskulls, Bananaman and Dennis the Menace.
    At the beginning of his career Tom was ghosting artists like Baxendale, but his own style and sense of humour quickly developed and Tom’s work soon became unmistakable. His trademark stinky, striped sock often appeared in the panels of his work – a useful identifier born out of an age where publishers frowned upon artists signing their work. Along with the sock came the additional, visual comedic gags scattered throughout the strips, giving each one that instant re-readability.
    This collection features some of Tom’s outstanding colour and black & white strip work for IPC/Fleetway from titles like Buster, Whoopee!, Jackpot, Whizzer & Chips and Oink! amongst others. With quotes from the man himself and some extra, added treasures, this is a must have for fans of British humour comics both young and old!