2000 AD publisher Rebellion and The Cartoon Museum are delighted to announce that the Galaxy's Greatest Comic will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a complete TAKEOVER of The Cartoon Museum in London.
50 Years of 2000 AD & Judge Dredd opens on 14th January 2027 and will run until 18th April 2027.
Curated and organised by Rebellion, the exhibition will feature artwork from across the history of 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, loaned by artists, private collectors and from the company’s own archives, it will also include a brand-new, life-sized statue of Judge Dredd based on co-creator Carlos Ezquerra’s full-length painting of his most celebrated character. The exhibition will also highlight how the comic is made and how its influence can be felt far beyond the comics’ pages.
Rebellion's Head of Film, TV & Publishing, Ben Smith says: “We knew we had to celebrate 2000 AD’s half-century with a really important show. The comic has been a huge influence on readers and creators globally across multiple generations. There is barely a corner of popular culture where the influence of the comic is not felt whether in film, video games, comics, music or elsewhere."
"In 2017 we celebrated the 40th anniversary with an exhibition in the Cartoon Museum’s old gallery space - a show that brought in tens of thousands of visitors. As long-standing supporters and collaborators with the Museum in its current home, we are delighted to be partnering once again. And as the future depicted in Judge Dredd has become more prescient by the year bringing the UK’s best-known comic book character to the capital’s only dedicated comic book museum is a major moment.”
The show will fill all of the museum's gallery spaces, although visitors will still be able to view a selection of the permanent collection in the Clore Learning Studio onsite.
Join us for the start of 2000 AD’s second half-century and the next chapter in the Cartoon Museum’s history!
And now, this week's releases...
2000 AD Prog 2508
Cover: Toby Willsmer.
We're smashing through the Thrill-Barrier this week with 2000 AD Prog 2508, which brings five more action-packed stories to hypercharge your week! Rogue Trooper takes cover position courtesy of Toby Willsmer as we begin a new story featuring the Genetic Infantryman which takes him deep into the heart of the abandoned forests of Nu-Earth; meanwhile we reach the penultimate parts of Herne & Shuck and Ghosted!
Judge Dredd takes on the media in the latest instalment of The New Future, and Durham Red puts on the performance of a lifetime!
JUDGE DREDD // THE NEW FUTURE by Rob Williams & Arthur Wyatt (w) Henry Flint (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
DURHAM RED // HUNGRY CITY by Alec Worley (w) Ben Willsher (a) Simon Bowland (l)
GHOSTED // BOOK TWO by Guy Adams (w) Megan Huang (a) Simon Bowland (l)
ROGUE TROOPER // BITTER FRUIT by Geoffrey D. Wessel (w) Neil Edwards (a) Matt Soffe (c) Rob Steen (l)
HERNE & SHUCK // STORMING THE STONE by David Barnett (w) Lee Milmore (a) Quinton Winter (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
Classic Johnny Red Volume One by Tom Tully & Joe Colquhoun
Rebellion ISBN 978-183786851-3, 11 November 2026, 304pp, £29.99. Available via Amazon.
Kicked out of the Royal Air Force for striking an officer, trainee pilot Johnny Redburn finds himself on a British merchant vessel, part of a supply convoy bound for the beleaguered USSR. When the Germans attack he takes to the skies in the ship’s sole fighter aircraft – and is very soon fighting for his life. Yet Johnny’s real struggle begins when he joins Russia’s Falcon Squadron, a fighter unit abandoned by its superiors, the pilots expected to sacrifice themselves against the Nazi invaders.
The first in a series collecting Johnny Red in its entirety, this volume presents the complete two-year run by original artist Joe Colquhoun (Charley’s War), written by co-creator Tom Tully (Roy of the Rovers): a British comics classic, quite simply the greatest aerial combat strip of all time.
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