2000AD Britain – It’s Really Happening

By John Freeman on March 31, 2007

Responding to an appeal for comic images of Britain inspired in part by news of the establishment of a Ministry of Justice, straight from the pages of 2000AD, the ever brilliant SMS sent me this image, hot on the heels of Nick Miller’s ‘Judge John Reid’ below.

“It was done under the influence of being at Gleneagles in ’05 when the Chinook’s landed in the cornfield to debouch the hordes of riot cops who swarmed down to attack the (Totally Amazing) ‘Clown Army‘, and thinking ‘Fuck me! This is sheer Judge Dredd!’,” says SMS. “I felt that, compared to this, ‘SF images’ were empty, mundane and silly, so had to paint it.”

Scary…

• More about the Clown Army (as well as their web site link, above), can be found on Wikipedia

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.