Wonder at Ken Reid’s World-Wide Weirdies!

By John Freeman on November 25, 2019

Out this week from Rebellion Publishing is the latest issue of 2000 AD, with a great “Tharg” cover by Rob Davis, plus two new comic collections, including Ken Reid‘s wonderful, spectacularly bonkers World-Wide Weirdies.

World-Wide Weirdies by Ken Reid

The latter is definitely one any British comic fan should be demanding as a Christmas present, with its utterly crazy assemblage of some of Reid’s deliciously demented drawings from the 1970s humour comics Whoopee and Shiver and Shake. There really should be a full t-shirt range!

In the latest Prog:

JUDGE DREDD: THE HARVEST
by Michael Carroll (w) Nick Percival (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

DEFOE: THE DIVISOR
by Pat Mills (w) SK Moore (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

BRINK: HATE BOX
by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland (l)

HOPE: UNDER FIRE
by Guy Adams (w) Jimmy Broxton (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

THE FALL OF DEADWORLD: DOOMED
by Kek-W (w) Dave Kendall (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

Available in print from: newsagents and comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop and apps for iPad, Android, Windows 10

NEW COLLECTIONS

THE DARK JUDGES: FALL OF DEADWORLD BOOK TWO
CREATIVE TEAM: Kek-W (w) Dave Kendall (a)
RELEASE DATE: 28 November 2019
PAPERBACK, 96 pages
PRICE: £19.99 (UK) $24.99 (US)
ISBN: 9781781086933
DIAMOND: SEP191939

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The terrifying sequel to the best-selling tale of Judge Dredd’s greatest villains, Dark Judges! They are the four horsemen of the horror apocalypse, Dark Judges who declared that life itself is a crime.

As they continue to turn their world into a necropolis, young Jess Childs rallies a team of survivors to rescue the one person who can help her prevent the death of the world!

High body horror for fans of the iconic horror franchises Saw, Day of The Dead, and The Fly.

KEN REID’S WORLD-WIDE WEIRDIES
CREATIVE TEAM: Ken Reid
RELEASE DATE: 28 November 2019
HARDCOVER, 112 pages
PRICE: £19.99 (UK) $24.99 (US)
ISBN: 9781781086926
DIAMOND: SEP191942

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Glorious grotesques from around the globe! Beautiful and bizarre illustration collection from the legendary British cartoonist (ir)responsible for Faceache released to coincide with the holidays!

World Wide Weirdies collects the almost weekly run of Reid’s beautifully bizarre illustrations from IPC’s Whoopee! and Shiver and Shake. Usually displayed in colour on the back cover, they are among the most striking images to have appeared in British comics!

• Both collections are available in print from: book stores, Amazon, and UK comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop & apps for iPad, Android and Windows 10

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as 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.