2000 A.D. - 15 YEARS OLD - 'BEHIND The SCENES'...

Seeing as we've been pursuing an Anniversary theme with the last few posts, here's a behind the scenes insight into things that readers don't usually get to see.  Above is a flyer I received back in 1992 when 2000 A.D was a mere 15 years old.  Below is the covering letter explaining what it's all about.  Did I attend the prestigious event?  Nah!  I was far too busy lettering just about everything in sight.

(BOND) BABE Of The DAY - JULIE EGE...

There was JULIE, waiting to greet

me with a posy of flowers - for little ol'

moi.  There was supposed to be a box of

chocolates as well, but the greedy bint

 ate them before I got there.

2000 A.D. ANNIVERSARY 'POT LUCK' COVER GALLERY...

Images copyright REBELLION

Well, it's certainly far from exhaustive, but here's a selection of Anniversary 2000 A.D. covers from over the years.  I may have some more, but these are the only ones I could find at short notice.  How many of them do you have?  And if you've got any not seen here, send them to me at once.  I'll give them a good home - honest!

This one's still in its cellophane, hence the wrinkles

CALLING 'MY OLD COMICS' BLOG...

Hope all you regulars will forgive me for a second while I try and assist JP of MY OLD COMICS blog, who's having trouble getting a backdrop that doesn't fill the entire screen.  Here you go, JP - try this.  Have your blog's name over the image, as well as the tagline.  The image will be sharper of course, if you can crop your own copy of it to look like the one above.  If not, enlarge the above one to its fullest size before copying.

2000 A.D. PROG 300 COVER...

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I've been digging in the back of a cupboard over the last few days, trying to find whatever copies of 2000 A.D. I still have (as you'll know if you've read the last few posts), and this is another one.  Though I wasn't buying the comic regularly at this point, I still picked up the occasional free gift ish, like Prog 300 above.  I got it as much for the first part of the mini-reprint of Prog 1 as I did for the badge.  In fact, I purchased two copies so I could cut out the reprint, and also bought single copies of the next three numbers in order to complete the collectors' item Prog.

I no longer have the next three issues, as I disposed of them after removing the reprint pages, so I can't show them here.  I still have the mini-comic tucked away somewhere, but all you 2000 A.D. fans surely know what that looks like already, so there's no need for me to go and dig it out to show you.  Besides, you can see the front and back cover below.  And yes, I've got the full-size first issue as well - ain't I lucky?  Nope, it's not for sale.

BABE Of The DAY - VICTORIA VETRI...

VICTORIA VETRI gives

me that ol' "come hither" look -

showing just what kind of burds

guys tend to attract when they're

as handsome as I am.  Guess I

 was just born lucky, eh?

2000 A.D. COVER (& IMAGE) GALLERY - PART THREE...

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Ready for part three?  Well, ready or not, here it comes.  The final lot of 2000 A.D. covers from 1979, bought back in the day by my good self.  Think I'll have to sit down and read them all again one day, when I have time.  Funny that the first one of this run I bought (Prog 119) had JAMES BOND on the cover, and the last one (127) also gives him a mention.  It's possible I bought some of the following issues after the merger with TORNADO, but if I did, I never kept them.  (I just didn't like the comic's return to cheaper printing.)

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Below, is this the greatest JUDGE DREDD story ever written?   It's certainly got to be one of them, right up near the top.  Hopefully, REBELLION won't mind me posting the full story, but it's one with a powerful message that everyone should read. Click on the images to enlarge, then click again for optimum size.  Have your hankies at the ready - this one will really move you!

Did you spot that great bit of visual humour?  "A heavy guard on the door", with a clearly overweight judge filling the role.  I can't help but wonder if this was indicated in JOHN HOWARD's script, or was it JOHN COOPER's idea?  Nicely done though.

  

The above-mentioned 'SHAKY' KANE would eventually draw for IPC

2000 A.D. COVER (& IMAGE) GALLERY - PART TWO...

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As promised, here's the second part of a gallery of 2000 A.D. covers from way back in 1979.  I've included the JUDGE DREDD 'splash' pages because they're drawn by BRIAN BOLLAND and therefore worth a look.  DAVE GIBBONS' DAN DARE pages are also worth a look, but I've got to set limits somewhere or we'd never get on to the next post.  Anyway, better get started if we want to see the next lot of covers and images - coming soon.

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I assume that the above-mentioned KEVIN SUTHERLAND is the very same one
 who would later draw for The BEANO and 2000 A.D. itself.  Can anyone confirm?