{"id":7616,"date":"2012-12-03T22:52:47","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T03:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=7616"},"modified":"2012-12-03T22:52:47","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T03:52:47","slug":"hard-copy-idw-and-2000-ad-take-dredd-back-to-year-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=7616","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: IDW and 2000 AD Take Dredd Back to YEAR ONE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though Judge Joseph Dredd\u2019s exploits have changed the post-ap\"\"<\/a>ocalyptic sprawl of Mega-City One forever, there was a Mega-City One before Dredd ever hopped aboard a Lawmaster. In March 2013\u2019s JUDGE DREDD: YEAR ONE, Eagle Award-winning 2000 AD Editor-in-Chief Matt Smith takes up arms with Dredd veterans Simon Coleby on interiors and Greg Staples on covers to deliver the thrilling exploits of a younger Judge Dredd!<\/p>\n

One would be hard pressed to call the young Dredd \u201cfresh-faced\u201d or \u201ceager,\u201d but there is certainly a learning curve to policing Mega-City One\u2019s vast and vicious criminal element. This thrilling period of Dredd\u2019s career was previously explored by Smith in Judge Dredd: Year One \u2013 City Fathers, the hit e-novella published by 2000 AD earlier this year, but was immediately recognized as an avenue perfectly suited for a different story told through a comic-book miniseries.<\/p>\n

\u201cDredd’s a notoriously difficult character to get the voice right\u2014and it becomes even more of a challenge when you’re writing him as an eighteen year old, fresh out of the Academy,\u201d said Matt Smith. \u201cBut it’s been great fun charting his early cases, feeding into the stories the elements that will go on to make him Mega-City’s most feared lawman. And it’s terrific to have Simon Coleby on board, a superb artist and well experienced in portraying the madness of the future metropolis.\u201d<\/p>\n

In \u201cThe Long, Hard Road,\u201d Smith and Coleby tell a tale where \u201call the young juves, carry the news,\u201d only in this case, that news is that juves across sector start manifesting psychic abilities. Dredd must team up for the first time with Psi-Division to combat the spreading chaos. But just what is causing the psi-outbreaks as it crosses the dimensions\u2014and what does it have in store for Mega-City One?<\/p>\n

By taking to the comics page and telling a new tale from Dredd\u2019s early years on the force, IDW and 2000 AD are t\"\"<\/a>hrilled to be bringing fans a Dredd story the likes of which they\u2019ve never seen; not to mention a rare look at the kind of harrowing futuristic criminal saga that built Dredd\u2019s signature grimace. Like the old saying goes, \u201cYou can\u2019t strike fear into the deranged heart of a criminal underbelly without breaking a few legs.\u201d
\n\u201cMatt Smith has been doing a masterful job of steering Judge Dredd\u2019s exploits for years, and his e-novella showed he was equally adept at serving as chronicler as well as editor,\u201d said Chris Ryall, IDW\u2019s Chief Creative Officer\/Editor-in-Chief. \u201cAnd the story Matt\u2019s telling in this miniseries is a very different tale of Dredd\u2019s first year than his prose story, but both combine to add relevant details and backstory to the character of Judge Dredd.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the stellar team of Mega City One veterans on the book, dedicated Dredd fans will also find variant covers by Cerebus mastermind Dave Sim and Dredd co-creator Carlos Ezquerra in the offing! Fans are urged to appear at their nearest comic shop for judgment, lest they face eternity in the iso-cubes!<\/p>\n

JUDGE DREDD: YEAR ONE #1 (FC, 32 pages, $3.99). In stores 3\/27\/13<\/p>\n

Visit IDWPublishing.com to learn more about the company and its top-selling books. IDW can also be found at http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/idwpublishing<\/a> and http:\/\/tumblr.idwpublishing.com\/<\/a> and on Twitter at @idwpublishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though Judge Joseph Dredd\u2019s exploits have changed the post-apocalyptic sprawl of Mega-City One forever, there was a Mega-City One before Dredd ever hopped aboard a Lawmaster. In March 2013\u2019s JUDGE DREDD: YEAR ONE, Eagle Award-winning 2000 AD Editor-in-Chief Matt Smith … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1097,794,88,164,659,14,1096,2438,91],"class_list":["post-7616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hard-copy","tag-2000-ad","tag-british","tag-comic-book","tag-idw","tag-idw-publishing","tag-james","tag-judge-dredd","tag-megacity-one","tag-science-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7623,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7616\/revisions\/7623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}