2000 AD Prog #1735 – Review

Judge Dread “How to get out of debt” by: Alan Grant (writer), Karl Richardson (art) & Annie Parkhouse (letters)

The Red Seas, Gods & Monsters, pt. 8 by: Ian Edginton (writer), Steve Yeowell (art) & Ellie De Ville (letters)

Cadet Anderson, Teenage Kxy by: Alan Grant (writer), Carlos & Hector Ezquerra (art) & De Ville (letters)

Absalom, Noblesse Oblige, pt. 4 by: Gordon Rennie (writer), Tiernen Trevallion (art) & Simon Bowland (letters)

Nikolai Dante, Bad Blood pt. 4 by: Robbie Morrison (writer), Simon Fraser (art), Gary Caldwell (colors) & Parkhouse (letters)

Review: A few months ago as I was filling out my pre-order materials, my eyes got caught on the 2000 AD “June Pack”.  Now, I’d never read 2000 AD and was intrigued by this pack of 4 comics from “across the pond”.  Of course, pre-ordering comics means that you’re waiting 2-3 months for them to actually show up and with 2000 AD, it is actually worse because “they” have to ship the comics across from England.

I was a combination of nervous and excited when I read this issue.  I like some British things, but am not a huge fan of many of their TV shows.  Maybe their comics wouldn’t connect with me at all?  Maybe I would find jumping on at issue #1735 to be a little challenging?

Turns out it was a great experience and I really kinda wish that American comics would take some lessons from our friends on the island of Britain.  What you get with 2000 AD is a weekly collection of 5 short stories.  Each story is 5-6 pages long and the issue is printed at magazine size rather than our traditional American comic size.