With work from some of the biggest names in comics today,
the Fall/Spring graphic novel schedule for North America from 2000 AD is
bursting with incredible stories and stunning artwork.
After the release of DREDD 3D in September, 2000 AD
continues to bring the best of Judge Dredd to converts in the US and Canada
with three top-notch collections, including Judge Dredd’s origin story.
But Dredd’s not the only character blasting across the Atlantic
- there’s demon-killing cowboys, superhero-killing freedom fighters and a
galaxy of snappy one-parters from big name creators that have never been
reprinted before, such as Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon, and Pat
Mills!
NOVEMBER: TEN-SECONDERS: THE AMERICAN DREAM
ISBN: 978-1-78108-066-5 US $19.99/Canada $22.99
One of the rising stars of American comics, Rob Williams,
has two genre-busting collections out this season which take on two big
American icons - superheroes and the Wild West! This sees a dystopian future
filled with super-powered beings where those who oppose these so-called ‘gods’
are known as the ‘Ten-Seconders’, due to their average lifespan! Returning to
the same dark ground as his break-out hit, Cla$$war, Williams creates a world
where super-powers are not a gift, they’re a symbol of oppression!
NOVEMBER: THE BATMAN JUDGE DREDD COLLECTION
ISBN: 978-1-78108-078-8 US
$22.99/Canada $35
2000 AD is very proud to be copublishing this highly
anticipated collection with DC Comics, which collects the four team-ups between
the lawman and the Dark Knight for the first time in a brand new hardback
edition, with a fantastic list of creators including John Wagner, Alan Grant,
Simon Bisley, Glenn Fabry, Val Semeiks, and Cam Kennedy - with a cover from
Mike Mignola. This co-production, published by DC in North America, also
includes the hard-to-find meeting between Dredd and psychotic biker Lobo!
DECEMBER: JUDGE DREDD: THE GARTH ENNIS COLLECTION
(ISBN: 978-1-78108-067-2 US $19.99/Canada $22.99)
Since his work on Judge Dredd, Garth Ennis has gone on to
become one of the biggest writers in Western comics thanks to titles such as
Preacher, The Boys, and Punisher Max. A must have for Dredd and Ennis fans
alike, this collects some of his best Dredd stories, from the satirical The
Emerald Isle, with art by future Preacher collaborator Steve Dillon, to Raider
- a story regularly name-checked by Karl Urban as inspiration for his portrayal
of the lawman in DREDD 3D.
JANUARY 2013: ALL-STAR FUTURE SHOCKS
ISBN: 978-1-78108-074-0 US $19.99/Canada $22.99.
These short self-contained stories with a sting in the
tail have been a hallmark of 2000 AD for 35 years and here some of the best
novel and comic book writers in the industry try their hands at the ultimate challenge.
Discover what lurks in the minds of Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar,
Brian Bolland and more as they tell tales that will haunt the imagination.
MARCH 2013: JUDGE DREDD: ORIGINS
ISBN: 9781781080993 US $19.99/Canada $22.99
The story that changed everything. When Judge Dredd
co-creator John Wagner decided to tell Dredd’s origin story, fans had no idea
what was in store. The first Chief Judge Fargo’s severed hand is delivered to
the Grand Hall of Justice with a ransom note and Judge Dredd has to travel with
his team into the Cursed Earth in an attempt to recover the Judge Father’s body
and discover the culprits. This trip becomes more than just a journey across America
- this is a journey that delves into both the past and the history of the
Judges and Mega-City One itself!
MAY 2013: THE GRIEVOUS JOURNEY OF ICHABOD AZRAEL (AND THE
DEAD LEFT IN HIS WAKE)
ISBN: 9781781080306 US $17.99/Canada $21
This cowboy-in-purgatory series by Rob Williams has been
one of 2000 AD’s most striking series. Ichabod Azrael was an outlaw in the Old
West, in the time of the War Between States. One day, the folks of Corinth
decided Ichabod had caused them one funeral too many – and so Bloody Bill
Sterling and his boys were hired to shoot him down, like a dog. Ichabod took a
bullet in the head, and thus a journey through the underworld and back out
again began. Illustrated by Dom Reardon, with spot colours from Peter Doherty,
Williams seamlessly blends the Wild West with the supernatural.
The November to May 2000 AD North American graphic novel
schedule in full:
2012
13th NOVEMBER
Ten-Seconders: The American Dream
ISBN: 9781781080665
US $19.99/Canada $22.99
144 pages
27th NOVEMBER
Batman/Judge Dredd
ISBN: 9781781080788
$29.99/$35.00
304 pages
11th DECEMBER
Judge Dredd: The Garth Ennis Collection
ISBN: 9781781080672
$19.99/$22.99
160 pages
2013
8th JANUARY
All-Star Future Shocks
ISBN: 9781781080740
$19.99/$22.99
192 pages
18th MARCH
Judge Dredd: Origins
ISBN: 9781781080993
$19.99/$22.99
192 pages
14th MAY
The Grievous Journey of Ichabod Azrael
(And the Dead Left in His Wake)
ISBN 9781781080306
$17.99/$21.00
128 pages