It was a satirical, originally underground (I think) comic book series made in the UK during the Thatcher years. In the comic, Judges in the future dystopian society are cop/judge/executioner all rolled into one. The stories have a lot of ultra-violence and the judges are often portrayed as corrupt, though Judge Dredd himself is generally a incorruptible paragon who believes fully in the system, despite how horrific it is.
Much like early 40k, the satire goes over the heads of CHUDs who see the ultraviolence and extreme police overreach and just think "Fuck yeah! So cool!" and don't really look at the deeper themes at all.
2000 AD and therefore Dredd was never underground, it was originally a large publisher's attempt to cash in on the Star Wars craze (the first issue came out in 1977 too).
It's funny how people itt talk of the comic in the past tense as if it's not still ongoing to this day.
He's someone who believes fully in the system and has absolute faith in it, despite the system being obviously corrupt and never actually improving things.
It has been a long time since I've read 2000 AD, so I'm probably a little rusty on it.
It was a satirical, originally underground (I think) comic book series made in the UK during the Thatcher years. In the comic, Judges in the future dystopian society are cop/judge/executioner all rolled into one. The stories have a lot of ultra-violence and the judges are often portrayed as corrupt, though Judge Dredd himself is generally a incorruptible paragon who believes fully in the system, despite how horrific it is.
Much like early 40k, the satire goes over the heads of CHUDs who see the ultraviolence and extreme police overreach and just think "Fuck yeah! So cool!" and don't really look at the deeper themes at all.
2000 AD and therefore Dredd was never underground, it was originally a large publisher's attempt to cash in on the Star Wars craze (the first issue came out in 1977 too).
It's funny how people itt talk of the comic in the past tense as if it's not still ongoing to this day.
Huh, I thought 2000 AD ended sometime around 2008 or so for some reason. I was talking about it in the past tense because I thought it was! TIL.
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He's someone who believes fully in the system and has absolute faith in it, despite the system being obviously corrupt and never actually improving things.
It has been a long time since I've read 2000 AD, so I'm probably a little rusty on it.
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