tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321253799411057654.post5083141047123013584..comments2023-10-12T07:15:02.375-07:00Comments on Dredd Reckoning: The Complete Case Files 09Douglas Wolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10691167073493285913noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321253799411057654.post-20819880080165799702021-07-14T14:19:34.834-07:002021-07-14T14:19:34.834-07:00"...have we seen Simson Hyman or Gort Hyman J..."...have we seen Simson Hyman or Gort Hyman Jr. at all in the past 20 years or so?"<br /><br />Yes, they're back in the latest Dredd story... :)dj dusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00888154611082001836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321253799411057654.post-10406277618508221122017-11-16T22:51:21.836-08:002017-11-16T22:51:21.836-08:00Re-reading this volume after so many years I'm...Re-reading this volume after so many years I'm knocked out with just how elegantly Alan Grant infuses his strips with humour. In The Warlord storyline, the place in which the Seven Samurai are brought to life is Cyril Lord block, now in ruins. Lord was a high profile carpet salesman in the UK who had died the year previously. <br /><br />In the midst of the fierce fighting when McGruder is facing catastrophe and has just four panels before been informed of Dredd's (supposed) death she is told she can't fire on the block because it's listed. Her response "Cyril Lord is a luxury we can't afford" is a direct riff on the carpet king's jingle. It's an extraordinary emotional shift in amongst such dire circumstances, but does not distract from the pace at all.<br /><br />Per your passing remark about Judge Sladek, I have enjoyed the mass of revisited storylines (War Buds, Whatever Happened to Conrad Conn, Walter as Call-Me-Kenneth devotee etc) of late but feel a follow up to the Fallucci Tapes could have been beautiful. Would Yolanda have waited? What happens to Judges after Titan? Has facial surgery improved since Rico's return? Wagner and Grant should have set themselves some sort of 20 year alarm to remind them.gogilesgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07103323113636996342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321253799411057654.post-76434070618577445802016-11-01T09:27:19.901-07:002016-11-01T09:27:19.901-07:00The Warlord: 'Bullet for you, Tojo!'.. sig...The Warlord: 'Bullet for you, Tojo!'.. sigh, John Wagner, Sigh. Assad Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17784575480742695838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321253799411057654.post-62765160826718912532016-05-22T22:34:43.813-07:002016-05-22T22:34:43.813-07:00Well, there's definitely the scene where a Sky...Well, there's definitely the scene where a Skysurfer wipes out (not Judges involved) and his board smashes into a tanker, causing an explosion and pileup...Assad Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17784575480742695838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321253799411057654.post-48023201012140102382014-03-26T02:02:34.678-07:002014-03-26T02:02:34.678-07:00It's been a while since I've read Midnight...It's been a while since I've read Midnight Surfer (by which I mean I haven't read it since it was first published) so I don't recall much about the details. But were the other people who died unrelated bystanders, or spectators of the actual race? If it's the latter then you could argue that they made their choice, just like the surfers did. And were they killed by surfers themselves, or collateral damage of the Judges' efforts to take out the surfers?<br /><br />As I said, I don't recall the details too much. But those might be questions worth considering.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377625260980732662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321253799411057654.post-56508759631618439722013-10-03T14:40:34.815-07:002013-10-03T14:40:34.815-07:00Hi Mr. Wolk,
I really love your blog, after watch...Hi Mr. Wolk,<br /><br />I really love your blog, after watching "Dredd" and discovering Dredd Reckoning on the first page of Google hits, your reviews of the Complete Case Files got me salivating to discover the world of Dredd comics, which I've absolutely fallen in love with. I even started reading them sequentially, and it didn't deter me a bit - the first stories from 1977 are terrific, then they just get better and better.<br /><br />I was eagerly anticipating the skysurfing story, especially since "Un-American Graffiti" was so good, and was kind of shocked to find myself completely on Dredd's side with this one once the media mentions a death toll of 95 - and there's only 70-something surfers. It's one thing if the they want to risk their own necks in a race - that's an issue of personal freedom - but unwitting Mega-Citizens are getting mowed down too? Exactly how does this make them any better than the psychos of "The Mega-City 5000"? Wagner made his points well in the graffiti story, especially when Chopper finds out that his rival scrawler is a robot ("Is that all we are?") but I think Judges had every right to shut down the skysurfers. It's not like they're the democracy terrorists, where you can argue that the civilian collateral damage has a greater purpose.<br /><br />That's one of the best aspects of the series, though - making you examine your own sense of right and wrong, and the justice or non-justice of the law. I'm just kind of disturbed by that little detail, mentioned once in passing (but never shown) and then swept under the rug in appreciation of Chopper's rebelliousness. For me it was a bridge too far.<br /><br />Anyways, love the blog, love Dredd, keep up the great work!The Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511505932392754809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321253799411057654.post-11546313394877134922013-01-04T11:04:24.059-08:002013-01-04T11:04:24.059-08:00Ah, but I was asking about "the past 20 years...Ah, but I was asking about "the past 20 years or so"--after the "democracy" storylines in vol. 11! They'd be old enough to be more active political symbols now. Assuming they survived everything that's happened since then.Douglas Wolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691167073493285913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321253799411057654.post-19290398924174920172013-01-02T09:36:55.003-08:002013-01-02T09:36:55.003-08:00Yeah, I just checked, and they show up again volum...Yeah, I just checked, and they show up again volume 11, during the Democracy rally, in second Revolution chapter.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992281977160026427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321253799411057654.post-5104549166791489662013-01-01T12:07:44.186-08:002013-01-01T12:07:44.186-08:00I know this is a bit late, but yes, Hymen's ch...I know this is a bit late, but yes, Hymen's children do show up during the vote on democracy storyline(I think. It was definatly one of the democracy storylines. It *might've* been the one about the demonstration.) Judge Dredd threaten to take them into the judge program to get her husband to denounce the democrats.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992281977160026427noreply@blogger.com