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John Smith, Edmund Bagwell, Robbie Morrison, Henry Flint et al: Best of 2000 AD, Volume 6 (1981-2009/2024)

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some of my custom previews from the past year or so!!

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THE YEAR OF THEIR ARRIVAL -- 2012!

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1438x2048 -- Spotlight on monstrous mock Jack Kirby/Celestials-themed cover art by Edmund Bagwell, early 2012, co-creator of "Cradlegrave," serialized in the “Galaxy’s Greatest Comic” 2000 AD.

Source: https://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/kirby-vision/2012/01/03/2012.

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Forgot to share my third and final chunk of the spine art for the Hachette 2000AD Ultimate Collection, so here it is with some close up crops - tons of ace characters from my childhood+ in this one… @2000adcomic #2000ad #2000adcomic #2000adart #comics #comicart #scifi #scifiart #hachette @hachettebooks #brasssun #meanteam #blackhawk #devlinwaugh #cradlegrave #robusters #blunt #roguetrooper #strontiumdog #titivillus https://www.instagram.com/p/CikV2ljMVGc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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NEW REVIEW: John Smith - Cradlegrave (2011)

Socially deprived council estates can quickly become the breeding ground for some pretty nasty shit.  Throw in Britain’s ASBO generation, along with some completely messed-up body-horror, and you’ve got a wickedly dark and altogether sickening piece of gloomy horror fiction. In a nutshell that’s what John Smith and Edmund Bagwell offer up in their disturbing graphic novel ‘Cradlegrave’ (2011).

Trust me, this is not pretty reading…

http://www.dlsreviews.com/cradlegrave.php

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Edmund Bagwell Tribute

2000 AD Online Forum June 2017 Art Competition: A tribute to the incredible Edmund Bagwell. I was sad to hear of the passing of such a talented artist, I was a fan of his clean and distinctive style. I decided to draw Arachne from the Ten-Seconders and I couldn't resist a Cradlegrave hoodie reference. Theme: He was one of the brightest stars of last decade or so of progs and his art style was distinctive and engrossing. There's an excellent memorial article on Down the Tubes which gives a detailed summary of his career but contestants for this may be looking to take on his iconic work on Cradlegrave or Indigo Prime, his memorable Future Shocks and Terror Tales or maybe even his amazing work on Ten-Seconders. As ever - Barney has what you need. It's a numbing and horrifying thing to lose an artist so young, but he left a short but enviable canon of work in the prog and legions of admirers. We'll miss him.

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Cradlegrave collected edition, reprinting the story from 2000AD.

Modern day horror from the pen of John Smith with excellent art by Edmund Bagwell.

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I didn't actually write down any notes when I was reading Cradlegrave. I guess because I just wanted to read it without having to stop every other page and so that I could pretend (if only to myself, if only for a little while) that it was something that I was reading for fun (although "fun" is very much the wrong word to use to describe the experience of reading this comic). I know that if I had been writing things down tho - the word that I would have written down and unlined three times would have been sticky [12]. At this point in time I think that maybe I need to admit to myself that I'm just much too old to be eating sweets. Still at lunchtime today (for whatever reason) I thought that it would be a good idea to buy myself a packet of wine gums which (more fool me) I managed to completely devour in the space of a hour. Now my mouth feels all sicky sweet, coated in chemicals [13] and just kinda - well - sticky. Do you know the feeling? Well - that's the sensation that Cradlegrave does it's best to replicate: only inside of putting it inside your mouth - it puts it inside your brain: and instead of it being just the side-effect of eating a whole packet of wine gums - here it's masking something a lot more unpleasant and a lot more dangerous.

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Trailer for the 2000 AD horror story "Cradlegrave" written by John Smith with art by Edmund Bagwell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradlegrave A Cradlegrave graphic novel will be released in October 2011, as part of Tharg's Halloween offerings and is now available to pre-order: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cradlegrave-John-Smith/dp/1907992464/ http://www.amazon.com/Cradlegrave-John-Smith/dp/1907992464/

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Steven Denton - Juves ‘n’ the Cradlegrave Block for the June Art Competition

Every month you have the chance to win a 2000 AD graphic novel, as well as a chance to vote for your favourite entries! There’s also a special prize for “Tharg’s Choice” picked by The Mighty One himself!

Theme:

EDMUND BAGWELL TRIBUTE

Art Comp Rules:

- You can enter as many times as you like but bear in mind it will split your vote!

- All entries have to be constructed specifically for this competition!

Deadline:

JUNE 26th at MIDNIGHT GMT

Enter on the forum here or by posting on the FB wall here

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JUNE ART COMP - EDMUND BAGWELL TRIBUTE

There was only ever going to be one theme this month. In June we'll be paying tribute to the incredible Edmund Bagwell.

He was one of the brightest stars of last decade or so of progs and his art style was distinctive and engrossing. There's an excellent memorial article on Down the Tubes which gives a detailed summary of his career but contestants for this may be looking to take on his iconic work on Cradlegrave or Indigo Prime, his memorable Future Shocks and Terror Tales or maybe even his amazing work on Ten-Seconders. As ever - Barney has what you need. It's a numbing and horrifying thing to lose an artist so young, but he left an enviable canon of work in the prog and legions of admirers. We'll miss him.

There will be a GN straight from the nerve centre for the winner of course, and one for Tharg's Choice - - all entries will be viewable here, on the dedicated Facebook page, and also on the official 2000 AD Forum and Twitter!

Rules for the art comp are these:

- It must fit the theme.

- You can enter as many times as you like but bear in mind it will split your vote so it may not be worth it.

- All entries have to be constructed specifically for this competition - so nothing you've done for anything else.

- You can enter either on the Facebook wall here https://www.facebook.com/2000adartcomp/ or by directly putting it on the forum thread here: http://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=44505.0

YOU HAVE UNTIL JUNE THE 26th WHEN WE SHALL HUNT THE VOTING BEAST (Art above is the first entry from Steven Longdon)

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The best digital Thrill-powered comics for Hallowe'en!

Whether you're looking for something to shock your socks off or chill you to the bone - 2000 AD has your Hallowe'en reads sorted this year!

And it's never been easier to discover a darkly devious digital deal thanks to our apps for Apple, Android, and Windows 10 devices - just download, make sure the front door is locked, and curl up with a blood-curdling read!

We're recommending just some of the best horror 2000 AD and the Treasury of British Comics has to offer - from all-time chilling classics like Monster and The Thirteenth Floor to malevolent modern marvels such as Zombo and Cradlegrave, and even fingernail-biting fantasy with Tales of Telguuth!

Download the 2000 AD app now and check out the recommendations below for a wonderfully warped, suitably spine-tingling Hallowe'en with the best in blood-thirsty British comics!

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MONSTER

Twelve-year old Kenneth Corman buried his abusive father outside his creaky old family home. The thing that had killed him was inside, lurking in the darkness of a locked room. For all of his young life, Kenneth had been plagued by a feeling that there was something horrific dwelling in his house of secrets. But he had to know what was up there. He had to know what had killed his dad. Now it was time to face the horror behind the door…  Co-created by Alan Moore (Watchmen) and Heinzl (Doomlord), with additional story by John Wagner (Judge Dredd), Alan Grant (Batman) and Jesus Redondo (Return to Armageddon), this fear-inducing tale from the pages of Scream! is collected here in its entirety for the first time!

JUDGE DEATH: MY NAME IS DEATH

Judge Death, a twisted alien being from a dimension where all life is crime, has escaped from a Mega-City One containment facility and is headed for the radioactive hell of the Cursed Earth. Here his path of destruction continues as he searches for the means to destroy all humanity. This macabre road trip takes Death through the twisted remains of Las Vegas, teams him up with two cold-blooded serial killers, and shows him that the true path to annihilation lies deep below the desert sands. Written by John Wagner (Judge Dredd, A History of Violence) and illustrated by Frazer Irving (Klarion the Witchboy, Xombi).

THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR

Maxwell Tower is a state-of-the art tower block: a bold, experimental council tenement, run by an A.I. called Max. As building superintendent, Max’s primary function is the welfare of his tenants, a duty which he takes very very seriously. If anyone threatens his precious residents or the building itself, they can expect a visit to the thirteenth floor… A place where nightmare and reality become one! The iconic series from classic British anthologies Scream! and Eagle returns in this terrifying collection!

ZOMBO

When Flight 303 crash-lands on the lethal deathworld known as Chronos, all is not looking well for the surviving passengers. Enter Zombo; a top secret goverment experiment - part zombie, part human ghoul, with a taste for living flesh and aspirations of pop stardom! Written by Al Ewing (Avengers) and with gorgeous art by Henry Flint (Judge Dredd), witness the undead as you've never seen them before! Grab a bite to eat and settle down with Volume One and Volume Two

DEVLIN WAUGH: SWIMMING IN BLOOD

The Mega-Cities that are home to the last vestiges of humanity are constantly preyed upon by bestial forces from beyond the realms of decency. Thankfully such monstrosities are kept at bay by spiritual envoys employed by Vatican City such as Devlin Waugh – a Brit-Cit born bon viveur and jolly good fellow to boot! When Vatican precognitive telepaths predict a horrific presence at the underwater prison of Aquatraz, Devlin is sent in to investigate and uncovers an uncompromising evil which will cause him to cancel elevenses and abandon the Queensbury rules in order to survive! Created by the pairing of distinguished scribe John Smith (Indigo Prime) and the illustrious artist Sean Phillips (Criminal), with additional art from Steve Yeowell (Zenith), Swimming in Blood sets the precedent in elegant, pugnacious fiction!

THE DARK JUDGES: THE FALL OF DEADWORLD

Deadworld was once a planet similar to Earth, until Judge Death and his lieutenants Fear, Fire and Mortis deemed that as only the living could break the law, life itself should be a crime. As the Dark Judges set out to bring extinction to their world, Judge Fairfax and a family of farmers attempt to escape the chaos. Is it possible for the living to evade to cold, icy grasp of Death? Chilling body horror from the warped imaginations of Kek-W (Indigo Prime) and Dave Kendall (Event Horizon), with the extra Dreams of Deadworld strips, giving an extraordinary insight into the undead psyches of the internationally famous super-fiends.

CRADLEGRAVE

After serving eight months at a Young Offenders Institution for arson, Shane Holt returns to his home on the Ravenglade Estate during a long, hot summer. Plagued by the ASBO generation, the estate has seen its fair share of problems but nothing comes close to the horror that lurks within Ted and Mary’s council home... From the extraordinary mind of John Smith (Devlin Waugh) with art by Edmund Bagwell (Indigo Prime), this contemporary urban horror is guaranteed to deliver the chills!

THARG'S TERROR TALES

Herein this tome of terror, the merciless alien editor of 2000 AD, Tharg the Mighty presents tales so frightening - so outrageously scary, they should come with a health warning . . . Including blood-soaked romance A Love Like Blood and Necronauts, where Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Fort and H.P. Lovecraft team up to prevent a malevolent force from enslaving mankind! This fear-filled treat features the fantastic artwork of ‘Freaky’ Frazer Irving, with stories by ‘Growling’ Gordon Rennie and ‘Jittery’ John Smith.

TALES OF TELGUUTH

In March 2014, British comics lost one of its most creative and distinct voices in the form of Steve Moore. This collection features the highly-regarded fantasy series Tales of Telguuth, which Moore developed and wrote for 2000 AD. Filled with weird fantasy and terrifying horror, ravenous spirits and capricious gods prey on the weak and foolish in a collection that's guaranteed to leave a mark.

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In Memoriam: Edmund Bagwell 1967-2017

This week we, along with so many creators and fans, were devastated to hear the news that artist Edmund Bagwell has passed away.

Edmund died of pancreatic cancer in Seoul, South Korea, at the age of 50 on Tuesday.

Getting his first professional work at Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon's Deadline magazine in 1988, Edmund worked for Marvel UK on series such as Black Axe and Motormouth before moving on to work for 2000 AD.

After a stunning debut in the Judge Dredd Mega-Special in 1992 under the name Edmund Kitsune, he went on to produce breathtaking and inimitable work on The Ten-Seconders, Cradlegrave, Tharg's Future Shocks, and Indigo Prime.

Everyone at 2000 AD is deeply saddened to have lost an incredible talent at such a relatively young age. We shall miss Edmund very much and our thoughts are with his family, friends, and fans.

For more details about Edmund's life and work, visit Down The Tubes' tribute >>

His family have asked that donations be made to Pancreatic Cancer UK in Edmund’s memory.

As a fond reminder of Edmund's unique style and in tribute to him, we present his first work for 2000 AD - a story he drew with Richard Preston for the Judge Dredd Mega-Special 1992, written by John Wagner: