Judge Dredd Megazine

Judge Dredd: The Megazine
Publication information
Publisher	Rebellion Developments
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing
Publication date	October 1990 - present
Creative team
Writer(s)	Alan Grant John Wagner
Artist(s)	Carlos Ezquerra

Judge Dredd: The Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in October 1990. It is a sister publication to 2000 AD. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Dredd's locale Mega-City One.

Content

Like 2000 AD, the Megazine is an anthology, featuring a number of ongoing and stand-alone stories. Some series have comprised a specific storyline while others have had only a loose thematic connection. Unlike 2000 AD, reprint material has been extensively used in order to bring costs down (as original material must be commissioned). Originally this reprint material was taken from work that British creators had created for the American market, though more recently there has been much more of an emphasis on work that 2000 AD creators worked on before the creation of that comic.

Originally, the Megazine only included stories set in the world of Judge Dredd. However, it has since expanded to included some unconnected stories and text pieces, including articles, interviews and reviews. Reprints of earlier stories from the Megazine and from 2000 AD are also frequently included.

Series

• Al's Baby
• American Reaper
• Armitage
• Black Atlantic
• Black Siddha
• Blood of Satanus
• Creep
• Cursed Earth Koburn
• Devlin Waugh
• Fiends of the Eastern Front
• Harke and Burr
• The Inspectre
• Insurrection
• Judge Dredd
• Low Life
• Missionary Man
• Psi-Judge Anderson
• Shimura
• The Simping Detective
• Tempest
• Young Middenface

Themed series:

• Tales from the Black Museum
• Strange Cases

Reprint:

• Preacher
• Charley's War
• Bob The Intergalactic Bum

List of Judge Dredd stories

• A list of all Judge Dredd stories to appear in the Megazine from 1990 to 2011 can be found here.

Features

Text articles appear in between the stories. They are usually comic-related, such as biographies of or interviews with writers and artists, or articles about stories, but they can also be about science-fiction, horror and fantasy television shows, book reviews and upcoming films.

A feature that ran from 2006 was "Small Press". This section dealt with small press or self-published writer/artists. It featured reviews of comics, and included one story every issue. They are usually unrelated to the Judge Dredd universe.

At the end of nearly every issue is a letters section, where the readers can voice their opinions about the magazine.

Since the demise of 2000 AD Extreme Edition, a bimonthly 2000AD spinoff which focused on reprints of old strips, a reprint supplement has been packaged with each issue of the Megazine, such supplements usually focusing on the work of a particular 2000AD contributor, or compiling a particular strip.

Creators

Famous creators to have worked for Judge Dredd Megazine include:

• Simon Bisley
• Carlos Ezquerra
• Alan Grant (also a founder-editor)
• Trevor Hairsine
• Chris Halls
• Cam Kennedy
• Pat Mills
• Robbie Morrison
• Arthur Ranson
• Gordon Rennie
• Si Spencer
• Simon Spurrier
• John Wagner (also a founder-editor)

Editors

• Steve MacManus, 1990–1991 (issues 1.01 to 1.12)
• David Bishop, 1991–1995 (1.13 to 3.12)
• John Tomlinson, 1996 (3.13 to 3.21)
• David Bishop, 1996–2000 (3.22 to 3.63)
• Andy Diggle, 2000 (3.64 to 3.68)
• David Bishop, 2000–2002 (3.69 to 4.08)
• Alan Barnes, 2002–2006 (4.09 to 240)
• Matt Smith, 2006 to present (241 to present)

(Note: 4.18 was the 200th issue. From the next issue a new numbering system was introduced, and the issue which would have been 4.19 became 201.)

Awards

• 1999: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comic
• 2000: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comic
• 2004: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comic
• 2005: won the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comic Book - British
• 2006: nominated for the Eagle Award for Best British Colour Comic
• 2007: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comicbook - British
• 2008: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comicbook - British

See also

• 2000 AD crossovers, of which the Megazine is the other major comic outlet of stories.

References

• Bishop, David (2007). Thrill Power Overload. Rebellion. pp. 260. ISBN 1-905437-22-6. 
• Judge Dredd: The Megazine at the Comic Book DB
• Judge Dredd: The Megazine (vol. 2) at the Comic Book DB
• Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) at the Comic Book DB
• Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 4) at the Comic Book DB
• Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 5) at the Comic Book DB
• Judge Dredd: The Megazine at the Grand Comics Database
• Judge Dredd Megazine (Fleetway) at the Grand Comics Database
• Judge Dredd Megazine (Egmont) at the Grand Comics Database

External links

• Official 2000 AD Web site
• 2000 AD Review fan site