2000AD is 35 years young today so celebrations to the droids and of course the Zarjaz editor himself Tharg and if course those ed-droids (see below) for giving me such enjoyment over the years.
Here's the original TV-ad:
The comic introduced the world to such brilliance as Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper, Halo Jones...I could go on and on. For those non-scrots out there, go and check out the website where you can find books, comics, t-shirts etc and find out why it is stil the Galaxy's greatest comic. Splundig vur thrigg
Carlos (the Squirrel) is a legend in UK comics. He originally started off on the likes of Battle, drawing the Rat Pack before he created the design of Judge Dredd. Yup, drokkin Dredd, the pads, helmet, city, that was him! Of course he was also the co-creator of Strontium Dog and drew the first cover of infamous Action #1!
Unfortunately Mike Mahon's tale was the first to be in print.
It was down to his art that I picked up the Stainless Steel Rat series and have followed his work down the years whether in UK press or in stateside books although, alas, I have never met him.
