Articles Update January 2017 part 1

Judge Dredd The Cursed Earth Uncensored article has been updated with the inclusion of the recently published limited signed paperback edition, with an A4 B&W print by Mike McMahon:

Also, fans of Artist's Editio style book can participate to the 2016 Scott Dunbier's Awards at the Comic Book Daily website. Vote!

Judge Dredd The Cursed Earth Uncensored Limited Signed Editions

Script by Pat Mills, John Wagner and Chris Lowder (aka Jack Adrian), art by Mike McMahon and Brian Bolland. All illustrations are ©Rebellion A/S. For a complete list of all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

Judge Dredd Complete Case Files 01 10th Anniversary Hardcover Exclusive 2000 AD Bookplate Edition

Credits are fully detailed in a picture below. All illustrations are ©Rebellion A/S. For a complete list of all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

Sláine The Brutania Chronicles Book One: A Simple Killing Exclusive 2000 AD Bookplate Edition

Script by Pat Mills, art by Simon Davis. All material presented here is ©Rebellion A/S.

Judge Dredd The Daily Dredds Vol 1 1981-1986 Exclusive 2000 AD Bookplate Edition

Script by John Wagner & Alan Grant and Richard Burton (first strip adaptation), art by Ron Smith (most majority of the strips), Ian Gibson (14 Saturday strips), Mick McMahon (first Saturday strip), John Higgins (1 Saturday strip), Steve Dillon (1 Saturday strip) and Brent Ewins (1 Saturday  strip). All material presented here is ©Rebellion A/S.

Published by Rebellion in November 2014 (ISBN 978-1-78108-264-5, 8 x 11.2 inches or 20 x 28.5 cm, 350 numbered pages, 35£) this hardcover book uses a format "à l'italienne" to fit the original newspaper strips. This edition was limited to 250 copies and could only been purchased through 2000 AD online web shop. It was advertised as featuring "a numbered bookplate, and a special Ron Smith Judge Dredd art print", but to better described it, it features a numbered Ron Smith bookplate/art print (mine is #201) and an additional numbered sticker on one of the opening pages (that is not what I would called a bookplate myself but English is not my mother tongue). Note that in fact, the sticker has been put on the regular edition of this book that shares the same ISBN.

The book is printing on thick glossy paper. Second and third of cover use the same illustration. One of the pictures below is for size comparison with volume 3 of Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files, and the other one is a zoom of the binding (very nice quality stuff here).

This first volume, designed by Simon Parr and Sam Greton, is introduced by Keith Richardson (editor of the book) and Richard Burton (original commissioning editor), and features a comprehensive two pages index of the dated strips.

Original material (all in B&W) originates from the Daily Star newspaper. All of the Saturday stories (two strips per Saturday) are collected here, along with the first two weekday strips from 1986 (one strip per day) and three miscellaneous strips. Each page displays title, credits and eventual reprint references. Impressive ant work here, congrats!

Ron Smith is the artist on a vast majority of the strips, on the left the first strip is drawn by Mike McMahon

Ian Gibson's art

Ron Smith's art

there was only one strip per day for the weekday strips

Sláine El Dios Cornudo 2013 Spanish Hardcover Oversized Edition

Story Pat Mills and painting art by Simon Bisley. All material is copyrighted Rebellion A/S.

Sláine The Horned God UK Mandarin 1993 Hardcover Special Edition

Story Pat Mills and painting art by Simon Bisley. All material is (now) copyrighted Rebellion A/S.

Nemesis The Warlock Exclusive Limited Signed Termight Edition

Script Pat Mills, art Kevin O'Neill and Jesus Redondo. All illustrations are ©Rebellion A/S.

Published by Rebellion in August 2013 (ISBN 978-1-78108-172-3, 10.5 x 7.5 inches or 27 x 19 cm, 240 pages, 40£) this hardcover book comes with a fully illustrated dust jacket and a red ribbon bookmark. This edition was limited to 200 copies and could only been purchased on 2000 AD online web shop. It also displays 2 exclusive numbered bookplates signed by both Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill. Note that there is a regular edition of this book called the "Deviant" edition (see the end of this article).
One of the pictures below is for size comparison with the previous Titan Edition (reproducing the original material in B&W), and one of the colored Eagle Comics issues reprinted in this new edition.

both bookplates share the same back

The inner book comes in a white faux leather hardcover (no illustration on the back).

Original material originates from 2000 AD, bus this book reprints the US Eagle Comics miniseries with modified material (re drawn and coloured by the artists).
Note that this reprint is a little bigger than the Eagle Comics hence perhaps a reproduction that is slightly degraded from the original material (this remark is in no way a mean to denigrate the very good work of Rebellion's people ). The black rendering is on the other hand better in this reprint.

one of my favorite panel by Kevin O'Neill

mek quake style!

The book also features:

• all the Eagle Comics miniseries covers
• a reprint of "The Tomb of Torquemada" which was originally published in 2000 AD poster prog Nemesis #1

a comparison with the original cover shows a difference in color intensity

Now these few pictures below are here for comparison purpose with the regular Deviant hardcover edition, also published by Rebellion in September 2013 (ISBN 978-1-78108-171-6, 10.5 x 7.5 inches or 27 x 19 cm, 240 pages, 30£). Of course, all the reprinted material is identical to the Termight edition.

different fully illustrated dust jacket

dust jacket front cover

dust jacket back cover

exact same size

note that there is no bookmark in the Deviant edition

different first and third of cover

inner hardcover book

front hardcover