Greg Meldrum :: 2000AD - Bad Company

Bad Company II: The Krool Heart, Ep 10, p1, 2000AD #585

Artists: Brett Ewins (Penciller) , Jim McCarthy (Inker)

4 Comments - 5,145 Views - 0 Like

Bad Company II: The Krool Heart, Ep 10, p1, 2000AD #585 Comic Art

Additional Images:

The belly of the beast - panel detail

Previous Item:
Bad Company II: The Krool Heart, Ep 10, p2, 2000AD #585

Next Item:
Bad Company, Ep 6, p3, 2000AD #505

Artwork Details

Title:	Bad Company II: The Krool Heart, Ep 10, p1, 2000AD #585
Artist:	Brett Ewins (Penciller)
Artist:	Jim McCarthy (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	5,145
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	9/4/2013
Comic Art Archive:

Description

He is Danny Franks. He is the Krool Heart. It all ends and begins here with the greatest apotheosis in comics, as Danny completes the journey he’s been on ever since the start of Bad Company: literally, metaphorically, and teratologically! First he was a raw recruit, an innocent very far abroad, facing the horror of war. Next he was a Bad Company-man, a kind of mirror image to dead Malcolm, a soldier all too aware of his slide into darkness. After Ararat, he replaced Kano as leader of Bad Company, became Kano, in a sense, something he had long dreaded and yet anticipated. And now, finally, he becomes the enemy, the Krool Heart at the core of creation, omnipathic lord and ruler of the Danny Franks Empire. Witnessing Danny’s ascent to godhood are the true Protoid (the starship-beast in whose belly Bad Company have long been travelling, and whose belly Danny now exchanges for that of the Krool Heart) and, of course, the ever-dauntless Mac, perpetual straight-man adrift on seas of madness.

Or to put it another way: what a page! The Ewins / McCarthy team at possibly the peak of their powers, channelling Pete Milligan at the peak of his. Many thanks to Dave Meaden for selling me this and several other Bad Co. pages.

Social/Sharing

About the Owner

	Greg Meldrum
Joined:	August 2010
Last Login:	June 2025
On CAF:	Greg's Want List Artworks Commented On Liked Art Site Activity on CAF

Contact the Owner

Use can use a contact form to send an email to this gallery owner,
but, you must be logged in to use this feature.

Comments on this Artwork

You must be logged in to make comments.

David Rees
Member Since 2010

Posted on 9/5/2013

Glorious! Really happy to see such fine art transferred to the most appreciative home imaginable. Your comments on these pieces are always great to read, Greg.

Greg Meldrum
Member Since 2010

Posted on 9/5/2013

Thanks, David. This one is indeed an absolute stand-out: probably the second-best page from 'The Krool Heart' in my collection, and certainly the one with the broadest appeal. I struggle to think of any 2000AD character whose story has had a more memorable and appropriate ending than Danny Franks (and as far as I'm concerned, this is the end - 'Bad Co. 2002' didn't happen.) Revere or Chopper (nothing past 'Song...' happened either!) are the only ones that come close.

Julius Howe
Member Since 2012

Posted on 9/6/2013

These pages are just wonderful. Dead jeal' :)

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 2/27/2014

Wonderful page!

All
	Barnaba J. 9/7/2025 5:39:00 AM
	Rene Dorenbos 9/7/2025 5:28:00 AM
	sly design 9/7/2025 5:12:00 AM
	Jeffrey Wedding 9/7/2025 4:16:00 AM
	Jason Borelli 9/7/2025 2:11:00 AM
View All


	R S 9/7/2025 1:59:00 AM
	Comics Gallery 9/7/2025 1:08:00 AM
	Tony Isaza 9/7/2025 12:42:00 AM
	Neil Hansen 9/7/2025 12:04:00 AM
	Anthony Mauceli 9/6/2025 11:37:00 PM