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2000 A.D. Monthly featuring Judge Dredd, No.4 (1985)

Artist: Brian Bolland (All)

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Title:	2000 A.D. Monthly featuring Judge Dredd, No.4 (1985)
Artist:	Brian Bolland (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,904
Likes on CAF:	16 17
Comments:	18
Added to Site:	9/22/2020
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Well, it had to come to this: Brian Bolland joins my collection.

Becoming a member of such an elite club was no easy task, and was a long time coming. However, as soon as I saw that this banger of an Eagle Comics cover was for sale, time was of the essence�

It was this cover that got me into reading the Eagle reprints, and then to start to delve into back issues of the weekly Prog, igniting my curiosity about 2000AD thrills from before I started reading the weekly.

It�s such a crazy, gonzo image, and absolutely classic Bolland at his Beefheart best. While Hitler tries to escape, mutant bounty hunter Johnny Alpha is distracted by an attack by what looks like a giant axe-wielding fanny, with arms for legs, all taking place in some kind of ruined Nazi landscape. As I found out inside the comic, this was John Wagner and Alan Grant�s �The Schicklgruber Grab�, with Johnny and Wulf kidnapping Hitler from his bunker in the ruins of Berlin in 1945. And the axe-wielding monster? That�s one of the Dervish-Dogs, tracking animals of rival Strontium Dogs Slabhead, Big Cynthia and Armstrong Jones.

The Schicklgruber Grab appeared in Progs 182 - 188, and was of course drawn by Carlos Ezquerra: the Dervish-Dogs are a typical piece of his grungy Spanish design. How glorious to see the monstrous Spiro (�Get Alpha, yeh, yeh�), rendered by the hyper-detailed Bolland, the yin to Ezquerra�s Yang. But wait! There�s more; a lovely profile of Judge Dredd, Lawgiver at the ready, and Alan Moore�s juvenile delinquents, DR and Quinch. This cover has it all!

2000 A.D. Monthly featuring Judge Dredd, No.4 (Eagle Comics 6 Issue Mega-Series, July 1985). These stories from the UK comic, re-coloured and re-sized for the American market, published by IPC Magazines, printed in Canada, and sold in US comic stores. The majority of covers were by Brian, coloured by John Burns. The editor was Martin Landau, using his Titan imprint.

Pen, ink, white-out on Frisk drawing paper
28.5 cms x 42 cms

Reproduced on page 119 of David Roach's landmark Judge Dredd By Brian Bollard APEX EDITION (Rebellion 2022).

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ARTDROIDS.co.uk ARTDROIDS.co.uk
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 9/22/2020

Woooonderfaul cover! Congrats!

John Livesay
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 9/22/2020

nice!

Vik V
Member Since 2016

1 - Posted on 9/22/2020

Ouh wow!!! A masterpiece by Bolland. Congrats

J. Sid
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 9/22/2020

Amazing textures, bizarre and intriquing subject, great storytelling, perfect composition.... all are on display here. (Just a few of the reasons this guy was the best cover artist in comics for such a long stretch.)

comicinkking. com
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 9/22/2020

Great cover!! Congrats!!

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

2 - Posted on 9/22/2020

giant axe-wielding fanny? I worry for you. Great cover though.

Ben Heywood
Member Since 2009

Posted on 9/22/2020

Peter Sullivan wrote:

giant axe-wielding fanny? I worry for you. Great cover though.

LoL I worry about myself too...

Tom Coker
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 9/22/2020

Love it!!! This is one great Bolland cover - one of the early ones that got me hooked on 2000AD, Dredd, and Bolland as well. Well done.

Dean Abraham
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 9/23/2020

Bolland is amazing. what a piece

Nils E
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 9/23/2020

Sympathetic portrayal of Hitler.he was terrified of fannies ;-)

Daniel Ashton
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 9/24/2020

Congrats Ben! Hitler and a giant fanny monster. ON THE SAME PAGE!!! What more can you ask for?

Jason Versaggi
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 9/24/2020

I remember this cover and title very fondly. These Bolland 2000 AD and Dredd covers were incredible. Bravo!

Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 10/1/2020

Beauty! Congrats!

Spikes Harvey Rotten
Member Since 2010

1 - Posted on 10/2/2020

Excellent! And congratulations on getting not only a Bolland, but also a piece that has real personal meaning to you.

Darren O'Byrne
Member Since 2016

1 - Posted on 11/7/2020

Doesn't get much more memorable than this one! Incredible.

Steve R
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 1/20/2021

Wonderful cover Ben, the Eagle covers brought out the very best in the artists

Rob F
Member Since 2009

Posted on 6/11/2021

Bolland draws Johnny Alpha, wow! Beautiful cover featuring the memorable 'The Shicklgruber Grab' story, and a Dredd head too, congrats!!

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/21/2024

I just realised Dredd and Nazis sort of go together.

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