In our thrilling thirty-ninth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 128-132 of 2000 AD, covering September of 1979. Join us as the ABC Warriors head to Mars, SPREAD THE WORD! Also we discuss the proper terminology for breaking into a ship, sing along with Ursa, and kill a ton of geese with Bill Savage!
Thrills Covered:
- Judge Dredd
- Blackhawk
- ABC Warriors
- The Mind of Wolfie Smith
- Disaster 1990
- Captain Klep
- A Day in the Life of Mighty Tharg!
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Also, apologies in advance for the audio quality of this episode, some settings were messed up while recording. It’ll be like this for a few episodes but will improve!
Song: Message in a Bottle by The Police
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As I listen to these eposodes, I see Ron Smith’s art in my mind’s eye, and remember how freakin’ uncanny it was. Like, it was uniquely uncool and cool at the same time, you know? The gangly, splayed postures of his characters—Dredd included—along with the gaping mouths and the toothiness and bulging lips, gave everyone a gawky appearance. And the way he drew the judge uniforms only accentuated that. As I visualize it, I realize now that it had a funk sensibility, which makes sense given the time when he made it. And despite all that, it was so freakin’ badass! Is it just me, or do you get what I mean?
Ron Smith is great, one of my favorite artists for sure. His attention to detail and ability to draw both the beautiful and the ugly is second to none! Otto Sump, introduced here, is always a fave, and I think it’ll be for the giant spider invasion story Black Plague where I say “No one destroys Mega-City One like Ron Smith.”
The podcast Everything Comes Back to 2000AD did an interview with him a few years ago that I highly recommend: https://ecbt2000ad.libsyn.com/ecbt-2000ad-episode-113