Judge Dredd: Compact Crimes 1

John Wagner has been scripting for 2000 AD for more years than he cares to remember. His creations include Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Ace Trucking, Al’s Baby, Button Man, and Mean Machine. Outside of 2000 AD, his credits include Star Wars, Lobo, The Punisher, and the critically acclaimed A History of Violence.

Carlos Ezquerra was the co-creator of Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Rat Pack, Major Eazy, and many other fan-favourite characters. He designed the classic original Dredd costume as well as visually conceptualizing Mega-City One. In addition to these credits, he also illustrated A.B.C. Warriors, Judge Anderson, Tharg the Mighty, and Cursed Earth Koburn, amongst many other stories. Outside of 2000 AD, Ezquerra illustrated the first Third World War episodes in Crisis magazine and became a regular collaborator with Garth Ennis, working on Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, Bloody Mary, Just a Pilgrim, Condors, The Magnificent Kevin, and two special Preacher episodes. He died in 2018, but his profound influence on the world of comic art cannot be overstated.

Perhaps the most popular 2000 AD artist of all time, Brian Bolland’s clean-line style and meticulous attention to detail ensure that his artwork on strips including Dan Dare, Future Shocks, Judge Dredd, and Walter the Wobot looks as fresh today as it did when first published. Co-creator of both Judge Anderson and the Kleggs, Bolland’s highly detailed style unfortunately precluded him from doing many sequential strips, although he found the time to pencil both Camelot 3000 and Batman: The Killing Joke for DC Comics.

Pat Mills is the creator and first editor of 2000 AD. He developed Judge Dredd and is the writer-creator of many of 2000 AD’s most popular stories such as Sláine, Nemesis, and A.B.C. Warriors. Amongst his credits are Marshal Law (Marvel and DC Comics), co-created with Kevin O’Neill; the French graphic novel series Requiem, Vampire Knight with artist Olivier Ledroit; and Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! The Secret History of 2000 AD and Judge Dredd.

One of 2000 AD’s best-loved and most honoured artists, Ian Gibson is responsible for the co-creation of The Ballad of Halo Jones (with Alan Moore) and created Bella Bagley, an unfortunate character in Judge Dredd’s world who fell head-over-heels in love with ‘Old Stoney Face’ himself! His work outside 2000 AD includes Chronicles of Genghis Grimtoad, Star Wars: Boba Fett, X-Men Unlimited, plus the designs for the TV series Reboot.

With characters all spiky lines and outsized boots, Mick McMahon – sometimes known as Mike – co-created perennial 2000 AD favourites The V.C.s and provided Tharg with many classic episodes of Judge Dredd, Ro-Busters, A.B.C. Warriors, and Sláine. Outside of 2000 AD, he drew an adventure with the original Cybermen for Doctor Who Magazine; Sonic the Hedgehog for Sonic the Comic; and, in America, issues of Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight plus the mini-series Tattered Banners and The Last American, the latter co-created with John Wagner and Alan Grant.

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