Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 42: Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files, cartea 42
Autor John Wagner, Gordon Rennie, Ian Edginton, Simon Spurrier Ilustrat de Carl Critchlow, Arthur Ranson, Henry Flint, Patrick Goddard, D'Israeli, Cam Kennedy, Steve Yeowell, Laurence Campbell, Anthony Williams, John Ridgway, Pj Holden, Paul Marshall, Richard Elson Autor Robbie Morrison Ilustrat de Greg Staples, Mike Avon Oeming, Kris Justiceen Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 aug 2023
Stilul narativ al acestui volum este definit de o estetică a grotescului și a satirei tăioase, elemente care au transformat Judge Dredd într-un simbol cultural. În acest al 42-lea capitol al cronicii Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files, proza rămâne fidelă ritmului alert și cinismului specific orașului Mega-City One. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care scenariștii reușesc să îmbine ororile viscerale cu umorul negru, transformând fiecare caz într-o critică socială deghizată în bandă desenată de acțiune.
Subliniem diversitatea vizuală remarcabilă oferită de o echipă de ilustratori de elită. De la liniile precise ale lui Cam Kennedy până la viziunea atmosferică a lui Henry Flint sau Greg Staples, experiența de lectură este una densă și variată. Putem afirma că acest volum menține ștacheta ridicată a seriei, poziționându-se ca o piesă esențială alături de Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 35 sau Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 32. Dacă în volumele anterioare exploram metropole plutitoare sau sectoare de maximă securitate, aici accentul cade pe inventivitatea macabră a infractorilor: de la „The Surgeon”, care se hrănește cu inimile victimelor, până la un criminal în serie care își documentează faptele pe blog.
Structura antologică permite o explorare rapidă a diferitelor fațete ale distopiei, oferind cititorului o perspectivă panoramică asupra depravării umane și a ordinii implacabile impuse de „Judecător, Juriu și Călău”. Este o lectură care nu lasă loc de respiro, consolidând moștenirea lăsată de John Wagner în universul 2000 AD.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1786187094
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 187 x 259 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Editura: REBELLION
Colecția 2000 AD
Seria Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm acest volum colecționarilor și pasionaților de benzi desenate britanice care caută un mix perfect între crime fiction și distopie SF. Cititorul câștigă acces la o arhivă vizuală impresionantă, semnată de maeștri ai genului, și la povești care sondează limitele moralității într-o lume aflată la marginea haosului. Este ocazia ideală de a vedea cum John Wagner continuă să redefinească legea în Mega-City One.
Despre autor
John Wagner este un nume de referință în industria benzilor desenate britanice, fiind mintea creativă din spatele legendarului Judge Dredd, personaj creat împreună cu Carlos Ezquerra. Cariera sa, începută în anii '60, a revitalizat publicațiile de aventură pentru băieți, Wagner fiind esențial în lansarea revistei 2000 AD. Pe lângă universul Dredd, este autorul celebrului roman grafic „A History of Violence”, adaptat pentru marele ecran de David Cronenberg. Wagner rămâne un scenarist prolific, contribuind constant la dezvoltarea antologiilor de tip Case Files și menținând tonul subversiv care l-a consacrat.
Descriere scurtă
The best-selling series collecting The Law in order continues as Judge Dredd tests his wits against a grisly selection of Mega-City One’s most maniacal murderers!
In the dystopian metropolis Mega-City One, crime lurks around every corner, whether it’s The Surgeon, who feeds on the still beating heart of his victims, the globetrotting blogging serial killer Global Psycho, or the deadly plots in Mega-City One's virtual gardening competitions! The only thing stopping the city from falling into depravity and chaos are the Judges, and toughest of them all is Judge Dredd - Judge, Jury and Executioner!
Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence) with Gordon Rennie (Warhammer), Ian Edginton (The Establishment), and Robbie Morrison (The Authority) and boasting art by Henry Flint (Hawk the Slayer), Cam Kennedy (Star Wars: Dark Empire), Arthur Ranson (Anderson, Psi-Divison), Greg Staples (Magic: The Gathering), Ian Gibson (The Ballad of Halo Jones) and D'Israeli (Scarlet Traces), Case Files 42 is another blood pumping collection of taunt crime capers in the nightmarish Mega-City One!
Notă biografică
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.
Gordon Rennie
Gordon Rennie is one of 2000 AD's most prolific creators, with co-creative credits for Caballistics, Inc., Missionary Man, Necronauts, Storming Heaven, Rain Dogs and Witchworld. Rennie has written for Heavy Metal and Warhammer, as well as Species, Starship Troopers and White Trash.
Ian Edginton
Ian Edginton is a New York Times bestselling author and multiple Eisner Award nominee. He is currently writing Batman’66 meets The Avengers (Steed and Mrs Peel, not the other ones!) for DC Comics as well as Judge Dredd, Stickleback, Helium, Kingmaker and Brass Sun for 2000 AD. He lives and works in Birmingham, England.
Simon Spurrier
Simon "Si" Spurrier writes novels and comics. His work in the latter field stretches from award winning creator-owned books such as Numbercruncher, Six-Gun Gorilla and The Spire to projects in the U.S. mainstream like Hellblazer, The Dreaming, and X-Men. It all began with a series of twist-in-the-tail stories for the UK's beloved 2000 AD, which ignited an enduring love for genre fiction. His latest book, Coda, is being published by Boom! Studios at present. His prose works range from the beatnik neurosis-noir of Contract to the occult whodunnit A Serpent Uncoiled via various franchise and genre-transgressing titles. In 2016 he took a foray into experimental fiction with the e-novella Unusual Concentrations: a tale of coffee, crime and overhead conversations. He lives in Margate, regards sushi as part of the plotting process, and has the fluffiest of cats.
Carl Critchlow
Carl Critchlow is another 2000 AD artist whose popularity is rising, thanks primarily to his work on the co-created semi-comic sci-fi strip Lobster Random. He made his debut some years previously, however, working on Nemesis and Deadlock, then moving on to Batman/Judge Dredd, Flesh, Flesh 3000 AD, Future Shocks, Judge Dredd, Mean Machine and Tales of Telguuth. Outside of 2000 AD, Critchlow is well known for his work on Thrud The Barbarian.
Arthur Ranson
Arthur Ranson has long been one of 2000 AD’s most popular artists; having made his initial impact working on Judge Anderson, he teamed up with John Wagner to create the highly acclaimed Button Man series, and later with Alan Grant for Mazeworld. He has also co-created the character of pyrokinetic Mega-City One citizen Juliet November, and illustrated both Judge Dredd and several Future Shocks. Ranson’s most recent non-2000 AD work has been for Marvel Comics on X-Factor and latterly X-Treme X-Men X-Posé.
Henry Flint
Henry Flint, winner of the National Comics Awards for Best Comic Artist 2004, is one of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’s rising superstars. Co-creator of Sancho Panzer, Shakara, and the fan-favourite strip, Zombo, his incredibly versatile pencils have also graced A.B.C. Warriors, Judge Dredd/Aliens, Deadlock, Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Nemesis the Warlock, The V.C.’s and Venus Bluegenes. He has even written a Tharg’s Alien Invasions strip! He has also worked on several American comics, including Omega Men, Haunted Tank and Fear Itself: Fearsome Four. Away from the comics industry, Henry produced art of the cover of DJ Food’s 2012 album, The Search Engine.
Patrick Goddard
Patrick Goddard’s clean art style has graced many strips in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. Co-creator of the Megazine series Wardog, he has penciled Judge Dredd, Mean Machine, Middenface McNulty, Sinister Dexter and took over the art duties on Savage from Charlie Adlard.
D'Israeli
Under the pen name D’Israeli, Matt Brooker has been a comic artist since 1988. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with writer Ian Edginton, including Leviathan, Kingdom of the Wicked, The War of the Worlds, Scarlet Traces, and Batman. Other career highlights include work on Sandman, collaborations with Warren Ellis, including Lazarus Churchyard and the cryptic SVK, and his colouring on the later Miracleman stories, to which he’ll be returning in 2015.
Since 2003, he’s been a regular contributor to 2000 AD, mostly as series artist on Stickleback with Ian Edginton and Low Life with Rob Williams. His and Rob’s creator owned series, Ordinary, was published in the Megazine and is now available as a graphic novel.
He lives in Nottingham, UK and wishes he had a cat.
Cam Kennedy
Cam Kennedy is another hugely popular 2000 AD artist, having illustrated many Judge Dredd strips and co-created luckless wannabe creator Kenny Who? and the Taxidermist. A key early Rogue Trooper artist, he has also drawn Batman/Judge Dredd: Vendetta in Gotham, Judge Dredd, Tharg the Mighty, Tharg’s Future Shocks, and The V.C.’s. His extracurricular work includes Axel Pressbutton, Batman, Lobo, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Star Wars.
Steve Yeowell
Steve Yeowell has been a massively popular 2000 AD artist, since his debut as artist of the classic Zenith. He is also co-creator of Maniac 5, Red Fang, Red Razors and The Red Seas, and has pencilled Armitage, Black Light, DeMarco, Devlin Waugh, Future Shocks, Judge Dredd, A Life Less Ordinary, Nikolai Dante, Pussyfoot 5, The Scarlet Apocrypha, Sinister Dexter, Tharg the Mighty, Vector 13 and Black Shuck. His work outside the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic includes Batman, Doom Patrol, The Invisibles, Sebastian O, Skrull Kill Krew, Starman and X-Men.
Laurence Campbell
As well as illustrating Judge Dredd, Laurence Campbell’s extensive work for 2000 AD includes Synnamon, DeMarco, Breathing Space and being one of the co-creators of Bison. Beyond 2000 AD he has also worked on a Punisher story and Deadpool Pulp for Marvel.
Anthony Williams
Anthony Williams is the co-creator of both Babe Race 2000 and Kola Kommandoes. During his 2000 AD career, he has illustrated Big Dave, Future Shocks, Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd, Mean Arena, Mean Machine, Robo-Hunter, Sinister Dexter, Sláine, Tharg the Mighty and most recently, The V.C.s. Williams’ work beyond 2000 AD includes Batman, Fate, Green Lantern, Superman, The Unfunnies, and Games Workshop’s Titan.
Boo Cook
Boo Cook’s 2000 AD debut came some years before he was to provide pencils for the comic proper – as a young man, he sent a fan sketch in to the letters page! Thankfully he continued to hone his art, working on a number of Future Shocks before landing a guest spot on the fan-favourite A.B.C. Warriors series. Cook’s facility with huge crowd scenes and alien designs has quickly established him as a talent to watch, and with three co-created series — Asylum, Dead Men Walking, Harry Kipling (Deceased) — under his belt, he is one of the Galaxy’s Greatest’s brightest hopes for the future.
John Ridgway
John Ridgway’s graceful linework has brought many 2000 AD strips to life, not least his own co-creations Darkness Visible, Journal of Luke Kirby and Junker. His long career with the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic has also included work on Armitage, Judge Dredd, Missionary Man, and Vector 13. Beyond 2000 AD, Ridgway’s work includes Age of Heroes, Babylon 5, Espers, Hellblazer, The Invisibles, Miracleman and Swamp Thing.
PJ Holden
Paul J. Holden has illustrated The 86ers, Judge Dredd, Tharg’s Future Shocks, Rogue Trooper and Johnny Woo for 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine. P.J. lives and works in Belfast, and is married with two children.
Paul Marshall
Paul Marshall co-created The Corps and Firekind, and has also pencilled Judge Dredd, Mean Machine, One-Offs, Sinister Dexter, Tharg’s Future Shocks, Tyranny Rex and Vector 13. His other work can be seen in Harris Comics’ Avalon.