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Mega-City One mining colony K Alpha 61 has declared independence from the Big Meg and renamed itself Liberty. This act of defiance has angered the Justice Department's Special Judicial Squad. In a bid to stop further colonies from rebelling, war is inevitable...
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
First thing. Ignore the idiots who downrated this because it's black and white. Anyone who loves comics wouldn't have a problem with a B&W strip. Black and white comics abound from Burne Hogarth's Tarzan strips, Eisner's Spirit all the way through to the Galaxies greatest comic and Judge Dredd. There is a particular method and skill to rendering a fully B&W comic strip, the light and dark is more exaggerated, a greater scope for a chiaroscuro effect if you will. So only a total numbskull would downrate an edition like this because it's black and white!
As it is the art is excellent. Its good old Colin Macneil, and I suppose if you are familiar with his work on Chopper, America and Strontium Dog to name a few you could be disappointed that the work isn't full colour. However he uses the B&W palette perfectly. The character design come through as knowing re-workings of the Judges as Space marines, robots as Necrons etc.
Dan Abnett's story is a classic thrill ride exploring the outer reaches of the Mega-City influenced galaxy, and it enjoys the new opportunities afforded by leaving earth and Mega-City one behind. It's over the top, ultra violent and engrossing as we see the evil SJS try to surpress the rebelling ex-judges in pursuit of justice.
Don't be put off by the black and white art!
As it is the art is excellent. Its good old Colin Macneil, and I suppose if you are familiar with his work on Chopper, America and Strontium Dog to name a few you could be disappointed that the work isn't full colour. However he uses the B&W palette perfectly. The character design come through as knowing re-workings of the Judges as Space marines, robots as Necrons etc.
Dan Abnett's story is a classic thrill ride exploring the outer reaches of the Mega-City influenced galaxy, and it enjoys the new opportunities afforded by leaving earth and Mega-City one behind. It's over the top, ultra violent and engrossing as we see the evil SJS try to surpress the rebelling ex-judges in pursuit of justice.
Don't be put off by the black and white art!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you enjoy the Dreddverse, Insurrection will please--so long as you can go along with some logical deviations where the influences of Warhammer 40000 (or 40k) have created discrepancies with the rest of the Dreddverse. Writer Dan Abnett has a background writing for 40k and it comes out full force in this tale of a rogue colony chasing dreams of "liberty, fraternity and equality" under the authoritarian oppression of Mega City One's version of justice.
Let's just get the obvious out of the way: this is so handsomely drawn by Colin MacNeil that I need not say anymore about the art than "gorgeous".
Insurrection, like some stories in the Low Life, doesn't actually involve Old Stoney Face. As such it offers the writers a fresh approach to the material without being constrained by well-known characters. It takes full advantage of this by making the Judges the bad guys, though the judges here are SJS (who have had their own villainous streaks in the past). And here's where things turn a little odd: for the purposes of Insurrection, SJS now commands a fleet of nearly 100 ships which go around enforcing the will of Mega City One on any colonies that dare deviate form the will of the Chief Judge. On its face it sounds sensible, but relatively recent tales such as "Mandroid" mentioned the Space Corps, which are Mega City One's own intergalactic military seen fighting aliens. In Insurrection, the SJS talk about not ever wanting to engage aliens in warfare... the disconnect is noticeable to longtime readers. With that said, the story itself is engaging and many 40k themes and ideas seem to blend well into the story. The only other major knock is this ends on what seems to be a pretty major unresolved cliffhanger.
Let's just get the obvious out of the way: this is so handsomely drawn by Colin MacNeil that I need not say anymore about the art than "gorgeous".
Insurrection, like some stories in the Low Life, doesn't actually involve Old Stoney Face. As such it offers the writers a fresh approach to the material without being constrained by well-known characters. It takes full advantage of this by making the Judges the bad guys, though the judges here are SJS (who have had their own villainous streaks in the past). And here's where things turn a little odd: for the purposes of Insurrection, SJS now commands a fleet of nearly 100 ships which go around enforcing the will of Mega City One on any colonies that dare deviate form the will of the Chief Judge. On its face it sounds sensible, but relatively recent tales such as "Mandroid" mentioned the Space Corps, which are Mega City One's own intergalactic military seen fighting aliens. In Insurrection, the SJS talk about not ever wanting to engage aliens in warfare... the disconnect is noticeable to longtime readers. With that said, the story itself is engaging and many 40k themes and ideas seem to blend well into the story. The only other major knock is this ends on what seems to be a pretty major unresolved cliffhanger.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I just have to do my bit to adjust the rating on this, I read it when it was originally serialised in the Judge Dredd Megazine, and found it to be one of the most intelligent and engaging graphic stories I have read.
The original artwork was in black and white which fits perfectly with the tone and the atmosphere of the story so please ignore any comments in the other reviews about this.
In my view this is a must read for any fans of Dreddworld, or for any science fiction fan in general as the authenticity of the setting and the originality of the ideas in play would translate very well into a Ridley Scott movie a-la Bladerunner or Alien.
The original artwork was in black and white which fits perfectly with the tone and the atmosphere of the story so please ignore any comments in the other reviews about this.
In my view this is a must read for any fans of Dreddworld, or for any science fiction fan in general as the authenticity of the setting and the originality of the ideas in play would translate very well into a Ridley Scott movie a-la Bladerunner or Alien.
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