Space Spinner 2000 – Space Spinner 2000

Happy Holidays! As part of the 2000AD Forums Advent Calendar Fox and Conrad recorded a commentary track to be played alongside the 1995 Judge Dredd movie, starring Slyvester Stallone, Diane Lane, and Armand Assante! All you need is a copy of the movie and you’re ready to watch along with your chums from Space Spinner as we check out this much maligned piece of Thrill-Cinema.

See the rest of the forum’s Advent Calendar entries here: https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=46170.0

Don’t start the movie until we say to do so, and just in case things are running at different times, we’ve added in some brief audio clips to help you keep track of where we are in the action. If this works out OK it will truly be a Christmas miracle!

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Song: Dredd Song by The Cure

In our thrilling hundred and eighty-seventh episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 587-590 of 2000AD, covering August and September of 1988. This episode 2000AD is going big! More pages, full color Dredd, and a record 10 different thrills! It’s bad time for Fox and Conrad, but good times for everyone else as Hap Hazard, Rogue Trooper, Slaine, and Zenith return!

The silly opening at the start of this episode came from the “Talk to Transformer” text generator. It’s a lot of fun, check it out here: https://talktotransformer.com/

PROGRAM NOTE: Fox’s audio dropped out about halfway through the episode, so the second half features a solo Conrad! Sorry for the inconvenience!

Thrills Covered:

• Nemesis the Warlock
• Strontium Dog
• Judge Dredd
• Tribal Memories
• Hap Hazzard
• Zenith
• Sláine
• Rogue Trooper
• Daily Dredds
• Future Shocks

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Song: The Only Way is Up by Yazz and the Plastic Population

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Nain! It’s the twenty-second in our series of Space Spinner 2000 collections! These collections have all of our coverage for a specific character or storyline, all in one place. They’re a great accompaniment to reading collected versions of 2000AD, or to just hear your favorite thrill all in one place.

Start digging some holes, because Rogue Trooper is on the warpath! This section sees Rogue moving away from the short, single or double prog stories of the early days to longer and more far-reaching tales. We’re also seeing the creative team solidify a bit, generally stories are bing tag teamed by Cam Kennedy and Colin Wilson, with Brett Ewins dodging in every now and then. This also where the pursuit of the Traitor General becomes Rogue’s paramount goal, when he isn’t distracted by a side-quest or temporary threat. We’ll also meet the first of a long-running Rogue Trooper trope, the treacherous femme fatale! Find this thrill at the 2000AD webstore, or wherever books are sold.

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/graphic-novels/rogue-trooper/XB366

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Songs: Rogue Trooper Sountrack Theme 1a from the Rogue Trooper video game, and Dreamweaver by Gary Wright

In our thrilling hundred eighty-sixth episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1989 2000AD Annual. This is the twelfth 2000AD annual and we’re seeing a great combination of new stories and classic thrills in these pages. The highlights of this year’s annual include extra episodes of classic thrills, including epilogues and prequels, the conclusion of Flesh Book 1, and a series of the Ron Smith Daily Dredds strips!

This episode Conrad is joined by friend of the show David Page, also known as THE MONARCH on the 2000AD Forums!

Thrills Covered:

• Ace Trucking Co.
• The(Dino)saurs
• Time Twisters
• The Trans-Time File
• Flesh
• Judge Dredd
• Bad Company
• Daily Dredds
• Sláine

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Song: The Locomotion by Kylie Minogue

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Mind the oranges! It’s the twenty-first in our series of Space Spinner 2000 collections! These collections have all of our coverage for a specific character or storyline, all in one place. They’re a great accompaniment to reading collected versions of 2000AD, or to just hear your favorite thrill all in one place.

The middle child in Alan Moore’s 2000AD tales of space teenagers DR & Quich began their lives as one-off characters in a silly future shock that gave way to a recurring series. He’d done this previously with Abelard Snazz, the genius with the double-decker head. But while those stories had usually been single issue adventures with DR & Quinch Moore and Davis were able to spread out and tell extensive tales, usually while playing with tropes of established stories. Whether it’s dating, going to war, or getting a movie made, DR & Quinch bring an anarchic style and dash of ultra violence to everything they do! Find this thrill at the 2000AD webstore, or wherever books are sold.

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB265

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Songs: The Orange Song

In our thrilling hundred and eighty-fifth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 583-586 of 2000AD, covering July and August 1988. This episode Johnny Alpha gets involved in feud business, Bad Company gets to the heart of the matter, we’ll learn some Tribal memories, Tyranny Rex is under foreign skies, Nemesis arrives to bring some death, and Judge Dredd deals with hot dogs, batmen, and bloodlines! Also, it all depends on the cheese. EXACTLY!

Thrills Covered:

• Bad Company
• Strontium Dog
• Judge Dredd
• Tyranny Rex
• Tribal Memories
• Nemesis the Warlock
• Future Shocks

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Song: Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You by Glenn Medeiros

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In our thrilling hundred and eighty-fourth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 579-582 of 2000AD, covering June and July 1988. This episode Bad Company is thinning out, Dredd wears out a full mental jacket, the ABC Warriors are heading out, and the new Strontium Dog is headed for a no-go!

Thrills Covered:

• Bad Company
• Tales from the Doghouse
• Judge Dredd
• ABC Warriors
• Strontium Dog
• Tyranny Rex
• Sláine

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Song: Doctorin’ The Tardis by The Timelords

26.97

Synth Out! It’s the twentieth in our series of Space Spinner 2000 collections! These collections have all of our coverage for a specific character or storyline, all in one place. They’re a great accompaniment to reading collected versions of 2000AD, or to just hear your favorite thrill all in one place.

Grab your buddies, alive or dead, and let’s head out on the trail of the Traitor General with Rogue Trooper! One of the Mount Rushmore 2000AD characters- and the only one besides Dredd is an official video game-Rogue and his comrades Helm, Gunnar, and Bagman are traveling the world, fighting everyone they come across. This episode will introduce us to Rogue and his world: His bio-chipped buddies, the endless war between the Norts and the Southers on a poisoned planet known as Nu-Earth. Find this thrill at the 2000AD webstore, or wherever books are sold.

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/graphic-novels/rogue-trooper/XB366

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Songs: Rouge Trooper Sountrack Theme 1a from the Rogue Trooper video game, and Dreamweaver by Gary Wright

In our thrilling hundred and eighty-third episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 575-578 of 2000AD, covering May and June 1988. This episode Bad Company returns, the ABC Warriors are fighting among themselves, Dredd deals with truckers and sages, Rogue gets another hit, and Luke Kirby learns the hard lessons of Summer Magic.

Thrills Covered

• Rogue Trooper
• Judge Dredd
• ABC Warriors
• Bad Company II
• Tales From the Doghouse
• Summer Magic

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Song: With A Little Help From My Friends by Wet Wet Wet

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In our thrilling hundred and eighty-second episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1988 Judge Dredd Mega-Special. It’s the first Judge Dredd Mega-Special, with excellent stories written by Alan Grant and John Wagner, with art by John Higgins, Jose Casanovas, William Simpson, and Ian Gibson!

This episode Conrad is joined by John Burdis, keeper of the Cellar of Dredd and frequent contributor to Everything Comes Back to 2000AD! As well as the usual thrills we have an extensive conversation about 2000AD fandom and the fantastic communities it creates!

Find the Cellar here: http://cellarofdredd.blogspot.com/

Thrills Covered:

• The Blob
• The Blockers
• Weirdies!
• Dredd’s World
• New in the Cubes, Chopper’s Odyssey
• The Fall Guy

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Song: Heart by Pet Shop Boys

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