We take a look at this week’s cyberpunk and dystopian comic releases.

REBELLION

2000 AD #2500

From the publisher –

JUMP ONBOARD WITH 2000 AD HERE! An all-new lineup for the landmark 2500th issue of The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic reveals a major shake-up for Judge Dredd’s Mega-City One brewing in The New Future, the follow-up to A Better World; vampire bounty hunter Durham Red arrives on a casino world in Hungry City; Dexter and co cross dangerous seas in Azimuth: How to Train Your Dagon; Herne & Shuck sets their sights on the organisation St Michael; and we learn the truth behind the world of Ghosted as it returns for its second series!

2000 AD is a British science fiction comic book, which has been publishing for nearly 50 years 1977, famed for its dark British humour, and satirical and subversive stories. The jewel in the crown is Judge Dredd, a dystopian cyberpunk icon, whilst The Fall of Deadworld is a kind of an alternative history prequel series about Judge Dredd enemy Judge Death. Meanwhile Mega-City 2099 stories serve as a more traditional prequel.

JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #496

From the publisher –

With The Black Tower finally at an end, Judge Dredd returns to the streets of Mega-City One! In the action-packed story Rojimbo, Dredd once again brings Justice and Law to the Lawless… whether they want it or not! Elsewhere in the Megazine, “Lawless” continues, as Metta Lawson attempts to keep the small backwater town of Badrock together in the face of the giant corporations who want to see it ground into the dirt — whilst “Mega-City 2099” tells new stories from the early days of Judge Dredd’s days on the city beat! This explosive edition of the Megazine also features the continuing adventure of the Genetic Infantryman “Rogue Trooper” on Nu-Earth; the supernatural dangers of the Psi-Powered “Storm Warning”; alongside new features, interviews, and more!

Sister publication to 2000 AD, offering more Judge Dredd, more Mega-City 2099, as well as Rogue Trooper, a military scifi making its way to cinema screens soon with Duncan Jones’ movie adaptation (release date not yet determined).

IMAGE COMICS

THE LAST DRIVER #1 (2nd printing)

From the publisher –

AMERICA, THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE—NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE…EXCEPT FOR HIM! As technology in America advanced, cities began creating the GRID—a robotic transportation system that not only made cars obsolete, it made them illegal. But an outlaw named “Clutch” has no choice but to get behind the wheel one more time. What starts out as a race to save his granddaughter’s life quickly turns into a rebellion against technology, fascism, and the future of a divided America. 

The Last Driver is a brand new comic series, created by Sean Murphy. It’s a gritty love letter to the classic American road stories, a Mad Max for the cyberpunk genre. High octane, 100 mph, playing like a last hurrah for driving without care before the process is completely sanitised by automation.

IGNITION PRESS

ARCADIA #4

From the publisher – 

Halu and Fix are still holed up in the military base nestled deep in the snowy mountains where they got stuck on the way to Arcadia.

The soldiers let them inside the compound to protect them from the dangers that existed outside, but the longer they stay, the more they realise the danger may be in there with them.

From the Eisner-nominated Miranda Brothers, creators of We Live, comes the latest pitstop on their epic sci-fi journey.

Featuring a variant cover by Andy MacDonald, artist on If Destruction Be Our Lot and Murder Podcast.

The Arcadia series is set in a future without humanity. A new form of life has emerged from Superdragons, mysterious technological chrysalises. These beings, the Serants, store their consciousness in a biotechnical core known as a pearl. The series follows Halu as he searches for the mythical Arcadia.

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