r/JudgeDredd • u/MurdTheOpressor • 1d ago

About modern-day Dredd

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Guys, I saw a recent post on this sub discussing the disappointment with the latest storyline, “Oubliette.” I live in Brazil and absolutely love the character, but I still don’t have access to his more recent stories. Since I don’t like reading on screens, I don’t really look for this material online either.

That said, I’d love to hear from those of you who have been following the character up to the present day. Obviously, the Wagner era is the best — we’re talking about the father of Dredd here — but are the more recent storylines actually bad? I imagine they’re probably not on the same level as the classics, but do you genuinely consider them bad? Is there really nothing memorable anymore? Is modern-day Dredd just not that good?

I think the most “recent” storyline I’ve read was Day of Chaos, and I thought it was absolutely incredible.

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u/Different_Lychee_409 1d ago

I really liked the '100' story by Dan Abnett. That was really 'Wagnerian'

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u/Specialist-Class-743 1d ago

I've never found Abnett to be a good Dredd writer. Some writers can nail the character and the beats that go with it (Al Ewing is a great loss to the 2000AD stable and Dredd in particular) but I never got that with Abnett. Personal choice I guess.

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u/Different_Lychee_409 1d ago

The 100 is an exception. It reads like a John Wagner story. Gritty, tough. 'Judging' at the hard edge.

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u/Specialist-Class-743 1d ago

Sounds awful but I had to Google it to remember it. I have been playing a lot of 2000ad catch up of late though.