Posted in: Comics, Rebellion / 2000AD | Tagged: judge dredd, lunar
2000 AD to arrive weekly in US comic book shops for the first time courtesy of Lunar Distribution, announced at ComicsPRO
Article Summary
- 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine will now arrive in US comic shops weekly via Lunar Distribution.
- This marks the first time American readers can access 2000 AD just two weeks after its UK release.
- Current storylines feature cosmic horror, steampunk action, and brutal Judge Dredd Mega-Epic crossovers.
- Retailers can order weekly 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine through Lunar’s Next Phase catalog.
Rebellion Publishing has announced at the ComicsPRO retailer event that the sci-fi weekly comics anthology 2000 AD, created by Pat Mills and John Wagner in 1977, will be returning to US comic book stores, and what’s more, for the first time, they will be making it available to US comics stores on a weekly basis, with Lunar Distribution, as a quantity of 2000AD will be printed in the USA for the very first time, through Graphic Media Alliance. And just in time for next year’s 50th anniversary.
Previously, Diamond UK and Diamond Comic Distributors facilitated distribution for the weekly sci-fi anthology comic running since 1977 to US stores on a monthly basis, four or five titles bagged up in one item to buy. Since the Diamond bankruptcy, Rebellion stopped supplying any comics to the USA. Lunar took on distributing Rebellion and 2000AD graphic novels printed in North America, but the flow of British-published floppies had come to a halt until last month’s solicits for Judge Dredd Megazine. And now we have 2000AD, available weekly to Americans for the first time, only two weeks after they were published in the UK.
Currently, 2000 AD is home to the cosmic horror of Brink, the violent and vampiric Silver, the steampunk universe of Brass Sun; and the dark, depraved dystopia of The Fall of Deadworld. This year will also see Judge Dredd caught up in the massive crossover Mega-Epic storyline, which crosses over between the weekly 2000 AD and the monthly Judge Dredd Megazine, which will also now be available in the US on a regular schedule through Lunar. As Judge Dredd enters The Oubliette and witnesses The Black Tower, US readers will be able to pick up both titles straight from their local comic store for the full story.
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- Judeg Dredd Megazine
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- 2000AD
Retailers looking to order the weekly 2000 AD will be able to find it in March’s edition of Next Phase, available via Lunar, and on the Lunar website.
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