Brian Bolland: behind the scenes of his classic Judge Dredd art!

The soft-spoken and very charming Brian Bolland is not only one of the greatest artists the UK has ever produced, he goes right back to the very earliest days of Forbidden Planet and created our world-famous "People Like Us" promotional image. Brian returns to Forbidden Planet TV to chat with Andrew Sumner about his just-launched JUDGE DREDD BY BRIAN BOLLAND APEX EDITION, published by our pals Keith Richardson & Michael Molcher at Rebellion! Not only does Brian discuss the genesis of this beautiful art edition, take Sumner behind-the-scenes of some of his most iconic Dredd artwork and celebrate Forbidden Planet co-owner Nick Landau's reign as 2000 AD editor Tharg, he announces a hyper-exclusive signing of the APEX EDITION from 1pm to 2pm at Forbidden Planet London, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue on Saturday May 21st!
You can check out the details of Brian's exclusive signing HERE:
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You can order Judge Dredd by Brian Bolland Apex Edition HERE:
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You can order more great books beautifully illustrated by Brian HERE:
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You can order all of Brian's classic Forbidden Planet designs on a variety of t-shirts & merchandise right HERE:
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You can order a wide variety of amazing 2000 AD books HERE:
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JUDGE DREDD BY BRIAN BOLLAND APEX EDITION
Acclaimed as one of the greatest artists of his generation for his work on such titles as Camelot 3000, Batman: The Killing Joke and countless beautiful covers for DC Comics, Brian Bolland’s work on Judge Dredd helped catapult both the series and Bolland himself to international acclaim.
His incredible black & white art is showcased in this deluxe, over-sized facsimile edition featuring new high-resolution scans of his original art from 2000 AD showing Bolland’s delicate inking brushwork in unprecedented detail, as well as the titles and word balloons placed over it at the time by IPC’s art team.
This is an unmissable collection for fans of comics and of fine art.
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[@Mr2at]

Bought it and love it. Thumbed through many times already.

[@garyneville3317]

First BB drawn Dredd was "The Mega-City 5000, Part 2" in issue No. 41 back in 1977. Great interview. :)

[@ForbiddenPlanetTV]

Thanks Gary 👍🏻😃🚀

[@andrewsumner3800]

Thanks Gary - much appreciated, glad you enjoyed it. Prog 41, of course - very well remembered (the first person to tell me this, after watching this conversation, was Nick Landau, the commissioning Tharg himself)!

[@gamingandaudio8305]

I received my Brian Bolland apex Slipcase Edition today and it is Glorious, the world salutes you sir.

[@orbtastic]

Brian is my favourite artist. I think calling him a comic artist is a slight. I think he's the best out there, including the American artists. I started reading 2000AD around the time of Starlord.

[@VoltronShakespeare]

Very enjoyable interview, Andrew! I'm sure Saturday will be a lot of fun. I cannot wait to see this book in person.

[@andrewsumner3800]

Thanks mate, very much appreciated! You'll love the book!

[@Mrz-sb1hw]

The late great Ron Smith Brian Holland and Mike machon were brilliant in the eighties, the judge child, judge death, judge death lives, the blood of satanus big mo.

[@PaliGap1]

Russ Cochran started the first Art editions with the black and white EC Box sets in the late 70's

[@ForbiddenPlanetTV]

Sumner says "AMEN! I have all of those and love them, they are spectacular. The modern era art editions are not *quite* the same thing - but they are undoubtedly in the same quality wheelhouse"

[@OvaworkedUndapaid]

are the original paperback issue comics from back in the 70's and 80's worth anything today?

[@gregevigan]

how does this work? Do we have to but in advance? It is unavailable?

[@ForbiddenPlanetTV]

You can get more information by contacting the store:
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[@Mr2at]

Bought it and love it. Thumbed through many times already.