Michael Molcher

We saw the premiere of this and – and I say this as someone who does not usually care for musicals – it was fantastic. Had me in tears throughout (a good thing). Please contribute what you can to help make @emmavieceli.bsky.social's dream a reality

Slow motion firing a 17th Century matchlock musket! It's such an incredible sight to see the process slowed right down...

I Am The Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future – out now! Now the winner of the prestigious Eisner Award for ‘Best Comics-Related Book’, I Am The Law is the critially-acclaimed book that examines how Judge Dredd predicted our future! Judge, jury and executio...

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This is, without qualification, the logic behind Judge Dredd. When you declare that an officer is 'judge and jury' combined, it stands to reason that 'executioner' follows.

THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED BOOK - NOW THE WINNER OF A PRESTIGIOUS EISNER AWARD! 'BEST COMIC-RELATED' BOOK, EISNER AWARDS 2024 'BEST BOOK ON COMICS', BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS 2023 "Thorough and intelligent" - John Wagner, co-creator of Judge Dredd "Deals with a complex and often controversial subject in a nuanced and highly readable way" - Fortean Times "The in-depth analysis the strip has long deserved" -Garth Ennis, writer of The Boys & Preacher "Stunning ... An absolutely phenomenal piece of comics scholarship" - El Sandifer, author and critic "An absolute ripper of a book" - Spencer Ackerman, author Reign of Terror "A terrifying vision of the future as present" - Alex S. Vitale, author of The End of Policing "May be one of the most important books about sci-fi published this decade" - Hugo Book Club Blog "A book equally satisfying for a law geek and a comics geek" - David Allen Green, legal commentator ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - SFX ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Fortean Times "I cannot recall a more timely book" - Nick Lezard, The Spectator "Radical, daring, hyper-intelligent and utterly vital" - lan Dunt, author How To Be A Liberal

Want to understand how we got into this mess?

'I Am The Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future' ➡️ bit.ly/4d042Si

Solidarity.

Totally here for that overlap though!

Ugh, sorry pal – I haven't had that stage, thankfully, but my head and neck feel like they're gonna burst 🤧

It's rotten, isn't it – just won't fuck off

A desk hidden by a laptop surrounded by books, notebooks, large Post It notes.

Received this handy reminder that four years ago I was busy going insane.

Care Lessons for the Climate Endgame During the climate endgame, our survival hinges on rebuilding the systems of interdependence that make life in the ruins possible.

This essay, by @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social, is superb –– on the centrality of care to the climate crisis
www.break-down.org/care-lessons...

Saddle up, Troopers. We're excited to reveal that @2000ad.bsky.social will continue to sponsor CBCC in 2026. And, gosh, it's gonna be a great year with the bitter war between the Norts & the Southers being depicted in Duncan Jones' ROGUE TROOPER flick. Lisa's recent Nu-Earth fandom is ready.

ccing @scarredforlife.bsky.social

How did 2000 AD scar you when you were young? Molch-R & KLO-E teamed up with @scarredforlife.bsky.social this week to discuss some childhood comics trauma!

Watch now: youtu.be/jxR3SMU_R3g
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Or search '2000 AD Thrill-Cast' on your fav podcast app!

As someone who remembers the old Bass (cheapest beer you could buy, was nearly a riot in Huddersfield when it went over £1 a pint), I was pleasantly surprised to find it a) in student pub The Star in Oxford and b) to be a really lovely, smooth ale.

Actually, should have tagged @hugobookclub.bsky.social as I'm sure they know either way...

Reenactment Garb Reenactment is for everybody!

We've so far raised almost £100 for the Mermaids charity through sales of these 'Reenactment is for everybody' hoodies and tees mancstees.myshopify.com The perfect Xmas gift for the historical nerd in your life!

Another frame from The X-Files: Scully, a red-headed woman in a black jacket, does an eyeroll while behind her a man and woman in formal wear kiss.

I *really* enjoy Scully's eyeroll when she sees Mulder kissing his Holmes replacement ex.

Hugs and love, but yes it's just a kind of cruelty.

Haha, I *loved* talking to my gran about my Amazon purchases and random right-wing Substack accounts I'd never visit.

TBF the British had sung that song long before modern America learnt it.

I miss my grandparents very much indeed. But I know that they are dead and I will never see them again. To try and create a hollow marionette that vaguely mimics them seems, at best, like cruelty and, at worst, a way of trapping me in my grief in order to monetise it.

The late 19th Century and early 20th Century inability to deal with death but make it an app that uses it to tell you to buy things, please.

Not that it's in any way likely, but if you happen to walk past the Wesley Methodist Church in Belize City then cast a glance at the church hall next to it – I helped build that 😆

It's been almost 30 years but I loved Belize, incredible memories of Lamanai and Xunantunich

Silver is one of the reasons I keep my subscription to 2000AD. While the prog does stories based on 40-year-old characters, it also does new stuff like "what if your sci-fi dystopian war unleashed a grumpy vampire on the alien invaders?" (Also, a rare case of an older woman as an action hero.)

Another frame from The X-Files, showing a sheet of paper being held up with an outline drawing of a gorilla-like hominid, similar to the Patterson-Gimlin film of 'Big Foot', with a pair of breasts drawn badly and incongruously on the torso. The closes caption says "Maybe it isn't a beast man we're looking for after all".

Still one of the greatest moments on any TV show ever.

A new analysis found that 80% of 45 anti-trans groups in the U.S. have received funding from fossil fuel companies or billionaires, including Shell and Anschutz.

www.ehn.org/fossil-f...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

YouTube video by 2000 AD "Scarred for Life?" – In Orbit Every Wednesday

Borag thungg, earthlets! @2000ad.bsky.social is my favourite thing ever, so it was an honour to be guests on the Thrillcast. We talk about the comic, Britain in the 70s and 80s and how it influenced 2000AD, and much more!

youtu.be/jxR3SMU_R3g?si=fOXiFh_EnMWetunN

A frame from the X-Files. A man in an ill-fitting black suit and egregious deep blue tie with white polka dots sits at a breakfast table on a restaurant veranda. The caption says "He lucked into the World Trade Centre bombing".

The '90s were a different world.