How do you plan your day as a creator? (Do you plan your day?)
I’ll have more copies of that than you can shake a corner flag at, up at the Lakes. John: I’d hate to pick one of the many stories that I’m fond of, but my current story, Rok of the Reds, is very dear to my heart.
Which comic project you've worked on are you most proud of and where can people see it or buy it? Spector, a new series for the Judge Dredd Megazine with Carlos Ezquerra. Dredd: Machine Law, a follow up to Harvey. Season 2 of Rok of the Reds, the alien football comic with Alan Grant, Dan Cornwell, Abby Bulmer and Jim Campbell. What are you working on, comics-wise, right now, and when will it be published? An homage to the comics of their youth, the Rok of the Reds graphic novels will be on show during the LICAF weekend. His latest project (with co-writer and fellow Festival guest Alan Grant and artist Dan Cornwell) is Rok of the Reds, the strange and wonderful tale of the world’s first alien footballer. His Paradox Press graphic novel A History of Violence became now a major film. Our first Festival Focus for 2018 is with writer, John Wagner, best known for his work for 2000AD, having co-created Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Robo-Hunter and many other memorable characters. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that's not including creators you'll find in the Comics Clock Tower), so we thought we'd better start now! 21 to see what they’ve come with.Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership wiht the downthetubes web site, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Without question, this is a character and a world that could use a revision, though we’ll have to wait until Sept. Pete Travis ( Vantage Point, Endgame) helms this new iteration of Judge Dredd, and he appears to have the blessing of the long-running Dredd creative team. He also says that he admires the budget that Cannon had back in 1995, though the money often was spent on characters ad robots that weren’t part of Dredd’s world. Wagner has nice things to say about Stallone as Dredd (though the revealing-the-face thing is a real bone of contention). Karl Urban will not remove his helmet and will not kiss his costar.” She gives the character a touching vulnerability. Olivia Thirlby is perfect as Anderson, the young psi judge. I like the actors, they’re well cast and they handled their parts well. “Dredd homes in on the essential job of judging – instant justice in a violent future city. “Perhaps that was one of the failings of the first film they tried to do too much and ended up with not a lot,” Wagner says.
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