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I AM THE LAW TP HOW JUDGE DREDD PREDICTED OUR FUTURE Previously Solicited through Diamond
(W) MICHAEL MOLCHER (A) VARIOUS (C) PYE PARR
REBELLION PUBLISHING
StockID: 157624 SKU: 0625RB811
The Eisner award-winning examination of the ways in which the comic strip Judge Dredd- published in 2000 AD- has predicted the changing face of policing in Britain over the last 45 years. He is the law - and you better believe it! Judge- jury and executioner- Judge Dredd is the brutal comic book cop policing the chaotic future urban jungle of Mega-City One- created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra and launching in the pages of 2000 AD in 1977. But what began as a sci-fi action comic quickly evolved into a searing satire on hardline- militarised policing and ‘law and order’ politics- its endless inventiveness and ironic humour acting as a prophetic warning about our world today - and with important lessons for our future. Blending comic book history with contemporary radical theories on policing- I Am The Law takes key Dredd stories from the last 45 years and demonstrates how they provide a unique wake up call about our gradual- and not so gradual- slide towards authoritarian policing. From the politicisation of policing to ‘zero tolerance’- from violent suppression of protest to the rise of the surveillance state- I Am The Law examines how a comic book warned us about the chilling endgame of today's 'law and order' politics.
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I AM THE LAW TP HOW JUDGE DREDD PREDICTED OUR FUTURE Previously Solicited through Diamond
(W) MICHAEL MOLCHER (A) VARIOUS (C) PYE PARR
REBELLION PUBLISHING
StockID: 157624 SKU: 0625RB811
The Eisner award-winning examination of the ways in which the comic strip Judge Dredd- published in 2000 AD- has predicted the changing face of policing in Britain over the last 45 years. He is the law - and you better believe it! Judge- jury and executioner- Judge Dredd is the brutal comic book cop policing the chaotic future urban jungle of Mega-City One- created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra and launching in the pages of 2000 AD in 1977. But what began as a sci-fi action comic quickly evolved into a searing satire on hardline- militarised policing and ‘law and order’ politics- its endless inventiveness and ironic humour acting as a prophetic warning about our world today - and with important lessons for our future. Blending comic book history with contemporary radical theories on policing- I Am The Law takes key Dredd stories from the last 45 years and demonstrates how they provide a unique wake up call about our gradual- and not so gradual- slide towards authoritarian policing. From the politicisation of policing to ‘zero tolerance’- from violent suppression of protest to the rise of the surveillance state- I Am The Law examines how a comic book warned us about the chilling endgame of today's 'law and order' politics.
