“Conversely, the UK’s market is based on the weekly comic. However, the market just isn’t set up for weekly titles – the only exceptions being experiments like DC’s innovative Wednesday Comics or 52, both of which ran for a limited time,” he tells me via email.

“The simple fact is that both the US direct market and the buying habits of readers are geared towards monthly books. Part of the problem in introducing American readers to the thrills of 2000 AD may be, according to Best of 2000 AD editor Owen Johnson, 2000 AD itself… or, rather, the format in which it’s published. Yet, despite that, it’s a series that’s struggled to make it in America, remaining a cult favorite for fans in the know – something that might change with the upcoming launch of the new series Best of 2000 AD.īest of 2000 AD Vol. If there’s a British comics creator you’re a fan of, chances are, 2000 AD has published them at some point. Since its 1977 debut, British anthology comic 2000 AD has declared itself “the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic,” and with good reason: across the years, it’s published career-making work by the likes of Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Dave Gibbons, Si Spurrier, Al Ewing, and countless others.

Judge Dredd by Grant Morrison