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However, Judge Dredd was very, very underground in the States at the time. In America you to be exposed to Judge Dredd you had to be

a) from England with a love for English Sci-Fi. (Jake Simpson*)
b) a comic book nerd ball (Tim and John)
c) into heavy metal + art + the crossover of GamesWorkshop and the current English grindcore/thrash movement.

While these were somewhat true, one actually only had to hear Anthrax's Judge Dredd, off of Among the Living ('87). Or, be in a real comics store in the late 80s, and be curious about non-domestic comics. I had both those experiences....however, I was more into SF-like stuff, whereas Dredd looked more like Dystopian fantasy, and so I chose select Manga (for example, Appleseed).

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Consider it high comedy....sincere tragedy....whatever...don't take it personally.

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