Steve Morris
@stevewmorris
Marketing Manager for 2000 AD. Local Yorkshire Rabbit, @shelfdust.bsky.social boss, etc! He/Him www.shelfdust.com - comics criticism, one issue at a time!
This week on the site I take a look at Gideon Graves, the not-quite final boss of Scott Pilgrim. It's a comics future that didn't quite happen for us, but still one which predicted a lot of what'd happen to dating in the 2020s: shelfdust.com/2026/08/05/s...
Which means we’ve now completed Strontium Dogs! Not a fondly remembered time period, but not particularly bad in my opinion. What next for the characters? Well, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra have some ideas… But for now, this goes onto the shelf!
This marks the start of Dan Abnett and Mark Harrison’s partnership, which went on to “Durham Red: Scarlet Cantos” and then “The Out”. Will Durham Red survive the arena? I mean, yes, of course she does
Meanwhile, of course Durham gets enrolled into a death tournament with a group of hardened killers. May the odds ever be in her favour?
Spoilers, because I feel sorry for the lil’ fella. He DOES eventually find Middenface, hurray!
The Gronk, meanwhile, stays back. With Johnny and Wulf gone, Feral catatonic, and Durham off looking for help, he’s all alone. Unless he can find Middenface, that is…
Their clash leaves Feral mutated, and trapped in a weird new body horror form. Durham agrees to go track down a cure for his condition, which leads her off into the Galaxy, and into some backwater cantinas…
On one side we have Durham Red, one-time romancer of Strontium Dog. The mutant vampire bounty Hunter is hunting a new score in town. On the other side we have Johnny’s former allies Feral and The Gronk, who are in town, looking for their AWOL friend Middenface. Clash imminent…
Time for the final volume of Strontium Dogs! This collects the stories which were published after Johnny Alpha died, mainly the vampiric tales of Durham Red, alongside shapeshifter Feral. By Peter Hogan, Dan Abnett, Mark Harrison, Nigel Dobbyn, Trevor Hairsine and Paul Marshall >>>>
Judge Dredd: Compact Crimes - * Same size as DC’s Compact Comics * Every Dredd story in chronological order * New volume publishing each and every month in 2027 * Priced £9.99 in UK; $12.99 in USA * John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, Pat Mills, Mick McMahon, Brian Bolland, Ron Smith, and more!
2000 AD: The Galaxy’s Greatest Panel with @mysterypickles.bsky.social @jockbsky.bsky.social and @ryanosullivan.bsky.social!
Fight The Future with @graemem.bsky.social @henrybarajas.bsky.social @mattkindt.bsky.social and @kellysue.bsky.social!
Thank you to everyone who came to our three panels at SDCC 2026! Fear The Future with @paulcornell.bsky.social @cjward.bsky.social @corinnabechko.bsky.social @sidewalksiren.bsky.social @manmademoon.bsky.social and @mouthdork.bsky.social!
The Eisner nominees for Best Comics Journalism/Periodical: Video credit: @corystalia.bsky.social
Shelfdust was nominated for an Eisner Award last week! Thank you to everybody who supports the site every week, it was a joy to be recognised. Now let’s get the site nominated again for 2027 🤞🤞🤞
Does he ever publish a new book and say “I dropped this ~ King”? Anyway 5/5 loved it
One thing about SDCC is that I always book extra panels just for the fun of talking about comics. It doesn’t always have to be about promo, you can just host stuff you think will be good!
Next week's Judge Dredd Megazine has the cameo we've all been waiting for shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/su...