Rebellion Announces Exclusive ‘Judge Dredd’ Posters Dropping At San Diego Comic Con

The greatest comic-con in the US meets the greatest future city, as Rebellion and artist Matt Ferguson unveil their exclusive SDCC posters.

It happens July 21 to July 23 this year, one of the biggest comic-cons in the world, and Rebellion/2000 AD have just announced their exclusive limited edition Judge Dredd fine art poster by Matt Ferguson that will be available from the show.

Ferguson’s no stranger to making poster promos, and fresh off the back of creating them for Marvel Studios and Star Wars, he’s now got two official portraits of Mega-City One, home to Judge Dredd.

The posters will be 24” x 36” offset litho fine art poster printed on 300gsm Accent Recycled stock, with each copy individually numbered and limited to just 400 copies in colour.

Also available will be a super-limited variant edition – a special ‘black, white and Dredd’ with vivid reds picked out against the monochrome of the nightmare urban noir, in an edition of 100.

Rebellion’s offering the poster at its SDCC booth (#2121) from preview night on Wednesday 19 July. But don’t fear, you won’t miss out if you’re not there that day, as Rebellion are limiting sales to 50 copies a day for the colour edition and 10 of the black and white. So whatever day you’re there, there’s a chance to snag a copy.

And, as you’d expect, 2000 AD subscribers can also get their hands on them, whether they’re at SDCC or not. 150 copies of the colour edition and 50 of the black and white edition will also be available to buy direct through the 2000 AD webshop at shop.2000AD.com from 12pm BST on Thursday 20 July.

Matt Ferguson’s vision of the city of the future, as created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, celebrates over 45 years of Judge Dredd comics and comes packed with ‘Easter eggs’ and includes the names of many of the greats who’ve worked on the strip over the years.

Ferguson is a graphic designer and artist from Sheffield, UK, who has worked with Marvel Studios and Disney, including designing key artwork for many MCU films and official Star Wars promotional posters. He is the co-founder and Creative Director of Vice Press.

I have been a long time fan of 2000 AD and Judge Dredd and I always love working in that universe of comics, so it was great to apply techniques I would typically use for a movie poster on a project like this. It’s always fun to pack posters with easter eggs and Mega-City One is perfect for such a poster. Get wise! Get Ugly!

– Matt Ferguson