I used to be a big fan of 2000AD, and Bob Byrne has started to revived my interest in it recently. There’s no doubt that it spawned some of the greatest characters ever in comics. It also kick-started so many careers and inspired more people to get into comics, than any other title I can think of.

I guess if you lived in the UK or Ireland, it was a very real thing to aspire to get your work into it. Much more so than a kid living in the states deciding they want to work for DC. I remember managing to get the editor Steve MacManus (tharg) on the phone to discuss which art colleges were best for studying comic art. I doubt you’d get past the front desk with DC.

Anyway, I was just sent this through, and thought it might appeal to anyone out there who read 2000AD in the time before Simon Bisley got lazy.

It’s just a fan trailer, but it puts 300 to shame.

Update - check out the rest of the fan films here. Particularly like the arkham asylum (though the Joker isn’t quite right). These have been kicking around for a while, so sorry if you’ve seen them before.

This is also pretty good…

This is better than the average Star Wars re-edit. Crank up the volume.

This film looks worth a look, though I’ve skimmed the Cork Film festival catalog and it doesn’t seem to be on.
Anyway… there seem to be a couple of clips on youtube, and the website has some additional ones. It must have been made a good while ago, as ‘Superman’ in one clip is talking about Christopher Reeves still being alive. Check it out.

Saw these on drawn. Pretty funny.