Seven Proofs Of An Unworthy Ruler!!

So, you think that your nation has ended up with a terrible, terrible leader.

But how can you be sure? I mean, maybe it's just sour grapes because your preferred candidate didn't win. There must be some objective test you can use to tell if your current leader is a crappy, crappy ruler.

Thanks to Celtic warrior and king Slaine, we have exactly the test we need!!

OK...

Keep going...

You don't say...

Well, sure...

So, how did your ruler come out?

Ours was 7 out of 8. A perfect eight if you count worshipping himself...sigh...

From 2000AD #2052 (2017)

Manic Dredd Day Bonus--The Secret Judge Dredd/Scooby Doo Crossover!!

In the most recent issue of 2000 AD:

Zoinks!! And jinkies!!

I suppose that it's good to know that Shaggy and Velma make it to the 22nd century.

Or is it?

Oh, Shaggy. You should have stuck with the pizza and Scooby Snacks...

At least Scrappy Doo is not around in this future...we hope!!

From 2000 AD #2041 (2017)

Manic Dredd Day--Are You Lookin' At Me?!?

It's usually for the best that you keep your eyes to yourself in Mega-City One:

But wait--how is that fair?!?

Fair enough!! Keep your eyes to yourselves, perps!!

From the Daily Star Judge Dredd strip (1984), as reprinted in Judge Dredd: The Daily Dredds Volume One (2014)

Judge Dredd--Lighting Fools The Way To Dusty Death!!

Hey, how about some classical theater?

No, not that Olivier.

See, it's 2112, and Judge Dredd is staking out this performance because there's a suspected drug deal going down in the audience!

Oh, I should mention that this is a slightly different MacBeth than we're used to...

And so, as Dredd goes about his judgely business, we catch some of the show...

Unfortunately, the drug bust goes south, there's a fire fight, and...

Oh, don't worry--Dink Olivier is all right!

Oh, Joe...

From 2000 AD #710 (1990)

Manic Boxing Day Bonus--Boxing Day Block War!

It's Christmas, and the Accountancy Judges (!) have a plan to greatly reduce crime in Mega-City One over the holiday!

What?

It's so crazy, it just might work!!

Of course, this is Mega-City One...so the best plans gang aft agley....

Even worse, when boxing day arrives, we learn: DON'T TRUST ACCOUNTANCY JUDGES!!

And once the citizens learn that someone has made off with what was supposed to be their payoff?

Oh, don't ever change, Mega-City One. Don't ever change.

From 2000 AD #2011 (2016)

Manic Monday Triple Overtime--Fake News In The Future!

I'm glad that, in the future, we'll finally mature enough as a species to get beyond using tragedies to spin ridiculous conspiracy theories...

Oh. Never mind.

[For the uninitiated, Chaos Day occurred in 2134 when Mega-City One was simultaneously attacked by the Dark Judges and by a bio-plague engineered by vengeance-seeking Sov agents. 350 million of MC-1's 400 million people died. This perp was about to pass out fliers at the funeral, accusing the mourners of faking. The more things change...]

From 2000 AD #2010 (2016)

The Musical Solution To Brexit?

Brit-Cit--The Mega-City that encompasses all of England--has declared this National Song Year!!

So, at the slightest provocation, everyone, human and droid, breaks into song and dance. Like when discussing how Brit-Cit can become a utopia of human and droid cooperation:

See? All problems solved!! Much better than messy referendums and newspaper editorials and collapsing governments, right?

Unfortunately, it turns out that song and dance can be used for evil, too, as the anti-droid Human League demonstrates:

Oh, dear...I much preferred it when the Human League would sing songs like this:


Still, we can dream of the whole of the United Kingdom united in song and dance. Perhaps someday...

From 2000 D #294 (1982)