Digital Dreadnoughts: Breaking Ground

Writers: Michael Carroll, Mike Carroll

Artist: John Higgins

Colourer: Sally Hurst

Letterer: Simon Bowland

Acclaimed as one of the best comics of 2020, this is the first collection of Dreadnoughts. 

Written by Michael Carroll (Judges, Proteus Vex) with art by John Higgins (Before Watchmen, Batman: The Killing Joke) and colour by Sally Jane Hurst (Before Watchmen), Dreadnoughts explores the origins of Judge Dredd's dystopian police state and, in doing so, provides chilling insight into our own historical moment.

The year is 2035 and American society is crumbling. State brutality in response to public protests sparks even greater restrictions on what American citizens are free to do. The police force are being replaced by Judges, paramilitary cops who can dispense summary justice on the streets.

This is the horror story of a descent into fascism and the beginnings of the world of Judge Dredd.

"One of the best comics of 2020" - The Hollywood Reporter

"significantly more culturally relevant to our world today ... "Found myself Immersed in Higgins' world" - The Comics Journal 

"I cannot recommend it enough" - Comics the Gathering

"an intriguing and harrowing read" - Grimdark Magazine

"exciting and dynamic" - Multiversity Comics

Stories include:

• Breaking Ground