John Hicklenton Dies.

Von Smallhausen · 29 Mar 2010 at 16:56

The name might not mean anything to most but anyone who is a reader and collector of Judge Dredd will. I am such a collector.

John Hicklenton has died at the age of 42 after a 10 year battle with MS and decided to end his life at a Dignitas clinic in Switzerland. He was a noted artist in the Judge Dredd / 2000AD publications.

Awful illness and I hope he has found peace.

neil-ste · 29 Mar 2010 at 17:04

A colleague of mine is borderline obsessed with Judge Dredd and has a load of original artwork and commissions in his collection. He was telling me about this the other day, quite sad for someone with such obvious talent

Von Smallhausen · 29 Mar 2010 at 17:06

It is an obsession almost.

I collect Judge Dredd and The Punisher.

neil-ste · 29 Mar 2010 at 17:12

No doubt you'll have seen some of his work as he posts most of what he has done online. I give him some stick for having a bit of a geeky hobby, but in all honesty I think a lot of it is really interesting.

semi-pro waster · 29 Mar 2010 at 20:00

I read about this the other day, in situations like this I struggle to find any meaningful argument that could persuade me that euthanasia is a bad idea. It just seems morally right (for want of a better phrase) that people should have the ability to end their life where they are suffering from an illness that renders their quality of life to be so poor.

Von Smallhausen · 29 Mar 2010 at 20:04

Totally agree SPW.

Tomsk · 29 Mar 2010 at 20:16

RIP.

I didn't know him or know of him, but he was only a year younger than me. I guess he discovered 2000AD at roughly the same age as me.

Tefal · 29 Mar 2010 at 20:17

Von Smallhausen said:
It is an obsession almost.

I collect Judge Dredd and The Punisher.

*starts to get the picture of the sort of officer Von is*

I want to read mroe uk comics but the only ones i read read are bleach and naruto because i've read them from the start can;t get into any other manga or comic really

Von Smallhausen · 29 Mar 2010 at 20:33

LOL.

I was waiting for someone to say that Tefal.

I assure you that my methods are quite mundane compared to Judge Dredd.

As for The Punisher, I cannot condone vigilantism but I can definitely read about it.

You can get the reprinted Dredd stories through the Casefiles that start from his first appearance in the late 1970s.