2000AD #2466 p.03 - Dredd’s Attempted Murder! Grey Gargoyle

2000AD #2466 p.03 - Dredd’s Attempted Murder! Grey GargoyleIn this third page of Prog 2466, the tension shifts from medical recovery to a chilling assassination attempt within the hospital walls. Mike Perkins uses tight, claustrophobic framing to depict a nurse attempting to inject a lethal dose of insulin into an unconscious Judge Dredd. Or is it Dredd? The page reaches a dramatic crescendo as the Dredd imposter reveals himself to the nurse! Perkins signature use of heavy shadows and high contrast lighting

mortal grit of the Bat-Man against the effortless

but Salinas illustrated the strip for 19 years and hand drew the embroidery pattern

Perkins creates a fantastic

This piece is evidence that the cover was specifically engineered for digital compositing so that any of the five candidates could be layered onto the right-hand side of the final image

not staged

but the star of the show here is actually the great half-splash featuring Batman's nemesis

from the series by Daniel Warren Johnson

Those subtle wash tones compliment the line work beautifully here

yet dehumanizing

This is the 5th of 8 pages depicting this now classic moment

the Man Without Fear appears in all nine panels

Beautiful shadow play on this page