Borag Thungg, Earthlets! If those words mean something to you, then congratulations — you are leading a good life. If not, then you owe it to yourself to pay attention. They are the words of greeting that Tharg the Mighty, the extraterrestrial editor of 2000AD, has spoken to the British sci-fi comic’s readers for the past 40 years.
And 40 years is right. 2000AD enters its fifth decade this year, and various celebrations have been planned to mark the occasion. Among them is an exhibition at the fantastic Cartoon Museum in central London, where 85 pieces of original artwork are on show for our delectation.
It’s an exhibition that does exactly what it should: show off the great variety of 2000AD. Plenty of space is occupied by the square shoulders and squarer jawline of the comic’s most famous character, the future lawman Judge Dredd, of course.
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