Example of the world of Fred The Clown

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He originally came to public prominence most notably with the Judge Dredd Megazine series The Straitjacket Fits (written by David Bishop), a surreal, hallucinatory, convention-bending strip set in an insane asylum with a cast of characters who by the end had realised that they were in a comic strip and had burst out from the edge of the frame. Judge Dredd Megazine is a British magazine featuring comic strips set in the world of Judge Dredd, launched in October 1990. ... David Bishop is the New Zealand born editor of British comics the Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD. Generally agreed to have been the man who began to reverse the steep decline in sales suffered by both titles in the early 1990s, Bishop has been responsible for discovering many... A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ...

Langridge’s cartoony art proved perfect for the series, and he has continued to work for the Megazine, in addition to a series of comedy books dedicated to his zany character Fred the Clown, which he self-publishes as small press titles. Langridge also does illustration work. A scattered but thriving community of Amateur and Professional creators, publishers and enthusiasts from the UK. More often these mainly self-published comics are done for the love of comics than money. ...

He has also provided artwork for Shaenon Garrity's Smithson webcomic. Shaenon K. Garrity at WonderCon 2005 Shaenon K. Garrity (born 1978) is a webcomics writer and artist, best known as the creator of Narbonic. ... Smithson is a webcomic created by Shaenon Garrity, with art by Robert Stevenson, Brian Moore, and Roger Langridge. ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and web comics, are comics that are available on the Internet. ...

Bibliography

Comic work includes:

• Judge Dredd:
  • Sponts A-Go-Go (with Chris Standley and Paul Peart, Judge Dredd Lawman of the Future #14, 1996)
  • Medusa (with Alan Barnes and Paul Peart, Judge Dredd Lawman of the Future #19-20, 1996)
• The Straitjacket Fits (with David Bishop):
  • The Straitjacket Fits (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.09-1.20, 1991-1992)
  • The Final Fit (in Judge Dredd Yearbook 1993 1992)
• Whatever Happened To?: Cookie (with Simon Spurrier, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.17, 2004)

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External links

• Langridge's website
• 2000 AD profile