2000AD #2466 p.03 - Dredd’s Attempted Murder! Grey Gargoyle but Salinas illustrated the strip

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

Beautiful shadow play on this page

yet dehumanizing

from the series by Daniel Warren Johnson

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

2000AD #2466 p.03 - Dredd’s Attempted Murder! Grey Gargoyle but Salinas illustrated the stripIn 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