Interview: Talking Dreadnoughts with Michael Carroll
Rob speaks to Michael Carroll about Dreadnoughts Book 1: Breaking Ground... Dreadnoughts: Breaking Ground is the opening tale to what's essentially the history to both the Justice System and the Justice Department. Set in 2035AD, the Justice Department and the Judges have just come into being. While these "Judges" are low in number, they are already taking over from the outdated judicial service which is causing quite a stir. Written by Michael Carrol l (Judges, Proteus Vex) with art by John Higgins (Before Watchmen, Batman: The Killing Joke) and colour by Sally Jane Hurst (Before Watchmen), Dreadnoughts explores the origins of Judge Dredd's dystopian police state and, in doing so, provides chilling insight into our own historical moment. Breaking Ground follows "rookie" Judge Glover as she's sent to Boulder, Colarado to reinforce a four-man Judge team stationed there. As the story unfolds we see the slow decline in democracy, which wil...