Al Ewing is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press, for 2000 AD, and for Marvel Comics.
Ewing at a book signing at Midtown Comics in Manhattan
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of 2000 AD (1977), which is a British weekly anthology comic. He is the magazine's longest-running character, and in 1990 he got his own title, the Judge Dredd Megazine. He also appears in a number of film and video game adaptations.
Illustration by Carlos Ezquerra
Judge Dredd's first appearance, in an advert in 2000AD #1 (26 February 1977). Art by Mike McMahon, from a story later published in #6.