Sunday, November 4, 2012  Mega-City Undercover  (Reprints Lenny
Zero stories from Judge Dredd Megazine #3.68, 4.01-4.02 and
4.14-4.15, and Low Life stories from 2000 AD Progs 1387-1399,
1425-1428, Prog 2006, 1484-1490, and 1521-1524)  This week's
special guest is Deb Chachra, an associate professor of
materials science at the Franklin W. Olin College of
Engineering, who does work on the engineering student
experience. She also thinks a lot about music, culture and
technology, is behind the Daily Idioms site, and is very much
worth following on Twitter. Kick it off, Debcha!  DEB: Dredd,
and 2000 AD, has always been a giant hole in my knowledge of
contemporary comics, and "Low Life" is the first Dredd that I've
read. I must admit I cheated; I knew it was a long-running and
beloved series, and I'd be throwing myself into the middle of
it. I wasn't really confident that I'd be able to handle a black
start, so I skimmed the Judge Dredd Wikipedia entry to try to
orient myself to the universe.  I probably needn't ha