For 45 years they’ve been removing the residue of the galaxy and to commemorate the anniversary of the launching of Strontium Dog, Rebellion has actually revealed a brand name brand-new slate of product!
From Tee shirts to pint glasses, from mugs to iron-on spots, the brand-new anniversary Strontium Dog variety is the ideal present for the mutant fugitive hunter in your life.
This brand-new line of product is motivated by and admires among 2000 ADVERTISEMENT’s most popular ever series, an impressive sci-fi Western produced by author John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra that debuted in Starlord, 2000 ADVERTISEMENT’s temporary sibling title, in 1978.
One of the most renowned strips in the history of British comics, the fugitive hunter of the Search/Destroy Agency – derisively called ‘Strontium Dogs’ – are members of a maltreated minority of altered human beings, their bodies deformed by Strontium 90 fallout, who are abhored by the ‘Norm’ population, disallowed from public life, and rounded up into ghettos.
The just job available to them is as fugitive hunter and, from the orbiting ‘Doghouse’ base, Johnny Alpha and his Viking partner, Wulf Sternhammer go out to find bad guys for cold, difficult money – from deep space to Hell itself, from Adolf Hitler to Ronald Reagan!
The series has actually had a cultural effect far beyond its pages, with director Edgar Wright and star Simon Pegg notoriously mentioning the death of Johnny Alpha in their well-known funny television series Spaced.
The brand-new line of product, available from the Rebellion online store, commemorates this popular and prominent series, referencing crucial areas and people from the abundant history of the last 45 years, all of it originating from the fertile creativities of Ezquerra, Wagner and his composing partner, the late Alan Grant.
Designed by Salvador Lavado – who has actually dealt with significant brand names and worldwide artists consisting of John Williams, Metallica, Jay-Z, Mercury Records and a lot more – the brand-new product digs deep into the history and tradition of the strip to produce styles that will thrill fans while staying appealing to those not familiar with the landmark series.
The brand-new Tee shirts referral simply a few of the series’ famous weapons – consisting of ‘Westinghouse’, the provider of Johnny Alpha’s chosen Variable Blaster gun, and the renowned ‘Electronux’ electrical stun knuckle-duster, while impersonating a staff member of the well-known ‘Doghouse’ spaceport station. There is an enjoyable ‘Sternhammer Ale’ style which commemorates Wulf’s famous thirst and love of good business, while another markets the services of the Gronk, Alpha and Sternhammer’s weak-hearted medic.
And thirsty fugitive hunter will have the ability to satiate their thirst with the very first Strontium Dog pint glasses – including the ‘Sternhammer Ale’ and the ‘Property of The Doghouse’ styles – along with a mug from the Doghouse Canteen and others sporting the ‘Doghouse’ and ‘Westinghouse’ styles.
The brand-new variety of Strontium Dog product is available now from the Rebellion online store at shop.rebellion.com
