2000 AD #1267

2000 AD Prog 1267 arrives in November 2001 with one of the anthology's most wickedly playful covers — a grotesque, heavily mechanized figure clutching cigarettes, rendered by Simon Davis inside a bold red no-smoking symbol, with the tagline "Smoke 'Em! Sinister Dexter Kick Butt" leaving little doubt about the irreverent tone within. The header boasts "More thrills than you can shake a cancer stick at," perfectly matching the cover's gleefully satirical energy. Inside, Gordon Rennie writes and Angus McKie colors the strip "Couch Potatoes," promising the kind of sharp, darkly comic storytelling that kept 2000 AD essential weekly reading in 2001.