2000 AD #763

The Christmas prog gets a wonderfully surreal twist in this 28 December 1991 edition, as Richard Dolan's cover art depicts a giant Santa Claus-suited figure looming over the Mega-City One skyline while a watchful Judge Dredd stands in the foreground, lawgiver in hand, scanning the festive giant with characteristic suspicion. It's a gloriously absurd collision of holiday cheer and dystopian law enforcement, rendered with striking painted detail across a brooding orange sky. Inside, Alan Grant and John Burns continue "The Art of Geomancy" — a fine way to round out the year with 2000 AD's signature blend of sharp writing and vivid art.