{"title":"Story \/ There's Something About Mary","description":"Welcome, Terrans, to a very special prog, stuffed to the gills with six scrotnig stories. Yes, you heard that right - this issue is veritably bursting to the seams with ghafflebette goodness! Alongside the high-octane action of Judge Dredd, the political skulduggery of Rogue Trooper, the bullet-dodging blastfest that is Sinister Dexter, the galaxy-destroying carnage of Durnham Red and the faerie-battling tomfoolery of Bec \u0026amp; Kawl, I am proud to announce an additional Thrill to this week's circuit-frying line-up. To mark the release at cinemas nationwide on 9 April 2004 of British zombie romantic comedy (or 'romzomcom', for the initiated) Shaun of the Dead, its screenwriters Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright - who also star and direct respectively - have scripted an exclusive five-page story, especially for this pulse-pounding publication!\r\nIllustrated by horrormeister Frazer Irving, There's Something About Mary is not an adaptation of a section of the plot (so you don't have to worry about spoilers) but is instead an introduction to a minor character that weaves itself into the movie's existing narrative. If you've yet to hear about what promises to be one of the year's most purely entertaining films, Shaun of the Dead is an everyday tale of life, love and the living dead, focusing on a group of friends who encounter a literal weekend from hell as their lives, loves and personal squabbles are upstaged by a full-scale invasion of the living dead. For more information, go to the movie's zarjaz website www.uip.co.uk\/romzom (Flash required) for all sorts of ghoul-related fun!\r\nThis is of course not 2000 AD's first association with Earthlet Pegg - fans of the sitcom Spaced will have no doubt spotted the action figures, posters and numerous copies of the Galaxy's Greatest in several episodes, and he has since gone on to lend his vocal talents to Johnny Alpha's Big Finish audio adventures. So it is with great pleasure that I welcome the Pegg and Wright droids to their debut within these hallowed pages, and hope they will drop by the Nerve Centre again in future...\r\nIn the meantime, the dead walk! Have you got the guts for it?\r\nSPLUNDIG VUR THRIGG!","products":[{"product_id":"prg1384-2000-ad-prog-1384-digital","title":"2000 AD Prog 1384","description":"    \u003cdiv class=\"product-story\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"product-story-heading breadcrumbs-container\"\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"series underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/2000-ad-series-rogue-trooper\" aria-label=\"Rogue Trooper\"\u003eRogue Trooper\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"separator\"\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"story underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/story-2153-realpolitik\" aria-label=\"Realpolitik\"\u003eRealpolitik\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"episode-part\"\u003e\n                (part 5)\n            \u003c\/span\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cp class=\"product-story-description\"\u003e\n            Nu Earth, a planet ravaged by war, it's atmosphere poisoned by chemical weapons. 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Dying from terminal cellular decay, Rogue has been captured by the enemy...\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e    \u003cdiv class=\"product-story\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"product-story-heading breadcrumbs-container\"\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"series underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/judge-dredd\" aria-label=\"Judge Dredd\"\u003eJudge Dredd\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"separator\"\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"story underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/story-2155-gulag\" aria-label=\"Gulag\"\u003eGulag\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"episode-part\"\u003e\n                (part 3)\n            \u003c\/span\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cp class=\"product-story-description\"\u003e\n            Mega-City One, 2130 AD. This vast urban nightmare on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to 400 million citizens, every one a potential criminal. With lawlessness rife, only the Judges can prevent total anarchy. These future lawmen are judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd - he is the law!\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e    \u003cdiv class=\"product-story\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"product-story-heading breadcrumbs-container\"\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"series underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/series-137-durham-red\" aria-label=\"Durham Red\"\u003eDurham Red\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"separator\"\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"story underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/story-2156-the-empty-suns-book-ii\" aria-label=\"The Empty Suns Book II\"\u003eThe Empty Suns Book II\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"episode-part\"\u003e\n                (part 3)\n            \u003c\/span\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cp class=\"product-story-description\"\u003e\n            The Strontium Bitch, Durham Red is the S\/D agent even the other mutants are scared of. Her lust for blood means that few of her quarries survive her bite!\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e    \u003cdiv class=\"product-story\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"product-story-heading breadcrumbs-container\"\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"series underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/2000-ad-series-sinister-dexter\" aria-label=\"Sinister Dexter\"\u003eSinister Dexter\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"separator\"\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"story underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/story-2157-job-jobbed\" aria-label=\"Job Jobbed\"\u003eJob Jobbed\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"episode-part\"\u003e\n                (part 2)\n            \u003c\/span\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cp class=\"product-story-description\"\u003e\n            The swollen city of Downlode lies sprawled across the heart of future Europe like a hit-and-run victim. Here, life is cheap - if you want someone whacked, you can't buy better bullet monkeys than Finnigan SINISTER and Ramone DEXTER, the city's primo hitmen.\r\nInspired by John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction.\u003cbr\u003eArtist Jason Brashill declined the chance to co-create Sinister Dexter but he did paint the cover image to promote the characters' first appearance in Prog 981.\r\nSinister is Latin for left, while Dexter is Latin for right.\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e    \u003cdiv class=\"product-story\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"product-story-heading breadcrumbs-container\"\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"series underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/series-45-bec-kawl\" aria-label=\"Bec \u0026amp; Kawl\"\u003eBec \u0026amp; Kawl\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"separator\"\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"story underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/story-2158-toothache\" aria-label=\"Toothache\"\u003eToothache\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"episode-part\"\u003e\n                (part 2)\n            \u003c\/span\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cp class=\"product-story-description\"\u003e\n            Sharing a flat in the less-than-salubrious Swineboil Apartments, BECCY Miller and Jarrod KAWL are students at the local art college. She's a goth-chick aspiring artist with a death obsession, he's a movie-geek film student. Magnets for every ectoplasmic event, they could be our last hope against the horrors of the beyond - if only they could get off their arses...\n\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e    \u003cdiv class=\"product-story\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"product-story-heading breadcrumbs-container\"\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"series underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/series-353-shaun-of-the-dead\" aria-label=\"Shaun of the Dead\"\u003eShaun of the Dead\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"separator\"\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"story underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/story-2159-theres-something-about-mary\" aria-label=\"There's Something About Mary\"\u003eThere's Something About Mary\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"episode-part\"\u003e\n                (part 1)\n            \u003c\/span\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cp class=\"product-story-description\"\u003e\n            A tie-in story with the widely successful 'romzomcom'.\n\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e    \u003cdiv class=\"product-story\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"product-story-heading breadcrumbs-container\"\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"series underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/series-134-droid-life\" aria-label=\"Droid Life\"\u003eDroid Life\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"separator\"\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\n                \u003ca class=\"story underline-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/b00dab-21.myshopify.com\/collections\/story-2160-strike\" aria-label=\"Strike!!\"\u003eStrike!!\u003c\/a\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"episode-part\"\u003e\n                (part 1)\n            \u003c\/span\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cp class=\"product-story-description\"\u003e\n            Comical tales from the Nerve Centre sub-basement as Tharg's minions put together the Galaxy's Greatest Comic.\n\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"publishing","offers":[{"title":"Standard Edition \/ Digital","offer_id":53828426793297,"sku":"PRG1384","price":1.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/6836\/3601\/files\/00.large_2ff56ee2-23c6-473f-906c-3b8b35e13195.jpg?v=1779360177"},{"product_id":"grn288-storming-heaven-digital","title":"Storming Heaven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTurn On, Tune In, Transform...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco, 1967. Experiments into the effects of LSD have revealed the extraordinary potential the drug can unlock in the human brain. The Gates of Perception are about to be thrown wide open!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWerewolves fight vampires in a supernatural war steeped in blood and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tribe of angel-like creatures fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic wasteworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are just a few of the thrilling stories in this collection featuring the incredible comic book art of Frazer Irving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection comes complete with an introduction by the artist, sketches and two Shaun Of The Dead strips collected here together for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"publishing","offers":[{"title":"Standard Edition \/ Digital","offer_id":53832291647825,"sku":"GRN288","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/6836\/3601\/files\/00.large_3cc87017-5a91-4f29-8225-bcd6ba651efa.jpg?v=1779386496"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.rebellion.com\/collections\/story-2159-theres-something-about-mary.oembed","provider":"Rebellion","version":"1.0","type":"link"}