Of course, that Dredd page was by Colin Wilson, an artist held in high regard by all 2000AD fans of a certain age. He has had a remarkable career in comics: he turned up on my radar in 1981, where he did a sterling Dredd, and proceeded to be one of the definitive Rogue Trooper artists, after Dave Gibbons and before Brett Ewins and Cam Kennedy. His work, like Gibbons, had a definite Jean Giraud influence (scratch that - Wilson's was Giraud, Gibbons' was more his Moebius alter-ego). This clearly didn't go unnoticed in France, and Wilson was hand-picked to replace Giraud on the YOUNG BLUEBERRY westerns.
Wilson pretty much disappeared off the radar of Anglophone comics for many years at this point, reappearing fairly recently at 2000AD during Andy Diggle's reign (I think - Tharg works in mysterious ways, and it might have been The Bishop), in 1998. His style adapted to fit the look of contemporary 2000AD, with his pinnacle of this period being the Mike Mignola influenced work he produced for the Judge Dredd multi-parter Relentless. Since then, his work has been more regularly seen both sides of the channel (working on other westerns after Charlier's death pretty much ended his Blueberry stint, some sci-fi, and most recently his crime series DU PLUME DANS LA TETE) as well as more work for 2000AD, and increasing taking more jobs in the U.S. for DC imprints, drawing the Wildstorm series POINT BLANK, some work on Diggle's THE LOSERS for Vertigo, and now drawing Garth Ennis's BATTLER BRITTON. This is Wildstorm's revival of the old IPC character, and I've just read the first issue. It reads like a less foul-mouthed version of Ennis's WAR STORIES comics, and is none the worse for featuring a rather traditional protagonist. Wilson's work has again adapted slightly in style, presumably to fit the rigour of a 22 page a month, 5 issue commission: it has a certain looseness about it that reminds me somewhat of Jock (understandable, considering the kind words Wilson has had to say about THE LOSERS at his website). Well worth seeking out, though given Wildstorm's track record, I'm sure this'll be collected in trade paperback format shortly after the mini-series ends.
The illustration in the following entry is the cover to an Aussie (I think - maybe Kiwi) fanzine WORD BALLOONS that recently featured a career-spanning retrospective interview. Wilson has packed a hell of a lot into his career, yet much of it elusive to the Anglophone comic buyer - thank god for amazon.fr, eh?