Blog: Judge Dredd Data

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About a year and a half ago I kicked off the next phase of my ongoing Journey Into Comics And Data by asking people to help me gather data about Judge Dredd.

This went really well, with LOADS of people completing a survey about what experience of the character wnd who they thought he was. I then cleaned that data up, did a brief analysis of it all and sent that out to everyone who'd taken part and then... um... well then didn't really do anything else with it. Lots of other stuff came up, not least Data and Doctor Doom, and so my plans got a little bit waylaid.

However, I have now FINALLY got back on track with it, nearly, sort of, and am planning to try some more CROWDSOURCING soon to gather data on actual Judge Dredd TEXTS, rather than people's memories of him. I'm currently having a LOVELY time working up a data entry system for it all, with a grand hope of asking for volunteers for THIS bit before the end of the year, but for now I thought it was probably about time that I unleashed the ACTUAL DATA into a wider world.

THUS I've uploaded THE LOT onto the University of the Arts London research data repository, so you can download it and have a look for yourself. I am aware that some STRANGE people may not find the prospect of a massive spreadsheet of data as thrilling as I do, and so for those poor souls I have also uploaded the ANALYSIS of it all, so you can see what everybody thought were Judge Dredd's characteristics.

Fans of Judge Dredd may find some SURPRISES in there, and I'm hopeful there'll be a few more when we start collecting the next stage of data and then comparing the two together. As I say, I'm planning to get started on THAT bit in the next month or two, so if you took part in the original survey do stand by your inboxes, there'll be something heading your way soon-ish!

posted 22/10/2025 by MJ Hibbett

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