Ah, Twitter, now one of the major news sources on the planet.  We're not entirely sure if that's a good thing and are certainly still very new to all this tweeting malarkey, but this week as has brought a few 2000AD related snippets.

First off, we have confirmation from Jock that he's working on the new Judge Dredd movie and has in his grasp Alex Garland's script.  Or, to put it in his words: "working through script visuals for JUDGE DREDD movie. Alex Garland writes a great script." It's not much, but at least we know the movie's definitely moving ahead!

Next up we have Simon Fraser, whose recent Lulu Romanov cover didn't leave much to the imagination. However, as the man himself tweeted today, it turns out there were much less "bugs" in the original version.  So for a bit more of Lulu, take a look here.

Meanwhile, uber-tweeter PJ Holden alerted us to a new blog post where he analyses his first ever Dredd work.

Of course, we'll try to re-tweet everything we see of interest to 2000AD readers, so be sure to follow us on Twitter (and we'll try to change that garish wallpaper soon...)

For those of you who aren't able to make Pat Mills's signing at Orbital this Saturday, you can also catch him at Forbidden Planet the week after, signing his Requiem: Vampire Knight series.  The books are finally being released in the UK in very affordable editions by Panini, so if you need a Mills fix after the end of Defoe, both Volume 1 and Volume 2 are out this week.

In other news...

• When Chris Weston isn't playing Tharg, he's fighting crime!
• Could Rebellion be making a new Judge Dredd game?
• And, of course, the 2000AD Online site got a funky redesign...

Just published by Bleeding Cool is an ode to 2000AD from one of the biggest comics superstars to emerge from its pages, Garth Ennis. Admittedly he focuses completely on the first 15 years or so of the comic, but it's a great collection of best moments and he's certainly right about that character defining scene in the Apocalypse War.  Now can we see an article which talks about the present-day crop of droids?

And while we're on that subject, it seems to be Droid Signing Month in September.

First up is a couple of signings at The Travelling Man. If you're in the Leeds branch on the 5th September, you'll get to see Frazer Irving, Liam Sharp, Peter Doherty and Andy Diggle, as part of a Gears of War signing.  Later on in the month, there's a special 2000AD signing in the Manchester branch involving Al Ewing, Dave Taylor, Ian Edginton, Leigh Gallagher and Steve Yeowell.on 26th September, which should be starting at around 1pm.

Finally, London's Orbital comics has Pat Mills, Clint Langley and Leigh Gallagher in for a signing on 12th September.

If you know any any more signings, please let us know.

It's been a very, very long time since we updated the news on 2000AD review, so here's a quick lowdown on what's been up in Tharg's universe for the last couple of months...

First up, just after this site has had a revamp, the official site over at 2000AD Online is undergoing reconstruction too.  Expect the new-look site to be unveiled at the end of the week, reinstating the much-missed charachter and creator profiles, a new look homepage and more...

From news around the net:

• US readers of 2000AD can now get it delivered in bumper chunks
• The weekly droid watch is back at Hypergeek and they also had an interview with Dan Abnett
• Big Finish is back, releasing Judge Dredd audio with the Judge Dredd Crime Chronicles. We'll have reviews of these as they are released
• Rufus Dayglo interview over at Down the Tubes, while it's confirmed that Tank Girl has a year to run in the Megazine.
• The Daily Record interviewed Simon Fraser
• D'israeli previews Stickleback
• Leigh Gallagher revleals how he touched up Defoe
• And finally, the Londonist likes the Dredd badge

As you can see, we've had a new coat of paint on the site.It's taken quite some time, but things are - more or less - up and running.

As well as updating all the behind-the-scenes malarky that actually runs the site, we've brought in a new look to all the reviews and from now on we'll also be running reviews of Abaddon books (you can see the first two reviews up on the home page now).  We've also gone live on twitter, and we have a range of creator interviews and features waiting in the wings.  Look for more site improvements over the next few weeks too.

The site might look at little rough around the edges for a few weeks, especially some of the older content, but please bear with us while we get that sorted.

As ever, we're always looking for new reviewers and we're looking for people who would like to write for this blog. So if anyone fancies taking part in the future, just contact us.

And of course, don't forget to tell us what you think of the new look in the forum.

And thanks in particular to Michael Carroll who designed the new logo.  Mr Carroll's outdone himself again, and we're very grateful to him here at 2000AD Review.

There's one big news story this week - that 2000AD themed costumes have finally hit Little Big Planet. 

If you own a PS3 and the game, £4.75 will get you a Judge Dredd, Anderson, Rogue Trooper, Hammerstein and Strontium Dog costume - as well as a whole herd of 2000AD themed stickers to adorn your home-made levels with.  The costumes are quite nicely done, it must be said, and no one can deny the rather large amount of publicity this has gotten 2000AD from the games press over the past few weeks. 

Many of the US game sites are wondering why Media Molecule went with 2000AD costumes before some bigger comic book names - but as they are a British company, it seems quite sensible that they went with some of the biggest UK comics characters first.  Whatever, it's certainly good to see 2000AD getting some of the publicity it deserves.

You can get a preview of all of the characters, along with some rather nice 2000AD covers featuring the dolled-up sackboy over at Media Molecule's site .