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That's not Judge Dredd. It's Adam Lavis, a British Documentarian who has spent the past few years following around Johnny Hicklenton, who is best known for his dark, emotionally raw renderings of the Judge Dredd graphic novel series, which sadly, is best known in the United States for an absolutely awful movie adaptation. What is not as well known about him is that he has been suffering from Multiple Sclerosis, and despite the challenges this poses, he has continued to draw hauntingly beautiful and ghostly illustrations of a character with a loyal, sometimes poisonous following that has not always enjoyed his vision of the character.

I first spoke with Adam Lavis, the man in the costume and the filmmaker, who talked about the significance of the film and how he got from Brighton, UK to Austin, TX.

I then had the tremendous honor of speaking with Mr. Hicklenton himself, who talked with me about the absolute horror of being around the production of the 1995 Judge Dredd film, which he describes in terms best not used around children, the making of the film about him which premieres here at SXSW, and the physical and emotional journey he has been  on and how it has affected his interpretation and understanding of the character, his fans' reactions to his work, and whatever he wanted to say. I was pretty content to let him say his piece about whatever he wanted.

I hate to step out of my box and write so off-topic for this space, but I cannot describe how emotionally drained I am by this experience. If you are in Austin, please see this film here. If not, please check the website, http://www.heresjohnnyfilm.com and learn more about this amazing man, his work, and a film that I am quite sad that I will have to miss.

See this film if you can. Please. More photos of Adam and Johnny on Flickr.