When the Wind Blows

by Raymond Briggs

You have this totally domestic scenario between two sweet old people, Jim and Hilda Bloggs, who are still caught up in the nostalgia of World War II. It exposes the ridiculousness of the government’s ideas about how to survive a nuclear war. They survive the initial attack and then die of radiation sickness. So for me this haunting graphic novel was a tender and tragic counterpart to the epic battles of Judge Dredd, and all the more memorable as a result.