Harke & Burr
Harke & Burr are two fictional comic book characters who appeared in their own stories for thirteen episodes in issues of Judge Dredd Megazine. The majority of the Harke & Burr stories were written by Si Spencer and drawn by Dean Ormston. Gordon Rennie co-wrote one story and Paul Peart provided the artwork for another.
Bibliography
They have only appeared in their own, eponymous strip:
- Harke & Burr:
- Antique and Curious (with Si Spencer and Dean Ormston, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.27-2.28, 1993)
- Hamster Horror (with Si Spencer and Dean Ormston, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.40-2.42, 1994)
- Grief Encounter (with Si Spencer and Dean Ormston, in 'Judge Dredd Megazine #2.47-2.49, 1994)
- Secret Origin (with Si Spencer and Paul Peart, in 'Judge Dredd Megazine #2.83, 1995)
- Satanic Farces (with Gordon Rennie/Si Spencer and Dean Ormston, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.04-3.07, 1995)
The characters also make a cameo appearance in the Judge Dredd novel "Cursed Earth Asylum", by David Bishop (Virgin Books, December 1993, ISBN 0-352-32893-2)
Antique and Curious, Hamster Horror and Grief Encounter were reprinted as a giveaway with the 350th edition of the "Judge Dredd Megazine" in July 2014.
Trivia
The name is a Spoonerism based on infamous body-snatchers Burke and Hare who committed the West Port murders.