@Rodders & @Vince W ; it was an 'enhanced web novel' (not graphic novel) with sound effects, music (which I could never use professionally unless I sought copyrights), and detailed appendices (including background chapters). I hammered the whole thing out in roughly 2-months and took it to an alpha-version, posting it on another writer's forum I'm on for review.
@Rodders ; you say you would, though after spending the last year+ here and all I've learned, I'd be embarrassed, hehe. I've learned a staggering amount here and improved tremendously. It's posted elsewhere in its alpha-form, but you'd likely view it as the attempts of a child.
@Vince W ; As to submitting it, I had some discussions with 2000AD/Rebellion staff regarding copyrights--as a fan fiction--then stopped. My initial intent was to clean it up, and if I received some positive feedback from Dredd fans, then possibly submit it to Rebellion... BUT... Dredd fans it became rather clear (on the 2000AD forum), didn't want the story made plausible--plausible where I changed NONE of the Eustace Fargo story, but where I filled in gaps to make it a definitely possible reality. In fact, the idea made some a little/lot angry, hehe.
So, I said forget that. Dredd fans don't want it, non-Dredd fans might enjoy the story, but the turn around to get it back to Fargo building the street judge system didn't sit with non-Dredd readers that well. I essentially had to totally destroy America, then bring it back, to justify the SJ system. Anywho... that's when I decided to write my series, using Lest ye be Judged~G9 as the second novel in a series. In the process, spending time here and improving my skills, I wrote a prequel to that novel (The Abolitionist~G8), and significantly expanded the story which will run a novel or two past G9. LybJ I'll need to make the appropriate changes to (basically just changing Fargo's name I used once, and removing the term 'street judge,' also used once... oh, and snippets of Fargo's speeches). No longer constrained, I can also improve and expand it significantly.
Thanks for the comments guys!
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@Rodders ; you say you would, though after spending the last year+ here and all I've learned, I'd be embarrassed, hehe. I've learned a staggering amount here and improved tremendously. It's posted elsewhere in its alpha-form, but you'd likely view it as the attempts of a child.
@Vince W ; As to submitting it, I had some discussions with 2000AD/Rebellion staff regarding copyrights--as a fan fiction--then stopped. My initial intent was to clean it up, and if I received some positive feedback from Dredd fans, then possibly submit it to Rebellion... BUT... Dredd fans it became rather clear (on the 2000AD forum), didn't want the story made plausible--plausible where I changed NONE of the Eustace Fargo story, but where I filled in gaps to make it a definitely possible reality. In fact, the idea made some a little/lot angry, hehe.
So, I said forget that. Dredd fans don't want it, non-Dredd fans might enjoy the story, but the turn around to get it back to Fargo building the street judge system didn't sit with non-Dredd readers that well. I essentially had to totally destroy America, then bring it back, to justify the SJ system. Anywho... that's when I decided to write my series, using Lest ye be Judged~G9 as the second novel in a series. In the process, spending time here and improving my skills, I wrote a prequel to that novel (The Abolitionist~G8), and significantly expanded the story which will run a novel or two past G9. LybJ I'll need to make the appropriate changes to (basically just changing Fargo's name I used once, and removing the term 'street judge,' also used once... oh, and snippets of Fargo's speeches). No longer constrained, I can also improve and expand it significantly.
Thanks for the comments guys!
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<weg>) flaws in the Origins/Fargo story, and would have run after mine and a subsequent novel I considered to fill in the time gap (Origins turning point events 2027; LybJ 2029; the roll out of the street judges, April, 2031, Judges Avalanche, 2033). 
