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Post by Pinwig on Aug 11, 2023 11:28:43 GMT
40 years ago this week (well, tomorrow), Slaine made his 2000AD debut in Prog 330.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 11, 2023 12:51:57 GMT
The use of a limited and subdued colour palate in the last few years of Hershey plays off big time at the end of this week's episode
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Aug 11, 2023 13:18:47 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 11, 2023 13:18:47 GMT
I might get to that in a couple of years' time.
Meanwhile, I have just re-read the four part Anderson story in the Meg because I couldn't remember it well enough to enjoy the last part. That was pretty good. Felt like a story set in Mega City with PSI elements, as opposed to some Anderson stories that just head off completely into the wacky and lose touch with the tone of Dredd's world.
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 11, 2023 18:43:37 GMT
The Mega City Max special was alright. Ish. Probably a step up from the regened stuff, but really Demarco was the only strip that left me wanting to read more. £5 well spent? Hmm, no.
Conversely, in the 1983 Sci-Fi Special, Tharg gives Joko-Jargo a Rigellian Hotshot to the arse.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 11, 2023 19:15:14 GMT
I might get to that in a couple of years' time. You'll see what I mean when you get there |
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 11, 2023 19:25:30 GMT
I really must get on with reading 2000AD. I'm going to be two years behind before I know it.
Mind you I've spent the last couple of days re-reading the last four megs, the Max special and the 83 Sci-Fi special. That's taken long enough.
I absolutely love the Johnny Red story. The art is amazing.
I subbed to the Battle mini series once I realised that isn't being stocked in Smiths. I've got the second and third issue of that to read yet. Bonus in subbing is that I got the awesome web exclusive cover to issue one to go with the regular cover version they sent me by accident.
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Aug 12, 2023 22:07:54 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 12, 2023 22:07:54 GMT
The Mega City Max special was alright. Ish. Probably a step up from the regened stuff, but really Demarco was the only strip that left me wanting to read more. £5 well spent? Hmm, no. I wasn't that impressed with it. Found the special to be mostly dull. -Ralph |
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Aug 12, 2023 22:50:43 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 12, 2023 22:50:43 GMT
The new Meg surprised me. I didn't know IDW did a Rogue Trooper series. Written by Brian Ruckley no less.
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2000 AD
Aug 28, 2023 20:55:43 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 28, 2023 20:55:43 GMT
Most recent Regened was less bad than usual.
-Ralph
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Aug 28, 2023 20:56:15 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 28, 2023 20:56:15 GMT
The new Meg surprised me. I didn't know IDW did a Rogue Trooper series. Written by Brian Ruckley no less. I too was surprised! Not much to it though. -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 16, 2023 15:28:35 GMT
It didn't last long as I recall.
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Post by tomwe on Sept 18, 2023 13:12:08 GMT
This week's Prog and Meg are stellar. The Battle / Action 'hatch, match & dispatch' approach. Does wonders!
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Sept 18, 2023 13:51:16 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 18, 2023 13:51:16 GMT
Tooth up to £3.60 next week.
-Ralph
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Post by tomwe on Sept 19, 2023 10:16:12 GMT
The combo subscription, which is what I have, is £170. Just the prog at 50 x £3.60 is £180. So I'm basically getting the Meg for free.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 19, 2023 19:12:32 GMT
It's awkward to get started but there's definitely something to be said for putting away £14 a month so when the annual subs payment comes it isn't such a hard pill to swallow. Better than the £21.40 a Meg and four progs costs now.
I suppose it would be even better value if I actually read the progs.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2023 20:21:14 GMT
Could someone explain the surprise at the end of this week's Helium? And which issues the prior run(s) were in?
Dredd: I'd assumed all along that the thing Hershey had had been got from Judge Fear. Who do we know who likes poisons and would love to have killed a chief judge?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2023 20:23:28 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2023 20:32:09 GMT
Dug the reprint out. Now it makes some sense
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Sept 27, 2023 20:35:18 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 27, 2023 20:35:18 GMT
I sorted all the Meg floppies only a couple of weeks ago so I could bin all the ones that are purely reprint. Bizarrely, Helium was the only one I kept. I do love an Edginton/D'Israli story. I hooked it out at the weekend for a re-read.
I think I need to start reading the prog again otherwise I'll never get through the back issues. As we've got a jumping on point this week with stories I have read the last parts of I'll give it a go.
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Sept 27, 2023 22:52:55 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2023 22:52:55 GMT
Could someone explain the surprise at the end of this week's Helium? And which issues the prior run(s) were in? This week's Thrill Mail has a link to a free download of the previous series. -Ralph |
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Sept 27, 2023 22:53:48 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2023 22:53:48 GMT
PINWIG BINNED THE FLOPPIES??!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 28, 2023 18:53:06 GMT
SACRILEGE!
I see the 3rd SD Hardcover is on the runway now for a few months time with Portrait of a Mutant in there.
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Sept 28, 2023 20:04:34 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 28, 2023 20:04:34 GMT
'could' bin. They're sat under a bed at the moment awaiting the chop. But as said, any with content in that hasn't appeared in 2000AD or the Meg have been kept. Anything else I've got in its original form.
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2000 AD
Sept 28, 2023 21:28:01 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2023 21:28:01 GMT
If you chop them then your Megazine collection will be INCOMPLETE.
MOONS OF MADNESS.
-Ralph
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Sept 28, 2023 21:29:04 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2023 21:29:04 GMT
Finally got round to start reading the collection of Mazeworld from a few years ago. Book 1 this evening. Oh, that is the good stuff.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 29, 2023 10:38:53 GMT
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Post by tomwe on Sept 29, 2023 11:50:05 GMT
He had previously been accepting offers on facebook that began at £3k, then £6k. I can only assume they paid him handsomely. |
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Sept 29, 2023 20:20:40 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 29, 2023 20:20:40 GMT
How long until another edition then? -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 2, 2023 18:36:28 GMT
Trying to work out where I am but I'm getting confused with cover dates - Prog 2352, does that go on sale or off sale on Wed 4th Oct?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 2, 2023 18:47:25 GMT
On sale
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