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Post by Pinwig on Jun 18, 2015 15:47:38 GMT
I look forward to the special but...Robo Hunter? Really? That's still going? Not in any real sense. These specials are test beds for new talent aren't they? they're a place for people to play with things that don't really matter any more. At least that's my understanding. |
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Jun 22, 2015 22:30:02 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 22, 2015 22:30:02 GMT
More detailed thoughts in the 2015 cinema thread in the film/tv sub-forum when time allows but I was fortunate to be able to make it to the UK premier of the documentary film 'Future Shock: The Story of 2000AD' at the Edinburgh Filmhouse. It can't cover everything in 105 mins but it's very entertaining and light-years ahead of the usual 'bif pow comics aren't for kids anymore!' crap that is usually farted out when film makers try to cover comics. Manages to be enthusiastic about the subject matter without being fawning.
Hopefully it will get some decent distribution and not vanish into oblivion.
-Ralph
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Jun 24, 2015 12:18:08 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 24, 2015 12:18:08 GMT
The hunt for the sci-fi special has begun!
I remember the glory days of comic specials on UK newsstands. Good times, good times. Always liked a Special.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2015 11:32:28 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 1, 2015 7:41:41 GMT
Jaegir's back :-)
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 1, 2015 18:43:28 GMT
I enjoyed the special. Just about managed to stay awake in bed last night long enough to reach the end. Good selection of tales but the Dredd one seemed a bit simple narratively. I enjoyed the return of Ace Trucking, and the art did evoke Belardinelli, but I don't think I can see that returning as an ongoing strip in the weekly prog. It's a product of its time.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 1, 2015 19:55:38 GMT
I thought Ace Trucking was the highlight of the special and worked wonderfully as nice one-off return.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 1, 2015 21:39:18 GMT
I agree it was the highlight of the special and it felt like a one-off.
A love letter to a strip that I think would struggle in the modern prog.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 2, 2015 18:09:03 GMT
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Jul 7, 2015 19:20:24 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 7, 2015 19:20:24 GMT
Picked up the partworks book featuring the start of Day of Chaos at FPG. Hot damn that is good stuff. Not even a sadly crumpled page in the book could dent my enjoyment. Gripping and thrilling stuff and very clever moments when events could have been prevented if only folk had metaphorically turned left rather than right. Well worth a tenner. I must get the next volume in that story when it comes out!
In other news, the local RS McColl has started to get the partworks series in again from part 12 (having stopped at part 4) so it will be easier to pick up the books in the series that appeal to me.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 7, 2015 19:36:46 GMT
I'm thoroughly enjoying the Democracy Now book at the moment. It's fascinating seeing all those stories drawn together in one volume, complete with some early Garth Ennis, and I'd forgotten how Dredd is a complete bastard in Revolution. Shockingly so. That is not the Joe Dredd of the modern era.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 7, 2015 23:47:45 GMT
Oh yes, it's interesting to see how Dredd has evolved over the years.
I hope the partworks print The Question of Judgement 3 parter and Tale of the Dead Man. Some of the most interesting insights into Dredd in his earlier years.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 8, 2015 10:30:28 GMT
Picked up the partworks book featuring the start of Day of Chaos at FPG. Hot damn that is good stuff. Not even a sadly crumpled page in the book could dent my enjoyment. Gripping and thrilling stuff and very clever moments when events could have been prevented if only folk had metaphorically turned left rather than right. Well worth a tenner. I must get the next volume in that story when it comes out! Have you not read it all? Top, top story which is haunting the Dredd stories through to today. One of the problems with recent Dredd is it is dominated by THREE all time great towering epics: Origin, Tour Of Duty and Day of Chaos. All three are superb. Does the partwork Day of Chaos trade have the issue where Dredd visits the Academy after he's injured? It's missing from the softcover trade and to me is a bad omission. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 8, 2015 10:31:05 GMT
I'm thoroughly enjoying the Democracy Now book at the moment. It's fascinating seeing all those stories drawn together in one volume, complete with some early Garth Ennis, and I'd forgotten how Dredd is a complete bastard in Revolution. Shockingly so. That is not the Joe Dredd of the modern era. Which issues are in there? |
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Jul 8, 2015 11:35:12 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 8, 2015 11:35:12 GMT
Will check later.
Book 13 has also turned up in the newsagent so I guess they are keeping in orders for it. Hondo City Justice though, so I can pass on this one.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 8, 2015 15:44:49 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 8, 2015 20:30:46 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 8, 2015 21:20:10 GMT
I'm thoroughly enjoying the Democracy Now book at the moment. It's fascinating seeing all those stories drawn together in one volume, complete with some early Garth Ennis, and I'd forgotten how Dredd is a complete bastard in Revolution. Shockingly so. That is not the Joe Dredd of the modern era. Which issues are in there? 460 - Letter from a Democrat 531-533 - Revolution 750-753 - The Devil You Know 754-756 - Twilight's Last Gleaming 656 - Politics 810-814 - Raider 1200-1202 - Sabs 1477-1479 - Direct Action 627 - John Cassavetes is Dead 1874-1878 - Mega City Confidential |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 8, 2015 21:53:29 GMT
Burns got me a free copy of the Dark Judges one a few years back, which was useful as I didn't have the Anderson strip within. The print size is tiny, about 1/4 of the original but what's in them is good stuff |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 8, 2015 21:56:46 GMT
Which issues are in there? 460 - Letter from a Democrat 531-533 - Revolution 750-753 - The Devil You Know 754-756 - Twilight's Last Gleaming 656 - Politics 810-814 - Raider 1200-1202 - Sabs 1477-1479 - Direct Action 627 - John Cassavetes is Dead 1874-1878 - Mega City Confidential Aha. A quick check of my Dredd spreadsheet says I have all of them bar Direct Action. The pre 1000 stuff is in Case Files, Sabs is in The Art of Kenny Who and I've got the digital progs of Mega City confidential. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 8, 2015 21:58:16 GMT
Picked up the partworks book featuring the start of Day of Chaos at FPG. Hot damn that is good stuff. Not even a sadly crumpled page in the book could dent my enjoyment. Gripping and thrilling stuff and very clever moments when events could have been prevented if only folk had metaphorically turned left rather than right. Well worth a tenner. I must get the next volume in that story when it comes out! Have you not read it all? Top, top story which is haunting the Dredd stories through to today. One of the problems with recent Dredd is it is dominated by THREE all time great towering epics: Origin, Tour Of Duty and Day of Chaos. All three are superb. Does the partwork Day of Chaos trade have the issue where Dredd visits the Academy after he's injured? It's missing from the softcover trade and to me is a bad omission. Re-read Day of Chaos today. Fabulous stuff but the second half .... |
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 8, 2015 22:22:36 GMT
The partwork Day of Chaos book is one of two volumes by the look of it. This one has 1700-1704, 1740-1751, 1753-1764 - so no, it doesn't have Downtime in it from 1752, which I think is the story you're referring to?
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 8, 2015 22:28:05 GMT
It's only just occurred to me that these partwork books cover quite a lot of ground. The two I've mentioned tonight cover 28-30 progs worth of Dredd each, and there's 80 books in the series. So that's between 2200-2400 progs worth overall, roughly. I know a good chunk of the total will come from other strips, like Anderson, Insurrection, Waugh etc, but I had it in my head that this partwork would only really scrape the surface of the Dredd canon, but in all it should cover quite a lot of it.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 8, 2015 22:50:01 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 8, 2015 22:50:16 GMT
The Rogue Trooper one is good value as well.
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Jul 9, 2015 17:50:14 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 9, 2015 17:50:14 GMT
I missed Day of Chaos at the time. After reading huge swathes of back issues from a friend of my mum's of issues from the start to around 86ish my regular time on 2000ad was late 80's to late 90's (and the first 100 or so Megazines, The Best of 2000a and Judge Dredd: The Law in Order) and I've tended to dip in randomly every few years since then. My last big spell was a 3-month Ipad digital sub just after Day of Chaos in 2012 and the occasional collected edition from the library.
I only came back for Dark Justice in Dredd for the art and seemed to have been sucked slowly back into consistent reading ever since though in printed format (there's something nostalgic about picking up a weekly comic from a newsagent). Even reading the Megazine again and picking up some of the Hachette partwork books. I seem to have been sucked back into the world of Tharg...
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 9, 2015 23:50:27 GMT
Prepare to spooge Ro-Busters: The Complete Nuts and Bolts V1 www.amazon.co.uk/books/dp/1781082626/Should include the recoloured pages from Starlord, and a new cover by Mick McMahon! WOOOO! Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 10, 2015 8:15:55 GMT
Yes, Ro-Jaws prominent on the cover. AS HE SHOULD BE.
Ralph needs this.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 10, 2015 16:22:09 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 10, 2015 22:54:30 GMT
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