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Post by Philip Ayres on May 6, 2012 12:53:04 GMT
Which recurring Dredd villains do you like Ralph?
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Post by The Doctor on May 6, 2012 13:32:20 GMT
I don't have any particular favourites, to be honest. I don't like the Dark Judges as they always take me out of the story and kill my suspension of disbelief.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 17, 2012 15:12:38 GMT
As a Dredd reader (on and off) of nearly 30 years I'm used to characters .... perhaps not meeting the best of ends.
However there is something rather upsetting about seeing Logan like he is in this issue.
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Post by legios on May 18, 2012 20:00:21 GMT
I don't think I ever got around to mentioning that I did persevere with "Darkies Mob" and it was indeed well worth doing so. Even for a war comic it is at times quite brutal, but somehow it never feels gratuitous, perhaps because of the setting - amongst the war in Burma, which saw a lot of brutality. But I think it is more that it doesn't seem to revel in its brutality. There are plenty of guest characters who appear in the strip briefly to throw into relief that whilst Joe Darkies actions, in brutalising and terrorising the men who follow him may be necessary in keeping them alive they are not necesarily good, and the stories ending actually lays out the central idea that those who survive that far are very damaged people with no capacity to return home - and that they themselves know this. The eventual pay-off to the mystery of who Joe Darkie is, and the source of his fierce vendetta against the Japanese works incredibly well too.
Not necessarily comfortable reading - and I doubt you'd be able to get away with it on the British newstand today anywhere other than 2000AD or the Megazine - but it is a very good story.
I have also finished reading the first (only?) trade of Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth's Stumptown. It is a decent gumshoe story, ticks all the right boxes in that regard. The art is nice as well - a non-photorealistic but heavily photo-referenced style gives it a distinct sense of place and feel. Unfortunately my general familiarity with the genre meant that a lot of the unravelling mystery was less mysterious to me, just through knowing where to look for the plot threads. But it was very well executed nevertheless.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 19, 2012 6:02:48 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 19, 2012 7:16:54 GMT
"featuring meticulous modern coloring"
And thus easy to avoid. A library try-out only. I hate it when art designed for black and white is coloured up. It never looks right.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 19, 2012 7:46:04 GMT
Inferno misses the humour that Dredd should have.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 19, 2012 7:53:07 GMT
It feels like it misses the point somewhat with Dredd taking everything very personally rather than in his usual way
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 20, 2012 20:39:23 GMT
Yes there is that, but the black humour was a bigger loss.
Poor Logan. Still interested to see what happens by the end of Day of Chaos and just what state MC-One is in by the end.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 21, 2012 22:39:22 GMT
Fortnately to make up for the Inferno let down several superior Dredd trades have passed my way:
The Complete PJ Maybe (progs 534, 592-594, 599, 632-634, 707-709, 820-822, 1204, 1210-1211 and Megazine 221-222 & 231-234) Now I like PJ Maybe. I like the original concept of the teenager murderer keeping an Adrian Mole esque diary. And I like what they've continued to do with the character.
The Pit (progs 970–999) Dredd goes to clean up a sector, fab stuff. A big expansion of the supporting cast with characters introduced here that are still around today.
The Henry Flint Collection (progs 1063-1065,1207-1208 Megazine 3.63, 214, 237, 258-259, 261-263) I bought this for the PJ Maybe story missing in the above trade that bridges that to the Tour of Duty (bellow)
Brothers of the Blood (progs 1186-1188, 1215-1222, 1280-1281, 1300-1301, 1350-1356, 1378-1381) This all about Dredd's new clone Rico, loved it apart from the Vienna kidnapped story: I don't get along with any subject matter involving demons. But it's a class act apart from that.
I'd already got Origins (1509–1519 & 1529–1535), Tour of Duty: Backlash (1520, 1536, 1542-1548, 2008, 1569-1581, 1589-1603, 1611-1612, 1628-1633) and Tour of Duty: Mega City Justice (1649-1667 & 2010, 1674-1693)
Any recomendations where to go now?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 27, 2012 22:05:16 GMT
Think you pretty much have all the solo trades as they are save for Heavy Metal Dredd - only buy it if you like Bisley/Hicklenton art. The stories aren't great, a few are fun but it's a bit meh.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 28, 2012 7:33:32 GMT
Hauled the two troublesome ones - America & Total War - cheap off AbeBooks last night!
Got Chief Judge's Man, Sin City and the Ezquerra Collection sitting here.
Might be reading too much Dredd.....
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 28, 2012 7:34:33 GMT
Oh and an ACE Trucking Co v1 for £18 BIN off eBay. Result there.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 1, 2012 19:24:50 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 3, 2012 21:34:52 GMT
Anyone got any of the old Titan Dredd trades? If so can you tell me what the contents are as there doesn't appear to be a list online.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 3, 2012 22:18:02 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 9, 2012 19:41:52 GMT
I had no idea THRILL POWER OVERLOAD had got a paperback release so grabbed it when in Belfast.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 10, 2012 21:15:50 GMT
Just got a cheap one from Amazon :-)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 13, 2012 10:56:15 GMT
F*** me the Dredd this week was depressing.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 13, 2012 17:31:37 GMT
Just got a cheap one from Amazon :-) Good man. I'm up to the start of the 90's section and wondering if Pat Mills will ever stop being bitter! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 13, 2012 18:27:13 GMT
No, he got left behind and out classed.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 14, 2012 17:50:11 GMT
Picked up Prog 1787 after a couple of years away. Yes, that's more like it. Dredd seems to be going somewhere again, and despite not having read any of the previous mega-epic it was very new-reader friendly.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 14, 2012 18:03:46 GMT
No, he got left behind and out classed. Then he did manage to come back - Black Siddha, Savage and the latter ABC Warriors stuff has been good. As was American Reaper. Biggest drag is Slaine. A character who is done and needs no more tales told. Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 14, 2012 18:27:32 GMT
Having read Thrill Power Overload, I know I would detest the man in person. Sometimes it's not always good to peek behind the curtain!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 14, 2012 18:33:38 GMT
I'm close to the end but I can't remember the last time I read anything so depressing....
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 18, 2012 20:36:02 GMT
The Dredd Reckoning blog this week made me go back and read the JD Megson story in the Henry Flint collection in a different light!
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 20, 2012 19:40:30 GMT
Picked up this week's issue in ASDA!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 21, 2012 12:18:51 GMT
As many of you know I have been trying to pick up a copy of the Rebellion Judge Dredd: America trade for some time.....
Well about a month ago I found one through AbeBooks at a reasonable price in Italy of all places.
It's just turned up.
It's in Italian.
My rage knows no bounds. If anyone says it's Karma for my actions over the last few days then they get a slap!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 21, 2012 15:33:59 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 21, 2012 19:06:04 GMT
Ralph needs the new trade of America, as his issues with that story are long gone.
In other news, Ralph is unhappy with the paper stock in the Harry 20 On The High Rock trade. It is like the loo roll that DC use in their trades.
-Ralph
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