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Post by The Doctor on Jun 27, 2019 20:59:09 GMT
Rebellion half price sale on their Treasury of British Comics line. Time to get Charley's War!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 1, 2019 13:01:22 GMT
Thoughly enjoyed the new Tammy/Jinty Special. Far more successful at reviving these types of comics than the Misty/Scream Specials have managed thus far. Good fun and some lovely art: Dani in particular.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 7, 2019 18:11:21 GMT
New Vigilant special arrived today. Feels thicker than the last one but that might be the paper.
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 11, 2019 19:05:15 GMT
Read the Vigilant. I love the premise behind this but it's just too confusing to read. Too many obscure characters; they'd be better off doing individual stories for each character to update them in an anthology style. By the end this was just words on the page, no idea what was going on.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 11, 2019 19:12:08 GMT
I had that feeling with the first one. Not read the 2nd one yet. So far, only the Tammy/Jinty Special has been 100% successful at reviving old characters in a format that makes sense. Cor/Buster had its moments. Both are worth doing again. I've found the two Scream Specials to be a tad impenetrable (though the second one showed a big improvement).
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 11, 2019 19:32:02 GMT
I think I'd agree with that completely. Having read the specials output by Rebellion this year, the Tammy/Jinty one was certainly the most enjoyable. I didn't get much from the Cor/Buster one.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 23, 2019 14:17:37 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 23, 2019 19:04:55 GMT
Jings. They have certainly pressed the 'Specials' button! No mention of The Vigilant, though.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 23, 2019 20:07:13 GMT
Goink! Twelve?!
That's bonkers. This year I took a sub out so I didn't have to worry about trying to find the specials, it seemed cheap enough and I think it was post free. But twelve would be quite an investment to make, especially if only one is directly 2000AD related. May have to be more choosy.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 22, 2020 18:00:57 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 22, 2020 18:09:37 GMT
The Vigilant collection says it features 'the trilogy' and is 128 pages so I presume a 3rd issue is due before then to tie up the story.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 22, 2020 21:20:42 GMT
Wouldn't that be in the mega list of specials if there was? 128 pages doesn't leave much space for part three given the previous two specials were 48 and 64. Sounds a bit odd. Has there been another short published anywhere?
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 23, 2020 7:07:33 GMT
Don't think so.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 26, 2020 22:34:54 GMT
Think I'll sub for the 2020 Specials. I did so for the 2019 ones, which was handy, but there are so many this year I'll never be able to keep track of when they're out in newsagents!
The Furmanator has a story in the Smash special.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 26, 2020 22:56:27 GMT
I'd like to, to experience the variety on offer, but I don't think I will. I think several of those I'd be reading for the sake of it and I do enough of that as it is. I'm also in that four month run where I put away £40 a month to pay for the annual combi sub.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 3, 2020 22:24:44 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 3, 2020 22:28:20 GMT
Ah, well that answers that question then.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 3, 2020 22:31:00 GMT
Either the newsstand issues didn't sell enough and/or there wasn't room for it in the deluge of 2020 Specials. Still at least it gets a conclusion. One wonders if there any readers who bought the Specials who don't read the Megazine.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 3, 2020 22:59:41 GMT
Doubt it. But it explains the odd page count for the trade.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 3, 2020 23:34:01 GMT
Remind me what the Vigilant was again?
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2020 13:06:57 GMT
A team of old UK comic characters rebooted as a team book. Two Specials were published in 2018 and 2019 as part of Rebellion's current approach of throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks after they acquired the rights to many out of print comics.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 4, 2020 21:10:47 GMT
Significant to us because it's written by Simon Furman.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 4, 2020 21:11:36 GMT
Albeit incomprehensibly.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 20, 2020 19:56:57 GMT
Think I'll sub for the 2020 Specials. I did so for the 2019 ones, which was handy, but there are so many this year I'll never be able to keep track of when they're out in newsagents! The Furmanator has a story in the Smash special. -Ralph Glad I did go for the sub now the Chaos Bugger has shut stuff down. The Action 2020 Special (with shop exclusive reprint of an old Action issue) arrived today. Sadly, it was sent in the usual 2000ad flimsy envelope so slightly bashed but hey ho. Looking forward to reading it. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 7, 2020 17:58:12 GMT
Action 2020 was mostly pretty decent, I thought.
Cor/Buster Easter Special was the same as last year's humour special: great art but it just doesn't make me laugh, alas.
-Ralph
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Post by tomwe on May 26, 2020 10:24:53 GMT
Did anyone else order the SMASH special? Looks ace but am surprised by the size - it's US format like The Vigilent rather than bigger like Action was. Quite surprised.
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Post by The Doctor on May 26, 2020 11:53:59 GMT
The SMASH! Special has arrived. Utterly puzzled as to why it is printed at US comic size. Um.
-Ralph
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Post by tomwe on May 26, 2020 16:42:40 GMT
The SMASH! Special has arrived. Utterly puzzled as to why it is printed at US comic size. Um. -Ralph I posted the same over in the 2000AD thread, sorry it belongs here doesn't it. The Vigilant was the same of course, but with the Action special being prog-size the rules seem to be out the window. There's also what was said on a recent Thrillcast: that this issue will not make it to newsagents due to COVID-19, so maybe they are cutting their losses? |
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Post by The Doctor on May 26, 2020 17:00:40 GMT
Most newsagents wouldn't have got in the recent Action or Cor/Buster Specials either. I also imagine the page dimensions were worked out quite some ago: artists need to know.
It also has a barcode and price on it.
I am *guessing* the dimensions of the mag don't have anything to with how it is available for sale. It's the same rrp as the Action Special.
I'm not fussed what size the Specials are though it does vex me slightly that they can't pick a size and stick to it.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 5, 2020 14:41:28 GMT
Roy of the Rovers Summer Special arrived (albeit mangled to buggery). Ho hum. The editorial mentions coronavirus so Rebellion are still working on these Specials to some extent rather than being done a while ago. I guess they did have enough pre-orders from the shop to make them viable.
-Ralph
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