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Post by The Doctor on Aug 6, 2022 14:57:50 GMT
I have.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 13, 2022 12:17:56 GMT
Tooth site now saying 21st Sept, Can see 27th elsewhere Now very late October, precise date varying depending where you look |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 13, 2022 12:18:30 GMT
So... Who among us has actually read the first three volumes? I've read some of the first one |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 22, 2022 16:48:08 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 15, 2023 11:56:43 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 15, 2023 12:04:10 GMT
Superb. Having that for sure.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 1, 2023 18:03:21 GMT
Monster Fun going monthly from June. I've generally found it to be a tad mediocre but well done Rebellion on growing an audience for a new title in the current market.
-Ralph
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Post by tomwe on Mar 3, 2023 10:11:42 GMT
Monster Fun going monthly from June. I've generally found it to be a tad mediocre but well done Rebellion on growing an audience for a new title in the current market. -Ralph My kids just haven't engaged with it. I bought the first year. That said, my son has just seemingly decided he wants to read more comics. Hmm. |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 3, 2023 10:32:05 GMT
Well that seems a positive.
I am not the target audience for Monster Fun, but too little of it is actually funny. I won't be resubbing. The art is generally good but too much of the writing is from Tooth writers and that is a very different discipline. I read The Beano from time to time and that does make me laugh.
The best strip in Monster Fun is Leopard of Lime Street...the one story that is not a joke strip. It feels like it was wandered in from a comic more like The Pheonix.
I thought the 'girls comic' specials were very good and it is a shame an ongoing title didn't come from them.
-Ralph
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Post by tomwe on Mar 3, 2023 12:40:50 GMT
I agree with The Doctor - my daughter *did* enjoy those (Misty, Tammy&Jinty) , but can't be bothered with Monster Fun.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 5, 2023 14:13:57 GMT
Yeah, pretty much the same, looks lovely but not really raising a chuckle.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 8, 2023 22:09:57 GMT
Picked up the first Steel Claw book ages ago and finally getting round to it now I have the hobby room properly organised.
It's great fun. Pretty mad.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 8, 2023 22:10:51 GMT
Yeah, pretty much the same, looks lovely but not really raising a chuckle. I wish Rebellion luck with it but I subbed for the first year and now I am out. I did my part to support it. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 29, 2023 11:48:45 GMT
There's a drinking game to be had when reading Trigan Empire. Take a shit every time the narration shouts: "AND THEN...IT HAPPENED!".
You'll be hee-hawed within a hundred pages.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 29, 2023 20:42:18 GMT
Take a what now?
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 30, 2023 7:33:29 GMT
A shot!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 30, 2023 20:46:07 GMT
Well that's alright then. I thought, blimey, the Doc's drinking games have gone a bit hardcore!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 30, 2023 22:06:25 GMT
AND THEN...IT HAPPENED!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 17, 2023 14:49:08 GMT
I am reading BELLA AT THE BAR and I am surprisingly emotionally engaged regarding whether she will make it to a top career in Gymnastics!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 17, 2023 21:19:28 GMT
Is the story complete? Will you actually find out? I can't remember if that one was in the humble bundle, I may have it.
Hibernia reckon their collection of 70s Valiant strip 'Sergeant Strong' will be available this week.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 17, 2023 21:41:47 GMT
It is 'Book One' but as it came out in 2018 and a 'Book Two' has not been released or solicited, I guess sales tanked.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 17, 2023 21:51:36 GMT
No! I hate it when that happens.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2023 9:09:51 GMT
Hibernia reckon their collection of 70s Valiant strip 'Sergeant Strong' will be available this week. Available now: www.comicsy.co.uk/hibernia/-Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 18, 2023 18:09:54 GMT
Ordered!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2023 18:20:09 GMT
As have I.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 19, 2023 21:34:19 GMT
Finally got around to reading Charlie's War. Been mainlining it the last 2 days. Blimey. It is good. I'd only read bits of it before.
Shame Rebellion haven't reprinted the material after Pat left in an additional volume. Maybe it's not as good but it would be nice to be able to read it. Has the end of the strip ever been reprinted?
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 25, 2023 11:43:17 GMT
As I make my way through a backlog of Treasury books bought in previous sales, three things currently stand out to me:
-The consistency and quality of the 'girls comics' stuff is superb. 'Fran of the Floods' in particular is BRILLIANT.
-'Wildcat' was a deeply shit comic. No wonder I barely remember it.
-The repeated meme in 'Trigan Empire' of: "AND THEN...IT HAPPENED!" gets me giggling every time.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 25, 2023 21:29:16 GMT
*checks*
Fran of the Floods was in the Treasury humble bundle. I'll give it a go after the news.
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Post by The Doctor on May 9, 2023 18:50:47 GMT
The exception to the girls comic quality rule is Sugar Jones. Fuck sakes, Pat.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 9, 2023 18:55:39 GMT
I'm half way through Fran - you're right, it's like Survivors!
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