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Title: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 27 June, 2019, 01:23:20 PM
Judge Dredd - Mechanismo: Machine Law (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Judge-Dredd-Mechanismo-Machine-Law/dp/1781087547) -  Paperback, 96 pages, 3rd March 2020

A buddy cop tale like no other! Man and mechanismo, on the mean streets of Mega-City One. The next chapter in the legendary Judge Dredd epic, penned by incomparable Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner

With Mega-City one eating Judges faster than they can be replaced, the Justice Department prepares once more to trial a radical solution for their manpower shortage: The Mark-8 RV Mechanismo unit, robotic judges programmed to deal with everything the city can throw at them, with freshly programmed AIs designed to empathise with the citizens they'll encounter.

Judge Dredd himself has never hid his feelings on granting judicial powers to machines, but the responsive, resilient and ultimately expendable machines may be the answer to the justice department's
[sic] problems. Dredd is ordered to put aside his prejudices and conduct an assessment with one of the latest models, nicknamed HARVEY...

(https://i.imgur.com/3SZO5LO.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 27 June, 2019, 01:23:36 PM
Kingmaker: A World Lost (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingmaker-World-Lost-Ian-Edginton/dp/1781087571) - Paperback, 144 pages, 7th April 2020

Lord Of The Rings meets Independence Day in this brand-new fantasy epic from the pages of 2000 AD!

The MAGIC IS GATHERING!

The inhabitants of the Nine Kingdoms fought hard to liberate their world from the tyranny of Ichnar the Wraith King. Little did they suspect that a greater threat would soon fall upon them in the form of the Thorn - a race of aliens intent on strip-mining all of the magic from the world.

Now old enemies have formed an alliance - Wizard Ablard, ork Crixus and the dryad Princess Yarrow have set aside their differences and are seeking to use the Ebora world spirit against the invaders...


(https://i.imgur.com/moSv7WB.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 02 July, 2019, 11:30:45 AM
Courtesy of the legendary Frank:

Quote from: Frank on 29 June, 2019, 07:18:01 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/9eQc0Zf.png)

Order early, order often:  LINK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781087512/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_U_-.5fDbBF0GPJB?fbclid=IwAR09D8TBxXgArqQDfoXrMJaGxOaWnM5tBIH73jRpwu-SnzXP-H6bOofU0m4)

208 pages, 9th January 2020.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 02 July, 2019, 11:37:36 AM
The Complete Johnny Future: The Missing Link (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Johnny-Future-Missing-Link/dp/178108758X) - 208 pages, 30th April 2020

What if 'King Kong becomes Superman'?

The complete hardcover collection of breath-taking Pulp adventure comics - beloved by fans and the creators it inspired – Alan Moore among them! 

'The Missing Link' - a creature of limitless strength, is drawn to Britain in pursuit of an expedition party he encountered in his homeland. The man-ape causes havoc until he accidentally stumbles into an experimental nuclear research facility and is bombarded by radiation. Instead of killing him, the creature evolves into an advanced human.

Now possessing a genius mind, super-strength, enhanced senses and the ability to fly, as Johnny Future he protects mankind from such sinister beings as The Master, Disastro, Animal Man and the Secret Society of Scientists.


(https://i.imgur.com/MEj7Wal.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 02 July, 2019, 11:39:39 AM
Masters of British Comics (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Masters-British-Comics-David-Roach/dp/1781087598) Hardcover, 336 pages, 2nd April 2020

This wildly entertaining and educational tome is a journey through the history of British comics - from the birth of the 20th century to the 80s invasion of American comics by the likes of Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons and Kevin O'Neil (to name but a few), right up to today's up-and-coming British art stars and the talents of tomorrow.

Revealing the extraordinary history of the UK's prolific comic book industry from the 19th Century to the 21st, this ground breaking volume celebrates the incredible artists who made a huge impact on British comics and would go on to revolutionize the industry on a global scale. Featuring a Who's Who of talent, including Brian Bolland, Yvonne Hutton, Dave Gibbons, celebrated greats such as Don Lawrence and lost masters like Reg Bunn and Shirley Bellwood. Author and 2000 AD artist David Roach takes us on a journey through time detailing the surprising and fascinating evolution of the art from its humble beginnings to its current world-conquering status.

Including artwork from a vast number highly-acclaimed artists, carefully scanned from original artwork, Masters of British Comic Art is the definitive study and celebration of a beloved industry.[/i
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 02 July, 2019, 11:42:48 AM
Battle Stations: War Picture Library (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Stations-War-Picture-Library/dp/1781087520) - Hardcover, 64 pages, 20th February 2020

The first in a major series of new collections bringing the long lost UK war comics of Italian art maestro Hugo Pratt to the public in stunning new editions.

Two brothers of differing rank have to make extraordinary sacrifices in the line of the toughest duty.

This is a true story of courage under fire; a high-octane story of a blistering World War II naval battle. All illustrated by Hugo Pratt, one of the world's most renowned comic book artists. This thrilling war picture story marks the beginning of the Treasury of British Comics mission to return all of Pratt's UK work to print. Published in an oversized format befitting the importance of his incredible and highly influential artwork.


(https://i.imgur.com/tFHplgs.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 02 July, 2019, 11:46:28 AM
Sexton Blake!  Brilliant!

Sexton Blake and the Great War (Sexton Blake Library Book 1) (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sexton-Blake-Great-Library-Book/dp/1781087822) - Paperback, 430 pages, 20th February 2020

As brilliant as Sherlock Holmes. As daring as James Bond. Sexton Blake, the adventuring detective, is back! This first volume of a new series reinstates one of literatures greatest detectives - back in print for the first time in decades!

For nearly a century, Sexton Blake was the most written about character in British fiction. He starred in approximately four thousand stories by nearly two hundred authors. A cross between Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones, he was a publishing phenomenon, read by young and old alike.

This collection is comprised of three stories from UNION JACK magazine dating from World War I and the lead up to it:

THE CASE OF THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES by Norman Goddard (1908).
Sexton Blake catches the Kaiser spying on British naval manoeuvres, dangles from a Zeppelin, impersonates a German soldier, fights the Kaiser on top of a train, is thrown into the Thames by Anarchists, and forces the German Emperor into a confrontation with the British Prime Minister.

ON WAR SERVICE by Cecil Hayter (1916).
Sexton Blake ventures into occupied Holland to deliver a vital despatch to a secret agent, fights enemy spies, escapes from a burning house, is pursued by the German cavalry, disguises himself as a simple labourer, captures and impersonates enemy agents, faces a firing squad, and makes a daring escape through a secret tunnel.

PRIVATE TINKER — A.S.C. by William Murray Graydon (1915).
Tinker makes a mistake, joins up under an assumed name, is sent to the front line, evades enemy troops, and is blown up. Blake enters a battle zone and gets shot. Tinker flies a reconnaissance mission, crash-lands behind enemy lines, causes an enemy supply train to crash into a German troop carrier, liberates French prisoners, rescues a colonel, foils attempted sabotage, and is declared a hero.


(https://i.imgur.com/0uWsk9l.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 02 July, 2019, 11:52:05 AM
Great to see a story by ESB included in the collection.  I do think the synopses give a little bit too much away though... like the entire stories!

Sexton Blake and the Master Crooks (Sexton Blake Library Book 2) (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sexton-Blake-Master-Crooks-Library/dp/178108789X) - Paperback, 430 pages, 14th April 2020

As brilliant as Sherlock Holmes. As daring as James Bond. Sexton Blake, the adventuring detective, is back! This second volume of a new series reinstates one of literatures greatest detectives - back in print for the first time in decades!
For nearly a century, Sexton Blake was the most written about character in British fiction. He starred in approximately four thousand stories by nearly two hundred authors. A cross between Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones, he was a publishing phenomenon, read by young and old alike.

This second collection is comprised of three stories from UNION JACK featuring characters from the first wave of master crooks.

THE CASE OF THE MAN IN MOTLEY by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) (1919).
Sexton Blake literally crosses swords with the most stylish of his enemies; engages in a car chase; discovers a murdered clown; fights on the brink of an incinerator; and recovers a stolen diamond.

PRINCE PRETENCE by Lewis Jackson (Jack Lewis) (1921)
A labour leader is abducted and impersonated by Leon Kestrel; the French lottery is won; Sexton Blake's efforts are sabotaged and he is arrested; an imposter is exposed; a master crook is caught; a grotesque dwarf is visited; Tinker is kidnapped for ransom and threatened with being walled up in the Paris catacombs; Blake comes to the rescue; and the villains, though defeated, escape.

THE WONDER MAN'S CHALLENGE by Edwy Searles Brooks (1921)
Waldo the Wonder-Man robs a bank, climbs a sheer wall, walks a tightrope, steals a biplane and a necklace, and challenges Sexton Blake to catch him. Blake puts Pedro on the trail, spots a deception, and has a confrontation in a pub. Tinker picks a pocket. Waldo climbs up a chimney, swings onto a train, and flees defeated.



(https://i.imgur.com/jAY3cTk.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 06 July, 2019, 12:58:48 PM
I am not familiar with this title but it looks interesting enough

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-complete-johnny-future-is-coming-in.html (http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-complete-johnny-future-is-coming-in.html)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: rs_jr on 07 July, 2019, 01:02:15 AM
any date on when the first collection of the Trigan empire is coming out?
thanks
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 07 July, 2019, 10:30:50 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 06 July, 2019, 12:58:48 PM
I am not familiar with this title but it looks interesting enough

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-complete-johnny-future-is-coming-in.html (http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-complete-johnny-future-is-coming-in.html)

Thanks broodblik.  We've got that one - fourth post from the top.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 07 July, 2019, 10:32:40 AM
Quote from: rs_jr on 07 July, 2019, 01:02:15 AM
any date on when the first collection of the Trigan empire is coming out?
thanks

19th March 2020, according to Amazon UK: The Rise and Fall of The Trigan Empire Volume One (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Fall-Trigan-Empire-One/dp/1781087555) - 304 pages.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 28 July, 2019, 08:52:54 AM
Yeah baby!

Kingdom Vol. 4: Alpha and Omega (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingdom-Vol-4-Alpha-Omega/dp/1781087539) - Paperback, 144 pages, 6th February 2020

"Mad Max with talking animals"

The latest collection of 2000 AD's latest breakout success from the mind of NYP bestselling SF and Warhammer author Dan Abnett!

After dragging Gene to their faltering cryogenic space station and abandoning his pack to the swarming insect "Them", the masters are how holding Gene in idyllic V.R. suspension.

Rescued before execution by an old friend, and joined by a terrorist working to undermine the master's grip on the world below, Gene forms a tenuous alliance.  The three must work together to infiltrate the master's security systems and steal the codes to their massively destructive arsenal. But Gene might not be prepared for what else he finds...


The publisher is listed as "Solaris".

(https://i.imgur.com/9iSFDM1.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 28 July, 2019, 08:56:37 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 02 July, 2019, 11:42:48 AM
Battle Stations: War Picture Library (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Stations-War-Picture-Library/dp/1781087520) - Hardcover, 64 pages, 20th February 2020

The first in a major series of new collections bringing the long lost UK war comics of Italian art maestro Hugo Pratt to the public in stunning new editions.

Two brothers of differing rank have to make extraordinary sacrifices in the line of the toughest duty.

This is a true story of courage under fire; a high-octane story of a blistering World War II naval battle. All illustrated by Hugo Pratt, one of the world's most renowned comic book artists. This thrilling war picture story marks the beginning of the Treasury of British Comics mission to return all of Pratt's UK work to print. Published in an oversized format befitting the importance of his incredible and highly influential artwork.



More on this title: https://downthetubes.net/?p=109551 (https://downthetubes.net/?p=109551)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Lorenzo on 28 July, 2019, 10:39:00 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 28 July, 2019, 08:52:54 AMThe publisher is listed as "Solaris".

That's odd, or maybe even concerning. Is Rebellion not going to publish its own stuff? Has Abnett/Elson got the rights to publish elsewhere? Or is it a mistake?

Anyone got any more info on this?

EDIT: Scratch that! Quick Google reveals, to me at least, that Rebellion owns Solaris. D'oh!  :-[
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rogue Judge on 29 July, 2019, 03:13:34 PM
Very excited to see Kingdom vol.4! Does anyone know how many volumes Abnett has planned for Kingdom?  I think I read somewhere that this series has a definitive ending.

I'm hoping to see a third volume of Lawless and a second volume of Jaegir in 2020 as well.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 29 July, 2019, 03:48:59 PM
The last series running from prog 2100- 2110 called Alpha and Omega is suppose to be the last series. The ending is leaves a lot of questions open for me. I hope we get another series but that might be wishful thinking.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 29 July, 2019, 06:00:25 PM
The last series was definitely not the final one. So said Mr Abnett when I bumped into him recently in Eastbourne.

SBT
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 29 July, 2019, 09:14:44 PM
Yeah was confirmed in the letters page too a few months ago - I needed reminding of that! Chuffed but if it was going to end that would have been a decent ending.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 29 July, 2019, 09:23:23 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 29 July, 2019, 09:14:44 PM
Chuffed but if it was going to end that would have been a decent ending.

I think we have to salute DAbnett — knowing that the Elson droid is much in demand, it's a smart move to end the book with a neat wrap-up if you've no idea how long it will be before you can do another.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rogue Judge on 29 July, 2019, 10:19:58 PM
Thanks for the info, glad to hear Kingdom will continue! Hopefully sooner than later...seems I cant get enough Abnett these days.

I read the prog digitally but wait reading certain titles until collected and printed. Kingdom being one of these, so I haven't read Alpha and Omega yet. Waiting is tough...tougher and tough, but I love binge reading it!

Another novel would hold me over just fine in the meantime, as Fiefdom was fantastic too.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 30 July, 2019, 04:14:03 AM
Good news (and glad to be wrong). I actually missed the news about Kingdom in the letter pages.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 03 August, 2019, 02:21:43 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 02 July, 2019, 11:39:39 AM
Masters of British Comics (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Masters-British-Comics-David-Roach/dp/1781087598) Hardcover, 336 pages, 2nd April 2020

This wildly entertaining and educational tome is a journey through the history of British comics - from the birth of the 20th century to the 80s invasion of American comics by the likes of Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons and Kevin O'Neil (to name but a few), right up to today's up-and-coming British art stars and the talents of tomorrow.

Revealing the extraordinary history of the UK's prolific comic book industry from the 19th Century to the 21st, this ground breaking volume celebrates the incredible artists who made a huge impact on British comics and would go on to revolutionize the industry on a global scale. Featuring a Who's Who of talent, including Brian Bolland, Yvonne Hutton, Dave Gibbons, celebrated greats such as Don Lawrence and lost masters like Reg Bunn and Shirley Bellwood. Author and 2000 AD artist David Roach takes us on a journey through time detailing the surprising and fascinating evolution of the art from its humble beginnings to its current world-conquering status.

Including artwork from a vast number highly-acclaimed artists, carefully scanned from original artwork, Masters of British Comic Art is the definitive study and celebration of a beloved industry.


(https://i.imgur.com/CEYGzPv.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 03 August, 2019, 02:23:33 PM
Rupert's going to get done for running on a crossing.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 03 August, 2019, 02:39:56 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 03 August, 2019, 02:23:33 PM
Rupert's going to get done for running on a crossing.

Kolvorok's going to get done for jaywalking first!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 03 August, 2019, 02:52:14 PM
What a fantastic cover!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Fungus on 04 August, 2019, 11:33:46 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 03 August, 2019, 02:23:33 PM
Rupert's going to get done for running on a crossing.

Unlikely, not like there's a copper in sight.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 05 August, 2019, 12:54:07 PM
My first thought was that Dredd is holding his daystick the wrong way around, but I suppose it doesn't matter which way around if he's not holding it by the grip.  He could have just drawn it from the holder on his belt; or just about be ready to slide it back.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 05 August, 2019, 03:02:58 PM
He's just getting ready for simultaneous hang the bear (mutie), take out armed insurgent (daystick to head) while simultaneously taking out armed insurrectionist (with lawgiver). Two seconds later, this is a very different, bloodier scene.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Frank on 09 August, 2019, 07:40:59 PM

This interview with our own Steve Green and Other Steve about their 2000ad fan films concludes with exciting news:

QuoteSteve Sterlacchini and the team are currently working with artist Mick McMahon and writer Sam Read, to produce an original new comic book "Joe And His Killer Robot Dad" for ages 12 and up. Due to be launched at Thought Bubble Comic Con in the UK this November

https://finalboss.io/judge-minty/


Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: rs_jr on 14 August, 2019, 09:49:23 AM
Does Rebellion have the right for Don Lawrence Carl the viking ?

How has the rights for english publications for his Storm series?

Thanks
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Lorenzo on 14 August, 2019, 05:15:32 PM
Didn't know where to put this, it may also be old news:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-49277449 (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-49277449)
This article from the Beeb talks about Charlie Adlard (Walking Dead fame) teaming up with Robbie Morrison (Nikolai Dante) to write a story "Provisionally titled Heretic, it will feature Cornelius Agrippa, a real-life character from the Spanish Inquisition era in a fictional, supernatural setting." Sounds like something 2000AD would run but I'm not sure.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Frank on 14 August, 2019, 05:30:24 PM

Charlie Adlard is permanently out of Tharg's price range. He definitely doesn't need to sell all rights to get his stuff published - he's probably interested in working with French publishers* for the reasons Pat Mills has outlined.


* Plus, he doesn't seem interested in superheroes.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Lorenzo on 14 August, 2019, 05:39:59 PM
Oh well. It sounded kinda interesting. The fact that he is working with Robbie Morrison got me a bit excited that it may be a Tharg type thing. I'll just have to wait and see where it pops up.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Frank on 14 August, 2019, 05:45:17 PM
Quote from: Lorenzo on 14 August, 2019, 05:39:59 PM
Oh well. It sounded kinda interesting. The fact that he is working with Robbie Morrison got me a bit excited that it may be a Tharg type thing. I'll just have to wait and see where it pops up.

Thanks for posting it, mate. For whatever reason, Morrison hasn't worked for Tharg for 6 years (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1815).


Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Greg M. on 14 August, 2019, 05:52:43 PM
Quote from: Frank on 14 August, 2019, 05:45:17 PM
For whatever reason, Morrison hasn't worked for Tharg for 6 years (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1815).

Not on a regular basis, true, but he was at least in the 40th Anniversary Prog in 2017.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 17 September, 2019, 05:50:19 PM
New ad for Third World War:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEq_-CjW4AIvfqM.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 18 September, 2019, 08:29:11 AM
That's a really nice Ad.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: I, Cosh on 18 September, 2019, 09:25:04 AM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 18 September, 2019, 08:29:11 AM
That's a really nice Ad.
It's the poster we got free in the Prog wasn't it?

Edit: I'm not saying it's not nice, by the way!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 18 September, 2019, 12:33:34 PM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 18 September, 2019, 08:29:11 AM
That's a really nice Ad.

I agree. It's a bit weird though that the GN cover and spine don't state "Book 1" anywhere. I'm pretty sure from the page count and creator credits we're only getting the first book out of three (or was it four?) in this book.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Frank on 18 September, 2019, 07:28:30 PM
Quote from: MumboJimbo on 18 September, 2019, 12:33:34 PM
It's a bit weird though that the GN cover and spine don't state "Book 1" anywhere. I'm pretty sure from the page count and creator credits we're only getting the first book out of three (or was it four?) in this book.

Presumably, like every other book, whether we get another volume depends on sales of this one.

We're gagging for this, but half the readership hate Pat Mills's politicking* and associate Crisis with the end of their personal Golden Age.


* Because the ideological bias in Nemesis, Slaine and Charley's War was subtle?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 18 September, 2019, 08:03:57 PM
The later books of TWW were not as good, so the plan might just be to do book 1, which is a self-contained story with an actual ending.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: RaggedMan on 18 September, 2019, 10:46:38 PM
That would be a shame, the return to the UK and it's deep dive into racism, Ireland, the Amazon-like working conditions are in no way subtle but there's a lot of good stuff in there. The Hickleton art on Chief Inspector Ryan surpasses anything he did on Torquemada. I think TWW starts to lose itself as Eve becomes sidelined out of the story to concentrate on Lyatt and Finn and only turns up occasionally for a lecture - like Danu in Slaine. There's probably something interesting in looking at the bleed between Mills 2000ad work and Crisis and Diceman.
Anyway, I was 14/15 when this came out and ripe for some blatant lefty propaganda comics. I bloody loved Crisis.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: TordelBack on 18 September, 2019, 10:53:31 PM
Yeah, I was going to say I actually preferred the Eve/BADS/Ryan era to the earlier material. I didn't think I ever got as far as the later Finn stuff, though. For some reason I thought this was going to be a single volume omnibus, but I suppose I can live with multiple collections if they happen.

I will confess to finding Crisis hugely educational- subjects like Haile Salassi and the Mau Mau were only vaguely familiar before Pat tuned me in.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 19 September, 2019, 12:18:03 AM
Quote from: Frank on 18 September, 2019, 07:28:30 PM

Presumably, like every other book, whether we get another volume depends on sales of this one.

We're gagging for this, but half the readership hate Pat Mills's politicking* and associate Crisis with the end of their personal Golden Age.


Somebody actually asked the Treasury of British Comics twitter account today whether they'd do the rest of it, and as you guessed the answer was that it depends on the sale of the first one. That's a backtrack from when it was originally announced, as they did say it would be complete. Oh well. I don't blame them at all, they're a business and this is the first Crisis reprint (I think) so I guess it will be hard to predict sales.

All we can do it is buy the first one and hope for the best!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 19 September, 2019, 12:19:50 AM
Page count, creator credits etc. suggest this will cover TWW up to the end of Carlos's run on the strip (Crisis #21). Not sure whether they will include the Hicklenton/Fegredo/McCarthy episodes as they're not listed on the cover, but I can't see any reason why not and I think the page count would back up seeing all of them included.

Another two or three books would see the whole of TWW collected, but I think there may be a few factors working against that:

-- Much as I enjoy the later stories, I think it's fair to say that the earlier sections of TWW are the strongest as a collection. The later tales are interesting, but less focused.

-- Pat Mills and Carlos Ezquerra are big names in British comics, and a mainly Mills/Ezquerra collection is an easier sell than a Mills + artist of the fortnight/month billing as TWW became later on. Hicklenton is an idiosyncratic genius, and I adore his work on TWW, but he's not an artist who has the same draw to a wider audience that Ezquerra does (leaving aside the question of whether part of the Treasury remit should be to educate and promote artists like Hicklenton, of course) and other artists like Sean Phillips or Duncan Fegredo may be bigger names now, but they contributed just a few episodes each and their best work was ahead of them at this point.

-- In terms of repro/presentation, being able to use scans of the original TWW artwork from the Ezquerra family archives is a huge plus for doing the artwork justice, as well as another selling point that you wouldn't have with later collections.

I'm sure that if TWW sells well, future volumes will be forthcoming - hell, I'd be surprised if Turbo Jones was a massive seller and that didn't stop Loner getting a collection - but for now I'm just chuffed to see this reprinted. 
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 19 September, 2019, 12:29:58 AM
Quote from: The Amstor Computer on 19 September, 2019, 12:19:50 AM
Page count, creator credits etc. suggest this will cover TWW up to the end of Carlos's run on the strip (Crisis #21). 

I don't think that's right. Book 1 ran from issue 1 to issue 14. Throughout that run Crisis was 32 pages long with 2 stories of 14 pages each. 14x14=196, which is 12 pages less than advertised page count of 208. If you allow for cover reprints, intro, title page etc. it's looking very likely it's just Book 1.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 19 September, 2019, 09:34:08 AM
Quote from: MumboJimbo on 19 September, 2019, 12:29:58 AM
Quote from: The Amstor Computer on 19 September, 2019, 12:19:50 AM
Page count, creator credits etc. suggest this will cover TWW up to the end of Carlos's run on the strip (Crisis #21). 

I don't think that's right. Book 1 ran from issue 1 to issue 14. Throughout that run Crisis was 32 pages long with 2 stories of 14 pages each. 14x14=196, which is 12 pages less than advertised page count of 208. If you allow for cover reprints, intro, title page etc. it's looking very likely it's just Book 1.

Actually, yeah - you're entirely right. I'd forgotten how long the individual episodes of TWW were in the earlier issues of Crisis (I was remembering them as closer to 8-10 pages for some reason). With the extra front/back matter in a collection, I think you're bang on.

It also makes the collection more of a cohesive whole - IIRC it would be all Carlos bar two mid-point fill-in episodes from D'Israeli and Angie Kincaid, plus a McCarthy section in one episode, and wrapping cleanly with Book 1.

Cheers!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 19 September, 2019, 12:42:33 PM
Quote from: MumboJimbo on 19 September, 2019, 12:18:03 AM
Oh well. I don't blame them at all, they're a business and this is the first Crisis reprint (I think) so I guess it will be hard to predict sales.

All we can do it is buy the first one and hope for the best!


There have been reprints of other stories from Crisis, but I think this is the first time 3WW has been.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 19 September, 2019, 12:49:18 PM
Quote from: The Amstor Computer on 19 September, 2019, 12:19:50 AM
-- Pat Mills and Carlos Ezquerra are big names in British comics, and a mainly Mills/Ezquerra collection is an easier sell than a Mills + artist of the fortnight/month billing as TWW became later on. Hicklenton is an idiosyncratic genius, and I adore his work on TWW, but he's not an artist who has the same draw to a wider audience that Ezquerra does (leaving aside the question of whether part of the Treasury remit should be to educate and promote artists like Hicklenton, of course) and other artists like Sean Phillips or Duncan Fegredo may be bigger names now, but they contributed just a few episodes each and their best work was ahead of them at this point.


Amongst us Carlos is definitely the biggest name.  Internationally I'd suspect he's on a par with Sean and Duncan.  Outside of comics I think John may have a claim to the biggest name, due to winning two Grierson Awards for the Here's Johnny documentary and his final work, 100 Months.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 12 October, 2019, 10:11:11 AM
Strontium Dog - Search & Destroy - The Star Lord Years

..in hard cover, with the colour pages in colour!  Coming in June 2020.

(https://i.imgur.com/XPLJZCv.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: hippynumber1 on 12 October, 2019, 12:30:26 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 19 September, 2019, 12:42:33 PM
Quote from: MumboJimbo on 19 September, 2019, 12:18:03 AM
Oh well. I don't blame them at all, they're a business and this is the first Crisis reprint (I think) so I guess it will be hard to predict sales.

All we can do it is buy the first one and hope for the best!


There have been reprints of other stories from Crisis, but I think this is the first time 3WW has been.

It would seem it has been reprinted previously:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F392436330662
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rogue Judge on 12 October, 2019, 03:09:57 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 12 October, 2019, 10:11:11 AM
Strontium Dog - Search & Destroy - The Star Lord Years

..in hard cover, with the colour pages in colour!  Coming in June 2020.

(https://i.imgur.com/XPLJZCv.jpg)

YES! This is exactly the treatment Strontium Dog deserves - A nice hardback with color spreads. Thank you Tharg!! Hopefully they will publish the 2000ad years in the same format (please!).
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 12 October, 2019, 03:57:11 PM
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 12 October, 2019, 12:30:26 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 19 September, 2019, 12:42:33 PM
Quote from: MumboJimbo on 19 September, 2019, 12:18:03 AM
Oh well. I don't blame them at all, they're a business and this is the first Crisis reprint (I think) so I guess it will be hard to predict sales.

All we can do it is buy the first one and hope for the best!


There have been reprints of other stories from Crisis, but I think this is the first time 3WW has been.

It would seem it has been reprinted previously:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F392436330662

No it hasn't. That eBay item is the forthcoming new one. I don't know if that's above board or not.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 12 October, 2019, 04:03:05 PM
The only reprints I recall were the squarebound Fleetway set from 1990.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 04:06:42 AM
Devlin Waugh: Blood Debt (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781087679) - Paperback, 176 pages, 23rd July 2020

(https://i.imgur.com/X8uuK7w.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 04:07:40 AM
Death Squad (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781087687) - Paperback, 128 pages, 6th August 2020

Alan Hebden, Carlos Exquerra, Eric Bradbury

An all-out all-action, complete-in-one brutal war story from the pages of the classic war comic, Battle, hugely influential on Preacher and The Boys creator Garth Ennis.

Meet the deadliest band of fighters on the Eastern Front!

During world War Two the Eastern Front was hell on Earth. German Punishment Battalions were thrown into the thick of the conflict where they were  expected to fight well and die hard. In these harshest of conditions only the strongest warriors survived. Enter the Death Squad – Grandad, Swede, Licker, Gus and Frankie. Alone they were failures and outcasts, but together they were one of the most formidable combat units the Russians ever faced!


(https://i.imgur.com/iW2KL81.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 04:10:18 AM
Battler Briton by Hugo Pratt: War Picture Library (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781087660) - Hardcover, 64 pages, 9th July 2020

Battler Britton is an air ace who is as skilled a fighter on land as in his Spitfire. In 1960 Hugo Pratt drew two of his adventures, Wagons of Gold and Rockets of Revenge, and they are reprinted here in graphic novel format for the first time.

Two fast-paced adventure stories featuring the classic British character, Battler Britton as he faces off against the Nazis


(https://i.imgur.com/49IXaVr.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 04:13:31 AM
Sexton Blake's Allies (Sexton Blake Library Book 3) (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781087954) - Paperback, 280 pages, 25th June 2019 (??? assuming this should be a 2020 date ???)

For nearly a century, Sexton Blake was the most written about character in British fiction. He starred in approximately four thousand stories by nearly two hundred authors. A cross between Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones, he was a publishing phenomenon, read by young and old alike.

Comprised of three more "Golden Age" stories from UNION JACK, in which Sexton Blake discusses the various reporters, adventurers, Scotland Yard men and private detectives with whom he worked.


(https://i.imgur.com/rQ2ty1G.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 04:15:56 AM
Sexton Blake on the Home Front (Sexton Blake Library Book 4) (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781088020) Paperback, 250 pages, 6th August 2020

The fourth thrilling collection of classic stories welcoming back the adventuring detective as brilliant as Sherlock Holmes and as daring as James Bond.

For nearly a century, Sexton Blake was the most written about character in British fiction. He starred in approximately four thousand stories by nearly two hundred authors. A cross between Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones, he was a publishing phenomenon, read by young and old alike.


(https://i.imgur.com/z7WqebE.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 15 October, 2019, 06:19:13 AM
Very happy to see more Hugo Platt stuff. Rebellion is nailing this stuff!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Greg M. on 15 October, 2019, 07:42:53 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 04:07:40 AM
Death Squad (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781087687) - Paperback, 128 pages, 6th August 2020

Alan Hebden, Carlos Exquerra, Eric Bradbury

An all-out all-action, complete-in-one brutal war story from the pages of the classic war comic, Battle, hugely influential on Preacher and The Boys creator Garth Ennis.

Excellent - one I remember vividly from my youth, particularly Licker, the Arnold Rimmer of the squad. My kind of character! That's a must-buy.

Maybe The Sarge could turn out to be hugely influential on Garth Ennis too...
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 15 October, 2019, 08:05:15 AM
Quote from: Greg M. on 15 October, 2019, 07:42:53 AM
Maybe The Sarge could turn out to be hugely influential on Garth Ennis too...

The Sarge was always my favourite as a kid - I was a fool and didn't fully appreciate the wonder that was Charley's War back then. Figure they'll get to it eventually given the sterling work being done to date.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 10:28:21 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 15 October, 2019, 06:19:13 AM
Rebellion is nailing this stuff!

They certainly are!  I'm glad to see more Carlos being released (not to mention Alan Hebden and Eric Bradbury, especially the latter - just read "Invasion 1984" on the weekend), and also further releases in the Sexton Blake line.  I thought they'd wait to see how the first two do but this is great.  I really hope they re-release the "Crime at Christmas" stories by Gwyn Evans.

I also read halfway through my copy of Sweeny Toddler yesterday.  Absolutely brilliant release!  I would love to see a companion volume with Sweeny stories by the other writers and artists, and I still hold out hopes we'll see a complete "Bad Time Bed Time" collection in hardback.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 10:57:36 AM
Judge Dredd: Control (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781087776/) - Paperback, 128 pages, 7th July 2020

Following on from the best selling Judge Dredd Small House this thrilling new modern classic by two of the greatest contemporary Dredd writers and artists.

The psychopathic SJS Judge Pin murders officers that fall short of her standards, and Judge Dredd is in her sights in this collection of stories featuring flesh-eating Kleggs, hijacking ape gangs and out of control war robots reprogrammed by insane accountants in tales ranging from deathly serious to outrageously funny, all from one of the most popular contemporary Dredd writer/artist teams; Rob Williams and Chris Weston.


(https://i.imgur.com/Uz19iee.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 10:58:24 AM
JUDGES Volume Two (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781087938) -  Paperback, 432 pages, 28th May 2020

The second volume of the hit new series exploring the early history of 2000 AD's all-powerful "Judges."

The United States of America, 2041

Eustace Fargo's new justice system has been in effect for close to a decade. The old days of long waiting times and investigative backlogs are over: judgement is quick, and sentencing is instantaneous. The old police academies have all shut down, and the new order is triumphant.

But are things any better? Unrest is worse than ever. Criminals are more likely than ever to kill rather than be caught. There's a war coming for the streets...

This omnibus collects three novellas by Michael Carroll, Joseph Elliott-Coleman and Maura McHugh.


(https://i.imgur.com/RNrqlWX.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 10:59:09 AM
Slaine: The Horned God - Collector's Edition (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781087628) - Paperback, 208 pages, 26th May 2020

Brutal sword and sorcery meets Celtic myth in the number one best-selling graphic novel - back in print, bigger and better than ever in a deluxe collector's edition.

(Amazon UK says the dimensions are 21 x 27.3 cm)

For too long the people of Tír na nÓg have suffered under the dominion of the drunes; strange druids who have poisoned the land with their magic. Sláine has had enough of their tyranny and, through the Earth Goddess, he learns some shocking truths about the priesthood and his own future. Now Sláine must unite the four kings of Tir-Nan-Og and use their mystical weapons as he and the Sessair tribe prepare for all-out war!

This new edition of one of 2000 AD's most popular stories features the stunning art of Simon Bisley (Lobo).


(https://i.imgur.com/tdy34nV.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 11:02:32 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 10:59:09 AM
Slaine: The Horned God - Collector's Edition (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781087628) - Paperback, 208 pages, 26th May 2020

Brutal sword and sorcery meets Celtic myth in the number one best-selling graphic novel - back in print, bigger and better than ever in a deluxe collector's edition.

(*** Amazon UK says the dimensions are 21 x 27.3 cm ***)

For too long the people of Tír na nÓg have suffered under the dominion of the drunes; strange druids who have poisoned the land with their magic. Sláine has had enough of their tyranny and, through the Earth Goddess, he learns some shocking truths about the priesthood and his own future. Now Sláine must unite the four kings of Tir-Nan-Og and use their mystical weapons as he and the Sessair tribe prepare for all-out war!

This new edition of one of 2000 AD's most popular stories features the stunning art of Simon Bisley (Lobo).


(https://i.imgur.com/tdy34nV.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 15 October, 2019, 11:31:15 AM
He didn't think it too many, etc! (Mills rant presumably imminent in 3... 2... 1...)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 11:31:43 AM
Sorry, meant to edit it, not quote it.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 15 October, 2019, 11:33:19 AM
I'm slightly surprised this one's not hardback, TBH.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 October, 2019, 11:38:45 AM
The Amazon UK listing could be wrong.  'Deluxe' equates more in my mind with hardback too.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 15 October, 2019, 12:23:33 PM
Definitely paperback - https://2000ad.com/post/5984
(https://2000ad.com/post/5984)

QuoteSlaine: The Horned God – Collector's Edition is a 208-page 210 x 276mm paperback collection, retailing at £19.99/$24.99 and arriving in stores on May 20, 2020.

Counting down to the alternative titles now...

Slaine: The Horned God - We Didn't Think it Too Many Edition?

Slaine: The Horned God - Did You Read Pat's Blog Edition?

etc.

[spoiler]Love the story, great to see it staying in print, but not one for me - I think I must have at least three editions kicking around here, along with the original progs  :D [/spoiler]
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 15 October, 2019, 01:29:49 PM
Some nice stuff coming next year
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Southstreeter on 15 October, 2019, 04:43:50 PM
Massive [spoiler]Gerhardt[/spoiler] spoiler on the cover of Control!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Robin Low on 15 October, 2019, 07:02:55 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 15 October, 2019, 11:33:19 AM
I'm slightly surprised this one's not hardback, TBH.

Yeah, and unless these collections of previously collected stuff are coming in large format hardback I'm personally not that interested. If the target audience is newer readers, then fair enough, but those of us who've been around a wee while need a stronger incentive.

Regards,

Robin
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 23 October, 2019, 02:44:42 PM
Some interesting specials coming next year:

https://2000ad.com/post/6056 (https://2000ad.com/post/6056)

As this year you can now pre-order the bundle:

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/B0015 (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/B0015)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dandontdare on 23 October, 2019, 03:40:15 PM
the price of the bundle has tripled, so I think this year I'll just cherry pick the ones I want
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 23 October, 2019, 03:44:22 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 23 October, 2019, 02:44:42 PM
Some interesting specials coming next year:

https://2000ad.com/post/6056 (https://2000ad.com/post/6056)

As this year you can now pre-order the bundle:

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/B0015 (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/B0015)

That's a fantastic line-up. Touching on Action, Smash and Battle is smart - they're all fondly-remembered and rich for revisiting - and the Thriller Picture Library and Sexton Blake specials all dig a little deeper in to the wilds of the archives. Great to see that Cor! & Buster and Tammy & Jinty will get another outing - well-deserved, particularly for Tammy & Jinty. Interested to see what the Misty Presents... Special will cover, and good to see the now-traditional Halloween-ish special. Nice timing for Roy, and it will be interesting to see who chips in on the Twenty Years of Rebellion special - maybe some of the characters and creators who were there during the early Rebellion years? Not massively fussed for Evil Genius, but willing to give it a crack as part of the bundle.

For creators, Dan Lish is a wild choice for Hookjaw - not someone I'd have pegged for it, so it will be really interesting to see how that turns out. Mike Dorey, Sahlstrom and Flint will all be good fits too. Really interesting selection of artists and writers all around, in fact.

Good to see the talk about getting them back on the newsstands too. It's great to get these titles, and to get them delivered, but even better if Rebellion can continue the push to get new titles back in shops.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 23 October, 2019, 03:53:54 PM
To be fair, the number of titles is way up, some of the page counts are huge, and postage isn't free. On the flip side, some of these are reprint. Not sure I'll cherry pick, though, primarily because the ones I might have skipped last time ended up being my favourites of the entire run. This news does, however, showcase the sheer amount of IP Rebellion now owns. It's great that Action and the like will get an airing; but I do rather wish Tammy & Jinty in particular could be more regular than an annual. Cor would also be a fun monthly for the nipper (although I guess she's well catered for by The Beano and The Phoenix).
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 23 October, 2019, 04:27:28 PM
On the flip-flip side, 100-odd pages of reprint from archive material won't come cheap for restoration (though certainly less expensive than 100-odd pages of new material) especially if they're being recoloured. Definitely seconding the Tammy & Jinty for a more regular slot though - that was the surprise hit from this year's batch for me too.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tjm86 on 23 October, 2019, 04:56:01 PM
The price caught me a bit as well.  Granted there are more titles this year but there are also more that I'm less interested in.  I also get the point about page count of some of them.

Like IP, my nipper's interest in Tammy and Cor puts them high on the list of potential purchases.  Not to mention as more regular showings.  RoTR is the one that has got me questioning.  Total disinterest there.  Action is tempting, especially with the facsimile of the banned issue.  Scream, Tooth etc .... goes without saying.

Quite probably I'll end up folding and going for it.  At the moment though I'm balking a little at the up-front cost.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 23 October, 2019, 05:08:34 PM
I'd love for Tammy and Cor to be quarterlies. But I imagine this is nightmarish for Rebellion. Given how difficult it is to get newsstand space, it's a marvel these things are in stores at all.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 23 October, 2019, 06:16:22 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 23 October, 2019, 03:40:15 PM
the price of the bundle has tripled, so I think this year I'll just cherry pick the ones I want

Yeah I did that this year and.... ended up buying them all anyway.

BUGGER.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 23 October, 2019, 07:34:28 PM
Action Special 2020 cover:

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A0pPHd79Gco/XbBi0HxLLnI/AAAAAAAAlyc/h3ZO2RR_wpsv28O4QIgxtIi0SMbN3sg7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/39157f19-cd48-4cd7-b765-f4622bde9f94.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 23 October, 2019, 07:35:33 PM
Cor!! Buster 2020 cover:

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NtX0hvKE4u4/XbBizawGtWI/AAAAAAAAlyY/pcys7wtSfqcJoOd7I3iIBjSbh6wz4_P0wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/4715ff5a-9a56-4001-a0c0-d3c2c6379e1b.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 23 October, 2019, 10:26:39 PM
No Vigilant   :(
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 23 October, 2019, 11:13:46 PM
Quote from: MumboJimbo on 23 October, 2019, 10:26:39 PM
No Vigilant   :(

A comment from John Freeman on FB suggests there is Vigilant news to come...
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Monarch on 24 October, 2019, 09:09:29 AM
I am personally hoping for a vigilant miniseries ala sniper elite since its nowwhere to be seen in the bundle
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: DrJomster on 24 October, 2019, 09:38:53 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 23 October, 2019, 06:16:22 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 23 October, 2019, 03:40:15 PM
the price of the bundle has tripled, so I think this year I'll just cherry pick the ones I want

Yeah I did that this year and.... ended up buying them all anyway.

BUGGER.

I hear you. Once you see them in the shop, it's really hard to resist! They just look so good!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 27 October, 2019, 12:20:29 PM
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 35 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Judge-Dredd-Complete-Case-Files/dp/1781087601) -  Paperback, 304 pages, 14th May 2020

ANYTHING GOES IN SIN CITY!

The floating multi-story metropolis of illegal delights known as "Sin City" has anchored outside Mega-City one, and Dredd has seemingly been sent aboard to keep what order can be kept on a lawless floating city. His real task? Locate Ula Danser, the De-Megification terrorist determined to destroy the Mega-Cities at any cost! But Danser isn't working alone - Dredd's old enemy Orlok is coming to meet her, and he's carrying a cargo intended to pay back everything Dredd did to East-Meg one - with interest!


(https://i.imgur.com/diwDBBL.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 27 October, 2019, 12:23:23 PM
Let's hope they fix up the double-credit for Wagner, deserving as it is...

(https://i.imgur.com/Y7zY41q.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 27 October, 2019, 12:28:07 PM
And also the "4.020" typo too.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Frank on 27 October, 2019, 12:29:15 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 27 October, 2019, 12:23:23 PM
Let's hope they fix up the double-credit for Wagner, deserving as it is...

(https://i.imgur.com/Y7zY41q.jpg)

Two John Wagners explains The Satanist and The Ecstasy. Thankfully, the John Wagner who wrote those doesn't work for Tharg anymore.


Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 27 October, 2019, 12:41:28 PM
Bit of a spoiler in the description there, regarding who the real baddie is.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Frank on 27 October, 2019, 01:45:37 PM
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 27 October, 2019, 12:41:28 PM
Bit of a spoiler in the description there, regarding who the real baddie is.

Baddies in Dredd Epics

Robots
Bad Bob Booth
Other Judges
Judge Child
Sov Judges
Judge Child
Other Judges
Other (Dark) Judges
Zombies
Other (former) Judges
Other Judges/Robot Judges
Other Judges
Robots
Sov Judges
Terrorists
Bad Bob Booth
Other Judges
Sov Judges
Other Judges
Other Judges
Other Judges
Robot Judges



Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Greg M. on 27 October, 2019, 03:00:03 PM
Quote from: Frank on 27 October, 2019, 01:45:37 PM
Zombies

Garth Ennis unexpectedly crowned 'most original Dredd writer.'

(Except 'do something with zombies' was John Wagner's contribution to the epic. Never mind.)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Monarch on 27 October, 2019, 03:57:34 PM
i thought the big bad of judgement day was a shit walter the softie with magic powers
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Frank on 27 October, 2019, 04:57:34 PM
Quote from: The Monarch on 27 October, 2019, 03:57:34 PM
i thought the big bad of judgement day was a shit walter the softie with magic powers

You're right, of course. Zombies are the threat* in Judgement Day, not the villain.

Let's open up another category of Wizard, and put Judge Child and City Of The Damned in there too.


* If I was being consistent, I'd either have listed Call-Me-Kenneth and Judd as the villains of Robot War and Oz or Virus as the villain of both Sin City and Day Of Chaos.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 27 October, 2019, 05:12:47 PM
For Oz you could say 'Other Judges / Dredd...'?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Greg M. on 27 October, 2019, 05:43:51 PM
Are The Pit and Doomsday the only epics where the villain is just 'some regular criminal guy'?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 28 October, 2019, 11:33:12 AM
Quote from: Frank on 27 October, 2019, 01:45:37 PM
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 27 October, 2019, 12:41:28 PM
Bit of a spoiler in the description there, regarding who the real baddie is.

Baddies in Dredd Epics

Robots
Bad Bob Booth
Other Judges
Judge Child
Sov Judges
Judge Child
Other Judges
Other (Dark) Judges
Zombies
Other (former) Judges
Other Judges/Robot Judges
Other Judges
Robots
Sov Judges
Terrorists
Bad Bob Booth
Other Judges
Sov Judges
Other Judges
Other Judges
Other Judges
Robot Judges


Secret hidden ninja Judges
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 28 October, 2019, 11:40:31 AM
Roy of the Rovers: The Best of the 1970s: The Tiger Years (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roy-Rovers-1970s-Tiger-Years/dp/178108792X) - Hardcover, 118 pages, 28th May 2020

The best comic strips from the golden age of Roy of the Rovers.

The seventies was a very turbulent time in Britain. Following on from the optimism of the sixties, the country faced a decade of strikes and power cuts. Luckily for the fans of Melchester Rovers, Roy Race and his loyal time mates provided great moments of glory for their fans, starting with European Cup final win in 1973 in the year that the club celebrated its 50th anniversary.

It was the decade in which footballers became real superstars – a time when Melchester goalkeeper Charlie Carter had to choose between staying at the club or perusing a burgeoning career as a pop singer.  And it was a period when Roy Race truly cemented himself as the heart, soul and brain of the club by taking on the role of player manager.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 28 October, 2019, 11:41:18 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 12 October, 2019, 10:11:11 AM
Strontium Dog - Search & Destroy - The Star Lord Years

..in hard cover, with the colour pages in colour!  Coming in June 2020.

(https://i.imgur.com/XPLJZCv.jpg)

Updated cover:

(https://i.imgur.com/ADNpVi8.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 28 October, 2019, 11:42:50 AM
King's Reach: John Sanders' Twenty-Five Years at the Top of Comics (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kings-Reach-Sanders-Twenty-Five-Comics/dp/178108821) - Paperback, 9th July 2020

From within King's Reach Tower on the banks of the Thames, John Sanders masterminded the output of Britain's biggest comics publisher over twenty-five years. Overseeing the launch of hugely popular titles like Tammy, Battle and the revolutionary 2000 AD, Sanders fought corporate battles to expand the UKs' comics output, faced down the government and the media in censorship battles and ultimately came up against a crooked business tycoon.

Leading an industry that at its peak sold 10 million comics per week, Sanders launched over a hundred new titles, faced massive social change and strove to keep comics relevant to generation after generation. With artists employed across the globe to service the voracious appetite of readers, Sanders was in the hot seat for battles with his creative workforce and saw changing standards and industry disputes. In this memoir he reveals, for the first time, his story and that of the medium that would go on to dominate global culture.



"...ultimately came up against a crooked business tycoon." - Robert Maxwell?


(https://i.imgur.com/1lfv6Ds.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Frank on 28 October, 2019, 12:12:35 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 28 October, 2019, 11:42:50 AM
King's Reach: John Sanders... "ultimately came up against a crooked business tycoon." - Robert Maxwell?
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kings-Reach-Sanders-Twenty-Five-Comics/dp/178108821)

Tharg *


* Yes, the Bouncing Czech
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Frank on 28 October, 2019, 05:06:41 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 28 October, 2019, 11:42:50 AM
King's Reach: John Sanders... "ultimately came up against a crooked business tycoon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kings-Reach-Sanders-Twenty-Five-Comics/dp/178108821)" - Robert Maxwell?

Today's Drokktober entry from Pete Stewart turned out to be topical:


(https://i.imgur.com/E5B22HC.png)


Today's prompt was 2000ad's SILLIEST VILLAIN





Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 29 October, 2019, 06:17:58 AM
They could have also drawn that editor who kept back copyright for himself when everyone else was on a 'work-for-hire' deal as 'silliest villain' too.

(I'm kicking myself that I can't think of his name.)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 31 October, 2019, 12:50:02 PM
January 2020 Solicitations: https://www.newsarama.com/47598-rebellion-2000-ad-january-2020-solicitations.html (https://www.newsarama.com/47598-rebellion-2000-ad-january-2020-solicitations.html)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: CalHab on 31 October, 2019, 01:12:53 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 29 October, 2019, 06:17:58 AM
They could have also drawn that editor who kept back copyright for himself when everyone else was on a 'work-for-hire' deal as 'silliest villain' too.

(I'm kicking myself that I can't think of his name.)

Alan McKenzie.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 31 October, 2019, 01:32:36 PM
Feral and Foe:

(https://img.purch.com/h/1400/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uZXdzYXJhbWEuY29tL2ltYWdlcy9pLzAwMC8yNjcvNzkzL29yaWdpbmFsLzIwMDBfQURfSmFudWFyeS5qcGc/MTU3MjE1MTA3Ng==)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 31 October, 2019, 07:44:03 PM
Ooh, that's lovely.

Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dandontdare on 31 October, 2019, 08:50:28 PM
and timely, as Feral seems to have undergone some gender realignment
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 01 November, 2019, 08:34:46 AM
[quoteUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #416
(W) Various
More action and adventure in the future-shocked world of Judge Dredd! The lawman comes under attack by Black Atlantic pirates in new Dredd thriller "Plunder" by Michael Carroll and Karl Richardson; Metta Lawson investigates attacks out in the Badlands in Lawless: "Boom Town"; horror invades Devlin Waugh's holiday retreat in "A Very Large Splash"; the surviving colonists attempt to escape Getri-1 in series three of "Blunt"; and we go back to the beginnings of the Judge system in new series "Dreadnoughts." In addition there's interviews, features and more, and in the bagged mini-trade, the adventures of Soviet ultra-assassin Orlok by Arthur Wyatt and Jake Lynch!][/quote]

Hmmm...
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: hippynumber1 on 04 November, 2019, 07:47:49 PM
Does anybody know why Third World War isn't available to pre-order from the Rebellion store? I can't find it anywhere...
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 04 November, 2019, 08:05:54 PM
Quote from: Frank on 27 October, 2019, 04:57:34 PM
Quote from: The Monarch on 27 October, 2019, 03:57:34 PM
i thought the big bad of judgement day was a shit walter the softie with magic powers

You're right, of course. Zombies are the threat* in Judgement Day, not the villain.

Let's open up another category of Wizard, and put Judge Child and City Of The Damned in there too.


Please.  The term is 'space wizard'.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: robprosser on 07 November, 2019, 12:27:48 PM
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 04 November, 2019, 07:47:49 PM
Does anybody know why Third World War isn't available to pre-order from the Rebellion store? I can't find it anywhere...
It's not out for a couple of months yet. The pre-orders frequently appear in the store just a couple of weeks prior to publication and ,indeed, very occasionally after publication.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: hippynumber1 on 07 November, 2019, 12:32:27 PM
Quote from: robprosser on 07 November, 2019, 12:27:48 PM
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 04 November, 2019, 07:47:49 PM
Does anybody know why Third World War isn't available to pre-order from the Rebellion store? I can't find it anywhere...
It's not out for a couple of months yet. The pre-orders frequently appear in the store just a couple of weeks prior to publication and ,indeed, very occasionally after publication.

Yeah, I was curious because Trigan Empire is available and that's four months away. You're right, of course, and I've had a reply from Rebellion confirming this.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tjm86 on 13 November, 2019, 04:56:23 PM
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 04 November, 2019, 07:47:49 PM
Does anybody know why Third World War isn't available to pre-order from the Rebellion store? I can't find it anywhere...

'tis now.  Even better news is the hardcover version!!!!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 13 November, 2019, 06:21:19 PM
The hardcover version's cover:

(https://images.rebellion.co.uk/productVersion/af/92/00.large.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Frank on 13 November, 2019, 06:32:45 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 13 November, 2019, 06:21:19 PM
The hardcover version's cover:

(https://images.rebellion.co.uk/productVersion/af/92/00.large.jpg)

I didn't know there was a hardcover option! Cheers, Dash.


Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Max Headroom on 13 November, 2019, 07:18:28 PM
Just ordered my lovely hardcover of 'Third World War'. Does anyone know how many volumes this will stretch to?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 14 November, 2019, 12:50:46 PM
Quote from: Frank on 13 November, 2019, 06:32:45 PM
I didn't know there was a hardcover option! Cheers, Dash.

You're welcome Frank, but all credit to Tjm86 and broodblik.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 15 November, 2019, 05:03:44 AM
Quote from: Frank on 13 November, 2019, 06:32:45 PM
I didn't know there was a hardcover option! Cheers, Dash.

As inevitably there shall also be a limited edition hardcover version of  Slaine: The Horned God.

Speaking of all things Pat:

The Concrete Surfer (https://www.bookdepository.com/Concrete-Surfer-Pat-Mills/9781781087633?ref=grid-view&qid=1573793935088&sr=1-2) Paperback, 80 pages, 25 June 2020.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iXTXdRaWUvk/XcR638JubOI/AAAAAAAAl8w/hXUVliN6kbIqPNqk-K-XAewQWtKQGghCACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/concrete_surfer.jpg)


"Sent home to Britain after her parents fail to establish a new life in Australia, Jean Everidge is forced to rely on family charity, moving in with her Aunt, Uncle and cousin Carol, successful gymnast, beloved of teachers and pupils alike, and all round charming "top girl". Jean has one solace left to her - skateboarding, surfing the concrete pavement, while forgetting all her troubles, and feel free.

"But Jean's freestyling talent soon attracts attention, and if there's one thing Carol can't stand, it's being out of the spotlight. With the new skatepark freestyle contest coming up, just how far will Carol go to stay number one?"
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 15 November, 2019, 11:23:43 AM
Had to do an interiors search - Concrete Surfer looks great!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 17 November, 2019, 05:51:45 AM
(https://jintycomic.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/concrete-surfer-pg-41.jpg)

(https://jintycomic.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/concrete-surfer-pg-21.jpg)

Stunnimg, Isn't it?

Stevie's really looking forward to this. Partly to test his hypothesis that Third World War is ABC Warriors written for girls comics.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 17 November, 2019, 07:15:35 AM
Another few pages of Concrete Surfer:

(https://jintycomic.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/concrete-surfer-pg-3.jpg)

(https://jintycomic.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/concrete-surfer-pg-4.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 17 November, 2019, 07:19:12 AM
Never heard of Concrete Surfer nor Christine Ellingham. Was pretty damned impressed by that fantastic cover, but even more so now I've seen some interiors. Just brilliant art. Really looking forward to reading this one.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 17 November, 2019, 03:46:22 PM
The Action Special 2020 will be bagged with the banned edition, is this only applicable for the non-digital version or will we who gets it digitally also receive the banned edition ?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 17 November, 2019, 05:29:54 PM
What an excellent idea!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: TordelBack on 17 November, 2019, 06:24:54 PM
Incredible art, how have I never seen any of this before?  Good interview with Ellingham here (https://jintycomic.wordpress.com/2018/03/10/christine-ellingham-interview/)  Some talent!

(http://www.rondatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/christine-ellingham01.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 17 November, 2019, 08:39:27 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 17 November, 2019, 06:24:54 PM
Good interview with Ellingham here (https://jintycomic.wordpress.com/2018/03/10/christine-ellingham-interview/)  Some talent!

Great find - thanks.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 18 November, 2019, 03:44:31 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 17 November, 2019, 06:24:54 PM
Incredible art, how have I never seen any of this before?  Good interview with Ellingham here (https://jintycomic.wordpress.com/2018/03/10/christine-ellingham-interview/)  Some talent!

Given that this is representative of the standard that a 16 year old Sean Phillips had to compete with when he started out in girls' comics it is little wonder that he is so good.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 27 November, 2019, 02:10:06 PM
Some interesting news about prog 2170:

https://comicsflix.org/2019/11/24/2000ad-regened-is-back-in-prog-2170/ (https://comicsflix.org/2019/11/24/2000ad-regened-is-back-in-prog-2170/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: CalHab on 27 November, 2019, 02:21:12 PM
Glad to hear that. The last Regened prog was very well done.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 27 November, 2019, 03:08:59 PM
A Gronk strip, oooh interesting.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 27 November, 2019, 09:02:58 PM
I've seen some muttering already in other parts but I'm very much looking forward to this. The fact we're returning to this Regened format is a very encouraging sign and I'd love for it to lead somewhere more consistent.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 27 November, 2019, 09:23:24 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 27 November, 2019, 09:02:58 PM
I've seen some muttering already in other parts

[spoiler]REDACTED[/spoiler] those [spoiler]REDACTED[/spoiler].
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: M.I.K. on 27 November, 2019, 10:46:53 PM
[spoiler]What he said.[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: I, Cosh on 28 November, 2019, 08:01:04 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 27 November, 2019, 09:02:58 PM
I've seen some muttering already in other parts but I'm very much looking forward to this. The fact we're returning to this Regened format is a very encouraging sign and I'd love for it to lead somewhere more consistent.
Yeah, last years effort was head and shoulders above the what was running in the standard Prog at the time. Interesting that the solicit calls it "the first of the years' all ages issues." Does this mean we'll get more ReGened, or is it talking about the other specials?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Link Prime on 28 November, 2019, 09:16:48 AM
Quote from: I, Cosh on 28 November, 2019, 08:01:04 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 27 November, 2019, 09:02:58 PM
I've seen some muttering already in other parts but I'm very much looking forward to this. The fact we're returning to this Regened format is a very encouraging sign and I'd love for it to lead somewhere more consistent.
Yeah, last years effort was head and shoulders above the what was running in the standard Prog at the time. Interesting that the solicit calls it "the first of the years' all ages issues." Does this mean we'll get more ReGened, or is it talking about the other specials?

I'll respectfully disagree, and go against the forum grain on this topic once again.

I buy comics aimed at kids - for kids.
I want to continue buying comics aimed at kids - for kids.
But, I'm not a kid, and generally I don't particularly enjoy reading comics aimed at kids.

If you're going to break-up the latest run of say, Brink, in a weekly anthology for the sake of Occasional Twee Adventure part II it's not going to go down well with some of the regular readers.

And it would be a reasonable concern to voice in my view.
We're not your ideological enemies - just fellow Squaxx.

I'll close with an echo of Colin's sentiment; I would also love for 2000AD Regened to lead to something more consistent - it's own title.



Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 28 November, 2019, 09:27:08 AM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 27 November, 2019, 03:08:59 PM
A Gronk strip, oooh interesting.

Is this the one where the baby Gronk clone needs to be rescued by the Mandalorian?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 28 November, 2019, 09:28:43 AM
I liked the Regened special but don't think it should interrupt the weekly prog (and can't see exactly what the point of doing so is - for those following the weekly stories it's a distraction, and for those who like what they see in the one-off, next week they're going to be disappointed by being plunged in the middle of ongoing series with a completely different tone).
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Link Prime on 28 November, 2019, 09:39:02 AM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 27 November, 2019, 03:08:59 PM
A Gronk strip, oooh interesting.

Is there any chance that this is some unpublished work by the late, great, Nigel Dobbyn?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 28 November, 2019, 09:45:00 AM
Given how mini-IP is now devouring The Beano every week (and most of The Phoenix), I really wish Rebellion would do something regular in this space. I know it's insanely expensive and insanely risky, hence it not happening, but I'd subscribe to a monthly Cor/Buster right away, if the quality level was anything like in this year's special.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tjm86 on 28 November, 2019, 10:32:38 AM
Quote from: CalHab on 27 November, 2019, 02:21:12 PM
Glad to hear that. The last Regened prog was very well done.

I'm in the 'so-so' camp personally.  Arguably the roll out of the specials like Cor / Buster, Tammy, RoTR etc kind of undermine the old teaser for the sprogs line.  The general 'do it as a special' consensus makes much more sense. 

If you think about it, alongside the prog on the shelves of newsagents for a few weeks is more likely to give readers the opportunity to compare and contrast.  The argument that the following week is going to be jarring doesn't quite stack up if that week's prog is there to read alongside it for comparison.

let's face it the majority of the arguments against the Regened special were about how it impacted on what was going on in the prog at the time.  Overall comments about many of the strips were positive but the sheen was taken off by delivery.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Monarch on 28 November, 2019, 10:45:43 AM
yeah the regened special was great the only issue i had was it happened in the middle of ongoing stories. maybe if it was spaced  between new story issues
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 28 November, 2019, 11:29:00 AM
Quote from: Link Prime on 28 November, 2019, 09:39:02 AM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 27 November, 2019, 03:08:59 PM
A Gronk strip, oooh interesting.

Is there any chance that this is some unpublished work by the late, great, Nigel Dobbyn?

Link - if you want to read Nigel working on the Gronk (and don't we all, really?) then have you read Dogbreath 24?

(https://www.futurequake.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/213x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/o/dogbreath24.jpg)

Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 28 November, 2019, 12:43:09 PM
I would rather have  the regen as a separate publication. If they want to do it, do it rather when all the stories of a current run is done. I do not like it when the prog is broken up and I have to wait two weeks for the continuation of the stories
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: norton canes on 28 November, 2019, 03:51:04 PM
Four Regened progs? No. No, no, no, no, no. The last one was bearable - a decent Dredd and I really liked Full Tilt Boogie, but that was about it.

Four? Really?

Four??
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 28 November, 2019, 03:54:00 PM
Not one, but FOUR Regened specials planned for 2020!

https://2000ad.com/post/6319

QuoteDrawing on four decades of genre-defining characters while encouraging new readers to pick up the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, 2000 AD Regened has something for everyone with a stellar lineup of talent on some of the biggest characters in comics, including Ilias Kyriazis (Collapser), Cavan Scott (Doctor Who), Nick Roche (Transformers), Rob Davis (The Motherless Oven), and more!

The new 2000 AD Regened issues follow on from the successful Free Comic Book Day issue in 2018 and 2000 AD Prog 2130, which was 2000 AD's best-selling issue of 2019.

The first Regened issue of 2020 will be 2000 AD Prog 2170 – a bumper 48-page special issue with a roster of complete stories, on sale from newsagents, comic book stores, and online on 26 February 2020.
The subsequent Regened issues will be 2000 AD Prog 2183 on 27 May, 2000 AD Prog 2196 on 26 August, and 2000 AD Prog 2206 on 4 November.

2000 AD editor Matt Smith said: "2000 AD's 2019 Regened takeover issue was the best-selling issue of the year, so I'm excited to bringing the all-ages concept to four issues across 2020. We've got some great stories and artwork lined up – many by creators making their debut for the title – so I hope these will go down equally as well with readers young and old."

The detail in Matt's quote there is very interesting, and if these specials can be slotted around the usual run of progs to help provide regular readership spikes they could be a boon to the comic in the long-term (and could perhaps see them spun off into their own monthly/bimonthly line in a year or two?)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 28 November, 2019, 04:16:43 PM
David Baillie and Rob Davis on the Gronk strip - nice!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Link Prime on 28 November, 2019, 04:18:05 PM
Yeah, I won't be buying 2000AD four times this coming year - a first since 1983.
Reasoning already outlined.


Old habits die hard, but once broken it can be a slippery slope.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 28 November, 2019, 04:18:12 PM
I loved the recent Regened special, but I don't like this announcement at all. The annual number of regular progs goes down from 49 to 46 - a not insignificant drop.

I think we will come to view these issues, as a bit like those weekends in the football season where there's no Premier League because of the "international break" - something that kills any momentum built up in the previous weeks.  >:(
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 28 November, 2019, 04:31:54 PM
I typed a long rant here but realised before I pressed post that it was not serving the greater good.

I'm looking forward to these progs and hope it gives Rebellion the final impetus to go all out and launch a new title.



Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 28 November, 2019, 04:34:56 PM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 28 November, 2019, 04:31:54 PM
I typed a long rant here but realised before I pressed post that it was not serving the greater good.

I think it's fine to say how you feel. I don't know if anyone at Rebellion reads stuff here, but if they do, well, then they can take that on board in making future decisions. If not, it doesn't matter anyway.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 28 November, 2019, 04:37:48 PM
Actually Jimbo and Link - I was going to rant at your negativity towards TMO trying to get something new done.

I think the Regened prog late last year was one of the best progs of the year and sales seem to back that.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 28 November, 2019, 04:39:54 PM
Ha! - rant away - we can take it!  ;)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 28 November, 2019, 04:43:11 PM
Nah, negativity breeds negativity.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 28 November, 2019, 04:45:33 PM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 28 November, 2019, 04:43:11 PM
Nah, negativity breeds negativity.

This is the internet, right? Or did I make a wrong turning?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: matty_ae on 28 November, 2019, 04:49:10 PM
I look forward to them just as standalone issues.

I struggle with guilt when I'm in the middle of a multipart story and I can't remember who is who.

It's nice we can talk like this. As a group.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 28 November, 2019, 04:53:00 PM
Well, I could be misremembering, but IIRC there are normally a few filler-ish progs a year already where the crop of current stories are coming to a conclusion and Tharg slots in a Dredd one-off and a Future Shock/Terror Tale alongside the final episodes of the other tales. I'd have no issues at all if the Regened progs are slotted in like that around extended runs of the prog where we've had 10- or 12-part stories (like the current Defoe/Hope/Brink/Deadworld run) going for a while, as a little "intermission" ahead of a jumping-on prog or the start of a new run of strips.

I think that considering the Regened specials in such a negative light is a shame, and I found that last year's one offered as much entertainment as a filler prog usually does (arguably more, as after decades of Dredd one-offs and Future Shocks it's rare that one really does something compelling). Not all of it was to my taste but there are often months that go by where I end up skimming a couple of duds every week in the prog, and I think most regular readers can relate to that occasional feeling of buying out of habit, or buying for two or three stories rather than all five.

Provided Tharg doesn't do anything daft and ham-fisted, like putting running stories on hold for a week to fit it in (highly unlikely, I think) and the quality stays high, I'm happy to see a few weeks each year set aside for a one-off prog aimed at drawing in a larger audience.

Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 28 November, 2019, 04:55:57 PM
Put me down for being an enthusiastic supporter of this. In fact, I'd still buy the prog of it was "all ages" every week.

But in lieu of that, a fortnightly Regened would get my money.

SBT
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 28 November, 2019, 05:00:29 PM
Quote from: The Amstor Computer on 28 November, 2019, 04:53:00 PM
Provided Tharg doesn't do anything daft and ham-fisted, like putting running stories on hold for a week to fit it in (highly unlikely, I think)...

Well, that's exactly what happened last time there was a Regened issue - so that's what I fully expect to happen 4 times next year. I think having to finish all 5 stories together once every 12 progs or so wouldn't be viable. It would also mean there could be no long-form series.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Leigh S on 28 November, 2019, 05:05:59 PM
I dunno thats standard practice to have a reset - all this means is before the reset we get a regene - I agree last yearss "we interrupt your normal schedule" was a bit clumsy, but if they, as Amstor says, repurpose those dull dying days progs before a relaunch into something that boosts their sales, why would you not support it?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 28 November, 2019, 05:06:42 PM
Quote from: MumboJimbo on 28 November, 2019, 05:00:29 PMWell, that's exactly what happened last time there was a Regened issue - so that's what I fully expect to happen 4 times next year. I think having to finish all 5 stories together once every 12 progs or so wouldn't be viable. It would also mean there could be no long-form series.

Fair, though I think that having four to fit in and with the experience of the previous one to bring to bear, it's more likely that that won't happen again.

re: long-form series. Could be blanking, but have we had anything running for more than 12 episodes or so in ages?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 28 November, 2019, 05:15:05 PM
Quote from: The Amstor Computer on 28 November, 2019, 05:06:42 PM
re: long-form series. Could be blanking, but have we had anything running for more than 12 episodes or so in ages?

The last Brink definitely did. All the current stories except Dredd are up to episode 11, and are due to run, I think, until the Christmas special in 2 or 3 progs' time, so I guess they'll just exceed that.

I think everything will just be put on hold for a week, like last time.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: wedgeski on 28 November, 2019, 05:21:54 PM
Reserving judgement. The last one was mostly okay. How many jump-on progs do we normally have a year?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tjm86 on 28 November, 2019, 05:22:28 PM
Quote from: Leigh S on 28 November, 2019, 05:05:59 PM
.... something that boosts their sales, why would you not support it?

Fair point but then again as we've already said, if it is only a small blip and actually puts people off because the next one is too different ...?  Still think the special would be the better way to go, or as has been suggested, a separate ongoing. 

Plus Rebellion, for the love of all that is holy, get more of the treasury stuff out.  I'm fed up with my nipper nagging me to death about when the next one is (okay now we know but still ...)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 28 November, 2019, 05:35:54 PM
I get the impression last year that Regened wasn't necessarily planned to be a normal Prog (although that may well be wrong). Scheduling must be nightmarish for Tharg regardless, but I would hope with four of these rocking up in 2020 that he's going to deal with long-running series prior to each breakpoint.

As for the other suggestions, I'm sure an ongoing would be better, but it would also be a massive risk and colossally expensive to launch. Specials are nightmarish, too, because they all cost money to get on the shelves. (This is why you quite often see titles shift names but not codes in WHSmith. They're taking existing slots. Or you see things like Lego magazines with different covers but all technically under one 'banner' title. I've no idea if this is how Rebellion is dealing with the slew of specials next year, mind.)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 28 November, 2019, 05:56:43 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 28 November, 2019, 05:35:54 PM
I get the impression last year that Regened wasn't necessarily planned to be a normal Prog (although that may well be wrong). Scheduling must be nightmarish for Tharg regardless, but I would hope with four of these rocking up in 2020 that he's going to deal with long-running series prior to each breakpoint.

Was there not an issue with the FCBD that led to Regened being slotted in as a one-off special prog? Or am I conflating a previous issue Rebellion had with the FCBD with it?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 28 November, 2019, 06:46:01 PM
The schedule of the regen issues implies that we will not get a jump-on-prog in 2020.  A pity since prog 2200 would have been one point where we would have another bumper 48 page prog. As it stands I hope the schedule do not split the stories - I do not like these mid-season breaks.  Either bring us a monthly or quarterly regen prog.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 28 November, 2019, 08:44:16 PM
Its fascinating that folks are so opposed to this. I understand the idea that interrupting ongoing runs would be bad, but the issues suggested, I'd guess, of course I don't know, will be at natural relaunch points.

As for the stories lets wait and see. While we do lets not forget that many of the stories hailed in these parts from the early days are aimed at kids cos 2000ad was a kids comic. So to be opposed to these stories on principle of who they are aimed at seems odd in my eyes. Anyone who is a fan of stories from the first 500 issues (we can wrangle about the specifics later) is a fan of kids comics.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Steve Green on 28 November, 2019, 08:55:27 PM
Quote from: The Amstor Computer on 28 November, 2019, 05:56:43 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 28 November, 2019, 05:35:54 PM
I get the impression last year that Regened wasn't necessarily planned to be a normal Prog (although that may well be wrong). Scheduling must be nightmarish for Tharg regardless, but I would hope with four of these rocking up in 2020 that he's going to deal with long-running series prior to each breakpoint.

Was there not an issue with the FCBD that led to Regened being slotted in as a one-off special prog? Or am I conflating a previous issue Rebellion had with the FCBD with it?

That was the case as far as I'm aware - which is why the FCBD was reprint from the IPC humour comics.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Steve Green on 28 November, 2019, 09:07:07 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 28 November, 2019, 08:44:16 PM
Its fascinating that folks are so opposed to this. I understand the idea that interrupting ongoing runs would be bad, but the issues suggested, I'd guess, of course I don't know, will be at natural relaunch points.

As for the stories lets wait and see. While we do lets not forget that many of the stories hailed in these parts from the early days are aimed at kids cos 2000ad was a kids comic. So to be opposed to these stories on principle of who they are aimed at seems odd in my eyes. Anyone who is a fan of stories from the first 500 issues (we can wrangle about the specifics later) is a fan of kids comics.

I don't think you can seriously compare the tone of some of the stuff that we had in the first 500 progs with that of a 2020 all-ages comic.

We're also not 12 (delete age as applicable), the memories and nostalgia we have of those stories are all tied up in our childhoods. Something that's new doesn't have that.

I'm already mostly lapsed these days with the prog and the meg, and sticking the last regened in the middle of a run of stories just encouraged me to skip it.

Best of luck to them, but it's not something I'm interested in.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 28 November, 2019, 09:08:11 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 28 November, 2019, 06:46:01 PM
The schedule of the regen issues implies that we will not get a jump-on-prog in 2020.

No, it doesn't. Wrap all the stories, as usual pre-jump-on-Prog; do a Regened issue; do a jumping-on-Prog. Not really rocket science.

Also, I'm not really sure how often this needs to be explained, but... the high street market and associated distribution network is (bafflingly, I'll admit) actively resistant, to the point of hostility, towards new product.

It was explicitly stated on the Thrillcast that 2000AD's distributor nixed the idea of doing the Regened issue as a special because Rebellion had 'enough specials' coming out this year. Somehow, they've managed to get about six extra specials onto the schedule next year — which of them would you like to see replaced with four Regened specials?

Since I think (hope) we're all equally convinced that 2000AD has to find new readers before all us old farts start dying off, if you really don't want to read the Regened issues, maybe buy them anyway and pass them on to a younger reader...? Unlike last year, at least this time you can reassure them that there'll be a new one along each quarter.

These are small steps, but they're undeniably positive ones that reflect an attempt to grow the readership in a difficult market and against structural resistance to new product.

As such, I think they deserve our support.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 28 November, 2019, 10:02:33 PM
Quote from: Steve Green on 28 November, 2019, 09:07:07 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 28 November, 2019, 08:44:16 PM
Its fascinating that folks are so opposed to this. I understand the idea that interrupting ongoing runs would be bad, but the issues suggested, I'd guess, of course I don't know, will be at natural relaunch points.

As for the stories lets wait and see. While we do lets not forget that many of the stories hailed in these parts from the early days are aimed at kids cos 2000ad was a kids comic. So to be opposed to these stories on principle of who they are aimed at seems odd in my eyes. Anyone who is a fan of stories from the first 500 issues (we can wrangle about the specifics later) is a fan of kids comics.

I don't think you can seriously compare the tone of some of the stuff that we had in the first 500 progs with that of a 2020 all-ages comic.

We're also not 12 (delete age as applicable), the memories and nostalgia we have of those stories are all tied up in our childhoods. Something that's new doesn't have that.


I always find the statement '...can't seriously compare' or similar a funny one as to compare is to pull out the contrasts not just the similarity. Anyway I'm being petunlant and unfair to Steve there.

The point I was trying to make was not that it will be the same as the first 500 issues, I wouldn't want it to be... well I would be we shouldn't... as we have those. The point I was trying to make was to dismiss something because you are not its direct audience is odd to me. A well crafted comic tale, be it aimed at child, or whomever is a well crafted comic tale and can be enjoyed as such. I site the first 500 issues as examples of just that. That isn't driven by nostalgia alone, but appreciation of good craft and storytelling for many who enjoy those stories there is no nostaglia. Just as a good kids movie is a good movie. A good kids book is a good book... etc etc
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Greg M. on 28 November, 2019, 10:36:33 PM
There's a difference between objectively appreciating the quality of such products and finding them personally appealing. I'll happily read kids' comics from the past, but I've no interest in reading brand new ones. I'm not complaining about the Regened issues  – I'll just stick them in my classroom library and let some junior-years pupils look at them – but from what I recall, some of the stories in the last one were about as far as you could possibly get from what I'd be interested in reading. (Ironically, the one I found most incomprehensible and out-of-place is the one that seems to be transitioning to 2000AD proper.)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Steve Green on 28 November, 2019, 10:54:38 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 28 November, 2019, 10:02:33 PM
Quote from: Steve Green on 28 November, 2019, 09:07:07 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 28 November, 2019, 08:44:16 PM
Its fascinating that folks are so opposed to this. I understand the idea that interrupting ongoing runs would be bad, but the issues suggested, I'd guess, of course I don't know, will be at natural relaunch points.

As for the stories lets wait and see. While we do lets not forget that many of the stories hailed in these parts from the early days are aimed at kids cos 2000ad was a kids comic. So to be opposed to these stories on principle of who they are aimed at seems odd in my eyes. Anyone who is a fan of stories from the first 500 issues (we can wrangle about the specifics later) is a fan of kids comics.

I don't think you can seriously compare the tone of some of the stuff that we had in the first 500 progs with that of a 2020 all-ages comic.

We're also not 12 (delete age as applicable), the memories and nostalgia we have of those stories are all tied up in our childhoods. Something that's new doesn't have that.


I always find the statement '...can't seriously compare' or similar a funny one as to compare is to pull out the contrasts not just the similarity. Anyway I'm being petunlant and unfair to Steve there.

The point I was trying to make was not that it will be the same as the first 500 issues, I wouldn't want it to be... well I would be we shouldn't... as we have those. The point I was trying to make was to dismiss something because you are not its direct audience is odd to me. A well crafted comic tale, be it aimed at child, or whomever is a well crafted comic tale and can be enjoyed as such. I site the first 500 issues as examples of just that. That isn't driven by nostalgia alone, but appreciation of good craft and storytelling for many who enjoy those stories there is no nostaglia. Just as a good kids movie is a good movie. A good kids book is a good book... etc etc

It's not just that.

The format just doesn't do much for me in regular 2000 AD, and I got sick of the TBC format which seemed to crop up in a lot of the specials.

I'd rather have something more substantial, regardless of the age group.

Honestly I've got more than enough unread and unwatched to last me without adding more to the pile.

Which is broadly why I've stopped reading the prog and meg for the most part, and has been going on for a good couple of years - documented in the old 'is it me or the prog thread'

It's not limited to 2000 AD, I just don't have the appetite for a lot of film and TV, like Marvel/DC/Star Wars etc these days.

Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: rs_jr on 29 November, 2019, 12:21:26 AM
is there a list for the expected graphic novel releases for next year?

thanks
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 29 November, 2019, 12:27:31 AM
I have mixed feelings about this. I can see why they're doing it. The last Regened prog was the best-selling prog last year, so of course they're going to do it again. It's essential to the survival of the comic to engage with children and get them reading proper comics, not just shitty puzzle magazines bagged with cheap plastic tat. I hope it succeeds. Andjust because they interrupted the regular schedule last year doesn't mean they'll do it again.

On the other hand, I have absolutely no interest in these stories myself, and I know I'll be annoyed by the four "wasted" weeks when I know I won't enjoy the comic. I don't agree that it's the same as enjoying the first 500 or so issues, although I understand the point that's being made about that, because today's idea of what passes for a children's comic is much, much more tame and timid than 2000AD was in the 1970s and early '80s. I'll try to explain what I mean:

The early issues of the prog were aimed at children, but Tharg didn't seek their parents' approval -- they were subversive, they were stories your parents wouldn't have been happy about you reading if they'd taken the trouble to look at them. You'll all bring your own examples to mind, but here are some of mine: in Flesh Book 1 there's a scene where a mother and her child are about to be eaten by dinosaurs, and in their last moments the mother is trying to comfort her child, saying it'll soon be over. Nobody rescues them, they're killed. In the first episode of The Judge Child, people are being enslaved in a desert, and Judge Dredd -- the "hero" of the story -- rescues a slaver from some quicksand, interrogates him, and then hands him over to the slaves, who promptly lynch him. The slaver says "you promised you'd save me!" and Dredd just says "I kept my promise -- you're out of the quicksand," and leaves him to die. These were "all ages" comics. There was something for everybody. Was there anything like that in prog 2130? Was there hell. Tharg played it very safe: there was nothing for a parent to complain about. It was 2000AD Reduced, neutered, infantilised. It wasn't for all ages, it was for kids and only for kids, and while I daresay it entertained them, there was nothing to shock them, to make them think, to challenge their preconceptions of morality or of the world. In prog 504 (I think) Pat Mills wrote a time-travel episode of Nemesis the Warlock which showed the Americans as the bad guys, as murderers, and the Indians as the good guys, a concept which blew my mind when I was about 12 and had never questioned the usual "cowboys good, Indians bad" shtick I'd been practically brainwashed with before.

I'll happily reread that kind of thing, not just out of nostalgia for my childhood but because it's better.

All that said, I hope the results are encouraging enough that Tharg releases a new title for young children in 2021, and that it's successful, and that it secures the future of British comics.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Fungus on 29 November, 2019, 10:34:17 AM
May drop the subscription and buy individual issues, based on this announcement. Have zero interest in the kid's edition. Full Tilt Boogie was OK but I do wonder if that was relative based on the other content...
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 29 November, 2019, 11:33:28 AM
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 28 November, 2019, 09:08:11 PM
maybe buy them anyway and pass them on to a younger reader...?

That's a great idea, Jim.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 29 November, 2019, 11:36:17 AM
Quote from: rs_jr on 29 November, 2019, 12:21:26 AM
is there a list for the expected graphic novel releases for next year?

Not a complete one that we know of, but this thread is assembled from the information we have as it's comes out.  If you go back to the first page of the thread and skim through each page, you'll get a pretty good idea from the various covers.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Link Prime on 29 November, 2019, 11:46:59 AM
Could you imagine if say Marvel Comics randomly inserted all-ages 'X-Babies' stories into the middle of Hickman's current / numbered run, and then charged the customers 40% more for those unsolicited issues?The comic associated internet would have a Chernobyl level meltdown.

Have to say, the balls on Tharg for pulling this move.

And to answer the obvious retorts;
Yes, of course I want 2000AD / Rebellion to improve brand awareness and distribution.
Yes, of course I want (and already support) the availability of all-ages comics.

Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 28 November, 2019, 09:08:11 PM
Somehow, they've managed to get about six extra specials onto the schedule next year — which of them would you like to see replaced with four Regened specials?

Any of them.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: TordelBack on 29 November, 2019, 12:02:23 PM
I can honestly see the validity of both sides of this argument, but I always have to come down on the side of Tharg trying something new to bolster the ranks: and this is that.  For me, 2019's run of stories has been one of the most consistently brilliant of any era, dense, exciting, visually strong and downright meaty reads (sorry, Tips!).  If we can keep that up into 2020, and every few months just cut it with kid-focused fare for an issue, I'll be extremely happy.

I am a bit biased here, because while I enjoyed a good chunk of 2019's Regened myself, the real thrill for me was just flopping a prog down in front of my kids without the usual 'hang on, I'll just flick through it first' that I usually do when they show an interest.  There's no way I'm handing a prog with this week's Hope in it to my 10-year old daughter.

Although if we're doing wish-lists, I'd rather see the content of the Tammy & Jinty special ported over: so many stories there I'd like to see more of, that Beeby & Holden one for a start.

Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 29 November, 2019, 12:14:57 PM
Quote from: Fungus on 29 November, 2019, 10:34:17 AMMay drop the subscription and buy individual issues, based on this announcement.
With respect, short of being a digital subscriber, isn't that a bit like cutting off the nose to spite the face, given the costs involved?

An annual sub to 2000 AD is £120. 2000 AD costs £2.99 for a standard issue, and, what, a fiver for the Christmas one? Remove Regened from the equation, and you're getting £137 of Progs you want for £120, and they're shipped to your door. It seems a bit bizarre to want to spend an extra 17 quid, just because you've a bee in your bonnet about four issues you might not enjoy. (Even on the basis of a monthly print sub, you're still saving a fiver over the year. So why not just stick with the sub and give away the issues you don't want?)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 29 November, 2019, 01:23:46 PM
Shhhh, don't tell him! It's more money for Rebellion!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 29 November, 2019, 01:46:34 PM
If the regen progs are released in such away that the preceding prog all stories end and the following prog it is all new stories then it should not be an issue for me.  I did enjoy the regen prog and it was nice to have something different.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 29 November, 2019, 01:57:46 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 29 November, 2019, 01:46:34 PM
If the regen progs are released in such away that the preceding prog all stories end and the following prog it is all new stories then it should not be an issue for me.  I did enjoy the regen prog and it was nice to have something different.
An effective pallet cleanser before a slew of new strips each time. Sounds good to me!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: norton canes on 29 November, 2019, 02:01:33 PM
Sorry if this has been mentioned already but what are kids supposed to do if they like the Regened stories? Wait three months for some more?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: norton canes on 29 November, 2019, 02:03:43 PM
Also... er, is it 'Regened' as in 'regenerated', or 'Regened' as in 'having new genes'..?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 29 November, 2019, 02:36:04 PM
Quote from: norton canes on 29 November, 2019, 02:01:33 PMSorry if this has been mentioned already but what are kids supposed to do if they like the Regened stories? Wait three months for some more?
This is the problem with the current approach. I can imagine a bit of "well, let's buy next week's issue, then, and—ARGH" on seeing something like Hope. But then Rebellion is trying new things to see what sticks. We got a special, then a store-available comic that was the year's best-seller. Perhaps 2020's won't do so well, but what if they do? Perhaps they sell fantastically and Rebellion issues a standalone monthly for younger readers. Whatever steps need to be taken to get there, I'm all for, because as someone who has a youngling in the house, the current comic racks are fucking terrible for kids.

Right now, almost everything has a ton of plastic. Hey Duggee (which mini-IP is close to ageing out of) and The Beano are exceptions. (I would add The Phoenix to that, but good luck finding a copy in the wild. Around here, I've only ever seen it once, and that required going to Reading.) And most of the rest is just garbage. Lego Friends wasn't awful, but most of the other plastic-tat mags are just atrocious in terms of content (and that goes for Lego City as well).

So, yeah, more experiments, and, hopefully, more sales. It would be amazing to get to the point where at least one new comic for kids could be released and get stable sales. Perhaps these days even that is too much to ask for, but who knows? Rebellion has the skills and the IP, and if we get a few weird issues of 2000 AD every year to get to that future, I'm all for it. (And that's beside the fact I enjoyed the Regened issues anyway.)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Amstor Computer on 29 November, 2019, 02:48:00 PM
I'd imagine at least part of the calculation here is that existing readers are passing the Regened issue to their kids, or buying specifically for their kids knowing something about the contents of the regular prog and are therefore in a position to guide them to another purchase, even if it isn't necessarily the prog itself.

For example (and anecdotally):

My daughters really enjoyed reading my copies of the FCBD Funny Pages issue, and the Cor! and Buster/Tammy & Jinty Specials. There wasn't anything in terms of a regular comic from Rebellion that scratched a similar itch, but the Treasury books I've picked up (Faceache, Creepy Creations, the Misty and Jinty reprints) served as a next step for them. It's got them interested and aware, and it's prompted me to consider future humour or girls' comics reprints more strongly when I have a limited budget - if they can read and enjoy them and I can too, then maybe that's more enticing for me than just buying the next one that appeals to me alone.

Given the vast catalogue of reprint available - much of which is entirely kid-suitable - I'd guess that what Rebellion are hoping isn't necessarily that every young reader will jump straight into the next arc of Hope or Deadworld, but that they (or more accurately, their parents) might want to delve into the back catalogue or try one of the other all-ages specials. It all keeps people in the Rebellion/Treasury ecosystem, and that's got to be a good thing for the prog and for the future of the company's publishing plans. If at some point they're able to launch Regened as a regular (monthly?) comic then there's a more direct route as well.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 29 November, 2019, 02:56:00 PM
Now for something completely different February 2020 solicitations:

https://2000ad.com/post/6112 (https://2000ad.com/post/6112)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Monarch on 29 November, 2019, 07:42:51 PM
thank god something i've never read before in the megs floppy
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Buttonman on 29 November, 2019, 08:17:33 PM
I don't normally wander into this thread but a quiet bombshell awaited me!

I wasn't mad on the regened special but I didn't hate it either. 4 a year may be pushing it but there's usually a thrill a week I don't care for so the odd week of something different will be a nice change.

In Tharg we trust!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 29 November, 2019, 10:20:21 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 29 November, 2019, 02:56:00 PM
Now for something completely different February 2020 solicitations:

https://2000ad.com/post/6112 (https://2000ad.com/post/6112)

"Plus, an exclusive, all-new series set in the world of hit videogame Zombie Army"
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 29 November, 2019, 10:20:39 PM
The Best of Sugar Jones (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Sugar-Jones-Pat-Mills/dp/1781087709) - Paperback, 224 pages, 20th August 2020
by Pat Mills & Rafael Busóm (Illustrator)

Sugar Jones is the charming twenty-something host of her own late night variety show, beloved by viewers up and down the nation. Only her assistant Susie knows her secret – Sugar is really a selfish, sour, scheming hag of 40, who'll do anything to make a quick buck!

(https://i.imgur.com/vW6ZUjf.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 29 November, 2019, 10:41:26 PM
Quote from: The Amstor Computer on 29 November, 2019, 02:48:00 PM
Given the vast catalogue of reprint available - much of which is entirely kid-suitable


Almost all of the back catalogue - and the largest English language collection of comics in the world!  Though I wonder how many pages Marvel, DC and Rebellion have each?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 30 November, 2019, 12:12:52 AM
That cover for Megazine 417 is Jake Lynch's best work.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 01 December, 2019, 02:45:05 PM
I read this on 2000ad twitter feed: "Read the penultimate instalment of BRINK: Hate Box, out next week in #2000AD Prog 2160". This is not correct since Brink accordingly to all indications will be going on until at least February 2020.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 01 December, 2019, 02:47:50 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 01 December, 2019, 02:45:05 PM
I read this on 2000ad twitter feed: "Read the penultimate instalment of BRINK: Hate Box, out next week in #2000AD Prog 2160". This is not correct since Brink accordingly to all indications will be going on until at least February 2020.

Maybe the 'Hate Box' storyling is coming to an end? That's clearly all the quoted text says.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Leigh S on 01 December, 2019, 02:50:17 PM
Yeah, I wondered about the Previews claim tht Hate Box would still be running in February - the evidence conflicts, but i'd guess that Previews info is wrong and Tharg is right, or else Hate Box is super long!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 01 December, 2019, 03:00:07 PM
The last Brink series was 19 episodes (plus one was a double length episode) so I though that Hate Box would continue well into the new year.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: I, Cosh on 01 December, 2019, 05:05:03 PM
Brink is in the solicits for January and February. Presume Tharg's just copy/pasted the text from his previous tweet about Defoe.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rogue Judge on 01 December, 2019, 08:31:22 PM
Kingdom vol. 4!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 03 December, 2019, 12:34:51 PM
Yep!  Really looking forward to it (and announced in this thread back in July! Click! (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=45894.msg1010108#msg1010108))
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: DrJomster on 11 December, 2019, 11:37:12 PM
The Diaboliks

Per the email newsletter, Gordon Rennie and Dom Reardon are back with a Caballistics world new thrill? Christmas has come early, I'm telling you!

Awesome news!!!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 13 December, 2019, 10:16:34 AM
Bit of a cheat here as 'technically' this starts in 2019 but here is a chat with Mike Carroll and Henry Flint regarding the development of Proteus Vex! (https://2000ad.com/news/interview-who-or-what-is-proteus-vex/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Mike Carroll on 13 December, 2019, 10:32:12 AM
Thanks, Bolt-01 -- I hadn't seen that yet!

Also I hadn't read Henry's contribution to the interview -- he's far too modest, that lad!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rately on 13 December, 2019, 10:42:42 AM
It's a great wee interview.

Really looking forward to it, and loving the colour on the art.

Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 13 December, 2019, 01:17:26 PM
I also looking forward to the return of Slaine
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 13 December, 2019, 01:48:13 PM
I have read the interview about Proteus Vex and I am intrigues by the story and naturally the return of Mister Flint.

Now some oil on the simmering fire of animosity against the regen prog, since vex will be running for 10 episodes the regen will not be a natural break but rather a interrupt break.  >:D >:D >:D
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Mike Carroll on 13 December, 2019, 02:21:55 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 13 December, 2019, 01:48:13 PM
Now some oil on the simmering fire of animosity against the regen prog, since vex will be running for 10 episodes the regen will not be a natural break but rather a interrupt break.  >:D >:D >:D

Actually, the interview (which was conducted a few months ago) is a tad out of date: Proteus Vex was written as ten episodes of five pages, but it was only last week that I learned that Tharg had decided to run the first ten pages as episode one in prog 2162, which means that the series is now only nine episodes long!

-- Mike
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 13 December, 2019, 02:34:00 PM
Thx for that Mike I am looking forward to the story
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 13 December, 2019, 04:23:37 PM
Quote from: Mike Carroll on 13 December, 2019, 02:21:55 PM
Actually, the interview (which was conducted a few months ago) is a tad out of date: Proteus Vex was written as ten episodes of five pages, but it was only last week that I learned that Tharg had decided to run the first ten pages as episode one in prog 2162, which means that the series is now only nine episodes long!
-- Mike
So that strip, at least, will be done by the time the first Regened comes along in 2170. Great to hear.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 18 December, 2019, 11:29:48 AM
With more misses than hits IDW will try another attempt @ Dredd:

https://www.newsarama.com/48287-judge-dredd-false-witness-1.html (https://www.newsarama.com/48287-judge-dredd-false-witness-1.html)

(https://img.purch.com/h/1400/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uZXdzYXJhbWEuY29tL2ltYWdlcy9pLzAwMC8yNzEvMzc4L29yaWdpbmFsL0RyZWRkLUZXMDFfY3ZyLmpwZz8xNTc2NTMwMDQ4)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 18 December, 2019, 11:51:09 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 18 December, 2019, 11:29:48 AM
With more misses than hits IDW will try another attempt @ Dredd:

https://www.newsarama.com/48287-judge-dredd-false-witness-1.html (https://www.newsarama.com/48287-judge-dredd-false-witness-1.html)

(https://img.purch.com/h/1400/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uZXdzYXJhbWEuY29tL2ltYWdlcy9pLzAwMC8yNzEvMzc4L29yaWdpbmFsL0RyZWRkLUZXMDFfY3ZyLmpwZz8xNTc2NTMwMDQ4)
Zama's work is killer. it will look good at least!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: karlos on 18 December, 2019, 12:29:17 PM
What is the general consensus on the Dredd IDW stuff?

Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 18 December, 2019, 01:13:47 PM
Quote from: karlos on 18 December, 2019, 12:29:17 PM
What is the general consensus on the Dredd IDW stuff?

Oh you might not want to start that conversation. Overall its not be well recieved at all, The odd exceptions aside. I personally really liked the Mega City Zero and Blessed Earth stuff but it was a very different take on the character.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Proudhuff on 18 December, 2019, 01:17:31 PM
Quote from: karlos on 18 December, 2019, 12:29:17 PM
What is the general consensus on the Dredd IDW stuff?

It wasnt well received by Dreddheads, but they must be doing something right in Trumpland if its getting another outing.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 18 December, 2019, 01:36:11 PM
My take:

Judge Dredd (Swierczynski): Initially unremarkable, and then unreadable.
Judge Dredd – Year One: Matt Smith penned. Quite good.
Mars Attacks Judge Dredd: Totally ridiculous and a lot of fun.
Judge Dredd – Mega City Two: Incomprehensible
Judge Dredd – Anderson, Psi-Division: More Smith. Decent enough.
Judge Dredd – Mega City Zero: It's not Dredd. Moreover, it's also not good.
Judge Dredd – The Blessed Earth: Just don't do it, kids.
Judge Dredd: Under Siege (Mark Russell): Run of the mill. Comes across like iffy era Meg fodder.

There's also Deviations, which I've entirely forgotten (despite owning it and it being McCrea) and the Paul Jenkins-scripted Toxic, which I skim-read after it became obvious it was going to be another US Dredd that faffs about with everything but doesn't make it better.

Quote from: Proudhuff on 18 December, 2019, 01:17:31 PMIt wasnt well received by Dreddheads, but they must be doing something right in Trumpland if its getting another outing.
Well enough, at least. You could take the view that most of this stuff just isn't for us. It's an attempt to repackage and rethink Dredd for an unfamiliar audience. And if you've already got plenty of proper Dredd, why bother? I'd make exceptions: as noted, Mars Attacks is entertainingly batshit, and the Matt Smith stuff is good. Other than that, why put yourself through the pain?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: karlos on 18 December, 2019, 01:38:50 PM
I see!

Thanks, chaps!

And a million thank you's to IP - really appreciate that!

There seems to be very little info on them on the net (as far as I've looked).

Must admit, that Zama art looks very nice indeed.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 18 December, 2019, 01:58:48 PM
karlos so go to comixology and you will find little more info with some sample pages as well : https://www.comixology.com/search?search=judge+dredd (https://www.comixology.com/search?search=judge+dredd)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: karlos on 18 December, 2019, 02:42:08 PM
Thanks, Broodblik!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Proudhuff on 18 December, 2019, 03:19:29 PM
I'd forgotten that Mars Attack and Matt Smith's were IDW, they were great. the rest uninspiring is a good word.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: karlos on 19 December, 2019, 08:32:50 AM
I think I got suckered in because of those lovely covers on Mega City Zero and Blessed Earth.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 19 December, 2019, 09:51:53 AM
Quote from: karlos on 19 December, 2019, 08:32:50 AMI think I got suckered in because of those lovely covers on Mega City Zero and Blessed Earth.
I bought them all as part of a Humble Bundle, which I've just realised included the Funko Universe Dredd. Never even read that. I kind of feel duty bound to read what I've paid for (see also: The Boys), but these were a trudge. I did make it all the way to the end of the standard Judge Dredd series, which really wasn't worth the effort. Blessed Earth broke me though. It's less Dredd than even DC's terrible efforts. I get the desire to do something different, but this could have been any grumpy old cop with a beard for the most part, and it never really felt like Dredd. (This of course is part of the problem with a lot of US-written Dredd.)

Fortunately, the Humble Bundle had pretty much everything else from IDW at the time, along with a few Rebellion bits and bobs I didn't have in digital. But I'd say you'd have to be a completist or a masochist to want to actually pay anything near normal prices for this stuff, with the exception of the Smith books/MA/Deviations.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 19 December, 2019, 10:03:37 AM
I agree with Indigo's take on the IDW Dredd stories
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 19 December, 2019, 12:09:25 PM
I agree. Matt Smith's Year zone was good, and there was a good Anderson story at the back of issue 2 of the regular Judge Dredd series, but otherwise all the IDW stuff seems to be mediocre or appalling.

They must be doing something right, because they're still going after seven years. But whatever it is that seems, inexplicably, to appeal to American audiences doesn't work for me.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 19 December, 2019, 05:44:49 PM
On a different note FCBD 2020 sees Al Ewing return to Dredd. WAYHEY. More about this and other nice treats here.

https://2000ad.com/news/2000-ad-returns-to-free-comic-book-day-in-2020-with-best-of-2000-ad-0/?fbclid=IwAR0OWTInoBctbcCh2WWz1heLI8XCZRbSFU9bTfXPMoC2IoznYsbtRe9qPgo (https://2000ad.com/news/2000-ad-returns-to-free-comic-book-day-in-2020-with-best-of-2000-ad-0/?fbclid=IwAR0OWTInoBctbcCh2WWz1heLI8XCZRbSFU9bTfXPMoC2IoznYsbtRe9qPgo)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Monarch on 19 December, 2019, 05:52:12 PM
you were stronger than me IP I never even got through the very first idw dredd story
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: karlos on 20 December, 2019, 11:54:39 AM
By gum, chaps, you've well and truly warned me off! 

(And saved me a fair few quid - so many thanks for that!)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: rogue69 on 24 December, 2019, 06:19:26 PM
Along with the new IDW Dredd series they releasing a 100 page special in February
https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/judge-dredd-100-page-giant/
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Max Headroom on 24 December, 2019, 09:22:35 PM
Is this IDW 100 page special all new material?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: rogue69 on 24 December, 2019, 11:05:37 PM
not sure, looks like it might be this is the previews write up
DEC190721
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Alan Quah
Take a trip through the rough streets of Mega-City One with the one-and-only Judge Dredd! Featuring amazing stories from an all-star cast of writers and artists that stretch from the filthy underbelly of Mega-City One to beyond its walls, there's never been a better place to see what you've been missing.
In Shops: Feb 05, 2020
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rogue Judge on 25 December, 2019, 06:28:50 AM
Quote from: Max Headroom on 24 December, 2019, 09:22:35 PM
Is this IDW 100 page special all new material?

Not new material - from Newsarama:

FC • 100 pages • $5.99
Bullet points:
Featuring the first Judge Dredd work from Eisner-nominated writer Mark Russell (Second Coming, The Flintstones) and Eisner Award-winning writer Paul Jenkins (Inhumans, Wolverine: Origin)!
Includes the first issues of IDW Judge Dredd miniseries Toxic, Under Siege, Blessed Earth, and Mega-City Zero!
Includes a preview of the upcoming miniseries—a perfect jumping-on point for new fans!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 25 December, 2019, 10:08:02 AM
March 2020 solicitations:

https://2000ad.com/news/what-s-coming-from-rebellion-s-comics-imprints-this-march/ (https://2000ad.com/news/what-s-coming-from-rebellion-s-comics-imprints-this-march/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 26 December, 2019, 05:52:10 PM
Quotewe go back to the beginnings of the Judge system in new series "Dreadnoughts."

This new story in the March meg sounds interesting
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 26 December, 2019, 10:41:14 PM
Quote from: MumboJimbo on 26 December, 2019, 05:52:10 PM
Quotewe go back to the beginnings of the Judge system in new series "Dreadnoughts."

This new story in the March meg sounds interesting

Yeah, I was wondering about that one - wonder who the creative team will be?  Presumably ties in with Michael Carroll's series of Judges novels (as in Mike is editor if not writer of all the stories).
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 28 December, 2019, 03:20:10 AM
Quote from: sheridan on 26 December, 2019, 10:41:14 PM
Quote from: MumboJimbo on 26 December, 2019, 05:52:10 PM
Quotewe go back to the beginnings of the Judge system in new series "Dreadnoughts."

This new story in the March meg sounds interesting

Yeah, I was wondering about that one - wonder who the creative team will be?  Presumably ties in with Michael Carroll's series of Judges novels (as in Mike is editor if not writer of all the stories).

More info: https://doomrocket.com/5-things-michael-carroll-john-higgins-dreadnaughts-breaking-ground/ (https://doomrocket.com/5-things-michael-carroll-john-higgins-dreadnaughts-breaking-ground/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rogue Judge on 28 December, 2019, 06:44:35 AM
Have I missed any announcements regarding a new collected volume of Jaeger? Really looking forward to that.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 04 January, 2020, 04:13:32 AM
Some images from Patrick Goddard's twitter feed related to the Aquila, coming to the prog soon:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENY3J6tUwAA1Cgp.jpg)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ELW1-VHXYAICA0v.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 04 January, 2020, 10:39:52 AM
That armours looking a bit non-European to me - either Chinese or Japanese (not an armour expert).
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 04 January, 2020, 11:06:42 AM
Quote from: sheridan on 04 January, 2020, 10:39:52 AM
That armours looking a bit non-European to me - either Chinese or Japanese (not an armour expert).

I think it's pretty standard Roman stuff, (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=roman+soldier+armour&hl=en-GB&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUkcO65unmAhWKRMAKHWxyCFgQ_AUoAnoECA8QBA&biw=1410&bih=1033) TBH.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tombo on 04 January, 2020, 11:21:46 AM
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 04 January, 2020, 11:06:42 AM
Quote from: sheridan on 04 January, 2020, 10:39:52 AM
That armours looking a bit non-European to me - either Chinese or Japanese (not an armour expert).

I think it's pretty standard Roman stuff, (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=roman+soldier+armour&hl=en-GB&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUkcO65unmAhWKRMAKHWxyCFgQ_AUoAnoECA8QBA&biw=1410&bih=1033) TBH.

Yep, lorica segmentata* pretty common in the late Republic era I believe

*not the name used by the Romans, it's a later designation used by historians.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 04 January, 2020, 12:46:53 PM
Quote from: Tombo on 04 January, 2020, 11:21:46 AM
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 04 January, 2020, 11:06:42 AM
Quote from: sheridan on 04 January, 2020, 10:39:52 AM
That armours looking a bit non-European to me - either Chinese or Japanese (not an armour expert).

I think it's pretty standard Roman stuff, (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=roman+soldier+armour&hl=en-GB&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUkcO65unmAhWKRMAKHWxyCFgQ_AUoAnoECA8QBA&biw=1410&bih=1033) TBH.

Yep, lorica segmentata* pretty common in the late Republic era I believe

*not the name used by the Romans, it's a later designation used by historians.

Its more early empire and came into being around end BC early AD. Prior to that it was more chain mail. In an actual army you'd have seen great variety in armour but this type became prominent around 30 - 40ad I seem to recall.

I seem to recall Aquilla was originally based in Boudican times around 60ad (62 for your actual rebellion if you ask me) so the armour is pretty much spot on... with my limited knowledge based on reading far too many popular history books about romans!

Edited to add - blooming lovely art by the way.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Mardroid on 04 January, 2020, 08:22:36 PM
Yeah definitely legitimately Roman. I've seen similar before.

I think I see why Sheridan saw a Japanese influence though. Something to do with the prominent shoulder pieces, I think.

Also not an armour expert.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Max Headroom on 12 January, 2020, 04:12:53 PM
If Mr Keith Richardson, our esteemed graphic novels editor, is reading this - please could we have a complete run-down of 2020's trade paperback and hardcover releases? (I've seen bits and pieces but the definitive list would be helpful).
Thank you.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Batman's Superior Cousin on 14 January, 2020, 03:57:45 PM
Quote from: Max Headroom on 12 January, 2020, 04:12:53 PM
If Mr Keith Richardson, our esteemed graphic novels editor, is reading this - please could we have a complete run-down of 2020's trade paperback and hardcover releases? (I've seen bits and pieces but the definitive list would be helpful).
Thank you.

https://2000ad.com/news/welcome-to-the-future-2000-ad-unveils-its-graphic-novels-for-2020/
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 January, 2020, 11:43:34 PM
We've (dis)covered 90%+ of that list already.  That's pretty good going.

Way to go, us!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 17 January, 2020, 06:10:06 AM
Death Squad (https://www.bookdepository.com/Death-Squad-Alan-Hebden/9781781087688?ref=grid-view&qid=1579240878505&sr=1-42), paperback, 128 pages, 6 August 2020.

(https://d1w7fb2mkkr3kw.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/lrg/9781/7810/9781781087688.jpg)


If this doesn't leap immediately onto your want list then there is something wrong with you.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 17 January, 2020, 06:18:46 AM
Oh excellent - the more Battle the better, but where is The Sarge?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Apestrife on 18 January, 2020, 07:22:24 PM
Anyone knows which megazine will come bagged with the Pj Maybe floppy?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 24 January, 2020, 10:49:58 AM
Quote from: O Lucky Stevie! on 17 January, 2020, 06:10:06 AM
Death Squad (https://www.bookdepository.com/Death-Squad-Alan-Hebden/9781781087688?ref=grid-view&qid=1579240878505&sr=1-42), paperback, 128 pages, 6 August 2020.

Thanks Stevie.

Points to October 2019 entry (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=45894.msg1015366#msg1015366). Weeps.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: karlos on 24 January, 2020, 11:23:50 AM
Speaking of all things Battle, is the Titan Line of HCs well and truly dead, now?

The latest one - Johnny Red vol. 4 - was released 3 and a half years ago!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 24 January, 2020, 12:57:42 PM
April's solicitations:

https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-april/ (https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-april/)


Forum's favorite Skip Tracer running the whole of April  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 24 January, 2020, 02:27:43 PM
Sweet Grud - that is a sneckin' great cover from PJ for the prog!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rately on 24 January, 2020, 03:05:30 PM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 24 January, 2020, 02:27:43 PM
Sweet Grud - that is a sneckin' great cover from PJ for the prog!

Bloody brilliant cover. Striking image.

A classic.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 30 January, 2020, 01:13:55 PM
Nightcomers will come bagged with Judge Dredd Megazine #417

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPhvoSjX0AADTjr?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Greg M. on 30 January, 2020, 03:00:50 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 30 January, 2020, 01:13:55 PM
Nightcomers will come bagged with Judge Dredd Megazine #417

At age seven-and-a-half, The Nightcomers introduced me to Baphomet, for which I have been forever grateful. And afraid.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: M.I.K. on 30 January, 2020, 05:21:39 PM
...and the back-up strip in that Nightcomers floppy is apparently Terror of The Cats.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 30 January, 2020, 09:02:43 PM
Quote from: M.I.K. on 30 January, 2020, 05:21:39 PM
...and the back-up strip in that Nightcomers floppy is apparently Terror of The Cats.

Love that one - his Scream! work made me a fan of John Richardson, priming me to for his older 2000AD stuff when I started reaching back through time with my back prog hunt.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 31 January, 2020, 06:48:41 AM
Fantastic to see this sort of stuff in the floppie again. Just what I wanted to see after Rebellion bought the Treasury.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Fungus on 31 January, 2020, 01:29:40 PM
Agreed - great floppy fodder 👍
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: repoman on 31 January, 2020, 01:45:56 PM
I'll be all over this.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Monarch on 31 January, 2020, 02:10:34 PM
terror of the cats is that the weird one the boys from where eagles dare recently covered? not complaining new old stuff is imho better than meg stuff i already own
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 08 February, 2020, 12:23:12 PM
Fiends of the Eastern Front (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fiends-Eastern-Front-Carlos-Ezquerra/dp/1781087741) - Paperback, 176 pages, 20th October 2020

A luxury omnibus of classic supernatural war stories from the Golden Age of comics - expanded and updated in definitive edition.

Buried deep underground are the remains of Wehrmacht soldier, Hans Schmitt, and his diary, which journals his eerie encounter with the Romanian Captain Constanta and his platoon of blood-sucking freaks! Back in 1943, with the Russians willing to fight until their last man in order to defend Stalingrad, Panzergrenadier Richter discovers Constanta's secret and learns than sometimes your allies can be just as dangerous as the enemy!

Featuring the breathtaking art of Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd) and Colin MacNeil (America, Chopper: Song of the Surfer), with stories from Gerry Finley Day (Rogue Trooper), David Bishop (Thrill-Power Overload), and recent classics from Ian Edginton (Stickleback, Scarlet Traces), Dave Kendall (Fall of Deadworld).


(https://i.imgur.com/GWAspgg.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 08 February, 2020, 12:24:19 PM
The Vigilant (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vigilant-Simon-Furman/dp/1781088594) - Paperback, 128 pages, 15th September 2020

Classic British Superheroes remade for a 21st Century audience by today's top graphic novel stars!

Lost in the mists of time, home-grown British superheroes once entertained and enthralled millions of kids...Now, the likes of Adam Eterno, Blake Edmonds, Thunderbolt the Avenger, and The Leopard from Lime Street are back for a new generation of readers.

This volume collects the trilogy of Vigilant stories written by Simon Furman (Transformers) and drawn by an all-star roster of artsists including Simon Coleby (Dark Souls), DaNi (Coffin Bound), Henrik Sahlstrom (Thirteenth Floor), Warwick Fraser-Combe, Staz Johnson (Spider-Man), Will Sliney (Spider-Man 2099), Jake Lynch (Judge Dredd)


(https://i.imgur.com/LHLoynA.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 08 February, 2020, 12:24:51 PM

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Book Two
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Fall-Trigan-Empire-Book/dp/178108775X) - Paperback, 288 pages, 17th November 2020

The second thrilling omnibus lost Sci-Fi classic from the sixties the New York times [sic] called "highly detailed visions of fantastic worlds"

Among the distant stars, fractious tribes come together to found a mighty empire that will wage war against aggressive kingdoms, battle alien invaders, and conceive of incredible new technologies. This extraordinary volume continues to chart the glorious Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire!

A landmark in British comics history, painted by the legendary Don Lawrence in stunning, classic style, and springing from the grandiose pen of Mike Butterworth, this is an epic tale that creates a new far-future science fiction mythos that captured the imagination of a generation.

Features an introduction from one-time Don Lawrence apprentice Chris Weston (The Filth).

"I love Trigan Empire! It's absolutely epic."--Duncan Jones (director Source Code, Moon)


(Good to see Duncan Jones still in the fold)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 08 February, 2020, 12:26:19 PM
Cor! Buster Bumper Fun Book: An Omnibus Collection of Hilarious Stories Filled with Laughs for Kids of All Ages! (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cor-Buster-Bumper-Fun-Book/dp/1781088640) - Paperback, 96 pages, 24th November 2020

All-ages omnibus featuring classic humour characters from yesteryear brought back with brand new stories from the top humour comics talent of today!

Britain's golden age of humour comics returns for the 21st century, with brand new stories by today's top talents. Featuring characters like Kid Kong, Grimly Feendish, Faceache, and Frankie Stein are given new life in this compendium of hilarity by Neil Googe (The Flash), Cavan Scott (Doctor Who), Tom Paterson (The Beano, The Dandy), Shelli Paroline (Adventure Time) and Hilary Barta (DC Comics Plastic Man)!


(https://i.imgur.com/ZNgjvzp.jpg)

Possibly a placeholder cover given we've seen those images before?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Monarch on 08 February, 2020, 12:34:57 PM
A collection of the recent specials yeah?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 08 February, 2020, 01:13:05 PM
The blurb says 'brand new stories' but it's not clear if that means totally new to this volume or just new as compared to the material from the 1960s-70s-80s.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 08 February, 2020, 01:21:53 PM
Cor! is a compilation, IIRC. I may well pick that up for the nipper.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rogue Judge on 08 February, 2020, 03:29:30 PM
I'm stoked to see the Fiends of the Eastern Front collection. I've been watching Ebay for a long while now, hoping for a "reasonably" priced copy of Fiends (both the hard back and soft cover are expensive)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Steve Green on 08 February, 2020, 04:13:32 PM
Really?

The hardback of the original series was going cheap when they were clearing stocks of old stuff a few years ago.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rogue Judge on 08 February, 2020, 06:49:51 PM
That's the one I've been looking for. It pops up occasionally used on ebay or Amazon for anywhere from £35 and up.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Sean SD on 10 February, 2020, 07:45:33 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 08 February, 2020, 12:23:12 PM
Fiends of the Eastern Front (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fiends-Eastern-Front-Carlos-Ezquerra/dp/1781087741) - Paperback, 176 pages, 20th October 2020

A luxury omnibus of classic supernatural war stories from the Golden Age of comics - expanded and updated in definitive edition.

Buried deep underground are the remains of Wehrmacht soldier, Hans Schmitt, and his diary, which journals his eerie encounter with the Romanian Captain Constanta and his platoon of blood-sucking freaks! Back in 1943, with the Russians willing to fight until their last man in order to defend Stalingrad, Panzergrenadier Richter discovers Constanta's secret and learns than sometimes your allies can be just as dangerous as the enemy!

Looking forward to this omnibus will be picking one up for sure  :cool:
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: CalHab on 10 February, 2020, 08:09:11 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 08 February, 2020, 12:23:12 PM
Fiends of the Eastern Front (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fiends-Eastern-Front-Carlos-Ezquerra/dp/1781087741) - Paperback, 176 pages, 20th October 2020

A luxury omnibus of classic supernatural war stories from the Golden Age of comics - expanded and updated in definitive edition.

Buried deep underground are the remains of Wehrmacht soldier, Hans Schmitt, and his diary, which journals his eerie encounter with the Romanian Captain Constanta and his platoon of blood-sucking freaks! Back in 1943, with the Russians willing to fight until their last man in order to defend Stalingrad, Panzergrenadier Richter discovers Constanta's secret and learns than sometimes your allies can be just as dangerous as the enemy!

Featuring the breathtaking art of Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd) and Colin MacNeil (America, Chopper: Song of the Surfer), with stories from Gerry Finley Day (Rogue Trooper), David Bishop (Thrill-Power Overload), and recent classics from Ian Edginton (Stickleback, Scarlet Traces), Dave Kendall (Fall of Deadworld).


(https://i.imgur.com/GWAspgg.jpg)

Not the incredible Dave Taylor work?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 10 February, 2020, 09:40:26 AM
Quote from: CalHab on 10 February, 2020, 08:09:11 AM
Not the incredible Dave Taylor work?
His name's on the cover!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: CalHab on 10 February, 2020, 11:35:10 AM
Quote from: Tomwe on 10 February, 2020, 09:40:26 AM
Quote from: CalHab on 10 February, 2020, 08:09:11 AM
Not the incredible Dave Taylor work?
His name's on the cover!

Brilliant! Hopefully get a large format hardcover edition too!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 12 February, 2020, 12:49:48 PM
Just spotted this on Down The Tubes:

(https://i1.wp.com/downthetubes.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0414.jpg?resize=768%2C1008&ssl=1)

David Roach limited edition cover for the upcoming Masters of British Comic Art Book!

Only 200 available via the shop - and it is there NOW!

Link - https://downthetubes.net/?p=114954 (https://downthetubes.net/?p=114954)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dandontdare on 12 February, 2020, 02:53:00 PM
ooh, that's very nice, but I do love the Bolland one and I'm not buying two copies! Decisions decisions.....
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 14 February, 2020, 02:21:39 AM
Presumably the characters on the cover give us some insight into the content?  There's Buster, standing on Helm, Stogie to the left, Janus Stark next to Anderson, Death & Walter the Wobot, Robot Archie, Grimly Fiendish, Frankie Stein, that cat girl we've been talking about, etc, a few I'm having a mental blank on (the flying metal gauntlet in front of Stark), and a few I don't know.

It's natural that the book is most likely to concentrate on material owned by Rebellion (rather than say, DCT), but it's interesting to see the representation here ties in with material Rebellion has (or is soon) reprinting and/or rebooting.  I assume the overlap is merit based (i.e. Rebellion are bringing back material they consider is worth displaying, and the author has separately identified the same great artists and characters as worthy of discussion, rather than the book being just a way to push available product).
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 14 February, 2020, 02:53:16 AM
Sexton Blake's New Order: The Sexton Blake Library Book 5 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sexton-Blakes-New-Order-Library/dp/1781088071) - Paperback, 432 pages, 8th December 2020

"The fifth thrilling collection of classic stories welcoming back the adventuring detective as brilliant as Sherlock Holmes and as daring as James Bond.

For nearly a century, Sexton Blake was the most written about character in British fiction. He starred in approximately four thousand stories by nearly two hundred authors. A cross between Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones, he was a publishing phenomenon, read by young and old alike.

Comprised of three SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY stories from the "New Order", Blake enters the roaring '60s in great style, with adventures involving volcanoes, psychics and more!

THE WORLD SHAKERS by Desmond Reid (Rex Dolphin) (1960).
An insane scientist is on the loose, a villain's base is located in a dormant volcano, and Sexton Blake encounters flying saucers, thought-scrambling ray guns, and malformed aliens ... or does he?

THE BIG STEAL by Jack Trevor Story (1960)
A man is tricked into committing a crime, his wife enjoys the profits, another crime is committed, the man is caught, his wife goes on a spending spree, rings are run around various investigators, and Sexton Blake comes up with a plan ...

BRED TO KILL by Martin Thomas (Thomas Martin) (1960)
A fox-hunting protest ruffles feathers, a killer is on the loose, strange characters abound, a psychic investigator gets to work, a mad biologist experiments in a secret laboratory, a boy is missing, evolution is reversed, a creature is hunted, and an Adept fulfils a mission for the Masters."


(https://i.imgur.com/7IqDt16.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 14 February, 2020, 02:55:15 AM
Reading the description for the middle story, "The Big Steal", I reckon the wife's the culprit behind it all.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 16 February, 2020, 04:46:50 AM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 12 February, 2020, 02:53:00 PM
ooh, that's very nice, but I do love the Bolland one and I'm not buying two copies! Decisions decisions.....

David Roach has posted on Facebook that the Brian Bolland cover art is reproduced on the endpapers of the limited edition.

Oddly enough, both editions will set Stevie back roughly the same amount in Australian dollars whether I purchase the limited edition directly from Rebellion (A$95 + A$24 postage) or the regular Bolland version imported via Diamond in the US, which is retailing at US$50 , which meansthat it would be hitting the shelf  of my local South Australian comic shop at the A$100 mark.

Funny old world, innit?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 18 February, 2020, 02:12:19 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 24 January, 2020, 12:57:42 PM
April's solicitations:

https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-april/ (https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-april/)


I see that Chimpksy will make a return in a five part story (by Niemand and PJ Holden). Chimpksy was one off the best one-off Dredd stories the last few years (prog 2131). Looking forward to this 

(https://images.rebellion.co.uk/productVersion/95/83/00.default.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 18 February, 2020, 04:04:06 PM
Yep that is indeed good news. The introduction of Chimpsky was fantastic and give the mysterious Niemand's form (and of course PJ) I've little doubt this one will deliver on that in spades.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 23 February, 2020, 03:37:06 AM
The cover for the Tammy & Jinty Special:

(https://i0.wp.com/downthetubes.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2910.jpg?resize=768%2C1003&ssl=1)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 23 February, 2020, 09:12:17 AM
Love it!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 23 February, 2020, 09:14:23 AM
Oh thjat is strong, very good indeed.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 24 February, 2020, 09:24:46 AM
That is superb!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 24 February, 2020, 10:02:15 PM
Speaking of good covers the cover for Smash Special out in May (somehow missed this one was amongst the slew of specials this year)  is over at Comic Scene and its a SMASHER... excuse me, I'm sorry.

https://comicscene.org/2020/02/24/smash-cover-revealed/?fbclid=IwAR3jR16ZdxOLjxdIVK4Ly3F-GNVFmGjX82fPwF5rzE2EK8wySutRCsKO8SE (https://comicscene.org/2020/02/24/smash-cover-revealed/?fbclid=IwAR3jR16ZdxOLjxdIVK4Ly3F-GNVFmGjX82fPwF5rzE2EK8wySutRCsKO8SE)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 25 February, 2020, 08:00:14 AM
Yeah, that Smash cover somehow made me grab the Betelguesian by the horn (as it were) and buy the whole pack from the 2000ad shop. Sixty quid for the whole lot, with an added exclusive reprint replica of the "banned issue of Action"- couldnt say no, really.
SBT
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 25 February, 2020, 09:53:08 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 14 February, 2020, 02:21:39 AM
a few I'm having a mental blank on (the flying metal gauntlet in front of Stark)

The Steel Claw!  Of course.  Thanks Colin.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 25 February, 2020, 01:55:38 PM
Here is the cover for Trigan Empire II:

(https://comicsceneorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/img_9611.jpg?w=934)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 25 February, 2020, 04:02:26 PM
Gorgeous design work there.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 28 February, 2020, 08:03:08 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 23 February, 2020, 03:37:06 AM
The cover for the Tammy & Jinty Special:

(https://i0.wp.com/downthetubes.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2910.jpg?resize=768%2C1003&ssl=1)

Well hello there! Would that be The Cat Girls from the pages of Sally &, following the merger of the two titles, Tammy?

[img=https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WmWZYNwy6Y8/Wbvz5_pnr4I/AAAAAAAAeXM/oIjyXAXzDWE1VlF1WYH6wgadp98m8GqagCLcBGAs/s1600/sally.jpg[/img]

The 2019 Tammy & Jinty Spcial was Stevie's favourite single issue of any comic which he read last year. July can't come soon enough!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: TordelBack on 28 February, 2020, 01:53:09 PM
Quote from: O Lucky Stevie! on 28 February, 2020, 08:03:08 AM
The 2019 Tammy & Jinty Spcial was Stevie's favourite single issue of any comic which he read last year. July can't come soon enough!

Certainly in my Top 5 for last year - in fact at the weekend I noticed it was still in my daughter's re-read pile, a singular honour since most of her seemingly insatiable diet of reading gets consumed and dumped in the charity shop box.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 04 March, 2020, 02:20:53 AM
The Vigilant is coming back for a final run in the June Judge Dredd Megazine:

http://www.brokenfrontier.com/rebellion-announce-final-chapter-story-vigilant-judge-dredd-megazine-june/ (http://www.brokenfrontier.com/rebellion-announce-final-chapter-story-vigilant-judge-dredd-megazine-june/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 04 March, 2020, 02:47:35 AM
Judge Fear's Big Day Out and Other Stories (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Judge-Fears-Big-Other-Stories/dp/1781088535/) - Paperback, 416 pages, 10th November 2020

New anthology collecting the very best prose stories from the pages of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic!

A shopping mall where droids sell organs harvested from street trash...

A murderous imaginary friend...

A psychotic composer drafting music from pain...

All in a day's work for the Lawman of the Future.

Edited by and with an introduction by Dredd veteran Michael Carroll, Judge Fear's Big Day Out and Other Stories gathers the very best short stories from more than a decade of the Judge Dredd Megazine, including stories by legends Alan Grant, Gordon Rennie and Simon Spurrier, among countless others...


(https://i.imgur.com/T5LRZZP.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 04 March, 2020, 02:48:49 AM
More "JUDGES" novellas - only listed for Kindle at the moment.

I shall wait for the omnibus print edition...!

(https://i.imgur.com/SNktXzQ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/IRPu5JW.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Robin Low on 04 March, 2020, 07:01:06 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 04 March, 2020, 02:20:53 AM
The Vigilant is coming back for a final run in the June Judge Dredd Megazine:

http://www.brokenfrontier.com/rebellion-announce-final-chapter-story-vigilant-judge-dredd-megazine-june/ (http://www.brokenfrontier.com/rebellion-announce-final-chapter-story-vigilant-judge-dredd-megazine-june/)

That's rather disappointing. I really hoped this would be an ongoing thing, even if it was only one or two issues a year. I guess the sales just weren't there. Hope there's enough material for a collection.

Regards,

Robin
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 04 March, 2020, 07:37:16 AM
Quote from: Robin Low on 04 March, 2020, 07:01:06 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 04 March, 2020, 02:20:53 AM
The Vigilant is coming back for a final run in the June Judge Dredd Megazine:

http://www.brokenfrontier.com/rebellion-announce-final-chapter-story-vigilant-judge-dredd-megazine-june/ (http://www.brokenfrontier.com/rebellion-announce-final-chapter-story-vigilant-judge-dredd-megazine-june/)

That's rather disappointing. I really hoped this would be an ongoing thing, even if it was only one or two issues a year. I guess the sales just weren't there. Hope there's enough material for a collection.

Regards,

Robin

Its great that Rebellion are trying so many different things and trying to find different vehicles for the characters it now owns. Alas this rich vain of experimentation will probably mean we see various things fall by the way side so at least they are wrapping things up neatly rather then let it drift into the ether.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 04 March, 2020, 08:22:38 AM
Quote from: Robin Low on 04 March, 2020, 07:01:06 AM
That's rather disappointing. I really hoped this would be an ongoing thing, even if it was only one or two issues a year. I guess the sales just weren't there. Hope there's enough material for a collection.

From the link:

QuoteThe complete story of The Vigilant, featuring work by Simon Furman, Simon Coleby, DaNi, Henrik Sahlstrom, Warwick Fraser-Combe, Staz Johnson, Will Sliney, and Jake Lynch, will be collected in a 128-page paperback graphic novel this September.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 04 March, 2020, 10:03:34 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 04 March, 2020, 07:37:16 AMIts great that Rebellion are trying so many different things and trying to find different vehicles for the characters it now owns. Alas this rich vain of experimentation will probably mean we see various things fall by the way side so at least they are wrapping things up neatly rather then let it drift into the ether.
Yep. Great integrity to find a space and budget to wrap things up, rather than just go "oh well, then". I suppose that makes people more likely to buy as well, instead of thinking that something might just get abruptly axed after X issues.

It's a pity that The Vigilant didn't make it, but I'm not overly surprised. It was so incredibly dense to the point it flirted with incoherence. I admire the ambition, but it tried to cram a trade's worth of content each of the two issues, surpassing even 2000 AD's typically blaze-through approach. If only it had been given room to breathe (which would of course have required a larger market to buy the thing in the first place).

I wonder how many pages it'll get in that Meg, in order to finish the run? Here's my quick count of the purely strip pages we've had so far (which may not be entirely accurate):

Death Man: 6
Maelstrom: 24
Yao: 6
Death Wish: 6
Steel Commando: 7
Legacy: 35
Doctor Sin: 4

So that's 88. I imagine you'll get the usual intro pages/character bios/covers. So probably wrapped up in 24 pages or so?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MumboJimbo on 04 March, 2020, 10:12:16 AM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 04 March, 2020, 10:03:34 AM
Yep. Great integrity to find a space and budget to wrap things up, rather than just go "oh well, then".

Yes, I was thinking the same - would've loved a 3rd special, but if the sales weren't there then I'm totally happy with this solution.

I definitely agree with you that the compressed nature of the storytelling, particular the rather "WTF?" im media res opener didn't help it. Also, you have to be in your 50s to remember anything other than the Leopard from Lime Street from your childhood. It was slightly surreal to buy a comic in my late 40s and think, "maybe this is intended for an older audience than me"!

Overall though I loved it and very glad the team are getting a proper send off. Oh well, maybe the GN will do better, who knows?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 04 March, 2020, 10:28:39 AM
Quote from: MumboJimbo on 04 March, 2020, 10:12:16 AM
I definitely agree with you that the compressed nature of the storytelling, particular the rather "WTF?" im media res opener didn't help it. Also, you have to be in your 50s to remember anything other than the Leopard from Lime Street from your childhood.

Highly weird that the first Vigilant came out before any of the relevant Treasury reprints! (Steel Commando, Dr Mesmer's Revenge, etc)

'Hey kids, buy this great new comic about these old British heroes - you won't know who any of them are because their stories aren't in print any more; we're going to reprint all their old stories, but not until a year or two after this comes out and you've long since moved on to other stuff!'
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 04 March, 2020, 01:02:59 PM
The Vigilant, this might be the cover for the Meg:

(https://2000ad.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/VigilantCover-780x1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Robin Low on 04 March, 2020, 03:17:46 PM
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 04 March, 2020, 08:22:38 AMFrom the link:

QuoteThe complete story of The Vigilant, featuring work by Simon Furman, Simon Coleby, DaNi, Henrik Sahlstrom, Warwick Fraser-Combe, Staz Johnson, Will Sliney, and Jake Lynch, will be collected in a 128-page paperback graphic novel this September.

Jolly Good. Missed that.

Regards,

Robin
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Robin Low on 04 March, 2020, 03:26:37 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 04 March, 2020, 10:03:34 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 04 March, 2020, 07:37:16 AMIts great that Rebellion are trying so many different things and trying to find different vehicles for the characters it now owns. Alas this rich vain of experimentation will probably mean we see various things fall by the way side so at least they are wrapping things up neatly rather then let it drift into the ether.
Yep. Great integrity to find a space and budget to wrap things up, rather than just go "oh well, then". I suppose that makes people more likely to buy as well, instead of thinking that something might just get abruptly axed after X issues.

That is certainly true. And the collection that Jim kindly pointed out demonstrates a greater degree of commitment that one might have expected.

QuoteIt's a pity that The Vigilant didn't make it, but I'm not overly surprised. It was so incredibly dense to the point it flirted with incoherence. I admire the ambition, but it tried to cram a trade's worth of content each of the two issues, surpassing even 2000 AD's typically blaze-through approach. If only it had been given room to breathe (which would of course have required a larger market to buy the thing in the first place).

That's also quite true. It was nice to see another comic on the shelves, but it might have been more successful as a 2000AD series. I just kinda liked that fact that it felt like its own thing, and not just another 2000AS series.

Regards,

Robin
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Mardroid on 08 March, 2020, 09:11:58 PM
Hmm. A shame its finishing. (For now anyway.) I always liked the concept. I struggled with the first issue a bit - it so needed more time to breathe- a strange thing to state these days where so many are (at least mentally) yelling "GET ON WITH IT!"  at comics or TV sets. The second issue wasn't perfect either but it was an improvement, and none of it was bad comics. Not exactly a ringing endorsement, but I felt it really showed promise.

If they're going to finish it, I'd have preferred they do one last issue, rather than combine it in the Meg,  but no doubt they have their reasons.

Hoping this won't be forever. Even if the Vigilant itself is finished for good, it would be nice to see further stories concerning the characters individually.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 08 March, 2020, 09:28:28 PM
Quoteno doubt they have their reasons
The only obvious reason I can think of for this decision is that not enough people bought the comic. If enough people had, it'd surely be a standalone edition.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 09 March, 2020, 06:21:40 PM
A preview of new IDW Dredd series:

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/preview-idw-new-judge-dredd-false-witness (https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/preview-idw-new-judge-dredd-false-witness)

(https://www.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/1100xauto/public/dredd-3.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 15 March, 2020, 11:39:58 AM
And the collected version comes out in November:


Judge Dredd - False Witness (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Judge-Dredd-Witness-Brandon-Easton/dp/1684057280) - Paperback, 96 pages, 17th November 2020


Justice Academy drop-out Mathias Lincoln always survived by sub-legal means, but after uncovering a vast conspiracy, he finds himself pursued by legendary lawman Judge Dredd!

Get ready for a street level look at justice in Mega-City One as one person fights to expose the darkest secrets of the rich and powerful in a thrilling mystery set against a backdrop of media manipulation and social unrest.

While on a job for a rich client, Justice Academy drop-out and professional fixer Mathias Lincoln makes a horrific discovery -- children are disappearing, and the conspiracy stretches from the wastes of the Cursed Earth all the way to the halls of power in Mega-City One.

Things get even worse for Mathias when he's framed for the brutal murder of a controversial media personality whose bombastic rhetoric had made him one of the most powerful--and feared--voices in the city. Now the most wanted man in the Big Meg, Mathias has to fight to clear his name and expose those responsible for taking the Cursed Earth children before he gets a death sentence from Mega-City One's zero-tolerance lawman -- JUDGE DREDD.

Written by Eisner-nominated, Glyph Award-winning writer of comics and TV Brandon Easton (Star Trek: Year Five, Transformers, Agent Carter) with superstar artist Kei Zama (Death's Head, Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye) making her Judge Dredd debut!


(https://i.imgur.com/jhCc7Nr.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: I, Cosh on 26 March, 2020, 03:33:20 PM
What's all this then?

Quote from: June PreviewsA brand-new line-up of stories start in Prog 2184, the ideal point to jump onboard
- the apocalypse is approaching and Judge Dredd is offered aid from an unexpected quarter in 'End of Days'
- teenage bounty hunter Tee and her gran are back in the deep-space adventure 'Full Tilt Boogie'
- the shadow-agents are hunting down members of The Order in 'Land of the Free'
- the oddball cop caper 'Nakka of the S.T.A.R.S'
- Celtic warrior Slaine returns for the first book of the 'Dragontamer' saga, 'The Web of Weird'!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 26 March, 2020, 03:38:59 PM
Looks promising!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: dweezil2 on 26 March, 2020, 07:23:42 PM
Quote from: I, Cosh on 26 March, 2020, 03:33:20 PM
What's all this then?

Quote from: June PreviewsA brand-new line-up of stories start in Prog 2184, the ideal point to jump onboard
- the apocalypse is approaching and Judge Dredd is offered aid from an unexpected quarter in 'End of Days'
- teenage bounty hunter Tee and her gran are back in the deep-space adventure 'Full Tilt Boogie'
- the shadow-agents are hunting down members of The Order in 'Land of the Free'
- the oddball cop caper 'Nakka of the S.T.A.R.S'
- Celtic warrior Slaine returns for the first book of the 'Dragontamer' saga, 'The Web of Weird'!

Pretty sure Nakka of the S.T.A.R.S is Brendan McCarthy's new strip.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 27 March, 2020, 07:19:14 AM
Oh good stuff The Order is back, Full Tilt Boogie gets a run out at last and a mystery thrill. Colour me excited.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 07 April, 2020, 04:06:47 PM
Preview of the Cor/Buster Easter Special 2020:

http://www.comicon.com/2020/04/07/preview-a-little-laughter-in-a-trying-time-with-cor-buster-easter-special-2020/ (http://www.comicon.com/2020/04/07/preview-a-little-laughter-in-a-trying-time-with-cor-buster-easter-special-2020/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 07 April, 2020, 04:17:05 PM
Mine arrived yesterday. It looks fab.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 12 April, 2020, 01:51:04 PM
The cover for the sci-fi special 2020 by Jock:

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3iWjon3l8CI/Xo78o8XS5CI/AAAAAAAA8t8/tz1wuePPy7sg8E48iOtnyMTE3RcjleBNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/2000AD%2BSci-Fi%2BSpecial%2B2020.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: dweezil2 on 12 April, 2020, 01:53:16 PM
Very nice!!!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 12 April, 2020, 01:54:43 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 07 April, 2020, 04:06:47 PM
Preview of the Cor/Buster Easter Special 2020:

http://www.comicon.com/2020/04/07/preview-a-little-laughter-in-a-trying-time-with-cor-buster-easter-special-2020/ (http://www.comicon.com/2020/04/07/preview-a-little-laughter-in-a-trying-time-with-cor-buster-easter-special-2020/)

The boy child lapped it up. I'll read it at some point, but its worked for its intended audience that's all that really matters.

Oh and Dredd looming over Oxford (I assume) is both weird and wonderful!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 12 April, 2020, 08:05:53 PM
From Jock's twitter feed for the sci-fi special:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVZ-_jFXkAAIBx9?format=jpg&name=900x900)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVZ-_jFXkAEDOY8?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 16 April, 2020, 01:20:41 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 18 February, 2020, 02:12:19 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 24 January, 2020, 12:57:42 PM
April's solicitations:

https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-april/ (https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-april/)


I see that Chimpksy will make a return in a five part story (by Niemand and PJ Holden). Chimpksy was one off the best one-off Dredd stories the last few years (prog 2131). Looking forward to this 


Chimpsky is making his return in prog 2178 next week. Looking forward to this
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 02 May, 2020, 02:43:39 PM
Art by Chris Weston for House of Dolman in the Smash 2020 Special:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EW5F89uWoAAM9r3?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 07 May, 2020, 01:17:17 PM
The cover for the Misty and Scream Special 2020 (art by Andrea Bulgarelli):

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXaSAWzXYAAMkQR?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 07 May, 2020, 01:25:29 PM
Well to say that one's beautiful would be an understatement of such epic propostions I'll not even bother to. Mind I'll be to busy picking my jaw of the ground to do so anyway!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: DrJomster on 07 May, 2020, 06:06:30 PM
Yes indeed. Excellent covers there for Misty & Scream as well as the sci-fi special! Great to see all these specials every year now. Good times!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 12 May, 2020, 07:19:02 PM
A nice preview for the upcoming Strontium Dog earlier stories running in Starlord:

http://www.comicon.com/2020/05/12/search-destroy-the-earliest-strontium-dog-tales-reprinted-at-last/ (http://www.comicon.com/2020/05/12/search-destroy-the-earliest-strontium-dog-tales-reprinted-at-last/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Max Headroom on 12 May, 2020, 08:58:19 PM
Thanks for sharing, Broodblik. That looks to be a really great collection there and one I'm really looking forward to. Hope the rest of Strontium Dog gets a similar treatment?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 13 May, 2020, 03:49:32 PM
The cover for Battle Special by Nelson Daniel:

(https://comicsceneorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/img_0704.jpg?w=779)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 24 May, 2020, 09:31:32 AM
The cover for Roy of the Rovers Summer Special 2020:

(https://images.rebellion.co.uk/productVersion/b0/9c/00.large.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rogue Judge on 25 May, 2020, 05:55:00 AM
Battle of Britain looks good! An Ian Kennedy cover would have been nice, especially considering the aerial combat. Still, looks good.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 25 May, 2020, 06:12:36 AM
I do not think there is anyone in the industry that can do WW2 covers like Ian Kennedy
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 27 May, 2020, 08:15:13 PM
Coming to the prog/meg in July and August:

https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/rebellion-comics-august-2020-solicitations/ (https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/rebellion-comics-august-2020-solicitations/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 27 May, 2020, 09:22:38 PM
More new thrills and Lawless still going this is the stuff. But I'm going to have my typical whine. Havn as the floppie. It was a fun strip as I recall but like its only 3 years old!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: davidbishop on 27 May, 2020, 10:37:35 PM
Would you rather have the Soul Sisters?  :lol:

But more seriously, I'd re-run the first ever Middenface solo series from Vol 1 of the Megazine, written by Alan Grant and drawn by John McCrea. Don't think it's ever been reprinted and not sure why...
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 27 May, 2020, 10:52:16 PM
Havn seems an odd choice, given how recently it appeared. Annoyed the piss out of my Icelandic wife too.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: RaggedMan on 27 May, 2020, 11:36:41 PM

Quote from: davidbishop on 27 May, 2020, 10:37:35 PM
Would you rather have the Soul Sisters?  :lol:

But more seriously, I'd re-run the first ever Middenface solo series from Vol 1 of the Megazine, written by Alan Grant and drawn by John McCrea. Don't think it's ever been reprinted and not sure why...

Shaky. Kane. Art.
Would love a Soul Sisters reprint. As part of a Shaky 2000 special collection.

McCrea Middenface would be good as well mind.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 28 May, 2020, 04:39:38 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 27 May, 2020, 09:22:38 PM
More new thrills and Lawless still going this is the stuff. But I'm going to have my typical whine. Havn as the floppie. It was a fun strip as I recall but like its only 3 years old!

I agree that this was too recent. The thing I have learned with these schedules is that they are not written in stone. For example "The Out" would have already had its run but it is now on scheduled for July.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 28 May, 2020, 08:16:52 AM
Surely most of today's readers were reading the Meg three years ago? Do we really need Havn reprinted so soon? It's not as if there's a shortage of alternatives.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: DrJomster on 28 May, 2020, 08:22:25 AM
Three years is a blink of an eye these days!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 28 May, 2020, 09:41:13 AM
Quote from: Richard on 28 May, 2020, 08:16:52 AM
Surely most of today's readers were reading the Meg three years ago? Do we really need Havn reprinted so soon? It's not as if there's a shortage of alternatives.
I've not read it, for one. Only went combo sub last year.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 29 May, 2020, 02:31:25 PM
Quote from: MumboJimbo on 04 March, 2020, 10:12:16 AM
I definitely agree with you that the compressed nature of the storytelling, particular the rather "WTF?" im media res opener didn't help it. Also, you have to be in your 50s to remember anything other than the Leopard from Lime Street from your childhood. It was slightly surreal to buy a comic in my late 40s and think, "maybe this is intended for an older audience than me"!


I'm under 50 and remembered the Leopard from Lime Street and Death Wish.  None of the others meant anything to me other than possibly having read their names in articles.  Having them all shoved together in one comic (for me) was like watching the Avengers or Justice League films without ever having seen or read anything involving the characters previously.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 30 May, 2020, 08:35:42 PM
Live breaking news from PJ Holden's live drawing show - he's already working on a new 4 part Chimpsky story. And Kenneth Niemand is ... nah he didn't mention that...
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 04 June, 2020, 11:45:01 AM
Think we're creeping into 2021 territory now - but will add here anyway.

More from the Treasury (actually do these count as Treasury?) some new "Fleetway Picture Library Classics" - via the Thrillmail and Downthetubes

https://downthetubes.net/?p=118489&fbclid=IwAR0sEe9OLY-JOKh18SYNAP_lSule5C85o0l9YuujcdLqxcoUfmQ2p0v5EcQ (https://downthetubes.net/?p=118489&fbclid=IwAR0sEe9OLY-JOKh18SYNAP_lSule5C85o0l9YuujcdLqxcoUfmQ2p0v5EcQ)

Also from the Thrillmail a 'Thrills of the Future' I don't think (?) we've seen for more Angelic - coming to the Meg some time - which is very good news.

Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 04 June, 2020, 11:50:46 AM
Some interesting stuff coming next year
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tjm86 on 04 June, 2020, 04:58:44 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 27 May, 2020, 10:52:16 PM
Annoyed the piss out of my Icelandic wife too.

Confused the f*** out of me.  Maybe worth another shot.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 04 June, 2020, 05:21:25 PM
I mentioned to her there was finally a Dredd tale set in Iceland. "It'd better not have fucking Huldufólk in it."

Oh.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: BPP on 04 June, 2020, 10:24:07 PM
Quote from: davidbishop on 27 May, 2020, 10:37:35 PM
Would you rather have the Soul Sisters?  :lol:

Shaky Kane is never not interesting tbf.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 07 June, 2020, 02:03:12 PM
Quote from: BPP on 04 June, 2020, 10:24:07 PM
Quote from: davidbishop on 27 May, 2020, 10:37:35 PM
Would you rather have the Soul Sisters?  :lol:

Shaky Kane is never not interesting tbf.

As the ancient curse goes - interesting times!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 08 June, 2020, 06:06:08 PM
Not sure where this should really go, but I've not seen anything about it here (apologies if discussed to death beyond the scope of my Search skills)- but TALKINGPICTURESTV ran an advert for the upcoming Ian Kennedy and Hugo Pratt Treasury of British Comics collections, complete with animated Kennedy artwork.

In the last ad break during the third episode of Quatermass last Tuesday (final episode is on tomorrow night).

Great to see- though I did have to briefly return my tv screen to 16:9 ratio to watch, as for some reason TalkingPicturesTV doesnt automatically switch like others do, which is annoying.

SBT
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 08 June, 2020, 06:11:59 PM
Coming in the next mag the last part of Vigilant:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZ_fFIaXgAAOG0k?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Citi-Def_Joe on 08 June, 2020, 06:37:44 PM
Also noticed that the "bagged with the Megazine" 421 will be the Vigilant: Origins, ("by Tom Tully, Eric Bradbury, Frank Pepper, Donnie Avenell and more")
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 08 June, 2020, 09:57:42 PM
Quote from: Citi-Def_Joe on 08 June, 2020, 06:37:44 PM
Also noticed that the "bagged with the Megazine" 421 will be the Vigilant: Origins, ("by Tom Tully, Eric Bradbury, Frank Pepper, Donnie Avenell and more")


I probably said when the first one came out - we could have done with something like that earlier, for all of us who aren't old enough to be familiar with the multitude of characters who got smashed together.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 08 June, 2020, 09:58:58 PM
Quote from: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 08 June, 2020, 06:06:08 PM
In the last ad break during the third episode of Quatermass last Tuesday (final episode is on tomorrow night).


That makes it sound like there's a new series of Quatermass?  Or am I misreading it?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Citi-Def_Joe on 08 June, 2020, 10:07:39 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 08 June, 2020, 09:57:42 PM
Quote from: Citi-Def_Joe on 08 June, 2020, 06:37:44 PM
Also noticed that the "bagged with the Megazine" 421 will be the Vigilant: Origins, ("by Tom Tully, Eric Bradbury, Frank Pepper, Donnie Avenell and more")


I probably said when the first one came out - we could have done with something like that earlier, for all of us who aren't old enough to be familiar with the multitude of characters who got smashed together.

Yep agree, I started reading comics in the 1980s as a kid and even when i got even more in to comics as i got older, comics history was largely focused on US stuff, older British stuff rarely came on my radar apart from some old annuals i had from the 70s.

Its come to the fore more in recent years  thanks to the likes of Hibernia Press and of course Treasury of British comics  but there is host of stuff i know next to nothing about, so anything like this to act as a primer is welcome.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 08 June, 2020, 10:54:03 PM
Quote from: sheridan link=topic=45894.msg1029978#msg1029978
That makes it sound like there's a new series of Quatermass?  Or am I misreading it?

Ah, if only. No- the John Mills one. Currently being repeated weekly on TalkingPicturesTV. Sorry to briefly make your heart pound. Although why there's NOT a new series of Quatermass, well that's a question I would never even like to begin to answer.

SBT
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: MacabreMagpie on 19 June, 2020, 02:02:08 PM
"John Wagner and Colin MacNeil reunite for a Dredd tale that reflects on America Jara's legacy; a Mega-City One unlike one you've ever seen before in "Megatropolis"; an alien cult encounter Judge Death in "Deliverance"; travel back to the early days of the Judges in the gritty thriller "Dreadnoughts"; and The Returners are back, fighting their way through Brit-Cit! Plus there's a very special complete Lawless story, a one-off Anderson, Psi-Div story from Maura McHugh, interviews, features and in the bagged mini-trade, the first installment of the serialized 2000 AD encyclopedia!"

That all sounds interesting!

https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL201383?fbclid=IwAR308TPM--9I89mCKeYtX5YKi67NL6zoiprN9DC-3B5gOEodyf0IBOpYPLw
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 19 June, 2020, 02:16:31 PM
Looks promising some interesting new stories starting. You can not go wrong with a Wagner/MacNeil Dredd
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 19 June, 2020, 03:36:11 PM
The September lineup:

https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-september/ (https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-september/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 19 June, 2020, 03:50:57 PM
Quote from: MacabreMagpie on 19 June, 2020, 02:02:08 PMand in the bagged mini-trade, the first installment of the serialized 2000 AD encyclopedia!"

That all sounds interesting!

https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL201383?fbclid=IwAR308TPM--9I89mCKeYtX5YKi67NL6zoiprN9DC-3B5gOEodyf0IBOpYPLw

Is that anything we've had before, repackaged?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 19 June, 2020, 04:05:06 PM
Wow there is so much to digest there. So much, one of the most exciting solicitations I can remember.

Firstly whatever that cover is for with the Aztec monster God thingie (or whatever) - well wow that's an eye popper!

Second 
Quote"a terrifying spirit lurks in a Cornish fishing port in a mysterious new series"
cool me intrigued I'm loosing track of the new stories but I think this one has been teased?

Then STICKLEBACK - I think we knew this... didn't we... we knew this was on the way back... right?

And that's just the Prog!

Then there's the Meg with

QuotePlus there's a very special complete Lawless story
- well all Lawless is special but this sounds very interesting.

AND Wagner and MacNeil on Dredd AND the aforementioned 1st part of the 2000ad Encyclopedia - man that's a GREAT use of the floppie. I fully expect this to be all loving hardbound soon after like Thrillpower Overload.

And that's just the MEG!

Then we also have two Specials and a trade in Concrete Jungle that we knew about but I'm really looking forward to - still juggling with the Webshop exclusive on Concrete Jungle.

THEN

Another edition of America but looks like this will have more than the first story. I'm assuming they aren't recolouring Colin MacNeil's art and that refers to the other stories being coloured by John Higgins. But another version of America just the same - I just splashed £20 on the script version!

Wow Tharg is whippin' them droids hard to keep churning out the good stuff that's for sure.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 19 June, 2020, 04:14:20 PM
Glad that we have Stickleback back and at last the  return of Slaine. 

This looks just to cool for words:

(https://2000ad.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2000-AD-July-Prog-Pack-September-shipping-724x1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sintec on 19 June, 2020, 07:22:43 PM
That is one striking image - giant baby head worm things I mean what's not to love
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 22 June, 2020, 09:11:15 PM
We're getting a complete Major Eazy collection from The Treasury - did we know that? Titan had one collection but the second never made it out. Now we get another crack at it and this time I suspect we'll make it to the end.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/carlos-ezquerras-major-eazy-gets-a-complete-collection-in-2021/ (https://bleedingcool.com/comics/carlos-ezquerras-major-eazy-gets-a-complete-collection-in-2021/)

Interesting choice given the old editions are still available and I wonder how many will double dip? I'll get the second volume defo but will see if there's content in the first I don't have... or will I get suckered into getting a matching set? The page count suggest I'll not need to, we'll see.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 22 June, 2020, 10:06:21 PM
There was a link on the news page - Major Easy news! (https://2000ad.com/news/major-eazy-collection-announced-for-2021/)

However, and this may betray my ignorance - but what did Alan Hebden do on the Stainless Steel Rat?

According to Barney (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=stain) the strip was all written by Kelvin Gosnell. Am I wrong?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: maryanddavid on 23 June, 2020, 12:31:22 AM
Nope Dave you are not, Kelvin wrote the adaptation of SSR, and has some original tales too, but events etc.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 23 June, 2020, 08:33:10 AM
Heh - the news release has been tweaked now it says Rat Pack. However, some folk have not realised the error and reported. (https://downthetubes.net/?p=119097)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 23 June, 2020, 09:51:03 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 22 June, 2020, 09:11:15 PM
I'll get the second volume defo but will see if there's content in the first I don't have...

Ahem... Rebellion's experienced Reprographics team have restored all the original colour pages, which have never been reprinted before.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 23 June, 2020, 09:55:26 AM
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 23 June, 2020, 09:51:03 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 22 June, 2020, 09:11:15 PM
I'll get the second volume defo but will see if there's content in the first I don't have...

Ahem... Rebellion's experienced Reprographics team have restored all the original colour pages, which have never been reprinted before.

What, what now, its not as if I'm actually going to pay attention when I read something is it... I mean i read my own posts back and look at them...

... errr thanks for the clarification on what I might expect!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tjm86 on 25 June, 2020, 03:05:07 PM
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 23 June, 2020, 09:51:03 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 22 June, 2020, 09:11:15 PM
I'll get the second volume defo but will see if there's content in the first I don't have...

Ahem... Rebellion's experienced Reprographics team have restored all the original colour pages, which have never been reprinted before.

Ah, well I think I'll keep an eye on things.  On the plus side there is this and the possibility of a second volume.  That however has to be offset against the quality of Titan's hardback editions. 

At £14.99 I'm assuming that these are SC.  That is something I'm not too keen on.  Then again Rebellion seem to be getting more into the idea of Webshop exclusives so maybe we'll get lucky ...
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 25 June, 2020, 03:08:53 PM
Luckily for digital it does not matter  :D
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: dweezil2 on 19 July, 2020, 01:58:00 PM
Latest Judge Dredd Mega-epic, End Of Days is receiving a collection on 16th March 2021!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 20 July, 2020, 05:16:31 PM
Here is a preview of the upcoming second volume of The Thirteenth Floor:

http://www.comicon.com/2020/07/20/back-to-the-thirteenth-floor-max-the-homicidal-computer-returns/ (http://www.comicon.com/2020/07/20/back-to-the-thirteenth-floor-max-the-homicidal-computer-returns/)


This was one of my favorites in The Eagle just brilliant
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 26 July, 2020, 09:25:46 AM
October solicitations are out are there's some interesting stuff.

Quote2000 AD OCT 2020 PROG PACK
AUG201542
(W) Various (A) Various
Incredible SF action from the Eisner-nominated UK anthology! Judge Dredd deals with the aftermath of the Four Horseman as a chaotic city picks up the pieces in "Carry the Nine"; Stickleback fights for the soul of London in "New Jerusalem"; there's horror below the waves in the new supernatural series by Alec Worley and Leigh Gallagher; Nolan Blake goes on the run with a targeted pop star in Skip Tracer: "Hyperballad"; and Celtic warrior Slaine tames dragons in "The Web of Weird"!
In Shops: Nov 11, 2020
SRP: $34.99

Interesting line-up. Intrigued to see what 'New Jerusalem' is like.

QuoteJUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #425
AUG201543
(W) Various
More action and adventure in the future-shocked world of Judge Dredd! The incredible line-up that began in the 30th anniversary issue continues: John Wagner and Colin MacNeil tackle the America legacy; Ken Niemand and Dave Taylor delve into corruption in high places in Dreddverse reimagining "Megatropolis"; Judge Death is revered in "Deliverance" by David Hine and Nick Percival; the Judges make their presence felt in "Dreadnoughts" by Mike Carroll and John Higgins; and The Returners are drawn to a strange house in Brit-Cit in "Heartswood" by Si Spencer and Nicolo Assirelli! Plus in the bagged mini-trade, there's more terror and strangeness from the world of Bob Byrne!
In Shops: Nov 11, 2020
SRP: $15.99

Given there's no Lawless this seems like a very strong line-up.

On top of those we have Vol. 2 of Thirteenth Floor, Dracula Files gets a fresh printing (if you count Hibernia's) and the Case Files reaches 35 and Sin City.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 26 July, 2020, 10:01:34 AM
Here is a link to the October:

https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/rebellion-comics-october-2020-solicitations/ (https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/rebellion-comics-october-2020-solicitations/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 26 July, 2020, 11:03:37 AM
Tharg's obviously a fan of Skip Tracer. I guess it needs a re-read, but I've found it pretty by-the-numbers and bland so far—certainly not the kind of strip that I'd imagined would get such regular outings.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Leigh S on 26 July, 2020, 11:23:43 AM
Yeah, not a fan of Skip Tracer and the continued use of song/album titles really is a way to make me double down on it - It seems about as generic as you can get, with added magically powered hero magically negotiating their way through plots powered by magical macguffinery.  If it felt like that was all a route to something new or some critique of that I gues sit might be worht it, but this many series in, I'm not holding out much hope for that - more Leigh Gallgher and Pat will work for me  I'm sure!

Quote from: IndigoPrime on 26 July, 2020, 11:03:37 AM
Tharg's obviously a fan of Skip Tracer. I guess it needs a re-read, but I've found it pretty by-the-numbers and bland so far—certainly not the kind of strip that I'd imagined would get such regular outings.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 26 July, 2020, 11:24:22 AM
The boards view of a strip does not necessary translate to the general popularity of a strip. I do not have an issue with Skip but I would rather have more Brass Sun or even the return of Helium.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 26 July, 2020, 07:29:31 PM
The thing to bear in mind is that Tooth needs content every single week. Skip Tracer is the price Squaxx have to pay for the massive lead time in the likes of the next Stickleback outing, Manco's Slaine series and Bisley's Joe Pineapples solo.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 29 July, 2020, 02:54:09 PM
Just saw this on the webshop "Battle (Of Britain) Special 2020 Webshop Exclusive Cover"

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RCS2056 (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RCS2056)

(https://images.rebellion.co.uk/productVersion/c8/9d/00.large.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 29 July, 2020, 04:49:44 PM
Which one will we get with the bundle, hm?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 29 July, 2020, 07:39:27 PM
That's Keith Burns on cover duty right? Very strong image really interested on how it will look when 'folded'.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 29 July, 2020, 07:55:52 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 29 July, 2020, 07:39:27 PM
That's Keith Burns on cover duty right? Very strong image really interested on how it will look when 'folded'.

Yes that is Keith Burns. Hopefully we can get a Johnny Red story as well. For any Keith Burns and Johnny Red fans you must check out the Titan mini-series written by Garth Ennis.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 29 July, 2020, 08:35:11 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 29 July, 2020, 07:55:52 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 29 July, 2020, 07:39:27 PM
That's Keith Burns on cover duty right? Very strong image really interested on how it will look when 'folded'.

Yes that is Keith Burns. Hopefully we can get a Johnny Red story as well. For any Keith Burns and Johnny Red fans you must check out the Titan mini-series written by Garth Ennis.

I have literally just got it out my nerd cave for a re-read sometime in the next month or so!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: PsychoGoatee on 30 July, 2020, 12:25:40 AM
Lots of cool stuff! "John Wagner and Colin MacNeil reunite" from the last page, that is always very very nice to read.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 01 August, 2020, 07:13:38 PM
A preview of the upcoming Tammy & Jinty Special:

http://www.comicon.com/2020/08/01/previewing-thetammy-jinty-special-2020-weird-boarding-schools-the-return-of-cat-girl/ (http://www.comicon.com/2020/08/01/previewing-thetammy-jinty-special-2020-weird-boarding-schools-the-return-of-cat-girl/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 04 August, 2020, 12:38:05 PM
We all should by now know that Slaine will be returning to the prog in prog 2200. I always wondered why it has been so long for its return and I found this on one of Pat Mills Space Warp blogs:

Lots of chopping and changing is possible when a mainstream comic is creator-owned. But if you sell all rights, how many artists can afford to say, 'I want to revise what I've already done and take a week or two doing a new version. For no money.'

It happens very rarely. Artists and writers simply can't afford to go through self-imposed revisions when we sell all rights to our work and only receive a ludicrously small royalty for our efforts – if we're lucky.

Surprisingly, though, it happened recently on Sláine – with the brilliant Leo Manco who upended and revised his work several times which will be greatly to the benefit of 2000AD when it appears maybe the end of this year, and, of course, Rebellion. His Sláine work was already 8/10 the first time. Now it's 12/10. Believe me, his changes took him WEEKS! Seriously! And he made them for FREE!

I guess he did other work elsewhere to subsidise his Slaine work. That's why it's taking him so long. It's something artists and writers sometimes do if they love a story that much and Leo clearly loves Slaine.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: sheridan on 04 August, 2020, 12:41:49 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 04 August, 2020, 12:38:05 PM
We all should by now know that Slaine will be returning to the prog in prog 2200. I always wondered why it has been so long for its return and I found this on one of Pat Mills Space Warp blogs:
Quote from: PatMills
Lots of chopping and changing is possible when a mainstream comic is creator-owned.

Chopping and warp-spasming, surely, when it comes to Sláine?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rately on 04 August, 2020, 01:23:35 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 04 August, 2020, 12:41:49 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 04 August, 2020, 12:38:05 PM
We all should by now know that Slaine will be returning to the prog in prog 2200. I always wondered why it has been so long for its return and I found this on one of Pat Mills Space Warp blogs:
Quote from: PatMills
Lots of chopping and changing is possible when a mainstream comic is creator-owned.

Chopping and warp-spasming, surely, when it comes to Sláine?

Ha!

Really looking forward to seeing what Pat and Leonard have come up with!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 04 August, 2020, 01:29:27 PM
Here's hoping, given all that effort, the script is up to snuff, and isn't just Sláine arguing in ALL-CAPs with some Elder God or other.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 04 August, 2020, 01:37:54 PM
This round he is going for lower-case and smaller fonts
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 14 August, 2020, 12:55:44 PM
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Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 14 August, 2020, 02:31:07 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 14 August, 2020, 12:55:44 PM
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..  The Sequel
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 18 August, 2020, 02:53:46 PM
A preview of the upcoming Misty & Scream Special:

https://downthetubes.net/?p=120737 (https://downthetubes.net/?p=120737)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Link Prime on 18 August, 2020, 03:54:05 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 18 August, 2020, 02:53:46 PM
A preview of the upcoming Misty & Scream Special:

https://downthetubes.net/?p=120737 (https://downthetubes.net/?p=120737)

The previous Scream & Misty / Misty & Scream specials were ok, but failed to capture even 5% of the atmosphere of their original publications.
Looks like more of the same for 2020, and based on those preview pages I regret pre-ordering it.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 18 August, 2020, 04:01:17 PM
If you look at the original Scream stories it was definitely more gritty and dark and I think the target audience for the specials are different.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Link Prime on 19 August, 2020, 12:28:43 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 18 August, 2020, 04:01:17 PM
If you look at the original Scream stories it was definitely more gritty and dark and I think the target audience for the specials are different.

A measured train of thought as always Broodblik.

My LCS were kind enough to let me cancel the pre-order, so no harm done anyway.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 23 August, 2020, 01:22:41 PM
Cor!! Buster Bumper Fun Book coming 24th December

https://downthetubes.net/?p=120908 (https://downthetubes.net/?p=120908)

(https://i2.wp.com/downthetubes.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_5917.jpg?resize=739%2C1024&ssl=1)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 23 August, 2020, 01:54:54 PM
24 December baffles me. I'd have bought this for mini-IP to unwrap and devour on Christmas Day. She's the target get group for this. Now? I mean, it _might_ get bought later in the year, but that's far from a certainty.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 23 August, 2020, 02:58:38 PM
these dates do change and I agree 24th does not make sense.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 23 August, 2020, 05:54:26 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 23 August, 2020, 01:54:54 PM
24 December baffles me. I'd have bought this for mini-IP to unwrap and devour on Christmas Day. She's the target get group for this. Now? I mean, it _might_ get bought later in the year, but that's far from a certainty.

Yep with you there. early December would be perfect you'd think? Maybe slots at the printers?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 24 August, 2020, 11:43:59 AM
That's a grand cover!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 24 August, 2020, 12:32:07 PM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 24 August, 2020, 11:43:59 AM
That's a grand cover!

The cover is done by Edward Whatley.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 24 August, 2020, 02:59:42 PM
You mean 'friend of FQP - Edward Whatley!'

I love his work.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 24 August, 2020, 03:08:36 PM
Yes he did he piece in this years Cor!! and Buster special "The Squawk Knight Returns"
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 24 August, 2020, 04:34:01 PM
Yup, Ed has also done a handful of strips for FQP, including a rather superb short in Zarjaz 30 (now sadly out of stock again) that I believe lead to him being approached for Buster!

Hi 'Worst Enemy' Strip is a particular highlight of FutureQuake 2020 - it really suits his style and allows him to have some fun!

FQ2020 in the FQP Shop! (https://www.futurequake.co.uk/futurequake/futurequake-2020/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 24 August, 2020, 05:21:46 PM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 24 August, 2020, 04:34:01 PM
Yup, Ed has also done a handful of strips for FQP, including a rather superb short in Zarjaz 30 (now sadly out of stock again) that I believe lead to him being approached for Buster!

Hi 'Worst Enemy' Strip is a particular highlight of FutureQuake 2020 - it really suits his style and allows him to have some fun!

FQ2020 in the FQP Shop! (https://www.futurequake.co.uk/futurequake/futurequake-2020/)

I see it is available on Comixoloy and will give it a go. Just a question are there any plans on bringing Zarjaz to Comixology ?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 25 August, 2020, 09:50:49 AM
Hi Broodblik - Rebellion would prefer Zarjaz & Dogbreath to 'not' be available digitally. If this changes and the comics do become available then I (or whomever is running the fanzines then) will share the news!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 25 August, 2020, 10:05:15 AM
Thanks for the feedback, I will continue supporting you guys by buying FutureQuake via Comixology
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 25 August, 2020, 10:26:45 AM
many thanks.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 26 August, 2020, 06:38:32 AM
From the webstore ready to pre-order the latest cover for Trigan Empire Volume 2:

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RCA-B0066 (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RCA-B0066)

(https://images.rebellion.co.uk/productVersion/11/9e/00.large.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tjm86 on 26 August, 2020, 08:43:02 AM
TE2: nice.

Just waiting on the hardback.

Don't fail us Rebellion!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 26 August, 2020, 12:25:30 PM
The hardcover version and cover:

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RCA-B0070 (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RCA-B0070)

(https://images.rebellion.co.uk/productVersion/13/9e/00.large.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tjm86 on 26 August, 2020, 01:45:34 PM
Tidy.

Wasn't there when I looked earlier.

Thank you for that.

Ordered.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 26 August, 2020, 02:05:28 PM
That has to be Liam Sharp, yes?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 26 August, 2020, 02:14:51 PM
The previous HC was done by Chris Weston but it does look very much like Liam Sharp
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 26 August, 2020, 04:02:39 PM
Sharp was also a Don Lawrence apprentice/assistant, so it would make sense to me :)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: moly on 26 August, 2020, 07:14:05 PM
Sucker for a nice hard cover, ordered
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: I, Cosh on 26 August, 2020, 08:14:40 PM
Quote from: Tomwe on 26 August, 2020, 04:02:39 PM
Sharp was also a Don Lawrence apprentice/assistant, so it would make sense to me :)
Yeah and Sharp did the intro to volume 1, while Chris is listed as doing that for 2.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 27 August, 2020, 04:25:17 AM
Coming to the prog/meg in November:

https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/rebellion-comics-november-2020-solicitations/ (https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/rebellion-comics-november-2020-solicitations/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 28 August, 2020, 09:31:53 AM
For all the Sexton Blake fans:

https://downthetubes.net/?p=121047 (https://downthetubes.net/?p=121047)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 01 September, 2020, 05:33:39 PM
There's not date on this AND very little information but more coming from Garth Ennis - with Rebellion if not 2000ad (not specified) so briefest of teases over at Bleeding Cool

QuoteI'm also doing something for Rebellion that again I can't talk about yet so you've caught me at a strange state.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/war-stories-time-travel-comics-garth-ennis/ (https://bleedingcool.com/comics/war-stories-time-travel-comics-garth-ennis/)

In my head this is him confirming that he's going to lead a relaunch of Battle... I mean its clearly not going to be that, but in my head it is!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 01 September, 2020, 07:01:42 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 01 September, 2020, 05:33:39 PM
In my head this is him confirming that he's going to lead a relaunch of Battle... I mean its clearly not going to be that, but in my head it is!

That will be a goody but I agree highly unlikely
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: AlexF on 03 September, 2020, 09:57:43 AM
Was flicking through an old Prog from a year or so ago and noticed a 'coming soon... The Devil's Railroad' from Milligan and Dayglo - anyone know what's happened to that? Looked dead good!
-although I fear I might be in a minority as a fan of Counterfeit Girl and even nuBadCo.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 03 September, 2020, 10:54:35 AM
Quote from: AlexF on 03 September, 2020, 09:57:43 AM
Was flicking through an old Prog from a year or so ago and noticed a 'coming soon... The Devil's Railroad' from Milligan and Dayglo - anyone know what's happened to that? Looked dead good!
-although I fear I might be in a minority as a fan of Counterfeit Girl and even nuBadCo.

I got ya back there as I love both of those.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 03 September, 2020, 10:56:40 AM
I enjoyed Counterfeit Girl would like to see it returned. Yes, "The Devil's Railroad" looks interesting. Would also like to know if this will happen and when. We still have the xmas prog which is a good starting point for new thrills
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 05 September, 2020, 03:00:12 PM
A good summary of the upcoming releases for the year:

https://downthetubes.net/?p=121289 (https://downthetubes.net/?p=121289)

I noticed that the Cor!! Buster Bumper Fun Book is now scheduled for a 24th of November release
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Leigh S on 05 September, 2020, 03:21:48 PM
Misty Creepy Special?  That something I missed?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 05 September, 2020, 03:34:25 PM
Here is the write-up from the webstore:

Christmas is the perfect time for a ghost story and this year's Misty Presents... special will bring a few seasonal scares with a 48-page special that will shock your Xmas stocking off the wall and have you cowering under the tree with your presents! Prepare yourselves for a Yuletide shocker as M.R. James meets Black Mirror in a brand new title to round out a very special year!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 05 September, 2020, 03:50:25 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 05 September, 2020, 03:00:12 PMI noticed that the Cor!! Buster Bumper Fun Book is now scheduled for a 24th of November release
Amazon seems to confirm a late-Nov release. If so: good.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 10 September, 2020, 03:27:49 PM
From Alex de Campi's twitter feed, a page out of the upcoming Battle Special. Se is working with teh great Glen Fabry:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ehjg70OUcAAF3gt?format=jpg&name=medium)


I cannot wait for this special
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 10 September, 2020, 03:38:25 PM
That looks amazing!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rately on 10 September, 2020, 04:08:15 PM
That is absolutely stunning. What a page.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 12 September, 2020, 12:26:27 PM
Is September national comics month ? with the a prog where everything is ending followed by a jump-on-prog. We also getting the 30 year anniversary edition of the meg. Too add to this we are getting two specials as well.

Here is he mini-preview of new stuff in the meg and Battle special:
https://downthetubes.net/?p=121386 (https://downthetubes.net/?p=121386)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 12 September, 2020, 03:27:56 PM
Here is a another preview of the Battle Special:

http://www.comicon.com/2020/09/12/preview-battle-of-britain-special-brings-back-a-classic-title-with-all-new-comics-and-more/ (http://www.comicon.com/2020/09/12/preview-battle-of-britain-special-brings-back-a-classic-title-with-all-new-comics-and-more/)

This just looks great !!!!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: dweezil2 on 12 September, 2020, 03:56:47 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 12 September, 2020, 03:27:56 PM
Here is a another preview of the Battle Special:

http://www.comicon.com/2020/09/12/preview-battle-of-britain-special-brings-back-a-classic-title-with-all-new-comics-and-more/ (http://www.comicon.com/2020/09/12/preview-battle-of-britain-special-brings-back-a-classic-title-with-all-new-comics-and-more/)

This just looks great !!!!

Wow that looks like it's going to live up to its name and be something very special indeed!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 18 September, 2020, 07:18:48 PM
December 2020 Solicitations:

https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/rebellion-december-2020-solicitations/ (https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/rebellion-december-2020-solicitations/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 19 September, 2020, 09:03:07 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 18 September, 2020, 07:18:48 PM
December 2020 Solicitations:

https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/rebellion-december-2020-solicitations/ (https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/rebellion-december-2020-solicitations/)

One day I'm sure we will hear the whole story of these Plague Months and the hoops Tharg and the droids had to jump through in order to get both the prog and Meg out. There are a lot of points of interest in that solicitation: most notably for me the continued non-appearance of Slaine and that The Alienist was/is due in the floppy. How much of a last minute thing was the decision to serialise the Encyclopedia? And are we, as Matt seemed to suggest in the recent interview, really getting it every month until Feb 2022?

Having seen part one, I'm happy for that, to be honest. Not least because its given me an excuse to buy an extra copy each month for my eldest- who reads the prog, and loves that kind of thing (I've only just got my copies of those Mongoose (?) Dredd guide books back from him after several years.

SBT
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 19 September, 2020, 10:38:08 AM
According to the article for prog 2210 and 2211: ", and Slaine takes the fight to Brutus in "The Web of Weird" by Pat Mills and Leonardo Manco!"
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 19 September, 2020, 11:44:37 AM
Yeah its interesting that Alienst is listed as the floppie here. Might just be out of date info as I thought the encyclopedia was to be the next 12 months? Maybe they will drop in the odd other things to continue to mix it up? Who knows.

Looks like the line-up going into the new year will be Proteus Vex, Hershey, Deadworld and Fiends - I'm assuming the Johnny Alpha story will be a one off? Anyway if that is correct that's a decent line-up.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 19 September, 2020, 11:45:35 AM
Oh and more Chimpsky is a very good thing.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: TordelBack on 19 September, 2020, 02:42:05 PM
Flintless Proteus Rex will be a wrench, and I'm not sure I can bring myself to read more Hershey (a first for me).

Deadworld, Fiends and Chimpsky though, bring it on!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 19 September, 2020, 03:08:03 PM
Lynch is on art duty for Proteus Vex and he did a great Flint impression in the Action Special for Hell Machine. I will wait and see how good he does Vex.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: TordelBack on 19 September, 2020, 03:16:57 PM
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Lynch, but the PV universe felt SO driven by the specific style Flint was using.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 19 September, 2020, 03:22:37 PM
I agree with you Tordel. I prefer that a series is drawn by one person.  I see Kingdom as Elson's domain , Vex as Flint, Survival Geeks Goode etc.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Link Prime on 22 September, 2020, 09:21:37 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 19 September, 2020, 11:44:37 AM
Yeah its interesting that Alienst is listed as the floppie here. Might just be out of date info as I thought the encyclopedia was to be the next 12 months? Maybe they will drop in the odd other things to continue to mix it up?

Best of both worlds in my view - alternate the encyclopedia with reprint material every month.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: BPP on 22 September, 2020, 09:48:16 AM
Lynch is a good technical figure artist but his Dredd stuff - especially in the Meg - has been very hampered by his disinterest in backgrounds and extraneous detail. There is an absolute lack of world building in it that is the exact opposite to what Flint brought to Vex.

Still more than up for seeing how it goes even if it's very very big boots he's following in.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 22 September, 2020, 01:10:07 PM
On 2000AD website there is an article related to what is coming this December:

https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-december/ (https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-december/)


I just noticed that accordingly the article Slaine will be in prog 2210 and 2211 which I think is not going to happen. Then Constanta is scheduled to start in the xmas prog which I also do not think is going to happen since Constanta will start in prog 2201.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 22 September, 2020, 01:14:02 PM
WOW! I LOVE this cover! Who's the artist? Cliff Robinson?
(https://2000ad.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2000-AD-cover-785x1024.jpg)


This is highly amusing also:

(https://2000ad.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Megazine-Cover-1024x695.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 22 September, 2020, 01:18:21 PM
The xmas cover does look like it could be Cliff Robinson (the king of covers)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 22 September, 2020, 02:14:22 PM
Rob Williams writing and Laurence Campbell drawing Alpha? That sounds interesting...
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 22 September, 2020, 02:49:37 PM
I am not familiar with Laurence Campbell's work
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tomwe on 22 September, 2020, 03:55:07 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 22 September, 2020, 02:49:37 PM
I am not familiar with Laurence Campbell's work
Looks like Campbell worked on the prog circa 2002-2004 before going stateside. Williams and Campbell already work together on a book out of AWA Studios called Old Haunts.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Link Prime on 22 September, 2020, 04:36:51 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 22 September, 2020, 01:10:07 PM
On 2000AD website there is an article related to what is coming this December:

https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-december/ (https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-december/)


I just noticed that accordingly the article Slaine will be in prog 2210 and 2211 which I think is not going to happen. Then Constanta is scheduled to start in the xmas prog which I also do not think is going to happen since Constanta will start in prog 2201.

Maybe Slaine will be rescheduled to the Christmas Prog (2212) to give it a bit of a bump?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 22 September, 2020, 05:39:24 PM
Quote from: Tomwe on 22 September, 2020, 03:55:07 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 22 September, 2020, 02:49:37 PM
I am not familiar with Laurence Campbell's work
Looks like Campbell worked on the prog circa 2002-2004 before going stateside.

Yeah, I still think of LC as 'a 2000AD artist', so I was surprised to see broodblik say that... But actually, it's been a very long time since he graced the prog!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: TordelBack on 22 September, 2020, 05:52:57 PM
Heh, I was just about to say Campbell is an established 2000AD artist - DeMarco!  Synnamon! Bison! BREATHING SPACE!  ... Before I realised most of that was more than 15 years old!  Be great to see him back.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: TordelBack on 22 September, 2020, 06:03:28 PM
Quote from: BPP on 22 September, 2020, 09:48:16 AM
Lynch is a good technical figure artist but his Dredd stuff - especially in the Meg - has been very hampered by his disinterest in backgrounds and extraneous detail. There is an absolute lack of world building in it that is the exact opposite to what Flint brought to Vex.

I think he's addressed this in his more recent stuff - that colonialist museum of alien skulls Dredd story had some great designs and backgrounds.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Tjm86 on 22 September, 2020, 07:02:15 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 22 September, 2020, 06:03:28 PM
Quote from: BPP on 22 September, 2020, 09:48:16 AM
Lynch is a good technical figure artist but his Dredd stuff - especially in the Meg - has been very hampered by his disinterest in backgrounds and extraneous detail. There is an absolute lack of world building in it that is the exact opposite to what Flint brought to Vex.

I think he's addressed this in his more recent stuff - that colonialist museum of alien skulls Dredd story had some great designs and backgrounds.

I have to be honest when Lynch first appeared on the scene I had very little love for his work.  The art on Orlok left a lot to be desired.  Since then it has developed considerably.  Be interesting to see how he bears up following Flint on art duties.  Not an easy challenge to be sure!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 22 September, 2020, 07:16:39 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 22 September, 2020, 05:52:57 PM
Heh, I was just about to say Campbell is an established 2000AD artist - DeMarco!  Synnamon! Bison! BREATHING SPACE!  ... Before I realised most of that was more than 15 years old!  Be great to see him back.

Yes, I can remember Breathing Space and the art was good.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 24 September, 2020, 12:10:33 PM
For all the Intestinauts fans, Pye Parr is teasing more coming soon:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eiq6owXX0AIyw5k?format=jpg&name=small)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: The Monarch on 24 September, 2020, 12:41:06 PM
I wanna make a pointed joke towards b##on but thats more 2002 kidsamurai me rather than 2020 the monarch me  :lol:

I do wonder how far in advance the solcits were written before this year kinda happened
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 24 September, 2020, 02:03:32 PM
I think this year was a very special year for screwing up advance planning.  Almost every time a what is coming was published only about three quarters of it was actually released at the planned time. I am glad I do not need to try to set these schedules and do the planning.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 28 September, 2020, 04:42:49 AM
I see that the 2000AD website's December what is coming has been updated slightly:

https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-december/ (https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-december/)


Slaine is now looking like it will start in the Xmas prog and Fiends has already started so this has been removed from the schedule
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 30 September, 2020, 11:25:41 AM
Judge Fear's Big Day Out And Other Stories (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Judge-Fears-Big-Other-Stories/dp/1781088535) - Paperback, 416 pages, 12th November 2020

New anthology collecting the very best prose stories from the pages of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic!

A shopping mall where droids sell organs harvested from street trash...
A murderous imaginary friend...
A psychotic composer drafting music from pain...
All in a day's work for the Lawman of the Future.

Judge Fear's Big Day Out and Other Stories gathers the very best short stories from more than a decade of the Judge Dredd Megazine, including stories by legends Alan Grant, Gordon Rennie and Simon Spurrier, among countless others...


(https://i.imgur.com/RtewuRC.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: hippynumber1 on 30 September, 2020, 09:18:19 PM
Wrong thread, I know, but I wasn't sure where else to ask - does anybody know why I can't get "Concrete Surfer" in paperback from the store but I can elsewhere? I would much rather give Rebellion my money than Amazon.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 30 September, 2020, 10:00:34 PM
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 30 September, 2020, 09:18:19 PM
Wrong thread, I know, but I wasn't sure where else to ask - does anybody know why I can't get "Concrete Surfer" in paperback from the store but I can elsewhere? I would much rather give Rebellion my money than Amazon.

I wonder if its sold out at the warehouse and so is only available from those that have bought from there. Suggest snapping it now would be a good idea as they might not be able to restock?

This is of course guess work.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Dash Decent on 04 October, 2020, 01:13:35 PM
Quote from: Tomwe on 22 September, 2020, 01:14:02 PM
WOW! I LOVE this cover!
(https://2000ad.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2000-AD-cover-785x1024.jpg)

Another barnstorming bumper 100-page Christmas issue sees out the year

Super-intelligent ape Noam Chimpsky tangles with Judge Dredd again in "Three Kings" by Ken Niemand and PJ Holden;

Johnny Alpha has a Kreeler scientist in his sights in "Once Upon a Time in Der Vest" by Rob Williams and Laurence Campbell;

Proteus Vex returns to investigate secrets from the past in "The Shadow Chancellor" by Mike Carroll and Jake Lynch;

former Chief Judge Hershey's quest of vengeance continues in the next arc "The Brutal" by Rob Williams and Simon Fraser;

we return to Deadworld for a series of short tales in "Visions of Deadworld" by Kek-W and Dave Kendall;

the origin story of Captain Constanta is revealed in Fiends of the Eastern Front: "Constanta" by Ian Edginton and Tiernen Trevallion;

and we catch up with the Survival Geeks for a one-off story, courtesy of Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby and Neil Googe.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 04 October, 2020, 05:23:30 PM
Either Constanta is a much longer run than I expected, or that will have something else in its place. Maybe that's when Slaine will eventually show up?

At this point I'd be all for just releasing the new Slaine as an "original hardback graphic novel" and seeing if the demand was there for further "not in the prog" graphic novels.

SBT
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 04 October, 2020, 06:37:06 PM
Accordingly to the updated what's coming in December Slaine will (most likely) be back in prog 2212: https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-december/ (https://2000ad.com/news/whats-coming-from-rebellions-comics-imprints-this-december/)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Max Headroom on 04 October, 2020, 09:41:03 PM
Can anyone say with any authority if Slaine will be coming back to the Prog soon? Also, could the delay be indefinite and something to do with Pat Mills leaving for pastures new?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 04 October, 2020, 09:47:13 PM
Quote from: Max Headroom on 04 October, 2020, 09:41:03 PM
Can anyone say with any authority if Slaine will be coming back to the Prog soon? Also, could the delay be indefinite and something to do with Pat Mills leaving for pastures new?

While I'm not aware of anything offical being said it seems most likely from what we do know its down to delays on the art side and nothing more sinister than that? We do know that Leonardo Manco is redrawing stuff (via Pat Mills) and who knows how that fits in with his schedule. So that still seems the most likely reason?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 07 October, 2020, 04:01:50 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 04 October, 2020, 09:47:13 PM
Quote from: Max Headroom on 04 October, 2020, 09:41:03 PM
Can anyone say with any authority if Slaine will be coming back to the Prog soon? Also, could the delay be indefinite and something to do with Pat Mills leaving for pastures new?

While I'm not aware of anything offical being said it seems most likely from what we do know its down to delays on the art side and nothing more sinister than that? We do know that Leonardo Manco is redrawing stuff (via Pat Mills) and who knows how that fits in with his schedule. So that still seems the most likely reason?

In prog 2202 letters page Slaine is "confirmed" for the xmas prog.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 07 October, 2020, 06:19:51 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 07 October, 2020, 04:01:50 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 04 October, 2020, 09:47:13 PM
Quote from: Max Headroom on 04 October, 2020, 09:41:03 PM
Can anyone say with any authority if Slaine will be coming back to the Prog soon? Also, could the delay be indefinite and something to do with Pat Mills leaving for pastures new?

While I'm not aware of anything offical being said it seems most likely from what we do know its down to delays on the art side and nothing more sinister than that? We do know that Leonardo Manco is redrawing stuff (via Pat Mills) and who knows how that fits in with his schedule. So that still seems the most likely reason?

In prog 2202 letters page Slaine is "confirmed" for the xmas prog.

To be fair its been kinda confirmed before.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 07 October, 2020, 07:04:53 AM
That is why I wrote "confirmed" and not confirmed :) As always the proof is in the pudding.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 15 October, 2020, 11:38:34 AM
Later this year Jake Lynch will take art duties over from Henry Flint on Proteus Vex. Here is some earlier work from the upcoming second season:

(https://2000ad.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/121163836_3638979062793015_7396235461476078675_n.jpg)

(https://2000ad.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/119861665_3574613865896202_7246839447763403046_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 17 October, 2020, 02:58:59 AM
A sneak peak at Johnny Alpha for the xmas prog by Laurence Campbell/Dylan Teague:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EkcwqRTXEAA-JUX?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 28 October, 2020, 03:02:49 AM
In the web store you can now pre-order the xmas prog:

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/PRG2212D (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/PRG2212D)

The line-up is as follows:

Judge Dredd: Three Kings by Ken Niemand & PJ Holden
Strontium Dog: Once Upon a Time in Der Vest by Rob Williams & Laurence Campbell
Proteus Vex: The Shadow Chancellor (part 1) by Mike Carroll & Jake Lynch
Durham Red: Served Cold (part 1) by Alec Worley & Ben Willsher
Hershey: The Brutal (part 1) by Rob Williams & Simon Fraser
Sláine: The Web of Weird (part 1) by Pat Mills & Leonardo Manco
Survival Geeks: A Quiet Night in by Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby & Neil Googe
Visions of Deadworld: A Girl's Gotta Eat by Kek-W & Dave Kendall
Time Twisters: Time Hygiene by T.C. Eglington & Warren Pleece

Thus these thrills will carry-over into 2021 (for me this looks like  a strong line-up):

Proteus Vex: The Shadow Chancellor (part 1) by Mike Carroll & Jake Lynch
Durham Red: Served Cold (part 1) by Alec Worley & Ben Willsher
Hershey: The Brutal (part 1) by Rob Williams & Simon Fraser
Sláine: The Web of Weird (part 1) by Pat Mills & Leonardo Manco
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Rately on 28 October, 2020, 09:18:54 AM
Really, really looking forward to finally seeing Slaine. The stuff that has been posted has been absolutely fantastic.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Richard on 28 October, 2020, 01:00:26 PM
That Strontium Dog picture looks phenomenal!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 28 October, 2020, 03:52:44 PM
Wooah, oh oh ooh, sweet child of mine! -- thought Survival Geeks was finished with?
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 30 October, 2020, 09:07:43 AM
Upcoming John Steel Thriller Picture Library Special cover:

(https://images.rebellion.co.uk/productVersion/fb/9e/00.large.jpg)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 19 November, 2020, 07:52:58 AM
I read this tweet from Pat Mills related to the upcoming Slaine: "The current saga by Leo Manco  (starts Xmas) is likely to be the last. I won't spill the beans, but I'm very happy with the way it ends"
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 19 November, 2020, 08:00:20 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 19 November, 2020, 07:52:58 AM
I read this tweet from Pat Mills related to the upcoming Slaine: "The current saga by Leo Manco  (starts Xmas) is likely to be the last. I won't spill the beans, but I'm very happy with the way it ends"

Wow that's a big statement - though from what we've read and heard from Uncle Pat of late hardly surprising. Hope the character get a send off he deserves. Very interested to see where they take it.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Magnetica on 19 November, 2020, 08:16:49 AM
I listened to the ECBT2000AD pod cast with Uncle Pat. He didn't seem disgruntled with Rebellion in the way some parts of the Internet would have you believe. It also sounded like he was open to doing more work for 2000AD but was just busy with Spacewarp,
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 19 November, 2020, 08:19:16 AM
I also reading trough his tweets got the same message that he is not unhappy with Rebellion. Rebellion respected his creations.

I always prefer it when the creators can finish a series on their terms.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Colin YNWA on 19 November, 2020, 08:38:29 AM
Quote from: Magnetica on 19 November, 2020, 08:16:49 AM
I listened to the ECBT2000AD pod cast with Uncle Pat. He didn't seem disgruntled with Rebellion in the way some parts of the Internet would have you believe. It also sounded like he was open to doing more work for 2000AD but was just busy with Spacewarp,

Yeah there are parts of fandom that seem to want to really stick it to Rebellion and use Uncle Pat as a way of doing that. There are some folks (see folks, not whole groups) who seem to actively seek ways of taking any news and portraying it as Rebellion being wicked overlords, or the comic failing and being on its knees. Even recent reports - from the owners - that sales were up overall (when digital was factored in) were dismissed, or spun in such a way so as to fit their desired narrative. Some folks defend creators rights vehemently with one hand then, while calling those creators they don't like c**ts with the other (literally alas) and dismissing their work as trash and worse.

It can come across as a bit sad at times to me. I genuinely read some of the stuff as folks just being a bit bitter and jealous that the Kingsley's have made such a success of themselves and that Jason owns a horsey and can make films these days. They chuffin' saved 2000ad (from all reports) for christ sake - let them enjoy their success, while we can be grateful that we still have a great comic(s) to enjoy - or to slag off as some folks seem to prefer.

That's not to say we should slavishly celebrate everything that folks at Rebellion do (and I don't think many, if any folks do). Nor should we avoid calling things out we don't like (I think almost everyone does). Just try to avoid sustaining this forced narrative of Rebellion bad and all those that speak out against them all rebellious, cool and righteous. 

And just in case Wullie is still hovering around (Hi Wullie if you are) - this genuninely isn't aimed at any one group, or all individuals in any group. There are just bits of fandom all over, in loads of groups, that have this view from what I see. There are loads of lovely folks in all groups from what I see as well, that do lots of positive things. Just wish folks who have this forced negative narrative would take a step back and reflect on things a little more openly for a second...

Man that must have been building up and turned into quite the rant - SORRY!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Link Prime on 19 November, 2020, 09:41:07 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 19 November, 2020, 08:00:20 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 19 November, 2020, 07:52:58 AM
I read this tweet from Pat Mills related to the upcoming Slaine: "The current saga by Leo Manco  (starts Xmas) is likely to be the last. I won't spill the beans, but I'm very happy with the way it ends"

Wow that's a big statement - though from what we've read and heard from Uncle Pat of late hardly surprising. Hope the character get a send off he deserves. Very interested to see where they take it.

Feckin hell.

No matter what dreck 2021 brings with Regened Progs I will have to stand by the weekly to see Slaine out.
From what we've seen so far the artwork at least will be nothing short of spectacular.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: IndigoPrime on 19 November, 2020, 11:29:36 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 19 November, 2020, 08:38:29 AMThere are some folks (see folks, not whole groups) who seem to actively seek ways of taking any news and portraying it as Rebellion being wicked overlords, or the comic failing and being on its knees.
Some people just want to see the comic fail. It's bizarre. And some aren't keen on facts. I got temp-banned from a popular 2000 AD group on FB a while back for countering someone's rant with some basic facts. This apparently broke some unwritten rule. Bizarre. The negativity astounds me.

I can never quite get a handle on Mills. Is he pro- or anti- consistent creators? (Sláine would have died on the vine had it been limited in that way, and we'd never have had Horned God, for one thing.) One of his recent tweets also seemed quite angry about some of his 2000 AD strips being overlooked for trades, but it's not like a ton of his work hasn't been collected. (I get that it must be frustrating when series stall, but that happens and you can't keep throwing money at something just in case it picks up—look at collected Sin/Dex. Similarly, it must be annoying that he gets a lot of requests for Finn he can't do anything about, but there's clearly a reason Rebellion hasn't collected that series.)

Quotefolks just being a bit bitter and jealous that the Kingsley's have made such a success of themselves and that Jason owns a horsey and can make films these days. They chuffin' saved 2000ad (from all reports) for christ sake
They now own most of UK comics history. Titan reportedly wanted a ton of the stuff Rebellion got. Imagine that. Imagine Titan owning all this content. I can't imagine we'd have got what we're now enjoying: loads of lovingly restored reprint; extra bits and bobs added to the Meg floppy; plenty of new commissions—which is something, bafflingly, I've seen people getting really angry about, because Rebellion has the audacity to commission new work based on old properties and try to find a new audience for these classic IPs! The bastards! (My kid liked the Cor/Buster stuff a lot. I can't imagine she'd give the slightest shit about 1960s/1970s reprint—and that's if I figured it was appropriate in the first place. I'm not keen on her having the Sweeny Toddler HC, despite her being a big fan of the modern version.)

Sometimes, I swear people would be happier if Rebellion thought FUCK IT ALL and just turned into a reprint org, endlessly churning out new collections of 2000 AD strips from the early 1980s.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 19 November, 2020, 11:39:32 AM
Rebellion has done  a sterling job. In the current climate still to receive the weekly prog and monthly meg is just awesome. They have not only kept the prog alive they added so many publications that I never had access to their current catalog it is outstanding.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: CalHab on 19 November, 2020, 11:53:06 AM
Comics "fandom" contains some incredibly toxic elements. 2000AD seems to attract a particular type of older man who resents the very existence of the comic. These men should be ridiculed or ignored, since they offer absolutely nothing.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Barrington Boots on 19 November, 2020, 11:58:58 AM
If Slaine wraps up, on Pat's terms and he's happy with it, then I'm happy with that too. It's big news, but I think all stories need an end sometime.

I've also had some run-ins on Facebook with people who seem determined to see the Rebellion fail: usually people who claim they don't read it anymore and then become enraged when it's not exactly the same as it was in the 80s. It's a bizarre point of view and a mindset I literally cannot understand. I know recently there's been a bit of moaning about the new Hookjaw strip simply because it's not a rerun of the original with one guy saying he was cancelling his subscription in outrage or something, which is just a crazy overreaction although I suppose that's the internet in a nutshell for you.

As to Pat Mills, I admit I'm one of those who hasn't been too keen on a lot of his recent work for Tharg but his imagination, his passion and his sheer ire are wonderful things and I'd really like to see the Spacewarp project kick on and, if he is dialling back his commitments to 2000ad, for him to return with something fresh and amazing in year or two.

Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Barrington Boots on 19 November, 2020, 11:59:13 AM
Quote from: CalHab on 19 November, 2020, 11:53:06 AM
Comics "fandom" contains some incredibly toxic elements. 2000AD seems to attract a particular type of older man who resents the very existence of the comic. These men should be ridiculed or ignored, since they offer absolutely nothing.

100% this.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 19 November, 2020, 12:04:17 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 19 November, 2020, 11:29:36 AM
Sometimes, I swear people would be happier if Rebellion thought FUCK IT ALL and just turned into a reprint org, endlessly churning out new collections of 2000 AD strips from the early 1980s.

Which, ironically, is pretty much exactly what Egmont would have done with it if Rebellion hadn't bought the title in 2000.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2
Post by: alphadogau on 19 November, 2020, 01:40:40 PM
I don't usually comment on these things but reading Twitter tonight and then reading about the Facebook kerfuffle has got me a bit annoyed.
I've been read 2000AD for along time and I really think that it's currently the strongest it's been in years.
I don't understand the negativity towards HookJaw . I'm loving it!
It's not Action's take on HookJaw, it's 2000AD's take on HooJaw.
Each and every story in the prog might not be to everyone's taste and that's ok.
It's always been like that and hopefully it always will be.
For me personally I've never liked Slaine. I don't think it's badly written or drawn. It's just not my thing. Do I want it to disappear from the prog? No. Why?  Because I know that lots of other people do like it and if they come to 2000AD for that, they will stick around for something else.
Not even sure what I'm trying to say here except : why can't every just get along...

Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2
Post by: IndigoPrime on 19 November, 2020, 02:57:05 PM
Quote from: Barrington Boots on 19 November, 2020, 11:58:58 AMIf Slaine wraps up, on Pat's terms and he's happy with it, then I'm happy with that too. It's big news, but I think all stories need an end sometime.
As long as plot threads aren't left dangling, I'm happy enough with that. Sláine has had several perfectly good end points already, though: Horned God and Sláine the Wanderer spring to mind. But short of Mills killing Sláine (assuming that's even possible), I'm sure the strip could be picked up again in future if he/Rebellion wanted that to happen.

Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 19 November, 2020, 12:04:17 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 19 November, 2020, 11:29:36 AM
Sometimes, I swear people would be happier if Rebellion thought FUCK IT ALL and just turned into a reprint org, endlessly churning out new collections of 2000 AD strips from the early 1980s.
Which, ironically, is pretty much exactly what Egmont would have done with it if Rebellion hadn't bought the title in 2000.
I'm not sure they'd have even done that. They never understood what they had. I suspect 2000 AD would have just vanished into history, like so many other titles. All the people griping at Rebellion over every single decision need to think about all the titles the company is bringing back from the dead. No-one else was doing this. No-one else gave a crap.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: wedgeski on 19 November, 2020, 03:17:37 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 19 November, 2020, 11:39:32 AM
Rebellion has done  a sterling job. In the current climate still to receive the weekly prog and monthly meg is just awesome. They have not only kept the prog alive they added so many publications that I never had access to their current catalog it is outstanding.
A million times this.

2000AD could so easily be defunct right now, but in the midst of a truly horrible time it's positively shining.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 19 November, 2020, 03:29:18 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 19 November, 2020, 02:57:05 PM
They never understood what they had.

The impression I have is that they did understand it, they just didn't like it. Egmont's entire operation was licensing and re-packaging existing IP... and then they had this one corner of the office commissioning (by their standards, at least) vast quantities of original material every year when they already had a mountain of pre-existing IP.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Bolt-01 on 19 November, 2020, 04:25:31 PM
I think what this boils down to is:

Grud Bless the King-Slays and their non-talking horseys!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: broodblik on 24 November, 2020, 09:36:36 AM
Cor!! Buster Bumper Fun Book available now:

https://downthetubes.net/?p=123114 (https://downthetubes.net/?p=123114)
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 24 November, 2020, 11:06:45 AM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 19 November, 2020, 04:25:31 PM
I think what this boils down to is:

Grud Bless the King-Slays and their non-talking horseys!

Thirded. Expanding the franchise in an industry in decline has been an amazing sight to behold. A King-sized oil with two straws for that bicephalous droid!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Leigh S on 24 November, 2020, 04:34:56 PM
Pat would wait until I had purchased Spacewarp to go full on Alex Jones wouldn't he?

In terms of the broad principles, I agree with Pat in the main:
Creators should have a stake in their creations (though publishers need to be able to have their cut - it can;t be all risk to the Publisher and all cake to the creator, even if the balance is still for too little cake)

I have no real interest in reading Dan Abnett Slaine or even Kenneth Niemand Strontium Dog to think of as  intriguing a blend as possible.

I say that as someone who likes a bit of fan fiction (hello Zarjaz!), but Abnett Slaine would at best (for me) be just that - fan fiction.

The way Pat goes about it though, sheesh.  The irony here is that Pat has long (and with strong justification I would say) railed against the corrosive influence of a small subset of fans "dictating" what is good and right.  Yet here he is, radicalized by or perhaps radicalizing a bunch of old fogeys who havent
read the comic since the 500s - call them the Bogpaper-Meinhoff Gruppe.

The Brendan McCarthy bit was hilarious until I realised he was being serious - two legends engaged in a pissing away your legacy competition.

As for Spacewarp, as others ahve said, as an attempt to reach kids, it's a failed product based on the format.

It reminded me of nothing less than (biase alert) the wonderful Paul Von Scott's et als Solar Wind  - even moreso PVS's  Omnivistascope.  15 years too late, Pat! As a (not as good as) Starlord to OVS's 2000AD, it has merit.  OVS had a lot more variation in  style and subject matter though, making it more enjoyable overall, and indeed, more kid friendly I would say.  I am on record of a fan of Pat's stuff for the most part, but a whole book of it grates by the end.  Had to take it in chunks and still not got through it all.

The rudeness though, what the hell Pat? - if I was Tharg, I'd be sorely tempted to announce Andy Diggle's Nemesis and David Bishop's Slaine as coming soon.



Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: davidbishop on 24 November, 2020, 04:47:48 PM
Quote from: Leigh S on 24 November, 2020, 04:34:56 PM
if I was Tharg, I'd be sorely tempted to announce Andy Diggle's Nemesis and David Bishop's Slaine as coming soon.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha to me writing Slaine.

Michael Carroll would do a far better job of that.

Andy D on Nemesis? that could work.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Leigh S on 24 November, 2020, 05:13:59 PM
I'm still pretty sore with Pat from that recent sharing he did of John Sanders letter that (albeit rudely) offered a gateway into regaining creator rights. 

While it painted Sanders in a poor light, I was much more alarmed by the fact that Pat did no seize on it as his "in".  Get Alan Moore back his rights, set the precedent, get yours - not rocket science surely?  All Pat could see was how it was "setting creators against each other"  -only if you let them, Pat!
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Art on 24 November, 2020, 06:55:41 PM
I'm still not entirely sure how that business was supposed to make him look good.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: 13school on 25 November, 2020, 12:57:35 PM
No doubt I'm completely wrong about this, but Sanders' offer read to me as something that would clearly only go so far: giving the rights to Halo Jones back to Moore (and presumably Gibson) was possible because the strip was basically worthless without Moore* and not really something that was a core part of 2000AD, whereas giving the rights back to Dredd would never happen (and be near-impossible to properly divide up anyway).

The result would have been a two-tier system where new writers and artists would be getting a better deal while also benefiting from the success of the older crew that had established 2000AD but were stuck on the old deal. Which sort of happened anyway for a brief time with Crisis, but at least then everyone knew the situation going in and it wasn't a matter of retroactively benefiting some but not others.

*edit: it's also possible that Sanders' was basically calling Moore's bluff over the rights issue - at the time Moore was making a lot more money working for the US and had quit all his other UK work, and some have suggested the rights issue was just a smokescreen to hide the fact that Moore just didn't need to work for 2000AD rates any more. Moore has always seemed to have a genuine fondness for the strip so it's hard to know for sure, but if Sanders knew Moore would find some way to refuse his offer then it wouldn't have been a real offer at all.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: judgeurko on 25 November, 2020, 02:54:08 PM
Quote from: Leigh S on 24 November, 2020, 05:13:59 PM
I'm still pretty sore with Pat from that recent sharing he did of John Sanders letter that (albeit rudely) offered a gateway into regaining creator rights. 

While it painted Sanders in a poor light, I was much more alarmed by the fact that Pat did no seize on it as his "in".  Get Alan Moore back his rights, set the precedent, get yours - not rocket science surely?  All Pat could see was how it was "setting creators against each other"  -only if you let them, Pat!
So true, for all Pat's complaints about creator rights & how creators should not have their characters/stories done by other people he really means HIS rights.
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: dweezil2 on 25 November, 2020, 03:18:00 PM
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 24 November, 2020, 11:06:45 AM
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 19 November, 2020, 04:25:31 PM
I think what this boils down to is:

Grud Bless the King-Slays and their non-talking horseys!

Thirded. Expanding the franchise in an industry in decline has been an amazing sight to behold. A King-sized oil with two straws for that bicephalous droid!

Abso-fruiting-looply!!!
It inconceivable to imagine that the Prog and Megazine would still be in existence all these years later, if it wasn't for the timely intervention of the Kingsleys.

The thought of no more Dredd strips, or any other of the superb stories we've had over the intervening years, is actually too distressing to contemplate, especially when the two comics still consistently contain some of the finest storytelling and art available anywhere else in the world.
I'd take 2000AD over any off the stuff that DC and Marvel churn out, for example.

So yeah, all hail Rebellion and long may they reign!!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020
Post by: Leigh S on 25 November, 2020, 05:24:07 PM
SAnders note is a generic "we can accommodate the concerns, but comics publishing isnt book publishing, and if they want to run it along different lines we can, but they have to understand once they pay out for the infrastructure we provide, there wont be as much left on the table as they think"

He then mentions Alan in the final paragraph, but its clear the offer extends beyond him.  The fact that Pat saw Alans name and dismissed the above seems to me to be the greatest misssed opportunity in British Comics history.

Full memo here

https://www.millsverse.com/mr-mills-exceedingly-good-cakes/ (https://www.millsverse.com/mr-mills-exceedingly-good-cakes/)

Tell me that isnt Sanders offering creators some form of what Pat is after. Note the offer is clearly aimed at multiple creators (unless Alan Moore would be at his own throat!)