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Zenith returns in Prog 2050!

Started by robert_ellis, 13 September, 2017, 06:53:38 PM

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JLC

Quote from: dweezil2 on 22 September, 2017, 10:30:27 AM
There's no excuse to be a lapsed reader, the Prog has been on excellent form for longer than I can remember, Zenith or no Zenith!  ;)
:lol:

The Amstor Computer

Just received prog 2050 in the post, and it's interesting to see the Zenith piece [spoiler]which is a one-page faux magazine interview accompanied by Yeowell's Zenith pinup. [/spoiler]

Not quite the Matt-Smith-as-second-coming-of-Alan-McKenzie I've seen suggested elsewhere, presumably based on this and the Indigo Prime/Devlin Waugh situation...  :)

JLC

Quote from: The Amstor Computer on 23 September, 2017, 01:02:58 PM
Just received prog 2050 in the post, and it's interesting to see the Zenith piece [spoiler]which is a one-page faux magazine interview accompanied by Yeowell's Zenith pinup. [/spoiler]
Thanks for the warning!

pauljholden

Quote from: Jimmy Baker's Assistant on 22 September, 2017, 10:21:38 AM
Quote from: pauljholden on 22 September, 2017, 07:25:34 AM
What an impressive f**k you to everyone else's hard work in the comic. Well done.

I'm sorry if you took it like that. My main issue with the prog is that I don't like them as physical objects, it's nothing to do with the creators involved. Indeed, I have plenty of PJ Holden books in my collection.

Surely the point of this Zenith thing is to make some extra sales. Would be a bit hard if everyone who might be interested was already slavishly purchasing every possible Rebellion product.

I was grumpy, for which I apologise.

I disagree with your characterisation of the motive behind the zenith piece. More likely Matt thought it would be fun and the pr droids decided to maximise its exposure.

-pj


Richard

It is a Zenith story. It's a prose story rather than a comic strip, but it still counts. I liked it.

Eric Plumrose

Quote from: Magnetica on 22 September, 2017, 01:29:41 PM
Maybe it's me, but I have never understood why you would be a member of a forum for a comic you don't read.

2000 AD has a forty-year publication history. Why should someone's squaxxship be dependent only on what's being published currently?
Not sure if pervert or cheesecake expert.

TordelBack

Being a reader of one of this forum's earlier incarnations (alt.comics.2000AD) was what got me back into reading 2000AD in the late '90s after a 4 year break.  Posts from guys like David Bishop and John Smith hooked me in, and it was there that I read that Cam Kennedy and Colin Wilson were returning to Dredd for Doomsday, and on the strength of that bought a copy of Prog 1141  And here I remain.

But even saying that, financial circumstances prevented me buying the prog or meg for much of 2011, but the forum sustained me through all that and out the other side. 

So I can well understand the various reasons that a fan might read a forum, and not be currently buying the comic.  2000AD is bigger than any one year.

JamesC

I find it hard to understand why, if you're interested in 2000ad and its characters, you wouldn't be buying it currently.
It's as good as it's ever been and if you even read a 10th of what's posted on the forum surely your curiosity would be piqued? And it's not like it's hard to find a copy.
I rarely post in the prog thread these days (I buy my copy on a Weds and most people have said what needs saying by then) but rest assured, I'm a paid-up current era Squaxx and proud!

Eric Plumrose

Quote from: TordelBack on 23 September, 2017, 06:56:40 PM
2000AD is bigger than any one year.

Quite. And even being a leap year, the year 2000 itself still managed only a paltry 366 days. As compared to the 14,819 days* Tharg's magnificent organ's been doing the rounds** .





* As of 23 September, 2017.

** How does he keep it up, you wonder? Plasticity.
Not sure if pervert or cheesecake expert.

Eric Plumrose

Quote from: JamesC on 23 September, 2017, 07:14:06 PM
I find it hard to understand why, if you're interested in 2000ad and its characters, you wouldn't be buying it currently.

In my case, disenchantment with comics in general. Which doesn't negate the not insignificant factificance that 2000 AD remains my favourite comic to this day*.





* As of this post, still 23 September, 2017.
Not sure if pervert or cheesecake expert.

Arkwright99

Quote from: Jimmy Baker's Assistant on 22 September, 2017, 10:21:38 AM
My main issue with the prog is that I don't like them as physical objects...
Good News! You can now buy the prog in a digital, non-physical, format. And, as a reward from the benevolent Mighty One for not participating in the weekly felling of the Earth's tree population, a digital subscription is cheaper than the print edition. :D

'Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel ... with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.' - Alan Moore

moly

I thought the zenith piece was a nice touch and enjoyed it

Jim_Campbell

Quote from: Arkwright99 on 23 September, 2017, 11:49:51 PM
Good News! You can now buy the prog in a digital, non-physical, format. And, as a reward from the benevolent Mighty One for not participating in the weekly felling of the Earth's tree population, a digital subscription is cheaper than the print edition. :D

With the added bonus that a much greater share of the Galactic Groats expended goes to Tharg's mighty organ than a high street/newsagent purchase.
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JLC

Quote from: JamesC on 23 September, 2017, 07:14:06 PM
I find it hard to understand why, if you're interested in 2000ad and its characters, you wouldn't be buying it currently.
It's as good as it's ever been and if you even read a 10th of what's posted on the forum surely your curiosity would be piqued? And it's not like it's hard to find a copy.
I rarely post in the prog thread these days (I buy my copy on a Weds and most people have said what needs saying by then) but rest assured, I'm a paid-up current era Squaxx and proud!
I've been buying it again for a couple years & disagree. About to give up again, not enough good content to justify me buying it regularly.