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I think one key advantage to keeping the Meg and Prog separate for voting is that not everyone buys the Megazine.

Yeah, that's actually a rather excellent point...

No shout-outs, especially involving me. Just concentrate on what you volunteered for:

Two voting topics, one for last year's Dredd stories, the other for last year's Megazine Dredd stories. Don't keep them going too long; results within a few weeks of the beginning.

You've already started over-dramatising all this, but we know you can get it done. Less telling is about it, more cracking on with it.

What do you mean by "over-dramatising" all this...?

2) As for the voting system; don't you worry about that, as I have a lovely surprise that I'm cooking up especially for you that I think you would like...

Whatever it is.....please don't. Just stick to the voting system being used on the other polls.  That one seems to work.

You got the Meg poll result completely wrong when you did it last year. Further improvisation may be a bold move.

If truth be told, it's less to do with the voting system itself and more to do with a shout-out towards yourself (and equally, a sly dig at the abysmal voting system that I did last year).

JPR Williams: Wales and British and Irish Lions legend dies aged 74 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/67912287

The problem is that there are more Dredd stories in the Prog (20) than in the Meg (10)

There are more Dredd stories in the weekly comic than there are in the monthly one...? This doesn't seem either surprising or unexpected to me, never mind "increasingly disturbing"...

Truth be told, I couldn't think of any better wording when typing.

There's 50 weekly progs a year with Dredd stories in them, and 12-13 Megazines.

This isn't 'a problem'. It's just calendar arithmetic. You're inventing a problem where there's none.

Maybe just stick to what already works, with separate polls for the prog and Meg Dredd stories?  And remember how the 1st/2nd/3rd vote preference system works?

1) Like the above, I couldn't think of any better wording when typing. As for the so-called 'Mega-Topic', I just thought that it'll make a nice change than the usual annual topics.

2) As for the voting system; don't you worry about that, as I have a lovely surprise that I'm cooking up especially for you that I think you would like...

[Quick Background]

Quick Background

The past year, I've been writing down a list of all Dredd stories in both the Prig and the Meg. Looking back at this mighty list, I've noticed an increasingly disturbing inconsistency in the number of stories that feature the Lawman in general.

The problem is that there are more Dredd stories in the Prog (20) than in the Meg (10) and I'm wondering whether to merge the topics into one massive topic, to start this coming Tuesday night/Wednesday, which will last until at least early February-ish. At which point, I can create  a topic revealing either the best Dredd story in the Prog/Meg or Best Dredd story that year.


And now, onto the Big Question(s)

What does everyone think of said idea...? Good/bad/undecided?

Please feel free to let me know your thoughts and opinions on this within the next couple of days. If there is enough interest in the idea, I can either start  by the middle of the week or wait until next January to create what I will refer to in this topic from now on, as The Best Dredd Stories (Prog/Meg) Mega-Topic.

James Morrison's partner Gill Catchpole found dead at their home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-67910325

Franz Beckenbauer: German football legend dies aged 78
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67917047

Al Jazeera bureau chief's son Hamza al-Dahdouh among journalists killed in Gaza
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67905566

Also learnt today that Major Mike Sadler, MC, MM, a British WW2-era Army officer, namesake of Sadler's Passage in Stonington Island, Antarctica and the last of the original Special Air Service (SAS) & Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), has died this past Thursday.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5876891/Last-surviving-original-SAS-hero-awarded-Frances-highest-honour-bravery.html

norton canes, you doing the best Dredd strips topic(s) or do you want me to do them...?

Oh you go ahead! One's more then enough for me

Good, I'll start the first topic hopefully tonight then.

norton canes, you doing the best Dredd strips topic(s) or do you want me to do them...?

Mario Zagallo: Brazil's four-time World Cup winner dies aged 92
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David Soul: Starsky & Hutch actor dies aged 80
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Derek Draper: Kate Garraway says husband has died, aged 56
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67742004

Actress Glynis Johns, Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins, has sadly passed away at 100.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/01/04/glynis-johns-actress-dead-obituary/

Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh dies
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67868843