Topics

Inspired by the old 2000AD character crossovers you'd like to see thread, and also by having watched Justice League, featuring Diane Lane (Hershey in that film) and Batman, what inter-company crossovers would you like to see?  Since the nineties we've had the following:

   
• Dredd / Batman (including the Joker, Scarecrow and a few other Bats villains)
• Lobo / Judge Dredd
• Judge Dredd vs Predator
• Judge Dredd vs Aliens
• Doctor Who vs Judge Dredd (well, it got written but the legal side didn't go through so the book had a few bits rewritten and released as purely a Doctor book)
• Judge Dredd vs Aliens vs Predator
• Mars Attacks Judge Dredd
• Judge Dredd vs Razorjack

I think that's all the official (or semi-official in the case of Burning Heart) crossovers there have been...

So the 2000AD Twitterbot posted a Martin Emond cover that I'd completely forgotten about - I knew his work through Accident Man and White Trash (though a quick look now tells me he did more White Trash than I knew of, and a few Lobo stories that I'll have to investigate).

It got me thinking - what other script and art droids have I completely forgotten did work for the House of Tharg?  Obvious starting points - Neil Gaiman for his couple of Future Shocks and that text story from an annual, and the Dave McKean contents page from a Sci-Fi special.

Have I missed something here - I went looking for this week's prog thread but can't see it anywhere?

Behind a Neil Googe and Gary Caldwell cover there's a quick comp for Realm of the Damned: Signum Draconis before the prog proper.

Judge Dredd: The Booth Conspiracy Part 3 opens with a few one-liners about protests in MC1 before things start hotting up.

Survival Geeks: Slack n' Hash Part Two visits a few slasher film tropes (unsurprisingly) mixed in with a few teen flick elements.

The Order: The New World Part 11 shows us possibly our first glimpse of the Wormrealm, unless I've forgotten something from previous stories.

Mechastopheles: True Faith Part 6 people run about, things get smashed, burning happens.

Adverts for Misty Volume 3 and The Ballad of Halo Jones Volume 3 share a page (I have various editions of Halo, but I'll look forward to Misty - keeps getting released just before my birthday too).

Grey Area: Evidence - things start to converge, loving the dialogue on page four.

Admins - if I've somehow not been able to see the pre-existing prog thread, please merge!

No, not a crossover with the early 1990s British anthology comic, this is IDW's latest stab at the lawman.

Full-page ad at the back of Judge Dredd: Under Siege says it's by Paul Jenkins, Marco Castillo and Mark Buckingham.  My guess is it'll be a miniseries along Under Siege lines, rather than the longer-running IDW JD series...

Interesting article, with a good few paragraphs about Bryan and Mary Talbot towards the end.
BBC

Battle Rebellion - Sniper Elite: Resistance

Would that make it the first release under the Battle logo since the 1980s (early 1990s)?

[size=0px]Coming in August: Sniper Elite: Resistance[/size]
[size=0px]Three-issue US-format mini-series based on the global bestselling videogame series lands in August![/size]
[size=0px]Based on the global bestselling videogame, Sniper Elite: Resistance is the brand new comic book from Rebellion.[/size]
[size=0px]This high-octane three-issue US-format mini-series, written by Keith Richardson and with art from Patrick Goddard, goes on sale 29th August ($3.99).[/size]
[size=0px]Sniper Elite: Resistance is an adrenaline-fuelled thrill-ride set during the darkest days of World War Two - a sure fire hit for gamers and comic book readers alike![/size]
[size=0px]In occupied France, Allied Special Operations Executive hero Karl Fairburne parachutes into the town of Angouleme in a bid to stop the shipment of a new German anti-aircraft weapon - the situation is more complex, and dangerous, than he could ever have imagined.[/size]
[size=0px]The first issue has two equally-orderable variants by Goddard and Sniper Elite videogame artist Edouard Groult![/size]
[size=0px]Sniper Elite: Resistance will be available from all good comic book stores - order using Diamond codes JUN181949 (Goddard cover) and JUN181950 (Groult variant cover).[/size]

Not my collection, but when I was in Mega-City Comics in Camden yesterday they mentioned that they'd just had a collection in, sans Prog 1, that had just been priced up - £1 for most progs, rising to £5 for selected early ones, with prog 2 higher.

...is on Sony Movie Channel tonight at 21:00.

Michael Fleisher, 75, best known for his comics in the US, but also one-time script droid.  He passed away on 2 February, though the news has only emerged in the last 24 hours.

Did this get mentioned yet?

Coming soon from Warlord Games, with input from Gav Thorpe.

First glimpse of Simon Bisley's art on forthcoming Joe Pineapples story - don't know why but I'd supposed it was going to be black and white...

Only just managed to catch this series - two down and a third series (sorry, season) on its way this year.

Can't find any thread about it, but the first series was about three years ago or more.

It's been a fair time since I read the book (nearly twenty years) so can't remember how close an adaptation it is - don't remember the antique dealer at all, but Rackle has read the first few chapters since we watched the series and he's in there right from the beginning. 

I don't think this has been posted on the forum yet.  While we're waiting for the upcoming WOIN Judge Dredd and the Worlds of 2000AD roleplaying game, here's a recent podcast interviewing Marc Gascoigne:
Armchair Adventurer - says 'part 1', so I'll try to remember to update this thread when part 2 comes out.

Any chance that 'news' threads about forthcoming releases can be moved to reviews once the thing (comic, novel, film, etc) actually comes out?  I'm thinking in particular of the My Life in the Command Centre threads, of which I think there were three - the one I started was because I couldn't find anything in reviews, despite being sure I'd seen a thread earlier (turns out it was in news, because at the time it was).

p.s. please!

After waiting two years post-Chaos Day, I must confess I was a little disappointed by Dark Justice.  It looked great and was a competent story, nice world-building.  But we'd been told that Wagner had sworn off of writing more Dark Judges but was only swayed when he saw a particular painting by Staples, and that this had sparked an idea.  As I say, two years, hype and expectations meant that to me it was a good story, but not a great one. 


However, with the conclusion of Dominion and the promise of The Torture Garden to come it's getting much more interesting, taking the three as a whole.  The main strength, of course, is that outside of Mega-City One, anything could happen.  With The Fall of Deadworld we know with near certainty that sooner or later all the living characters are going to die at some point (barring trans-dimensional or possibly off-planet escape).  The only characters here can easily live or die without causing any continuity or logistics headaches with other stories (as long as they keep away from Badrock!)


Now, how long will we have to wait for The Torture Garden?

I don't have a TV, so usually only binge watch while house-sitting, which we did this Christmas/New Year.  Trailers for Britannia seemed to appear at every second ad break - anyone else like the look of this?


trailer, with blood, violence and swears.

Metro: 25 years of Rebellion.


Interestingly, the following quote from Jason (referring to the Rebellion era, obviously - not the half a million or more early IPC days):

Flatteringly, we've got more readers than ever, we're releasing content digitally now so we're reaching a much broader audience worldwide.

Also - In noticed there was an early adventure gamebook, illustrated by Jon Davis - any relation to Jon Davis-Hunt?

Rackle and me went to this today:

The 9th Annual Sci-Fi & Action Exhibition comes to Moyse's Hall Museum!

Bringing a taste of Hollywood to the region with screen-used props, screen accurate replicas, original artwork and much more from the world of Sci-Fi & Action including Dr Who, Marvel, DC comics and others!

This year's exhibition marks the 40th anniversary of two iconic Sci-Fi brands;
Star Wars, and the UKs most ground-breaking comic, 2000AD.

See screen-used costumes!
•   Wolverine's 'adamantium' claws as worn by Hugh Jackman in 'X-Men: The Last Stand' (2006), and Halle Berry's Storm costume from 'X-Men' film (2000).
•   Captain Jean-Luc Picard's uniform worn by Patrick Stewart in the hit TV series, 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' (Season 1 & 2).
•   Karl Urban's hero costume from 'Dredd (2012)'.

Launch Weekend - 21 & 22 October
•   Meet the galaxy's most feared Bounty Hunter - Boba Fett - as actor Jeremy Bulloch will be joining us for the Launch weekend, signing for fans and chatting about his time in the original saga. (Additional charge for autographs)
•   Take photos with our team of cosplayers, feel free to come dressed up yourself!
•   LEGO build area and competitions

Events & activities

Drop-in workshops
Tuesday 24 October: 11am - 12pm, 2pm - 3pm
Friday 27 October: 11am, 12pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm (duration 45 mins)
Please note, there may be a small additional charge for some workshops

Meet a Stormtrooper
Wednesday 25 October: 11am - 3pm
Meet TK 335 and see what equipment and life is like trooping for the Empire!

Sci-Fi trail
Ongoing
Complete the trail around the museum for your chance to win a prize!

Keep an eye on the website and social media for details of other events and activities throughout the exhibition!


Dates: Sat 21 October - Sun 26 November
Times: Mon–Sat – 10am-5pm (last entry 4pm), Sun 12-4pm (last entry 3pm)
Sunday 22 & 29 Oct & 26 Nov opening times 10am–5pm (last entry 4pm)
Tickets: Adults £5, Concessions £3, Family Ticket £15 (5 people, min 1 adult, min 1 paying child), Heritage Ticket holders FOC
Booking: Not required
Venue: Moyse's Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds

Abaddon Books announces brand new series for 2018: Judges!

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 2033 A.D
In a time of widespread poverty, inequality and political unrest, Eustace Fargo's controversial new justice laws have come into effect.


Protests and violence meet the first judges as they hit the street to enforce the Law; the cure, it's clear is far worse than the disease.


Is this a sign of things to come?

Hi all,

I have a friend who noticed my copy of the Ultimate Collection Volume One and asked me about a story she'd read many years ago (probably late eighties / early nineties).  It's either a Future Shock or similar one-off and features an empire (presumably galactic) which has been in decline.  This is where it gets hazy, but it seems similar to the Plutonium Horde which ends up [spoiler]going around the galaxy, which is spherical, and ends up wiping out the remnants of a now decadent empire which ends up being its start point[/spoiler], but it's not that one.  From what she said I was also reminded of a shock (possibly from Starlord) where humanity retreats underground after a war, [spoiler]evolves into a subterranean creature and eventually emerges on the surface, ending up getting killed by a gardener as they're now moles[/spoiler].

Sorry, I know it's not much to go on, but any ideas?