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#21
Off Topic / Re: Life is riddled with a pro...
Last post by Proudhuff - Today at 03:34:53 PM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on Today at 03:20:09 PM
Quote from: Hawkmumbler on Today at 03:03:42 PMBeen trying to mount a TV in the living room ...

Maybe buy it dinner first...?
:lol:  :lol:  :lol:
#22
Prog / Re: Prog 2375 - err Bumper Is...
Last post by IndigoPrime - Today at 03:24:03 PM
On Rogue, I forgot to mention that black and white aspect of atrocity. There was a bit of that in the original strip – that notion the Southers were mostly moral and the Norts were a bunch of psychos. But I thought Rogue's own thinking was more nuanced – he mostly fought for 'his' side, but had been burned enough to recognise that everyone was pretty bad. That simplism of having to believe we're the good guys, or what else is there all felt a bit weird. Especially for a more modern incarnation of the character.
#23
Off Topic / Re: Life is riddled with a pro...
Last post by The Legendary Shark - Today at 03:20:09 PM
Quote from: Hawkmumbler on Today at 03:03:42 PMBeen trying to mount a TV in the living room ...

Maybe buy it dinner first...?
#24
Prog / Re: Prog 2375 - err Bumper Is...
Last post by Proudhuff - Today at 03:18:55 PM
Dredd: Good tale, but that Lawmaster is soooo not where they have been going since the movie!

Full Tilt Boogie -Just don't get it, five pages of talking heads...

Thistlebone - great serial , and artwork, didn't 'get' the ending though.

Indigo Prime - not for me, seems a throw whatever you like in the pot whenever you like,why? well cause its cool.

Rogue Trooper shockingly bad, like someone phoned it in from another strip, colouring didn't help either.

Proteus Vex: lots to like looking at it, but I struggle caring tbh.


Prog really not doing it for me just now, this certainly wouldn't have grabbed me if I was a newbie
#25
Prog / Re: Prog 2375 - err Bumper Is...
Last post by Proudhuff - Today at 03:11:25 PM
Quote from: A.Cow on 27 March, 2024, 10:21:14 PM
Quote from: Woolly on 27 March, 2024, 08:05:02 PMAs for Hale, I imagine Dredd saw too much of himself there. No need for two Dredd's on this mission I guess!

Nah, Dredd inferred his logic earlier in the story: a heatseeker would have done the job.  I don't think he's impressed by showboating; he wants someone who knows their duty.
This.^^^
#26
Off Topic / Re: Life is riddled with a pro...
Last post by Hawkmumbler - Today at 03:03:42 PM
Been trying to mount a TV in the living room of the flat for about a week now. Established where two wall studs where located either side of a trio of outlets (four times three pin, ethernet etc), confirmed cables did not run up the studs and said studs where in fact concrete (external wall) courtesy of the property developer. Even got a few t-bolt wall anchors to help carry the distribution across the rest of the frame.
Started drilling...NOT CONCRETE STUDS! Steel ones instead! I wont trust hanging solelely on dry wall anchors so that was a huge waste of my time and money. Fortunately nothing a bit of wall filler and a roll of white paint wont set straight but properly soured my mood nonetheless.
#27
Prog / Re: Prog 2375 - err Bumper Is...
Last post by JayzusB.Christ - Today at 03:02:32 PM
Not a bad prog.  Thistlebone wrapped up nicely, even if nothing spectacular happened - The whole story was more a series of connected creepy events than a cohesive plot, but it worked for me.

I liked Dredd, though was also a bit confused by Dredd's decision at the end.  Nice art but there was something very strange about it - it was kind of like the artist had never seen a Dredd strip before but someone read a few of them out to him. The Lawmaster's skinny wheels were particularly weird; it gave it the look of my very unimpressive 125cc Suzuki.

Rogue was a decent little tale but I like my Rogue strips morally ambiguous, rather than a white hats / black hats dynamic like this.  The whole idea that Southers never commit atrocities sounded like Rogue was drinking the Milli-com Kool-Aid.  Bagman had a pretty brave stab at it at the end of Cinnabar, though maybe that hadn't happened yet in the timeline.  I like Paul Marshall but I don't think he's ever bettered Firekind, and Rogue's torso and arms fit together a bit oddly.

I'll get back to the rest of the prog soon.
#28
Megazine / Re: Meg 466: Shoot ’em up
Last post by Jim_Campbell - Today at 02:59:12 PM
Quote from: Funt Solo on Today at 02:53:31 PMIt's so weird for me that 2000 AD thought it was a good idea to hire on US superhero writers to work on the comic.

Fleisher, particularly, was a good friend of then-editor Richard Burton. To be fair, Fleisher was pretty well-regarded for his runs on The Spectre and Jonah Hex, so it's not like Burton just brought on some total rando... it's just a shame that Fleisher never really adjusted to the very different discipline of writing 5/6 pages for a weekly anthology.
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#30
Megazine / Re: Meg 466: Shoot ’em up
Last post by Funt Solo - Today at 02:53:31 PM
It's so weird for me that 2000 AD thought it was a good idea to hire on US superhero writers to work on the comic. That's coming from my perspective that 2000 AD offered something uniquely British that was taking a different stance on the market. No heroes in capes (Klep excepted) was a breath of fresh comic air.

I realize with hindsight that a lot of British talent wanted nothing more than to get hired on by the big boys of the US and join them in their "everything in comics is basically a superhero template" world, and the editors at 2K probably figured it was a great scoop to hire on some US talent.

The results, though. The absolute worst of Rogue Trooper output. An almost complete lack of regard for continuity, or even internal logic. The article in this Meg skates neatly over the fact that most of the stories they're talking about are risible. It's a bit like "Oh yeah, that Billy McFarland - I actually helped him out on his Fyre Festival planning - it was me that chose the catering and sourced the disaster relief tents".