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Books & Comics / Re: Completely Self-absorbed T...

Last post by Jim_Campbell - Today at 08:29:26 PM

Al Ewing [...] his body of work is contained, finite and done.

Although, the last time he talked to MOLCH-R for the thrill-cast, he said that he felt he wasn't done with Dredd.

IIRC, he kind of swallowed a remark he clearly wanted to make about not returning until Wagner retires, because he he didn't want to go through the endless "it's not canon if Wagner doesn't write it" shite that some 'fans' spew.

I hope he comes back, and I hope it doesn't take John 'officially' retiring to make that happen. Al wrote some genuinely fantastic Dredds, and I'd like to think he's not done yet.

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General / Re: 2000ad suspected IP infrin...

Last post by Richard S. - Today at 08:19:15 PM

publisher is quite happy that this is an "unofficial" publication

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/04/on-buses-look-in-special.html

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General / Re: Exposition Death Screams

Last post by Doomlord66 - Today at 08:02:43 PM

Cover to prog 2 had 'aieeeeee its the thing from the hell planet'

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General / Re: Exposition Death Screams

Last post by Blue Cactus - Today at 07:33:40 PM

Best thing shouted whilst being killed in this weeks Battle Action Force from 1986 that I read on my lunchbreak.



You don't really get these exposition death screams in the Prog anymore. Stuff like "The teeth - biting me in two! Aaargh!". Part of me misses how clunky and terrible they are. What's the best / worst you can remember?
The Men in Black - Naaaaaahhh! is ridiculous on many levels.
This frame also has a classic AIEEEEEEE

(Best death in the comic that week is Parsons in HMS Nightshade. It's a classic.)

I'm sure there's some in Flesh, along the lines of 'it's... eating me alive', although I can't remember exactly

[Rome]

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General / Re: Exposition Death Screams

Last post by The Legendary Shark - Today at 06:54:24 PM

The most recent one I saw was in the t.v. series, Rome, I forget the episode. Some stuffy Roman numpty, in the act of being run through with a sword says, in a mildly put-out tone, "Sir - I really must protest..." and then dies. Made me groan and laugh at the same time (graugh?). It's not really expositional, though (except in demonstrating the upper-class Roman faith in law and decorum, perhaps), so probably doesn't count here.

Luckily, there's always the old standby, "No! No! Not the teeth!" Or whatever it was.

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General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2024

Last post by judgeurko - Today at 06:50:00 PM

Who is Judge Alpha? 

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General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2024

Last post by broodblik - Today at 06:18:59 PM

From 2000AD's X feed:

Coming Soon: a new Judge is hitting the streets of Mega-City One!

Wait... what the sneck?

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General / Re: Exposition Death Screams

Last post by nxylas - Today at 05:43:06 PM

I do remember "Aiieee! Spider!" from the early Judge Dredd story You Bet Your Life.

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Books & Comics / Re: Completely Self-absorbed T...

Last post by IndigoPrime - Today at 04:50:21 PM

The Al Ewing Mega Collection book is a really great collection. And he certainly had the tone down. But... he left. I mean, I'm sure he had good reasons, but his body of work is contained, finite and done. So, for me, while I enjoyed those tales, I'd place Niemand in a different space now. Not everything he writes land, but his hit rate for me is really impressive. And I hugely appreciate his seeming interesting and willingness in the smaller stories – not just massive epics or ongoing arcs designed to shake everything up.

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Off Topic / Re: This is the News!

Last post by Proudhuff - Today at 04:48:29 PM

Haven't you been reading your Damage Report? Its all explained there.