Well they did it with the Prog and now the Mega. This week 2003 issues are 50% off and it will be a different year each week.
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I'm in the only reason I've not got a pile of physical Megs is the desire to keep my collection under control and save space - so The Meg was the first thing I moved to digitally when I finally stepped that way. So looks like I'll be catching up - mind I've a load of this in reprint so need to think abou the... oh who am I kidding. I'm in...
I picked up the first year and so far am enjoying them. Some good Wagner/Rennie Dredd, TPO in its original form, enjoying Fraser's art on The Family and 'What if... Slaine/Finn was from India?' and Time Killer and Darkies Mob are good reprint.
I don't have the money to buy every year.
Are their any particular vintage years I should look out for?
Or good JD or other storylines?
2005:
- The Monsterus Mashinashuns Of P.J. Maybe
- Devlin Waugh: All Hell
- Zancudo
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2014:
- Judge Dredd: Dead Zone
- Lawless: Welcome to Badrock
- Dredd: Uprise
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2015:
- Judge Dredd: Terror Rising
- Lawless: Between Badrock & A Hard Place
- Storm Warning: The Relic
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2016:
- Judge Dredd: Monkey Business
- Lawless: Of Munce & Men
- Realm of the Damned: Tenebris Dios
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Special Mentions:
- Angelic (2015)
- Ordinary (2013-14)
- Strange & Darke: New Blood (2012)
- Lilly Mackenzie and the Mines of Charybdis (2010)
- Insurrection (2009)
- JD: Ratfink (2008)
- JD: The Gingerbread Man (2007)
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Wow, cheers Funt Solo, that's given me plenty to work from!
Or save up to buy all the years with Lawless in - it really is superb if you've not read it already.
Next one up 2004. Don't be an idiot like me and miss it thinking 'Oh I'll remember to buy all 13 issues from 2003 for just over a tenner - I mean its not like I'd forg... or look at that over there..."
Bought this on today as soon as I saw it therefore!
It's such a good deal, and they're not even paying me to say that. I mean, they should pay me. Frankly, everyone should pay me. But they don't and so I am forced to choose between food and several hundred pages of thrill-power. FORCED! :'(
2005's Megazines (227-239) are in the shop (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/megazines/2005/BMEGS2005D) for, uh, $14.99 [not sure about the GBP price]. That's 1252 pages of thrill-power. In US-land that's the equivalent of getting the prog for 39 cents.
EDIT: UK price is £14.49, which is about £1.21 per issue — IPIn Dredd, you get:
- Fat Christmas
- Who? Dares Wins
- Judging Ralphy
- The Monsterus Mashinashuns Of P.J. Maybe
- The Magnificent Umbersons
- Cursed Earth Rules
- In The Stomm
- Flood's Thirteen
- Blackout
Other complete series include:
- Devlin Waugh: Vile Bodies & All Hell
- Zancudo
- The Bogie Man: Return to Casablanca
- Young Middenface: Midnapped
- Anderson: Lock-in & City of Dead
- Cursed Earth Koburn: Burial Party & The Assizes
- Johnny Woo: A Bullet in the Head
- Bato Loco 2127: Head Job
- Shimura: Deus X
- The Simping Detective: Playing Futsie & Petty Crimes
- The Bendatti Vendetta - See Naples and Die
Plus a bunch of reprint (Charley's War and Dredd) and some sweet long-form interviews with Colin MacNeil, Cam Kennedy, Bryan Talbot and Robbie Morrison.
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Seen and bought - such a great deal!
2006's Megazines (240-252) are in the shop (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/BMEGS2006D) for, uh, $14.99 / £14.49. That's 916 pages of thrill-power.
In Dredd, you get:
- Warzone
- Culling Time
- Splashdown
- Regime Change
- Cadet
Other complete series include:
- Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad
- Young Middenface: A Scottish Soldier
- Cursed Earth Koburn: Malachi
- Black Siddha: Return of the Jester
This era saw the launch of the
Small Press section and also the opening salvo of
Tales from the Black Museum.
Plus some finishing up tales from 2005 (Anderson, Shimura), reprints (Charley's War and a bunch of Dredds) and a strong grouping of early Interrogations (with Brian Bolland, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill, Ian Edginton, Neil Gaiman, John Wagner, Mark Harrison and D'Israeli).
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And another one in. This is getting expensive!... but cheap... so I'm like making money as I spend it really aren't I... go on say I am...
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 27 May, 2020, 09:17:05 PM
And another one in. This is getting expensive!... but cheap... so I'm like making money as I spend it really aren't I... go on say I am...
You really are, Colin. Really. No, you are though. (It's not as if money is real, anyway, is it. It's just magic paper is all. It's just magic paper that you're burning. You're not as bad as the KLF - they burnt a million quid and all they got was a reputation. Stand by the JAMs.)
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2007's Megazines (253-265) are in the shop (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/BMEGS2007D) for $14.99 / £14.49. That's 832 pages of concentrated thrill-power.
In Dredd, you get:
- Death Row
- Shadowkill
- The Hotshot
- Asbo Block
- Streetfighting Man
- Night School
-
The Gingerbread Man - Tribal
- The Listener
Other complete series include:
- Devlin Waugh: Innocence & Experience
- The Simping Detective: No Body, No How
- Anderson Psi-Division: Big Robots
- Judge Dredd: Blood of Satanus III, The Tenth Circle
- The Angel Gang: Before They Wuz Dead
- the Small Press section
- curio Black Atlantic: Meet the Jetsams
More strong Interrogations: with Dan Abnett, Mick McMahon, Henry Flint, Steve Yeowell, Pat Mills, Simon Spurrier, Garth Ennis, John Hicklenton & Simon Davis. FFS - what a list!
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2008's Megazines (266-278) are in the shop (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/BMEGS2008D) for $16.99 (£?). That's 832 pages of concentrated thrill-power plus another 272 pages of floppy goodness.
That's right: it's 1.5 cents per page!
In Dredd, you get:
-
What i Did For ChrissMas featuring Pyjamas Maybe
- The Menagerie
- Blood Money
- Mind Games
- Red Handed
- Mind Ripper
-
Ratfink - Koan
Other complete series include:
- Armitage: Dumb Blond
- Low Life: War Without Bloodshed
- Anderson Psi-Division: Big Robots
- Bob the Galactic Bum: The Piker
- Black Atlantic: The Rig
- Tempest: Here Comes Trouble
- Anderson: WiiERD & Biophyle
There's the launch of Tank Girl with the first four episodes of Skidmarks, with beautiful summer days art by Rufus Dayglo, a whole passel of Interrogations (including an Alan Grant three-parter), and the floppies launch with The Jock Collection, Snow/Tiger, Lawcon (*cough*) and Canon Fodder.
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Well in these times £ to $ isn't much. So I picked this up (as I have ever Month after the first cos I'm a numb nut) for £16.49.
So what £1.30ish an Meg - pretty good value I'd say.
2009's Megazines (279-292) are in the shop (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/BMEGS2009D) for $19.99 (£?). That's 896 pages of concentrated thrill-power plus another 952 pages of floppy goodness.
In Dredd, you get:
- The Gift of Mercy
- Magic Bullets
- Borrowed Time
- The Americans
- Psycho-Block
- Old Wounds
- Snakebite
- Invitation to a Hanging
- What's Another Year
Other series include:
- Citi-Def: Field Trip
- Tank Girl
- Insurrection
- Meet Darren Dead: Eats, Shoots & Kills
- Tales from the Black Museum
- Armitage: The Mancunian Candidate
- Bato Loco: Kiss Me Deadly
Floppy reprints of:
- Seasons Beatings
- JD: The Colin Wilson Collection
- JD: The John Higgins Collection
- Pussyfoot 5: Alien Sex Fiend
- Chopper: Song of the Surfer
- Deadlock: Return to Termight
- JD: Bad Manners
- Armitage: First Cut & Influential Circles
- Harmony: Blood & Snow
- Canon Fodder: Dark Matter
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These are so tempting. Gonna have to sit down and work out how much overlap there is with stuff I've already got as quite a bit of this got reprinted in the Hachette Collections. I feel another spreadsheet coming on.
Quote from: RaggedMan on 09 May, 2020, 05:42:01 PM
I don't have the money to buy every year.
Are their any particular vintage years I should look out for?
Or good JD or other storylines?
Best things in the Meg are (IMO):
Lawless
Insurrection
The Simping Detective
Plus America (obviously), Young Death and Al's Baby, but I'm guessing they aren't available digitally.
TBH a lot of the rest was pretty ropey.
You could do a lot worse than the current offering (2009) Even the floppies are strong.
Pick this one up and realised we have an extra Meg in this bundle, 14 not 13 (or 12 as it is these days) do folks know why there was the extra one?
For a long time the Meg was every 4 weeks, so it slid around the month. This is likely a result of that.
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 19 June, 2020, 09:43:55 AM
For a long time the Meg was every 4 weeks, so it slid around the month. This is likely a result of that.
Arh so in 2009 one will have hit early and creep it late at the end of the year giving 'months' that explains it. Thanks Bolt-01
Already bought more digital Progs than I'll ever need but having Insurrection to hand seems too tempting to miss.
2010's thirteen Megazines (293-305) are in the shop (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/BMEGS2010D) for $19.99 (£?). That's 892 pages of concentrated thrill-power plus another 884 pages of floppy goodness.
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£19.49 but still shockingly good deal. I'm getting worried that I'm spending a small fortune getting these every week but its too good a chance to catch up and I've only got five weeks to go... gulp.
They probably would have got my money this week - if I hadn't spent it all on ABC Warriors books.
Quote from: Funt Solo on 27 June, 2020, 05:23:18 PM
2010's thirteen Megazines (293-305) are in the shop (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/BMEGS2010D) for $19.99 (£?). That's 892 pages of concentrated thrill-power plus another 884 pages of floppy goodness.
These are stil going but even without Funt Solo's reminders I'd still - just remembering to do them. We're up to 2012 this week for just £19.49. I've only a few to go...
This might just be the point where I jump onto this thrill train. The floppies from this run do some nice filling in around stuff the Ultimate Collection; some of the pre-Abnett Durham Red tales, Finn, American Gothic, Harry Kipling, some extra SinDex (although I guess some of that might get duped in the upcoming volume). Looks like there's a bunch of Dredd that's not in the Mega Collection too.
Yeah I think I've just talked myself into this one.
Grabbed 2013 too as it looks like there's some good stuff in there. Does anyone know which day of the week they update this on? Would be annoying to miss one.
Pretty sure it's Wednesday.
Quote from: sintec on 17 July, 2020, 08:36:00 PM
Grabbed 2013 too as it looks like there's some good stuff in there. Does anyone know which day of the week they update this on? Would be annoying to miss one.
Yeah its ever Wednesday, normally before the Thrillmail advertising it even comes out.
And thanks for the reminder as I'd not done this this week!
Well 2014 in the bag... meaning I'm done... maybe. Slighty irriatatingly I have 1/2 of 2015 already and quick bits of maths suggests that I might save like 38p or something if I go with the offer next week ratehr than buy them individually... but for 38p will I remember?
2015's Megs are now in the shop for half price (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/BMEGS2015D), and it's a really strong year.
The highlights include:
- Judge Dredd: El Maldito (Rennie & Ezquerra)
- Judge Dredd: Terror Rising (Wagner & MacNeil)
- Angelic (Rennie & Carter)
- Storm Warning: The Relic (Smith, Standley & Langley)
- Lawless: Between Badrock & A Hard Place (Abnett & Winslade)
Are Rebellion cutting us off at 2015?
Can't see any sign of the 2016 bundle in the shops sale section :( although my wallet is happy.
Ahhh going back and re-reading the original announcment I see that yep this was only ever running up to the 2015. Fair enough.
And I did forget to do 2015 - damnit another 39p or something up the swanny!