Inspired by the comments in the recent Meg thread I thought I would open one up where folks can say what they would really like to see in future floppies that they bundle with the Meg.
We all know the deal - anything outstanding will get released as a tpb so we are looking at the slightly less popular stories, which still leaves us with some great pickings and is an opportunity to see stories reprinted that never normally would.
To open, I would like to see:
Armoured Gideon
Brigand Doom
Firekind
Revere
All of the above, plus;
Bix Barton
The Grudge Father
Vector 13
Strange Cases
straitjacket fits
armored Gideon (though I would prefer a big book of that stuff will never happen though)
bix barton
the two soul gun stories
Junker!
The Hogan Strontium Dog stories
The rest of Armitage
Hell Trekkers
Diceman
Quote from: Recrewt on 19 June, 2014, 12:30:28 PM
To open, I would like to see:
Armoured Gideon
...
Firekind
Revere
These were all reprinted in the Extreme Editions not so long ago. Most of them are still available from the... http://shop.2000adonline.com/categories/specials
Quote from: The Cosh on 19 June, 2014, 03:15:08 PM
Quote from: Recrewt on 19 June, 2014, 12:30:28 PM
To open, I would like to see:
Armoured Gideon
...
Firekind
Revere
These were all reprinted in the Extreme Editions not so long ago. Most of them are still available from the... http://shop.2000adonline.com/categories/specials
Ah, well that probably rules out those three being included in the Meg floppies. All my hopes/dreams are now on Brigand Doom!
Quote from: ZenArcade on 19 June, 2014, 01:36:40 PM
Junker!
;) Come on Zen, what is it that you like so much about Junker?
A slight thread highjack, but I can't see where else to ask. I'm thinking of starting with the Meg once more but am inclining towards a digital subscription. I assume that means I'll miss out on the supplements, but I don't know for sure. Who can clear it up for me?
Quote from: Timothyjacobs on 19 June, 2014, 04:46:35 PM
A slight thread highjack, but I can't see where else to ask. I'm thinking of starting with the Meg once more but am inclining towards a digital subscription. I assume that means I'll miss out on the supplements, but I don't know for sure. Who can clear it up for me?
Supplements are included with the digital Megazines, Earthlet!
Recrewt: the Junker story is horrible; the art is to die for. Z
I believe at the end of my letter to Dreddlines that I wrote not too long ago (probably not about to be published, since a letter I wrote earlier than that is in Prog 1884) I suggested that the rest of Lobster Random would be gladly appreciated, or that The Vort at least should for some of D'Israeli's finest art. And I believe I also suggested the missing stories of Caballistics Inc. would be nice, if only to prevent me from digging through piles of Progs to find it. So those I guess, but my point in general at the end of that letter was that there's a ton of great stuff that could do with being collected.
He's right, the art 'is' lovely in Junker
I say again:
Vector 13
Tales of Telguuth
FINN BOOK TWO!!!!
Helltrekkers (I know it was in the Meg fairly recently- but all in one volume? Yes please!)
If there are to be no more SiniDex trades, then how about SiniDex?
Armoured Gideon
Bonjo/ Dash Decent/ whatever else pads it out.
Do Rebellion have the rights to non-2000AD Starlord and Tornado strips from before the mergers? If so, all of them.
SBT
Quote from: Link Prime on 19 June, 2014, 12:35:17 PMThe Grudge Father
If only I had a veto.
QuoteDo Rebellion have the rights to non-2000AD Starlord and Tornado strips from before the mergers?
Nope—only stuff that continued into 2000 AD.
Not sure if any of these have been reprinted yet, but I loved the art [and often the stories too]...
The Inspectre
Holocaust 12
Sancho Panzer
There's a lot of Missionary Man still unreprinted...
Less likely, but still worth a thought - a Mrs Gunderson collection?
Even less likely, a floppy of Hersheys & Dredds by Marc Wigmore [wonder whatever happened to him?]
Firekind, Glimmer Rats, Tyranny Rex, Meltdown Man, Vanguard (like Junker - poor Mutiny on the Bounty pastiche: but the McNeill art). A lot of these have probably been published as stand alone titles, but surley some haven't. Z
Quote from: ZenArcade on 19 June, 2014, 04:56:53 PM
Recrewt: the Junker story is horrible; the art is to die for. Z
Fair play, there is some lovely art from Mr Ridgway.
There has been some interesting suggestions so far. It looks like Vector 13, Armoured Gideon, Helltrekkers and Bix Barton are the current faves.
Quote from: ZenArcade on 19 June, 2014, 04:56:53 PM
Recrewt: the Junker story is horrible; the art is to die for. Z
There's something 'Eagly' about Ridgway on the art, shiny colours and apt for the script. Meanwhile the script and dialogue stink to high heaven. That Fleischer is consistent, anyway.
Junker in the floppies would *still* be one of my favourites, if it happened.
I'd greatly enjoy a floppy of Shadows. And from a similar era, Freaks.
Vanguard and the last few stories of Caballistics inc. please.
As someone mentioned earlier 2 floppies worth of super Dean Ormston would be much appreciated by this particular squax.
Has The Dead been done yet?
Quote from: Timothyjacobs on 20 June, 2014, 10:29:04 AM
Has The Dead been done yet?
In and extreme edition, yes. I have a few of them (Firekind and Armoured Gideon) and they're decent substitutes to actual collections.
Quote from: Molch-R on 19 June, 2014, 04:52:22 PM
Quote from: Timothyjacobs on 19 June, 2014, 04:46:35 PM
A slight thread highjack, but I can't see where else to ask. I'm thinking of starting with the Meg once more but am inclining towards a digital subscription. I assume that means I'll miss out on the supplements, but I don't know for sure. Who can clear it up for me?
Supplements are included with the digital Megazines, Earthlet!
Would it be very awkward to split the Megazine and supplement into two separate files for download? I usually end up splitting them into two .cbz files anyway after purchase so that I can find them on the device later on without having to root through each meg.
Quote from: Andrew_J on 20 June, 2014, 11:30:59 AM
Would it be very awkward to split the Megazine and supplement into two separate files for download?
Yeah I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to do that, Earthlet.
I'd like to see the Strontium Dogs/Durham Red arcs finished off in the floppies please.
A thread title like that and nearly three pages in and not a single "I thought this was a thread about erectile dysfunction" comment? This place used to be cool.
I'd like to second the suggestion of the rest of the strontium dogs/tales from the doghouse/general alpha-verse stuff.
Quote from: ZenArcade on 19 June, 2014, 09:11:38 PM
Firekind, Glimmer Rats, Tyranny Rex, Meltdown Man, Vanguard (like Junker - poor Mutiny on the Bounty pastiche: but the McNeill art).
Already published as two EEs and then its own graphic novel, still available from all good bookstores!
Quote from: Dan Banks on 20 June, 2014, 07:18:47 PM
I'd like to second the suggestion of the rest of the strontium dogs/tales from the doghouse/general alpha-verse stuff.
I'll third it.
High Moon is fantastic.
Would be nice to get the more rarely seen Durham Red / Strontium Dogs one-offs from the specials & annuals included too.
And the more I think about a
Brigand Doom floppy, the more I want one.
Including the amazing episode by Greg Staples.
Dead Signal
Dinosty (with an introduction from Pat Mills)
Judge Dredd The Mrs Gunderson/Oola Blint/Otto Sump Collection.
Aye, Dinosty - some of Langley's first work for 2000 AD. Z
Quote from: Gavin_Leahy_Block on 20 June, 2014, 10:08:53 PM
Dead Signal
Oh, that would be nice, especially if Go-Machine could be fit in too (can't remember the exact page numbers of both, though I know the latter was only three episodes in length, the former six or seven).
Thinking about the as yet unreprinted Strontium Dogs, isn't there a page that was printed with the wrong speech bubbles (from the Hammerstein/Dredd strip?) and has never seen a decent corrected reprint? There's also a page that was published with some sort of editorial stamp visible. Correct those and you have 2 USPs :)
Theirs and idea. Amigo Indigo once said that their where no plans to include the Dredd/Hammerstein stiry. If thats the case, then at least give it a floppy.
Quote from: Link Prime on 20 June, 2014, 09:13:54 PM
And the more I think about a Brigand Doom floppy, the more I want one.
Including the amazing episode by Greg Staples.
I think this would be a really good one. Now you mention it, I'm not sure I have seen the Greg Staples one. The Dave D'Antiquis artwork was like nothing else I had ever seen before and definitely deserves a new release.
The Extreme Edition series finished eight or ten years ago, so there is no reason not to reprint stories in the Megazine supplements just because they appeared there first.
I second calls for Firekind, Shadows, The Dead, anythibg from Diceman and Finn book 2 (it seems mean to do book 1 and then stop!). And whatever is left of Armitage.
I would also like very much to have the two Judge Hershey stories by Igor Goldkind and Kevin Cullen. Both were very good, neither have been reprinted before, and the last panel of the first story seems to have had a speech bubble missing, which can hopefully be restored.
Oh and also the original Ulysses Sweet stories, the last remaining one or two Tales From the Doghouse stories to complete the series, and the original run of Tales From Mega-City One from 2000AD.
Quote from: Recrewt on 21 June, 2014, 12:13:53 AM
Quote from: Link Prime on 20 June, 2014, 09:13:54 PM
And the more I think about a Brigand Doom floppy, the more I want one.
Including the amazing episode by Greg Staples.
I think this would be a really good one. Now you mention it, I'm not sure I have seen the Greg Staples one.
T'was in one of the Sci-Fi specials I think.
And I agree about D'Antiquis- a talented monochrome art Droid.
Tales of Telguuth!
Thinking about it, some of those suggestions would sit well in a second volume of 2000ad presents Sci-Fi Thrillers.
Quote from: glassstanley on 21 June, 2014, 11:27:57 AM
Thinking about it, some of those suggestions would sit well in a second volume of 2000ad presents Sci-Fi Thrillers.
Yeeees! So much want!
Quote from: DarkDaysBish-OP on 19 June, 2014, 08:59:17 PM
Not sure if any of these have been reprinted yet, but I loved the art [and often the stories too]...
The Inspectre
Holocaust 12
Sancho Panzer
There's a lot of Missionary Man still unreprinted...
Less likely, but still worth a thought - a Mrs Gunderson collection?
Even less likely, a floppy of Hersheys & Dredds by Marc Wigmore [wonder whatever happened to him?]
I agree - there are some good stories and great art there. Marc Wigmore's work was really interesting.
I Would also love to see:
Deathwatch: Faust and Falsehood reprinted (but in black and white if at all possible) I seem to be the only fan of this series.
Calhab Justice (although the whole thing in a trade would be better)
Pan African Judges (again this would work as a trade)
And from 2000ad:
Timehouse (I am still pushing for this one)
Grudge Father
The Soul Gun stories (along with the believe it or nots)
Brigand Doom (Although this is a McKenzie story so unlikely) Luke Kirby I would like to see even more, and I would love to see this story finished
The Clown (and not just the first part of it again)
The rest of Finn (a must)
Babe Race 2000 (why not!)
Mean Arena (the remake - I actually remember enjoying it as a kid)
Bix Barton (and not just the first book again)
Skizz 3
Mambo
Please not Outlaw though
Has Canon Fodder been done yet?
Quote from: GordyM on 29 June, 2014, 02:28:10 PM
Has Canon Fodder been done yet?
I think it has, long before I started getting the Meg.
The first series of Canon Fodder was excellent, IMO. I'd like to see a new series.
Cheers
Quote from: GordyM on 29 June, 2014, 02:28:10 PM
Has Canon Fodder been done yet?
To the Index! Yep, in Megs 278 and 291. Also I'd like to add my vote for the rest of Finn.
Quote from: Skullmo on 29 June, 2014, 01:03:31 AM
Babe Race 2000 (why not!)
You have read this, right? That's why not!
Tranny Rex: Ex Machina
The Clown
LOBSTER RANDOM BOOK 1
Lobster book one is available in a book form http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lobster-Random-No-Gain-Pain/dp/1904265634/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406071341
Yes. But I want a digital copy. And formatted like the rest of the Megazine Floppies.
Buy the book - scan it in - simples!
All the Oola Blint stories. I think the first one was mad city(?) which had art by Greg Staples and fo rmy money is one of the best comedy Dredds ever. But i might be wrong about all of this, my memory's not what it used to... um... whats that word again...
Dave:)
Quote from: Proteus4 on 06 August, 2014, 05:55:42 AM
All the Oola Blint stories.
Great suggestion, and themed collections/character appearances is an interesting direction for the Floppy in general.
Be interesting to see (for example) the Planet Gary or Quite Nice Bar appearances all in one place - even though most (all?) have been reprinted elsewhere.
For the love of all that's holy, Bad City Blue!!
Only kidding. :P
Has all of Sooner or Later been put together yet? I'd imagine it'd date like crazy, but the mix of Milligan, McCarthy and Hewitt has to shift a few units?
Also down for a reconstituted Hammerstein/Dredd given what's been said above and elsewhere. Chuck in the Diceman game (yeah, I know it's been reprinted in The Black Hole) and Robin Smith's cut-out-and-paste stand-up and you might almos make standard page count, yes?
I elieve at least the first series is collected in the Best of Milligan and McCarty Collection. But as it's in the micdle of my reading pile and i'm away from home at the moment, I can't co firm that for you. Also, I believe it's abridged to a certain degree.
I imagine I'll be rather alone in this but I'd like to see Prog 950 onwards Rogue Trooper (Friday) reprinted. Steve Tappin drew some cracking, futuristic tanks/planes and colourful battlescapes (twelve-year-old me loved the tank battle in an orchard) and post-Michael Fleischer, post-crappy original Rogue crossover, I think it was a pretty decent thrill.
Oh, I'd like to see the Fleischer stuff onwards reprinted. Some cracking Ron Smith artwork there, and it's not as bad as it's reputation.
Anyone fancy the Harlem Heroes re-boot for the floppy ? :)
There was an email in the Meg this month saying they would rather have nothing than the floppy. I can't understand that view - if you really don't like it just throw it away!
Quote from: Skullmo on 15 September, 2014, 10:02:12 PM
There was an email in the Meg this month saying they would rather have nothing than the floppy. I can't understand that view - if you really don't like it just throw it away!
Meanwhile I got the wish of my letter and the next Lobster Random series is being reprinted next month, mwahaha!
But I seriously doubt, as that chap suggested, that the Meg is strong enough to survive on its own without the floppy. Sure, some of them are poorer than others, but I've kind of even enjoyed the crappier ones I've read. The Zero series I mentioned in my letter isn't exactly the most well written thing I've ever read, but Kev Hopgood's art was well worth giving it a read, you know? They're better than nothing. You could cut the price down by removing them but I really don't think it'd be worth it. Besides, there are series' that deserve to be reprinted but wouldn't in any other format, and losing those would be a great shame, I reckon.
I loved the Zero ones and the Disaster ones - I thought they were really entertaining.
Others like Harke and Burr I hated - and yet I know people loved those ones.
I think Lobster Random is universally liked though :P
I can't remember the last floppy supplement I enjoyed.. and it's making me want to buy the megazine less... These old strips just have painful scripts that overly narrate what is happening in the panels with characters exclaiming what is happening. Maybe it just shows how much comics have matured but these seem more often than not a tedious read without depth. Perhaps it's because I'm a fairly new reader so most of these strips have no added nostalgia for me..
I'm annoyed I've written 3 fairly negative posts in a row. The meg itself is on top form, it's just these floppies leaving me flat.
Quote from: Fontwell Magma on 21 September, 2014, 11:11:33 PM
I can't remember the last floppy supplement I enjoyed.. and it's making me want to buy the megazine less... These old strips just have painful scripts that overly narrate what is happening in the panels with characters exclaiming what is happening. Maybe it just shows how much comics have matured but these seem more often than not a tedious read without depth. Perhaps it's because I'm a fairly new reader so most of these strips have no added nostalgia for me..
I'm annoyed I've written 3 fairly negative posts in a row. The meg itself is on top form, it's just these floppies leaving me flat.
. . . . just imagine it doesn't exist then
Quote from: Skullmo on 21 September, 2014, 11:45:49 PM
Quote from: Fontwell Magma on 21 September, 2014, 11:11:33 PM
I can't remember the last floppy supplement I enjoyed.. and it's making me want to buy the megazine less... These old strips just have painful scripts that overly narrate what is happening in the panels with characters exclaiming what is happening. Maybe it just shows how much comics have matured but these seem more often than not a tedious read without depth. Perhaps it's because I'm a fairly new reader so most of these strips have no added nostalgia for me..
I'm annoyed I've written 3 fairly negative posts in a row. The meg itself is on top form, it's just these floppies leaving me flat.
. . . . just imagine it doesn't exist then
Very good point. But I feel like I need to read everything I've paid for!
Whilst it's true that you can't please everyone, I think some of the recent floppies have been a little disappointing. Lobster next month is a welcome return to form.
Come on with that Brigand floppy!
Finn book 2.
Shadows.
The Dead.
...please!
Quote from: Richard on 22 September, 2014, 01:02:41 PM
Finn book 2.
Shadows.
The Dead.
...please!
The dead has been reprinted in an Extreme - get that! It's a great printing too
Quote from: Skullmo on 21 September, 2014, 11:45:49 PM
Quote from: Fontwell Magma on 21 September, 2014, 11:11:33 PM
I can't remember the last floppy supplement I enjoyed..
. . . . just imagine it doesn't exist then
Imagine it's entertaining ?(!)
As said before, Glimmer Rats.
Surely Glimmer Rats would be worth a trade, though?
A sequel would be nice as well if you are reading this Gordon...
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 22 September, 2014, 02:32:31 PM
Surely Glimmer Rats would be worth a trade, though?
A sequel would be nice as well if you are reading this Gordon...
It was released as an oversized hardback in 2002. It's long out of print now and is the perfect length for a floppy.
I'll second the request for more Finn as well as the final book of Black Siddha.
Quote from: Andy Smart on 22 September, 2014, 03:14:28 PM
I'll second the request for more Finn
Yeah, the Paul Staples stuff too.
The worlds 2nd best Stapler was a fine artist- whatever happened to him?
For some reason they don't seem to like doing floppies of stories that were in those HB collections that came out in the early noughties. The first Lobster story was in one of those and they didn't put that in a floppy and started with the next story. Not sure why really but it leaves any Lobster fan with an odd mix of collections.
Quote from: JPMaybe on 15 September, 2014, 09:17:02 PM
I imagine I'll be rather alone in this but I'd like to see Prog 950 onwards Rogue Trooper (Friday) reprinted. Steve Tappin drew some cracking, futuristic tanks/planes and colourful battlescapes (twelve-year-old me loved the tank battle in an orchard) and post-Michael Fleischer, post-crappy original Rogue crossover, I think it was a pretty decent thrill.
I'm with you there - I remember really enjoying that era of RT, and think Tappin is seriously underrated as 2000ad artists go. I don't know how well it's aged, and it went off a cliff a bit when the alien insects got brought in, but in any case I'm sure it's infinitely better than the Fleisher stuff - which I found unreadable at the time both because of the scripts and the artwork (I never liked Smith's colour work and as much as I love Simon Coleby's recent work I'm not at all a fan of his early stuff).
Steve White an The Flint on RT was such an improvement on the strip, great stuff, love to see it again. The later Tappin/Wyatt material, it started to wander a bit again, but worth seeing again for the artwork.
QuoteBesides, there are series' that deserve to be reprinted but wouldn't in any other format, and losing those would be a great shame, I reckon.
How true, this should be this thread's mantra!
Harke and Burr, threadbare story, but the art, wow, I could look at that all day!
I usually enjoy these collections, there is the odd clunker, but these have to be embraced for the B-comics (on the whole, there is some IMO that deserver full TB treatment) that they are, and always (mostly;-)) visually great!
Thinking about what we've had, there are quite a few floppies that have been left dangling. Black Siddha, the Zero stories, Finn, Armitage - all have at least another floppies' worth in them.
I would like to see the Holocaust squad judges story reprinted - the story is not . . . .great . . . but I was recently reminded that the art is lovely.
Also. I would be interested in seeing a reprint of Inspectre on the same basis. There is some interesting art but the story is pretty iffy.
Quote from: Skullmo on 23 September, 2014, 04:28:35 PM
I would like to see the Holocaust squad judges story reprinted - the story is not . . . .great . . . but I was recently reminded that the art is lovely.
Also. I would be interested in seeing a reprint of Inspectre on the same basis. There is some interesting art but the story is pretty iffy.
:lol: A fellow boarder will be along to call you a c*nt shortly!
I'm sure he'd agree with my opinion ;)
I wouldn't mind seeing Inferno collected as I've never read it, so I'd welcome it as a floppy. If its not long enough, it could be bundled with some other choice Belardinelli.
You could just buy the book like everyone else did
;)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Complete-Harlem-Heroes-2000/dp/1906735522/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413651140&sr=8-1&keywords=harlem+heroes
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 19 June, 2014, 07:42:34 PM
Quote from: Link Prime on 19 June, 2014, 12:35:17 PMThe Grudge Father
If only I had a veto.
QuoteDo Rebellion have the rights to non-2000AD Starlord and Tornado strips from before the mergers?
Nope—only stuff that continued into 2000 AD.
Does Time Quake count, then? It got a very brief run in 2000AD...
I didn't realise Inferno was in there.
I didn't get the Harlem Heroes book, cos I have that in Extreme Editions which didn't include Inferno... don't see the point in getting HH twice just to read Inferno- there's a whole heap of comics I'd rather buy before an oldie I already have, so I'd still like it in a floppy please, Tharg.
Quote from: Dog Deever on 18 October, 2014, 10:28:55 PM
I didn't realise Inferno was in there.
I didn't get the Harlem Heroes book, cos I have that in Extreme Editions which didn't include Inferno... don't see the point in getting HH twice just to read Inferno- there's a whole heap of comics I'd rather buy before an oldie I already have, so I'd still like it in a floppy please, Tharg.
Wow
Ok, so are you all definetly sure you don't want to go with Junker then? Z
Quote from: ZenArcade on 18 October, 2014, 11:58:50 PM
Ok, so are you all definetly sure you don't want to go with Junker then? Z
I'd give Junker a go!
Good stuff Skulmo, the Junker ball has been set off rolling. Z
Can anyone please tell me when we'll be getting book 2 of Finn? It seems like we've been waiting bloody ages for that one. >:(
As for suggestions ( I think I may have mentioned this before), but seeing as we're unlikely to see the series on Trade format, please can we have The Red Seas as a floppy run?
I want to see everything that will never get a trade collection reprinted in the floppies! I love them and everything they stand for! Junker! Tao de Moto! Friday! Mother Earth! Time House! I want the lot! Some will assume I'm taking the piss but I'm not.
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 19 October, 2014, 03:28:52 PM
I want to see everything that will never get a trade collection reprinted in the floppies! I love them and everything they stand for! Junker! Tao de Moto! Friday! Mother Earth! Time House! I want the lot! Some will assume I'm taking the piss but I'm not.
I agree. There is very little that 2000ad has published which is pants in both story and art. But there is a great deal that is not commercially viable to be printed as a stand alone book. I think that is what the floppies should focus on.
After it has finished Finn, Black Siddah and Calhab Justice.
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 19 October, 2014, 03:28:52 PM
I want to see everything that will never get a trade collection reprinted in the floppies! I love them and everything they stand for! Junker! Tao de Moto! Friday! Mother Earth! Time House! I want the lot! Some will assume I'm taking the piss but I'm not.
Good grief. If Tharg puts Junker and similar dreck into the floppy, I'll seriously consider cancelling my sub. There needs to be at least a degree of quality control, and Junker was just awful. The art was OK (hardly Ridgeway's most inspiring output), but it was horribly boring. By contrast, Tao de Moto at least had some intrigue (although was it ever completed?), some of the Friday stuff barrelled along in an old-school way, and Timehouse was harmless and somewhat amusing, if entirely throwaway. (Mother Earth, I can barely picture at all, bar a vague recollection that the art was quite good.)
There'll always be someone who likes/loathes what's in there. We've had Harmony and Judge Karyn which I really struggled with but I'm glad I've now read them which I hadn't before! Print the lot, even the stuff that some people will hate because others will love it!
Valkaryes was awful so i'd have taken anything over that. Only good thing about that collection was the mildly amusing Ratt stories.
Valkyries was truly terrible.
Lobster Random this month was a slight improvement - there seems to be a fair amount of love for this strip across the board.. I wasn't a fan particularly. I just can't get into the character, however much a mechaphile with lobster arms should be a good premise..
Some stonking artwork though.
What have we got next month - I forget
Don't recall.
I only bother reading 1 out of every 10 floppies.
It's usually - A) something I've already read and didn't like - B) something I haven't read but which is generally considered to be rubbish, or, veeeery occasionally - C) something I have or haven't read which is of reasonable quality.
Last one I read was, I think, Durham Red. I'll be reading Lobster Random too even though it's far from one of my favourites.
A glass half full kinda guy then!
Next one is Rose O'Rion! Another one I've never read so looking forward to it...
Distinctly meh from what i've heard. Plagues of Necropolis after that.
I recall both of those. Rose O'Rion had some potential, but never really got the chance to grow. It wasn't too bad. Plagues of Necropolis was borderline unreadable. Oh well.
Is there actually a reason Finn book two hasn't appeared? Because it's getting a bit suss now!
SBT
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 21 October, 2014, 07:24:15 AM
Is there actually a reason Finn book two hasn't appeared? Because it's getting a bit suss now!
SBT
Thank you!
Let me add to the voices in the wilderness (somewhere back around page 2) crying for a reprint of Dinosty.
Quote from: Mark Taylor on 24 October, 2014, 06:02:36 PM
Let me add to the voices in the wilderness (somewhere back around page 2) crying for a reprint of Dinosty.
There is not enough mud coloured ink in the world for that...
said elsewhere but a collected Cursed earth Koburn would be nice, please Mr Tharg?
The Creep. I enjoyed that at the time. Kevin Cullen is underrated.
Also I need a Shaky Kane collection. Soul Sisters was during my long walk. Might have caught one or two episodes. If I did, I can't remember anything about it. No doubt someone will tell me that's just as well. But I like the guy's art, ok.
Quote from: SuperSurfer on 10 November, 2014, 02:49:17 PM
The Creep. I enjoyed that at the time. Kevin Cullen is underrated.
Also I need a Shaky Kane collection. Soul Sisters was during my long walk. Might have caught one or two episodes. If I did, I can't remember anything about it. No doubt someone will tell me that's just as well. But I like the guy's art, ok.
Both good suggestions 'Surfer.
A Cullen-centric floppy could include his Creep & Hershey stories, and a Shaky Kane floppy would be an absolute winner too (just so long as
Judge Planet is included).
Judge Dredd: The Ecstasy.
It's not exactly a classic, but hey - it's Wagner Dredd, a few (5+) years old now, and unlikely to be reprinted elsewhere any time soon.
Love to see a ShakyKane reprint. I only really appreciated him on bulletproof coffin - he's really out there in a kevin o'neill way but rarely gets the stories he deserves
Quote from: SuperSurfer on 10 November, 2014, 02:49:17 PM
Also I need a Shaky Kane collection. Soul Sisters was during my long walk.
That's just as well!
Quote from: Proudhuff on 10 November, 2014, 12:11:24 PM
Quote from: Mark Taylor on 24 October, 2014, 06:02:36 PM
Let me add to the voices in the wilderness (somewhere back around page 2) crying for a reprint of Dinosty.
There is not enough mud coloured ink in the world for that...
Dinosty had wonderful art
Shaky Kane's Soul Gun series would be perfect!
Quote from: Skullmo on 19 December, 2014, 02:32:41 PM
Shaky Kane's Soul Gun series would be perfect!
Christmas Tree lights!
A Shaky Kane vote from me too.
One BIG vote for a truck load of Ace Trucking Co, that would go down well when having to shell out my bimms.
Revere is a no brainer for me- it should be way up there too!
Quote from: Skullmo on 19 December, 2014, 02:32:41 PM
Shaky Kane's Soul Gun series would be perfect!
Careful. You go down that path and somebody will suggest Soul Sisters, the writers of which should be...
Oh. I was one of them, wasn't I?
My bad.
Have we had The Dead or Freaks?
Quote from: Jacqusie on 31 January, 2015, 03:28:12 AM
One BIG vote for a truck load of Ace Trucking Co, that would go down well when having to shell out my bimms.
Revere is a no brainer for me- it should be way up there too!
Ace has been reprinted in case files style volume - im sure they will reprint it at some point
Revere is in an Extreme Edition - available from the 2000ad shop
"Have we had The Dead or Freaks?"
The Dead was reprinted in an Extreme Edition - available from the 2000ad shop
I cant remember about freaks off the top of my head
Revere deserves the hardback treatment.
Quote from: Skullmo on 19 December, 2014, 02:32:04 PM
Quote from: Proudhuff on 10 November, 2014, 12:11:24 PM
Quote from: Mark Taylor on 24 October, 2014, 06:02:36 PM
Let me add to the voices in the wilderness (somewhere back around page 2) crying for a reprint of Dinosty.
There is not enough mud coloured ink in the world for that...
Dinosty had wonderful art
I liked Dinosty (in fact I re-read it just last night) - wouldn't mind seeing what Pat would make of a sequel series, now that the Chameleon Tapes are twenty years old...
Some of the earlier floppies in particular were excellent. They should be reprinted and bagged with the floppies bagged in the Meg.
No?
Bye.
Quote from: SuperSurfer on 31 January, 2015, 02:05:37 PM
Some of the earlier floppies in particular were excellent. They should be reprinted and bagged with the floppies bagged in the Meg.
No?
Bye.
:lol:
MACH ZERO please.
Already been reprinted in an Extreme edition but missing out the BLAIR ONE material (rightly so some say) which I would like to read anyway.
Has Meltdown Man been printed anywhere, it was rather a fun (if not slightly unsettling read) when I was but a whelp. Z
Has a massive omnibus out right now, Zen. Been meaning to pick it up myself but keep putting it off in the hope it'll turn up in a Thrill-Shop sale at some point.
Must have a reread on this, the yugee concept was interesting back in the day. Cheers Hawk. Z
What about reprinting some text stories? There must be more than 30 two page Dredd text stories that can be reprinted.
Quote from: Judge Brian on 16 April, 2015, 07:13:13 AM
What about reprinting some text stories? There must be more than 30 two page Dredd text stories that can be reprinted.
Probably make as much sense to publish those as an eBook. But Rebellion flirted with non-fiction eBooks of past Megazine Interrogations and that got shelved pretty quickly, suggesting a limited market [for non-fic, at least].
Always enjoyed the interrogations, not so much the bitty text Dredd tales. I'd be in the market for a bumper collected (digital, perhaps) set of interrogations (Only quibble there is that they may come across as samey when read as one; read the prog (or not), drifted out of art, drifted back, etc.). In occasional monthly chunks I find they do add value to the Meg, and help its more 'grown-up' feel.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/2000-AD-Interviews-Michael-Molcher-ebook/dp/B005UD7MQW
Quote from: Molch-R on 16 April, 2015, 02:16:00 PM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/2000-AD-Interviews-Michael-Molcher-ebook/dp/B005UD7MQW
Sold ! :)
Shame these didn't take off (by the lack of follow up at least) as I really enjoyed this and would have loved to have seen more.
Quote from: Fungus on 16 April, 2015, 02:56:47 PM
Quote from: Molch-R on 16 April, 2015, 02:16:00 PM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/2000-AD-Interviews-Michael-Molcher-ebook/dp/B005UD7MQW
Sold ! :)
Pimpin' like a bawse.
Quote from: The monarch on 19 June, 2014, 01:18:40 PM
straitjacket fits
Thought I'd search the thread before making this suggestion. So there are at least two of us who would like to read The Straitjacket Fits again. At the time I didn't really get it all but I loved the art. There was an inconclusive epilogue in the 1993 JD annual that could be included in a collection.
I wonder whether it is creator-owned.
Quote from: Third Estate Ned on 02 June, 2015, 10:26:17 AM
Quote from: The monarch on 19 June, 2014, 01:18:40 PM
straitjacket fits
Thought I'd search the thread before making this suggestion. So there are at least two of us who would like to read The Straitjacket Fits again. At the time I didn't really get it all but I loved the art. There was an inconclusive epilogue in the 1993 JD annual that could be included in a collection.
I wonder whether it is creator-owned.
...the artist of which will be at the Crouch End Comic Arts Festival this Saturday (I think, I'll have to pop over to the thread I started for it).
Quote from: sheridan on 02 June, 2015, 12:59:12 PM
Quote from: Third Estate Ned on 02 June, 2015, 10:26:17 AM
Quote from: The monarch on 19 June, 2014, 01:18:40 PM
straitjacket fits
Thought I'd search the thread before making this suggestion. So there are at least two of us who would like to read The Straitjacket Fits again. At the time I didn't really get it all but I loved the art. There was an inconclusive epilogue in the 1993 JD annual that could be included in a collection.
I wonder whether it is creator-owned.
...the artist of which will be at the Crouch End Comic Arts Festival this Saturday (I think, I'll have to pop over to the thread I started for it).
What a coincidence. If you see him you could ask him directly whether he owns it or not. Don't know how well that would go down being that over 20 years have passed.
Quote from: Third Estate Ned on 02 June, 2015, 07:17:30 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 02 June, 2015, 12:59:12 PM
Quote from: Third Estate Ned on 02 June, 2015, 10:26:17 AM
Quote from: The monarch on 19 June, 2014, 01:18:40 PM
straitjacket fits
Thought I'd search the thread before making this suggestion. So there are at least two of us who would like to read The Straitjacket Fits again. At the time I didn't really get it all but I loved the art. There was an inconclusive epilogue in the 1993 JD annual that could be included in a collection.
I wonder whether it is creator-owned.
...the artist of which will be at the Crouch End Comic Arts Festival this Saturday (I think, I'll have to pop over to the thread I started for it).
What a coincidence. If you see him you could ask him directly whether he owns it or not. Don't know how well that would go down being that over 20 years have passed.
He didn't seem unhappy when I asked him to draw a character from said story (and did a brilliant job, especially considering it was a character he hadn't drawn for over two decades).
How about all the uncollected Indigo Prime stuff? According to Barney there's:
- A Change of Scenery (Although it does seem to appear in the Best of Future Shocks so maybe not this one) 5 pages
- Tyranny Rex: Soft Bodies 28 pages
- Tyranny Rex: 1988 Sci Fi Special 8 pages
- Weird Vibes 1-2 pages?
- Requiem 8 pages
- The loa in the machine 1-2 pages?
So at a guess just over 50 pages of material? The floppy is usually about 60 right? DISCLAIMER: I have no idea of the quality of these stories, just that they exist and aren't in the IP collections so far!
Soft bodies is possibly one of the most wtf things john smith has ever write and thats saying something!
I would prefer a proper tyranney trade but thats just me
I'd also much rather see a Tyranny Rex trade - the Mark Buckingham stuff is extraordinary.
Quote from: robert_ellis on 16 June, 2015, 08:13:29 AM
I'd also much rather see a Tyranny Rex trade - the Mark Buckingham stuff is extraordinary.
Yeah Tyranny Rex is a bit of an overlooked gem to me. I say get a trade collection of these wonderful stories - particularly the fantastic Deus Ex Machina - to back up her return to the prog in a 12 part story (with double episodes book-endings) bringing her into the current Indigo Prime stuff...
... what... what...
Well if you don't ask you don't get!
It's good of Steve Dillon to come back to the character! (I can dream!)
Well I certainly wouldn't complain about a trade either!
I've been an advocate for Tyranny Rex: Ex Machina Book 1 & 2
Also, The Clown Book 1 & 2, London Falling, Second City Blues, & Freaks / Faces
How about the rest of Finn
We just got more Finn, I thought?
I'd love to see MANIAC 5 - over the top Mark Millar & great Steve Yeowell art
I enjoyed David Hine's Mambo. Would like to see that in the floppy.
The last few runs of Caballistics Inc. have yet to be collected, right?
Quote from: Hawkmonger on 22 June, 2015, 12:51:32 PM
The last few runs of Caballistics Inc. have yet to be collected, right?
An eight-episode story and a one-off. So about 50 pages.
To be honest I wish they'd just re-release the whole lot
properly in two TPBs. It was always a really bizzarre decision to stick Krystalnacht in the second book when it ought to be the payoff of the first - put that (and maybe Picking up the Pieces) in the first book and add the uncollected stuff to the second.
The second TPB came out eight and a half years ago(!) and is long since sold out, so you'd not really be treading on the toes of an exisiting reprint.
308 pages. That'd make for a bloody good phonebook reprint...
Quote from: The Adventurer on 22 June, 2015, 03:25:56 AM
We just got more Finn, I thought?
We did but there are another 33 (?) episodes left to go!
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 22 June, 2015, 03:01:54 PM
Quote from: The Adventurer on 22 June, 2015, 03:25:56 AM
We just got more Finn, I thought?
We did but there are another 33 (?) episodes left to go!
Wow - I didn't remember anything past the second book - you're right, there were another 33 episodes, in three stories of varying lengths: Barney (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&Comic=2000AD&choice=FINN)
More Finn then you expected, more then you wanted.
Quote from: The Adventurer on 23 June, 2015, 02:59:28 AM
More Finn then you expected, more then you wanted.
Not according to the Mills interview on ECBT2000AD...
Quote from: sheridan on 22 June, 2015, 10:52:34 PM
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 22 June, 2015, 03:01:54 PM
Quote from: The Adventurer on 22 June, 2015, 03:25:56 AM
We just got more Finn, I thought?
We did but there are another 33 (?) episodes left to go!
Wow - I didn't remember anything past the second book - you're right, there were another 33 episodes, in three stories of varying lengths: Barney (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&Comic=2000AD&choice=FINN)
I really liked the artwork by Paul Staples on the later Finn stories.
Another vote to see 'em in the floppy from me.
The final finn story felt like it had been hopped up by an unsympathetic editor (maybe DarkBishop?) and so tended to lurch about a bit. But I really enjoyed the later Finns and Paul Staples' art was great
Not me, guv'nor. It was written before I got handed the Rosette of Sirius and ran as Pat intended. But I was the person responsible for not commissioning anymore Finn, suggesting Pat rest the character for a while...
I'd like an all Shaky special with the two Soul Gun stories, his crazy Judge Planet, and as many 'Beyond Beliefs' as will fit! Plus I guess Soul Sisters to pad out the page count and prove to readers that, given enough time and monkeys, Tharg really will reprint EVERYTHING.
Quoteprove to readers that, given enough time and monkeys, Tharg really will reprint EVERYTHING.
Even Space girls?
Quote from: sheridan on 23 June, 2015, 07:40:39 AM
Quote from: The Adventurer on 23 June, 2015, 02:59:28 AM
More Finn then you expected, more then you wanted.
Not according to the Mills interview on ECBT2000AD...
There's an episode of The Young Ones in which Rik tries to convince Neil that he was the most popular person in his college class and "everybody thought I was great." I'm reminded of that every time Pat goes on about how incredibly popular everything he ever wrote was and how those fascist editors were wrong, wrong, wrong.
I've got a special place in my heart for Finn, as 'Interventions'(?) was just kicking off in the prog when I started my 2000AD journey. Plus it helped that Finn looked badass and the Witch/Sorceress was always in skimpy clothes.
I picked up the first Finn stories in a Classic 2000AD issue, and seem to remember a later series which was something like 'Season of the Witch'?
I'm a fan of Slaine, but feel like it's gone rather off the boil these days so would like to see Finn make a return really...
Annoyingly I can't find the Meg this month anywhere (not even the faithful London Victoria store has any). Will have to be a trip to Forbidden Planet I think
Quote from: Grant Goggans on 25 June, 2015, 09:16:31 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 23 June, 2015, 07:40:39 AM
Quote from: The Adventurer on 23 June, 2015, 02:59:28 AM
More Finn then you expected, more then you wanted.
Not according to the Mills interview on ECBT2000AD...
There's an episode of The Young Ones in which Rik tries to convince Neil that he was the most popular person in his college class and "everybody thought I was great." I'm reminded of that every time Pat goes on about how incredibly popular everything he ever wrote was and how those fascist editors were wrong, wrong, wrong.
AlexF's glorious 'Heroes of 2000ad' blog has made me aware of 'Zancudo' which I'd never stumbled across before not being a Meg reader up to know.
Now Barney tells me its only 24 pages long, but surely we can fit it in somewhere, now I get the Meg digitally and all?
Zancudo was the kinda-sorta Dreddworld based sequel to Ant Wars yeah? Yeah, that'd be nice to have.
I'd like to have a floppy of Peter Milligan's Freaks. And its (not Peter Milligan) sequel Faces.
Quote from: The Adventurer on 06 July, 2015, 06:37:31 PM
I'd like to have a floppy of Peter Milligan's Freaks. And its (not Peter Milligan) sequel Faces.
Surprised to see this never featured in an EE. Anyway, the first one's coming in Meg 364.
I took the two previous Finn floppies to read together on my hols. I was a little surprised to see Book One was from three years ago (Meg 329). I hope we don't have to wait that long to get the rest ( I know a lot of folks on here don't rate it too highly but personally I quite like it).
Freaks next month!! :D :D :D
The rest of Finn
and Timehouse!
Bith wholly new titles to myself but the idea of a Peter Milligan series I haven't read has me very excited indeed.
I didn't really 'get' Faces when it ran in the prog. I think you really need to have read Freaks beforehand, which I havenn't.
Freaks & Faces is great news.
Find Lobster Random unreadable and skipping this made meg 363 an even quicker read (besides Lawless - story and art - it's leaving me cold these days).
Well, my dream reprints have been coming hot and heavy lately (Freaks/Faces, Lobster Random, Tyranny Rex: Deus Ex Machina) I'm honestly not sure what else I'd like to see. I gotta wonder if the barrels bottom is close, I mean we're getting Synnomon next month. That's a bit of come down after Tyranny.
The rest of VCs perhaps, the rest of Cabalistics Inc, still hoping for that Second City Blues floppy... I'm just not sure.
Quote from: The Adventurer on 20 December, 2015, 06:06:23 AM
Well, my dream reprints have been coming hot and heavy lately (Freaks/Faces, Lobster Random, Tyranny Rex: Deus Ex Machina) I'm honestly not sure what else I'd like to see. I gotta wonder if the barrels bottom is close, I mean we're getting Synnomon next month. That's a bit of come down after Tyranny.
The rest of VCs perhaps, the rest of Cabalistics Inc, still hoping for that Second City Blues floppy... I'm just not sure.
Second City Blues gets my vote, as does the rest of Finn.
And would an Anthony Williams Dredd collection be too much to ask? Love the Williams droid, and he deserves a bit more recognition IMO.
Synnamon is an awful choice.
Hmm, that Soul Sisters reprint I've always craved can't be far away! May some hot Dead Man Walking action!
;)
Second City Blues sounds good - not read that.
The rest of Finn please.
And Timehouse.
.....Big Dave? ;)
I am still saying without irony i would like a straight jacket fits floppy.
The two Tyranny Rex flopoies have rocked my world. Beautiful art work and John Smith working at his height. Z
Quote from: ZenArcade on 20 December, 2015, 08:53:59 PM
The two Tyranny Rex flopoies have rocked my world. Beautiful art work and John Smith working at his height. Z
Have to agree Zen, a real treat to revisit this.
Hang on a second.....during which period was this published? ;)
It and firekind were two rare ups in a universe of downs. Firekind was superlative and such was tbe kack-handedness of the prog back then that they couldnt even get the story in a proper sequence. Z
JOhn Smith was consistently excellent in the 90s. I also enjoyed a lot of Peter Hogan's work
It would be nice if the Strontium Dogs/Durham Red/Feral storyline was finished off...
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 21 December, 2015, 05:24:03 PM
It would be nice if the Strontium Dogs/Durham Red/Feral storyline was finished off...
It was.
Quite unsatisfactorily.
In the floppies, fool! ;)
Heh, I'm sure Dark Days bish-Op will be happy to see those pages again...
Though I would also like to see the saga completed.
Quote from: ZenArcade on 20 December, 2015, 08:53:59 PM
The two Tyranny Rex flopoies have rocked my world. Beautiful art work and John Smith working at his height. Z
(resists pull of heightest joke) While for me I struggled to get past page five, remembering how embarrassing it was to be seen on the bus with a 2000ad at that time, of which this floppie is a prime example.
Really? I don't know about the rest of 2000 AD's content at the time, but Deus Ex Machina was one of the more straight forward of John Smith's strips, with very clear artwork. Reminded me a lot of Leatherjack actually. Now Danzig's Inferno, that was something to make me go cross eyed.
What on earth was danzigs inferno? A future shock stretched to two parts?
Quote from: The monarch on 24 December, 2015, 08:51:25 PM
What on earth was danzigs inferno? A future shock stretched to two parts?
Isn't it the first Indigo Prime story?
Quote from: The monarch on 24 December, 2015, 08:51:25 PM
What on earth was danzigs inferno? A future shock stretched to two parts?
And it was trailed quite a long time in advance, so it was pretty surprising when it turned out not to be a series.
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 21 December, 2015, 07:14:22 PM
In the floppies, fool! ;)
I know- I just don't think I can read it again (despite the pretty good Hairsine artwork).
It would be nice to get a floppy containing Hogan's one-off Strontium Dogs / Durham Red stories from the Sci-Fi specials etc, some real forgotten gems there.
No more strontium dogs please. The last story was a train wreck.
How about Time House?
Timehouse would be nice
Timehouse would be good!
Oh monarch thank you.I'd know idea rogue galaxy was on psn.I love that game.€14.99 done and done.there goes my weekend.
Its as good as i remembered it another good rp arc twilight of the spirits just got added too
And to keep on topic i'll say straight jacket fits again please : :D
Quote from: Skullmo on 14 January, 2016, 05:31:24 PM
Timehouse would be good!
Skipped on my recent slog. I really did try. Seriously odd strip, seemed to appear because of... the 90's.
Just occurred to me you might be taking the piss.
Nah - love Time House. It's nice to see a stiry that is not just a fight every week.
Time house is an odd ball but it truly stood out in a miasma of garbage
...Big Dave?
Space girls?
I just read the Synnomon floppy. I didn't really remember anything about it from the time, and I quite enjoyed it. The first run gets a bit muddled in terms of what's going on, but the character had potential. The strip art was pretty good, too (although the covers typically veered a bit more towards 'artist has a fantasy and puts it on paper').
Synnamon can piss off into the back of the thrill sucker infested portion of the nerve centre archives
Hey i got it in the right thread this time but yeah did not like it then do not like it now
Synnamon and yet no Timehouse! There really is no justice!
Synnamon was an under-rated classic romp through a Culture-lite universe. Anyone who thinks it's not worthy of the Prog or a floppy reprint smells of wee and gets poo under their nails when they wipe their bot.
I find the recent Floppies a suppository of all that is wrong with 2000ad, with the exception of Random Lobster recent outing its seldom tickle my fancy.
The Lobster Random and Tyranny Rex collections have been superb. Everything else, not so much.
As someone who reads the Mega collection - I dont like it when something appears in the floppy and then the mega collection. I feel a bit cheated by that and as the floppy is one of the reasons I subscribe to the Meg it makes me think I may stop my sub.
The floppies seem to have steered wide of Dredd for a long while, preferring to trawl the lesser regaled tales of yesteryear from every where else. Possibly to avoid treading on the Mega Collection's toes. Personally I thought the meg was at it's best on the reprint front when it was including stuff that might have interested us from elsewhere, such as Preacher or Scarlet Traces, or from Battle. I'd love to see them do a series of Battle floppies (or as an ultimate wildest dream a series of hardback reprints of 'The Complete Battle'). I guess ultimately they're probably be going to go with what is easiest to source to keep down costs so we get what we get.
Easiest in the sense of cost-effectiveness, yes. Paper costs very little when it comes to modern magazines. It's creating new content or licensing existing stuff that eats into your budget. So anything outside of Rebellion-owned properties is going to be unlikely for the floppy.
What else does Rebellion own that could make an appearance? Presumably they didn't acquire the rights to any other IPC or Fleetway titles when they bought it? What about stuff from Starlord or Tornado?
I think we've been told a couple times that the only non-2000 AD material they own is anything that started in Starlord or Tornado and continued into 2000 AD. IE: Strontium Dog, Robusters, Black Hawk, etc...
Planet of the Damned getting reprinted though give's me hope some smaller titles (Wolfie Smith?) published in either Starlord or Tornado might now be in their clutches....
The Mind of Wolfie Smith did indeed carry on into 2000AD after the Tornado merger.
The Starlord story Time Quake also made a very brief appearance in 2000AD if I am remembering correctly - but not immediately after the Starlord merger. So by your logic Rebellion possibly has the rights for those as well (?).
Has Wolfie Smith ever been reprinted? While the first two stories were pretty ropey (in 2000ad I've not read the Tornado stuff) I enjoyed the last one. Surely it can't be too far off getting a reprint, but I wonder if they're holding it back for a 'proper' trade? at some point?
The Wikipedia pages for Egmont UK and Time Inc, UK say the following (though long story short - no idea who owns the rights to stories that didn't get published in 2000AD and Starlord or 2000AD and Tornado):
Egmont currently owns all comics characters and titles created by IPC's subsidiaries after January 1, 1970, (with the exception of the 2000 AD stable, which Egmont sold off and which is now owned by Rebellion Developments), together with 26 specified characters which appeared in Buster and Roy of the Rovers; while IPC currently retains its other comics characters and titles, including Sexton Blake, The Steel Claw, and Battler Britton[2] (but not Dan Dare, which was sold separately and is now owned by the Dan Dare Corporation).In 1987, part of the comics holdings of IPC Magazines Ltd (comprising those comics and characters created after 1 January 1970, plus 26 specified characters from Buster, which was then still being published) were placed in a separate company, Fleetway Publications, which was sold to Pergamon Holdings.[4][8]
In 1991, Egmont UK purchased Fleetway from Pergamon, merging it with their own comics publishing operation, London Editions, to form Fleetway Editions. The latter was absorbed into the main Egmont brand by 2000, having sold off the continuing titles (such as 2000 AD), and continued with only reprint and licensed titles (e.g. Sonic The Comic). IPC had retained the other comics characters and titles, i.e. those created before 1970 (except the 26 characters from Buster), including Sexton Blake, The Steel Claw, and Battler Britton[4] One character, Dan Dare, was sold separately and is currently owned by the Dan Dare Corporation.
Last I knew, DDC owned more than Dare—it also at the very least owned Computer Warrior, given that I had to get permission from DDC to include artwork in a feature I was writing about the strip (that, sadly, never actually happened in the end).
In memory of Tony Luke, it would be really nice to see Middenface McNulty "Wun Man an' His Dug" reprinted in a floppy.
Never reprinted before (as far as I recall), and IMO it's a bit of an early Meg gem by Grant, Luke & McCrea.
I'm glad you said that because I made the same suggestion a long while back on this thread and wasn't sure whether I might have missed it in the meantime. I love the art in that story.
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 27 January, 2016, 10:06:36 AM
Last I knew, DDC owned more than Dare—it also at the very least owned Computer Warrior, given that I had to get permission from DDC to include artwork in a feature I was writing about the strip (that, sadly, never actually happened in the end).
I imagine Computer Warrior would be a rights nightmare to reproduce, given that all the games were from US Gold (who are now owned by Eidos), plus some of those games (Express Raider, Gauntlet, Ghostbusters) were licensed from other companies...
Atavar
Quote from: mejustnow on 23 February, 2016, 03:07:53 PM
Atavar
I'd rather have a Complete graphic novel of that, to be honest!
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 23 February, 2016, 03:11:57 PM
Quote from: mejustnow on 23 February, 2016, 03:07:53 PM
Atavar
I'd rather have a Complete graphic novel of that, to be honest!
Yeah, well. I said the same for Lobster Random and look what happened. Sometimes you got to just take it as it is.
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 23 February, 2016, 03:11:57 PM
Quote from: mejustnow on 23 February, 2016, 03:07:53 PM
Atavar
I'd rather have a Complete graphic novel of that, to be honest!
The first two books of Atavar were collected back in 2005: http://shop.2000adonline.com/products/atavar
Angel Zero next month?!!? That was in 2000AD few years ago!
Quote from: Goaty on 23 February, 2016, 03:21:34 PM
Angel Zero next month?!!? That was in 2000AD few years ago!
Christ, thats the first strip yo be reprinted in the floppy I read in the orog weekly. And besides lush Burns art it wasn't very good at all.
For a moment I thought this was actually Angel - Anyone remember the entirely plausible strip about a test pilot whose plane's computer gets melted on to his arm and shoulder in a crash - and then becomes his own on-board computer, allowing him to perform superhuman feats such as falling thousands of feet but flipping over at the last minute to safely land on his feet (without his splintered leg bones being driven up through his torso). Utter tosh from the early days.
I have to say that Angel Zero, whilst much more recent, has left much less impression on my memory, can't recall much about this at all.
Yep but that Angel was reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine 321 so no needs for floppy of it.
I think I'm noticing a pattern over the last few months of Meg Reprints.
Tyranny Rex? Synnomon? Angel Zero? Looks like we're in the middle of an 'action girl' wave.
Dead Man Walking next?
Trouble with an Atavar reprint is hat they would pull a Lobster Random and skip books 1&2. And that would make awful sore.
I'm amazed Wun Man an' his Dug hasn't been reprinted - that and Straitjacket Fits are the only things left from the first volume of the Meg to get a revival!
Quote from: DarkDaysBish-OP on 23 February, 2016, 05:37:19 PM
I'm amazed Wun Man an' his Dug hasn't been reprinted - that and Straitjacket Fits are the only things left from the first volume of the Meg to get a revival!
By coincidence I've only made two suggestions for the floppy in this and in the other thread (http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=22779.210) and those were both of them. I hope at least one gets some attention.
Kola kommandos,universal soldier or slaughter bowl
Well I know it wasn't to everyone's taste but I really enjoyed Angel Zero and I'm surprised its been 'reduced' to Meg reprint so soon.
Be bang up for a bit of Slaughter Bowl. And Really and Truly though my dream is a collected Big Dave
Slaughter bowl is in an extreme - which is stll available in athe shops. http://shop.2000adonline.com/products/extreme_editions_issue_23
Really and Truly is available in a book - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yesterdays-Tomorrows-Hughes-Collected-Comics/dp/0861661540/
Big Dave would be good
How about Time House?
Quote from: Skullmo on 28 March, 2016, 02:46:54 PM
Slaughter bowl is in an extreme - which is stll available in athe shops. http://shop.2000adonline.com/products/extreme_editions_issue_23
Really and Truly is available in a book - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yesterdays-Tomorrows-Hughes-Collected-Comics/dp/0861661540/
Big Dave would be good
would love a big Dave floppy
That response is just so wrong on so many levels!
Quote from: DarkDaysBish-OP on 23 February, 2016, 05:37:19 PM
I'm amazed Wun Man an' his Dug hasn't been reprinted - that and Straitjacket Fits are the only things left from the first volume of the Meg to get a revival!
How could you forget
Judge Edwina Strange, Dave?
Some flawed gems in the original
Strange Cases run (i.e. the 90's version of 'Tales from the Black Museum'), including stories by Warren Ellis & John Smith.
To my knowledge they've never been reprinted, and would make for a great floppy.
http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=STRANGE
Quote from: Link Prime on 07 April, 2016, 05:57:55 PM
Quote from: DarkDaysBish-OP on 23 February, 2016, 05:37:19 PM
I'm amazed Wun Man an' his Dug hasn't been reprinted - that and Straitjacket Fits are the only things left from the first volume of the Meg to get a revival!
How could you forget Judge Edwina Strange, Dave?
Some flawed gems in the original Strange Cases run (i.e. the 90's version of 'Tales from the Black Museum'), including stories by Warren Ellis & John Smith.
To my knowledge they've never been reprinted, and would make for a great floppy.
http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=STRANGE
You're right, I'd forgotten about those! In my defence, it was quarter of a century ago - and there were only five of them in the Meg. Three more in various yearbooks & specials, too, but not sure there'd be enough to fill a floppy. Sidenote: I think the very first Strange Case is the only thing Warren Ellis ever wrote for the House of Tharg, though I did reprint Lazarus Churchyard in the Meg years later...
Quote from: DarkDaysBish-OP on 07 April, 2016, 07:56:04 PMthough I did reprint Lazarus Churchyard in the Meg years later...
That run remains my favourite chunk of Meg, and I adored Lazarus Churchyard. Made me rush out and find The Final Cut on eBay.
I'd love to see some of Tim bollard's work get the floppy treatment.