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Evening all, does anyone know if there's an image of that rather lovely Greg Staples MC-1 cityscape poster that you get with a Megazine subscription at the moment on t'internet/this site anywhere?

Check this out if it's a slow work day.

mat

Link: http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/shoes.htm" target="_blank">pie?

WOW! Pros and cons of writing/art for Monkey On My Back aside, I haven't seen Mega-City 1 looking so BIG in YEARS!
Lately it's been resembling a slightly larger version of New York, but look at the 4th page- gigantic blocks, crammed together claustrophobically, connected ramps and stuff with tiny little vehicles on them and tons of flying gadgetry zooming around. Bliss. And block wars! Riot foam!
I wouldn't mind betting that the monkey ends up encased in Boing! by the end.

Happy happy, joy joy.

March 8, 2041

Unmanned Aerial President Crashes on Korean Peninsula

WASHINGTON DC--Citing what Northrop Grumman engineers
have identified as a flaw in specially designed navigation
software, spokespeople for the Presidential Cabinet
confirmed late Wednesday that the 53rd President of the
United States, the first entirely autonomous,
mechanical, airborne leader in the western world, has
crashed and is likely unrecoverable.  "This is a black day
for America," noted a solemn administration spokeswoman.
"But it may also be a day of great courage.  The American
people took a great leap forward when they elected [the
President]; may we not now retreat from that great vision."

The President, widely known by his Northrop development
codename "Skipper," was reportedly surveilling the
former Korean De-Militarized Zone when a software flaw led
him to "invert" positioning data he received from a network
of satellites and ground-based antennae.  "Though
specific details of the mishap are certainly classified,
we can say that a sudden, systematic mis-transformation of
positioning data lead the President to believe that up was
down and down was up," explains an unidentified Northrop
engineer.  "He lost compass and got locked into a fatal
feedback flightpath.  The closer he got to the ground, the
higher he tried to fly, bringing him closer to the ground
until he crashed at an apparently high velocity."

A controversial figure since his election last year,
President Skipper gained the confidence of the American
people after taking quick, decisive action against a rogue
satellite many feared equipped with legacy nuclear
weapons.  "Nothing beats a President capable of
extra-atmospheric sorties with his own air-to-air
missiles," boasts Admiral Wayne Nubbs, head of the U.S.
Joint Chiefs.  "He's got high-powered lasers mounted right
on his head.  No traditional leader can compete with that."

Though popular for his daring, low-orbit exploits and
courageous penetration of foreign, hostile airspace, the
President faced mounting pressure at home to reign in
military spending and address perennial domestic
problems.  "Skipper faced some understandable skepticism
when it came to military spending," opines Katherine
Zahone, Executive Director of the non-partisan
BudgetScope.  "Though he was elected by the American
people, he was built by major military contractors.  That
was a real political liability, no question about it."

Scheduled to be sworn in over the weekend, the Vice
President, codenamed "Little Boy," though little-used
over the past year, is reportedly prepared to assume
official Presidential duties.  "It's true he hasn't seen
much action," noted a Northrop engineer during a January
New York Times interview.  "To be frank, we've basically
been using him to make toast and heat up coffee.  But he's got
every capability that the Skipper's got.  With 45 minutes'
notice we can scramble the Cabinet and he can be airborne
with the latest intelligence and a full payload."

Link: http://futurefeedforward.com" target="_blank">futurefeedforward

Hot Damn! Who cares about the war-mongering president, I'm off to live in America!




November 3, 2027

U.S. Citizenship, Now with Free Chicken

WASHINGTON DC--In the first of several planned state and
federal initiatives designed to attract and retain
qualified citizens, U.S. government officials announced
Friday the launch of a special program managed by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture guaranteeing U.S. citizens a
lifetime supply of boneless, uncooked white-meat
chicken.  "We're very proud today to fulfill a legendary
promise to the American people," exclaimed USDA Deputy
Director Tracey Lapoole.  "A chicken in every pot, today,
now, for every American, and forever more."

Delivered daily, five days a week, by U.S. postal carriers,
the chicken, initially drawn largely from USDA reserves
and purchased in surplus and secondary markets, should be
sufficient to satisfy the daily calorie requirements of a
grown adult male.

"Though originally we planned to tailor delivery
quantities individually, for logistical reasons, we
settled on supplying enough chicken per citizen to satisfy
the daily needs of the vast majority of Americans,"
explains Fredrick Breaker, UDSA VP of Marketing.  "That's
almost 40 ounces of white meat per citizen per day.  A tall
order, but I'm happy to say that, with the cooperation of the
Postal Service, we're up to the task."

Taking advantage of excess and decommissioned capacity at
local and regional post offices, and of an exploding U. S.
poultry supply driven by the high-breast yield of
contemporary chicken breeds, the plan calls for a gradual
shift from dependence on reserves and open market
purchases to a system of decentralized production and
delivery based around the postal network.

"Eventually, the chicken you get in your box every day will
be locally grown and locally slaughtered," explains
Breaker.  "Empty sorting facilities will be repurposed as
high-efficiency chicken barns, your postman or postwoman
will learn an entirely new, challenging skillset, and
you'll get fresh chicken every day."

In addition, as part of the initiative, the USDA has
submitted to Congress a suggested amendment to the Oath of
Allegiance to the United States taken by new U. S. citizens.
"[The project] is about delivering chicken, but it's also
about winning the hearts and minds," notes Breaker.  "So
we've suggested that the Oath become more of a two-way
street.  New citizens promise us their loyalty, and we
promise them wholesome chicken."


 

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The new bone book s out! Volume 8, The Treasure Hunters came into the shoppe yesterday, and it's absolutely amzing and tense and cool, BUT I've got to wait about another year for the final volume--GAH!

mat

Link: Boneville

Did anyone see next week's League Of Gentlemen on BBC Choice last night? Absolutely amazing, I was laughing out loud for the first time this series. Looks like there's hope for 'em yet.

mat

++He's an underprivileged bohemian cowboy fleeing from a secret government programme. She's a tortured nymphomaniac mermaid with a knack for trouble. They fight crime! ++


++He's an unconventional shark-wrestling ex-con who dotes on his loving old ma. She's a chain-smoking belly-dancing lawyer from aristocratic European stock. They fight crime! ++



Best net silliness generator EVER, you could probably get a couple of Marvel/DC comics proposals out of this one!

Link: http://www.rain-street.org/fightcrime.htm" target="_blank">They Fight Crime!

Morning lord,

 did you see the answer to your Mootrix query that I put on the Scojo thread? If you didn't, this was it;



I found the vid on the Bizarre website. Here's the video page link (http://bizarremag.com/members/new.html), you can select the Mootrix from here.





If it doesn't work for some reason, go to the homepage (http://bizarremag.com/), and selesct the sick clips page, then select the Mootrix. But do it quickly, it may not be up for long and I think you have to pay to access the archive.





mat

Link: http://bizarremag.com/members/newvids/CowMatrix1.mpg" target="_blank">The Mootrix

 Anyone who's after a copy of Alan Moore's Voice of the Fire can relax, it's being reprinted. Top Shelf are reprinting it in hardcover in summer 2003, with new illustrations by Jose Villarubia.
 

mat

Cartoon for breakfast. Enjoy.

Link: http://www.humorweb.net/pictures/0360.jpg" target="_blank">morning humour

Anyone who likes Ron Smith art should check out the new Titan reprint of Transformers:Target 2006. Ron does a cracking issue in the middle, although apart from Geoff Senior the rest of the art is pretty weak-great story tho'


mat

Link: http://members.cox.net/michaelsstorage/VWMPG.mpg" target="_blank">A transformers link that has nothing to do with Ro

Bit of nostalgia, definitely worth a scan.

mat

Link: http://members.cox.net/michaelsstorage/VWMPG.mpg" target="_blank">new VW beetle

Nothing to do with anything, but follow the link below and click on the strip next to the HEADCASE logo, for a cool robot strip. A bit on the peculiar side, but well worth checking out.


mat

Link: http://www.realitytax.com/home1.html#" target="_blank">Click the strip next to *HEADCASE* logo!

This was posted by Scojo on the ArgueWithScojo Yahoo group this morning, 5 minutes after a rather obscene little swearing aimed at Wake and Mk13 which I won't bother pasting up;


This is goodbye folks.

I tried my best to go back on the board but no luck.

So I will never again post about 2k here or anywhere else. I may be
in the IRC chat room on Wednesdays until Jim bans me.

See ya there perhaps.

Scott says his final bye.

(sorry, no heading on this one yesterday)

                 
New Newsgroup Announcement

Just a quick post to invite all and sundry to a new newsgroup I've taken the liberty of setting up;

ArgueWithScojo@yahoogroups.com.

My inbox swelled to gargantuan proportions this week as a discussion on who should play Dredd turned into a prolonged slagging match, in the familiar Scojo vs The World vein. Nothing new there, but a lot of subscribers to the Class of 79 group were rightly miffed by the personal nature of some of Scojo's argumentative posts.
Rather than get put out by this myself I thought, Well, everyone's entitled to an opinion, as long as they don't get too forceful in ramming it down people's throats. So the only thing to do was to give Scojo, and indeed anyone else who likes to wrassle, an open forum in which they can fight happily over who plays Dredd, without worry of innocent bystanders getting caught up. It goes without saying that anyone who's offended by Scojo's style of discussion should think twice before subscribing to this group.
I should probably point out that this is in no way a public endorsement of Scojo on my part, merely a logical solution to a problem. Whether you think Scojo's an outspoken man on the street, a misunderstood master of ironic humour, a crank and potential stalker, the only sane man in a world gone madde, or an unwitting comic prodigy in the Mr Bean tradition, the one thing he doesn't seem to be is going away.
And that's that. Membership is completely free, open and unmoderated, feel free to argue or just to watch.


mat
 

Link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArgueWithScojo/" target="_blank">Argue With Scojo homepage

New Newsgroup Announcement

Just a quick post to invite all and sundry to a new newsgroup I've taken the liberty of setting up;

ArgueWithScojo@yahoogroups.com.

 My inbox swelled to gargantuan proportions this week as a discussion on who should play Dredd turned into a prolonged slagging match, in the familiar Scojo vs The World vein. Nothing new there, but a lot of subscribers to the Class of 77 group were rightly miffed by the personal nature of some of Scojo's argumentative posts.
 Rather than get put out by this myself I thought, Well, everyone's entitled to an opinion, as long as they don't get too forceful in ramming it down people's throats. So the only thing to do was to give Scojo, and indeed anyone else who likes to wrassle, an open forum in which they can fight happily over who plays Dredd, without worry of innocent bystanders getting caught up. It goes without saying that anyone who's offended by Scojo's style of discussion should think twice before subscribing to this group.
 I should probably point out that this is in no way a public endorsement of Scojo on my part, merely a logical solution to a problem. Whether you think Scojo's an outspoken man on the street, a misunderstood master of ironic humour, a crank and potential stalker, the only sane man in a world gone madde, or an unwitting comic prodigy in the Mr Bean tradition, the one thing he doesn't seem to be is going away.
 And that's that. Membership is completely free, open and unmoderated, feel free to argue or just to watch.


mat

Link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArgueWithScojo/" target="_blank">Argue With Scojo homepage

Can anyone remember if the Angel family are alive these days? I know they popped up briefly in The Three Amigo's in the megazine a few years back, and there was that strip where they shared a cell with the devil and a naked Dredd gave them a good kicking-but have they been killed off since?
 cheers, Mat

Re; I don't give a fuck if you read the Koran you cunt, it's the use of disgusting american phrases that bugs the shit out of me.

"if I wasn't a comics reader of some sort myself, why would I be bothering to post here?"

Why are you bothering to post here? What the fucks that got to do with it? It's a fucking annoying way to introduce yourself isn't it? You want a positive response from here? Don't fuckin charge in and make jokes which might not work in print if no one knows who the fuck you are.

ps You just made an enemy for that you fuckin shit.



 

hey doug,
 what's the koran got to do with anything? who's referencing other cultures now, hmm?
 as someone who actually WORKS IN A COMIC SHOP, I generally spend most of my day chatting and bantering with other readers of comics, who are for the most part cool people. we make jokes. we have a laugh. and most importantly, we are also able to do so at our own expense, with a reckless disregard for how we may appear to people without a sense of humour.
 that's right, Doug, humour, that wonderful thing which so enriches the otherwise dull colours of this tapestry called life. you may have noticed, if you actually bothered reading the responses to my initial post, that plenty of people must have realised that I wasn't taking the proverbial, as they furnished me with a wealth of valid suggestions, many of which were exceedingly useful and appreciated. cheers everyone.  
 the only small-minded little tantrum that I noticed was yours. what's wrong Doug, couldn't you think of one little suggestion? where you so embarrassed by your ignorance that you had to curse and spit, and take offence at an insult that wasn't actually there? all you had to do was not post a response. did you think people would talk behind your back if you didn't post?
 I'm sorry to take so long over this reply Doug, but I have to admit that you've annoyed me slightly with your childish display. I came here expecting to find cool people, but as in my shop there's always a dodgy kid coming in to try and steal pokemon cards. I've made an enemy? Doug, I can't say that the prospect bothers me overmuch, it's not like I wanted to hang out or anything. and quite frankly your mother's a terrible lay.
 sorry to anyone else who's had to wade through this lengthy post, thanks again to the people who put forward the suggestions. you know who you are.
 and now, here's Doug with the swearing.

Re;What the hell does anal retentive mean anyway? For a start isn't it anally retentive? Did that just explain it? And why the fuck is it that if we read comics we like keeping things up our arses? Go fuck yourself, you almighty prick.



Sorry for any confusion, would you have less trouble discerning the meaning of "in-joke" or "irony"?
 
   Mat
 
ps your mother says hi!

pps consider this; if I wasn't a comics reader of some sort myself, why would I be bothering to post here?