Yearly Specials Over Time

Funt Solo · 17 May, 2020, 05:05:18 PM

Key:
SFS: Sci-Fi Special (including the '77 Summer Special)
2KA: 2000 AD Annual (& latterly Yearbook)
JDA: Judge Dredd Annual (& latterly Yearbook)
JDMS: Judge Dredd Mega-Special
WS: Winter Special
2KAS: 2000 AD Action Special
FCBD: 2000 AD Free Comic Book Day
2K40: 2000 AD 40th Anniversary Special
2KVS: 2000 AD Villains Special

Colin YNWA · 17 May, 2020, 05:29:39 PM

Wayhey more Funt Solo data goodness. Do we think the 40th Special and the Annual are just themed regular specials... and when I say we do I mean I... hmmmmm

Richard · 17 May, 2020, 06:56:41 PM

That's a nice chart. However you left off the Rogue Trooper Annual in 1991, the Dan Dare Annuals in 1979 and 1980, the 2000AD Action Special and the Rogue Trooper Action Special.

Funt Solo · 17 May, 2020, 07:13:16 PM

Key:
SFS: Sci-Fi Special (including the '77 Summer Special)
2KA: 2000 AD Annual (& latterly Yearbook)
DDA: Dan Dare Annual
JDA: Judge Dredd Annual (& latterly Yearbook)
JDMS: Judge Dredd Mega-Special
WS: Winter Special
RTA: Rogue Trooper Annual
2KAS: 2000 AD Action Special
RTAS: Rogue Trooper Action Special
[FP]: 100-page [Festive Prog]
FCBD: 2000 AD Free Comic Book Day
2K40: 2000 AD 40th Anniversary Special
2KVS: 2000 AD Villains Special

Richard · 17 May, 2020, 11:00:32 PM

Great work!

Funt Solo · 18 May, 2020, 12:31:04 AM

I've also been trying to make sense of Rebellion's explosion of new specials recently:

Key:
SFS: Sci-Fi Special
WS: Winter Special
[FP]: 100-page [Festive Prog]
FCBD: 2000 AD Free Comic Book Day
2K40: 2000 AD 40th Anniversary Special
S&M: Scream & Misty
Vig.: The Vigilant
C!!B: Cor!!/Buster
2KVS: 2000 AD Villains Special
T&J: Tammy & Jinty
Act.: Action

broodblik · 18 May, 2020, 04:10:19 AM

Great stuff Funt, just interesting the big gaps we had but now it looks like specials will yet again be part of our life.

sheridan · 19 May, 2020, 10:08:06 AM

Plus Tornado and Starlord!

Richard · 19 May, 2020, 11:55:01 AM

Tornado and Starlord weren't specials though.

sheridan · 19 May, 2020, 12:02:31 PM

Quote from: Richard on 19 May, 2020, 11:55:01 AM
Tornado and Starlord weren't specials though.

Yes they were - one summer special each, two Tornado annuals and three Starlord annuals.

Funt Solo · 19 May, 2020, 03:41:23 PM

You could go either way on that aspect of 2000 AD archaeology, but as those comics became so intertwined you could easily include them as part of the pantheon.

Hang on, while I fiddle with the knobs and dials a bit...

Funt Solo · 19 May, 2020, 03:56:41 PM

Added a couple of other things in there ... this might be it complete:

Key:
SFS: Sci-Fi Special (including the '77 Summer Special)
2KA: 2000 AD Annual (& latterly Yearbook)
SLSS: Star Lord Summer Special
DDA: Dan Dare Annual
TSS: Tornado Summer Special
JDA: Judge Dredd Annual (& latterly Yearbook)
SLA: Star Lord Annual
TA: Tornado Annual
JDMS: Judge Dredd Mega-Special
WS: Winter Special
RTA: Rogue Trooper Annual
2KAS: 2000 AD Action Special
B2KSE: Best of 2000 AD Special Edition
CJDSE: The Complete Judge Dredd Special Edition (latterly "Best of")
RTAS: Rogue Trooper Action Special
[FP]: 100-page [Festive Prog]
FCBD: 2000 AD Free Comic Book Day
2K40: 2000 AD 40th Anniversary Special
2KVS: 2000 AD Villains Special

Richard · 19 May, 2020, 04:35:44 PM

Quote from: sheridan on 19 May, 2020, 12:02:31 PM
Quote from: Richard on 19 May, 2020, 11:55:01 AM
Tornado and Starlord weren't specials though.

Yes they were - one summer special each, two Tornado annuals and three Starlord annuals.

Of course!

If we're counting them, should we also count Diceman?

(Edit:) Also there were the poster progs. A Dan Dare poster prog in 1977, Judge Dredd 1-5 in 1993-94, and one each for Slaine, Rogue Trooper, Strontium Dogs and Nemesis.

Colin YNWA · 19 May, 2020, 04:59:01 PM

Wow that grew rapidly! Excellent work.

Funt Solo · 19 May, 2020, 05:27:27 PM

Quote from: Richard on 19 May, 2020, 04:35:44 PM
... should we also count Diceman?

(Edit:) Also there were the poster progs. A Dan Dare poster prog in 1977, Judge Dredd 1-5 in 1993-94, and one each for Slaine, Rogue Trooper, Strontium Dogs and Nemesis.

I excluded those on the basis that they weren't yearly items - all five Dicemen (?) came out in the same year, so they'd appear as a blip. Similar issues with the poster progs (e.g. two Dredd poster progs in 1994) make them tricky to fit into the format.

But coming back to Diceman...