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[Skip Tracer]

Skipperty is no long Skipperty as Skip Tracer continues to be the best this series has been since that seciond story that folks seems to forget about (or didn't like as much as me). The strip works best when Blake as a companion that allows him to become more than the gruff 90s hard and gritty 2000ad protangist and this one is tripping along nicely and Paul Marshal's art continues to shine.

I can remember the second series firstly because of the art by Colin MacNeil and rightly as you said it was the best of them all.

I am not sure about this. Both DC and Marvel does not know what to do. All these  endless reboots and super events just take the "special" out of it.

A sneak peak at Johnny Alpha for the xmas prog by Laurence Campbell/Dylan Teague:

The great thing about these reprints is for me to discover new characters. Keep it up Rebellion

Oh man, that is astounding...

Chris Weston's art is like wine the older the better it gets

Some great Chris Weston art of the cover:

The classic B/W



For the millenniums whom never grow up with a touch of classic expose to them:

Coming in May 2021 with a new cover by Chris Weston a brand new collection of the earliest adventures of Adam Eterno

I think off all the tourneys we had this year this is the most difficult one to choose. It is even a case where the series determines the artists for me example of these are Stickelback and Brink. I a cannot see that anyone else but the current artist handle these series. I think we will see a more close run rounds since it is so subjective. Cool stuff

All this Fiends in the prog made me grab Fiends of the Eastern Front. Anything to get some glorious Carlos art.

I article with little more meat on it:

https://downthetubes.net/?p=122285

Unfortunately with all the awesome talent we will loose some  top-notch guys quite earlier. Credit to you having the patience and zeal to set this up

Later this year Jake Lynch will take art duties over from Henry Flint on Proteus Vex. Here is some earlier work from the upcoming second season:

It was a great interview, he knows what he's doing, clearly.
Although he doesn't know his German!
Niemand would be pronounced Knee-mand, to make it Nye-mand you'd want to spell it 'ei'

(And I know there's variation in this around the world, but if you want that frisson of 'niemand' is German for 'no-one' it's def. pronounced knee not nye) So speaks the son of a German mother who can speak very little of it but for some reason that one rule has stuck.

Niemand is also a surname used by Afrikaans speaking people in South Africa as well. Niemand is from Dutch as well that is where the surname originated from a Afrikaans perspective. In Afrikaans/Dutch/German the pronunciation is very similar.

Cover from prog 393:

[Dredd]

This was a particularly good prog. You know you are in a good space is when you cannot choose your favourite thrill for the week and it is shared by Fiends, Hook Jaw and the man from Baker Street. The cover by Jake is great as well.

Dredd – This Dredd story feel very much relevant in today's age and time.  A political thriller with the force of nature Dredd always lurking in the background.  Boo Cook again delivers some great Dredd imagery especially the second page.

Elementary my dear Watson - As D'Israeli delivers some great visuals Edginton does not disappoint with some great scripting. Great stuff and please 6 years are way too long to wait.

Skip Tracer – A functional story but it is difficult to shine with the bring stars around you. Paul Marshall as ever knows how to bring us the pictures.

Fiends – Just love the way the story has turned out with some exciting new elements brought into the frame. Tiernen's art is just sublime. Hopefully, this run is longer than the customary 6 parts as we had with previous installments.

Hook Jaw – I like how to story builds up suspension and intrigue. Nothing as off yet has been revealed but then we have the last page to boot.  Wow, what is next? Great story.