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As much as I enjoy an unexpected double-page spread like this, I'm not convinced that Maitland is really such a huge character in Judge Dredd to warrant the massive reaction this seems to be evoking in some people (although I'm glad they are enjoying it).

I completely agree with you and personally don't believe she warrants Main Character status. Regardless, I'm looking forward, not only to next week, but also the next thrilling chapter of this arc.

I'm sorry but I just wanted to get this off my chest.

Former Labour MP Ronnie Campbell dies aged 80
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crg90qq737qo

[I just don't think it was ever meant to be an exhaustive list of today's deaths]

The trouble is, that hardily anyone ever seems to post in some of the threads anymore.

I didn't mean to suggest that nobody should ever post here any more - I have absolutely no problem with anyone paying their respects here to a person who had a genuine impact of one kind or another on their lives, and I'm happy to read these tributary posts.

I just don't think it was ever meant to be an exhaustive list of today's deaths, which I think is a pointless and somewhat morbid use of the forum.

On other forums that I (in)frequently visit, this seems to be the exact point of similar celebrity / famous individuals condolences thread(s).

I'm going to be honest here - I'm thinking of avoiding this thread in future. Not that I want to avoid the subject of death, but because I think the thread has strayed a bit from I thought it was set up for, i.e. to discuss the passing of people whose lives meant something to whoever is posting, for better or for worse, and whose death has had some kind of impact on them

Some sections of this thread seem, at least to me, like a list of all the famous deaths of the day after a trawl through the headlines and feel at best unnecessary - I can look at the headlines myself if I need to - and at worst uncomfortably morbid. This is purely subjective of course, and it's possible I may be misreading some posts. 

I suppose, again on a purely personal basis, I'm at an age when a lot of people, famous or otherwise, that i've grown up with are dying far more regularly than I'd like, so maybe I'm being too sensitive and too harsh. It's just something that's been on my mind for a while as I've visited this thread.

Yeah, have to agree with Jayzus - this thread just seems to be a celeb death list.

I know it's meant entirely respecftully, but I do wonder what the point of it is, really?

I don't know about you two, but I realised that I post in here far too often and have now decided to no longer post in this topic.

I personally don't see the point of this topic, should it be used for personal deaths in the family? Noteworthy celebrity deaths? Or a combination of the two...?

Not a problem Max, glad you gotten any and all mistakes made in those books rectified in further reprints for the foreseeable future.

Sebastián Piñera: Former president of Chile dies in helicopter crash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68223520

Former Irish PM John Bruton dies after long illness

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd18yqnke9no

Michael Jayston is familiar to those who followed Only Fools And Horses but forever Peter Guillam in the BBC's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
https://www.itv.com/news/2024-02-05/only-fools-and-horses-actor-michael-jayston-dies-aged-88

And that of the Valeyard in Doctor Who

Ian Lavender: Dad's Army star dies aged 77
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68204488

Jonnie Irwin: Escape to the Country and A Place in the Sun host dies aged 50
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63760036

Carl Weathers has sadly passed away.

https://deadline.com/2024/02/carl-weathers-dead-1235812684/

Aw, mate - I was just trying to help. Of course everyone's happy to have someone go to all the effort of doing the voting project - and thanks for that.

Combining the two votes doesn't make any mathematical sense, is all. I hope you can see why (from my earlier explanation). It's not the end of the world, or anything, and nobody has set out to have a go at you. (I was better at pouring pints than Billy the Fish - but it's all swings and roundabouts. I'm a bit too mouthy for my own good, for example.)

No, no, I should apologise to you for snapping like that. I spent the whole of the last year writing down all the relevant information regarding each and every Dredd story in both the Prog and the Meg and all that I feel that I get are certain individuals who make me feel that I'm doing a worthless job and that they can do the job better.

Getting back on topic, I'm sorry Funt for snapping at you!! No hard feelings...?

Didn't we go through this with him
Before the voting even started, when he agreed not to do the non-sensical merger thing........and now has gone ahead and did it anyway?

Do you want to do this or not...?

*Passes the bottle to Gordon*

(Yeah, but ... folk don't know how stuff works until you show them. Sometimes you have to show them more than once. There was this one guy - Billy the Fish, worked at Butlins - he never could pull a proper pint - foam everywhere. Nice guy, mind.)

And people like you do...?

Hmmm, quite possibly...

[I don't think you can really mix the Prog / Meg votes for a best overall due to various factors]

Two worthy winners. I don't think you can really mix the Prog / Meg votes for a best overall due to various factors, but appreciate the effort running this.

I didn't vote on the Meg poll as I only bought half the issues last year, but Risk Assessment was incredible.

With all due respect, I disagree!! Considering that two out of the top three stories that won, were published in the Meg, I'd say that there are a considerable number of us on here that do subscribe to both, rather than just the Prog.