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In addition to all the trades released by Rebellion I'm trying to collect anything else closely 2000 AD related which has been published in GN format outside of 2000 AD, i.e. creator owned material etc. I'm having difficulty finding a source to put together any kind of definitive list, however.

I have:

- Snapshot TPB (received today from Amazon)
- Numbercruncher HB
- Tales from Beyond Science
- Yesterday's Tomorrows (reprints Really & Truly)
- Scarlet Traces (plus its sequel and prequel volumes)
- Lazarus Churchyard: The Final Cut
- Tank Girl: Skidmarks (plus various other Tank Girl)
- The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (doesn't actually contain any 2000 AD / Megazine material but does contain material from Revolver, so close enough).

I don't have Metalzoic but it's on my radar. A little pricey to get hold of, I hope it gets reprinted.

I'm aware of all the IDW material of course and have the first two Judge Dredd trades, plus Year One. I'm not necessarily interested in the stuff that has already been reprinted by Rebellion or will appear in the Case Files at some point.

Anyway, I appeal to the hive mind out there for their unparalleled knowledge... what am I missing?

http://2000adonline.com/books/coming_soon.php

http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,35334.msg701492.html#msg701492

I must admit, The Psi Files 03, Tales of Nu Earth Vol. 3, Anthropocalypse and The Grail War all have me aquiver with anticipation. Batman/Dredd too even though I already have all the stories in other books.

Carried over from another thread where this is currently under discussion. Actually this isn't so much a suggestion as an entreaty. Pleasepleasepleaseplease oh Mighty Tharg, give us Red Seas phonebooks! I mean, it's even in black and white. Made for phonebooks. Would probably only take two large ones, too.

Just saw this film. It was actually a lot better than I thought. For some reason the trailer which I've seen a couple of times before made it look like a carbon copy of the original adaptation, when in fact it is quite different in many respects. The new plot elements in many ways make more sense than ones they replaced... but with one fatal flaw which unfortunately renders any attempt to make the story more logical and consistent null and void - 'The Fall'.

The Fall is a mode of transport that can take you from the UK to Australia in 17 minutes... by traveling through a tunnel bored right through the centre of the earth, passing through the very core itself. It is one of the most nonsensical technological gizmos I've seen in a sci-fi film in a while. Both utterly pointless and scientifically ridiculous in a number of different respects.

At the start of the film they claim this is 'the only mode of transport possible' due to the earth being contaminated by chemical warfare. But later in the film we see that humans can survive in the chemical zones with just gas masks for protection. So any aircraft with a fully pressurised cabin would have a problem... why exactly?

Okay granted even a sub-orbital flight would take a good bit longer than 17 minutes, but then so would a vehicle travelling through the centre of the earth in order to be even vaguely plausible.

Don't think this has been posted yet. Pretty cool.

http://veryaware.com/2012/08/watch-the-new-dredd-3d-slow-mo-featurette/

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/comics/news/a393347/judge-dredd-duane-swierczynski-heads-idw-series-comic-con-2012.html

I was just re-reading the article about Duane Swierczynski heading the new IDW Judge Dredd series and came accross the link to this in the sidebar. I know it's not strictly 2000AD news but it is kinda relevant among all the new/old movie talk that's going on.

Whatever you might think of Stallone's performance of Dredd, this is pretty shocking news and something folks should probably be aware of right now.

...Arrived through the letterbox today and I'm greatly looking forward to reading it after re-reading vol.1. However, when viewed side by side with vol.1 the interior print quality is notably inferior. Unlike vol.1 the printed 'dots' or pixels which make up the reproduced artwork are clearly visible to the naked eye without even looking that close up, and the colours appear comparatively muted. As a result, Richard Elson's excellent artwork just doesn't have the same impact as with the first volume, in which the reproduction was great and the artwork really jumped out of the page. It won't spoil my enjoyment of reading it but it is a little disappointing.

Is it just my copy or have others noticed the same?

[does anybody know if any of the other US releases contain significant material which isn't available in any of the UK books?]

Calling anybody who knows anything about the US line of graphic novels. I take the completist approach when it comes to collecting 2000AD graphic novels since Rebellion started bringing them out. I only have 3 of the US releases so far, though. Harry 20 because it didn't get a UK release. Mean Machine for the same reason. Bad Company because it has a bonus strip that's not in the two volume UK edition and it's nice to have it in one volume.

I'm not that bothered about the Mega-City masters series because I'm kinda assuming there's nothing in then which won't be reprinted in the case files series eventually.

Apart from these does anybody know if any of the other US releases contain significant material which isn't available in any of the UK books? Thanks.

Does anybody have this? I already have the Alan Moore Future Shocks and Tharg's Future Shocks TPBs so what I really want to know is does the b-format subscriber book have new content or does it just reprint strips from the aforementioned TPBs? I know it's not hugely expensive but it's not worth my while if it only has content I already have in GN format. Thanks!

Seen it, can't fault it, hugely entertaining! (Haven't read the comic).

Put a D on either end and you get DREDD? Not quite, but it certainly does nothing to harm Karl Urban's credibility.

Not really... but it suddenly struck whilst watching last week's episode of Sherlock. Though not quite an exact match the resemblance is actually quite striking. Same shape face and nose. Johnny's mouth is thinner and narrower but where would you find a closer match, I ask you? Eh?

(P.S. Sorry, don't know how to embed the picture in the message properly at full size without some kind of external hosting for the image.)

I picked up Alien Legion Omnibus Volume 1, newly released from Dark Horse on a bit of a whim, just because it's sci-fi and that's my favourite genre.

Anyway the artwork is nothing to write home about but the writing is surprisingly good, with moments of brilliance I didn't really expect to find. On the (slightly) negative side it does have it's fair share of the cliches and cheesy dialogue you'd expect from a 1984 military sci-fi comic, and the 'aliens' aren't that alien in that they pretty much act like humans in differenty shaped bodies most of the time.

However, the stories have enough depth to make up for the flaws. Well worth picking up, in my opinion. If you enjoyed the original run of the V.C.s there's a fair chance you might like this.

For me, Cradlegrave. It started off good with an effective build-up of tension, etc., but then totally failed to deliver the anticipated payoff. Normally I like John Smith, too.

...Just arrived in the post and I have to say WOW! This is a truly stunning volume.

Spinning off from the Rogue Trooper phone books thread, I'd be interested to know how people would like to see the Judge Dredd material from the Megazine reprinted.

Personally, I would like to see those stories which crossover with stories from the Progs (e.g. Judgement Day) appear in the main case files series. In fact, I think it is pretty much essential for that to happen because stories which have holes in them would very severely detract from the volumes in which they appear. It would probably even make a lot of people who would otherwise snap them up without question (myself included) think twice about even buying them.

As for the other Meg stories, I'd really quite like to see them reprinted in a separate series of phone book style volumes. I have no objection to putting them in the regular case files as such, because I would buy these anyway. However this way people who don't want to collect the Meg stories wouldn't have to feel like they were being forced on them, and people who do want to collect them (like me) would have the option to do so.

Anybody else have thoughts on this?

I've posted quite a few times in other threads recently so I suppose it's about time to introduce myself. I have been reading 2000AD for many years. I think the first prog I ever picked up must have been in the 200s somewhere because it had Nemesis book 1 in it. Nemesis was what originally hooked me and remains probably my favourite 2000AD strip of all time to this day.

I managed to miss out on about 10 years worth or more when I stopped reading sometime in the 90s. I was originally drawn back into the fold in early 2007 when I began to notice the line of 'case files' style trade paperbacks Rebellion were releasing. All the early Judge Dredd? All of Nemesis? Strontium Dog? All collected in chronological order in these neat chunky volumes? It was an offer I couldn't refuse.

After that, of course because my interest had been rekindled, it wasn't long until I picked up a couple of issues of 2000AD and the Megazine just to check them out. I was really pleasantly surprised by what I found and realised straight away that they'd become a million times better and more 'grown up' than they were in the period when I stopped reading, and I subscribed to both pretty sharpish.

I've now caught up on a lot of the stuff I missed out on both through the graphic novel range and whatever I've been able to beg/borrow/steal. When reading through these forums, though, I still come across the occasional reference to a story I've never heard of. Rebellion seem to be doing a great job of reprinting all of the best stuff (at least all of the best stuff that doesn't have copyright or similar issues) so it's been a lot easier for me to catch up than it might have been in former times!

My thanks to the nice people at Rebellion for publishing neat stuff for me to spend money on!

Anybody know if somethings up with June's new GN releases (JD Case Files 13 and Button Man - Harry's Game)? I've gotten emails from Amazon referring to delays with 'obtaining stock' for them. Normally the monthly GN releases have arrived on my doorstep by now.

The Meknificent Seven re-issue is already out though. I was sad enough to buy it just to make my ABC Warriors collection look consistent.