Can't believe the thread hasn't been bagged already, 24 hours after getting the Meg!
Judge Dredd: Rico and Koburn continue their mission in the Cursed Earth. After all the "I can't believe they are running a cross-over between the Prog and the Meg" fuss, the stories seem to have diverged into completely separate strands. I guess they will come back together at the end.
Realm of the Damned: I thought this was getting interesting last month, but this now just leaves me cold.
Blunt. New series: offworld colony - check. Leader not popular with his men - check. Some disaster happens and they have to turn to an outsider- check. So, so far not too original then. But hey, let's see how it develops.
Lawless. Just great. Top story telling from the Abnett droid, and great art from the Winslade droid.
What is in the 'floppy'?
Sorry I hardly ever look at the floppy as I have usually read all the stuff before.
It's "Second City Blues" from Progs 1420 to 1429 by Kek-W and Warren Pleece, a Birmingham based future sport strip.
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r182/Caliban_photos/1e452cf45d53f5159cb7faba43480a89_zpshrkrqfzh.jpg)
Quote from: Magnetica on 15 May, 2016, 03:40:09 PM
It's "Second City Blues" from Progs 1420 to 1429 by Kek-W and Warren Pleece, a Birmingham based future sport strip.
ITS ABOUT FREAKING TIME!
Two appearances on the letters page for me but no letter printed!
Dredd continues to get interesting, and Blunt makes a good start. Lawless has become one of my favourite things in the Meg and very much needs collecting. Realm fails to click with me, and there's a lot of it, too. Slightly OTT letters page, I thought. Someone complained! Quick, let's fill an entire page full of support!
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 19 May, 2016, 10:34:57 AM
Slightly OTT letters page, I thought. Someone complained! Quick, let's fill an entire page full of support!
I print the letters I receive, Craig. As it happened, a lot of people wrote it in to say they were enjoying RotD, as hard as that is for you to apparently believe.
I think it's great, regardless of being a bit 'rude' for the more sensitive souls.
Brink in the prog on the other hand, sucks donkey balls, but hey, others enjoy it, so crack on. ;)
Quote from: Cyber-Matt on 19 May, 2016, 01:33:20 PMI print the letters I receive, Craig. As it happened, a lot of people wrote it in to say they were enjoying RotD, as hard as that is for you to apparently believe.
I was being flippant, not accusing you of anything untoward. I'm aware from reading threads here that, divisive as the strip is, it has support, and so, no, I don't find it hard to believe people wrote in about it.
Regardless (and as someone who should know better, given that I've been on both sites of the editor divide), I apologise for writing something that suggested otherwise (even if intended in glib fashion) and that struck a nerve.
Time to give the review threads a wide berth for a while, I think.
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 19 May, 2016, 04:25:58 PM
Quote from: Cyber-Matt on 19 May, 2016, 01:33:20 PMI print the letters I receive, Craig. As it happened, a lot of people wrote it in to say they were enjoying RotD, as hard as that is for you to apparently believe.
I was being flippant, not accusing you of anything untoward. I'm aware from reading threads here that, divisive as the strip is, it has support, and so, no, I don't find it hard to believe people wrote in about it.
Regardless (and as someone who should know better, given that I've been on both sites of the editor divide), I apologise for writing something that suggested otherwise (even if intended in glib fashion) and that struck a nerve.
Time to give the review threads a wide berth for a while, I think.
Not sure you deserved a public telling-off there, IP :-\
Maybe Tharg's out of styrofoam or something... ;)*
In other news, the Meg is great at the moment.
Henry Flint is knocking it out of the park in Dredd, as is Michael Carroll both here and in the Prog,
Realm of the Damned continues to be gory fun,
We get the winner of the Dark Judges text competition, which i assume is great but haven't got round to reading yet,
Blunt, which i assume is great but haven't got round to reading yet,
and Lawless, where Phil Winslade and Dan Abnett show themselves to be comics Gods.
And on top of that we get Bad City Blues as the floppy, which is worth the cover price alone.
Meg's on a roll, don't muck about - buy it!
*Joking Tharg, joking...
Quote from: Woolly on 19 May, 2016, 06:19:24 PM
We get the winner of the Dark Judges text competition..
That should read 'text story competition', although a Dark Judges SMS text conversation could be a thing of wonder...
Quote from: Ghost MacRoth on 19 May, 2016, 01:42:42 PM
I think it's great, regardless of being a bit 'rude' for the more sensitive souls.
Can I emphasize that I am not sensitive nor offended? I just said it was a bit in your face - like a large dose of bloody demon piss! I also penned a follow up this week saying that I am not channeling Mary Whitehouse!
No, but some clearly are. ;)
This has made me read the letters page, as I normally only read it for Buttonman's ramblings.
Now when he said that a casual reader might pick it up in the store, what he mean't to say was, a word thief would rip the mag out of it's thrill containment plastic protection wallet and therefore anything that that person thinks from then on would be null and void, as he's stolen that story in the shop.
Quote from: Buttonman on 19 May, 2016, 06:56:32 PM
Can I emphasize that I am not sensitive nor offended?
That's because you're clearly a [spoiler]cunt.[/spoiler]
Cheers!
Jim
Dredd and Lawless are definitely the highlights for me in the meg at the moment. I'm in the ROTD? Meg, camp. Sorry, just not clicking for me. Other folk like it? Fine. Just not me.
Blunt gets off to an okay start. I'd agree that there are a lot of cliche's in it but hey, maybe it will go somewhere unexpected. Still, not hideous.
Nice to see Second City Blue's getting a re airing. Has to be one of the hidden gems of that era. If I remember rightly though I ended up making a lot of comparisons with DC's Deadenders at the time, mainly because of Pleece's art work.
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 19 May, 2016, 07:41:50 PM
Quote from: Buttonman on 19 May, 2016, 06:56:32 PM
Can I emphasize that I am not sensitive nor offended?
That's because you're clearly a [spoiler]cunt.[/spoiler]
Cheers!
Jim
I am offended
That episode of Lawless is I reckon one of the best episodes I have ever read, in any comic ever. Superbly crafted and beautifully drawn and lettered, and Pettifer is a genuine, believable and unique character. Furthermore, all of this happening without the lead character. Really, really good stuff. Bravo!
Quote from: Buttonman on 19 May, 2016, 06:56:32 PM
Quote from: Ghost MacRoth on 19 May, 2016, 01:42:42 PM
I think it's great, regardless of being a bit 'rude' for the more sensitive souls.
Can I emphasize that I am not sensitive nor offended?...
Yeah the assumption that you don't like Reign of Gooey Splatter cos your offended is pretty short sighted. I don't like it cos its a bit dull and not very good.
Which is a shame cos the rest of the Meg has taken a real turn around for the better and 3 of the 4 strips are blinding. Ripping of the Dangles being the exception cos I'm a little lilly livered and cry at... oh no hold on, no its 'cos its getting distracted by the blood and guts and letting slip of character and originality. Shame 'cos the art has its moments.
Dredd was pretty damned good. It was a bit of an all action romp, but sometimes that can be welcome and it used the rompery to nicely show some character moments and move the plot forward really well. The Fury Road of Dredd episodes.
Blunt was a really nice opener. I'm not quite sure why, it just worked. Nicely ploted, nice set up, interesting premise and over all well executed. Loved it and I'm not even a bit fan of Boo Cook's art normally.
But Banner's was right Lawless was simply quite supremely good... well okay wouldn't got as far as to the one of the best episodes ever but it was pretty bloody excellent. Beautiful character piece, majestically realised by Phil Winslade and with a fantastic ending. Just great stuff.
Text stuff a bit weak this month but with three strips as good as they are this month there can't be many complaints.
Or perhaps it was based on the posts from people saying they were offended. ;)
Quote from: Ghost MacRoth on 20 May, 2016, 11:31:32 PM
Or perhaps it was based on the posts from people saying they were offended. ;)
Well if you've going to bring facts and evidence into the arguement you should just get off the internet!
3/4 for me this month. Good Meg with lots of diversity.
Can't wait for the collected Lawless. Very nice indeed!
Good start to Blunt too.
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 21 May, 2016, 06:47:02 AM
Well if you've going to bring facts and evidence into the arguement you should just get off the internet!
I'll get my coat..... ;)
Enjoyed all of it, particularly Dredd. Reign isn't going in my classics but it's enjoyable and I'm always intrigued by a mishmash of supernatural beasties along with Blade's Vision of the Vampire Dystopia. It's not Hellboy but it's close enough for now.
Quote from: Magnetica on 15 May, 2016, 03:20:02 PM
Blunt. New series: offworld colony - check. Leader not popular with his men - check. Some disaster happens and they have to turn to an outsider- check. So, so far not too original then. But hey, let's see how it develops.
I think Blunt will be more interesting once they enter the wilds. From what I gathered from the interview with the script droid (name escapes me), it was something they'd wanted to do for sometime - it gave me the impression of a story that has been slotted into the Dredd-Verse, rather than written specifically for it.
Where's the love for the Dark Judges short story chaps? For me it was the best thing in the meg bar the supreme Lawless!
The text story was excellent, and an example of how it should be done.
Loved the text story - wish they'd commission a new illustration for it! It was perfect!
I never read them. Sorry.
Yeah, I read most interviews, reviews etc however little interest I have in them, but I never read text stories in comics.
Good Meg, great Dredd, great Lawless, the art on both is just sublime. Blunt, interesting, Ill give it a chance, nothing new on show but well told.
ROTD nice art, story is fine, probably will read better in one go.
Make an exception and read this one.
Quote from: The Cosh on 30 May, 2016, 11:46:21 PM
I never read them. Sorry.
Nor I.
I think last one I read was 'Judge Fears Big Day Out' by Si Spurrier.
Seems to be some positive buzz for this one, so Meg 372 shall be retrieved from its Stasis Storage Unit (IKEA box) forthwith.
Another great Meg for me this month- enjoying all 4 stories, but would buy it for Dredd & Lawless regardless.
Quote from: Buttonman on 17 May, 2016, 07:32:44 AM
Two appearances on the letters page for me but no letter printed!
Does that count?
really enjoying the Megazine
highlight - Lawless - amazing artwork , a nice background story to Pettifer -
Blunt is looking to be a good story
Dredd is an excellent cross-over story - which I am really enjoying
Realm of Damned is okay - its a new story , so I'm giving it time to get better
Quote from: Richard on 30 May, 2016, 06:18:23 PM
The text story was excellent, and an example of how it should be done.
Finally got around to reading it - very good indeed.