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Monday and no Meg thread yet?



Great cover by Colin MacNeil. We do seem to have had a lot of Lawmaster covers this year.

Dredd ramps up the police work on Total War and with Joe himself on the sidelines Beeny steps up which is always good. Wagner and MacNeil producing the best thing in either comic at the moment.

An article about Garth Ennis and Keith Burns' new Johnny Red comic from Vertigo and an interrogation with Mike Carey

There's crossing and double crossing in Demon Nic but it's not really my thing.

An ad for the Planet Replicas Mekon figure and an article about the Future Shock documentary.

Storm Warning wraps up and Tom Foster is a rising star. Slightly stunned to see his pages were more expensive than Henry Flint's at Thought Bubble but that just reflects that Henry undervalues his own work. Get 'em before the art dealers is my advice.

And then there's the last of Lawless for the time being which is possibly the second best thing in the two comics at the moment. Big cliff-hanging ending leaves me hungry for more but that Phil Winslade detailed artwork must take some time to produce.

Finally there are some Dreddlines with a letter from the ubiquitous Dr Rich Evans, and details of a Dark Judges short story competition with a Planet Replicas badge for the winner.

Postie surprised me as wasn't expecting this till monday.



Cover by Jon Davis-Hunt. Beautifully coloured and presented IMHO

Dredd: Sleeping Duty by Michael Carroll, Nick Dyer, Abigali Ryder and Annie Parkhouse. A nice Dredd-lite story.

Defoe by Mills, Gallagher and Parkhouse. We learn more about the Vizards which is cool with me.

Brass Sun by Edginton, Culbard and De Ville. Back inside Wren's mind with Kurt Vonnegut, the Blind Watchmaker

Sin Dex by Abnett, Goddard, De La Cruz and  De Ville. Moses got all blowed up and the strip sails off into the sunset for a short break.

Bad Company by Milligan, Dayglo and Bowland. Looks greta but I still need to read the whole thing throught to get caught up.

there's also a Droid Life and an advert for the new subscribers' free gift the 2000AD notebook. And there's some Halloween trick or treating in Damage Control

 A piece of original Greg Staples art from the Judge Dredd story "The Mega-City way of death" that appeared in Prog 1111.

Signed at the bottom at this year's Brum ICEcon by Greg himself

Measures 42 x 30cm, in an archival quality A3 sleeve and will be posted in some solid cardboard packaging with next day UK dispatch from a 100% eBayer.

I'm also including a copy of Prog 1111 where you can see the artwork in its published coloured glory, see photos.

This is a 100% charity auction for Cancer Research UK and I'm paying for the second class Postage so every penny you pay goes to the charity.

Please dig deep and make a bid or publicise on your twitters etc.

Cheers
Eamonn

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/231726386964?

Early postie today:

Cover by Leigh Gallagher is superb, going to be in my top five of the year with the pestilent puppeteer taunting Defoe. Lovely work, Leigh

Dredd continues to get closer to PJ and his plans (or does he?) as they investigate the links to the Strepsil mansion shown in the early pages of Dark Justice. Lovely noir work by MacNeil and Blythe, and Wagner's police proceedural work is splendid. Shame he never wrote a crime novel other than History of Violence.
Nice to see a reference to Judge Bender in there, still up to his old ways no doubt.

Defoe is crcking stuff from my favourite Mills' story with Gallagher's gruesome art the star, and the auld gang's all back.

Brass Sus. More recapping and Wren's fate looks even worse but a strange figure from a past adventure may be about to throw a literal spanner in the cogworks.

Sinister Dexter. Not my favourite but reading it as episodes of a show like Breaking Bad of the Sopranos makes it much better so actually quite enjoying this return.

Bad Company. Continues to focus on the terrible damage done to returned soldiers. If the original series was about the horrors of war, this seems to be about the horrors that our troops suffer for years after they leave the battle front. And I love it. Seems particularly appropriate as we move towards rememberance season.

No letters this week. There's Droid Life, an ad page for some new Bad Company merchandise, and the back page plugs the Mega Collection Simping Detective issue

My iPad app has developed a problem in the last, possibly related to the latest iOS updates?

It doesn't recognise my Prog subscription at all but worse than that it won't let me download anything. It just keeps telling me the "Store is unreachable".
I have restarted the app (loads of times).
I have uninstalled and reinstalled it
I have rebooted the iPad several times.
All to no avail

As a test I downloaded the app to my iPhone over the same wifi connection and it instantly recognised my two subscriptions, showed my content and downloaded the latest issue easily.

So it's not my account, it's not my internet connection, it's something specific to my iPad. (note: my iPhone has had the same two iOS updates in the last week without this problem.)

I have emailed support but don't expect to hear back until after the weekend.

In the meantime any helpful suggestions would be gratefully received?

Before anyone cheerfully suggests getting a paper subscription I already have one. I subscribe both paper and digitally to both the Prog and the Meg.

thanks in advance
eamonn

Just popped up on Down the Tubes
http://downthetubes.net/?p=25293

"The Bermuda Triangle-inspired science fiction comic "Planet of the Damned" that channelled elements of Mad Max straight to the pages of the short-lived 2000AD companion Starlord, is to be collected next year.

Rebellion, the publishers of 2000AD are putting out a collection in March 2016, alongside "Death Planet" from 2000AD, a short serial written by Alan Hebden and drawn by Lopez which ran in 2000AD progs 62 to 70 in 1978"

You know the deal by now. I go to conventions and queue up so you don't have to, and in the process we raise some money for Cancer Research. Here are a bunch of items from yesterday's Brumcon up on eBay with 100% of the proceeds going to Cancer Research UK.

Make a bid, make more than one bid, buy two items and save me some postage. Failing that spread the word on your Twitters, and other stuff that's probably like Twitter and probably also ends in an R.

Cheers.
Eamonn

Judge Dredd print signed by John and Carlos
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678590265

2012 movie Dredd print signed by John and Greg Staples
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678593814

Dredd vs the Four Horseman print by Mike Collins, signed by Mike and John
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678591755

Before anyone gets too excited the following items are all issues of the Prog, not the actual cover artwork. (Sorry, but I've been asked that one before)

Prog 1908 with Viper strikes cover signed by Greg Staples
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678597361

Prog 1921 with Dredd v Dark Judges wraparound cover signed by Greg Staples
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678598678

Prog 1842 Defoe cover and Prog 1797 Aquilla cover both signed by Leigh Gallagher
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678601569

Prog 1829 Stickleback cover signed by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678602941

Prog 595 Zenith Black Dawn cover signed by Steve Yeowell.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678607485

Prog 385 Strontium Dog cover signed by John and Carlos
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678611716

Prog 135 ABC Warriors cover by Carlos, signed by John and Carlos (yes I know)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678615482

2012 Dredd movie Blu-ray signed by John and Carlos
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678621156

and a couple of non 2000AD things that might still be of interest

The Walking Dead TV poster signed by Charlie Adlard
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678629824

The Comic Con badge Iron Man image signed by the artist Bob Layton
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678625563

and a Legion Flight ring (that doesn't give the user the power of flight), and a Blue Lantern ring (which doesn't give the user whatever it is a Blue Lantern can do). plus a 2000AD badge (that does more than the other two items combined)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231678584781

No prog here but I've got the cover image with Henry Flint opening the stable Doors of Perception as Dredd tries out for the new Lloyds bank commercial.

Cover by Phil Winslade.

Fantastic full page explosion by Carlos.

Interviews with Paul Cornell and Nick Abadzis and a new comics feature on Rom of the Reds

The mind boggling detail in Winslade's Lawless art continues.

Haven't read the Demon Nic or Storm Warning yet.

The free floppy is Lobster Random

Cover by Tiernen Trevallion

There's a Droid life

Dredd is great, Henry Flint's use of colour and panel layout continues to blow my mind

Absalom has a quiet moment with a bit of the old Parklife

Helium's dogfight continues with a great last page.

Outlier is in the green as they approach the Hurde ship, or the Doomsday machine from Star Trek OS

And it's all hitting the fan in Jaegir

Another great prog all round this week

The limited edition Greg Staples art print that came with the Dark Justice hardback from the 2000AD store.

119 of 250. Measures 28 x 19 cm on art card.

In an archival standard pocket with a comic backing board and posted in an A4 card backed envelope.

I'm keeping the hardback with its book plate but don't really have anything to do with the print so here it is as a 100% charity auction for Cancer Research UK with free second class p&p from me so every penny you pay goes to a very good cause. So please make a bid or share on twitter streams or other forums.

cheers

eamonn

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000AD-Dredd-Judge-Death-art-print-by-Greg-Staples-119-250-charity-auction-/231627106631?

No thread yet? I haven't read it yet cos I'm on me holiyers but here's the Alex Ronald cover

Dredd Urban Warfare large annual sized hardback, with limited edition Forbidden Planet print signed by Henry Flint - numbered 166/300.

New and unread, in a comic bag and posted to you in a padded envelope.

This is a 100% for charity auction with free second class postage from me so every penny you pay goes to cancer research, so please make a bid or share this item on your twitter stream

cheers
eamonn

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000AD-Judge-Dredd-Urban-Warfare-with-print-signed-by-Henry-Flint-for-charity-/231617695634?

The Dredd illustrated script paperback signed on the cover by Jock at Gosh comics in London last Friday.
100% charity auction for Cancer Research UK with free P&P
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231608890547

Also the Wytches paperback by Scott Snyder and Jock also signed for the same charity.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wytches-trade-paperback-signed-by-Jock-Charity-auction-/231608894862?

Also (but not for charity) the Mega Collection four coasters
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231607114838

Cover by Tiernen Trevallion. Link to the Pete Wells block page

Dredd meets Joyce's Ma and learns more about his Dad

Absalom confronts the church as the devil rides out

Slaine wraps up book two of the Brutania Chronicles

Outlier gets a terrific two page splash as the Horde attack

Helium are also under attack from below and there's a quantum of Solace

Over on the eBay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231595194013

also a couple of volumes of the collection itself:
Mechanismo
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231595197094

and Devlin Waugh - Swimming blood
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231595198741

cheers and what ho!

Richard Elson cover

Dredd: Breaking Bub finishes
Slaine Primordial continues
Future Shock: The World according to Bob by INJ Culbard (Script and art)
Tharg's 3riller part three
Strontium Dog opens it's last instalment with a glorious (and leiteral) splash page

Glenn Fabry cover
Dredd The Cop part five wraps it up
Andrew Currie interrogation
Reaper Files
Judge Dredd text story by Robert Murphy
Tale from the Black Museum by Alec Worley and Paul Davidson
Anderson by Emma Beeby and Andrew Currie
The Floppy is Interceptor by Ian Edginton and Steve Pugh