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Everything up until the end of March is now online in the 'coming soon' section.

Link: 2000 AD Books

Interesting to see Time Killer there - I was half hoping they'd do a case files on early SLaine, but hey ho.  

What they REALLY need to do is reissue the first book with a proper McMahon cover!  Get him to do a poster page for Prog 2007 or where haveyou, and use it on the cover

It's good that the Sláine b/w reprints haven't stalled. That said, I was somewhat surprised to see Time Killer on the sheets Jon sent overâ??I was expecting the third hardback volume.

That new Bad Company cover art looks rather awesome.

I agree. It really seems to suit the book more than Jock's image.

By the way, for those who are interested, the contents of Storming Heaven (the Frazer Irving collection) are now up on the 'coming soon' page.

Looking at the Slaine page count, it would seem that the next book of b&W slaine will be:

Dragon Heist 49 pages
Time Killer  122 pages

Which would leave another book or 2 to complete the run

They might cram all the remaining B&W 2000AD strips into a meatier tome:

Tomb of Terror 90 pages (excluding the 'game' bits?)
Spoils of Anwwyn  43 pages
Slaine the King   79 pages

Or they might go for two books and include all the gaming stuff:  

Book 3:
Tomb of Terror 110-120ish pages (including the game bits
Cauldron of Blood  17 pages
Dragon Corpse      16 pages
Ring of Danu       28 pages
(might need a few more pages for the game intros and such)

Book 4
Spoils of Anwwyn  43 pages
Slaine the King   79 pages

and maybe a couple of the earlier annual stories and features to pad it out, or steal one of the Dice man strips (though not as tidy a solution).

Adventurer - that McCarthy glory is from a starscan from prog 591:

Is that what they are doing for 'Slaine: Case Files'.

I'd be looking forward to that and a whole bunch of stuff on Slaine that came our between 'The Horned God saga' and 'Books of invasions'.

Dunno what the intention is with regards the Slaine - I suspect they might just do the three books and quietly forget the gaming stories.  

In some ways that'd be a shame, as the Cauldron of Blood shows how Slaine comes by the erm cauldron of Blood...

In other ways, it would streamline the stories if they kept the gaming elements away, and Dragon corpse and Rings of Danu aren't exactly essential to anything.

Could go either way, though I suspect it'll go the first way described!

Link: I might be interested in buying that if it hgets a

Sláine isn't being released in a chunky case-files-style formatâ??it's being released in the typical rainbow-spine format. In some ways, that's a shame, but rebooting too many series would just annoy people, so it makes sense. As for post-Horned God stuff, a lot of it was collected by Hamlyn. Frankly, I'm not keen on seeing it again any time soonâ??at least not until the likes of Strontium Dog are fully collected.

Will the JD complete case files stop when dredd starts to be in colour?

Nobody knows yet, though it would seem to make sense for the Case Files series to at least change format slightly when they hit the colour Dredds - maybe a drop in page-count?

What I really don't want to see - and I'm hoping the books staff are of the same mind! - are greyscale reprints of the colour Dredd material in any continuation of the Case Files series. It's acceptable for colour centre-spreads in the earlier books, but not for full-colour strips.

I've no ideaâ??you'll have to ask Jon. What I *suspect* will happen (and this is just my own opinion) is that Dredd Case Files will continue through the period where there was a colour centre-spread, but will stop when it hits full-colour, simply because the volumes would become absurdly expensive.

Hmm, no mention of the TPO tome being published by Rebellion next February - yet.

david ('no hint of self interest here, oh no') bishop

Link: TPO

Oddly, that has a 2008 date on Amazon! As for the trades site, that was strictly for graphic novels, although I guess something about TPO would be suitable if Jon wants it added.

I'd expect to see TPO on this mini-site as well.

I'm up to my eyeballs in other things right now but I'll try and get Craig the TPO details today.

As for the Slaine GN. I'm really scratching my haed about this one.

Now I knwo that 'DragonHeist' has only ever been reprinted in one of the Best off annuals.

'TIme-Killer' which has already been reprinted a few times as well as being re-released as hard- and soft cover Bllack n white collecters edition.

I would find it very hard to belive that 'Time-Killer' would be re-released as a stand alone or filler for 'Dragon-Heist' at this stage. So I'm guessing it may skip over that stuff and do ' The Spoils of Annwyn' which has never featured in any of the latest Slaine Gns. Off the top of my head, I not so sure how many times it's been reprinted. ( I do remember collecting some these in their colourised QC comics.)

'Slaine the King' has been well and truly covered in the other Blackn white collecters edition.

Is it really too expencive to start doing any of the other more obsure colourised Slaine stories that appeared after the famous 'Horned God ' saga?

I'm not JonO, and nor is my wife, but I think you can rest at ease Thryllseekyr. The tendancy is to name a collection after the most signifigant, or longest, story in the book.

So, for instance, Nikolai Dante The Great Game doesn't skip a bunch of stories and only feature the titular adventure.

I would assume Dragonhest will open the next collection which takes it's name from Time Killer.

I'm not JonO, and nor is my wife, but I think you can rest at ease Thryllseekyr. The tendancy is to name a collection after the most signifigant, or longest, story in the book.

So, for instance, Nikolai Dante The Great Game doesn't skip a bunch of stories and only feature the titular adventure.

I would assume Dragonhest will open the next collection which takes it's name from Time Killer.

***What I *suspect* will happen (and this is just my own opinion) is that Dredd Case Files will continue through the period where there was a colour centre-spread, but will stop when it hits full-colour, simply because the volumes would become absurdly expensive.***

If that does happen, I'll be bloody livid. The series is called the Complete Case Files, and I expect that to be honoured - it's the reason I'm buying the series!

If the series is stopped on those ground, then as far as I'm concerned its pretty much false advertising. If it's not going to be Complete Case Files, then it should have been called something like the Classic Dredd Files.

On the positive side, Watchmen costs £18 pounds. I think that's still viable, especially if you stick and Amazon discount on it.

Regards

Robin

There was also a comic called Complete Judge Dredd, you know. Also, the books haven't been 'complete' so far, unless 'complete' means every prog.

My thinking is just based on what happened with Tsar Wars getting split in two for cost reasons. That said, I guess there's a possibility that Case Files could continue in 150-page colour versions or chunky greyscale ones. Still, whatever decision Jon and Rebellion make is a long time away anyway.

Davidâ??your book's now on the 2000 AD Book's site, in the 'coming soon' section.

****There was also a comic called Complete Judge Dredd, you know. Also, the books haven't been 'complete' so far, unless 'complete' means every prog.****

Very true - and I felt ripped off when that was cancelled, too.

Complete to me means 'Dredd from every prog, eventually.'


****My thinking is just based on what happened with Tsar Wars getting split in two for cost reasons. That said, I guess there's a possibility that Case Files could continue in 150-page colour versions or chunky greyscale ones. Still, whatever decision Jon and Rebellion make is a long time away anyway.****

Either would be okay with me, although I admit greyscale isn't very attractive, especially on the fully-painted stuff.

Regards

Robin

Tha's a nice looking cover. But, hark!

What images through yon background break?

Gives it a nice wooden carving feel.

For a slightly bigger version, look below!

Is there a release date for the SD book yet? Wondering whether I'll be able to get it for Xmas.

Bolt-01

I was wondering the same about Case Files 06. It's round about this time I need to start giving out present ideas to folk.

play.com has it listed as available from January 15th.