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Saturday the 13th of September at Orbital comics London.

He's always good fun. It says he's signing Lost Girls but he always seems happy enough to sign copies of anything put in front of him. I'm always suspicious of his name signed without a dedication as every thing I've seen him sign is made out to someone.

Please pass back any reports if you go...

thanks! very quick

anyone got a copy they want to flog?

I've got his Batman run since the start and like Final Crisis I'm waiting for a big redeeming ending.

They both seem to be fast moving and largely charmless affairs. FInal Crisis I don't feel I know 70% of what's going on. Batman I had to look up what Zen Ur Ahh referred to on google.

Every page has genius on it - a bullet that was fired in the future backwards through time - but it all seems so compressed.

Anyone else being left cold...

Anyone got a ref for which issue/s of the meg interview the great Zenith & Red Seas artist?

thanks in advance (I used to love the old site for being able to find stuff like this)

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I understand the Episode One remark but Indy 4 was a different experience.

Its not as good but in no way did it diminsh my enjoyment of the first 3. And I think that was down to just seeing Harrison Ford smiling on screen as Indy.

And I'd feel just as good seeing a beaming Halo Jones episode 4 drawn by Ian Gibson. I agree that the sunset ending was perfect (just like Last Crusade) but isn't it worth a try? Halo obviously had more adventures to be so highly regarded in the future.

Ultimately the character will get used by some publisher at some point in the future - it would be nice to see it while Ian could still be involved and frankly benefit from it. I'd support Ian in this.

I listened to that last Alan Moore podcast and it's quite clear that he is never going to return to 2000ad. And I understand his decision - that he doesn't want to work on properties that he doesn't own (and fortunately he doesn't have to)

So why not let someone else have a go at writing Halo Jones now? It's clearly episodic, it's clearly unfinished and hopeful Ian Gibson would be up for (at least) drawing it.

I know it would be better if Alan Moore did it. But he isn't going to. And it would get me buying every issue of 2000ad again. And cos its 20 + years later it's hardly sacrilege.

If Rebellion aren't doing this because they think Alan is going to come back - then I think they'll be waiting forever.
If Rebellion aren't doing this because they are being respectful - they are be astonishingly uncommercial for a company that deals with exploiting licensed characters.
And finally if they aren't doing this cos it will upset us fans (my conclusion) - I've got to question this - as long as Ian Gibson is on board and there's a good script - I want to see it.

Would you really be upset, 20 years on if someone else wrote this?  
I know there was talk of Bk 4 Pirate Princess (?) at one point

Hi all these beautiful progs - lovely copies - nice and flat.

Does anyone want to swap? I want either

A set of the 1982 Eagle (want to read Pat Mills Dare again!)

Dredd in Oz graphic novel

Durham Red graphics - I want the 2 around the scarlett cantos

flex mentallo 2 (in any condition)

anything signed by grant morrison (dont start faking it with a biro!)

I'm in Bedford j13 m1 of you want to pick-up and I get to leicester/northants/dunstable with my job

or offer me some cash - a £10 would do it

Thanks

I love that image - very strong - and a really good choice of characters - still want a decent b&w scan or an offical poster!

Hi. I always loved the banner with all the 200ad cast on - its used as wallpaper here (far left and far right) its also the artwork on the SFX playing cards box and i swear it was on a huge banner one year at bristol.

has anyone got a good image of the whole group. Obiviously if the artist reads this I'm more than willing to pay for a print etc. Is it Kev walker? might be jocks - help!!!

was it ever on a prog or a retail poster - it's very cool! (Rebellion release it!)

I want to bind a book or the weird/unreprintable issues of 2000ad -

I thinking prog 500 all that creator vs tharg stuff, 1280 for the same reason Night 2 remember marshall law turns up, that prog where it was all a dredd and rogue cross-over, and the ish where it was a whole dredd issue dedicated to city of the damned mutant

also maybe the burger wars stuff

can you think of any other odd / weird / unreprintable progs that could fit into this weird grab bag?

nemesis photo stories welcome, even any weird board games

imagine a black dossier LOEG for 2000ad and you're there - any suggestions

Bookbinder in Bedford is J Lawrence - google it if you want the tel number. He's good and inexpensive.

 There's a great bookbing forum in the states - the americans really seem to love this stuff

Ive got to say the size of UK comics makes them better to bind as they are bigger and stand up better to the gutter loss you get (the loss on the left side of the page)

I was in Brighton on Friday

Dave's comics had it in for £8 alogn with a load of other JD titles

brilliant shop - two shops actually

give them a call

Hi. The binding costs are pretty reasonable - this book was £35.

You do have to separate out all the pages - ie cut them out and remove staples etc. I did photocopy up the smaller pages (from the annual and prog 2000) Apologies but I do own the originals.

The logo stamp cost (my brother) £20 but obviously you can re-use it. I guess the big costs is all the issues. The cheapest and best way is to use the four best of 2000ads 99,100, 110, 111 for the first 2 phases then cut out phases 3 and 4 from the progs. Adding in zzzenith.com, a night2 remember, midsummer page as well (well if you are going to be completist!!!)

This is my second attempt and I wanted every single Zenith cover in the book to make it completist and every pin-up as well.

It's really good fun to do. It's quite a hard job for the book binder as the paper stock changes and ultimately he's got to trim 400+ pages. I supplied the end papers - they were drawn on and then 'stuck' in. I was really worried that it would be unfair to get artists to draw direct into a book when you're only paying for a con sketch.

Glad you like it! My twin brother is far more active and genius at this (he binds them himself) and has done everything from Miracleman (Alan moore signed) to Toxics and Crisis (the pat mills one)

Your local craft college has courses in book binding which is a really good way to start.

Here you go. I'm pleased - looks nice on the shelf.

Complete Zoids would be good. It doesn't infringe t&c's or copyright unless you tried to sell it as that indicia on the inside of most books tell you.

I actually think it's just a damn positive thing to do to go and make the books you want and turn all those old progs covering dust into something cool. Unintentionally hilarious is during the middle of Zenith phase 3 gloom and doom, a colour page of chopper baring his bum to the Supersurf 14 baddies has to slip in by virtue of being on the opposite side.!!!

Frankly you'd be mad to try to make a pre-existing book, it just costs too much!

2000ad are great because of their size - you always loose the 'gutter' around the spine with binding - they are big enough to cope. As a returning reader I've got to say the Rebellion collections are damn impressive and varied.