...EXTREME EDITION #5....

ARRISARRIS · 28 July, 2004, 05:49:14 PM

...thought you'd like to know that the next edition is has a parody theme and includes J.D. in 'Twister' and Bix Barton in 'Carry on Barton', so there...

The Monarch · 28 July, 2004, 05:59:11 PM

What no canon fodder who must I complain to?!? Besides if it includes what i think it does i have most of it Canon to the extreme!!!

Trout · 28 July, 2004, 06:02:06 PM

Parodies?

Oh dear.

You've just mentioned two stories I hated, Arris.

- Trout

paulvonscott · 28 July, 2004, 06:05:32 PM

I'd have bought a Bix Barton special or a Chopper special with Twister in, but I'll pass on this.

Look forward to seeing what is in EE 6 though

IndigoPrime · 28 July, 2004, 06:06:49 PM

Oh well?I won't be getting that one. The parodies are among the very worst stories in 2000 AD, and "Carry on Barton" was that character's nadir (although some of the other stuff was okay).

The Monarch · 28 July, 2004, 06:08:13 PM

Looks like a second ee i'll be passing on sadly

Devons Daddy · 28 July, 2004, 06:12:36 PM

im a subber, and get the EE as standard issue.
but i have learnt in recent years.
never think it will be that bad until you read it.
depends on who is writing the scripts.

but bix barton. as a parody. it cant be any worse then the orignal.

Rio De Fideldo · 28 July, 2004, 06:30:38 PM

""Whats in Mr Barnes' 'mixed bag' of quarterly fun !??"

Ooh, I say! I think that's between Mrs Barnes and I ...

Um, we're 'knocking up' the cover at the moment. I shall 'stop messing about' and 'reveal all' in the next few days ... yak yak yak ...

Alan"

Do you think Alan was giving us a clue?

zenith as if · 28 July, 2004, 08:23:19 PM

Bix Barton is the king of parody , in 2000 AD yearbook 1993 thers a tale about a dating agency , i actually ripped his advert of and stuck it in the local newspaper "looking 4 love" ads, i got 4 replies, but thats another story.

DavidXBrunt · 28 July, 2004, 08:51:17 PM

Ah, I love Twister. A great tale that I can't imagine being reprinted anywhere else. And the Barton tale is an interesting one. What else is included, I wonder. For ?2.99 it's worth picking up as it'll pass a trip to work entertainingly enough.

Al_Ewing · 28 July, 2004, 09:55:39 PM

Bix Barton was genius... it's a shame he's not getting a whole issue to himself really...

Rio De Fideldo · 28 July, 2004, 10:18:13 PM

Twister 4 episodes (Progs 588 to 591) 25 pages

Carry On Barton 6 episodes (Progs 723 to 728) 33 pages

58 pages worth out of a possible 103.

I hope that the Alan Moore Ro-Busters/Thunderbirds parody doesn?t see the light of day.

Smiley · 29 July, 2004, 12:25:22 AM

Twister's really funny, Bix Barton so-so.

Other parodies could be Carry On Judging, any number of one off's (He Met The Moonmen / This Island East Dulwich / Bad Timing / Hemlock Bones, Superbean etc) BLAIR 1, Space Girls, Dash Decent, Captain Klep, Bonjo, Dinosty...

I expect Freaks might get an airing ahead of Faces in the next one.

Mr C · 29 July, 2004, 12:30:53 AM

BLAIR 1 Extreme Edition?

Nooooooo!!!

Carry on Judging makes me laugh though, so as long as that's in there, I'll be happy.

Grant Goggans · 29 July, 2004, 12:39:41 AM

Stormeagles are Go! Heck, I'll be surprised if it's not in the EE. It's only 6 or 8 pages anyway, so that's still another 40 pages to fill, and I have no idea what they could be. 2000 AD's non-Dredd parodies tend towards the low end of the thrillpower scale, and I can't honestly see Babe Race 2000 or Space Girls getting the space.

Possibly more parody Dredds? There was a Carry On Judging story in one of the late 1980s Mega-Specials, for instance. The Game Show Show? The Big Sleep? Bat Mugger? Elm Street Nightmare? Twin Blocks? Blind Mate?