It's that time of year again folks. I've just posted up the next event on the facebook group.
The date is the 11th of October, as that's inbetween two conventions and is just far away from Christmas, so as not to get in the way of peoples planned family things..
You know the drill by now. We all meet from 12:00 at Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue and then onto The Crown and Anchor in Neal Street, for 13:00 for drinking and then later on food.
Come along and meet some forum members plus some new faces from the Dredd fans out there on facebook and have a chat, laugh and a few drinks or two.
Excellent work, will add to the calendar and try to make it.
Excellent, there have already been a few confirmations on the facebook page and as is the norm, I shall post about it as the event draws near. Just like to get a date set in stone and give plenty of notice ;)
I'll be there, assuming nothing unexpected crops up between now and then!
Hopefully I will be able to make this one!
We have around 9 confirmed on the Facebook page at the moment ;)
Damn. Have to go to a wedding so will miss this one.
Balls, will be on the Isle of Wight this weekend even though I tried to avoid booking anything so I could attend so double balls.
Sorry to not be going!
I might actually make the effort this time around :D
Huzzah, I'm looking forward to the relaxed atmosphere, chatting over a pint :D
Football is on an international break that weekend so I will be there. :D
Excellent Albion, look forward to seeing you there :D
If you were real friends you'd postpone this and rearrange for when I'm free.
Call in sick to the wedding and come!
We'll line one up in the New Year just for you and call it the 2000 AD 38th Birthday Southern Contingent Gathering ;)
A fine suggestion that allows me to bow out gracefully with reputation intact, CF.
Unless things go to hell again, or I am forced to work somewhere horrible in order to buy lots of comics from eBay feed my family, I will be parking my arse on a seat in that there pub and sipping a pint of Burdis's Old Peculiar.
SBT
Huzzah again! Hope the evils of eBay don't drain you too much and you can make it up for a bit of fun and frivolity :thumbsup:
No clash with an Orient game this time so I should be able to make it along again this year.
That's excellent news and with all the people from the facebook page, this should be our biggest gathering yet. We will completely take over that pub one year ;)
Ok, methinks one has a plan of action.
Wedding I have to go to is in north London at 3pm.
I reckon I could spend a couple of hours at the gathering and then dash off at 2pm-ish to get to church (yes, church, shock horror!).
No 2000AD T-shirt as I will be suited and booted.
You'll put us to shame ;)
We should all crash the wedding. They'd like that.
SBT
Will there be free booze :thumbsup:
Oh of course not, no, no. A very expensive bar, much more expensive than those cheapo Covent Garden pubs.
I smell a rat. That more or less confirms not only free booze, but probably girls and sausages.
Thats settled then.
SBT
That's how I saw all that as well :thumbsup:
See you all at the 2000AD birthday forum gathering in 2015!!
You can't get out of it now Supersurfer.
BOOZE, GIRLS, SAUSAGES! Oh yes!
Great news that King Carlos and Mr Wagner can make it to The Crown and Anchor but they can only get there at 3pm!
You guys are so lucky that you can make that and I will be the ONLY one who will miss that.
Damn, what to do, what to do!
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 26 September, 2014, 07:37:14 PM
Damn, what to do, what to do!
Just tell John and Carlos there is BOOZE, GIRLS and SAUSAGES.
Nice one Supes, be good to see ya!
Chi
It's my birthday on the 12th so I will be having the obligatory dirty weekend. At some point, I want you all to put your glasses down and just imagine that.
Quote from: El Chivo on 28 September, 2014, 12:53:14 PM
Nice one Supes, be good to see ya!
Chi
Long time so see, El Chivo.
Been meaning to ask you if you have any copies of El Bigote but I have to travel light.
Consider it done Pete :D
Yeh got a few left I'll bring em down
Jot down yr address on Sat & I'll send u one/some Supes
Chi
Quote from: Pete Wells on 28 September, 2014, 12:58:50 PM
It's my birthday on the 12th so I will be having the obligatory dirty weekend. At some point, I want you all to put your glasses keep your lunch down and just imagine that.
^^^^^ :lol:
Quote from: Steve Green on 28 September, 2014, 05:53:26 PM
Quote from: Pete Wells on 28 September, 2014, 12:58:50 PM
It's my birthday on the 12th so I will be having the obligatory dirty weekend. At some point, I want you all to put your glasses keep your lunch down and just imagine that.
As a special treat I will send pictures to Steve Green.
Why should Tory MPs have all the fun...
Just reminding everyone that this is this coming Saturday.
Just think of all the things we can talk about (while drinking) Adi's Dark Judges miniseries, The 2000 AD Documentary, the push for a sequel, the Strontium Dog fan film, the Dredd Animation fan film, merchandise, etc....
and comics?
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 07 October, 2014, 06:24:59 AM
Just reminding everyone that this is this coming Saturday.
Just think of all the things we can talk about (while drinking) Adi's Dark Judges miniseries, The 2000 AD Documentary, the push for a sequel, the Strontium Dog fan film, the Dredd Animation fan film, merchandise, etc....
Can we also talk about Cursed Edge fan film and spines
I'm just looking forward to all the free booze, girls and sausages at SuperSurfer's wedding thing. We should all get reet pissed up before we go though. And Burdis should wear only his comedy Zardoz underpants.
SBT
Yeah, digital variant covers Vs covers that exist, the madness that is spines, Cursed Edge (episode 3 is looming) and the old faithful, just how much of your logo do you cover with artwork ;)
I can't guarantee that the zardoz pants will be with me but I may wear some Dredd ones, just for private viewings :o
A personal highlight for me will be the upstairs.
Dunk!
Looking forward to SBT reciting the Ace Garp song.
All raring to go now and just off to catch the train, so I'll see you all up there TTFN
What pub will you guys be at later?
The Crown and Anchor in Neal Street, for 13:00 for drinking and then later on food.
http://www.crownandanchornealst.co.uk/
Ta
someone take a team fotae
Gutted chaps :( :( :(
Fraid it's another no-show from me
Have a great time sink a couple o jars for me
Cheers
Chi
Shirley the live feed should be kicking in about now?
The remnants of the contingent are now awaiting service at Cabana Brasilian Barbecue for grub.
Hope all you boys and girls are having a damn good time. Z
A personal highlight for me was the upstairs.
Dunk!
Great to see everyone again, and thanks to CF for putting it all together. Dunk, I read the second volume of Crossed on the train and I now feel dirty. So massive thanks for that. Will be reading 3-5 later.
Nice to put faces to new names, and see you all at the next one.
SBT
Short and sweet. Was a good brief catch up for me. They were all looking a bit scruffy though.
Thanks to CF for the call to pints (even though I didn't drink).
Until Future Shock!
It was a very enjoyable day and I must say a MEGA THANKS to all who managed to get there and to the few who couldn't, we're palnning on the next gathering around or on the Prog's 38th Birthday ;)
Well, as usual we started to arrive around the 12:00 mark at Forbidden Planet, where SmallBlueThing bought a few items for himself and his lads, keeping the comics industry alive all by himself. When the clock struck 13:00 we were stood outside, waiting to see if any others were on the way, just to catch them as we walked along to the Crown and Anchor.
Once inside, we decided to go upstairs straight away, as downstairs was quite crowded. As we drank and chatted a few more of the contingent arrived and a also new member, who joined the facebook group not long ago.
Many things were talked about, including the upcoming Adi Shankar miniseries, the merchandise on show at NYCC, the FutureShock Doc at the BFI and numerous other things. Gradually everyone started to drift away and five of us ended up at Cabana Brasilian Barbecue where we had our mains before our starters :crazy: and so we had a round of drinks on the house for their mistake.
All in all another great day/evening with everyone having a pint or two and some interesting chat.
That's the waffle over, now for a few pics. These first excellent ones are by Tony Richards
Not quite everyone upstairs but the picture was taken anyway
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A lovely arty black and white one, which Tony took, as he's not in the above one!
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Outside the pub Steve shows us a blank screen and we are excited!
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This was before everyone was there and the chat was in full swing
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Now for my average pics and these three just show most of us in the pub, as not everyone was there yet!
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I won't mention the getting soaked by a car hitting a puddle, a medical situation on the train up there or getting shat on by a bird, oh hang on, I just did :lol:
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 13 October, 2014, 02:45:01 AM
or getting shat on by a bird, oh hang on, I just did :lol:[/color]
How much did you pay her?
That first pic is obviously photoshopped, the lightings all wrong! Did you learn nothing from the moon landings?
How about a few names to faces?
Am I not in the southern contingent :|
There's southern and there's SOUTHERN!
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Now I can't remember who has forum names and who hasn't due to using the facebook page to gather more 2000 AD fans but here goes.
From L to R Albion, James, Simon, Julius, Sheridan, Tony, Rachael, Dunk, SBT, CF, Steve & Mardroid
Missing from that picture are SuperSurfer, Large48 & Ivan
And yes the way Steve looks superimposed is quite spooky :o
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That handsome chap is me.
See I know you more by your real name now. It's like the opening titles to Soap ;)
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 14 October, 2014, 06:24:25 PM
See I know you more by your real name now. It's like the opening titles to Soap ;)
or a Pat Mills intro page :-X
I'm impressed with the celebs that turned up - I can see at least: Jon Bentley , General Zod , EpIII Obi-Wan , Ross Noble , George Michael AND Richard Osman!
Quote from: strontium71 on 14 October, 2014, 06:40:27 PM
I'm impressed with the celebs that turned up - I can see at least: Jon Bentley , General Zod , EpIII Obi-Wan , Ross Noble , George Michael AND Richard Osman!
That's not John Bentley, that's clearly Alistair McGowan doing and impersonation of John Bentley.
''EpIII Obi-Wan''
:lol:
I knew something was nagging at me while we chatted!
Great to meet you all - and thanks for organising - I recommend this meet to anyone considering coming to the next one!
Gutted I was on the Isle of Wight buying christmas decorations so no excuses for me on the next one, Impressed by Supersurfers commitment to make it, you shame us all :-[
Well done for the organising CF!