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General / Re: What Defines a Dredd Epic?

« on: 07 March, 2021, 12:40:22 PM »

This is how I see it:

1 part story one shot
2 to 4 part story multi-part
5 to 6 parts mini-series
7 to 11 parts maxi-series
12 to 20 parts epic
Above 21 parts mega-epic

Well you do get the epics and mega-epics that rather consist out of multiple-parts rather than one big continuous storyline.

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General / Re: What Defines a Dredd Epic?

« on: 07 March, 2021, 11:15:50 AM »

Talking about PJ I would love a complete collection of his misadventures.

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General / Re: What Defines a Dredd Epic?

« on: 06 March, 2021, 07:52:23 PM »

Number of episodes do count and as Batman said stories that has a connection with each other. A good example of the connected stories where the Every empire Falls storyline by Mike Carroll. Number of episodes is more difficult because I still feel stories like Destiny's Angel and Cry of the Werewolf can be included in the epic range.  Anything touching 7 episodes or more gets my count in the epic range. Chaos Day and Tour of Duty like stories is for mega-epics, anything above 12 episodes is your megas.

The above I am saying in the context of the weekly manor of the stories. The stories are always written to contain as much as possible in its 6 pages. I have read a DC maxi-series which the prog would have done in 2-3 weekly episodes.

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General / Re: Dredd Epics Ranked - Better! Round 4

« on: 06 March, 2021, 08:32:52 AM »

There was a stage when we had all the epics only related to killing of millions and destroying cities. This might be a reason why something like even Day of Chaos I do nor ate near my top epics.

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News / Re: The Great Dante Reathrough Podcast

« on: 06 March, 2021, 03:16:19 AM »

Here is also a great interview with both Simon and Edie related to the podcast:

https://www.comicon.com/2021/03/05/interview-simon-fraser-and-edie-nugent-on-the-great-dante-readthrough-podcast/

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Prog / Re: Prog 2220 Regened: Earth-Shattering

« on: 04 March, 2021, 11:06:05 AM »

This is where the prog in general has been really good with each run sporting a great variety of strips and different themed series. This is one reason why I believe this regen issue was good since it did have that variety in stories.

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Prog / Re: Prog 2221 - Taking the Biscuit!

« on: 04 March, 2021, 10:31:13 AM »

Manco for me is doing all the heavy lifting the script is riding an the wave of the stunning visuals. I am at this stage bamboozled that Slaine is not my favourite thing in the prog. I am a great fan of the stories and I want to like it and it is almost that I lost interest. Hopefully next week we are amazed by the awesome ending.

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Prog / Re: Prog 2221 - Taking the Biscuit!

« on: 04 March, 2021, 10:13:12 AM »

Given that ABC Warriors has been ret-cons and recycling for years, god knows how it’d be closed off.

It'd be a big job alright.

ABC Warriors I am not sure if I would care if its back or not, I would rather have more Defoe

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Prog / Re: Prog 2221 - Taking the Biscuit!

« on: 04 March, 2021, 09:04:17 AM »

More about PJ Holden's great cover homage to the great man himself Carlos:

https://2000ad.com/news/2000-ad-covers-uncovered-pj-holdens-carlos-cookie-cover-homage-for-2000-ad-prog-2221/

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General / Re: Dredd Epics Ranked - Better! Round 4

« on: 04 March, 2021, 06:40:38 AM »

1. Sin City
2. Mechanismo
3. The Chief Judge's Man

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Prog / Re: Prog 2221 - Taking the Biscuit!

« on: 04 March, 2021, 03:27:41 AM »

As much as anything, it would be a crime against comics not to let Manco have a longer tenure when he was clearly born to draw this strip.

I would definitely like to see more Manco doing Slaine. The current arc feels very much like Brutannia in pacing where we had a 4 books which could have been done in 2. Brutannia reads much better collected than it read in its tenure in the prog. Would be nice of a gentlemen's agreement can be reached and Slaine and Savage closed off properly.

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Books & Comics / Re: Rok Of The Reds

« on: 03 March, 2021, 01:14:11 PM »

Where is it in digital? Is it DRM-free (CBR or PDF)? I’d like to buy it, but need it to be usable in a reader I can tolerate.

It is in a PDF format. Quite big almost 1GB

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Prog / Re: Prog 2221 - Taking the Biscuit!

« on: 03 March, 2021, 12:07:57 PM »

Great cover homage, was I alone in hoping it would be a wraparound? 

No you are not. It is always a welcome sign to have a wraparound cover

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Books & Comics / Re: Rok Of The Reds

« on: 03 March, 2021, 09:27:24 AM »

The only problem is to get it on my iPad to read, so up in the clouds we go

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Books & Comics / Re: Rok Of The Reds

« on: 03 March, 2021, 08:24:21 AM »

I am convince I will get it