For one reason and another only just finished this tonight. Shame its taken me a while as its a decent Meg. Fronted by a simply glorious cover by Dylan Teague. It perfectly captures why he's used to colour work as the colours are sublime, but overall simple clear shape design is just magnificent.
Speaking of nice art who let Alan Davis in the house... oh its actually Ian Richardson on Dredd but man does this remind me of the mighty Mr Davis, its great fun art. At time it does creak under the weight of the style and shows some slight design problems. The story by Rory McConville is typically sharp and entertaining with a graceful arc from an apparently light beginning to a dark end.
This is followed by a decent Tale from the Black Museum.
Diamond Dogs lost me a wee while ago but this is a great ending that makes me what yo go back and read it as one. Warren Pleece is magnificent as ever. The Returners has a similarly great episode. Dramatically realised and again one I need to go back and lavish in I suspect.
This Meg wraps up with the final part of what's be a superb Anderson story. Probably the best in years. Okay so by the end it was Wolfman and Perez's New Teen Titans... but of course it had that dark twist. Add to that Patrick Goddard, always one of Tharg's most under-rated, turning in a blinder even by his exceptional standards.
The text pieces are light and disposible this month and the floppie another modern reprint which is a little frustrating. But its the strips I come for and with LAWLESS coming back next month, backed up by Blunt and Devlin Waugh its the strips I'll be happily coming back for.
