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And the transition from the lighter young teen feel of the previous stories to this one is jarring, to say the least.

So good prog, only Thistlebone leaving a bad taste in the mouth.

Got to disagree. It was the other way about for me, Thislebone is exactly what I'd want from my Prog while the previous two teen/regened thrills I've been skipping the last couple o weeks.

Dredd top thrill still, again this is what I come the the hem of Tharg's garments for.

The bad news that Deedworld is is returning is balanced by the top news that Scarlet Traces is returning Yah! Tharg, let's make the hardback Trade match the previous 3 please!!

I think a one & done. The Quartz Massacre storyline. & Rogue walking out into the distance at the end. or something akin to a Mad Max movie. But I think the idea of disfigured villains now? Surely we've grown up a bit now.

You make a good point.  Ugly and scarred = evil is incredibly clichéd at this stage of the game - Heath Ledger's Joker was possibly that trope's last great hurrah.

Trump?

and finally Esther...



Mr La-De Da...

Credit to Sterlacchini

and finally Esther...



Mr La-De Da...

Fine pair of shoulders Lad, show 'em off show 'em off.

"...with us around, you won't feel blue!"

      

Maybe Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon...

as Mr Brass and Mr Bland in the live action version 

I'm devastated we missed the chance to have Windsor Davies as Major Magnum.

SHUT UP!

And Gloria as Venus Bluegenes

Prog 2367 - A New Direction?

Mr Robinson on cover duties may be slightly ironic but only for those looking backwards.

Dredd; Better World

Okay, let's start with Mr Flint on art duties.  Simple: wow! This is absolutely someone who is at the top of their game.  Possibly someone this story deserves.

Williams and Wyatt on scripting duties.  Well, there have been comments about the issues this story is dealing with.  Most specifically the behaviour of a certain type of channel and presenter.  How it influences practitioners ... "the law is impatioanl above all else".

Isn't that the point?  Maitland is completely impartial.  She follows the data.  Her approach is predicated on data.  Dredd neglects politics because his focus is on the law. Layers upon layers and then we get to Major Domo!

3Rillers: the English Astronaut

These are always a challenge.An extended Future Shock but can it work over 3 issues?  Certainly you can't fault Helsby's artwork. (Unless you are being particularly anal about military uniforms of the '50s).  Where is this going?  Hard to tell from part 1 but certainly the idea of time anomalies is in play. Does that have implications for the present day?  Good question, well posed, deserves an answer ...

Full Tile Boogie
Ocean's artwork is impressive, to be sure.  In fact there is little if anything to criticise from that perspective.  From a script point then: nope.  This is laying out the challenges the crew face: an 'ancient regime' intent on exacting retribution, the implications of clonage (gosh, I've got "Friday" on my mind ... ) and all the political ramifications.

Now this is where Regened works to my mind.  It take the sensibilities of modern mange, merges them through the punk mind-set of Tooth and then extrudes the most extreme aspects of SF (TBH I'm thinking of Heinlein right now but I also get a Reynolds' riff).

Enemy Earth. Hmmm, a. it of a Chris Carter moment here.  So all of the events to date are predicated on the 'dinosaur killer' event of yore.  Not a problem because that just laid the scene for all of the events to date.  TLDR: things are seriously hotting up.

Thistlebone.  Davis captures that seventies film-making sensibility that many of its intended audience will appreciate.  Where are things going?  Isn't that the question?  Certainly there are plenty of questions.  Isn't that the whole point though?

TBH this has proven to be a far stronger prog than many of late.  Full Tilt Boogie is one of the stronger offerings from Regened and really does seem to capture the sensibilities of Tooth.  3fillers are always hit or miss.  It's a challenge to work out whether they should have limited themselves to a FS or pushed the script to its limits.  Two more weeks to see ...

Overall though, a far better offering than we've had of late.

100% agree.

I know, but take away the subs (and therefore progs and Megs) the clothes, mugs and special editions, what have the Romans ever done for us eh?

[BUT]

Hellman Of Hammer Force - Downfall Webshop Exclusive Edition:

Aye, this looks the biz, this and the Action special  BUT

why the feck can't we use our Subbie 50% savings on these? 

You can't use it on clothes, specials, mugs and patches...

WHAT THE FECK CAN YOU USE IT ON?

sook.

'A Better World' and Thistlebone were excellent.

I've always wondered what his accent would be, gruff obviously, but is he a Mancunian?

I'm quite harsh and skip, skip, skip stuff   There's normally at least one story per prog I've given up on: life is too short!!

I can vary from totally skipping, to just top and tailing a story (first and last frame), to skimming the art and getting a general feel just in case it hooks me or the art is worth following.

The Meg gets the same treatment, but I always, always read Dredd, altho City of Courts was at my limit.