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#46
General / Re: Best 2000 AD strips of 2023 (non-Dredd)
03 January, 2024, 05:09:04 PM
Really surprised myself with this, but my votes go:

1) Helium
2) Rogue Trooper
3) Hope

HM:
Proteus Vex
The Out
Azimuth
#47
Announcements / Re: The Letters Beast - Online!
03 January, 2024, 04:54:47 PM
You know how it goes Rick, once he got to the top he stopped caring.
#48
News / Re: Sad News about John M Burns
03 January, 2024, 04:46:22 PM
Awful news to start the year.

RIP.
#49
Irish Squaxx will be amused by the fact my missus picked this Prog up this morning from the kitchen table assuming it was the Christmas edition of the RTE Guide...a more apt comparison for content I could not make.

I regret to report that this was the poorest End Of Year Programme in almost a quarter century for this benignly demanding reader.

First, the good:

Azimuth, and the most exciting Anderson appearance since she was thrown off a building by Jay De'ath. Wonderful stuff.

Fiends is a regularly strong Thrill, and this was a perfect 10 pager of Christmas horror.

Helium really was worth the wait it seems, as part 11 of this ongoing second series will attest.

The promo pages for Thistlebone and The Out look great, giving me some hope for '24.

The bad, ugly and indifferent make up the remaining 70% of the Prog.

A head scratcher of a Dredd that makes the Jonni Kiss story read like Watchmen, forget em whilst actually reading em outings for Rogue and Anderson, a bizarre / cringe Strontium Dog that reinforces the belief that the strip should be retired and the unreadable-from-the-get-go one-two punch of Enemy Earth and Devils Railroad.

I would usually bite my lip if one or two Thrills from any given Prog don't win me over, as there is regularly more to enjoy than not.

"The art is good", I love you all etc, but it's a Bah Humbug and Boo Urns for this turkey.
#50
Film & TV / Re: On telly this week
19 December, 2023, 11:41:26 PM
Fear not, the Beeb & Abbott Gatiss have another new Ghost Story for Christmas airing this weekend on Christmas Eve;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gz411g
#51
General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2024
19 December, 2023, 11:33:28 PM
The craft of Simon Davis is reason enough to buy this comic in 2024.
#52
Quote from: Richard on 19 December, 2023, 11:19:40 PM
QuoteMaybe Cult of the Thugee from 1991's Judge Dredd Mega-Special?
Thanks for finding that, but I'm thinking specifically of one where two hammers falling in opposite directions collide with someone's head between them.


Donnie Wahlberg in Saw IV comes to mind.

#53
News / Re: Send your love to Ian Gibson
11 December, 2023, 11:32:53 AM
Not a Facebooker either, just got the sad news here.

An immense and unique talent - thank you, Ian.
#54
Film & TV / Re: Fallout TV show.
07 December, 2023, 03:20:22 PM
That looks surprisingly great.

Walton Goggins as a Ghoul - what a world.
#55
Prog / Re: Prog 2361 - Drokk Solid! Jo Stands His Ground
07 December, 2023, 03:16:50 PM
Quote from: scrotnig on 06 December, 2023, 07:51:46 AMThe Christmas Prog was always a jumping on point with an all new line up. I've noticed in recent years there's been the odd story that runs into it, now it's all of them except Dredd. Is it just me or does this....diminish it a bit?

Nuthin says "Christmas" like a random episode of Enemy Earth.
#56
Quote from: Proudhuff on 18 November, 2023, 04:02:50 PMSoo... apart from Tooth and the Megazine

Just the 'ol decaying Tooth for me  ;)

Current pull list:
- Transformers by Warren-Johnson.
- Ronin II by Miller / Henriques /Tan.


That's yer lot.

#57
Books & Comics / Re: Pirate Comic Suggestions?
21 November, 2023, 10:29:40 AM
Quote from: Vector14 on 18 November, 2023, 10:45:19 PMWhich I understand as I have no interest in reading one piece either.


Tried it a while ago myself (collection of the first three Tankōbon volumes) - just didn't click at all.

There was a pretty decent Image pirates-n-horror series called 'Sea of Red' out years ago, written by Rick Remender .
From the days when I had more pull-list than disposable cash, so I never read more than the first couple of issues.
Liked it though.
#58
Off Topic / Re: RIPs
21 November, 2023, 10:14:47 AM
Quote from: sheridan on 20 November, 2023, 09:38:47 AMJoss Ackland, 95, actor.

Two indelible 80's Ackland performances for me:

1) The mad oul lad in the video for Pet Shop Boys classic 'Always on my Mind'.
2) "Top 10 shocking on-screen deaths" entrant in marvelous Tales of the Unexpected episode 'The Stinker'.

RIP, Sir.
#59
Other Reviews / Re: The 2000ad art of Mick McMahon
21 November, 2023, 10:07:28 AM
Quote from: Lorenzo on 21 November, 2023, 08:59:10 AMutterly useless FedEx

I have never once had a positive experience with that particular courier service.
It's now at the stage that I will shop elsewhere if I note that the business uses FedEx.
#60
Games / Re: Last game played...
13 November, 2023, 12:43:12 PM
I passed a couple of enjoyable hours starting can completing indie horror gem Mothered on Friday night last.

Fantastic aesthetic, story and execution.
The game has lingered on my palate for the last three days. Well worth a play.