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I thought the alien thing was a nice twist, neatly also explaining why there was one scuttling about the house and also why the one in the pocket universe wasn't just devouring everything. And, man, they're going to have a hell of a time replacing Smith, aren't they?

Hilary Robinson's dreary Medivac 318.

I really liked that strip on a recent re-read, and thought it significantly better than the tired and obvious Mercy Heights.

all editor Alan MacKenzie's self-commissioned strips from that period [...]  Luke Kirby)[/i] pair great art talent with undistinguished writing.

I'm no fan of MacKenzie, for all kinds of reasons, but I'd be very happy indeed to see a Luke Kirby collection and also the continuation of the series. I thought it had all kinds of potential, and the writing was on the whole pretty good.

I think PJ's right in that this place could probably do with a FAQ, although judging by other forums hardly anyone would use it.

Enough time to put snarky replies to a genuine question from a member of the paying audience, obviously.  A simple "it's being worked on, maybe this year, maybe next year" or even "no plans at present" would have sufficed.

He said "Soon", which in one word explains that it's being worked on and there's no timescale. When there have been set dates for events or releases, Molch-R has always stated them here. If the Meg app had been submitted to Apple, approved and was ready for release on May 18, say, he'd have said so.

To sum up, then, an iOS Megazine app is in the works, but there's not currently any public release date. Any announcement beyond that will presumably happen when there's an announcement to be made.

Nice addition of Anderson. A pity the UK/US release didn't do the same.

"DELIVERY ESTIMATE Saturday 20 April 2013"

Bit different from the "some time in May" that it was saying earlier.

I can't speak for 2000 AD or the Meg, but I imagine if there's no letters page, that probably mostly comes from there not being enough interesting letters. Most publications I write for have dramatically scaled back that aspect of the mag, purely on the basis of receiving fewer and fewer communications of that sort from readers.

*prepares self for Sláine: the battle of the purple Drune Lord cocks*

But, yeah, this could be aces. Davis quite often has a kind of rough 'n' ready sensibility that could make this akin to McMahon's time on the strip combined with a bit of Bisley, versus Langley's more photo-realistic stuff. Definitely good to see things being shaken up a bit, too.

what was the big gangly claws gently caressing people's faces about?

I imagine the production people would say he was learning about the humans and/or the crew were trying to make it creepy. To my mind, that (and much of the episode) felt very old-school Who. The pace, despite some running about, was much, much more measured than usual, and the story was simple rather than flinging a million ideas at the screen per second. I thought it was pretty good and a lot better than last week's effort.

DVD review? Pathetic change-of-heart, like one mag (possibly Total Film—either that or Empire) did for Phantom Menace?

Well on the one hand its good that they're kept the proportions, on the other the art will be greatly reduced in size.

It could be worse. At least, unlike in the TFUK reprints, they didn't then make it even smaller by putting the thing inside a double gutter. Sometimes design decisions really baffle me. (That said, it's a pity they couldn't have done something better here, even vertical alignment.)

Yeah, I'd be gutted if another Dredd strip meant we couldn't have 20 pages of photo strip. :p

I'd love to see a movie adaptation in the Meg followed up by the sequel, although I imagine that's unlikely (after all, we've seen the movie, but people are hankering for more, not a 'repeat'). On the various continuities, I don't really give a monkey's about IDW's Dredd, but I would like to see more of the movie Dredd, and if a strip in the Meg is how it can be done, I'm all for that. Frankly, I'd sooner the Meg becomes more Dreddish anyway. I loved those earlier issues, but it these days still often strays into becoming a monthly version of 2000 AD.

I very much doubt it. It could be a candidate for the Meg floppy, if material people want to see runs out. I'd sooner see the Daily Star Dredds collected first though (and in trade format, not in the floppies).

Why did it get cancelled? Cause word got out that the film was shite?

The film had been out for almost a year by the time the comic was canned. I imagine there was in part a disconnect (a comic aimed at kids for a movie with a rating that meant they wouldn't have been able to watch it) combined with the typical diminishing returns you get over time from a licensed property. Most don't last that long, and LOTF lasted 23 issues, which isn't too bad.

I read the set through once and I didn't think they were too bad. The strip is somewhat reminiscent of old Dredd, although the comic's law is watered down a little regarding things like lethal force. It also had Geoff Senior on art duties now and again, who's someone I'd love to see back in the Prog one day.

I thought it was cartoonish. I've seen a lot worse.