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Megazine / Re: Meg 468: A Storm is Coming
Last post by IndigoPrime - Today at 01:47:26 PMYep. We're chatting about it over here: https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=49750.0
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News / Re: Regened is returning – to ...
Last post by IndigoPrime - Today at 01:38:21 PMWell, quite (to both of the above). I wonder also if the Venn diagram of "people whining about Regened in the Meg" and "the only proper 2000 AD is the 2000 AD of my own childhood" and "comics for children would be better and a huge success if they were only like they were when I was growing up" is basically a circle.
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Megazine / Re: Meg 468: A Storm is Coming
Last post by don wiskerando - Today at 01:35:20 PMA new announcement has just confirmed that the Regened experiment will continue but in The Megazine, replacing the slots that used to be taken up by reprints.
That makes some sense as it means the Regened stories get a more regular outing but they might seem or of place alongside, for example, Devlin Waugh.
https://2000ad.com/news/thrills-for-the-future-all-ages-comics-return-to-2000-ad-this-summer/
That makes some sense as it means the Regened stories get a more regular outing but they might seem or of place alongside, for example, Devlin Waugh.
https://2000ad.com/news/thrills-for-the-future-all-ages-comics-return-to-2000-ad-this-summer/
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News / Re: Regened is returning – to ...
Last post by broodblik - Today at 01:32:13 PMFor the brigade which do not read (hate) the regen stuff quite easily DO NOT READ IT, skip it - that is what I have done with any of the floppies/reprint strips off the past if it did not fancy me.
I like the idea now it is going to be released every month and it will not break-up the prog run.
I like the idea now it is going to be released every month and it will not break-up the prog run.
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News / Re: Regened is returning – to ...
Last post by Jim_Campbell - Today at 01:28:13 PMQuote from: IndigoPrime on Today at 01:24:42 PMIt's all comics. Are people really that put out by reading strips intended for a YA audience that they'd cancel their subscriptions for everything else? Good grief.
Some people seem to have pinned their online fan 'identity' to a visceral, knee-jerk hatred of anything branded 'Regened'. Doesn't make a lick of sense to me, either.
Probably worth bearing in mind that I strongly suspect a non-trivial percentage of the "I'm cancelling my subscription" brigade haven't bought either 2000AD or the Meg for decades.
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News / Re: Regened is returning – to ...
Last post by IndigoPrime - Today at 01:24:42 PMIndeed to the above posts. Seeing people lose their minds over this on Facebook is astonishing. It's all comics. Are people really that put out by reading strips intended for a YA audience that they'd cancel their subscriptions for everything else? Good grief. (And with Full Tilt Boogie, to take one example – or even, frankly, Pandora – if it had debuted in 2000 AD as-is, no-one would have been any the wiser about the target audience. They'd have just been seen as pleasant and low-violence 2000 AD strips. And it's not like we haven't had a bunch of those in the past.)
As for The Phoenix, I'm not sure how that works as a business, but I'm glad it exists. But Jamie Smart did recently reveal he's now sold over a million books on that imprint (which I'm glad to hear – his work is ace). And I did some swift mental maths at one of their recent video events and figured out those have to be pulling in a chunk of change. So they have an interesting cross-media thing going, which I do hope continues. (The one downside for me remains the weird distribution of the weekly. But that special offer at least sometimes works. I've converted a couple of parents to the comic through that.)
As for The Phoenix, I'm not sure how that works as a business, but I'm glad it exists. But Jamie Smart did recently reveal he's now sold over a million books on that imprint (which I'm glad to hear – his work is ace). And I did some swift mental maths at one of their recent video events and figured out those have to be pulling in a chunk of change. So they have an interesting cross-media thing going, which I do hope continues. (The one downside for me remains the weird distribution of the weekly. But that special offer at least sometimes works. I've converted a couple of parents to the comic through that.)
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News / Re: Regened is returning – to ...
Last post by O Lucky Stevie! - Today at 01:13:34 PMExcellent point, Alex. The Meg in its current format certainly has the page count to carry the ratio between top tier thrills & new creators learning the ropes. Would we have had Nikolai Dante & Shakara without Shimura, Brit Cit Brute, Lawman of the Future & Sumos and Sporrans first?
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on Today at 10:15:05 AMQuote from: O Lucky Stevie! on Today at 09:41:10 AMBecause someone has to write, draw, colour & letter that exclusive graohic novel material inQuote from: Jim_Campbell on Today at 10:15:05 AMQuote from: O Lucky Stevie! on Today at 09:41:10 AMBecause someone has to write, draw, colour & letter that exclusive graohic novel material in addition to the strips running in the Prog & the Meg.
My post near the bottom of the previous page has a link breaking down the maths on that, in case anyone misses it now that we're onto page two of this thread...
My post near the bottom of the previous page has a link breaking down the maths on that, in case anyone misses it now that we're onto page two of this thread...
Cheers Jim!
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Prog / Re: Prog 2383: Blood Work
Last post by norton canes - Today at 01:07:20 PMA promising new fifth strip to complement the existing line-up ensures another imperious prog.
Is Dredd really acting much more of a dick than usual? Doesn't seem much different to his usual sullen self. Have to admit I'm not a great lover of the style of the Percival droid's art (though of course objectively, the standard is phenomenal), that sort of soft, air-brushy finish, but that fifth page totally won me over. Will Dredd somehow get Marsha Hobbes killed and claim a hat-trick of female characters' deaths?
I haven't tackled the Choose Your Own Adventure aspect of Intestinauts yet - it was too early in the morning to get my head around that kind of stuff - but it's always great when a script droid pushes the boundaries. The only slight peeve I have with the strip is that it's now so good, it deserves more than to be wedded to the jokey, one-dimensional concept of bowel disorders. Time for the diminutive droids to break out of their gut-based genre? Blue Skies Over Deadwick was beautifully imaginative stuff - perhaps a little bit blunt with the exposition, but I guess that's understandable when you've only got three instalments. Actually this first episode did seem like a complete one-shot Future Shock in itself, with the final page reveal.
And how, just how do you decide whether Brink or Proteus Vex comes out on top? They're both operating miles into all-time classic territory right now, but they couldn't be more different. For me, the Carroll droid's script has slightly shaded it over the past few weeks but Dan Abnett's magnum opus roars up fast this prog, and that spectacular cover might just be the tie-break. Although four-axe Citheronian might say different.
Is Dredd really acting much more of a dick than usual? Doesn't seem much different to his usual sullen self. Have to admit I'm not a great lover of the style of the Percival droid's art (though of course objectively, the standard is phenomenal), that sort of soft, air-brushy finish, but that fifth page totally won me over. Will Dredd somehow get Marsha Hobbes killed and claim a hat-trick of female characters' deaths?
I haven't tackled the Choose Your Own Adventure aspect of Intestinauts yet - it was too early in the morning to get my head around that kind of stuff - but it's always great when a script droid pushes the boundaries. The only slight peeve I have with the strip is that it's now so good, it deserves more than to be wedded to the jokey, one-dimensional concept of bowel disorders. Time for the diminutive droids to break out of their gut-based genre? Blue Skies Over Deadwick was beautifully imaginative stuff - perhaps a little bit blunt with the exposition, but I guess that's understandable when you've only got three instalments. Actually this first episode did seem like a complete one-shot Future Shock in itself, with the final page reveal.
And how, just how do you decide whether Brink or Proteus Vex comes out on top? They're both operating miles into all-time classic territory right now, but they couldn't be more different. For me, the Carroll droid's script has slightly shaded it over the past few weeks but Dan Abnett's magnum opus roars up fast this prog, and that spectacular cover might just be the tie-break. Although four-axe Citheronian might say different.
#9
News / Re: Regened is returning – to ...
Last post by AlexF - Today at 12:39:22 PMI feel it's important also to acknowledge that running NEW Regened strips in the Meg, means more possibilites for NEW creators to get an outlet for their work - and a chance to hone their talents - in a regular comic. This was a VITAL part of the early years of the Megazine and even though it meant for some uneven reading expereinces - e.g. the hyper-professional likes of Return of the Taxidermist and Anderson Psi alongside the sub-professional early work of Calhab Justice, Pan-African Judges and Harmony.
I want there to be space for new comics people to learn how to do comics good, and the Megazine has been that for so long, glad to see it can still be that! (Even if the reason then as now might be as much to do with cost-saving as anything more noble)
I ssupexct it comes up on the Thread Mr Campbell jhas linked to but the Phoenix's business model very much seems to be: keep the weekly comic going even at a loss, but reap mega-profits from trade reprints down the line. As long as you can bankroll a comic for 3-5 years at the start, it seems ot work. If, you know, there are enough good comics coming out of it!
I want there to be space for new comics people to learn how to do comics good, and the Megazine has been that for so long, glad to see it can still be that! (Even if the reason then as now might be as much to do with cost-saving as anything more noble)
I ssupexct it comes up on the Thread Mr Campbell jhas linked to but the Phoenix's business model very much seems to be: keep the weekly comic going even at a loss, but reap mega-profits from trade reprints down the line. As long as you can bankroll a comic for 3-5 years at the start, it seems ot work. If, you know, there are enough good comics coming out of it!
#10
Help! / Re: Rebellion and Rights to Ea...
Last post by karlos - Today at 11:38:43 AMQuote from: maryanddavid on 15 May, 2024, 11:38:11 PMI never heard anything about actors images being a problem with Doomlord.
Why I didn't do the photo strips at that time was that they were too difficult to reproduce properly. That was nearly 20 years ago(!!) and technology has moved on and would now reproduce reasonably well. I did try a subsequent collection but it didn't happen.
Dan Dare, from what I understand, John and Pat own the rights to the Return of the Mekon story. It is a pity that its not reprinted, it has some of the finest art, and the story's not too shabby either!
Very true - that early Dare stuff is really good