Just thought I'd say hello, it seems insane that I've not been a member here for years as I've been a big 2000AD fan ever since I was 12 years old (which was 36 years ago!). I've been in a very nostalgic mood recently too, I've just finished rereading all of Nemesis, and am currently reading from the Judge Dredd CaseFiles from the beginning (and am up to Volume Four) and Strontium Dogs Agency Files no.1.
Welcome aboard BDK. Enjoy the banter and join in.
Hopefully you will join in with the Xmas Advent thread when it opens in November 😁
Hello back, also from London!
Welcome aboard
p.s. regular (three or four times a year) Southern Contingent meetups occur at a central London pub - usually near Covent Garden. We'll probably have to wait a few months until the next one.
Welcome aboard. Hope London and a nostalgia filled catch up is treating you well.
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, it's really appreciated.
Quote from: Trooper McFad on 18 May, 2023, 01:34:50 PMWelcome aboard BDK. Enjoy the banter and join in.
Hopefully you will join in with the Xmas Advent thread when it opens in November 😁
I'm a terrible artist but I like playing around with photoshop so you never know. :)
"I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so"
Hey! No one offered me any Japanese porn when I joined the forum!
(Begrudgery aside, glad to have you, BadlyDrawnKano. Excellent username.)
Quote from: JWare on 25 May, 2023, 12:52:13 PMHey! No one offered me any Japanese porn when I joined the forum!
(Begrudgery aside, glad to have you, BadlyDrawnKano. Excellent username.)
Thank you, it's based on a true story as in my early teens I'd spend so long trying to draw Kano, Dredd and various other characters, but despite my best efforts they never turned out well! :)
Quote from: BadlyDrawnKano on 30 May, 2023, 06:44:30 AMQuote from: JWare on 25 May, 2023, 12:52:13 PMHey! No one offered me any Japanese porn when I joined the forum!
(Begrudgery aside, glad to have you, BadlyDrawnKano. Excellent username.)
Thank you, it's based on a true story as in my early teens I'd spend so long trying to draw Kano, Dredd and various other characters, but despite my best efforts they never turned out well! :)
The perils of skim-reading in a break - I was left wondering how trying to draw Kano and Dredd ended in Japanese porn, then decided to re-read the comments...
Quote from: sheridan on 18 May, 2023, 02:34:40 PMp.s. regular (three or four times a year) Southern Contingent meetups occur at a central London pub - usually near Covent Garden. We'll probably have to wait a few months until the next one.
Which we never hear about any more since Burdis left the forum. I really enjoyed the one I attended - any chance you could flag 'em up here when they come around for folks who hate facebook?
Quote from: Tjm86 on 25 May, 2023, 12:11:23 PM"I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so ...
a confusing comment once the spam-porn post has been removed, took me a while to figure out!.
Quote from: Dandontdare on 30 May, 2023, 08:49:04 PMQuote from: sheridan on 18 May, 2023, 02:34:40 PMp.s. regular (three or four times a year) Southern Contingent meetups occur at a central London pub - usually near Covent Garden. We'll probably have to wait a few months until the next one.
Which we never hear about any more since Burdis left the forum. I really enjoyed the one I attended - any chance you could flag 'em up here when they come around for folks who hate facebook?
Shall try to remember to do that! Also the South-Eastern Contingent meetups (in Cambridge).
Quote from: Dandontdare on 30 May, 2023, 08:49:04 PMWhich we never hear about any more since Burdis left the forum. I really enjoyed the one I attended - any chance you could flag 'em up here when they come around for folks who hate facebook?
I'd definitely be up for a meet if I can make it, and have been to a good few on another forum in the past, but which Facebook group is it? It's just that I took a brief look and there seemed to be quite a few devoted to 2000AD.
I found myself unable to post for a few days and I think I've realised why as in the "What are you reading?" thread I posted a review of a graphic novel by Kelly Sue DeConnick that has an unpleasant description of a female in the title (even though the book is a satire of patriarchy and massively pro-feminism, and something I loved a lot). And I was just wondering, are there any other words which I should avoid typing? I'm obviously aware of standard swear words and have no urge to use them (well, apart from when describing the tabloid press!), but hadn't considered the word I used to be that offensive, so if there are others like that it'd be really appreciated as I've already become very fond of this place even though I've only been here a short time.
I don't think we have auto-booting for *bad* words on the forum. Perhaps one of the mods will be along [tumbleweeds cross screen, a vulture croaks] to correct me. Waiting for Modot.
There is a post from a long-gone mod who really didn't like the word c*nt, and said that anyone who used it would get auto-bahned. By which they meant dropped into the middle of a German motorway during rush hour (I assume).
I wonder if it would be okay to quote it?
Sweary variation of Jeremy Hunt's surname used by Victoria Derbyshire (http://sweary%20variation%20of%20jeremy%20hunt's%20surname%20used%20by%20Victoria%20Derbyshire)
As I'm new I really don't know quite what happened, but I sent a message via the contact form on the main site and was suddenly able to post again today, so presumed it was due to using that word. I understand why it might be too, it's an unpleasant word that I'd never normally use, but I didn't think twice at the time as I just wanted to post about the graphic novel I'd enjoyed so much.
Quote from: BadlyDrawnKano on 12 June, 2023, 11:51:10 PMAs I'm new I really don't know quite what happened, but I sent a message via the contact form on the main site and was suddenly able to post again today, so presumed it was due to using that word. I understand why it might be too, it's an unpleasant word that I'd never normally use, but I didn't think twice at the time as I just wanted to post about the graphic novel I'd enjoyed so much.
Shortly after I joined I was unable to post because I'd used up the maximum number of posts allowed to a non-member. I got in touch with customer support and they bumped me up to member at which point I could post once more. It was only 10 posts IIRC so possibly not the same thing.
Quote from: Le Fink on 13 June, 2023, 07:32:11 AMShortly after I joined I was unable to post because I'd used up the maximum number of posts allowed to a non-member. I got in touch with customer support and they bumped me up to member at which point I could post once more. It was only 10 posts IIRC so possibly not the same thing.
Ah, that might make sense, but either way at least I'm able to post again now. :)
Quote from: BadlyDrawnKano on 12 June, 2023, 02:30:29 PM...I was just wondering, are there any other words which I should avoid typing?
Marvel, Mills, microscopic, muff, mangled, Manchester and moist.
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 13 June, 2023, 06:41:06 PMQuote from: BadlyDrawnKano on 12 June, 2023, 02:30:29 PM...I was just wondering, are there any other words which I should avoid typing?
Marvel, Mills, microscopic, muff, mangled, Manchester and moist.
Moderator! The Legendary Shark's typing those words again!
At least I didn't type Covid.
I'll get me mask...
Some words
Can't be allowed
On the forum because they
Just cause
Outrage
But is it the words that cause the outrage, or do they merely set it free?
By the way, welcome to the forum, BadlyDrawnKano.
Sorry to dip your introduction thread into a vat of weird, but that's the boards for you.
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 13 June, 2023, 09:27:53 PMBy the way, welcome to the forum, BadlyDrawnKano.
Sorry to dip your introduction thread into a vat of weird, but that's the boards for you.
No need to apologise, vats of weird are some of my favourite places!
You're gonna fit right in :D
Copied and pasted from facebook:
SATURDAY, 24 JUNE 2023 AT 13:00
Pre Summer 2023 Southern Contingent Gathering
The Spice of Life - Soho
Hello fellow drokkers!
Summer is basically here, so let's gather before we're all sat at airports for days on end.
The pub this time will be The Spice Of Life, so make sure to take note of the location. It looks like some of us popped in there 6 years ago, from my google maps notification, so it can't be that bad!
See you all for a good old natter over a drink or two...
Quote from: BadlyDrawnKano on 12 June, 2023, 02:30:29 PMI found myself unable to post for a few days and I think I've realised why as in the "What are you reading?" thread I posted a review of a graphic novel by Kelly Sue DeConnick that has an unpleasant description of a female in the title...
Hmm... Are you sure that was what did it? There was discussion of a certain Strontium Dog story with the same title a few weeks back, and I don't remember anyone being locked out of the forum.
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 14 June, 2023, 04:23:45 PMQuote from: BadlyDrawnKano on 12 June, 2023, 02:30:29 PMI found myself unable to post for a few days and I think I've realised why as in the "What are you reading?" thread I posted a review of a graphic novel by Kelly Sue DeConnick that has an unpleasant description of a female in the title...
Hmm... Are you sure that was what did it? There was discussion of a certain Strontium Dog story with the same title a few weeks back, and I don't remember anyone being locked out of the forum.
Yeah, I think I got that wrong and was just overthinking it!
Quote from: sheridan on 14 June, 2023, 10:42:53 AMCopied and pasted from facebook:
SATURDAY, 24 JUNE 2023 AT 13:00
Pre Summer 2023 Southern Contingent Gathering
The Spice of Life - Soho
Hello fellow drokkers!
Summer is basically here, so let's gather before we're all sat at airports for days on end.
The pub this time will be The Spice Of Life, so make sure to take note of the location. It looks like some of us popped in there 6 years ago, from my google maps notification, so it can't be that bad!
See you all for a good old natter over a drink or two...
Thanks for that, I don't think I'll be able to make this one as I don't finish work until 2.30pm and am off to see a play early evening, but I appreciate the heads up, and I tracked down the relevant facebook group and joined it.
Quote from: sheridan on 14 June, 2023, 10:42:53 AMCopied and pasted from facebook:
SATURDAY, 24 JUNE 2023 AT 13:00
Pre Summer 2023 Southern Contingent Gathering
The Spice of Life - Soho
Hello fellow drokkers!
Summer is basically here, so let's gather before we're all sat at airports for days on end.
The pub this time will be The Spice Of Life, so make sure to take note of the location. It looks like some of us popped in there 6 years ago, from my google maps notification, so it can't be that bad!
See you all for a good old natter over a drink or two...
Sadly, I'll be on a Greek beach - maybe the next one