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It just seems an odd way to get people into Dredd. The Death strip is a classic, but the Walter stuff... isn't. Still, maybe people will like the art.

I thought the colouring was fine—inoffensive and typical of modern fare. Personally, I like the really hardcore and vibrant old-school colours in 2000 AD, but even 2000 AD rarely does that these days. I did find backing Judge Death with Walter stories a bit of an odd decision, though; I would have thought another cracking Dredd would have made more sense.

I ordered from Disposable Heroes, too. There's a comic shop about three miles away, but they apparently have "no interest" in FCBD.

Conventional wisdom states, don't fuck with a logo regularly, its part of brand recognition.

Yep. Mind you, design wisdom states: don't cover up half the logo every issue—something most magazines ignore regularly (including 2000 AD).

Why did they need Sov-Judges to help oversee the transition of MC-1's Sov ethnic minority??

They wouldn't have; that was put into the storyline to deal with an art error.

But now I just find myself thinking how I'd rather have Amy and Rory all the more. Although then again, it's not as if Clara has had many decent episodes to shine in so far; she's still in the more-bad-than-good category so maybe it could change. One day.

I think part of the problem is Clara is (right now, at least) a puzzle/plot device first and a character second. It's one of Moffat's 'failings' as a Doctor Who writer, in seemingly taking a long time to craft strong characters, despite clearly having an ability to work with complex plots and interesting ideas. (His other issue is pacing, but that's in part down to Doctor Who's lack of episodes and seems to have been addressed in this latest run.)

Still, I'll take this over RTD's Doctor Soap any day, and I love the fact they get away from present-day Earth rather more frequently than Eccles/DT managed.

Man, the BBC's so stupid for creating money-making toys for kids based on a popular family TV show, thereby wrecking some of the mystery that kids won't even care about, and annoying a few grumpy sci-fi fans with rose-tinted glasses glued to their faces, because EVERYTHING WAS BETTER IN [insert year here].

Those fools!

With the greatest of respect, Keith Richardson DOES

Time to start introducing the writers to THE CUPBOARD. (i.e. You and/or Keith could lock Rennie in a cupboard until he produces enough Cabs material for a third trade. Given how freelance contracts are for writers these days, I imagine you'll be fine. I'm pretty sure I've done research on this.)

The explanation was identical, though—not sure how one differs from the other.

On Carrol, hadn't he already dealt with the art mess-up, via the lines about transition/cooperation in the assassination storyline?

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Hmm. 'Standard Dredd' then. The art's very nice, but it's a pity it doesn't play more with the concept of evolution that we've seen in the comic. If Year One sits in Dredd continuity, you have the uniforms seen in Origins leaping to what we have now, then turning into what you got in early 2000 AD and then reverting. (I know it's only a small nit-picky thing, but it could have been another aspect that showcased a difference in era/time.)

It is. To be honest I'd rather do without the freebies and Sidekick comic and big cardboard surround and pay 2 or 3 quid less.

Only that's not remotely how it works. Covermounts are there to provide the perception of value, not because they're usually actually worth a great deal. Remove them from this publication and its price certainly wouldn't drop by anywhere near the amount you'd hope. Most of the money goes into production and the cut taken by the seller (which is also why many digital mags aren't much cheaper than the print versions).

With something like Comic Heroes, it's extremely niche and, frankly, a wonder it exists at all.

Out of curiosity, what style is the art? Has Coleby just gone for typical Dredd, or is it more in the style of early Dredd (smaller eagle pad, and so on)?

I dunno...he's always been on the edge of just too jarringly manic for my taste, and it seems like he's been at the helm longer than Tennant was.

I like him a lot. He has acting range, feels sufficiently alien, and manages to raise even an iffy episode a little. Far better than turning Tennant, for me, and of the 'new' Doctors more oddly alien than Eccleston.

I need to revisit some of the older shows, though. I'm currently trudging through some of the very earliest episodes, which it turns out (for me) isn't a whole lot of fun.

I've heard somewhere (I think, its in my head at least) that they'd not consider anybody over 40 anymore as the parts too physically demanding. Don't know how true that is. If it is true it'd count out a lot of decent people.

I'd be amazed if they'd consider anyone over 30, frankly. Also, I imagine whoever follows Smith will be a relative unknown without too much baggage and, crucially, without big demands in terms of salary. If for neither of those, Richard E. Grant would be interesting, as someone's already noted; I'd also like to see another TV outing for the eighth Doctor, which of course will never happen.