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Cheers BCB, Shark, Tharg and everyone who voted for my first ever tale. It was very flattering!

Congrats to the 3 winners too, sorry I didn't manage to vote, completely missed the thread in my lurking. You are all worthy victors!

Anyway, when's the next comp and whats the topic? That's the question on all the lips...

We're being spoilt rotten!

Cheers! Actually participating for once was part of my new years resolution. With a bit of luck I'll be a regular!

[What happens when..?]

Long time listener, first time caller. Enjoy!

What happens when..?

As we approached the convention centre, Timmy closed the gap between us. He'd been running ahead of me acting out his favourite scenes, shooting at me with his fingers from behind bins and bollards, and just generally chatting non-stop about 2000AD since I picked him up an hour earlier. I could tell he was excited. As we got closer, he'd grown a little more nervous. The excited kind of nervous though. Understandable really, he is only 9 and this was to be his first ever comic convention.

I'd been babysitting him for years now and we'd grown quite close. I'm sure he thought of me as a sort of big brother and that was cool with me. I always got a real kick out of hearing his reactions to the latest Prog which I'd drop round every Saturday morning before heading to work. For his birthday, I'd got us two tickets to the local comic convention and he hadn't shut up about it since.

We stopped on the steps just outside the convention centre, the summer sun glaring off the glass entrance. We'd arrived a bit late so the convention should have been well under way. I did a quick check of his equipment (home-made Strontium Dog badge and Happy Stick), told him he looked as dangerous as "Der Cucumber" and ruffled his hair up a bit. That seemed to settle him down so, bounty hunter ID proudly displayed, we entered.

Hell.

We entered hell.

One step through the door and we were swept up by a throng of cosplayers performing a demented conga. They were chanting a strange mantra that I couldn't quite work out. Stuck between Dredd and Mean Machine, I managed to pick Timmy up before he was sucked back into the maelstrom of costumes. It was so deep and dense that I couldn't see the end of it no matter which way I looked. Timmy was terrified and I wasn't doing much better.

Over our heads, pieces of metal were being passed around, some large, some small, constantly moving up and down the line. I couldn't tell if we were at the start or the end but we were heading somewhere and there was no escape.

The crowd in front of us started to disperse and reform as a huddle around our destination, what was once the 2000AD table. It had collapsed under the weight of mutilated droid carcasses, piled high and still growing thanks to the murderous conga. At the top of the mound, an idol to Tharg was displayed, pierced cruelly with bits of circuit-board.

Only one part of the display was left standing, an easel displaying a large poster. The huge announcement that 2000AD had saved for this convention. They'd finally answered the age old question and the focus group had not been impressed. I read the poster out loud, in disbelief.

All New All Different 2000AD Prog 1.
On sale 5th October 2016

As I sobbed, I heard Timmy exclaim, "Cool".

Sound as! That'll be a lovely little Christmas present. Congrats Raggs! And cheers to BCB for organising this shindig!

1. Barbs
2. The Shakespeare Sham
3. Much Ado About Nuking (Purely for the name gag, brilliant!)

This inspired topic clearly brought out some great stuff!!

No probs.

I expect this is on most 2000ad fans read list and what a steal it is at that price!

Robbie Burns Witch Hunter can be found on comixology for £3.50 if you use the codeword TREAT as part of this offer: https://www.comixology.co.uk/Submit-Halloween-Sale/page/8596?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC9kZXNrdG9wL3NtYWxsQ2Fyb3VzZWw

Now I've guilted myself into talking about the Meg! Damn you huff!

Dredd is great, Ezquerra is god so it doesn't really matter what Mr Rennie does as far as I'm concerned.

Storm Warning and Demon Nic aren't doing it for me sadly. Demon Nic is technically great but just lacks that magic, Storm Warning is clearly fresh creators, learning on the job and that's great but as a strip, it shows. It can go from brilliant to terrible from panel to panel. Hopefully a second series happens that will show all the lessons learnt.

Lawless is the star of the show though, just a perfect mix of writer, artist, premise, everything. Long may it continue!

I think the monthly schedule messes people up. Some people might not read it til near the end of its shelf life but often by then the thread is already dead!

Not saying that's what I do, I'm just lazy.

I assume the meg must be doing alright though, financially I mean.

[sounding stuff]

Another very interesting Humble Bundle. A nice mix this where books and music meet. The comics alone make it a pretty good deal but there's a lot more interesting sounding stuff besides...

https://www.humblebundle.com/books?logo&utm_source=Humble+Bundle+Newsletter&utm_campaign=324f7b1b08-Humble_Music_Book_Bundle&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_990b1b6399-324f7b1b08-134286173&mc_cid=324f7b1b08&mc_eid=80efd3e292

Very witty Colin...

Not sure if this has been posted earlier, but I've just been re-reading the very excellent Trifecta and I've only just noticed that the three villains involved in the Godcity conspiracy are called Bachmann, Turner and Overdrive.

Let's Rock!

You've just blown my mind!

How about a digital 'phonebook' like Red Seas?

I think the main problem with Red Seas was how it ran in the Prog, rather than the story itself. I imagine it works rally nicely barreling along in collected form.

Is this to do with regularity? Or irregularity in this case I guess?

Well I certainly wouldn't complain about a trade either!