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I think he mentions being there on the interview he did with Mark Millar on youtube

Abslutely loved the art on that one - Edmund Bagwell using a pseudnym IIRC - remember being quite annoyed that it never led to a erguar gig on Dredd for him, as he captured MC1 brilliantly

That metallic cover Mega Special was a better, if only for the Dredd story that occupied most of its pages.

Nothing deep or meaningful, just Mega City gang warfare at its absolute peak.

After 40 years, we now know what IT stands for....

As for status quo shifts, I'm still of the opinion that Chaos Day shouldn't have happened – at least to that extent. Or at least without Wagner having plans regarding what to do next, rather than destroying the city and wryly going "get out of that then". It wasn't ultimately consequential, and only rarely addressed.

Which is really not Wagner's fault (unless he didnt mention what the outcome of Chas Day was going to be, and evven then, thats kind of editorials for not being curious!).  Wagner presented the writers with a whole new potentially interesting set up (two if you count the end of Origins) and instead we get Millar-Bear and N-AI-Mand Bog Paper Nostalgia.

entering the last 72 hours!

funded and unlocking stuff - Next stretchgoal only needs one more person to sign up.....

Thought a few of you gaming squaxx would be interested in the boardgame endeavours of former of this parish Paul Von Scott (with a bit of art from me for full disclosure!)

STALAGBITE!

Already funded, but stretch goals to be had (should really inseert a Solar Wind style advert at this point)

I initially bought the official story, though if pushed to point any fingers, I'd go with the Grennie based more on Ken's Twitter feed than the increasing verbiage of the N-AI-Mand strips

Before 301 drops just wanted to say that brought a manly tear to my eye! 

Theres no piece of media I look forward to more than a new SS2000.

Such good news!  It has genuinely perked me up more than you could ever know to have this back! 

Might even get me reading my growing pile of mostly unread progs, though thats a topic for another thread

Yeah, I wanted the Flinty cover so was waiting for it to turn up in Forbidden Planet, but no show and now sold out in the 2000AD Shop?

I believe the reason for the connection between comics and more adult fare is that stocking comics allowed adult bookshops to avoid certain licencing laws? Sure I sawsomething along those lines amny years back - so the pron came first if you pardon the expression

As for comic book guys,my nemesis was Jason in late 80s Nostalgia and Comics.....

If the Star Beast is anything to go by, RTD2 is going to be very much like RTD1

It reminded me why RTD Who is so mhuch better than Chibnalls - he understands that character is shown through dialogue and action not "how doess that make you feel?" conversations.  Theres a bounce to it Who hasnt had for years

It also reminded me why I fell out with RTD1. He has absolutely no interest in tidying up any plot points - loosy goosey catchy meepy.  Just a minute or two devoted to the plot nd beefing up some of the connective tissue (the Doctor realising the Meep was a risk, the Meep - or reining in destruction - the giant fiery blasts across London just reverse themselves - any chance of RTD explaining the curent state of the post Flux universe were obviously very optimistic!

He also has the devil in him - the Trans angle was handled really well, until it wasnt.  The Doctor cant understand "letting go" because he is "male presenting"? Really? Way to undo the good work up til then in fitting the theme into the story.  When you have Gallifrey Gals, Council of Geeks and MR TARDIS himself raising their eyebrows in unison with the Nerdrotics of this world, you may have just given in to your button pushing impulse a little too far! 

So, it seems RTD will be picking up where he left off, which was to be honest me cheering him out the door.  I'm sure there will be some good individual episodes, but RTDs wilful "plot is for M**g-M**gs" will likely just grate on me, sadly.

Oh, and I do think the best Star Beast material was the stuff cut out - the Wrarth Warriors sitting down for tea and cake was prime RTD you would have thought, but again, the plot is stretched as thin as it can be to fit around the Doctor/Donna stuff

My understanding from memory is that Wagner and Mills had worked up a pitch to the Beeb with those Early WDr Who Weekly stories in the late 70s, which were rejected (as too unfilmable?), but there was enough interest for them to ask Mills for more pitches, hence the Space Whale? 

Dez Skinn, upon hearing that Mills and Wagner had some unused Who stuff approached them to do the comic strip for the Weekly

I like Anna;s art in principle, but man, those identical faces really stuck out for me this time - the panel with the clone police was unintentionally hilarious