Prog 2356 - Thrill-power reaches new heights!

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

The first Bladers was in prog 2306.

Thanks, will have to dig it out sometime!!

[IndigoPrime]

Why did Enemy Earth (and others? I can't remember) get moved out of regened and into the prog?

At a guess, to get through the content more rapidly, so it could be collected. Other strips that ended up in the regular prog: Dept K, Full Tilt Boogie, and Pandora Perfect. I liked all of those.

[Le Fink]

Why did Enemy Earth (and others? I can't remember) get moved out of regened and into the prog?

At a guess, to get through the content more rapidly, so it could be collected. Other strips that ended up in the regular prog: Dept K, Full Tilt Boogie, and Pandora Perfect. I liked all of those.

Hmm, sounds like a reasonable guess. But it's damaging to the Regened brand if the replacements aren't of a similar quality. I dunno, maybe it's the genre of the main filler story we've had of late that has something to do with the lack of appeal of this year's Regened for me. It's over (for now), so it'll be sunlit uplands from now on...

[Barrington Boots]

Pretty poor issue again sadly. When you look at the stuff that started in Regened and came out, even though I didn't enjoy a lot of them in the Prog, they're head and shoulders above the current Regened stuff.

Wicked cover as agreed. I thought Dredd was much alright (but better than previous Dredd efforts) and the art was great. Future Shock was alright also. Bladers was tedious. I thought Lowborn was better than the last couple of times out: the storytelling was better - but I still really don't like it. I agree that shooting the bear would be an auto 'I'm not reading this again' moment from my 11 year old niece.

[Link Prime]

Nice cover to Prog 2356.

That's the post.

[scrotnig]

Quite enjoyed Lowborn High this time. Gasp. Agree about the bear scene though.

[Richard]

Hopefully the bear will come back in the next episode for a grudge match, Shako-style, and slaughter the entire cast. 

[Barrington Boots]

I would read the hell out of that.
Lowdown High: The Bear Witch Project

[IndigoPrime]

The first thing I thought from a 2000 AD perspective is SHE JUST SHOT SHAKO. But also, that whole "the bear's gone away now" comment. Yeah, you just blew a chunk out of it, so it's probably bleeding to death, when you could have just scared it away. I doubt that's the kind of thing modern kids (many of which are eco and rather pro polar bear) are desperate to read. Hey-ho.

[broodblik]

Cover in Colour:

[Darren Stephens]

I love that cover. 

[Dash Decent]

Great cover.

Bladers should be renamed Bladders.

That is all.

[norton canes]

Good to hear all the praise for Joe Currie's art, which I heartily echo. A series for him in the regular prog please, Tharg!

[nxylas]

The first thing I thought from a 2000 AD perspective is SHE JUST SHOT SHAKO. But also, that whole "the bear's gone away now" comment. Yeah, you just blew a chunk out of it, so it's probably bleeding to death, when you could have just scared it away. I doubt that's the kind of thing modern kids (many of which are eco and rather pro polar bear) are desperate to read. Hey-ho.

Never thought I'd see the day when Squaxx were complaining about too much violence in the Regened progs.

[IndigoPrime]

It's not about violence (or the lack thereof) – more about context. It felt wildly out of place in Regened, and shooting a frikkin' polar bear, tearing a bloody chunk out of an animal that's likely going to crawl away and die, doesn't seem like something that's going to endear a comic to modern readers. But maybe I'm wrong. Perhaps my kid and her friends are anomalous and today's kids are gagging to see endangered creatures get unnecessarily shot in comics. (Next issue in Regened: the magic students go to Africa, stray on to the turf of some rhinos, and are luckily saved by someone who shoots all the rhinos! Yay! Etc.)