Forthcoming Thrills - 2020

[PsychoGoatee]

Lots of cool stuff! "John Wagner and Colin MacNeil reunite" from the last page, that is always very very nice to read.

[broodblik]

A preview of the upcoming Tammy & Jinty Special:

http://www.comicon.com/2020/08/01/previewing-thetammy-jinty-special-2020-weird-boarding-schools-the-return-of-cat-girl/

[broodblik]

We all should by now know that Slaine will be returning to the prog in prog 2200. I always wondered why it has been so long for its return and I found this on one of Pat Mills Space Warp blogs:

Lots of chopping and changing is possible when a mainstream comic is creator-owned. But if you sell all rights, how many artists can afford to say, 'I want to revise what I've already done and take a week or two doing a new version. For no money.'

It happens very rarely. Artists and writers simply can't afford to go through self-imposed revisions when we sell all rights to our work and only receive a ludicrously small royalty for our efforts – if we're lucky.

Surprisingly, though, it happened recently on Sláine – with the brilliant Leo Manco who upended and revised his work several times which will be greatly to the benefit of 2000AD when it appears maybe the end of this year, and, of course, Rebellion. His Sláine work was already 8/10 the first time. Now it's 12/10. Believe me, his changes took him WEEKS! Seriously! And he made them for FREE!

I guess he did other work elsewhere to subsidise his Slaine work. That's why it's taking him so long. It's something artists and writers sometimes do if they love a story that much and Leo clearly loves Slaine.

[sheridan]

We all should by now know that Slaine will be returning to the prog in prog 2200. I always wondered why it has been so long for its return and I found this on one of Pat Mills Space Warp blogs:

Lots of chopping and changing is possible when a mainstream comic is creator-owned.

Chopping and warp-spasming, surely, when it comes to Sláine?

[Rately]

We all should by now know that Slaine will be returning to the prog in prog 2200. I always wondered why it has been so long for its return and I found this on one of Pat Mills Space Warp blogs:

Lots of chopping and changing is possible when a mainstream comic is creator-owned.

Chopping and warp-spasming, surely, when it comes to Sláine?

Ha!

Really looking forward to seeing what Pat and Leonard have come up with!

[IndigoPrime]

Here's hoping, given all that effort, the script is up to snuff, and isn't just Sláine arguing in ALL-CAPs with some Elder God or other.

[broodblik]

This round he is going for lower-case and smaller fonts

[Dash Decent]

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[broodblik]

A preview of the upcoming Misty & Scream Special:

https://downthetubes.net/?p=120737

[Link Prime]

A preview of the upcoming Misty & Scream Special:

https://downthetubes.net/?p=120737

The previous Scream & Misty / Misty & Scream specials were ok, but failed to capture even 5% of the atmosphere of their original publications.
Looks like more of the same for 2020, and based on those preview pages I regret pre-ordering it.

[broodblik]

If you look at the original Scream stories it was definitely more gritty and dark and I think the target audience for the specials are different.

[Link Prime]

If you look at the original Scream stories it was definitely more gritty and dark and I think the target audience for the specials are different.

A measured train of thought as always Broodblik.

My LCS were kind enough to let me cancel the pre-order, so no harm done anyway.

[broodblik]

Cor!! Buster Bumper Fun Book coming 24th December

https://downthetubes.net/?p=120908

[IndigoPrime]

24 December baffles me. I'd have bought this for mini-IP to unwrap and devour on Christmas Day. She's the target get group for this. Now? I mean, it _might_ get bought later in the year, but that's far from a certainty.