Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Lobster Random vs. Time Flies Round 2 Heat 74

[Colin YNWA]

Week 10 is quietly fascinating. No really BIG hitters, but some fascinating ties. What looks like some tough choices, some great stories, a local derby and a prime example of how a less thrill could just slip quietly through to later rounds by the luck of the draw. Good, interesting mixing coming this week.

I'm still waiting as patiently as possible for Lobster Random to come back. I asked the immensely lovely Si Spurrier if he planned to bring it back at a con... well too many years ago to even recall and he said he really wanted to as he knew he'd kept us dangling, but those damned Americans keep giving him work... should I move on?... I'm not sure anyone is waiting on tender hooks for more Time Flies, though its writer as also gone on to BIG things in the US, I suspect that's not the reason we've not seen this one back!

Lobster Random - more info

Vs

Time Flies - more info

Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.

Match ends early on the morning of Thursday March 24th  and the winner gets a place in Round 3 (of 9!!!).

What on Earth is ALL of this?

For those that need 'um and can be bothered to follow 'um there's some simple rules

Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN

[abelardsnazz]

Lobster Random.

[Barrington Boots]

Two easy votes for me today.
Time Flies was one of the things that stopped me buying the Prog. Re-read it recently and it's still horrible although i appreciate the art more. Lobster Random is cool, and it gets my vote.

[broodblik]

Lobster Random

[rogue69]

Lobster Random

[IndigoPrime]

Lobster Random. Time Flies, on a recent re-read, was... not good.

[Dark Jimbo]

Re-read Lobster Random recently in the UC, and... didn't love it as much as I remembered. Which was a bit odd. Have I changed that much in my old age?! It still deserved completion, though, and easily beats the competition here. Aloha!

[SmallBlueThing(Reborn)]

I know I'm in a minority but I can't stand Lobster Random- so Time Flies gets it by default. Mumblegrumble.

SBT
 

[AlexF]

Time Flies is awful, no amount of Philip Bond goodness can make up for that. Lobster Random was one of those thrills I remember being a real treat, week on week, when I often had no idea what was going to happen next, or how the story would turn out. Closest anyone has come to the anarchy of the early Ace Trucking stories. I agree that re-reading it all in one lump is a little less fun, there's only so much clever-clever dialogue a person can choke down in one sitting. And by the time the most recent story ran I rather failed to notice that it didn't end properly. If it ever does come back, I sort of feel it'd have to be a fairly hard 'lots of time has passed' type reset to hold my interest.

Purely on a character design and personality, Lobster Random all day!

[The Mind of Wolfie Smith]

time flies

[Huey2]

Time Flies - wasn't perfect but it had a few good gags.

Lobster Random - I know that 2000AD has never had "traditional" heroes but the idea of a torturer as main protagonist seemed a step too far for me.

[NapalmKev]

Time Flies.

Cheers

[moly]

Lobster random

[BPP]

Big Lobster Random fan.

So much so I'm changing my gender to Vacuum Cleaner.

[paddykafka]

Lobster Random