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> It's a special prescription but you can
> replicate it at home with some jack daniels
> and coke. It may not be suitable for all, heh,
> who cares?

With reference to the title of this thread: may I advise avoiding consumption of large quantities of marzipan together with large quantities of spirits.

Y'see, cyanide doesn't smell of almonds, almonds smell of cyanide ... 'cos it contains cyanide compounds.

It's possible, although unlikely, that the alcohol will separate the cyanide in marzipan and kill you stone dead!

This has been an announcement for the Good of the Public Health.

So now you know!

Cheers

Jim

> but presumably he gets paid more for fully painted?
> Can 2000AD not afford his best stuff?

I can't swear to this, but I don't think there's a distinction between coloured-by-hand and coloured-by-computer - it's either full colour or b/w ...

Cheers

Jim

> The art was very good. (Why doesn't Kev
> Walker do painted art anymore, I way prefer
> that to his Chris-Blythe-coloured stuff)

'Cos this way it doesn't take Kev six weeks to do an episode (even artists have to eat, y'know) ...!

Plus, all the Walker stuff is self-coloured. I think we had this argument on the NG a few months ago, but I _like_ current style - Mignola inks (by Kev's own admission) and all ...

Cheers

Jim

> Or are you just toying with us, to make
> readers queue up around the block to buy
> what they think will be the last ever Judge
> Dredd comic?

After the shameless f*cking lie that was "The last ever Sinister Dexter Story", I doubt we'll fall for _that_ one again!

Cheers

Jim

> See also Alan Mackenzie's insistence on
> running dance music reviews in
> 2000AD...another masterstroke in totally
> misjuding or ignoring your readership's
> tastes.

I _always_ thought that period of attempted trendiness was profoundly embarassing and almost entirely akin to watching your Dad dance ...

Cheers

Jim

> "Policeman dressed in black, with the
> authority to kill in a futuristic city, carrying a
> weapon that shoots six types of bullet and
> criminals that change identity in The New
> You face/body changing parlour."
> Logans Run (book)

Not read it, but that _is_ a bit fishy, innit!

Cheers

Jim

> That version fell through, and then, lo and
> behold, they went off and made Robocop
> instead.

I also remember reading an interview with Sam Hamm (first Tim Burton Batman movie screenwriter) who said, quite explicitly, when discussing the comics-to-film process that the Robocop writers had Dredd firmly in mind ...

Cheers

Jim

> you seem to have MY comic collection, that
> list sounds so similar , except for the
> 2000AD's.

> coinkydink me tinks not

Ah, well, good taste will out!

Cheers

Jim

... which, regrettably, I cannot store.

I'm just fishing to see if anyone might be interested in taking 'em off my hands as a job lot (provided the price is reasonable, obviously). I don't want to faff about splitting them up, and I'm not desperate to make a massive amount of cash as long as they go to a good home!

(I may consider selling the US format stuff as a separate lot to the UK mags, but I really _need_ to get rid of these, because I have _no room!_)

A detailed list will follow as soon as I get 'em here and catalogue 'em, but amongst all this stuff (off the top of my head) are:

UK

2000AD:
Progs 100 - 1200 with a gap between the late 900s and early 1100s. Most in fair condition, a few completely knackered and some pretty much mint (bought to replace ones I'd cut the covers off when I was 10). At least one Halo Jones issue signed by Alan Moore.

Megazine:
Pretty much the lot, I think, all in decent condition.

Deadline:
About the first twenty or so issues.

Eagle:
The 80s one. First year or two, #1 still with (crap) free gift!

US FORMAT

Swamp Thing: from Moore's 'American Gothic' through the whole of Veitch's run. Some issues signed by Moore.

Watchmen: complete set. #1 signed by Moore & Gibbons.

V for Vendetta (DC): complete set.

Doom Patrol: whole of Morrison's run.

Animal Man: whole of Morrison's run.

Adventures of Luther Arkwright MS (Valkyrie): complete set and I'll throw in a signed poster.

Hellblazer: first 40-odd issues.

Sandman: first 20-odd issues.

Legends of the Dark Knight: Gothic (Morrison).

X-Men: most of Claremont's post-John-Byrne run (I think ... I may have flogged these!)

Enigma: complete set (Milligan, Fegredo, utterly fab).

The Extremist: complete set (Milligan, McKeever, ditto).

Stray Toasters: complete set (Sienkiewicz ... although I may be the only person who thought this was a wonderful series).

Elektra Assassin: complete set, Miller and Siekiewicz, #1 & 8 signed by Sienkiewicz.

Sh*tloads of Dark Horse stuff: DHP, Mayhem (featuring the Mask, of Jim Carrey fame), Aliens (first three series, written by Mark 'Timecop' Verheiden), Predator, Terminator ...

Plus God-only-knows what else. Certainly some dross, but a pile of real quality stuff, too.

Anyone provisionally interested?

As I said - full list to follow, but I think that's most of the best stuff above ...

Cheers

Jim

> I cannot see it back without Belardinelli as
> the artist, what's he doing at the moment?

This question came up on a.c.2000ad a while back. Sadly, better informed people than I announced that he retired many years ago and had since died.

If true, then that's the sad loss of a genuine talent, although he _was_ pretty ancient.

Cheers

Jim

I'm crushed.

> Yes, but if you just spammed the crap
> section of the board, for instance the part
> where people keep bollocksing on about

> ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, then that would
> be good.

Have I read this correctly? Am I to understand that _you_ are complaining about off-topic drivel on someone's message board?

Mr Pot, I'd like to introduce to Mr Kettle. Can you guess what colour he is?

Cheers

Jim

>Who's Tanner? Was he the main character in
> the Night Zero stories?

Yeah, that was him, although I'd put any character from any of Michael Fleischer's efforts above him in the Shite Rankings.

Along with Soul Gun Whatever and the entire cast of Wireheads.

Cheers

Jim

> This has already been done by Gordon
> Rennie and appears on the Class of 79
> website.

Yup. I can definitely remember that Colin MacNeil and Staz Johnson were among the lucky Earthlets ...

Cheers

Jim

> Is that how *anyone* actually speaks?

Cheez, Si - don't start _that_ one off again ...!

Cheers

Jim