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The Danny Franks Krool Heart must be the source of all annual text stories.

The only one I can remember is John Caliber's City of Dredd which listed pretty much every location, but I think that stopped around 2013ish.

It could also be covered by a speech balloon.

Just wondering if the 2000AD shop has ever discounted the digital editions of The Complete Judge Dredd Case Files?

I've the physical editions up to 17, but I'm hoping at some stage to collect them all digitally as well.

I'm pretty sure they did in the past few years, I don't remember the occasion though.

Its fascinating that folks are so opposed to this. I understand the idea that interrupting ongoing runs would be bad, but the issues suggested, I'd guess, of course I don't know, will be at natural relaunch points.

As for the stories lets wait and see. While we do lets not forget that many of the stories hailed in these parts from the early days are aimed at kids cos 2000ad was a kids comic. So to be opposed to these stories on principle of who they are aimed at seems odd in my eyes. Anyone who is a fan of stories from the first 500 issues (we can wrangle about the specifics later) is a fan of kids comics.

I don't think you can seriously compare the tone of some of the stuff that we had in the first 500 progs with that of a 2020 all-ages comic.

We're also not 12 (delete age as applicable), the memories and nostalgia we have of those stories are all tied up in our childhoods. Something that's new doesn't have that.

I always find the statement '...can't seriously compare' or similar a funny one as to compare is to pull out the contrasts not just the similarity. Anyway I'm being petunlant and unfair to Steve there.

The point I was trying to make was not that it will be the same as the first 500 issues, I wouldn't want it to be... well I would be we shouldn't... as we have those. The point I was trying to make was to dismiss something because you are not its direct audience is odd to me. A well crafted comic tale, be it aimed at child, or whomever is a well crafted comic tale and can be enjoyed as such. I site the first 500 issues as examples of just that. That isn't driven by nostalgia alone, but appreciation of good craft and storytelling for many who enjoy those stories there is no nostaglia. Just as a good kids movie is a good movie. A good kids book is a good book... etc etc

It's not just that.

The format just doesn't do much for me in regular 2000 AD, and I got sick of the TBC format which seemed to crop up in a lot of the specials.

I'd rather have something more substantial, regardless of the age group.

Honestly I've got more than enough unread and unwatched to last me without adding more to the pile.

Which is broadly why I've stopped reading the prog and meg for the most part, and has been going on for a good couple of years - documented in the old 'is it me or the prog thread'

It's not limited to 2000 AD, I just don't have the appetite for a lot of film and TV, like Marvel/DC/Star Wars etc these days.

Its fascinating that folks are so opposed to this. I understand the idea that interrupting ongoing runs would be bad, but the issues suggested, I'd guess, of course I don't know, will be at natural relaunch points.

As for the stories lets wait and see. While we do lets not forget that many of the stories hailed in these parts from the early days are aimed at kids cos 2000ad was a kids comic. So to be opposed to these stories on principle of who they are aimed at seems odd in my eyes. Anyone who is a fan of stories from the first 500 issues (we can wrangle about the specifics later) is a fan of kids comics.

I don't think you can seriously compare the tone of some of the stuff that we had in the first 500 progs with that of a 2020 all-ages comic.

We're also not 12 (delete age as applicable), the memories and nostalgia we have of those stories are all tied up in our childhoods. Something that's new doesn't have that.

I'm already mostly lapsed these days with the prog and the meg, and sticking the last regened in the middle of a run of stories just encouraged me to skip it.

Best of luck to them, but it's not something I'm interested in.

I get the impression last year that Regened wasn't necessarily planned to be a normal Prog (although that may well be wrong). Scheduling must be nightmarish for Tharg regardless, but I would hope with four of these rocking up in 2020 that he's going to deal with long-running series prior to each breakpoint.

Was there not an issue with the FCBD that led to Regened being slotted in as a one-off special prog? Or am I conflating a previous issue Rebellion had with the FCBD with it?

That was the case as far as I'm aware - which is why the FCBD was reprint from the IPC humour comics.

Cheers, I'd seen the first one and knew they'd de-Trekked it - there's a trailer for part 2, but seems to have disappeared otherwise.

Yeah, that's the guy who has been running the Axanar show, Alec Peters. The smirk seems to sum up everything about the whole thing.

It was never meant to be a series, but a feature - it's not going to be that either, although there has been ducking and diving like having someone else use the sets to shoot another short called interlude to Axanar.

My constituency (Wimbledon) is one of those seats that the LibDems are heavily pushing the 'only we can beat the Tories' line.

They've finished third in past elections - 14% of the vote last time.

I expect Hammond will retain his seat.

Neil's got Johnson on tomorrow. The poor twat must be absolutely shitting himself.

Tough interrogation on policy or fucking around with scones... hmm.

Nope.

Listened to the first one, and wasn't to my taste.

Teaser trailer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uua_wl9ZH_I

And when some respond that they've never heard of this organisation.

The Hindu Council UK and the Sikh Federation UK have their say...

https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1199390279876403201

https://rebellion.com/rebellion-acquires-the-bitmap-brothers-brand-and-portfolio/

I wasn't expecting that! With a suitably 90s britsoft pic of the lads, to boot. I'm glad Rebellion have got it, but I hope they do something with it!

What would you like to see come back, if they're snapping up neglected British videogame IP? I'd kill for a modern Cannon Fodder myself! I'd also ask Rockstar if they're arsed about Body Harvest..

God yes, even I had one of those kind of photoshoots...