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Started by Pongo, 13 February, 2022, 11:00:11 AM

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Pongo

Hello everyone! I'm Phil, a newcomer to the site (albeit sometime lurker) and returner to 2000ad after a long absence.

My memory is a little unreliable about the 80s, but I think my first brush with 2000ad was an episode of Boone (of all things). I don't remember much about the show at all, but there was a scene where the young and very-80s-cool character Rocky was on a stakeout or something and the scene ended with him opening a copy of the galaxy's greatest comic to pass the time. And if it was good enough for Rocky... right? Then my first taste of actual content came in December 1987 when my beloved ZX Spectrum magazine Crash had a Judge Death feature (you can read it here https://www.crashonline.org.uk/47/2000ad.htm) and pullout. I don't remember much about the pullout now sadly except that it blew my little mind and left me craving more. Sadly the Judge Death game they were talking about never happened (the publisher Piranha went out of business during development), but re-reading the article now it's the tease about an Ace Trucking Co. game that really piques my interest... it would be fascinating to know what conversations, if any, were actually had about that!

So now I'm actually a bit confused, because the first prog I ever bought was 548 which came out in November 1987. I'm guessing that the December edition of that years's Crash came out early or something, who knows. Prog 548 was the one with the fantastic image of contrasting green and pinks with Kano standing over a dead Krool against a vivid sky. And what a great introduction it was, with Bad Company II, Strontium Dog, Zenith and Nemesis the Warlock (the art of John Hicklenton was like nothing I'd ever seen before, but I imagine that's a common reaction when coming across any Nemesis strip!). And of course Judge Dredd in Oz, which will always be a personal favourite despite the lack of Old Stoney Face himself.

After that I was hooked. I caught up on backstories like the VCs and Halo Jones through the ace 2000ad monthly magazine, and remained an avid reader of the comic until sometime in 1995. I drifted away shortly after the release of the Stallone movie, which might have had something to do with my dwindling enthusiasm.

Anyway, enough backstory. I returned to the fold a couple of years back largely because of the option to buy progs on tablet – its not the same as a physical copy of course, but much more practical in my little house. And I'm absolutely loving the new progs! The stories are great (the Out and Thistlebone have been personal favourites, although the writing across the board and on Dredd has been consistently great). There are a few new stories like Sinister Dexter that clearly have a decade's worth of backstory that I'm out the loop with, but hey it was always a bit like that.

Back in October I ended up in the pub having a chat with a mate of mine called Col who hangs out here sometimes, and mentioned I was planning to join the forum, which I've since been very slow to do. I was a bit drunk, but I remember beaming at him happily about the art in recent progs and jabbering about all things 2000ad. Having now checked some of the recent forum posts I wish I'd gotten to this much more quickly! Sorry Col, I got here in the end :).

So anyway, that's me – hello! The forum has seemed a friendly place to hang out whenever I've been lurking here, so I'm looking forward to joining the conversation.

Richard

Welcome to the forum!

Magazines are often dated a month later than the date they actually came out, so your chronology checks out. Here's a link to prog 548: http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles

Colin YNWA

Lovely to see you here Phil.

One day I'll send you my 20,000 word write up of my re-read of Sinister Dexter so you can get caught up there. It was magnificent to talk to you at Bri's wedding and even more magnificent that you are here.

When should we start the Dawn of the Dead vs Day of the Dead debate?

broodblik

Welcome aboard. Like most of us we also had the same experience with the prog, great in the 80s and then we all drift away in the 90s to make triumphant return in the new millennium
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

Old age is the Lord's way of telling us to step aside for something new. Death's in case we didn't take the hint.

Pongo

Thanks for the warm welcomes, Richard and broodblik! I definitely wish I'd returned earlier, its nice to have 2000ad back.

Ha Col I'm not sure we're ready to open that pandora's box yet - we still didn't even definitively settle the "is Lee van Cleef actually playing the same character" argument (although I suspect I may be on thin ice with that in retrospect...).

Trooper McFad

Welcome aboard and enjoy the banter
Citizens are Perps who haven't been caught ... yet!

Link Prime

Howya Phil, and welcome aboard.


The Legendary Shark


Hiya, Phil, it's good to have you here (at last!).

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Richmond Clements

Welcome.
And there's no debate, it's Dawn of the Dead.

Colin YNWA

Quote from: Richmond Clements on 14 February, 2022, 12:19:08 PM
Welcome.
And there's no debate, it's Dawn of the Dead.

See Phil, see, Richmond gets it.

Barrington Boots

Quote from: Richmond Clements on 14 February, 2022, 12:19:08 PM
Welcome.
And there's no debate, it's Dawn of the Dead.

This and this
Nice to have you here Phil!
You're a dark horse, Boots.

AlexF

Look, I appreciate that Dawn is the better film overall, but dammit if I don't get more out of Day and its super-creepy vibe, not to mention it's totally 2020s grasp of the war between liberals and reactionaries.

Also, Hi Phil, nice to meet a fellow Day-er!

Proudhuff

DDT did a job on me