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I'm 28 today. One of the presents my girlfriend has got me is a box of seabrook crisps, but no ordinary box. This is a specially mixed birthday box of crisps which is half salt and vinegar, half prawn cocktail.

I'm in hog heaven. Especially as I haven't eaten any crisps at all since January.

You must realise that I live in the South and ordinarily can't get Seabrook - the king of crisps.

What is everyone else's favourite crap presents?

Not too sure if many of you will find this of interest, but I'm giving it a go anyway.

An old colleague of mine has been writing a webcomic now for six or seven years. He's got so good at it - he is now earning a living from it. Fair play to him.

However it seems that, despite being written in Oldham, the vast majority of the readership is American. In an effort to drum up some UK readers - this is a plug.

Notionally a daily horror comedy strip, computer drawn, it also has element of sci-fi (especially robots) as the current time travelling storyline attests to. But usually its about zombies. Please do take the time to check it out.

Link: http://www.scarygoround.com/" target="_blank">Scary Go Round

Surpirsed to be the first to set up the thread but I just have to congratulate the editorial team behind the relaunch of the Meg.

It is a much more rounded publication now than I have ever seen it and the strips are toppo notcho.

The Meg has had a habit of dropping in unexpected cameos and this month's issue is no exception. I won't spoil the surprises.

The two Dredd strips are well done, even if 'Meat Patrol' is a bit of a filler.

Shimura is a nice intro into a story of potential. Judge Fear's Big Day Out gives us a humourous look at the character of the crappiest dark judge (often thought Fire or Mortis should have had their own adventure).

Anderson kind of treads water, but does so with beautiful artwork and Young Middenface is top notch work from Ridgway and Grant.

Charley's War looks like (gasp) it might be coming to a conclusion .

There is a lot more text in the Meg, but it somehow fits in. Fear's text adventure was entertaining enough. Dreddfiles are still going. There is an interesting look at other comics, anime and star trek (if not completely enlightening) and Rennie is on hand to talk a little about the creative process.

Simon Spurrier takes the opportunity to flex his ego in a bad tabloid way about comic book movies and I've just noticed an interview with John Burns that I haven't red yet. Better get back to it.

Great Meg, but does anyone want another Placebo poster prog?

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There has been general criticism that the eight episodes of the ABC's Shadow Warriors Book 2 has been lacking somewhat in impetus (apart from the people who have read the novel, which appears to tie lots of loose ends).

For those of us who have not read it - I'm suggesting a heavily edited book two would go in this sequence.

Ep1  - ABC Warriors travelling through New Sidona talking about Shadow Warriors they've met - a little bit about Blackblood's religion followed by a four page fight with the Cyboons where we learned a bit about Steelhorn. Last page could be in the condfederacy with Bloomcrater revealing last three shadow warriors to be Doc Maniacus, Mr Lovebomb and Warmonger.

Ep2 - Humans call for help at hospital - It's Doc Maniacus. Warriors fight him - Dreadlock tags him and he escapes.

Ep3 & Ep 4 - could be the double length part six that actually appeared.

This streamlined version takes out all the crap with boom boy (let's face it - who gave a shit?) cut out a needless battle with Cyboons, allows the talk cones to appear no more times than necessary and keeps the coolest moment - Joe Pineapples sniping a sniper.

What does everyone else think?

I said I'd do this - it's just taken me longer than I expected. I squeezed the term zarjaz into my publication. How many more 'unique' usages must it have to enter the dictionary?

It would have happened much, much sooner but one of my underlings added a reference to Judge Dredd, which I thought negated the use. You can't reference a unique usage after all.

Well here it the extract -

"....As Dinah Washington might have sung: ?What a difference a year makes?. Last summer we were in the throes of a heatwave and the casino industry both at home and abroad were joyfully enthused eagerly awaiting the zarjaz opportunities that the Gambling Bill was going to bring. In comparison...."

How about bidding ?5 for a ?2.99 Extreme Edition which has only recently come out?

Very simple way for people who didn't like AntWars to get something back for their efforts.

Link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50182&item=2262578652&rd=1" target="_blank">Quick way to turn a profit

According to Amazon there's going to be a three disc definitive collection of Spaced series one and two.

Obviously ripping the mickey out of the Star Wars collection that's coming along - it is due for release the week after on the 27 September.

Is this to cash in on Shaun of the Dead's success? I'm actually slightly disappointed as I already own the original two packed discs.

Anyone else feel strangely betrayed at the cashing in?

Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002LXU6I/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/026-5588658-6650812" target="_blank">Space  - the final frontier

Hi guys,

Just curious what the consensus is here - this guy on ebay is selling a Prog 77 with a starting price of 7.50.

I know it is a rare one as it's one of the banned cursed earth progs, but what is the going rate? How much is my Prog 20 worth in comparison?

Link: http://search.ebay.co.uk/dredd_W0QQsorecordstoskipZ600QQsosortpropertyZ1" target="_blank">Lucky 77

A bit of Friday fun -
My girlf bought me Top Trumps Comic Heroes 2 the other day and it struck me how wicked a Dredd-verse version of the game would be. I reckon to persuade Winning Moves to do a Dredd TT we should give them all the character info they would need here.

Going off the categories in my hand we have -
Height (cm)
Intelligence
Strength
Speed
Agility
Fighting Skills
(it'd be easier to mark these last 5 categories out of 100 rather than the stupid way the super hero cards have done it)

There's 30 slots to fill - who would you like to see included (alive or dead)?

And the first person to do Old Stoney Face gets a wedgie. Dredd Zombie would be cool though.

Forgive my ignorance, but I was on a prog hiatus around the critical time but -

What happened to Luke Kirby?

I thought it was a great, creepy little series that gave a good contrast to some of the other stories running at the time.

Is he gone for good or is he a little too recent for a bit of re-imagining?

Can someone help me here? I've just bought an (obviously) second hand copy of the 2000AD Annual 1990 and I can't work out if some pages are missing out the back of it.

Including the covers I've got 96 pages but the last story Mandala (Zenith interlude) ends very strangely. I realise that this is highly possible for a Morrisson piece, I just want to make sure I'm not missing something. Especially as Siadwell Rhys is on the cover but not in my story.

Just got my first issue after subscribing on Sunday and got the added bonus of the Ant Wars Extreme edition. Well I say bonus. What a waste of money that is. Thank god its only quarterly. Enjoyed the Invasion one, but I think Ant Wars is one 70s strip too far (Combined with the Meg's bloody Charlie's War reprints).

I've got to say that after what I thought was a very decent start - AHAB has descended into garbage. It is hard to tell what going on at some points and the ending is somehwta abrupt, just thank god it ended.

Rest of its okay though. Don't quite know where Dredd is going for a change, which is nice. Low life is looking good too. I'll reserve judgment on the return of Tyranny Rex.