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I assume the title refers directly to the author (who doesn't care whether anyone else is listening) hence it is the Revolt of a single Peasant.

And yes, I did know that about Jonah. Isn't that where Leviathan fits in?

Jean-Luc Ordinaire. Wasn't that in an annual?

A short announcement, for the sake of my own sanity:

Jonathan Brand is DEFINITELY DEAD.

Ah, but that's just the sort of thing one of you writer chappies would say in a vain attempt to throw the readers off the scent.

And when you say "DEFINITELY DEAD", is that the same as "NOT LIKELY TO BE TURNING UP IN ANY FUTURE EPISODES", because ... blah, blah ... precedent of Underground as link to Hell ... rhubarb, rhubarb ... (cont on page 42)

The feudin', fussin', fightin', feedin', flatin' McCoys! Y'all forgot 'em!

Flatin'?

>I notice that you have (presumably deliberately) excised the definitive Slaine artist from your desert island prog.

I left out Bisley because unlike most comic fans I havent been blinded by the emporers clothes that is Simon Bisley

Emm, I was talking about Glenn Fabry... Although on going back to check my facts, I notice that you included Slaine the Mini Series which he drew so now I look stupid.

;-)

Jeez, this has taken all morning! I know it's just a bit of fun, but I found myself getting all worked up about striking the right balance between humour and more serious stuff as well as trying not to miss out any of the classic characters, writers and artists. Unfortunately, a lot of the really good stuff is too long to fit into something like this, so no Bad Company, no Anderson, no Halo Jones, no Bryan Talbot, no Arthur Ranson and so on.

JD: Destiny's Angels           - 50
DR & Quinch Go Straight           - 12
Zenith: Prologue: Ground Zero   - 6
Slaine: The Beltain Giant   - 6
Slaine: The Bull Dance           - 6
Hewligan's Haircut           - 44
Leviathan's Farewell           - 8
Revere Bk 1: Finder's Edge   - 37
Ace Trucking: Too Many Bams   - 31
Bonjo from Beyond the Stars   - 10
Zenith: Interlude 3: Maximan   - 8
SD: The Shicklgruber Grab   - 36
JD: The Midnight Surfer           - 43

I went for two different Dredd tales to bookend the collection with the beautiful Leviathan's Farewell (interestingly one of only two comic stories my mum ever admitted to liking) in the middle as a surrogate Anderson story.

Go Straight is a laugh-riot from the minute Quinch pulls off his plaster and eats it, while Hewligan and Revere are just two of my favourite writers working with two of the coolest artists in the business. On the subject of cool artists, I couldn't leave out Kevin O'Neill and the Comic Rock stories have been reprinted to death, so I went for Bonjo instead.

I went for two one-offs to try and give a flavour of early Slaine (and I know McMahon drew The Beltain Giant, but it's still a quality story.)

ShicklGruber Grab demands inclusion just for the Sternhammer Silencer and while any Ace Trucking would have been welcome, Too Many Bams was the shortest one I could find.

Finally, I wanted to find a way of including Zenith. I'm not sure if I got this right, but I was trying to get the two stories which show the historical Masterman/Maximan bit of the story in isolation.

All this adds up to 297 pages, so we should still have room for a Nerve Centre and a good old fashioned Input page. To top off the retro feel, this should reprint all those letters from Simon Pegg, Warren Ellis and the like which somebody has collated on a website somewhere.

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Funt,

to me there is a difference between the undeniably great design of those covers and their execution.

YT-2,

sorry but I can't agree: this is precisely the sort of adoration I was nonplussed by. I notice that you have (presumably deliberately) excised the definitive Slaine artist from your desert island prog. I enjoyed Belardinelli's take, liked the - at the time - out there work of Simon Bisley and I can see how Clint Langley is carrying on the tradition, but Glenn Fabry will always be the man for me.

I don't want to post a flippant response to "best art in the prog ever", so I shall think long and hard about that.

Cheers, Pete.

PS Sorry for the hijacking of this post.

Each to his own. After all, Simon Harrison is still one of my favourites...

I totally agree about the diversity of the artwork being one of the big strengths of 2000AD and it's often very interesting to see different artists takes on the same character, with Slaine being a particularly good example of this.

So, while we're on the subject, here's something else that has surprised me in the short time I've been frequenting this board. Everyone loves Carlos Ezquerra, but I've never thought he was particularly great. I don't actively dislike his work, it's usually nice enough, but it just doesn't "pump my 'nads."

A mate (who used-to-be-a-reader-but-gave-up-around-800) was round at mine, flicking through some recent progs and sagely observed:
"I don't remember being particularly keen on Ezquerra back in the day, but it's kind of reassuring to see he's still there."

Which pretty much sums up my feelings on the matter. Anyway, if I survive this one, next up is Colin MacNeil... ;-)

That's an okay cover, but I've just never been keen on his style at all: it often looks like he couldn't be bothered to finish it.

I haven't read it for a long time, but I particularly remember absolutely hating his work on Slaine.

Holy smoke! What a great idea! I will have to be soberer before I consider this properly, but The Midnight Surfer is a shoo-in.

Oh, and why do people love McMahon so much?

Bad Andy, how is your shelf going to look in ten years time when all you need for the complete Complete Case files collection is 02??

I'll be selling at 40,000 Galactic credits...

I may have got two different things muddled up in my head here, but I believe the original (and irrepressible) Monkey was himself a pop star.

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Doesn't he murder his wife and wait for the sub to go down so he can dump the body,

Yes, with the Galactic Credits he saved by cutting out the Meg, he was able to aford a better class of disposal expert.

Just the obvious ones for me really: DR & Quinch, Abelard Snazz, Ulysses Sweet.

Every now and again you'd get one that stood out from the crowd, but I can't think of any at this time of the morning. Maybe that one where the big spikey-wheel shaped aliens came looking for the people who built Voyager.

Funt,

if you're serious I think I have two of those Aliens covers. From memory, you can have the slightly knackered one for nothing or the nice one for $1million.

Seriously, if you want a readable copy let me know. If you're holding out for a minto then sorry.

Pete.