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Announcements / Re: The Best of John Wagner's Judge Dredd - coming March 2022

« Last post by Magnetica on Today at 08:42:15 AM »

I’m not an expert on the process involved but what I do know is someone recently scanned in one of the worst offending pages (the one with the robots sitting around discussing the upcoming mayoral election) directly from a Prog and posted it on Facebook. It looked fine to me. I’d rather have something like that, than what is in the Case Files.

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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Leviathan vs. Tyranny Rex Round 3 Heat 13

« Last post by IndigoPrime on Today at 08:38:16 AM »

Two big guns, but slightly more minor than that other heat. Having re-read Tyranny in the UC recently, there’s a lot of good stuff there. The early strips are very dated and contain some dross, but it rapidly gets better, not least the nun arc and the final strip, which felt like a springboard to new strips – but they never came, because, well, John Smith.

Leviathan was a fantastic one-and-done. Its superb high-concept stuff, with fantastic artwork. The main problem is it’s over so quickly, although the additional post-conclusion stories somewhat helped with that. Honestly, I kind of wish this strip had been more like Brink – a building horror – rather than so brief. Ah well.

On balance, I think Leviathan wins it for me, purely on being the book I’d keep if I had to choose between the two.

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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Button Man vs. Zenith Round 3 Heat 14

« Last post by rogue69 on Today at 08:33:49 AM »

Zenith

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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Leviathan vs. Tyranny Rex Round 3 Heat 13

« Last post by rogue69 on Today at 08:33:19 AM »

Leviathan

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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - The Dead vs. Lobster Random Round 3 Heat 12

« Last post by Colin YNWA on Today at 08:22:36 AM »

Lobster Random

Who needs to come back and finish The Vort….

Yes, yes he does. One of the great unfinished stories. We need to go to our LCS hide all the Spurrier books so his transatlantic acareer fails and he has to come grovelling back to Tharg to finish it!

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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Button Man vs. Zenith Round 3 Heat 14

« Last post by JayzusB.Christ on Today at 08:14:35 AM »

Dear me, this is a tough one - two of the best the prog has ever had.

But for mind-bending depth, perfect characterisation and dialogue, and a grasp of the zeitgeist that never seems try-hard or contrived, it's Zenith for me.

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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - The Dead vs. Lobster Random Round 3 Heat 12

« Last post by BPP on Today at 08:04:40 AM »

Lobster Random

Who needs to come back and finish The Vort….

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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Leviathan vs. Tyranny Rex Round 3 Heat 13

« Last post by Magnetica on Today at 07:53:34 AM »

Leviathan.

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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Button Man vs. Zenith Round 3 Heat 14

« Last post by Magnetica on Today at 07:52:41 AM »

Both are classics for sure. I recently reread all of Button Man. The plotting revisits the same theme through out: having got involved in the game Harry is trying to get out and gets dragged into one last contest. Arthur Ranson’s art is stellar. I remember finding Fraser Irving’s art jarring on book 4 at the time - but not now; it’s also great.

But Zenith is a level above for me. A top five thrill. Well top 6 now, as a new thrill has come along to push it down one, but it’s still great.

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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Button Man vs. Zenith Round 3 Heat 14

« Last post by abelardsnazz on Today at 07:29:34 AM »

Much of Zenith is great, including the way it all ties in together, but Wagner and Ranson were on absolutely top form all the way through, so it has to be Button Man.