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The other thing you will have to get used to in these What if? Ties is me indulging myself. So here's one to introduce that concept. What if? The two of Colin.ynwa's favourite theills, that got the toughest ride in this tourney and went out far too early had the chance to meet?
b]To Vote[/b] Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.
Match ends early on the morning of Thursday 22nd September and the winner gets a place ... well nowt this is just for fun.
What on Earth is ALL of this? (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.0)
Hold on I thought all this nonsense was over? Well yeah but... see well I've explained that (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48876.msg1091470#msg1091470)
For those that need 'um and can be bothered to follow 'um there's some simple rules (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.msg1070150#msg1070150)
Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN!
Devlin Waugh.
Devlin
Zombo
Devlin
Devlin. Particularly for the Ales Kot iteration. And because I can't bloody stand Zombo.
SBT
Quite enjoyed Zombo and it looked glorious. But I'm not keen to have it back.
My vote's for Devlin and I hope the Kot iteration comes back for another long run as soon as possible.
Two great strips but my vote goes to...
Devlin Waugh.
Cheers
Devlin
Devlin Waugh who was robbed being knocked out so early.
I've read little of either, but from what I have, it's Zombo.
Zombo all day long.
Zombo has some genuine laugh out loud moments and runs deliberately at a baseline of eleventy-stupid. It knows what it's doing. The Dredd crossover (The Immigrant from the 2020 Sci-Fi Special) was perhaps the pinnacle.
But Devlin Waugh is in another dimension. Take your pick from Swimming in Blood launching the second volume of the Megazine, the Herod trilogy being probably the best thing in the prog in '99, Red Tide kicking ass and taking names with Colin MacNeil's art or most recently the dark mirror of Ales Kot's Lord of Lies sequence providing some truly disturbing reflections.
It's a nom-brainer (sic): Devlin Waugh!
Zombo, I guess.
Zombo
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Zombo!
Devlin Waugh. I haven't read it for years (infrequent Meg reader now) but I hate Zombo. I'm in the minority that don't find it at all funny, and struggle to get through each episode, with the side effect that I never have a clue what's going on.
Bit of a toe to toe this one. I think we have one thrill nipping ahead but final day voyes could definately swing this one still. So get um in and I'll count um up.
Definitely Devlin.
Zombo's a great character, but after the early episodes with then planet eating people, I found the humour to be more mean-spirited than I like. Still, outstanding art all the way through, and some cracking ideas in there, from the Zom-bee to Obmoz to that Elvis-lookin' dude looking for likes in the most despicable ways.
But, you know, Devlin is typically funnier and better plotted and that's what I like.
VOTING CLOSED
Well it wasn't close in the end was it. A count revealed that a bit of a rally by Zombo was decieving me and it'd done little else. Bit of a shame this great thrill hasn't returned and feels a little forgotten or unloved. That said Devlin Waugh has been superb from start to current iteration and on that basis I would have voted for it too and and many did and so
Devlin Waugh
Shows that the latest Prog underplays his role in stopping the Zombie invasion.