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Details of creators involved and contents again...

https://2000ad.com/news/roxy-a-contemporary-romance-anthology-to-get-your-heart-racing/

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Funny, Quick Look at your post history shows you perfectly happy to critique the professional output of thousands of creatives. From 2000ad logo designers, to the makers of torchwood and Star Trek and on...

You even have one expansive set of posts talking about how Tharg slagged of many of his own works and so readers should be allowed to do the same.

Which is of course entirely reasonable.

Jesus... A "quick" look? How far back did you trawl through my posts?

Regardless, critiquing something is an entirely different thing to saying "this thing's crap" then not giving a reason why.

If I remember correctly, (and it was a hell of a while ago), I did not say that readers should be allowed to slag off 2000ad stories, I was making the point that if the readers had seen the same behaviour within the pages of the comic, then it shouldn't be surprising if they acted in the same way.

I'm going to guess that anything I said about Torchwood, (18 years ago, incidentally), stemmed mainly from the extremely questionable elements that rankled with me such as justification of, (a completely unnecessary), suicide, a plot involving a "lovable rogue" main character using what amounted to an alien date rape drug, every main character getting off with every other main character regardless of stated sexual preference or relationship status, and that nonsensical Cyberwoman episode, which seemed to have borrowed every single plot element from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, (which did it better). But yes, I gave my reasons.

No idea what the hell I could've said about Star Trek unless it was a joke about the original being far superior because somebody with my surname was in charge.

No idea what I could've said about a logo unless it was the original Megazine one being way too big, (which it definitely was).

Okay... Devil's advocate mode...

It seems obvious to me that Funt wasn't intending to be deliberately misleading and was merely conveying the impression he got from BPP's initial post, (and made the effort to make it very clear that's what he was doing), but in retrospect I can totally understand how it could be misinterpreted by someone not entirely paying attention. So, yes, quotation box probably not best idea.

For the record, even if every creator involved with this were male, everything about the wording of BPP's comments would still have my back up to precisely the same degree and it's not the first time I've taken issue with somebody on here claiming that someone "can't draw" simply because they don't like their art style, (which seems particularly wrong-headed in this case, now that I've googled the names of the creators I was unfamiliar with).

Yep. That's pretty much what I was getting.

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Hi Funt, it's absolutely nothing to do with comicsgate. Whilst I do think identity politics is the enemy of class struggle I don't think I have to be inappropriately politically labelled just because I look at a list of creators and think 'Christ, nothing for me there'.

You know what I usually do when I don't think something's for me?

I ignore it and move on.

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Y'know... I wasn't sure if I was going to bother with this, romance comics not really being my thing*, but I'm now sorely tempted to back it just to spite BPP.

*Although I would very likely buy a reprint of that time travelling Adam Ant strip from Tops.

Can I just check where your seen who they creators are? I've not yet seen a list so woulod be good to know?

https://2000ad.com/news/roxy-a-contemporary-romance-anthology-to-get-your-heart-racing/

More progress made on my covers gallery for Marvel UK's 'The Ren & Stimpy' show comic from 1994/5 - still missing 7 covers though

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/updated-ren-stimpy-show-marvel-uk.html

I've got four of the missing ones. I'll message you on here.

RE: Doomlord photo strips...

You could always get someone to redraw them.

[Dredd Retconning]

Also, first page of thread, I beat you to it with some slight variation, (which makes that cover image sort of apt)...

Dredd Retconning

Judge Dredd slowly begins to realise that aspects of his own history aren't quite how he remembers them. No one believes him until Psi Division start picking up on the changes to reality. It would appear that someone has been altering the past, but whom and for what purpose?

So, do you UK types have King Chuck on your coins or stamps yet?  Shame to replace the profile of Liz in her youth - she was a bit of a looker (though her sister Anne was a stunner in her day).

So far only encountered one 50p piece about a month ago. Also, I think you mean Margaret.

I hope they use the original theme song.

That worked.

Yep, and it's extremely frustrating.

The cover of prog 672 seems to think it's a pun on "Apocalypse", but yes it is, and a sort-of reference to a biblical warrior who also goes by the name Jerubbaal.