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Title: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Colin YNWA on 19 January, 2022, 06:30:59 AM
Welcome to Round 2, week 1 . This is where things get really interesting. All the big hitters are in the draw and let me tell you there are some ties coming up that will get the hearts racing and the camera's out for live coverage. They will cover acres of print on the back pages. There are also ties that will barely get mentioned on their local radio news summary. Week 1 however does feel a little like a warm up however. It hasn't got any of the high profile draws I hoped it might to kick us off, but it does start to hint at what's to come...

Two female lead thrills here. One very much in the early 90s mold. The other very much in the wheelhouse of Pete Milligan's theme of identity. I know which I really enjoyed, but do you:

Brit-Cit Babes - more info (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=BRITCIT)

Vs

Counterfeit Girl - more info (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=COUNTERF)

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 Saturday 22nd January  and the winner gets a place in Round 3 (of 9!!!).

What on Earth is ALL of this? (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.0)

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!
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: broodblik on 19 January, 2022, 06:39:19 AM
Counterfeit Girl
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Magnetica on 19 January, 2022, 07:23:56 AM
Counterfeit Girl
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: abelardsnazz on 19 January, 2022, 07:46:13 AM
Brit-Cit Babes is a long way from being Wagner's best, but Milligan is still coming up with intriguing themes for Tooth.

Counterfeit Girl.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: AlexF on 19 January, 2022, 08:06:29 AM
LOVE Counterfeit Girl. Very much don't love Brit Cit Babes, a thrill that just happens to have an all-time sexy cover to introduce it. John Wagner clearly wnats to write a story about pyrokensis but can't quite seem to find a good fit.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: sheridan on 19 January, 2022, 08:59:58 AM
Would much rather get more Counterfeit Girl than the further adventures of Bad Company (from the same creative team).
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Link Prime on 19 January, 2022, 09:24:33 AM
Quote from: AlexF on 19 January, 2022, 08:06:29 AM
a thrill that just happens to have an all-time sexy cover to introduce it.

Good enough reason.
Brit-Cit Babes.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Blue Cactus on 19 January, 2022, 09:59:19 AM
Counterfeit Girl. Really enjoyed that story and Dayglo knocked it out the park on art duties, felt like every panel was crammed with detail. A strip I loved staring at as well as reading.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Tomwe on 19 January, 2022, 10:01:12 AM
Counterfeit Girl was a fun strip!
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: IndigoPrime on 19 January, 2022, 10:25:12 AM
Counterfeit Girl
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: The Mind of Wolfie Smith on 19 January, 2022, 11:08:09 AM
counterfeit girl
roaring return to form for a classic writer.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Funt Solo on 19 January, 2022, 04:22:37 PM
I think the story of Brit-Cit Babes (but not the title, or really the art style, or the meta-phwoar from editorial that played antagonistically with the storyline) was better than the cyberpunk ramblings of Counterfeit Girl.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Richard on 19 January, 2022, 04:44:47 PM
They were both fun, but I'll vote for Brit-Cit Babes.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Link Prime on 19 January, 2022, 04:49:47 PM
Quote from: The Mind of Wolfie Smith on 19 January, 2022, 11:08:09 AM
roaring return to form for a classic writer.

Like Ralph Wiggum's broken heart, I can pinpoint the precise moment that I last enjoyed a Peter Milligan penned conic; "Down Among the Dead Men" (2000AD 'Prog 2001', December 2000).
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: rogue69 on 19 January, 2022, 09:46:48 PM
Counterfeit Girl
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: AlexF on 20 January, 2022, 08:54:40 AM
Link P, have you tried much of Milligan's American comics stuff? It's not all good, but I REALLY liked his X-Force/X-Statix, and his Human Target. You know, in case you want to try un-breaking that heart.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Colin YNWA on 20 January, 2022, 08:58:06 AM
Quote from: AlexF on 20 January, 2022, 08:54:40 AM
Link P, have you tried much of Milligan's American comics stuff? It's not all good, but I REALLY liked his X-Force/X-Statix, and his Human Target. You know, in case you want to try un-breaking that heart.

He's also done some great mini-series recently as well. 'Out of Body' and 'Happy Hour' immediately spin to mind.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Colin YNWA on 21 January, 2022, 06:39:47 AM
Just today now and then we'll call this one. The result however seems pretty clear already.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 21 January, 2022, 12:17:23 PM
I kind of skimmed through Counterfeit Girl.  Probably should go back and read it., but I enjoyed Brit Cit Babes, again despite the title.  Kind of established Brit Cit's identity as a different kind of place from MC1, which Dave Stone took and ran with in Armitage.

Although it's just occurred to me that the whole atmosphere of BCB was very similar to that She Devils story by Wagner and McCarthy in one of the annuals.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Colin YNWA on 22 January, 2022, 06:43:02 AM
VOTING CLOSED

A lot more support for Brit-Cit Babes than I was expecting, maybe I need to return to it to is if there is more to it then I remember. That said it would have to have a LOT more to it than I remember to mean its better than the recent and  wonderful

Counterfeit Girl

Seems to remember going into Round 3
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: broodblik on 22 January, 2022, 08:51:52 AM
I wonder of there is any plans bring back Counterfeit Girl or was it written to be an once off series?
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Link Prime on 24 January, 2022, 05:26:54 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 20 January, 2022, 08:58:06 AM
Quote from: AlexF on 20 January, 2022, 08:54:40 AM
Link P, have you tried much of Milligan's American comics stuff? It's not all good, but I REALLY liked his X-Force/X-Statix, and his Human Target. You know, in case you want to try un-breaking that heart.

He's also done some great mini-series recently as well. 'Out of Body' and 'Happy Hour' immediately spin to mind.

I have tried a lot of his American stuff, including his full run on X-Men - It hasn't clicked with me in years unfortunately.

I will admit that I never properly tried X-Force / X-Statix, which is probably his most highly regarded US work since the turn of the century.

I amusingly recall asking my LCS to cancel my order of X-Force after issue 115, which up until that point was a full run, purchased every month.
"What the fuck is a Doop?", I indignantly mused. The folly of youth.

Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: AlexF on 25 January, 2022, 09:04:29 AM
Hah! No offence to Ian Edginton, who has delivered so much comics goodness, but his X-Force run was just deeply... forgettable.
Title: Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Brit-Cit Babes vs. Counterfeit Girl Rd 2 Heat 06
Post by: Link Prime on 25 January, 2022, 01:00:03 PM
Quote from: AlexF on 25 January, 2022, 09:04:29 AM
No offence to Ian Edginton, who has delivered so much comics goodness, but his X-Force run was just deeply... forgettable.

The Edington era:
- Goatee beards and big leather jackets; 98%
- Sexy Domino; 2%
- Entertaining stories; 0%