Space Spinner 2000AD

[sheridan]

I'm away from my usual posting facilities, but if you're going out these holidays, please let us join you!

http://spacespinner2000.com/2019/12/26/collection-23-the-ballad-of-halo-jones/

And once you've listened to Conrad and Fox's collected talking about Halo, you could do worse than pop over to the Mega-City Book Club for Eamonn's take...

Episode 17 featuring Rackle and *ahem* me.

Episode 53, Revisited featuring Jenny Clarke.

[SpaceSpinner2000]

Yes absolutely! I believe we mention MCBC in our coverage, highly recommended!

[sheridan]

Yes absolutely! I believe we mention MCBC in our coverage, highly recommended!

You do indeed - I posted that just after I'd started listening to it!




You remembered Glyph, too...

[SpaceSpinner2000]

Who?



😅

[Dandontdare]

 

[SpaceSpinner2000]

In our thrilling hundred and eighty-ninth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy's Greatest Comic with Progs 591-594 of 2000AD, covering September and October of 1988. This episode Nemesis the Warlock goes clubbing, PJ Maybe returns, Zenith meets the CIA, and the Moon Runners are starting some sexy business!

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[Leigh S]

PJ Maybe is being all political with his use of SLD88!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Social_and_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election

[SpaceSpinner2000]

PJ Maybe is being all political with his use of SLD88!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Social_and_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election

OH JEEZ

[SpaceSpinner2000]

In our thrilling hundred and ninetieth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy's Greatest Comic with Progs 595-599 of 2000AD, covering October and November of 1988. This episode it's a big five prog episode with returns for Tyranny Rex and Rogue Trooper, plus things are getting extremely tense in both Zenith and Moon Runners!

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[The Monarch]

and now soft bodies....

you have no idea how long i have waited to see fox try to wrap his head round this one

[SpaceSpinner2000]

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-first episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy's Greatest Comic with Progs 600-603 of 2000AD, covering November and December of 1988. This episode Dredd meets a spider woman, Rogue completes hit 4, the Moon Runners are getting weird, and Zenith saves the day...with logic puzzles! Also Conrad makes WAY too may professional wrestling references!

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[SpaceSpinner2000]

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-second episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy's Greatest Comic with Progs 604-607 of 2000AD, covering December of 1988. This episode we're limping to the end of the year with an astonishing twelve different thrills! Tyranny Rex, Moon Runners, and Zenith end; Night Zero and Judge Anderson begin; and we'll have a holiday guest appearance by Bradley! Plus Dredd, Johnny Alpha, and Nemesis!

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Also! Now that we've finished 1988 it's time once again for our end-of-prog-year review and award show, THE SPINNIES! We'd love to hear what your favorites for the year were, we're looking for your nominations for the following categories:

• Best Art
• Best Writing
• Best Overall Thrill
• Best Month of 1988 (either by calendar month or your favorite episode of the show, inclduing annuals and specials
• Best Year of 2000AD (officially Fox and Conrad are just comparing '87 to '88, but feel free to rank all of the years so far!)

Also this year we're adding an MVP category. Who added the most value, and was an indispensable part of 2000AD for the year 1988. It can be a character, a thrill, or even an IRL person!

You can post your picks here, send me a PM through the forum, email the show, or hit us up on the social medias. Looking forward to your choices!

[The Monarch]

ohhh spinnies time again I need to think on this

[sheridan]

To help (other people and myself) here's a list of who contributed things in 1988

Script Droids:
Nicholas Barber
Philip Barber
Jim Campbell
Connor Corderoy
Steve Dillon
Stewart Edwards
Dick Foreman
John Gatehouse
Simon Geller
Alan Grant
Mamo-Mason
Alan McKenzie
Peter Milligan
Pat Mills
Grant Morrison
Jon Murphy
Hilary Robinson
John Smith
Alex Stewart
John Wagner
Win Wiacek


Art Droids:
Jeff Anderson
Jim Baikie
Massimo Belardinelli
Simon Bisley
Brian Bolland
Dougie Braithwaite
Jose Casanovas
Dave D'Antiquis
Glyn Dillon
Steve Dillon
Nigel Dobyn
Phil Elliott
Richard Elson
Carlos Ezquerra
Brett Ewins
Glenn Fabry
Mark Farmer
Simon Harrison
John Hicklenton
John Higgins
Barry Kitson
Horacio Lalia
Garry Leach
Colin MacNeil
Paul Marshall
Brendan McCarthy
Jim McCarthy
Steve Parkhouse
John Ridgway
Riot / Tony Wright
David Roach
Cliff Robinson
Liam Sharp
Will Simpson
SMS
Kevin Walker
Chris Weston
Nik Williams
Steve Yeowell
JohnMC (?)

[sheridan]

And here's all the stories which appeared in the prog (including the one which was on the shelves as the year began).

Judge Dredd
Oz
Hitman
Simp About the House
Skeet and the Wrecking Crew
The Sage
Full Mental Jacket
Bloodline
Bat Mugger
The Brainstem Man
Twister
PJ Maybe, Age 13
Strange Customs
A Night at the Circus
A Night at the Opera
Worms
The Further Adventures of PJ Maybe, Age 14
The Power of the Gods
Eldster Vigilante Mud-Wrestling Ninjas
Accident Prone
Curse of the Spider-Woman
Alzheimer's Block
Tiger, Tiger

Tharg's Future-Shocks
Bedtime Story
A Good Thing
No Exit
Killer Rhythms
One Man's Meat
Care
Warriors
Conquering the Galaxy on $10 a Day
Heroic Failure
Of Glooking Globs and Gloins
Disconnected
Bliss
Wally Saves the Day
Monsters!
Team Work
Careless Talk
Casualty
Near Miss
Cultural Exchange
No News
Nightmare!
No 2 Lorinda
The Good Wife
Time and Time Again
Angel Chimes
Copyright
Vetted!
The Osmotic Man

Everything Else
ABC Warriors: The Black Hole
Bad Company: The Bewilderness
Bad Company: The Krool Heart
Bad Company: Simply
Bradley & the Toboggan Race
Chopper: Soul on Fire
Hap Hazzard (multiple untitled stories)
Judge Anderson: Contact
Moonrunners
Nemesis the Warlock Book 7: The Two Torquemadas
Nemesis the Warlock Book 8: Purity's Story
Nemesis the Warlock Book 9: Deathbringer
Rogue Trooper: The Legend
Rogue Trooper: Hit 2
Rogue Trooper: Through the Eyes of a Gun
Rogue Trooper: Hit 4
Slaine: The Killing Field
Slaine the Mini Series
Strontium Dog: Stone Killers
Strontium Dog: Incident on Zeta
Strontium Dog: The No-Go Job
Strontium Dog: The Final Solution
Summer Magic
Tales of the Doghouse: Back-to-Front Jones
Tales of the Doghouse: The Birdman of Alton Towers
Tales of the Doghouse:
Tales of Mega-City One: My Favourite Launderette
Tribal Memories
Tyranny Rex
Tyranny Rex: Under Foreign Skies
Tyranny Rex: Soft Bodies
Zenith: Interlude 1 & 2
Zenith Phase II: The Hollow Land