Having read loads of progs circa 300-500 and lots of Best Of 2000ads in the 80s when I was in primary school, I drifted away from the comic for a bit. A few years later I noticed a Best Of in the shop, reprinting The Black Hole, and it absolutely blew me away. I was so excited that 2000ad was still around and some of my favourite strips had continued all this time, I immediately placed a weekly order for the prog at my local newsagent. The first weekly issue I received was prog 883. And you know what? I was so over the moon that the comic was still around and was having my mind blown by the idea comic could be PAINTED and that Sam Slade was still going etc etc that I really didn't notice it being comparatively poor quality. And thankfully things were soon improving! I still have a soft spot for The Clown probably because it was in those first few issues when I returned to the fold, and that style of art was so new to me I couldn't quite believe what I was seeing.