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Off Topic / Re: Life is riddled with a pro...
Last post by Barrington Boots - Today at 03:08:21 PMDealing with a moth infestation here at Casa Boots. It turns out having a big pile of mouldering heavy metal t-shirts stored essentially on the floor is not best practice.
As a veggie and part-time hippy I try to avoid killing stuff but I've had to buy one of those horrible glue trap things and its rapildy filling up with tiny corpses.
As a veggie and part-time hippy I try to avoid killing stuff but I've had to buy one of those horrible glue trap things and its rapildy filling up with tiny corpses.
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Announcements / Re: 2000 AD - The Ultimate Col...
Last post by IndigoPrime - Today at 02:16:49 PMIt's interesting to see what has and hasn't gone out of stock pretty quickly. Some of these books suggest some pent-up demand. Born Bad vanished absurdly rapidly. Armoured Gideon was gone quickly too. Leviathan didn't stick around for long. And War Machine didn't either.
I was surprised that the first Button Man had gone when I went to order it as well. I was considering buying that pair to replace my trades. Oh well. You snooze, you lose, etc.
I was surprised that the first Button Man had gone when I went to order it as well. I was considering buying that pair to replace my trades. Oh well. You snooze, you lose, etc.
#3
Classifieds / John Higgins artwork for sale ...
Last post by rogue69 - Today at 01:46:57 PMWorld of Superheroes are selling some of John Higgins original artwork some going back to the 1980's, sorry only 1 piece of 2000AD artwork though
https://worldofsuperheroes.com/collections/john-higgins-1
https://worldofsuperheroes.com/collections/john-higgins-1
#4
Game of Thrones actor Ian Gelder aged 74
https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/tv/game-of-thrones-actor-ian-gelder-dies-aged-74-as-husband-pays-emotional-tribute/ar-BB1lZhy8
https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/tv/game-of-thrones-actor-ian-gelder-dies-aged-74-as-husband-pays-emotional-tribute/ar-BB1lZhy8
#5
Announcements / Re: 2000 AD - The Ultimate Col...
Last post by levers - Today at 12:34:26 PMAnyone received the new Anderson volume yet? Any good?
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Announcements / Re: 2000 AD - The Ultimate Col...
Last post by levers - Today at 12:32:54 PMI snapped up the second Lawless book for that reason. Surprised it's still in stock.
Hmmm. Now, do I gamble on waiting for Hope to order the Anderson volume with Scarlet Traces 2 and get free delivery?!?
Hmmm. Now, do I gamble on waiting for Hope to order the Anderson volume with Scarlet Traces 2 and get free delivery?!?
#7
Books & Comics / Re: Whats everyone reading?
Last post by Barrington Boots - Today at 11:19:11 AMI've dipped back into Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise, which I read a bit of a long time ago and remember enjoying, and either I've changed or this has aged really badly.
Katchoo is an awful, violent person but what did it for me is when David, who is presented as a good guy throughout, tells her he doesn't believe she is a lesbian for no other reason than because he fancies her and then doubles down on that when she rightly tells him to get lost.
Denying someones sexuality = not cool. That's the 90s for you I guess.
Katchoo is an awful, violent person but what did it for me is when David, who is presented as a good guy throughout, tells her he doesn't believe she is a lesbian for no other reason than because he fancies her and then doubles down on that when she rightly tells him to get lost.
Denying someones sexuality = not cool. That's the 90s for you I guess.
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Prog / Re: Prog 2381: A grizzly fate
Last post by Vector14 - Today at 10:31:08 AMI'm also disappointment in the end of Dredd. Seems strange to follow up the death of Maitland with a story that introduces and kills off another female character. Two if you count their guide!
Having said that, I really enjoyed this story up until the end. The art has been phenomenal and I hope we see more of Guero soon. The page with him digging the pit ending with the line "You dig a mean grave" is great.
Brink is great as ever. Abnett's use of dialogue to build tension and intrigue is so good. To quote the quote quoted by Le Fink above "We're close, I know all his codes".
Having said that, I really enjoyed this story up until the end. The art has been phenomenal and I hope we see more of Guero soon. The page with him digging the pit ending with the line "You dig a mean grave" is great.
Brink is great as ever. Abnett's use of dialogue to build tension and intrigue is so good. To quote the quote quoted by Le Fink above "We're close, I know all his codes".
#9
Announcements / Re: 2000 AD - The Ultimate Col...
Last post by Alec Worley - Today at 09:39:07 AMGreat! Thanks, all!!
#10
Prog / Re: Prog 2381: A grizzly fate
Last post by Barrington Boots - Today at 09:05:55 AMDredd - to more or less agree with what others have said, for me, this ending outright sucked.
There's some neat things about how this story was set up - it seems there's a deliberate decision here to remove any context: we don't know what the judges mission is, where there are (even their destination is only 'the city') and the was no setup beyond the prologue recruitment episode: by removing any sense of exposition and focusing 100% on the action it's a very different model, like a little snapshit of violence and desperation, and I thought this was a really interesting concept.
The last episode (presumably) puts the capstone on the story though and for my reading switched it from interesting to 'what was the point'. The fun of it - besides the great artwork on display - in retrospect was the crazy concept of Dredd being chased by a gigantic bear for the whole strip and that being the whole plot. The end itself isn't a strong one: Dredd does very little throughout other than get his colleagues killed, the pit he dug to kill a massive bullet proof bear must have been the biggest spiked pit in the universe, he finishes alone and without much in the way of supplies in the middle of nowhere... and that's before we get onto the bitter fate of Moon. I'm not sure if this was an attempt to do a rug pull on the reader (she's going to be a great new character... oh! she died!) or if there's future stories coming out of this and if so this may look different in retrospect but at this stage this seems like something that really detracted from the story. It leaves a sour taste.
Moving on....
Aquila Unexpected and enjoyable episode here. Having seen countless historical types chopped down, this was a very good change of pace and a nice use of Hannibal as something other than a punching bag. Hades Delenda Est!
Indigo Prime - Good episode and a good ending although the final page felt unnecessary - possibly a better postscript with an actor less odious than Depp. The preceding page though was great, full of crazy possibilities.
I know it's not resonated on here with many, but I've enjoyed this run a lot. Part of it has just been letting the absolute weirdness wash over me - the flipside of that, now it's finished, is that I never got the investment one might have in a more conventional strip, so although we've had a resent of sorts I'm fairly indifferent about another series. If it's here I'll likely dig it: if its not I won't hanker for it. Lovely, lovely work by Lee Carter.
Brink - Great Brink-ness. Superb last page, all the better for the preceding talking heads pages.
Proteus Vex - Top thrill once again for me. The depcitions of a wounded and vengeful Midnight are especially great this week and she seems unstoppable. Still no Vex himself, still no problem! This is just magnificent stuff.
There's some neat things about how this story was set up - it seems there's a deliberate decision here to remove any context: we don't know what the judges mission is, where there are (even their destination is only 'the city') and the was no setup beyond the prologue recruitment episode: by removing any sense of exposition and focusing 100% on the action it's a very different model, like a little snapshit of violence and desperation, and I thought this was a really interesting concept.
The last episode (presumably) puts the capstone on the story though and for my reading switched it from interesting to 'what was the point'. The fun of it - besides the great artwork on display - in retrospect was the crazy concept of Dredd being chased by a gigantic bear for the whole strip and that being the whole plot. The end itself isn't a strong one: Dredd does very little throughout other than get his colleagues killed, the pit he dug to kill a massive bullet proof bear must have been the biggest spiked pit in the universe, he finishes alone and without much in the way of supplies in the middle of nowhere... and that's before we get onto the bitter fate of Moon. I'm not sure if this was an attempt to do a rug pull on the reader (she's going to be a great new character... oh! she died!) or if there's future stories coming out of this and if so this may look different in retrospect but at this stage this seems like something that really detracted from the story. It leaves a sour taste.
Moving on....
Aquila Unexpected and enjoyable episode here. Having seen countless historical types chopped down, this was a very good change of pace and a nice use of Hannibal as something other than a punching bag. Hades Delenda Est!
Indigo Prime - Good episode and a good ending although the final page felt unnecessary - possibly a better postscript with an actor less odious than Depp. The preceding page though was great, full of crazy possibilities.
I know it's not resonated on here with many, but I've enjoyed this run a lot. Part of it has just been letting the absolute weirdness wash over me - the flipside of that, now it's finished, is that I never got the investment one might have in a more conventional strip, so although we've had a resent of sorts I'm fairly indifferent about another series. If it's here I'll likely dig it: if its not I won't hanker for it. Lovely, lovely work by Lee Carter.
Brink - Great Brink-ness. Superb last page, all the better for the preceding talking heads pages.
Proteus Vex - Top thrill once again for me. The depcitions of a wounded and vengeful Midnight are especially great this week and she seems unstoppable. Still no Vex himself, still no problem! This is just magnificent stuff.