This is another of those fantasy votes. If it is up to you which of the old classic titles owned by Rebellion, will you revive as a weekly title:
- Crisis
- Roy of the Rovers
- Starlord
- Scream
- Tiger
- Battle
- Action
- Battle Action
- Buster
- Whizzer and Chips
- Tornado
I guess if we need to distinguish between Battle and Battle Action I'll say
Battle Action
for Charley's War... though I'd also suggest we don't actually want Charley's War back as its done and should be left alone (as Rebellion seem to be doing wisely when it comes to new material). Its rather the creative brilliance and bravery it represents.
Scream
I've never actually read a copy ( Although the 13th Floor and Monster were great). However, I think an all-ages horror comic would be something really new to find on the news stand.
SCREAM!
Although I'm really intrigued by what a 2020s Crisis could look like.
Crisis. It was very much of its time, but I think there's some interesting parallels and it could be very relevant today.
where is speed?
that was an insane premise.
Battle Action
Scream!
It'd be Starlord, but that was so integrated in to 2000AD that there'd be no need.
Scream
My favourite is definitely Starlord, but the best strips in it were taken into 2000AD, so there would actually be little point. And of those, we are unlikely to see any more of the best two anyway (Ro-Busters and Strontium Dog).
Of those listed, I couldn't possibly seriously choose between Scream, Starlord and Crisis. But I agree, there would be little point of a Starlord reboot- aside from Stront and Ro-Busters being the main draw and firmly 2000AD'd now, without it being printed on better paper than the prog and of a larger size, it wouldn't be Starlord. Not that I don't think Tharg should urgently change the paperstock and design of the current prog- because I do- and a prog the size and dimensions of, say, the current Beano, would be marvellous. Scream would be welcome if I thought that uk comics were crying out for a regular soft horror title, which I don't. Again, that one is largely nostalgia.
So CRISIS, because a strongly left wing woke and ecologically-minded "SJW" regular comic would severely piss off the morons- and is very much needed.
SBT
Oh noes! Don't anger the morons!
Crisis, please, Bob. But not helmed by Pat, because he's gone a bit foil hat in his dotage - and tends to spout "facts" that, on even cursory inspection, don't hold water. A bit of a problem if you're trying to educate the readers.
The Tiananmen Square Massacre's anniversary was two days ago, and in Hong Kong there was a quiet protest where students were leaving tiny commemorative statuettes around their campus, which has had the larger statues removed by the Chinese-controlled puppet government.
Starlord!
Quote from: Magnetica on 06 June, 2022, 03:30:56 PM
My favourite is definitely Starlord, but the best strips in it were taken into 2000AD, so there would actually be little point. And of those, we are unlikely to see any more of the best two anyway (Ro-Busters and Strontium Dog).
Agree with this. If only we could get more Stront. However, I'd enjoy a war anthology so
Battle Action it is.
Quote from: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 06 June, 2022, 04:38:08 PM
Of those listed, I couldn't possibly seriously choose between Scream, Starlord and Crisis. But I agree, there would be little point of a Starlord reboot- aside from Stront and Ro-Busters being the main draw and firmly 2000AD'd now, without it being printed on better paper than the prog and of a larger size, it wouldn't be Starlord. Not that I don't think Tharg should urgently change the paperstock and design of the current prog- because I do- and a prog the size and dimensions of, say, the current Beano, would be marvellous. Scream would be welcome if I thought that uk comics were crying out for a regular soft horror title, which I don't. Again, that one is largely nostalgia.
So CRISIS, because a strongly left wing woke and ecologically-minded "SJW" regular comic would severely piss off the morons- and is very much needed.
SBT
This^^^
So
CRISIS,
I already voted Scream! but Crisis would be a close second - wouldn't be the same without Third World War though. And Third World War wouldn't be quite the same without Carlos or John Hicklenton (though Sean's still around but haven't seen any comics work for a fair while).
Quick look on Wikipedia and it looks like Our Sean has been working almost entirely with Ed Brubaker on Hope... style shennanigans for most of this century.
Sean Phillips is a comics art machine! If you like crime/noir stuff his work with Brubaker is about as good as it gets. I don't really, and aside from one book of Criminal the only bit of their oeuvre I've read is The Fade Out, which is 100% Hope but without the magic bits. So pretty good, but upsettingly nasty.
But surely if we're going to launch Social Justice WARRIOR weekly, it'd have to feature an updated V for Vendetta rather than a new Third World War...
perhaps it's time to bring back Brigand Doom, Mother Earth and Dead Meat.
Quote from: AlexF on 07 June, 2022, 10:55:28 AM
But surely if we're going to launch Social Justice WARRIOR weekly, it'd have to feature an updated V for Vendetta rather than a new Third World War...
perhaps it's time to bring back Brigand Doom, Mother Earth and Dead Meat.
Environmental disaster? Flooding? That'll be Rain Dogs and Disaster 1990 :D
A revamped Crisis would be lovely, but if we're going to foment rebellion let's keep it simple: ACTION
You have until Monday to decide your resurrection so far two titles are vying to be brought back to life. I want to scream we have a crisis !!!!
This one was close with two titles sharing the laurels. At the end I decided that I rather "p"-off people than let them scream. So mature it will be.
Voting Closed
The winner: Crisis
Whoopee.
That's a vote (even though it's closed), not a comment on the result.