Prog 2380 - By Steed and Steel!

Colin YNWA · 01 May, 2024, 07:45:38 PM

Ohhhh I really like that one too. What its it about me and Tharg always disagreeing about the best design for a cover!

broodblik · 01 May, 2024, 07:47:04 PM

Tharg wanted him on horseback but here is the full article: https://2000ad.com/news/2000-ad-covers-uncovered-fourth-times-the-charm-john-mccreas-prog-2380-cover/

nxylas · 01 May, 2024, 10:21:43 PM

Can we take a moment to mourn the passing of, um, Burt in this week's Damage Report?

IndigoPrime · 02 May, 2024, 09:32:38 AM

Quote from: Colin YNWA on 01 May, 2024, 07:45:38 PMTharg wanted him on horseback but here is the full article

That's quite the development for a single cover. I wonder what happens to the other completed one? It's surely good enough for a Star Scan when there's an empty page begging?

Woolly · 02 May, 2024, 04:07:27 PM

Brilliant as all those alternative covers are, I think Tharg made the right choice.
Aquila on horseback just looks all the more powerful and intriguing.

Either way, it's John McCrea. Absolute win regardless!

Woolly · 02 May, 2024, 04:33:29 PM

Only read Dredd so far, and I'm absolutely loving it!

Rob Williams has (for me) really nailed writing Dredd since the whole 'Titan/Enceladus/gettin'-a-bit-cold-innit' stuff. For him to follow up 'A Better World' with Dredd facing off Mega-Shako (Shaknado?) is inspired!

And just how good is RM Guera shaping up to be a Dredd artist! Brilliant brushwork, and a perfect understanding of the man under the uniform. As important a new Dredd artist as Dan Cornwell. Keep feeding them scripts Tharg!

Finally Giulia Brusco's colours. Perfect to a degree that I'm not really smart enough to explain. I just really like them, they compliment the linework perfectly.

(Annie Parkhouse should get a mention too, now I think about it. I always find it a bit weird that the best lettering always goes completely unnoticed. As it should, I guess!)

norton canes · 04 May, 2024, 02:35:36 PM

Oops, bit late on this. Though we're at one of those stages where the strips are comfortably into their runs, so it's pretty much 'as you were' - P. Vex and Brink narrowly ahead of 'R&TWT&C' and Aquila, with Indigo Prime continuing to confound. The McCrea droid smashes another cover.

Obviously it's not a bad thing to have Henry Flint on the first chapter of your new strip - quite the opposite, in fact - but now it's become indelibly associated with Jake Lynch, I wonder how the protagonists might have looked if he'd been on it from the start?

norton canes · 06 May, 2024, 10:40:13 PM

^ Re. Proteus Vex, of course

Vector14 · 07 May, 2024, 12:32:00 AM

I can see that Proteus Vex is good, and it's a top thrill for most people here but I'm not really getting into it. I haven't read any of the previous series so I don't know whats going on.

Does the Another Dawn graphic novel cover everything up until now? I get the feeling it doesn't.

broodblik · 07 May, 2024, 04:15:43 AM

Quote from: Vector14 on 07 May, 2024, 12:32:00 AMDoes the Another Dawn graphic novel cover everything up until now? I get the feeling it doesn't.

No it does not it covers the first two series:
Another Dawn (2162-2169 & 2171)
The Shadow Chancellor (2212-2219 & 2221-2223)

IndigoPrime · 07 May, 2024, 10:52:18 AM

FWIW, the Hachette book adds Desire Paths 2262–2274. So Crawlspace (2312–2324) And Devious (2375–ongoing) remain uncollected.

Vector14 · 07 May, 2024, 11:06:53 AM

Looks like I'll just have to remain confused for now. Jake Lynch's art is fantastic on this so still plenty to enjoy.

Trooper McFad · 07 May, 2024, 11:19:23 AM

Quote from: Vector14 on 07 May, 2024, 12:32:00 AMI can see that Proteus Vex is good, and it's a top thrill for most people here but I'm not really getting into it. I haven't read any of the previous series so I don't know whats going on.

Does the Another Dawn graphic novel cover everything up until now? I get the feeling it doesn't.

I was the same when jumped in at "the shadow chancellor" then when it was collected with "another dawn" I got the digital version and everything made much more sense and now it's a story I look forward to when it's on a run.
I'm currently at the same "lost" feeling with Brink!! I will get round to reading it as a continuous run and see if it all clicks

Vector14 · 07 May, 2024, 11:45:02 AM

Quote from: Trooper McFad on 07 May, 2024, 11:19:23 AM
Quote from: Vector14 on 07 May, 2024, 12:32:00 AMI can see that Proteus Vex is good, and it's a top thrill for most people here but I'm not really getting into it. I haven't read any of the previous series so I don't know whats going on.

Does the Another Dawn graphic novel cover everything up until now? I get the feeling it doesn't.

I was the same when jumped in at "the shadow chancellor" then when it was collected with "another dawn" I got the digital version and everything made much more sense and now it's a story I look forward to when it's on a run.
I'm currently at the same "lost" feeling with Brink!! I will get round to reading it as a continuous run and see if it all clicks

I have no problem with Brink. I read all the previous books before getting back into the weekly prog.
And it was a big reason for me returning to 2000AD too.I highly recommend reading back from book 1.

I was actually a bit worried I wouldnt enjoy this series as much as it'll be the first Brink I read in weekly chunks.

So far so good though.

Funt Solo · 07 May, 2024, 03:55:17 PM

I sometimes think of Proteus Vex as Shakara: Plus One.