So managed to squeeze in prep and we are straight into Round 5. 32 thrills remain, so at this point there is little use going on about how tough this will now be, how we are going to lose great thrills and how mind melting some of the decisions will become. It's now pretty obvious. That said there is one tie this week which I had as an outside chance of the final... not to be anymore AND I might go into meltdown if we see the end of the done in one story... it's going to be interesting to say the least
And its fitting that we start the week with a Dabnett Duo Derby. He has so many thrills left it was almost inevitable. A massive tribute to the man is that this tie sees one of his perennials, a thrill that's been with us 27 years goes against one of his newest offerings
Form book (note none of the remaining thrill appeared in Round 1 - all getting byes; so the form book starts at Round 2)
Sinister Dexter: Tales of Telguuth; Tao De Moto; Diaboliks
Feral and Foe: Juliet November; Durham Red; Missionary Man
Sinister Dexter - more info (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=SINISTER)
VS
Feral and Foe - more info (https://shop.2000ad.com/series/feral-and-foe)
Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.
Match ends early on the morning of Thursday 4th August and the winner gets a place in Round 6 (of 9!!!).
What on Earth is ALL of this? (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.0)
For those that need 'um and can be bothered to follow 'um there's some simple rules (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.msg1070150#msg1070150)
Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN!
Dan vs Dan let's go with Feral and Foe a great new series by Dan is the man
Feral and foe
Feral & Foe
Sinister Dexter
Weird one, this. I've never really *loved* SinDex, but it's so important to the history of the comic. Starting out, it allowed multiple artists a crack at the whip. Simon Davis brought in a bold character design that impressed the hell out of me - with Sinister the Red-Nosed Hitman being a stand out. Eventually, it went long-form, then we got a break-up, then we got a stealth-thrill, then a multiverse, then an ending - and now, the drip-feed years of NuSinDex (or just NuDex, at the moment). It's earned its place.
Feral and Foe I've been enjoying a lot, and probably voted for in the previous rounds. Given a choice, I'd rather see it in the prog over SinDex, because it still feels new and exciting.
Sinister Dexter gets my vote, though.
Sinister Dexter.
Sinister Dexter. Enjoying Feral and Foe but it still feels like early days for that one.
Sinister Dexter.
Reading the fifth volume of the reprints in the Ultimate Collection last week, it hit me just how much I love this series. The cast, the city, the wonderful dialogue, the puns, the intrigue (though I admit the increasingly complex plot going on in the background has sometimes worked against it) and the sheer joyousness and warmth of the strip- especially considering one of the complaints I hear most often online is that the series is "amoral, as it's about hitmen".
There's nothing in the prog as good as SiniDex when it's at its best.
SBT
It's easy to forget just how fresh S & D seemed way back when they started, and even when I was fed up with them I've always found something to enjoy. F & F, just a promising start.
Sinister Dexter
I love Feral and Foe and would rather see it in the Prog. It's an important strip for the future of the Prog.
But I have to consider the sheer volume of Sinister Dexter and it's importance to the last two and a half decades of the Prog, and the role it played in ensuring its continued existence after a difficult period.
Plus at its best, it was very, very good.
Another consideration is that new thrills haven't yet had time to run out of ideas and so don't suffer from that in the way some longer running ones do.
So overall I'm going for Sinister Dexter.
When SinDex was good it was excellent, but much like Star Wars or Aliens I feel I'm at the point where the poor stuff outweighs the good.
It has had more highs that Feral and Foe in fairness, and I feel confident it'll win this tie which means I can vote for Feral & Foe, which I think is superb, without any nudges from my conscience.
Feral and Foe
Have yet to fall for the charms of Feral & Foe, have more or less always enjoyed SinDex, with occasional bouts of really loving it.
Easy vote for Sinister Dexter - but it's not gonna be an easy victory it seems...
Sinister Dexter, to my own slight surprise. It really has tried the patience over the years, but when it's good I really, really like it.
I liked the early series of Sinister Dexter but for years now it has done nothing for me. The guys should have gone out in a blaze of glory, Butch and Sundance style years ago.
Feral and Foe.
Cheers
Just not a fantasy guy, SinDex writing always delivers.
sinister dexter is into its umpteenth year of the longest final chapter in the history of.fiction.
feral and foe
Sinister Dexter. I want to like Feral & Foe more than I actually like Feral & Foe.
Close one this, but I think Sinister Dexter has their noses in front, red or otherwise. I think its close however and last day votes could swing it... get um in today and I'll count up in the morning.
sinister dexter
like choosing between between sticking pins in yer arse or in yer eye...
Feral and Foe if it will make SinDex stop.
Feral and Foe
SinDex. Whenever I think it's getting a bit dull/ failing to get to the point, I just have to actually read an episode to realise I love it.
Sin Dex
VOTING CLOSED
Busy last day voting, in this case pushing the leader safely across the line rather than swinging it around. Dabnett's continued excellence means that whatever the result he was a winner here with both thrills at both ends of the Dabnett time tunnel getting a lot of love. In the end though, however much some folks have long run out of patience with Sinister Dexter you can't escape the vital role it played in turning the Prog around in its darkest hour.
Sinister Dexter
saps in a clip for Round 6.