Not a great Meg for me. The cover's quite nice, but the typography is iffy. The Gyre ended, but had no punch. The text feature seemed entirely appropriate for what everyone's trying to do but nonetheless almost put me off of Goldtiger a bit rather than trying what could be a really innovative and clever trade.
Realm was a notch better than its opener for me, but it still feels a bit immature. I like dark, intense comics, but this has felt like some teens trying to be edgy. (I thought the responses in the letters pages were a bit odd, too. Yes, other strips have had horrific acts depicted, but there's a point when a lot of people go "really?")
DeMarco has, for the first time, lost me. I've no idea what's going on. Needs a reread. (Also, although I understand why ditching her fortune was a plot path to take, I'm not sure it benefits the character at all. I liked that part of her, and it afforded the strip opportunities that a lone, broke PI really doesn't.)
Dust, boob armour aside, is really the saving grace for me this month. In fact, I'd happily see 'Dredd' have a much longer residence in the Meg. Have the two Dredd continuities bookend two other strips for the foreseeable.
