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Cover by Phil Winslade.
Fantastic full page explosion by Carlos.
Interviews with Paul Cornell and Nick Abadzis and a new comics feature on Rom of the Reds
The mind boggling detail in Winslade's Lawless art continues.
Haven't read the Demon Nic or Storm Warning yet.
The free floppy is Lobster Random
Is anything else reprinted with Lobster Random? Just curious since part of Forget Me Knot ran last issue.
Go Machine (Ewing/Elson, 1496–1498) and Spaceland (Ewing/Bagwell, 1508). I especially enjoyed the latter, which I didn't remember from the Prog itself.
Go Machine? Really? That's a blast from the past (for me anyway).
I also don't recall Spaceland, by name at least.
Spaceland was a future shock.
Ah. Was curious as to what would bulk out this final Lobster Random collection. Nice stuff.
Bit of a dip this Meg, not just 'cause of the poor quality of the Dreddlines either. All the tales seem to be in full Basil Exposition mode, while the interrogations and articles have slipped-in from a copy of Whovian Weekly. There's also the mega-high talent of previous megazines and the current Prog to content with I suppose.
I'm still unsure of the H&S element (never mind riding a motorsickle) of that body length pigtail, perhaps washing all that hair is why she's always getting in and out of baths?
on the positive side.... no Sexy Ostriches!!
Quote from: Proudhuff on 18 August, 2015, 11:32:58 AM
I'm still unsure of the H&S element (never mind riding a motorsickle) of that body length pigtail, perhaps washing all that hair is why she's always getting in and out of baths?
on the positive side.... no Sexy Ostriches!!
If Lawless runs as long as Sexy Ostriches, it will almost make up for the existence of Sexy Ostriches. Almost.
Enjoying Dredd and Demon Nic. Rather ho-hum about the other strips and very ho-hum about all the Dr Who related content.
I suspect the Doctor Who related material is to coincide with the new series and the new collection from Panini. Oh, and the new Titan Four Doctors mini series.
Dr Who is clogging up the meg? Damn. Not a fan of (Who or) the presumed interest in other 'similar' material. The ubiquitous Star Wars? Pfft.
Hope the Who material in tomorrow's mag isn't so bad... plenty of mags already out there if that's your thing.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 18 August, 2015, 11:32:58 AM
...I'm still unsure of the H&S element (never mind riding a motorsickle) of that body length pigtail, perhaps washing all that hair is why she's always getting in and out of baths?
Would
love to know what Dredd had to say about it!
Harsh words, if his reaction to Judge Lopez's moustache is anything to go by...
The real source of the Insurrection.
Cover: Lovely.
Dredd: Very familiar...but not in a bad way...just no real surprises thus far.
Interview 1: Skipped as usual
Interview 2: Skipped with more irritation than usual as I thought I'd already skipped the feckin' interview.
Demon Nic: Just not grabbing me. Nowt overtly wrong with it....I just don't find any thrills there.
Grovers return: Skipped with significantly more irritation than than the interviews.
Storm Warning: Taking it's time getting where it's going.....hope it's worth the journey.
Lawless: Highlight of the prog really. It's kind of a pause break episode....but great reading none the less.
I actually really like the New Comics spotlight article. It feels very relevant and is a good advertisement for quality comics on the market. I don't dislike the interviews, they're harmless really.
I'm sure loads of folk do....I just ain't one of 'em. ;)
Who are the interviews with, and what is "Grover's Return"?
Quote from: sheridan on 20 August, 2015, 10:43:49 PM
Who are the interviews with, and what is "Grover's Return"?
Presumably it's the
Rom of the Reds article - TB Grover (Wagner and Grant)/Rover's Return.
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 20 August, 2015, 10:47:15 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 20 August, 2015, 10:43:49 PM
Who are the interviews with, and what is "Grover's Return"?
Presumably it's the Rom of the Reds article - TB Grover (Wagner and Grant)/Rover's Return.
Indeed it's is!
Have had a re-read and my problem with Demon-Nic isn't the art, which I love: especially the use of black and space on the page, but the tone of the whole thing: is it seriously comic? darkly serious? comically serious? comical? the killing of the 'ned' and the monk being tossed off (!) a balcony would suggest one of the above , but I can't quite get the vibe.
Dredd; I'm really, really hoping there is a surprise under that sombrero...
Not to keen on the Britcit-Psi story either, the pacing and dialogue seem to be erratic, while the colouring isn't my cuppa at all. Sorry gang I know new talent should be encouraged, needs more work before handing it in (as all my homework used to say)
And my current re-watching of c**ks**kin' Deadwood makes me wish that Lawless had Deadwood's Calamity Jane in the main role, now that would be seriously comic!
Quote from: Proudhuff on 21 August, 2015, 11:24:00 AMHave had a re-read and my problem with Demon-Nic isn't the art, which I love: especially the use of black and space on the page, but the tone of the whole thing
I like it, but sometimes find the story hard to follow. Speech balloons end up in the 'wrong' order, it seems.
QuoteDredd; I'm really, really hoping there is a surprise under that sombrero...
Ezquerra!
Awesome! One of my fave 2000AD stories, Go Machine is finally on digital copy!!
Just finished...
Damn, Lawless is the one of my current favs and this issue just confirms it. I love how this story works within genre conventions yet Marshal Lawson is... somehow different from current female leads in comics (and what is most important, she's totally different from Sheriff Clara Bronson from Jay Faerber's Copperhead).
Surprised how few peole read/comment on the Megazine, Shirley circulation isn't that low!
Quote from: Proudhuff on 04 September, 2015, 01:54:08 PM
Surprised how few peole read/comment on the Megazine, Shirley circulation isn't that low!
Don't call me Shirley!!!
I think the monthly schedule messes people up. Some people might not read it til near the end of its shelf life but often by then the thread is already dead!
Not saying that's what I do, I'm just lazy.
I assume the meg must be doing alright though, financially I mean.
Now I've guilted myself into talking about the Meg! Damn you huff!
Dredd is great, Ezquerra is god so it doesn't really matter what Mr Rennie does as far as I'm concerned.
Storm Warning and Demon Nic aren't doing it for me sadly. Demon Nic is technically great but just lacks that magic, Storm Warning is clearly fresh creators, learning on the job and that's great but as a strip, it shows. It can go from brilliant to terrible from panel to panel. Hopefully a second series happens that will show all the lessons learnt.
Lawless is the star of the show though, just a perfect mix of writer, artist, premise, everything. Long may it continue!