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I don't know if anyone's mentioned these before, but there are 2 minor annoyances about the 2000AD app. (These apply to the iOS version on 2 different iPads. I haven't tried the Android version.)

a) If the tablet is in portrait mode, I see each page 1 at a time. If the tablet is in landscape mode, I see 2 pages at a time. This applies regardless of whether they're part of a double page spread. By contrast, Marvel Unlimited and Comixology know which pages are in spreads, so if the app is in portrait mode then it will automatically show 2 pages joined together. That means that the pages will wind up at 25% of their original size, but it's a visual cue for me to rotate the tablet into landscape mode (bringing the spread to 50% of its original size). There have been a few times when I've been confused by 2000AD pages, until I read the next page and then realise that I only saw half of a conversation.

b) If an issue is longer than 60 pages, it displays a green screen. This isn't like the Windows "blue screen of death", i.e. it's just within that application. If I close and restart the app, I can resume reading from that point. For a Megazine, I only need to do this once. For a longer issue (e.g. Dredd Case Files), I have to do it multiple times.

(This is a copy of an email that I sent to the Megazine letters page in Apr 2023. It was never printed, so I'll put it here instead.)

Now that Rebellion has the rights to the Fleetway back catalogue, I'd be keen to re-read "Golden Boy". More specifically, I'd be interested to read an article with some behind the scenes info.

When I started reading "Eagle and Tiger", Jamie Speed had been blackmailed to take part in a dangerous competition, because his agent claimed to have proof that he was responsible for his parents' death. Each time Jamie completed an event, the agent would give him another piece of the photo, which fitted together like a jigsaw. However, the story had a change of direction (with Jamie getting a new agent), and we never saw the completed photo. I assume that the artist must have drawn the full picture, so that they could refer to it when they added each new section. Is there a copy in your archives? Maybe the writer/editor from the time could comment on their original plans?

As a more general point, I think that most of your articles tend to be focussed on a particular creator, spanning their career. I'd like to see some articles which are focussed on a particular story, particularly if it was something that only ran for a year or two (rather than the multiple decades of Dredd).