MEG 325 - Law Machine

[Buttonman]

I'm with Larf Block here - who are these self appointed guardians of the thread (rhetorical) who think they can dictate what is and is not worthy of an opener? Frankly as long as you possess said Meg and can quote the strap line anything that follows is fair enough for me.

Some people may come on and be scared to start a thread as they can't articulate 500 or more words on the subject due to the worry over potential criticism! As soon as it's out there it's fair game and if I didn't have a shitehawk of a postman I'd be starting next month's with an emoticon only. And a vague one at that. hahahahahahahaha...

[Hawkmumbler]

Not opened my copy that arrived yesterday. Been a bit busy this weekend.
That cover is top shelf material though. Bike porn if ever there was any.

[vzzbux]

The Carroll Droids Text Story was the Mutts nutts.
[spoiler]The concept of the Judicial Department grabbing orphans to replenish Judge stock is definitely worth delving into further.[/spoiler]





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[radiator]

Great cover - amazed that no one's thought to do that image before!

Lovely art on Dredd this month...

[Sedgendary]

The Carroll Droids Text Story was the Mutts nutts.
[spoiler]The concept of the Judicial Department grabbing orphans to replenish Judge stock is definitely worth delving into further.[/spoiler]

I agree that what is covered in the story is worth delving into more, I hope that this sort of stuff will be cropping up after Chaos Day has finished.

[Spaceghost]

Fantastic Meg this month!

The Cover is indeed lovely and for a manga/anime head such as myself, it's embarrassing to admit I didn't make the Akira connection. It's obvious now that it's been pointed out.

The Dredd story is one of my favourite types, focusing on the lives of the citizens with Dredd as a peripheral character (for now at least). Just the right amount of humour and wackiness and Dredd himself is pitch perfect.

The beautiful art by Dave Taylor is the icing on the cake for me. Great Dredd.

I'm in no way attached to Samizdat Squad, I can take it or leave it. The art is nice, there's been some action. I couldn't tell you the names of any of the characters or why they're doing any of the things they're doing. Last part next month.

Snapshot sticks out like a sore thumb as an 'American' strip with its large, open panels, sparse dialogue and relatively slow pace. I'm enjoying it, although I thought the story was going somewhere less conventional after the last couple of episodes. Now it's all been explained, it seems a bit more like a regular crime story. Still good.

Jock seems to be using an ultra un-detailed art style which works fairly well.

Hondo City Justice is a fun enough 'romp'. I've long since bothering to get worked up about Japanese cliches in western comics but they're definitely here in abundance. The art is nice and brash and colourful, calling to mind Marvel comics of the 90's with a big brash story to compliment it.

Mike's Dredd text story is enjoyable but should have had SPOILER tags as it seems to be set well after the Day of Chaos storyline. It reveals that [spoiler]Dredd will survice (as if we thought he wouldn't) but also that Justice Department will not only survive but continue to function in the same way[/spoiler].

I don't normally even bother to read the text stories but as it was by Mike I gave it a try and really liked it. I'll read any future stories too but I do miss the film reviews.

The American Gothic floppy is excellent. I'd forgotten how much I'd enjoyed this story in the prog and reading it all in one sitting was a treat. I wonder if it was planned as a 'book 1' as the story ends in such a way to make a sequel easy to do. I'd like to see more.

Overall a brilliant Meg.

[Proudhuff]

Cover: not my cuppa, I'm afraid, Why is Jeremy Beadell jimping?

Dredd: Nicely done, and in answer to Trout: This story is for those of you who don't do Dickens, think of it as an educayshun.

Text:  not yet read the artist stuff as neither floats my boat, will get to the text story on my teabreak/bus ride...

Snapshot while great, it does take a looooong time to get to the point

Hondo-cit sticking with it

Letters page; ah didn't expect my whining about about inhouse adverts to appear, still no Paisley patter so I'm happy 

[Trout]

Dredd: Nicely done, and in answer to Trout: This story is for those of you who don't do Dickens, think of it as an educayshun.

We don't need no educayshun.

[Buttonman]

Letters page; ah didn't expect my whining about about inhouse adverts to appear, still no Paisley patter so I'm happy 

You're just like those Celtic supporters who hate Rangers more than they love their own club!

[Bolt-01]

With regard to the Dredd Text story...

Mike- were you briefed to set this after Day Of Chaos or did it just happen that way?

Also there is a typo- If Dredd needs to get to the 30th floor and the closest road access is on the 20th, why did you say that they got out of the lift on the 20th, Surely should have been the 30th?

Mek quake awaits...

[Dandontdare]

Mike's Dredd text story is enjoyable but should have had SPOILER tags as it seems to be set well after the Day of Chaos storyline. It reveals that [spoiler]Dredd will survice (as if we thought he wouldn't) but also that Justice Department will not only survive but continue to function in the same way[/spoiler].

... unless Wagner decides something different and just ignores it!

With regard to the Dredd Text story...

Mike- were you briefed to set this after Day Of Chaos or did it just happen that way?

Also there is a typo- If Dredd needs to get to the 30th floor and the closest road access is on the 20th, why did you say that they got out of the lift on the 20th, Surely should have been the 30th?

Mek quake awaits...

heh, I noticed that, but was far too much of a gentleman to point it out 

Not a great Meg in my opinion, but maybe that's just in comparison with the Prog - the Hondo story and Sammy's Dad Squad are fun but lightweight romps, The main Dredd was the best, a nice twist on a litereary classic, but pales in comparison to what's happening in the Prog. I'm liking the idea of text stories instead of movie reviews, and this one from Mr carroll didn't dispappoint (apart from the proofreading, obvioulsy...). Snapshjot feels too much like the storyboard of a future movie than an actual comic, but it's cracking along a ta good pace and the artwork is sublime.

the floppy has been added to my endless to-read pile - can't remember very much about this from when it was originally run, but I do often enjoy them more as a single runthrough than I did, eg that Tiger sun one which didn't impress first time round, but i really enjoyed as a re-read.

[Proudhuff]

Letters page; ah didn't expect my whining about about inhouse adverts to appear, still no Paisley patter so I'm happy 

You're just like those Rangers supporters who hate celtic more than they love their own 3rd Div club!

FTFY 

[Richard]

Just because Michael Carroll writes a story set after Day of Chaos does not necessarily mean he knows how it will end, he may be as much in the dark about that as we are. Who is to say that Wagner had even finished writing it when MC was told about the spoilery bit in last prog?

I agree that there is a theme here which is worth following up after Day of Chaos ends.

BTW does anyone know which artist did the picture? Unusually there is no credit.

[Spaceghost]

BTW does anyone know which artist did the picture? Unusually there is no credit.

It's an old Steve Dillon pic.

[Mike Carroll]

Argh!

With regard to the Dredd Text story...

Mike- were you briefed to set this after Day Of Chaos or did it just happen that way?

Sorry, not permitted to talk about anything regarding to Day of Chaos right now!

Argh!

Also there is a typo- If Dredd needs to get to the 30th floor and the closest road access is on the 20th, why did you say that they got out of the lift on the 20th, Surely should have been the 30th?

Mek quake awaits...

Ah... there's nothing a writer loves more than having people point out his stupid mistakes when it's far too late to do anything about them!   

I shall add this one to my "D'oh!" collection of careless errors! Sorry about that...!

-- Mike