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#20146
Prog / Re: Progs of the New Millenium
22 January, 2010, 08:20:34 AM
I'm going through a similar catch up myself (my missing progs being 1000 - 1505) I'm about half way through and I have to say it just gets better and better. Completely agree about 'Promised Land', 'Cal Legacy' and 'Badlands' and have shared my thoughts over in the 'Other reviews' section were other people have commented as well.

http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/index.php/topic,27033.0.html

http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/index.php/topic,27074.15.html

It'd be great to hear what you think of stories as you catch up and it really is an exciting experience catching up with so much Thrill power.
#20147
General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills
21 January, 2010, 02:43:56 PM
Cheers for the link Jim.

The design of that beastie on the first picture certainly looks like Simon Davis' work huh!
#20148
General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills
21 January, 2010, 12:21:03 PM
Quote from: radiator on 21 January, 2010, 12:13:37 PM

Damnation Station by Al Ewing/Simon Davis/Boo Cook starts TBC


That's an intriguing line-up where have you spotted that one are there any further details?
#20149
Other Reviews / Re: Killer
21 January, 2010, 08:10:54 AM
Hmmm I'm already approaching Bison with a little nervousness. We'll see.

If what you say about Andy Diggle not asking for a synopsis is correct and lets face it why not, after the rest makes perfect sense, that's, shall we say, strange.

That said it still doesn't get to the bottom of how someone as full of ideas as Steve Moore settled on this one?
#20150
I found a Carlos one but not the one I was looking for at all. Issue 319 a Dredd and a Time Twister
#20151
Hold on I mean we can't see it properly yet but have you just popped into Frazer Irving Simon Fraser's house and knicked some of this stuff Peter?

Chuff me that looks exceptional and I can't wait to see it scanned.
#20152
Other Reviews / Killer
20 January, 2010, 05:00:17 PM
'The Killers' have split up apparently and I personally rejoice this as I found them such a cliched hackneyed band... which leads me nicely to 'Killer' in 2000ad.

Sometimes I avoid reviewing stuff I just don't like as its all so negative but I think there's points to be made here. Steve Moore over the time of Andy Diggle's editorship has shown time and again that he's awash with ideas. He turns out so many 'Future Shocks' and for me the less enjoyable 'Tales of Telguuth' that its clear the fella is just full of the things. This does leave me to wonder why 'Killer' ever got off the ground therefore.

It feels so cliched and formulaic that its untrue. Every element felt like a 2000ad cliche, every aspect tired and used so often that it was worn to the nub. Its almost as if Andy Diggle and him got together and said lets try to create the generic 2000ad story. Lets take every theme and idea that's been used before and see if we can make a archetype for what a 2000ad story is all about. Its not the worst thing I've read in 2000ad by any stretch of the imagination buts its one of the least inspiring or intriguing which in some ways might be worse?

Maybe its a heroic failure, maybe I'm missing something, or maybe it just didn't work?
#20153
Other Reviews / Anderson - R*Evolution
20 January, 2010, 04:45:52 PM
Now again this might be me misreading the tea leaves but I kinda have the impression that people aren't that impressed by 'R*Evolution'. Now its safe to assume that people love the art 'cos quite franky its typically magnificent for Arthur Ranson. Christ on a bike that man is an incredible talent, but what do folk think of the story?

Personally I loved it. It combined many of the same themes that have been running in Anderson for a while, yet felt like much more of a romp as well. It was crammed with great ideas and the script played to artists strenghts like few others do, meaning at times the whole thing was breath-taking. Not just cos of the art in and of itself, but the way the writer used that to create stunning flights of fancy. The space pirates on bikes, Anderson entering the mind of the deformed villian, the apes swinging around and so many more besides. It fair zipped along too, with a wonderful pace. In less skillful hands this might have left it feeling a bit directionless and haphazard, but created by two skilled craftsmen it had the feel an old Saturday morning serial, or even a classic Doctor Who, unhampered by budget.

Ok so I'm kinda predisposed to enjoy stories that have so much gorilla action but I don't think that's it I think sad though I am that Anderson would seem to move exclusively to the Megazine now (damn I wish there was trades of this later stuff) after this the story left 2000ad on a real high.

Fantastical stuff
#20154
General / Re: Shouldn't there be a new prog today?
20 January, 2010, 02:37:30 PM
Well mine arrived the day after I'd rung Denise. I rang back to say don't bother sending a replace its come BUT it doesn't look like they managed that as a second copy arrived yesterday.

So if anybody is still short of issue 1666 let me know and I'll pop my spare in the post.

#20155
Film & TV / Re: Spiderman 4 villin hinted at....
20 January, 2010, 08:15:57 AM
Well it didn't take them long to get a new director on board it would seem. Know nothing about this fella so can't comment about his suitability???

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24484
#20156
Woow if that's pulling something out the bag!
#20157
Books & Comics / Brendan McCarthy's Spider-man Fever
19 January, 2010, 07:08:02 PM
Good day for advance news but also in April (new Spirit ongoing aside details of what I assume was the Brendan McCarthy Doc Strange book that would now seem to be a Spider-man mini, sales, sales, sales hey Marvel. Anyway its gotta be good so details if it tickles ya fancy below

SPIDER-MAN: FEVER #1 (of 3)
Written by BRENDAN MCCARTHY
Pencils & Cover by BRENDAN MCCARTHY
One of comics' most innovative and original voices, Brendan McCarthy, brings SPIDER-MAN: FEVER -- a truly unique and surreal story evoking the classic Silver-Age psychedelia of Steve Ditko's Dr Strange. In FEVER, Spider-Man is abducted by a depraved tribe of spider-demons to a bizarre dimension, where he is to be eaten alive. Dr. Strange goes on a perilous occult quest to rescue his friend -- and tangles with some very peculiar characters along the way...
32 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$3.99
#20158
Books & Comics / The new Spirit ongoing confirmed by DC
19 January, 2010, 07:01:54 PM
Well the last Spirit series only died a death a few months ago but just like the chap himself he just won't go down for long. DC is having another go at launching a Spirit ongoing in April. I'm not 100% sure about the creative team but hey its the Spirit and to be honest I'm pretty sold on 'First Wave' as a whole - terrible title aside and the interior art on The Source is looking very nice...so all in all I'm in.

Fingers crossed

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/01/19/the-first-wave-expands-in-april/
#20159
I fear for my job...
#20160
News / Re: John Wagner Interview on 2000ADReview.co.uk
19 January, 2010, 03:08:25 PM
Even in interview the man just leaves you intrigued, excited and wanting to know more! What a great tease of an interview that was.