Meg 265 - Rex and Violence

[johnone]

Well sorry about the delay but here's my two cents on the Meg this month

Dredd:as with last months story fine , throwaway fun.

PJ HOLDEN INTERVIEW : Again fine , Pj's a good artist and I hope fearless works out for him , it does show the difference to the old days when Fleetway ran the show, they would have acted like he didn't exsist for going to an American Company.

Simon Davis : Once again fine , an interesting Article and Davis shows what a fine artist he truly is ( How much does he charge for portraits?)

Black Museum: As always one of the stronger strips the Meg Prints.

Blood of Satanus : discuss after class

Sci Fi Deaths : utterly pointless!?!?!

Small Press : Grey Days , Not Bad needs some work but still fun especially the "Secrets" gag

New Films : Fine again you either agree With Mr Worley or you don't , on Thirty Days of Night I strongly disagree ( which brings me to his earlier article on Vampires which he praised Thirty Days but then dismisses it in his review well which is it Alec?) On shrooms I agree wholeheartedly ( but that's because I've actually met the Director once or twice and personally don't think he's very talented!)

Dredd Files : Again totally pointless filler

Fink Angel: A ridiculous ending but the story did end before it wore out it's welcome.

Overall an Average Meg but I do think there may be with the new line up a comeback on the cards . However I would like to adress one thing here ...In last Months John Hinkleton Interview and in this months Simon Davis Interview they refer to Pat Mills and his " Detractors" with the letters page trying to drum up support for Satanus ( And to a lesser extent Black Siddah)  Well I for one am not a " Detractor" but a fan of Mr Mills  but the simple truth is ..SATANUS was the greatest load of old shite that I have ever seen dumped on the reader , from start to end Nine months later this has been an  embarrasment to Mills , the Meg and the fans who had to read it...like I said  I have been a huge fan of Mr Mills work since I was Seven years old  ( Charleys war ( Bring that back by the way) , Invasion, Ro Busters, Abc Warriors , Savage)  all great characters but I know when Shit is Shit and Satanus was Shit! It's over now , lets hope Pat gets on form soon and writes great characters again but I do wish the editor would come out and admit that it was a mistake and that it will never happen again.!

[Funt Solo]

::"I do wish the editor would come out"

What's his sexual orientation got to do with it?




Ba-dum tisch!

[Art]

So, it's a little hard to make out, but I take it Satanus is dead right? I'm a little confused, does thismean he has already done the terrible thing which he would one day do?

[TordelBack]

..., does thismean he has already done the terrible thing which he would one day do?

I always figured that was chomping school buses in the Terror Tubes while ridiculously enlarged by Thoth.  And bad and all as that sequence was, I think I'll keep thinking that.

[satchmo]

Reading the film review column reminded me of the TV advert I saw for Shrooms the other day. I laughed out loud when it was described as "Blair Witch on acid".

[Byron Virgo]

We had much the same reaction here - and I thought that Blair Witch was pretty much 'Blair Witch...on ACID', being that it was a gang of boggly-eyed twats running around in the forest, convinced that they were being stalked by an unseen 'witch'...

[TordelBack]

Rolling my puopils back into my head, I foresee that Shrooms is destined to become a cult classic for persons some two decades younger than most of us here.  Or something.

[Byron Virgo]

What...seven year olds?

[satchmo]

seven year olds... on acid!

[TordelBack]

What...seven year olds?

You don't know you're born, Virgo!  Young people these days.

[steev.]

Dah! I thought I was being all gritty and gruesome!
Is it not just a touch horrifying?
sigh, maybe one day....


steve

[johnone]

Thank You I'll be here all week , please eat the veal!

[TordelBack]

Keep chasing that rainbow, Steve!  

Both Angel tales were pretty gruesome fare in places, and the McMahonesque inking was top stuff throughout... but still cute as a bundle of hobbits, I'm afraid.  Mind you, lethal bites aside, Ratty and his little bowler has always made Fink stories a little cutesy..

[Hoagy]

Anyone with Sky Plus may like to know that Vampirella is showing at 01:10 hrs this following midnight, on the SCIFI channel.

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[Mardroid]

I watched part of that some while back. It sucked (not pun intended) big time, and the acting was terrible... although that gave it a certain comedy appeal. At least I got the impression it was very much toungue in cheek. It didn't keep me watching though.