Personally I'm really looking forward to both of these (and I kind of hated Judgement Day). I've been playing round with the idea of giving up on the prog but, well, marketing job done - I'm going to stick around for a while.
Glad to hear it. I almost got caught up after my 8-year break from the prog, but a difficult semester pushed my reading schedule off and now I'm still 15 weeks behind. If you could put your finger on it, what's causing the luster to fade?
Sorry for the very late reply. I think the Shark is correct to a large extent - before the Internet, 2000ad was my go-to easy read when I didn't feel like reading a book (which was very often). I still loved it though, I'd look forward to it every week and pore over the stories repeatedly, even if it was a bit of a duff prog. Now I sometimes skip stories, meaning to get back to them, then realise it's going to take a huge chunk of my time catching up.
Nowadays, I can hop over to The Poke or Cracked or countless other fun websites whenever I want. The prog isn't as central to my entertainment needs any more. That's my fault, I know, not Tharg's.
There's also Dredd - I realise it can't be helped, but there was a very nice level of consistency and a real sense of an unfolding narrative stretching over decades. Now DoC has happened, and Dredd is shared among writers, it seems difficult to see any more major events happening now that the city is smaller and less important than it was. That is, unless Dredd became Chief Judge or something, or, well, died.
