lack of peeps getting the meg, or just the Holiday season?
Anyway a nice action cover a bit orange, but it is the future.
Dredd; Nurture. Part one. A good strong start to this tale, some great layouts and fine Hershey
Text: Bissette and Slaine.
Black Museum Fine tale
Dan Fran: Molten Magma? punch up? just needs a belt
Furure shock: Flint on this what's not to like?
Text story: in the read pile
Insurrection III: more cracking stuff
overall a really full Meg with high comic page count and quaility text, but no letters page and a great ad for 340.
What's the Slaine piece cover, Huff? For a wonderful moment I misread you as 'Bissette on Slaine', but I'd settle for an interesting article. Thinking of buying my first Meg for 4 or 5 years.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 19 August, 2013, 03:58:42 PM
lack of peeps getting the meg, or just the Holiday season?
Just waitin til wednesday!
Interesting having a Future Shock in the Meg...and Flint no less. Good stuff.
I really enjoyed this issue cover to cover. top strip was Dredd for me
Quote from: Link Prime on 19 August, 2013, 04:15:40 PM
Quote from: Proudhuff on 19 August, 2013, 03:58:42 PM
lack of peeps getting the meg, or just the Holiday season?
Just waitin til wednesday!
Interesting having a Future Shock in the Meg...and Flint no less. Good stuff.
There seems to be less subbers who get the Meg than the Prog so the new Meg thread always seems to be a slow starter. I'm not a subber so like LP I have to wait til Wednesday. The Megs have not been bad of late and it's interesting to see that you have said Dredd is a Part1, as that is something we have been missing this year in the Meg - a multi-part Dredd story. Not that the recent one-shots have been bad but it's nice to have something longer now and then.
Quote from: TordelBack on 19 August, 2013, 04:13:31 PM
What's the Slaine piece cover, Huff? For a wonderful moment I misread you as 'Bissette on Slaine', but I'd settle for an interesting article. Thinking of buying my first Meg for 4 or 5 years.
Sorry, Bissette stuff is a QI article on his time in comics with Taboo taking most of the space along side Dino pics.
Slaine, is basically a advertorial for Book of Scars with input from PM. McMahon etc
For the first time in, we'll, ever, I enjoyed a Meg more than a concurrent prog.
Nice little Tale from the Crypt Black Museum. Really good Future Shock (and more welcome than text). Great little Dredd - although it felt like it was one and done, I see it is a multi- parter. I'm intrigued to see where it gies, and the heatseeker stuff was original.
Quote from: The Enigmatic Dr X on 19 August, 2013, 05:56:44 PM
I'm intrigued to see where it gies, and the heatseeker stuff was original.
I would however, question the logic of standing in a room alone and firing a heatseeker! unless the Uniform negates it or something :D
Here's PJ first page, but who is that snake fan?
(http://www.pauljholden.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Dredd-nurture-0001.jpg)
Quote from: The Enigmatic Dr X on 19 August, 2013, 05:56:44 PM
For the first time in, we'll, ever, I enjoyed a Meg more than a concurrent prog.
Nice little Tale from the Crypt Black Museum. Really good Future Shock (and more welcome than text). Great little Dredd - although it felt like it was one and done, I see it is a multi- parter. I'm intrigued to see where it gies, and the heatseeker stuff was original.
Bloomin iPad auto corrects!
Quote from: Proudhuff on 19 August, 2013, 07:10:11 PM
Here's PJ first page...
Is it my imagination or does PJ's work get better with every page? That's some of the best MC-1 crowd-scene art in a good long time - love the Fatty's begging sign.
Thanks for the info, Proudhuff, I think I'll have to grab this month's.
Mine arrived Saturday but it took me ages to get through it, in a good way. Dredd was good, I too enjoyed the heatseeker bit (just don't think about it too closely). Bissette article was less interesting than I'd hoped and Slaine article (much like Book of Scars) was a little on the pointless side. Tales was fun as was the Future Shock and thoroughly enjoyed Streets and Insurrection. Always happy to see a text story as it adds a little something different (and it's not those Gruddawful film reviews).
Still haven't read Black Siddah in the floppy but it looks lovely and 'Beyond Zero' next month makes this hippy a very happy boy!
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 19 August, 2013, 09:12:37 PMStill haven't read Black Siddah in the floppy...
Oh dear. Looks like I'm back on the fence.
No good? It ran during my wilderness years so this'll be my first exposure to it...
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 19 August, 2013, 09:40:01 PM
No good? It ran during my wilderness years so this'll be my first exposure to it...
It has much to recommend it, not least superb art and an original premise. It just didn't work for me beyond early in the second run, and as it ran in the Meg it seemed to take
forever to get through. While I will always support Pat's right to write whatever he damn well pleases and get it published in 2000AD or the Meg, I often question whether glacial pace of Meg serialisation serves his creations at all well. So maybe it will work better in a collection.
Quote from: TordelBack on 19 August, 2013, 09:19:28 PM
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 19 August, 2013, 09:12:37 PMStill haven't read Black Siddah in the floppy...
Oh dear. Looks like I'm back on the fence.
Forget the floppy and get off the fence! If it'll help, I'll send you your pick of whatever recent floppy takes your fancy.
You're a star in Tharg's firmament as always, Ming, but there's no need. I am going to grab one tomorrow, and if it takes my fancy once again I'll probably go digital with it after that. I've missed the Meg badly, and it regularly taunts me from the shelves in its inviolable chastity bag, but the paper version is just too darn expensive month on month.
When I'm rich and famous, I shall enjoy collecting the 50 Megs I've missed, along with the dozen progs from late 2011 ( a really bad time to take a leave of absence: Low Life, Indigo Prime, Sin-Dex, Angel Zero and Day of Chaos!).
Quote from: TordelBack on 19 August, 2013, 09:50:09 PM
So maybe it will work better in a collection.
it does, surprisingly well, i really disliked it when it ran before, but collected it makes so much more sense and the charactors work well too.
Quote from: TordelBack on 19 August, 2013, 08:14:33 PM
Is it my imagination or does PJ's work get better with every page? That's some of the best MC-1 crowd-scene art in a good long time - love the Fatty's begging sign.
If I'm not mistaken, that looks like MC1's premier fatty, TwoTon Tony Tubbs himself!
I don't often comment on the Meg, but this month's was a cracker. Excellent opener to the Dredd - When will chief judges start taking Dredd's advice? I'm guessing Hershey v2.0 will either escape or be let loose after "retraining" and go bad. Nice to see Babs back in action though.
Enjoyed the Future Shock (is this the first time we've had a FS ion the Meg?) and the Black Museum story. The Dan Francisco story wrapped up a little too neatly with [spoiler]the arrival of the kid's brother who just happens to be a bad-ass gangster[/spoiler], but it's been an enjoyable story, hope we'll see more. Finally, Insurrection maintains a steady level of arsomness. Not read the interviews yet, but the Dredd text story was a good 'un
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 19 August, 2013, 09:12:37 PM
Still haven't read Black Siddah in the floppy but it looks lovely and 'Beyond Zero' next month makes this hippy a very happy boy!
Does 'Beyond Zero' tie in with Night Zero? If it does then count me a happy man too!
Quote from: Mabs on 20 August, 2013, 01:10:54 PM
Does 'Beyond Zero' tie in with Night Zero? If it does then count me a happy man too!
It's the same series Mabs.
And concludes with 'Below Zero' (my favorite of the bunch).
Quote from: Link Prime on 20 August, 2013, 01:13:24 PM
Quote from: Mabs on 20 August, 2013, 01:10:54 PM
Does 'Beyond Zero' tie in with Night Zero? If it does then count me a happy man too!
It's the same series Mabs.
And concludes with 'Below Zero' (my favorite of the bunch).
Ah cheers for that Link. I really enjoyed the first story, and someone did mention on here that there were other stories, but I'd forgotten. Really looking forward to re-visiting this particular world. :)
I dug 'em too Mabs, just some examples of the countless forgotten gems in 2000AD's history.
Quote from: TordelBack on 20 August, 2013, 11:09:59 AM
You're a star in Tharg's firmament as always, Ming, but there's no need. I am going to grab one tomorrow, and if it takes my fancy once again I'll probably go digital with it after that. I've missed the Meg badly, and it regularly taunts me from the shelves in its inviolable chastity bag, but the paper version is just too darn expensive month on month.
When I'm rich and famous, I shall enjoy collecting the 50 Megs I've missed, along with the dozen progs from late 2011 ( a really bad time to take a leave of absence: Low Life, Indigo Prime, Sin-Dex, Angel Zero and Day of Chaos!).
The Meg has been steadily improving through the year and is really good at the moment. Recent Dredd's have equalled if not surpassed the Prog ones and Dan Francisco and Insurrection are both stonking stories.
Regarding digital - I have experimented with both Prog and Meg and although it provides a good cost saving, the Meg was the one I liked least. I don't enjoy reading a lot of text (outside of comic panels) on an ipad and the Meg tends to have more. Also the floppy gets tagged on the end which makes it 100+ pages in total so it can be a bit of a chore swiping through.
Quote from: Mabs on 20 August, 2013, 01:10:54 PM
Does 'Beyond Zero' tie in with Night Zero? If it does then count me a happy man too!
Yeah, I was actually a little sad after reading last month's floppy to see that Beyond Zero was not next as I was hoping they would go through all 3. Glad to hear it will be coming up soon.
I know for a fact that Kev Hopgood would like to do some more work for Tharg; the campaign starts here! (Told you I'd do it Kev) ;o)
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 20 August, 2013, 01:30:55 PM
I know for a fact that Kev Hopgood would like to do some more work for Tharg; the campaign starts here!
Sign my name up, would love to see a new Hopgood Dredd.
I've also very fond memories of his Zoids stuff from back in the day.
Say...he isn't selling any original art from that, is he Mark? ;)
He sold all his original pages years ago... :(
Quote from: Recrewt on 20 August, 2013, 01:28:33 PM
Regarding digital - I have experimented with both Prog and Meg and although it provides a good cost saving, the Meg was the one I liked least. I don't enjoy reading a lot of text (outside of comic panels) on an ipad and the Meg tends to have more.
Excellent point there Recrewt. I'd be reading it my antediluvian craptop, and I struggle to read quite enough PDF text there as it is - comic strip I have no problem with, although I much, much prefer the experience and convenience of reading paper versions. I'll see how it goes.
Another vote for the Tanner stories here. Solid characterful stuff from scribe and artist. John Brosnan left us way too soon.
Excellent meg this month. Really enjoyed the TftBM even. Ever since the departure of Sexy Ostriches the Meg has been on the up and up.
For what is one of the best Megs for a long time, crammed with great artwork and stories there's not much comment?
Bought it! Reading it! But brother is there a lot of it!
I haven't had time to digest or even look at everything yet, but it really is extraordinarily good value.
The Slaine text piece is actually very good, and Mills is surely the best interviewee in comics, with a useful collation of recent observations and reflections from the artists involved in Book of Scars making for an informative entertaining article. The Davis preview art makes that black goo spurt out of the top of my head.
On that note, Black Siddha looks gorgeous and even intelligible in collected form, but then this is the coherent bit.
Rob Willams' and PJ Holden's Dredd opener is gripping stuff, with a completely believable Dredd offering hard-earned wisdom to someone who should know better than to ignore it. But we are in a post-Trifecta world, as Williams of all people knows. Artwise PJ does some terrrifc crowd scenes and some great design and interesting angles in Hershey's office, but his mental shoulder eagles are starting to out-McCarthy McCarthy!
Art Wyatt and Paul Marshall's Dan Francisco is the final part of a story I haven't seen before, and I don't know how to judge (geddit) it. As an episode it's a serviceable lava-pit punch-up with mercy droppething from heaven, but I get no sense of how Francisco is different from A. N. Other judge. Former TV star, former drugged stooge, former Chief Cheese (twice), presided over the worst disaster in MC-1's history... that's a lot of baggage for a slab jock. Surprised and delighted to see Marshall on this. I'll have to chase up the earlier parts.
And that's about as far as I've got. Money well spent so far, and miles to go yet.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 22 August, 2013, 10:17:20 AM
For what is one of the best Megs for a long time, crammed with great artwork and stories there's not much comment?
It was a marvellous read, Proudhuff. Loved everything, including the floppy. I'll forward my thoughts later.
Hey TB, I also enjoyed the Slaine feature. One thing I noticed was Pat Mills saying he considers himself Irish, I thought he was English? But then it may explain his celtic leanings and ideas for writing Slaine as he himself says.
Quote from: Mabs on 22 August, 2013, 10:52:55 AM
Hey TB, I also enjoyed the Slaine feature. One thing I noticed was Pat Mills saying he considers himself Irish, I thought he was English? But then it may explain his celtic leanings and ideas for writing Slaine as he himself says.
His mother was Irish, IIRC.
Oh okay. Thanks for that.
Quote from: TordelBack on 22 August, 2013, 10:41:56 AM
Bought it! Reading it! But brother is there a lot of it!
I haven't had time to digest or even look at everything yet, but it really is extraordinarily good value.
I can understand how the £5.60 price tag can put some people off but with the amount you get it really is great value. As it's a monthly title I look at it as the equivalent of 4 tooths = £9.40.
That said, the Meg has been good of late so I suppose if you get one or two duff ones then it would make you start to wonder.
Quote from: Recrewt on 22 August, 2013, 02:05:42 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 22 August, 2013, 10:41:56 AM
Bought it! Reading it! But brother is there a lot of it!
I haven't had time to digest or even look at everything yet, but it really is extraordinarily good value.
I can understand how the £5.60 price tag can put some people off but with the amount you get it really is great value. As it's a monthly title I look at it as the equivalent of 4 tooths = £9.40.
That said, the Meg has been good of late so I suppose if you get one or two duff ones then it would make you start to wonder.
I think once you compare it with the ad-heavy American DC/Marvel flimsies for size/content/quality and sheer thrill power, it's worth it, especially now the Sexy Ostriches have gone walkabout, D'Israeli's Ordinary Joe is coming and hopefully Lilly McKenzie makes a return something soon (hint-hint thargy baby!)
Quote from: Proudhuff on 22 August, 2013, 02:26:19 PM
I think once you compare it with the ad-heavy American DC/Marvel flimsies for size/content/quality and sheer thrill power, it's worth it, especially now the Sexy Ostriches have gone walkabout, D'Israeli's Ordinary Joe is coming and hopefully Lilly McKenzie makes a return something soon
The pro-Meg argument in a nutshell.
This was one of the few, if not the only time that I read the Meg first instead of the prog, part of the reason being the high praise from readers on this thread. And I must say I it was an absolute hoot! The absence of American Reaper has done wonders in my view, it gives other writers/ artists to take its place and create stories more worthwhile in my opinion. It may sound pretty hard on American Reaper and don't get me wrong, it did have its moments but I felt it outstayed its welcome by one too many episodes.
Coming back to this months Meg, let me first start off by saying that the Dan Francisco cover was very well done by Paul Marshall. It was maybe a bit too bright for my tastes but it was eye-cathing, with some great visuals on show. Imagine if this was a 3D/ lenticular cover like Empire Magazine are known for, we would have one hell of a cover with all the broken glass coming straight at you!
As for the contents, Judge Dredd: Nurture was up first, illustrated by the excellent P.J Holden and scripted by Rob Williams. It was a really enjoyable read with some memorable moments. One of those being the opening montage scene, with so much happening. It was a visceral opener, Holden's rendering of the surroundings with graffiti applenty and watching bystanders (one with a placard saying " Will over eat for food"!) was brilliant. It called to mind the scene in Blade Runner when Deckard chases Zhora through the neon lit, male Nun/ Hare Krishna populated streets of Los Angeles. The 'heat seaker' incident was so much fun, not least for the fact it starts off a chain of events which will probably have grim repurcussions for some of the Judges, especially for chief Judge Hershey. So an excellent strip, I can't wait to read the next episode.
Interrogations was up next, with Steve Bisette under the spotlight. It was an informative read and I quite enjoyed it. It was great reading about Bisette's views and the accompanying panels were great fun, especially the shot of the Swamp Thing and Man Thing together, like two best pals! Following that we had Comicana: Thirty Years of Slaine by David Baillie. Like the preceding article It was an insightful read, with a look into one of 2000AD's most celebrated character and his illustrious history, and some views from Pat Mills and co. I'm not familiar with Slaine being a fairly new reader, but that is something I hope to rectify.
Tales from the Black Museum which followed was a lot of fun. The story by Alec Worley was laugh out loud funny at times (especially when we find out the main character hails from 'Victoria Beckham' block!), but a little sad toward the end too when we see the lengths somone would go to to stay healthy, or unhealthy in the case of the 'fatties'. It also served as a stark reminder where our own society is heading towards. The black and white artwork by Joe Carpenter was outstanding, I loved it!
Next up was The Street of Dan Francisco Part Five, it was the last epiode and what a thrilling action packed end it was too. Dan Francisco has matured as a character with stark reminder of the the depths the city and its inhabitants have plunged to. At least that was my feeling and the absence of a camera in the last panel illustrates that. I thoroughly enjoyed this series, thanks to Arthur Wyatts excellent script and Paul Marshall's fabulous artwork, I hope we will see Dan Francisco back again in the near future.
Future Shocks: Multiplicity was also enjoyable albeit a little...well head trippy! I think I'll have to read it again to fully grasp what's going on. Nonetheless Henry Flint's artwork was a welcome sight. The style, including the black and white tone reminded me of his work on ABC Warriors (which is some of his best stuff in my opinion). Dead Man Talking; David Baillie's short story I have yet to read but will do so soon. And Insurrection III was excellent, with some pulse pounding action and twists. Colin MacNeil's artwork is truly awesome and the last page in particular was fantastic.
The advert for the Dredd comic sequel coming up next Meg got me salivating! Not only for the fact it's set in the same universe as the movieI but I loved Henry Flint's work on the prequel story in Meg 328, so I can't wait to see him back on art duties again. Add to that Rob Morrison and D'Israeli's 'Ordinary' and we might have a blockbuster Meg on our hands next month! I cannot wait......
The floppy: Black Siddha was a lot of fun too. I wasn't to wowed by it at first, but Pat Mills' fun script and Simon Davies' excellent artwork soon changed all that. And it was nice to see a story centred around Asian characters, with a different set of cultural god's and monster's on show, not to mention a reluctant hero in Govinda. His encounter with his reincarnated friend/dog was very funny. It seems like this is just the beginning of the story, was it cancelled or is awaiting a new series? Because on this evidence I wouldn't mind seeing what happens next. The short Judge Dredd story at the end was very good too, but the thing that got me really excited was seeing the return of cabbie Tanner in next months floppy with 'Beyond Zero'!
So a magnificent package overall. Meg 400 cannot come soon enough for me.
5/5
I have mine on order at a local thrill-merchant, and there's no sign of it yet, if it's not in tomorrow, I'm going to get him to get me another- I missed one before and it pisses me off! I liked Black Siddha a lot at the time, and this is likely the only collection it's going to get, seeing as how few others seemed to enjoy it, which makes it doubly important for me to make sure I don't get bumped on this issue.
Quote from: Mabs on 22 August, 2013, 03:33:00 PM
The advert for the Dredd comic sequel coming up next Meg got me salivating! Not only for the fact it's set in the same universe as the movieI but I loved Henry Flint's work on the prequel story in Meg 328, so I can't wait to see him back on art duties again. Add to that Rob Morrison and D'Israeli's 'Ordinary' and we might have a blockbuster Meg on our hands next month! I cannot wait......
Nor can I Mabs. Meg 340 might just have the tastiest line-up in years.
So the rest of this issue was pretty damn good. I spent a glorious sunny afternoon in the park working my way through the balance while my daughter Hilda McGruder Jr forged a elite unit of sandcastle sappers out of random small children and marshalled them ruthlessly in the creation of a sand hen-house complete with dozens of eggs. It's dunesharks next I reckon.
Review part 2:
Bissette text piece: wide-ranging interview with one of my favourite creators. Tyrant is one of my favourite things ever, and it's good to get an update on Steve's situation to replace the image from How to be an Artist, where Eddie depicts him staring forlornly at a blank drawing board as years pass.
An enjoyably witty Tales from the Black Museum with a grim ending has some interesting art by Joel Carpenter that feels unfinished in places but shows bags of character and potential. Interesting to see what appears to be the curator himself in a display case even as he shows us around!
Short story: Dead Man Talking by David Bailie: good noirish tale with lite MC-1 trappings. I'd maybe have rastafied it by say 10% with a facechange machine or similar instead of a [spoiler]tanning salon[/spoiler], but it was punchy amusing stuff for its length.
Insurrection III: haven't read this since the first run, but it seems like business as usual even if I don't know the details. I was a bit thrown by MacNeil's new softer more graded style and the sense of 'writing for the trade', but I reckon it'll grow on me.
The Dredd3D follow-on advert was enticing, but...
In conclusion, the Meg has exactly the same key problem it had when I left it several years ago: it's sealed in a bag, and there's no way of telling what's in there. Presenting only the back cover of the floppy to the world is particularly crazy. I reckon you get more quality comic and text for your dosh than any other comic out there, but you really wouldn't know it.
By way of an example of just how poor the Meg is at blowing its own horn, this issue has a perfectly serviceable Future Shock drawn by Guy Adams and Henry bloody Flint, and it isn't even listed on the contents page. That's just silly.
I'll definitely hang on with the paper version for next month on the strength of the Dredd alone, and then take it from there. Very impressed.
Gah, typo: obviously I mean the FS was written by Guy Adams and drawn by Flint.
While I'm correcting things, over in the excellent Dredd strip, Hershey must have become Chief Cheez in 2122 at the latest (i.e. in our year 2000, after Volt's suicide after Doomsday in 2121), meaning that the clones were 'started' while she was already in office.
Hi, I'm a new poster finally getting around to posting. I'd stopped reading the Meg about 4 years ago. Always meant to start again, but there never seemed a jumping on point - always stories running that were an episode or two in and it didn't feel good value on the odd occasion I picked one up.
I tried a few months ago, and was really, really disappointed. American Reaper was one of the worst things i'd ever read in the Meg - and i've been reading it since the start and the other stuff felt light and cobbled together. It didn't feel much care was being spent on it and I really thought it was on it's way out to be honest. Such a shame, but things go through rough patches I suppose and I've always tried to support The Meg.
Happily, I started getting a digital copy to read Dan Francisco a few months back (which was ok, but not as good as I'd hoped) and i've seen it improve month by month ever since.
This issue was fantastic and it feels it's back on track, with loads of interesting stuff to come...
:D
The Dredd story at the back of the supplement made me wonder what has happened to Judge Giant? We last saw him seriously wounded about three years ago and we haven't seen or heard anything since. Seems weird that someone who used to be one of the main supporting characters for Dredd has basically just vanished.
Well I finished David Baillie's short story: " Dead Man Talking", and it was great fun! It was really thrilling with some great characterisation. I was just thinking though, [spoiler]how did the narrator tell the story when he got blasted away by Dredd at the end? Or maybe it was told from his spirit self, sorta like Kevin Spacey's narration in American Beauty![/spoiler] oh hold, that's why the story is called "Dead Man Talking". Duh! Thankyou Mr. Baillie for a great read, and your input in this months Meg overall. :)
picked this up as I've never read Black Siddha, so the inclusion of a 'trade' Means this will be value whatever. The thing is without it I'd have been very disappointed which seems to buck the trend of regular Meg readers, which makes it all the more worrying.
Now I'm assuming that Insurrection will be a winner as I'm trade waiting it, but the first trade was a blast and flicking through it it looks superb. The Dredd was pretty good, the Future Shock fantastic, Dan Francisco pretty good, when given the benefit of the doubt that I'd have got more from it had I read the other parts. Black Museum not too fussed by. The text pieces I found a bit disappointing, neither matching my expectations. So that's one blinder (assumed), one great one off, two good stories and your traditional duffer. At the price of the Prog that's good stuff at twice the price, even with the fact that some strips are longer its not so good.
The 'trade' makes it great value, but normally this would just have material I have already. So for the minute and very unfairly judging in one issue alone I'm happy with my policy of trade waiting Meg stories, whic ofte does need patience to say the least. When I finally go digital that will be a different matter as the digital price seems fair enough.
The Megazine's a funny beast. Back in the early 90's when I dropped the prog & Meg, the Meg felt very unsatisfying, a bit of an afterthought. Still feels like it plays a poor second fiddle to the prog. Glad American
Reaper finally ended, that was tough going. Experimentation is OK, but... :-(
This time round, I am a bit bemused by the reaction to Black Siddha, I sped-read this just to get it finished...
find these Mills' politically correct mumbo-jumbo affairs hard to get into.
But looking forward to Beyond Zero, enjoyed the retro (or do I mean, just old) Night Zero and Disaster 1990
before that. Simple pleasures (compare with American Reaper...)
That said, the Dredd was good and possibly best thing in the prog for me was David Baillie's text Dredd.
Unexpectedly fun. Reminded me a bit of Harry Harrison...
Call me easy to please but another cracking meg this month.
Always funny to hear of another Alan Moore collaborator that's had the dummy spat out at him from the bearded man child.
Some nice brief history of Slaine artists for the total Slaine newb like me.
Points for giving shout out to Hugh Everret III in the dimension travel tale.
Bye to Mr Fransisco and I'm officially lost with Insurrection; I really need to get through those back issue megs I have stacked knee deep to get up to speed with that story.
Dredd fiction still not for me; can't get few paragraphs without zoning out.
Meg 340 looks like it'll shift a few copies - is the Meg big enough to hold two different Dredds! ;D
Black Siddah was top, lovely Davis art and very funny throughout. Did they leave this series open ended?!
Quote from: sheldipez on 29 August, 2013, 12:40:36 AM
Black Siddah was top, lovely Davis art and very funny throughout. Did they leave this series open ended?!
not sure, when it was in the meg previously the monthly wait for half a dozen pages meant I lost interest, hopeflly there will be a collection of the rest of the stroy?
damn these bananana fingers... and the lack of edit button ...Story ::)
This is the second
Megazine I purchased in ages and the very second I had purchased as a digital download.
I brought nearly two or three weeks ago, but had neglected to read to it.
Until now, when I wanted clarification that the new
Slaine: Book of Scars will be including all the famous
Slaine covers. I'm still unsure of this. I hope they do.
On page 22, of
3 Decades of Slaughter (And He Didn't Think It Too Many)What really grabbed my attention was this bit here.....
Quote'Pat Mills wanted a good-looking Sláine,'
Glenn Fabry told Gary Lactus in an interview for the mindless Ones.
'Originally I decided I was going to use Michael York as the basis of
Sláine. Pat wanted Jack Nicholson and he sent me loads of photos.'
I had said a few days earlier on
We Demand a Slaine Movie (https://www.facebook.com/pages/We-demand-a-Sl%C3%A1ine-movie/136092589795169), though I had been long time thinking that some of
Glenn Fabry's imagery of
Slaine reminded me of a younger
Jack Nicholson partically from his role in
The ShiningJust look at the similarities here....
(http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1181706978l/1182852.jpg)
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111026160851/timburton/images/2/2a/JackNicholson.jpg)
That is one big mug of Jack! :lol: