Meg 218

[DavidXBrunt]

Well, I really enjoyed Helltreckers. It was a great read. I hope some of them actually manke it to where they are going.

[Darryl]

My two penn'orth.....





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Dredd - Good start, like the flashback/inquiry setup, Im looking forward to seeing where this goes John ridgway's art is good as ever.

Young Middenface : - heh, good.

Mean Machine - good art, but Im with the others who say that mean's been done to death.

WHT? conn - the orignal story was a bit before my start in tooth, so I dont know the character, but the storie's a good swipe at the build em up/knock em down media types.

Black Siddha - Is Mr Mill's a little jealous of certain other writers? Quit the digs at other writers expense AND GET ON WITH TELLING A STORY!   I really want to like this, I thought the first series was quite good, funny in places with Simon Davis' art shining through, but this 1st episode is just a little slow.

charley's War - NOW YOUR TALKING! this is what Mill's should be aiming for - write another classic like this and your sins will be forgiven!

Helltrekkers - The only thing I remember about this is the acid rain - And I can't remember when it happens!

Metro Dredd - I dont get the metro every day so Im glad that theyre being collected here - good art, punchy story.

all in all a good meg.

[ESCUBRIA]

Always enjoyed the idea of Helltrekkers, "the Grapes of Wrath" set in "the Cursed Earth". I remember enjoying it at the time too but never realised I was in a minority.

Must give the whole story another glance again.

[Satanist]

Great covers...more please

Dredd...Alright,but with Gulag in the prog I can do without another suicide mission(if thats how it turns out).

Middenface...Alright,predictable stuff with Oor Wullies mutated cousins.

Conrad Conn...Alright but poor art.

Black Siddha...Alright,starting to come round to this.Great art.

Charlies War...Alright I get it,war is hell,yadda,yadda.

Helltrekkers...Alright in a retro kind of way

Overall...Alright but we know it can be better.

[Oddboy]

Megazine 218:

Covers: Really don't know which I prefer, as they are very similar: I like bits of both of them best.

Dredd: Cracking read...but the colouring seems weird. Not keen on the computer rocks with the line drawing people next to them, and why does our new hero wear bright red lipstick? Definitely not his shading, he should go for a more sutble makeup.

What the ***k happened to Conrad Conn? Fat & old & balding, yes - that's what we want, like some hideous Class Reunion. Good stuff.

Mean Machine: Great! Really like the art & story here. Want more! When did Mean go back to prison, though? Last seen wasn't he roaming the Cursed Earth curtousy of Gordon killing Extreme Sports Vidstars?

Black Siddha 2, will have to wait until I've read until I've read Black Siddha 1.

Middenface - Intreagueing - what will happen next?

Charley & Hell Trekkers: not read yet, get round to it later on.

Metro Dredd: okay, not great. Glad these are getting printed *somewhere* though - I take it the online thing isn't going to happen?

Gordon's rehab page: Answers a question I was meaning to ask GR about Storming Heaven.

Back page: Shaun of the Dead, with ASH! and THE SMITHS! Roll on Friday!!!

[Satanist]

Oh I forgot all about Mean Machine...It was alright too.

[Jared Katooie]

"Black Siddha 2, will have to wait until I've read until I've read Black Siddha 1."

Dont read it.

[Oddboy]

Mean Machine - get's me points in the league so yay! Okay story, odd art.

That it does DavidX, that it does...

Prog 1384 and Megazine 218 points are now updated:-

Link: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kathan/prog534/league.html" target="_blank">League: April week 1

[Mr C]

Covers-Good, striking image, looking at the two covers together gives us a great example of the changes to Dredd, both story wise and artistically. And look! Mutants and Robots and stuff!

Dredd- Excellent stuff, Doon's already become a character that we can empathise with and cheer on as he kicks the poo out of nasty mutants (we need more mutant kicking IMO). The Rangers are an interesting concept, are they a specialist Citi-Def unit or an entity in their own right? Art's good too, a few quibbles about the colouring and Dredd looks like my Gran in the last panel, but then he is getting on slightly, isn't he?

Middenface- A nice fun knockaboot adventure with plenty of humourous scottish steroetypes and cannibals. Good art from Goddard, I like his clean, crisp lines, as good at fleshing out backgrounds as he is characters.

Mean Machine- A good Mean tale, he was overused in the past, but if he's allowed to develop (ie headbut people more) on his own without Dredd locking him up at the end (which'll probably happen anyway), I reckon he could do okay. I like the art on this, makes mean look, well, mean.

WH2..Conrad Conn- never read the original stroy behind conrad, but I getthe idea, good story, nice viscious backstabbing journo (are they all like that or just the ones here?), let down by some dodgy art work.

Black Siddha- I don't mind this, I like Davies art more and more each time I see it, it's really starting to grow on me and that Rakshasa looked really good. It's probably where I'm used to superhero antics and love the concepts behind this that I like Balckj Siddha, I mean, Indian mythology is a an untapped resource, comic wise. I also like the "I usually get the mature version" injoke.

Dreddfiles- Rather than spend time looking reading this, I read my cursed earth hardback. Mmmm.. classic thrillpower :)

Charley's War- Love it, can see now why it's a classic, are we going to get the whole story or is it going to end soon?

Helltrekkers- Good stuff, don't see why people don't rate it, unless it gets really bad after these early ones. Best bit- cute little crustacia and the acid shower.

Grennies bile splat- Man the bridges people, Gordon's sounded the Troll dinner gong! Answers alot of questions I've had about various stories over the years and I reckon Gordon's got a Strontium Dog script hidden somewhere, the amount he goes on about them.

Metro Dredd- So Kilroy does have a talking arse...

[Trout]

"Charley's War... are we going to get the whole story"

Chris, it went on for years...

I don't think it's ending anytime soon.

I think the crucial question is, "How much of it are we going to get?"

Meg people, is it a semi-permanent feature?

- Trout

[The Monarch]

Okay review time...

Dredd: I like the character Dounrey and I hope this isn't going to end up with the character dying.

Middenface: brilliant

mean: Meh

WH2..Conrad Conn: while I wasn't around for the characters original appearance I do know of the character. Great story let down by some really shoddy artwork.

Black Siddha: shite moving on...okay a bit harsh the art was good but the story...

Dreddfiles: pretty much the same as mr c although curious as to how burger wars and the green giant story will be handled.

Charley's War: just to prove i'm not anti-mills this is beautiful stuff.

Helltrekkers: enjoyed it hope crustacia survives poor little thing.

Grennies part: hee the under bridge dwellers cometh...

Metro Dredd arse in a good way

[W. R. Logan]

>Dreddfiles: pretty much the same as mr c although curious as to how burger wars and the green giant story will be handled.

Probably the same as it always is. There seems to be no problem talking about the banned episodes in text which has been done in other reprints, it?s the imagery that?s always been the problem.

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[Bolt-01]

WHT: Conrad Conn.

I liked the art. It reminded me of Paul Dini (Animated Batman design, Mad love comic) but not as polished. Some of the pages would have benefitted from being in colour to add more definition but hey, you cant have everything.

Thought I should stand up for it, seeing as it is getting panned in general.

Bolt-01

[W. R. Logan]

>Some of the pages would have benefitted from being in colour to add more definition but hey, you cant have everything.

Would have been better if the art hadn?t looked like the first thing Christy Brown ever drew when he picked up a paintbrush with his left foot.

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[Floyd-the-k]

Can someone enlighten me - who was Conrad Con? what did he do?

cheers,

Floyd