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#31
General / Re: Dreddverse Map
04 July, 2023, 01:05:30 PM
Off the top of my head you're missing these Dredd stories:

The Other Slab Tynan
The Squadron that Time Forgot
Night of the Ripper
Time Machine
Judge Death - The True Story
Dead Reckoning
Travels with Muh Shrink
Fog on the Eerie
The Strange Case of Bill Clinton
Whatever happened to Bill Clinton?
Generation Killer
Tempus Fugitive
Time and Again
Time's Squared
By Private Contract

Sure there's some that have escaped me, though.
#32
News / Re: Hiya Toys Judge Dredd range?
04 July, 2023, 12:35:41 PM
Thanks for the picture splurge, DD! It looks great!
#33
General / Re: 2000 AD Badges
03 July, 2023, 12:21:08 PM
Please tell them to vote remain.
#34
Film & TV / Re: Last movie watched...
03 July, 2023, 10:43:05 AM
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 24 June, 2023, 10:06:22 AMExtraction 2 (Netflix)

I quite enjoyed the first Extraction movie — it was a brisk, efficient thriller with some very well-staged action set-pieces.

I imagine the intention of the sequel was to 'turn it up to eleven'... which they certainly did, but at the expense of making a film that was actually watchable.

Yep. My partner turned to me early on and said almost exactly the same as you - 'It feels like watching someone play a videogame.' We watched to the end, and if it doesn't necessarily get any better, it at least becomes a little more coherent as they leave the train/helicopter battles behind for more smaller stakes stuff. On the whole it's just hard to engage with, really - a lot of noise and nonsense, soon forgotten. Which is a shame, because I also liked the first one.

Quote from: Colin YNWA on 02 July, 2023, 10:14:57 PMGremlins 2... I mean its not as good as the first, few are, but there is no denying its funny, rollocks along and has a sadly amusing Trump parody that is interesting to see.

It's superb stuff, with lots of nice nods and callbacks to the first one. Name me another film that stars Christopher Lee, Hulk Hogan, and Daffy Duck!
#35
General / Re: Dreddverse Map
02 July, 2023, 11:02:56 AM
The Ewing/Davis-Hunt Tempest series (can't recall if there were two or three).
#36
News / Re: Hiya Toys Judge Dredd range?
30 June, 2023, 03:54:17 PM
Every order I've made from Hiya has arrived just over a week later, completely stress-free. Frankly I'm not sure why anyone bothers with all the third-party pre-order nonsense.
#37
Books & Comics / Re: Whats everyone reading?
19 June, 2023, 10:20:56 AM
Quote from: JohnWare on 19 June, 2023, 09:15:21 AM
Quote from: Tjm86 on 12 June, 2023, 05:00:12 PMStill plodding through Stephen King's oeuvre and the latest read, The Dark Half
I remember liking The Dark Half, even though the hero is, yet again, a successful writer. How many books does that make, Stevie?

I've been reading a lot of King myself and started wondering about this - it's so tropey it's ridiculous. There's Ben Mears from Salem's Lot; Jack Torrance from The Shining; Bill Denbrough from It; Paul Sheldon from Misery; Thaddeus from the aforementioned Dark Half; Bobbi Anderson from The Tommyknockers; Mike Noonan from Bag of Bones; Scott Landon from Lisey's Story;  More Rainey from Secret Window, Secret Garden; Thurston Marshall in Under the Dome, and, if you're so inclined, Stephen King in The Dark Tower series.

And that's just professional writer characters from the main novels. You've also got the likes of the eponymous Billy Summers, and Jake Epping from 11/22/63, who are writing novels during the downtime of their adventures...
#38
Wow, the paint job really makes this one sing!

Quote from: Trooper McFad on 18 June, 2023, 02:23:26 PMPlease Please Please if there is anybody out there doing anything similar whether in the past or future please post here. I need inspiration and tips on ho to make things better.

I'm working on some projects, but it's sloooooow going. It's hard to carve out enough time. Rest assured I'll post it all here eventually.
#39
Welcome to the board / Re: Hi From London
14 June, 2023, 04:23:45 PM
Quote from: BadlyDrawnKano on 12 June, 2023, 02:30:29 PMI found myself unable to post for a few days and I think I've realised why as in the "What are you reading?" thread I posted a review of a graphic novel by Kelly Sue DeConnick that has an unpleasant description of a female in the title...

Hmm... Are you sure that was what did it? There was discussion of a certain Strontium Dog story with the same title a few weeks back, and I don't remember anyone being locked out of the forum.
#40
Books & Comics / Re: Ro-Jaws Book Review
12 June, 2023, 10:57:39 AM
I've not read either book, but does anyone else really miss* the use of Ro-Jaws and Hammerstein as a sort of occassional Greek Chorus in the prog? One of the all-time great double acts.




*I mean, I say 'miss' - I wasn't actually alive when this Sci-fi Special came out!
#41
Books & Comics / Re: HOUND
07 June, 2023, 11:05:32 AM
Quote from: JohnWare on 18 May, 2023, 09:27:25 AMSo now I have to live on turnip peelings and find space for another big fat hardback in my steadily shrinking house.

You build a new house from the hardbacks...
#42
And you can still get the 5-issue bundle via the shop.
#43
Books & Comics / Re: Whats everyone reading?
01 June, 2023, 01:09:52 PM
Quote from: BadlyDrawnKano on 01 June, 2023, 12:35:52 PMWith Tom Strong I expected it to get meta, or suddenly become horrific, but I'm 19 issues in now and it just seems like it's Alan Moore having fun, playing around with mad superhero ideas, and I'm enjoying the crazy plots which nearly always come with a happy ending. I've still got 17 issues to go so it might go horribly wrong, but otherwise I think this was Moore allowing himself to write something that wasn't bleak or disturbing for once!

You've got it exacxtly. I think people would enjoy Tom Strong more if they didn't know who had written it. Moore's name carries certain expectations of metanarrative or genre deconstruction or whatever, but most of the America's Best line is just him having fun, simple as that.

You're just about at the absolute peak, BDK - issues 20-22 are the absolute high-water mark of the series for me. After that, Moore bows out, and a series of other writers take over. Their contributions vary massively, which is probably why the rest of the series feels less essential - Peter Hogan's probably the best, doing a very passable imitation of Moore (they brainstormed most of the plots together). There's a Michael Moorcock two-parter and a Steve Moore one-off that are just... not good. Which is surprising, given the pedigree of those writers, but there you go. Moore comes back to write the final issue, and without any spoilers, it's a crossover spectacular that might be a bit lost on you if you haven't read any of the rest of the America's Best line - particularly Promethea.

After that, please try to track down a copy of The Many Worlds of Tesla Strong - it's glorious stuff by Hogan, Sprouse and a plethora of guest artists (collected in a TPB called America's Best Comics). Then Hogan gamely kept the ball rolling a little longer with Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom, and Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril (this latter is a return to Terra Obscura, from issues 11-12; but you should read Hogan 's two Terra Obscura series first).
#44
More new books!  :D


141 - Slaine: Dragontamer & Black Siddha
142 -
143 - Harlem Heroes volume 1
144 - Harlem Heroes volume 2
145 -
146 -
147 -
148 -
149 – Age of the Wolf
150 -
151 - Button Man 1
152 - Button Man 2
153 – Return to Armageddon
154 – Mean Team
155 -
156 – Snow/Tiger
157 – Kingdom (and Shako)
158 -
159 -
160 -
161 – Al's Baby
162 – Mazeworld
163 – Zenith volume I
164 – Zenith volume 2
165 -
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169 -
170 -
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177 -
178 – Dredd: Machine Law
179 – Dredd & Anderson
180 –

Also confirmed are; Armoured Gideon, Proteus Vex, Lawless, Kingmaker, Durham Red (Worley/Willsher) and Scarlet Traces. Tacitly but not definitely confirmed is Dan Dare.
#45
Quote from: sintec on 16 May, 2023, 10:00:09 AMAlso recently got through Snow Tiger which was similarly awesome. Nice to still get the odd surprise in the collection and this one definitley delivered. If you're cherry-picking I'd highly recommend adding this one to your list.

I wish we'd got more Bendatti Vendetta. Still, lovely that it's been collected.