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Re admin/spam, I've not been getting notifications for some reason. I've gone through some recent ones but will have to tackle the queue in chunks. If there's anything pressing, please email me.

Rebellion is always quite tight-lipped about its reprint schedule, but I always thought the Case Files were intended to be evergreen. That said, it can be a very long time before OOP editions of any Rebellion book return to print.

I've done a few culls when it comes to duplication. So 20+ Case Files went, although I kept the four Restricted Files. All my phone books went. Hellboy paperbacks too, when I got the Library editions. Usagi trades are in the garage, awaiting a buyer, now I have the series in HC.

I have got a few things in multiple places (over and above having the original comics), and I suspect even though I now own the Hachette Scarlet Traces I may well keep my lovely DH His of the first three arcs. But, yeah, space is as ever a problem, and choices will soon have to be made.

On the UC itself, I've been reading bits of Born Bad over the past couple of evenings. It's been really interesting and surprising. I recall not engaging with this at the time, but out of the seven takes, I thought five of them were really strong. (I was not at all keen on the 'manga' one, nor the weird convention satire.) Also, on re-reading Born Bad, I like that even more than I did the first time round. The two one-offs were quite fun too.

Anyone know what's next for the reprint? The IDW well is going to soon run dry of anything good.

This topic has been merged into Meg 467: Brit for Duty?.

I dropped out at 111 and have cherry picked since. My completist itch will no doubt continue to nag at me about that, but it is what it is. That said, if I was still subscribing now, I think I'd see it out to the end. Although I do feel the pain of the lack of space brigade. (I need to start reading and filtering the books on our main bookshelves, because I'm out of space there now. One in, one out is my future.)

[Dredd]

All varying degrees of good for me this week. Nice cover. Good to see Fiends is on its way back. Dredd vs Giant Shako continues to be fun. The cadet's a thinker, which may well save Dredd's life. Brink starts wonderfully and is already horribly creepy. Aquila stomps along too, which some great moments and quality art.

Indigo Prime... I think I'm going to take that meta thing from the series to heart. This is the strip from an alternate reality, rather than Smith's creation. Or something. It's up and down for me – some great ideas but only borderline coherent at times, and I don't really want Johnny Depp in the comic, TBH.

And then it wraps up with Proteus Vex, which continues to be masterful. Everyone has their preferences, but for me the Prog's on a real high right now.

Born Bad just arrived from FP. Not an empty box! My replacement books from Hachette are reportedly on the way tomorrow. Fingers crossed...

EDIT: And they're here. This time, someone decided to send the four heavy books in a cardboard box. They even wrapped a bit of crushed brown paper around them, so they didn't move about too much. Blimey!

Born Bad has shipped! As has the tiny little extra I bought alongside it. (Kev's big book o' joy.) I imagine that will beat the Hachette replacement volumes. And I hope FPI's packaging is typically bulletproof, as usual, so that doesn't arrive empty!

Gideon is an interesting one. I did read a – cough – 'version' of it on my iPad at some point*, and I'd wondered if my desperation to get it in the UC was misplaced. So I'm stoked to find so many are enjoying it and am looking forward to getting a copy myself. I imagine I was just in a grump at the time.

* I mean, I own the original Progs and a reprint of the story already, and have ordered a third volume, so I'm not going to feel too guilty about that...

Gah. I mean, it'd be rude not to at that price. Shame they don't have the McMahon one on for a bit of an offer as well. (I got the previous one 50% off at FP in London!)

Indeed. Just come out and say something if you've got something to say.

As I've noted elsewhere, if Niemand is another script droid, then fair play, because his work doesn't read like anyone else's. And if he isn't, fair play for the same reason. And in both cases also, because his work is some of my favourite Dredd – one of the few that sit in that top tier and 'get' the character.

Yeah. It's gone up some. Still, FP's packaging is typically excellent and so at least your book will be in good nick when it arrives.

Indeed. I just grabbed one. Fingers crossed!

(I may have accidentally also ordered the Kev Apex Edition as well, which was on sale. Oops.)

Hey, I look at my missing books in another light: how frustrated would I have been had I managed to snag the last copy of Durham Red and that not rocked up?

I'm not familiar with Horrid Henry. Mini-IP does have some pre-refresh Dennis books that are fairly horrible though. I much prefer the current take on him and Walter, where Dennis is streetwise and Walter is a fun-killing wannabe authoritarian, rather than Dennis kicking the shit out of anyone who is perceived to be 'girly' and effeminate. The dynamic now feels much smarter and has radically reduced 'othering'. (The comic as a whole has also benefited from getting over its 'girls – URGH' framing.)