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Yes, Bishop kept the comic going long enough for Rebellion to buy it (as well as commissioning Nikolai Dante). It's worst period was the early 90s, which was before him.

Bishop was a strong supporter of Dante from the start,  but it was commissioned by John Tomlinson, who was Tharg at the time.

Sharko is the gift that just keeps on giving. I know if I just say the word "Sharko" right now,  my wife will start to giggle uncontrollably. Thank you Robbie for this joyous gift.

Thanks for you help. It seems that the consensus is that there isn't a consensus , beyond the basic H shape. I'm leaning towards a more utilitarian, brutalist McMahon/McNeil/Wilson kinda thing.

Credo! , JWare , The Legendary Shark, Magnetica, Indigo , Dark Jimbo, Barrington Boots, gogilesco, Lawman of the Present,if you want your names on a Judges , I'll need to know what they are - si@simonfraser.net works if you want to remain incognito.

Holden can put his name on any Judge he likes , so he's exempt.

Cheers

Si.

That's cool. Certainly fits with what I think an H-Wagon looks like.

Woah, 9 days ago was my 20th year as a member of this board!

Hi,

So I find myself having to draw H-Wagons in a forthcoming story. I realise that I don't know if there is a standard version of this vehicle. Certainly a casual Googling doesn't give me much of any use. I know that as 2000AD Art Droids we're just supposed to wing it 24/7 and create everything from whole cloth, but I kinda want to honour what has come before. Does anyone have any ideas?

Yes , this is unpaid research work , but I can put your names on Judges in return for good image reff .

Much obliged

Simon.

[Crikey!]

Crikey!
I'd have voted for Nemesis myself.

I am now old enough that I have completely forgotten parts of my early career.
Yayy!

[Dante]

Do I get a vote?

Umm....Dante?

Dante has a Glasgow accent , in my mind.

I'd just like to add my voice to the chorus here. Dave was one of those people who set the tone for 2000ad fandom and made it such a pleasure to be part of . He will be sorely missed. My condolences to his friends and family.

Simon.

I notice that this thread popped up again and I'll take this opportunity to mention that Jim Baikie was the first comic book artist I ever talked to. It was the 1987 UKCAC , my first ever Con. I was down from the Highlands, my first trip to London, all by myself, nervous as Hell. It was my first attempt to engage with the comics community ,which I had decided to devote my life to the year earlier. A momentous thing for me, as I'm sure you can imagine. Jim had the misfortune to be identifiable to me and to sit down in an easily accessible location and be by himself. I took my chance! He was very gracious with this youngster, who could barely speak due to nerves. He looked through my portfolio ( all original pages, I didn't have access to a photocopier ) and gave me some helpful advice. Most of which I immediately forgot. The lesson I did learn from that interaction wasn't about drawing comics are all, it was about being kind and patient to a tongue tied and cripplingly anxious kid who has decided to do something scary and needs some reassurance. I've had many reasons to think back on that interaction over the decades since and I've tried to follow his example. I never met Mr. Baikie again. I'd have liked to thank him.

Rereading it now I'm kind of impressed just how obnoxious Dante was at the start. It's not until Rhudinstein that he actually behaves in any way decently.

That link dies for me, but this one is good.

Thanks.

Oops! Much obliged.

Hey All,

So Episode 3 of the Great Dante Readthrough is now up.

https://simonfraser.net/tgdrpodcast/2021/3/2/ep-3-the-gentleman-thief

It's also now available on iTunes, it will show up in the search in the next couple of days. So if you are an iTunes user would you be so kind as to drop a review on there?  Those things matter to a fledgling little Podcast like ours.

We're going to try and hit a Wednesday drop day every week.
Thanks for following along. We're appreciating all the nice feedback we've been getting.

Cheers

Simon & Edie