In the recent 2000AD survey, each person could make up to 5 suggestions for graphic novels. Here are the results for the 333 surveys I entered. Apoligies for not expanding the codes, but you should be able to work them out. I didn't code individual stories, except for Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog The Final Solution:
NIKOLAI 98
HARRYE 75
SINISTER61
ABC 47
STRONT 47
DURHAM 46
ROGUE 45
NEMESIS 44
NECRO 37
ZENITH 34
DREDD 33
BADCOMP 30
FLESH 29
GLIMMER 24
SAMSLADE23
SLAINE 23
MISSION 18
HALO 16
BANZAI 16
QUINCH 16
ANDERSON14
CHOPPER 11
ACE 9
VC 9
MERCY 9
TELGUUTH9
INDIGO 9
TORCYAN 8
FUTURE 8
DREDDinf8 = Inferno
DANDARE 8
LOVELIKE7
FINN 7
HARLEM 7
DEVLIN 6
FIREKIND6
AMERICA 6
STRONTfs6 = The Final Solution
DREDDhs 5 = Helter Skelter
STRONTS 5
HARRY20 5
DREDDcur5 = The Cursed Earth
BILLSAV 5
MELTDOWN5
ADAMCAD 5
DREDDcal4 = Judge Cal
DREDDpit4 = The Pit
DREDDpj 4 = PJ Maybe
DREDDapo4 = The Apocalypse War
CANNON 4
SKIZZ 4
FIENDS 3
DEADMAN 3
VANGUARD3
RAINDOGS3
DREDDchi3 = Judge Child
DEADLOCK3
MACH1 3
MEANMAC 2
GIDEON 2
SATANUS 2
MANIAC5 2
BIGDAVE 2
MEAN 2
CLOWN 2
VECTOR132
DREDDban2 = Banned Cursed Earth
STAINLES2
DREDDnec2 = Necropolis
ALBEST 2
WITCH 2
PUSSY5 2
OUTLAW 2
DREDDjd 2
LUKEKIRB2
THEDEAD 2
HEWLIGAN2
BRENDANM1
DREDDJud1 = Judda/Oz
DREDDart1 = Book of Dredd cover art
DOWNLODE1
DREDDdd 1
BIXBART 1
KOLA 1
DRYRUN 1
ARMITAGE1
WIREHEAD1
DREDDzeh1
BLAIR1 1
BRIGAND 1
DREDDoz 1
FREAKS 1
DREDDcru1 = Crusade
MEDIVAC 1
DREDDhot1
HAP 1
DREDDsec1
ALANG 1
KEVINO 1
DREDDwil1
METALZ 1
SHAKO 1
LIFELESS1
SHADOWS 1
FRIDAY 1
DREDDemr1 = Emrald Isle
TEENTAX 1
GREENMAN1
finaljud1
TIMEFLIE1
BIX 1
CARVER 1
TAXDE 1
LIVELIKE1
DREDDepi1 = Epics
CAMK 1
SINSTER 1
BEYOND 1
DREDDdem1 = Democracy Now
SANCHO 1
DINOSTY 1
NIKLOAI 1
LAZARUS 1
BALLSBRO1
ROBUST 1
RAZORS 1
DEMARCO 1
REVERE 1
WARGAMES1
BLACKH 1
SLAUGHT 1
DREDDCur1 = Cursed Earth
No surprises here. I've deleted everyone with less than 2 votes:
JOHNW 235
ROBBIEM 98
ALANG 69
DANA 60
GARTHE 55
PATM 55
GORDONR 48
ALANM 42
GRANTM 35
JOHNS 14
STEVEMO 5
SIMONS 4
JOHNT 3
NEILG 2
MARKM 2
I've deleted all artists with less than 2 votes.
CARLOSE 143
IANG 81
MARKH 54
JOHNB 49
BRIANB 37
ARTHURR 31
KEVINW 29
HENRYF 25
FRAZERI 23
SIMONB 20
CAMK 20
COLINM 17
STEVEY 16
SIMOND 15
MIKEM 15
SIMONF 13
KEVINO 13
SIKU 12
RSMITH 10
ADRIANB 9
GLENNF 9
STEVED 9
GREGS 8
CLIFFR 8
MASSIMO 7
FRANKQ 6
JOCK 6
ALAND 6
COLINW 5
DAVEG 5
DERMOTP 4
PETERD 3
TREVORH 3
JIMM 3
BRETTE 3
SIMONH 3
BRYANT 2
CHRISW 2
WILLS 2
JASONB 2
ALANG 2
PJ 2
ANDYC 2
Red Razors - 1 vote.
I rest my case ;>
Since this list was asking for thrills to return to 2000AD, current thrills (Dredd, Nikolai, etc) don't appear.
STRONT 80
HALO 64
SLAINE 53
QUINCH 48
ZENITH 44
HARRYE 43
ROGUE 43
SAMSLADE 35
SINISTER 25
ANDERSON 24
BADCOMP 21
NEMESIS 18
ACE 18
ABC 17
CHOPPER 16
MISSION 13
DURHAM 13
DEATH 11
DEVLIN 11
DANDARE 11
FLESH 11
INDIGO 11
GLIMMER 10
FINN 10
STRONTS 10 = Feral and/or The Gronk
NIKOLAI 9
CANNON 8
NECRO 8
STAINLES 7
VC 6
OUTLAW 6
VENUS 5
TYRANNY 5
DEADLOCK 5
GIDEON 5
BIGDAVE 5
DEMARCO 4
DARKJUDG 4
RAINDOGS 4
BALLSBRO 4
MIDDEN 3
HARLEM 3
MANIAC5 3
MELTDOWN 3
FRIDAY 3
MERCY 3
ROJAWS 3
BANZAI 3
VANGUARD 3
LOVELIKE 3
ROBUST 2
MEANMAC 2
ORLOK 2
VECTOR13 2
ADAMCAD 2
RICO 2
LUKEK 2
TORQUE 2
JANUS 2
BILLSAV 2
WITCH 2
VIENNA 2
WOLFIE 2
DREDD 2
PJMAYBE 2
TORCYAN 2
Pussyfoot 5 was the run away leader in the list of thrills you wanted to line up against a wall...again thrills with only 1 vote have been deleted from the list.
PUSSY5 105
SPACEG 41
ZENITH 40
SLAINE 37
DEVLIN 31
TELGUUTH 30
SINISTER 22
RAINDOGS 21
TORCYAN 19
VANGUARD 19
DURHAM 17
NECRO 16
BALLSBRO 16
BANZAI 14
QUINCH 13
GLIMMER 13
NIKOLAI 13
OUTLAW 13
BIGDAVE 12
CARVER 11
INDIGO 10
REDFANG 10
MERCY 9
HALO 9
BLAIR1 8
SAMSLADE 8
ABC 7
BADCOMP 7
HARRYE 7
MEANMAC 7
NEMESIS 6
ROGUE 5
FLESH 5
FINN 5
LAZARUS 4
THARG 4
DEADLOCK 4
MISSION 3
ACE 3
DINOSTY 3
GIDEON 2
WARDOG 2
ZIPPY 2
BRADLEY 2
SKIZZ 2
CHOPPER 2
TRASH 2
ANDERSON 2
REVERE 2
STRONTS 2
SANCHO 2
FUTURE 2
What no votes for me!!?
:o)
scojo
Interesting that Zenith got such a high (or should that be low!) rating.
I am surprised.
I thought it was one of 2k's finest strips myself.
But then what do I know!!!
scojo
Interesting how Zenith appears in both the favourite and least favourite stories...
This may have been because of zzzzenith.com, which was not as good as the original stories and so didn't bode well for the future.
Ditto Slaine...just because people don't want him back doesn't necessarily mean that they didn't like him when he was in his prime.
Interesting how Zenith appears in both the favourite and least favourite stories...
Wood
As Judge Dredd would say:
"Who understands the citizens?"
scojo
I think the first series of Zenith was one of THE best things ever in 2000AD, the second series was merely okay, the third series increasingly disjointed and with regret i've never read the last series. zzzenith.com was quite interesting (i don't think you can expect much from a one off six page strip) but Morrison writing the whole Britney assualt thing made want to be sick, much like his b*ggery of Dan Dare which seemed to be his attempt to violate things he didn't approve of, pretty sick if you ask me. The thought of a fifth series isn't neccesarily a pretty one.
But that first series was very, very good.
That's a very good point.
Wanting a series back is a double edged sword, it may either be outright bad (bad robohunter) or just okay, which is almost just as bad.
If it is just okay it may mean that the story has gone as far as it can go or even that it's now just a little anachronistic.
I would love Halo Jones back for a fourth series. But then, I also maybe wouldn't. Moore and Gibson are still brilliant but what if it just didn't work? It would cast a pall over all the previous stuff.
Still if Morrison could do produce a tightly written story and Stev Yeowll could reach the same detailed level he did in the first book I'd happily see it back. If it just was to sit at the bottom of what has so far been a downward curve, I'd rather they didn't bother.
pvs
The final book ties up all the loose ends.
Scojo
What do you think of it? If it ties up all the loose ends then I think I'll buy it when Titan reprint it (if they do) anyway.
It's very good.
With a classic ending.
Shame it was in colour though!
Scojo
Book four, in my opinion, was the best of the Zenith series - it made the other ones look as if they were just preludes to a brilliant climax.
I also enjoyed Zzzenith.com; I don't know why it got such a hard time. maybe it excluded newer readers with its references to older characters.
Hey! Why bother buying it. Why not just read it off the shelf in WHSmith and then whinge about how crap it is on the messabe board afterwards. That way you don't have to cough up any dough and by doing so deprive the rest of us of any top notch thrills 'cause Rebellion can't afford the writers & artists. Hey! And while you're at it, why not nip round your next door neighbours house and watch their TV so you don't have to pay the license fee.
Seems to be a consensus that the last book was good, hurrah! I might have to pester titan to release it. I was surprised to hear about it being in colour though.
The thing is with zzzenith.com is that it's hard to have much depth in six pages. So while it might be quite good for a one off, most people are really after something of the same depth as the series. Hence the dissapointment. It was like seeing a trailer to a movie, it got you interested but wasn't satisfying in itself.
As I commented further down the list, the whole Britney thing was pretty appalling. Morrison has a habit of 'doing things' to people he doesn't like in his strips. I'd rather he just got on with the story.
I thought Steve Yeowell was back on form.
No, the screeching of the harpies as they land on my back once more! I honestly thought you had got that out of your system. is this going to happen all the time?
2000AD isn't a charity and I've no proof that rebellion are going to improve it as they claim though I hope they will and the signs are certainly positive.
During my time in the wasteland, I have been buying collected volumes of stuff I like (or liked) and Dredd volumes by wagner (I have over a metre high pile of reprinted 2000AD stuff I've bought - I pay for quality). I will buy Prog 2002 because it has at least 2 stories (that's all I ask) I want to read in it. Just as I bought Prog 2000, 2001 and every issue for the last few years with nemesis and abc warriors in.
If I hadn't made my trips down to whsmiths I wouldn't have bought any of these issues. As it happens now this site is here I don't even have to go down to whsmith's, I just look to see if there is a new strip or the return of one of my favourites. So you don't have to worry about paying for a mag full of rubbish while other people read a six page dredd strip for free anymore.
Back you foul harpy, back I tell you!
I absolutely agree with the sentiments put forward in this message. There are 2000ad stories that I would love to have back, mostly because they didn't finish and I could realy do with the closure! The main problem is that there would no way to get the original artists/writers to ressurect their stories and even if they did, they would probably have to modernise them for today's readers. I cite the way the Dan Dare strip ended as an example. If the story was taken up today it probably wouldn't be all that different from that god-awful Revolver story. Robohunter certainly didn't get better when it was ressurected either. Saying this, I still would have liked to know what Feral of "trontium Dogs" actually turned in to. He's been in that coccoon for years now...
For me Halo Jones never ended properly. I would wash Alan Moore's moss encrusted feet (no seriously, if that's your thing Alan, I'll do it) if he could bring it back on the high level it was before. She still had so much to do.
Original Robohunter ended quite well, then it started again then they ended it again. Then they brought it back in the nineties, 'they' being some complete f*ckwits, not Gibson & Wagner I hasten to add.
As for feral, well, a good winter would have killed him off hopefully. Apparently you can get some sort of spray.
Thanks for posting McNulty, I feel someone else out there has some opinions I agree with.
pvs
p.s. I don't think Grant Morrison should be allowed to 'interfere' with any more comic characters. Isn't there a register for that kind of thing these days, the warped freak.
I'm just playing with you PVS, don't take it to heart. I'm not out to pull people to pieces on this board, I'm even fond of Death Monkey the young whippersnapper!
Hey Mcnulty,
Feral came out of that thing and became firekind! Or something like that!
He did, honest!
It was written by Alan Smithee (Dave Bishop in other words!) and art by Trevor Hairsine.
Too lazy to check prog numbers though!
scojo
Feral is a alive and well. See my previous post.
scojo
yes, he emerged from that cocoon having metamorphosed into deathmonkey23;)
steven lenfant terrible
yes, he emerged from that cocoon having metamorphosed into deathmonkey23;)
Ha ha!
Shouldn't Deathy be back here soon what with the end of school term coming up?
On no... Argentina diatribes and obscure music groups here we come!
scojo