Flesh Final book

[broodblik]

Looks like Pat believe his up to it:

Hey - thanks for the encouragement. I've just written to 2000AD to see if they're up for it

[GordonR]

Wow. The frantic back-pedalling's begun even sooner than expected.

[IndigoPrime]

"To clarify, when I said Rebellion was a blood sucking leech forcing comics creators into lives of destitution, I meant that in a positive way."

Odds on a new Sláine series also now rocking up at some point?

I mean, fair enough if he found the grass isn't greener or he just wants to finish stories that have no other outlet. But it might at some point be nice if he'd stop slagging off Rebellion so much when the company is still happy publishing his work and now getting Finn of all things into two sets of reprint. (Some consistency regarding creator rights would be good too. One can only assume the artist credit oversight for Accident Man will be rectified for the sequel, after the strongest possible lobbying, right?)

[13school]

Sounds like I'm in the minority around here but the possibility of having Mills in the prog with some new writing, even just to wrap up a long running series, is something I'm looking forward to

[Link Prime]

Sounds like I'm in the minority around here but the possibility of having Mills in the prog with some new writing, even just to wrap up a long running series, is something I'm looking forward to

I'm with ya kid.

[nxylas]

I am hoping this comes about. But more than that I would really like Pat to finish 'Defoe'. Maybe there is hope for all parties to be reconciled now and Mr Mills to write more stuff?

It seems to have been dissatisfaction with Tharg's choice of artist on Defoe that led Pat to create Spacewarp, so that he could choose his own artists. So I won't hold my breath.

[broodblik]

I am hoping this comes about. But more than that I would really like Pat to finish 'Defoe'. Maybe there is hope for all parties to be reconciled now and Mr Mills to write more stuff?

It seems to have been dissatisfaction with Tharg's choice of artist on Defoe that led Pat to create Spacewarp, so that he could choose his own artists. So I won't hold my breath.

Colin MacNeil or Stewart Kenneth Moore? because Stewart Kenneth Moore was chosen by Pat if I am not mistaken

[rogue69]

Looks like this will not be happening as Pat just tweeted
Reply from 2000AD:  'Thanks, Pat, but not planning to commission any further Flesh.' So I'm afraid that's the end. But thanks to everyone for your encouragement and support  for Flesh. It's really appreciated

[GordonR]

Good of him to immediately make a private and confidential email public.

[IndigoPrime]

Mm. Maybe he hopes it'll rally the troops. Then all the people who aren't buying 2000 AD anymore can say they're going to cancel their non-existent subscriptions, because a series Mills said he'd never write any more of (which Matt Smith must have factored into his plans) now has a possible potential continuation that has been nixed.

(Gah. All this is so depressing. Mills was responsible for some of the most mind-boggling strips that got me into 2000 AD in the first place. The initial run on Nemesis. Early Sláine. Metalzoic.)

[nxylas]

Colin MacNeil or Stewart Kenneth Moore? because Stewart Kenneth Moore was chosen by Pat if I am not mistaken

I just checked Be Pure... and you're right. According to Pat (and I'm just reporting what he said, so don't shoot the messenger) Moore "hijacked" his strip by, um having ideas of his own. And Matt refused to intervene in the dispute. That's a potted version, there's a bit more about it in the book.

[IndigoPrime]

Bloody artists getting above their station and having ideas of their own.

[Trooper McFad]

If it ever got close to what we see in Tin man then we are not going to be missing much!

Let sleeping dino's lie.

[nxylas]

If it ever got close to what we see in Tin man then we are not going to be missing much!

Let sleeping dinos lie.

You're probably right, but at the same time, I hate knowing that there's one more book of Flesh that I'll never get to read. Flesh was my favourite story in Prog 1, so I have an unreasonable attachment to it.

[Jim_Campbell]

Moore "hijacked" his strip by, um having ideas of his own. And Matt refused to intervene in the dispute. That's a potted version, there's a bit more about it in the book.

Mills, a famously-interfering editor who equally famously hates editorial interference (cf: the two-decade-long, somewhat aysmmetric, feud with Andy Diggle) complains about lack of editorial interference.

Film at eleven.