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#1
Creative Common / Re: Funny thing
Today at 03:24:00 PM
There's a bit up above where the eagle appears to say "So tru". Any road - I liked the idea of that, even if it wasn't the intention.

I was thinking of a chatty familiar in the Iain Banks book "The Bridge".
#2
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
Today at 02:38:09 PM
Exceedingly Lewd Rake

The origin story of (Mr.) Harry Kipling (Not Yet Deceased).
#3
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
Today at 02:35:27 PM
Well, I have to paste it in here as well, then. Love it...

Quote from: Le Fink on Today at 01:42:46 PM

Inspired by Funt's cover puns thread.

Sinister Feckster!

A couple of gunsharks arrive on Craggy Island. After Reservoir Dogs, and Father Ted of course.
#4
Quote from: Le Fink on 28 March, 2024, 08:26:58 PMThistlebone ends and it feels a bit pointless. Our two protagonists have been run through one hell of a mill and end up sort of killing each other? Erm, what? The villagers can't even do their evil worst, which I thought was rather the point.

I want to reread the entire series to get a bit more of a handle on Yvonne's fate. I think she's just a victim of the terror of the woods. Callum's death is far more complicated, and ties into the inescapable trauma and guilt he feels over the murder of his father. Having the villagers murder him for being gay would not have been a story that I would've been comfortable reading (all things being equal), and so his fate had to be some form of happenstance, or self-inflicted.

Still, as I said upthread, all very dark. (That rather being the point.) Are there any creator interviews on this one? I'd be fascinated.
#5
Judge Dredd
Are we supposed to know who it is that Dredd's tracking from MC-1 to Scandinavia? Or, wait, now that I'm thinking about it - is that the flight path taken by HW 302 and Dredd's wondering what it was doing there? Apart from not quite getting that bit of the story, I really enjoyed the dynamic of this episode - the slow fracturing of the trust between Logan and Dredd, and the foreshadowing of the bait and switch with the choice of cadet. Hale, all puffed up at success, is somewhat reminiscent of Kraken on his final assessment, and Dredd seems to prefer the calculated tactics and bravery of Moon. (It's not entirely clear whether Dredd had someone in mind before he got there.)

Art-wise, I didn't notice the coloring mistake until someone on here mentioned it. The fat back wheel and thin front wheel Lawmaster makes it look a little too much like a tricycle, but I quite liked the wide field-of-view helmets.

Full Tilt Boogie
Turns out that magic crystals from downed warships aren't a magic cure. I really like how this series works both as a standalone, but also manages to teach us about the overarching plot. I'm finding it a lot more sophisticated-seeming than I was expecting from my emotional memory of the first series.

Thistlebone
Oh, but it's dark. I can't even do justice to a proper review without re-reading it in one sitting. I think this  topples Cradlegrave as most disturbing thing in the prog.

Indigo Prime
Wuh? Wait - the three color panels in the middle - are they happening in another reality? I'm definitely enjoying this and certainly not sure why. Last Lug to Abbo Dabbo, eat your heart out.

Rogue Trooper
Oh dear. Was this intended for some kind of all-ages spin-off version of 2000 AD? (Of course, you'd have to think of a snappy title for that.) It would be too easy to pick it apart like a vulture pecking at roadkill, so I'll instead celebrate the "For Nordland!" panel as the best thing in it. (Of course, she should have choked to death at that point, because this is 2000 AD, not the Dandy.) Last thing - why does Rogue transform into Andy Sipowicz? That's a weird new character trait. (Lots of love to all the creators - I know it's not easy and what the fuck do I know anyway?)




Proteus Vex
I do love this series. I was a bit confused by the Citheronian stalkers seeming to be onto Bihet setting a trap for them, and then falling straight into the trap. What detail did I miss here? Good to see that we're back looking at the little people inside big people's heads, because the last series completely skirted that entire aspect of things. Why is Midnight Indicating Shame so much more powerful than others of her species? Never mind - it's cool when she eats spaceships.

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Summary - great prog, but you don't need to neuter Rogue just because there's going to be a movie. He's a soldier, not a social worker.
#6
Creative Common / Re: Funny thing
28 March, 2024, 11:11:45 PM
I like the idea of the shoulder-eagle talking to Dredd.

This sort of thing would've worked well in some kind of all-ages version of 2000 AD. It would have to have a clever name, though...
#7
Off Topic / Re: This is the News!
28 March, 2024, 05:10:39 PM
Rogue Trooper gets criticized for its naming conventions: the guy in the bag is Bagman etc. It seems too unrealistic, they say.

But a man called "Bankman-Fried" just got 25 years for running a crypto-Ponzi scheme. The most famous case before that was Bernie Madoff (who made-off with other people's money). Lou Pearlman stole everyone's pearls. Gerald Payne got 27 years, which had to hurt. Don't even get me started on Charles Ponzi!
#8
Original Rogue leaned heavily into that World War II notion of a just war, with the Norts depicted as an entire army of SS-type fanatics, and the Southers more or less the American GIs. You could still have top brass baddies on the Souther side.

One of the reasons why Jaegir is so good - it muddies the waters.
#9
Megazine / Re: Meg 466: Shoot ’em up
28 March, 2024, 02:53:31 PM
It's so weird for me that 2000 AD thought it was a good idea to hire on US superhero writers to work on the comic. That's coming from my perspective that 2000 AD offered something uniquely British that was taking a different stance on the market. No heroes in capes (Klep excepted) was a breath of fresh comic air.

I realize with hindsight that a lot of British talent wanted nothing more than to get hired on by the big boys of the US and join them in their "everything in comics is basically a superhero template" world, and the editors at 2K probably figured it was a great scoop to hire on some US talent.

The results, though. The absolute worst of Rogue Trooper output. An almost complete lack of regard for continuity, or even internal logic. The article in this Meg skates neatly over the fact that most of the stories they're talking about are risible. It's a bit like "Oh yeah, that Billy McFarland - I actually helped him out on his Fyre Festival planning - it was me that chose the catering and sourced the disaster relief tents".
#10
Creative Common / Re: Funny thing
27 March, 2024, 09:46:51 PM
Quote from: Spangulliteti132 on 27 March, 2024, 09:22:41 PMHere's more my friend made


Just got to the image url because for some reason the other images aren't working

FTFY. It was because the second two were jpeg files, not pngs. In future, try this:

1. Go to the imgur page that is displaying your image.
2. In Windows-Chrome, right-click the image and select "Open image in new tab".
3. In the new tab, copy the URL, which will be the correct URL of the image.

(There are probably ways of achieving the same goal in other OS-browser combos.)
#11
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
27 March, 2024, 09:10:08 PM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 27 March, 2024, 08:59:14 PM"Lodgers & Hammerstein"

After having his time machine stolen, the retired A.B.C. Warrior settles down to run a boarding house in Torquay.

I want this as a comic. (Would've looked good in an all ages spin-off version of 2000 AD. Now, what to call that...)
#12
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
27 March, 2024, 09:07:37 PM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 27 March, 2024, 08:42:53 PM"Stone Age"

The Meltdown Man gets a time machine nuked.


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"Nick of Time"

The Meltdown Man gets another time machine nuked again.

FTFY
#13
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
27 March, 2024, 08:35:04 PM
Riffing on that one:

In a Tryanny Rex / Rogue Trooper crossover, Foo Fighter founder Dave Grohl's genetic material is needed to fight back against the Nort's superior musical output in ...

Scavenger of Grohls
#14
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
27 March, 2024, 07:15:57 PM
Philly Knot?
#15
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
27 March, 2024, 06:07:26 PM
Red Sees

Durham Red crosses over into the Edgiverse when she visits her dimension's Temple of Mithras and encounters the Eye of Hastur.