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Books & Comics / Re: The 2022 Humble Bundle - same problem again

« on: 09 March, 2022, 08:18:42 PM »

Thanks Molch-R for getting it fixed, and user2000 for highlighting the issue. I'm off to get mine now!

It's disappointing that this keeps happening with Humble's comics bundles, especially when Rebellion is giving them the right files in the first place.

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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Carver Hale vs. Kingdom Round 2 Heat 42

« on: 23 February, 2022, 09:37:47 AM »

Carv... Just kidding. Kingdom.

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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Kola Kommandos vs Harlem Heroes (Reboot) - Round 1 He

« on: 05 November, 2021, 08:59:37 AM »

That's not a world I want to live in! Kola Kommandos is a total mess, with too much going on and no clear plan, but too many ideas is better than none.

KK.

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News / Re: The new 2000 AD Humble Bundle deal is available now!

« on: 27 July, 2021, 06:14:38 PM »

The list looks different to me:

£0.72 tier:
Judge Anderson: The Psi Files 01
Insurrection 1
Devlin Waugh: Red Tide
Mean Machine: Real Mean

£7.21 tier:
Judge Dredd: Satan's Island
Judge Dredd: Nobody Apes the Law
Judge Dredd: Chief Judges' Man
Judge Anderson: The Psi Files 02-03
The Simping Detective
Mega-City Undercover 1-3
Insurrection 2
Hondo City Justice
Dredd: Urban Warfare
Devlin Waugh: Swimming in Blood
Dead Man
Cadet Anderson

£12.99 tier:
Young Death
Judge Dredd: The Carlos Ezquerra Collection
Judge Death: My Name is Death
Dredd: Final Judgement
Judge Dredd: Cape & Cowl Crimes
Judge Dredd: Total War
Missionary Man
Judge Dredd: The Pit
Judge Dredd: Origins
Judge Dredd: Mechanismo
Judge Dredd: Mandroid
Judge Dredd: Heavy Metal Dredd
Judge Dredd: Brothers of the Blood
Judge Dredd: America
Judge Anderson: The Psi Files 04-05
Hondo City Law
Dredd/Anderson Deep End

£18.04 tier:
[All books in this tier were included in last year’s “Judge Dredd, 2000 AD & More” bundle]
Zenith Book 1-4
Judge Dredd Case Files 01-05
Halo Jones Book 1-3
Kingdom Book 1-4
2000 AD's Greatest: Celebrating 40 Years
Absalom Book 1-3
Age of the Wolf
Aquila
Bec & Kawl
Best of Tharg’s Future Shocks
Brass Sun
Brink Book 1-3
Counterfeit Girl
Defoe 1666
Hope Book 1
Mazeworld
Scarlet Traces Book 1
Shakara Book 1
Sláine: Book of Invasions 1
Sláine: Warrior’s Dawn
Zombo Book 1-2

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Books & Comics / Re: Keanu's Kickstarter comic

« on: 02 September, 2020, 01:59:42 PM »

I was just reading about this on Bleeding Cool. According to Boom the idea is to use an established platform (KS) and a big celebrity to get comics into the hands of folks who don't usually read them, and get said folks into comic shops. Will be interesting to see if it works.

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Website and Forum / Re: 50% subscriber discount missing from webshop account.

« on: 31 August, 2020, 01:23:17 PM »

My voucher disappeared so I sent a message through support.2000ad.com and they restored it within a few days. Of course, it's the 31st (and a bank holiday) now, but it can't hurt to ask.

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Books & Comics / Re: Humble Bundle 2000ad

« on: 20 August, 2020, 02:36:17 PM »

That's good to hear. I seem to remember one of the manga bundles had similar compression issues and was eventually fixed. Nearly bought this yesterday the moment I saw the thrill-mail but I guess I'll wait and see.

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General / Re: Space Spinner 2000AD

« on: 26 July, 2020, 11:02:05 AM »

Amazing work, guys. Looking forward to catching up on the bits I missed, and that Dead Man reveal tomorrow!

Sorry for bringing down the tone by bringing up White Fire

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General / Re: Space Spinner 2000AD

« on: 30 June, 2020, 01:09:54 PM »

Fox I love your podcast but you really need a better standard of guests, this Conrad guy is super gross and totally unprofessional.

JK great job guys! Top marks to Conrad for keeping up the Keef Ripley kayfabe (Keefabe?)

I had never heard of R.O.B. the robot before - I guess he wasn’t widely distributed in the UK - so found this pretty fascinating: The Story of R.O.B. the Robot | Gaming Historian

I was a Sega kid, so the "Do me a favour, plug me into a Sega" ad in Prog 655 brought back fond memories of the TV version. Although it must be said it doesn’t really work in print.

Also, a 24 hour Starlord Twitch stream is mad mental crazy and I will be there for, oh, at least 20 minutes of it

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General / Re: Space Spinner 2000AD

« on: 05 April, 2020, 11:29:23 AM »

That was a really fun listen and made a very stressful day at work pass a little quicker. Thanks guys, and stay safe!

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General / Re: Space Spinner 2000AD

« on: 25 January, 2020, 11:51:28 PM »

Best Month: January

Best Writing: John Wagner.
For sowing seeds for future storylines (like introducing Kraken and bringing back PJ Maybe) and allowing Chopper to survive Oz - we all love a good anti-hero, but Nemesis and Deadlock are total dicks now, and sometimes you just want someone to root for, you know? And for that reason:

MVP: Chopper.

Best (and Worst) Art: John Hicklenton.
Grotesque, disturbing, frequently incomprehensible and generally unpleasant to look at. And yet utterly distinctive, dynamic, vibrant, exciting, and occasionally, absolutely iconic. I hate him. He's a genius.

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General / Re: Space Spinner 2000AD

« on: 22 October, 2019, 01:04:03 PM »

I assume you're joking about the "made-up alien language Kantanka" - I find it hard to believe someone who works in videogames doesn't have a passing familiarity with Japanese Katakana.

I love Oz and I'm glad Wagner had his way - the whole story seems to be building towards Chopper winning and dying, so having him lose and survive is a neat twist and a perfectly bittersweet ending*. And of course it leaves the door open for more stories, at least two of which are really good.

The Wagner/Grant split and that supremely un-enticing Simon Harrison Strontium Dog image do seem to signal the end of an era, but there's plenty of good stuff until at least Prog 700!

_{*Losing and dying would have been pretty goddamn bleak}

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General / Re: HALLOWEEN WRITIG COMP VOTING THREAD

« on: 01 December, 2018, 07:47:55 AM »

I hope this isn't the deciding vote, I couldn't take the pressure! Sorry for the no-show; I need to get back in the writing habit...

1st: Eamonn
2nd: Shark
3rd: NapalmKev

Eamonn's last line has gone missing: "You came back, how simply delicioussss."

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General / Re: RETURN OF THE WRITING COMP! HALLOWEEN HOUSE OF HORRORS!

« on: 13 November, 2018, 05:27:46 PM »

I have half an idea... When's the deadline?

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General / Re: Space Spinner 2000AD

« on: 10 October, 2018, 09:03:39 PM »

"The Judge Child will return in Prog 1077, eighteen years after Judge Feyy's prediction, just as foretold!"
"Oh, what the fuck."
"Ah, y'know, whatever, that's a problem for when we're covering 1998, buddy. I'm not worried about that too much."
"That's so far away."
"You'd think so, but I got plans."

WHAT. What does this mean? You're not - gasp! - skipping ahead, are you?

Congrats on the anniversary - Space Spinner continues to be one of the podcasting highlights of my week, and ReAction is off to a great start too.