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Oh and one last thing. Isn't that Kevin from the Wonder Years Dad as Dolan, I assume. I'm kinda cool with that... at least that could work. I'm off to imdb to check...

Oh and just want to say I personnally do believe that The Spirit can be successfully updated and modernised while still retaining the feel of the original. Cooke's recent run on the Spirit over at DC proves that. What I've seen of this film just ain't that at all.

Have to say while the Watchmen movie has me all 'God damn' excited this just has me very worried.

Since when is The Spirit the kind of character that stomps down corridors and says things like "Somebody get me a tie, and it sure as hell better be red!"?

I mean all good it might be incredibly hard to make a movie for the modern market that represents what The Spirit's about - then fine don't make a movie of The Spirit rather than stick out some modern film you want to make and slap The Spirit's name on it... ok breathe... I need to relax. This is just the trailer and the actually film might be fine... but really from what I've seen so far I'm going to hate this.

The only thing I guess is hard to argue against is that Miller spent a lot of time with Eisner so while it might not be the Spirit film I'd want or expect you got to hope he's honoured Will Eisner's vision. I guess Eisner was better at accepting change than most of us and so maybe he'd be cool with it...

...me, well I'll wait and see but I'm hating what I've seen so far.

Ok that's got me a little more excited. Looking forward to this should be fun.

It's true. it's a cracking strip and I quite fancy the mom. It did get a bit samey towards the end and I think Bill Watterson did the right thing calling it a day when he did - better to go out strong than to have Charlie Brown missing that football for 50 years straight.

Fav C&H here (fair use I'm sure!) although there are a few similar ones with the same evil outcome. I also like the one where he soaks his Mom after she gets all dressed up. Look of mischieviousness never bettered.

Have that one framed on my wall at home. Love it

Where as its always fun to read these things in order I agree with Shutdown Man it really doesn't matter you can dip in anywhere. Its well well worth it as frankly its the greatest newspaper strip ever to my mind and worthy of all the praise it gets and more.

Have fun as you start you read them it's a magical world you're entering.

Slightly off topic but is that Anniversary commission on the Cliff Robinson webpage absolutely fantastic!

Man I need to be working on dropping some hints to my lovely wife!

While I loved the Games Workshop Judge Dredd RPG back in the day we were too busy playing the very under-rated Marvel Superheroes Universal Table role playing game to get too far into our campaign. However we did play Block Mania a shed load, now that was a fun little boardgame. The Rogue Trooper one wasn't bad either, even though I was never a fan of the strip.

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Am I the only person who sees this?

Cheers!

Jim

PS - John Smith.

When you put it like that you make a very good point. The only concern I'd have is that he might make it a bit to weird and leftfield to be a fun read? With good editorial control I think it'd work a treat? Would he want to do it though?

Personnally I think not. If only because I don't think he is rated that highly.

What I mean by that if is there is one comic book creator that will polarise opinion it's Grant Morrison. Some people adore him, some people hate him. Even those who love the fella's work (and I include myself in there) often don't like particular bits of this stuff.

I think Zenith and Animal Man are the best comics / strips ever written. love um. Seven Soldiers and what we have to date of Final Crisis are close to the top of my lists as well. On the other hand while I loved Doom Patrol back in the day I find it a little cold now, a bit to cool for skool. The JLA stuff I've read (and I must admit its not a great deal) not so keen on.

I think if he was held in the high and almost universal esteem that Alan Moore is then yeah I think it would be fair to say he was over-rated (and whether Alan Moore is over-rated is a debate for another time). I think as it is his status as controversial but largely admired is about fair.

I haven't read Hellblazer in years (in fact since the Ennis run) but the news that Milligan is coming on board has caught my imagination and I'll be picking it up and hoping the fit is as perfect as it seems, if you'll excuse the pun, on paper.

Uh I was really hoping they'd be a little more concrete evidence, or even a rumour from a fan who'd talked to Pat Mills on this. I'd love to see Nemesis back. I've still to read book 10 (was it?) as that appeared during my wilderness years so not sure how well it ended?

That said it'd have to be a bleedin' marvelous ending to make me want to leave it alone and not have Nemesis return.

Just watched it all in one go. While I know such talk is dangerous straight after watching something I think I can safely say. BEST. ZOMBIE. FILM. EVER!

Loved it. Funny, scarey and incredibly human all at the same time. Charlie Brooker is a genius.

Thank you very much to Leigh for getting my point and defending it while I've not been here. Can I make a few clear points and then we can all move on.

Thoughout my posts I've never once said the Mail is a good thing - in fact I've stated my distaste for it.

I have not defend the fuss as I think by now its way over the top.

I've not complained about anything.

What I have said is that people saying that the 30,000 people who made the complaint and hadn't heard the show in the first place is a bad thing are wrong and they have no right to their opinions or the reactions their opinions have inspired in them.

My reason for saying this is that the news is there to inform people of events they haven't witnessed so they can form an opinion of their own.

I don't believe that of the 30,000 all are mindless sheep, or all 30,000 are forming their own opinion. What I'm saying is I'm not arrogant enough to assume that 30,000 people haven't got the right to form their own opinion on something from second hand evidence be that the Mail or some other news channel. To attack people for having an opinion on a matter that they haven't witnessed first hand is at best poor logic.

I have stated that the big shame that people haven't been inspired to put the same effort, i.e. to become informed by the news, about a story of more worth.

Simple as that, that's it.

I have NOT heard the show be it first hand or via YouTube or what not and have no intention of doing so. Does that mean I haven't got the right to have an opinion on the matter from investigating it from a number of sources. If you think it does you can sod off. All you evidence is the fact that you yourself have all the sensiblity of the Mail itself, i.e. I don't like what people are saying and or doing so I will attack them in whatever manner I can however poor my arguement is.

All that said as I've said a couple of times people are putting far too much effort into a small news story and so am I by doing this. Sigh.

Ok lets try another analogy.

People hear on the news that there is a humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Repulbic of Congo, People investigate the background and whats happening there, people choose to donate to the Oxfam supporting people over there.

By the logic being used this would be infuriating as people haven't 'witnessed' the events first hand.

Now I use that analogy deliberately to back up my point that the real shame and embarrassment to the country is that such people haven't got involved in a more signifciant news story NOT to compare the two situations.

The point I'm making is just because people don't hear, witness something first hand doesn't mean they can't gather information and form a valid opinion about it and act on that opinion. Yeah the fact that 30000 people have done the Daily Mail's dirty work and russled up hate and anger is a massive pity BUT that doesn't make the argument that people have been inspired to act via the news a valid one. There are many valid arguments that can be used but this just isn't one.