Back to the Prog proper and a shift in line-up. Not a massive one, but enough to feel the difference.
Dredd Niemand and Foster return to Asher, the ex-Titan con. Who while working on a cleaning duty, see some slack judging that could be indicitive of much more. Its a gloriously steady start with the first twist of tension, this one will be getting much tighter I suspect.
Brink a police interview, Maslow calls HSD bluff and Bardot pays a price. dpesn't sound much but its brilliant.
Hope more interviews, more insights into 'Hollywoods' underbelly, more dark consequences - see above.
Dexter this thrill might be suffering from choppy scheduling, might be being trampled under it ambition being stifled but openers like this, with its grim forboding allow us to at least see the potential that we lost. Great episode.
Fiends Ouch! Its all chains and poking and burning and nasty... see above.
Lovely cover
Cover by Tom Foster:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FR_AQfTWQAEpffi?format=jpg&name=large)
Cover and Logo:
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Bah. Nowt here yet. Looks fab too.
lovely tribute to garry leach from rufus dayglo as well
A good prog after the regen prog. I can feel the shift as a new Dredd starts and Bulletopia returns
Dredd – A good start and a welcome return of Asher. The setup is done, and Dredd and Asher are heading for a full head on collision.
Brink – This episode almost serves as a catch-up, a slow in hail and then continue to breath as the last page ramps it up again. Good stuff
Hope – This episode is almost mimicking same path Brink took by having the whole episode concentrating on the interview and then wham a cliffhanger on the last page. Good stuff
Dexter – The Bulletopia saga started way back in prog 2184 (2020) running now for basically 22 episodes over 8 chapters using 3 artists. I just wish we can have a longer running episode count rather than Sin/Dex is used as a filler. Ooh I forgot the episode was good and I am enjoying this arc much more than the previous ones (before Bullet)
Fiends – The enemy has introduced himself and Constanta is in a real pickle. The dream sequence was well done which also gives us more back story. Edginton is adding more twists for us too the layers of intrigue. Great stuff
B/W Cover:
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"Keep your nose clean."
Harsh, Dredd... harsh.
Quote from: Bad City Blue on 11 May, 2022, 10:08:12 AM
"Keep your nose clean."
Harsh, Dredd... harsh.
So on the nose
I *think* that's the first prog this year that I've read straight through, cover to cover, without skipping anything or feeling that a particular strip doesn't justify its inclusion.
5 great stories, all hugely entertaining in their own way. Top stuff, Tharg.
SBT
Quote from: broodblik on 11 May, 2022, 09:03:36 AM
B/W Cover:
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Does that B&W cover make anyone else want to see this story in glorious monochrome? I have seen some other snippets of this story in black and white which shows off the wonderful linework of Tom Foster, the colours for me don't really do it justice and muddy it all a bit sadly
Quote from: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 11 May, 2022, 02:57:28 PM
5 great stories, all hugely entertaining in their own way. Top stuff, Tharg
Yep, that just about sums it up perfectly. Good to have
Sinister Dexter back.
Here is an interview with K. Niemand:
https://geekculturereviews.blogspot.com/2022/05/creator-interview-talking-all-things.html (https://geekculturereviews.blogspot.com/2022/05/creator-interview-talking-all-things.html)
Only read Dredd so far, but Niemand/Foster has a real Wagner/Bolland vibe – and I mean that in the most positive way. Great set-up. Looking forward to the rest of this one.
Gotta agree that this is an absolute corker of a prog. Loved every page.
Just popped in to say I'm very much enjoying Brink. There's a slow, creeping sense of foreboding terror that is pretty damn masterful writing. Great stuff.
Almost feels like I'm being uncomplimentary to the last few years of Tharg's organ but this line-up is one of the noteworthy times when all five strips are absolutely firing on full power. 'An Honest Man' is giving us the very best from all droids involved, with so much to pick out; apart from the artistic touches mentioned above I also love the card-playing lizards, the precisely-dissected corpses and what I presume are 40/50 shilling labels on the alcohol tanks. And the corpse-swill tanks are just glorious. Hope takes a lovely surreal turn, as it usually does when sorcery is cast. Brink... I mean, never mind coffee, who doesn't love a final page that graphically illustrates a giant eyeball emerging from the cleaved brain tissue of a dead man's open skull? Also, it's a nice touch that the apartment windows are coloured solid cyan as a synthetic attempt to resemble the sky. Dexter is just a joy to read (as well as being visually great now the Bettin and Soffe droids are giving it some consistency) - it may not be Dan Abnett's most inventive work but he's making a great effort of creating these little mini-stories. And Fiends remains an utter blast, of course.
I see we're reasonably deep into the review thread and nobody has said 'cocks out for Balaur' or otherwise commented on Fiends full frontal this week. I'm not bothered by it at all, but was a little surprised to see it in the Prog - have we had this before?
Quote from: Barrington Boots on 20 May, 2022, 12:36:47 PM
I see we're reasonably deep into the review thread and nobody has said 'cocks out for Balaur' or otherwise commented on Fiends full frontal this week. I'm not bothered by it at all, but was a little surprised to see it in the Prog - have we had this before?
Wrong review thread! For this weeks Prog, obviously.
Sláine had the odd todger years back, and I recall Simon David seemed to like painting them in Stone Island.