Prog 2001 - Hungry for Thrills

[Albion]

If you're looking for the digital 2001 in the app, look down bottom right of the screen.

Took me a while. 

Thanks Eamonn, I'd never have looked further down!
I've been grumbling to myself all day about there being no Prog and was going to contact Rebellion tomorrow.
Now I can read it! 

(My usual lunchtime read wasn't without thrill-power though. I read Prog 1041 instead on my Prog Slog).

[Timothy]

I popped in to speculate on who the mystery judge we are clearly supposed to think is Anderson but equally clearly isn't is, but I think Frank might have nailed it already. Any other suggestions?

[Tombo]

I popped in to speculate on who the mystery judge we are clearly supposed to think is Anderson but equally clearly isn't is, but I think Frank might have nailed it already. Any other suggestions?

Isn't the [spoiler]Kazan clone[/spoiler] [spoiler]wheelchair bound[/spoiler]?

[Steve Green]

I popped in to speculate on who the mystery judge we are clearly supposed to think is Anderson but equally clearly isn't is, but I think Frank might have nailed it already. Any other suggestions?

Isn't the [spoiler]Kazan clone[/spoiler] [spoiler]wheelchair bound[/spoiler]?

[spoiler]Gerhardt?[/spoiler]

[Frank]

Isn't the [spoiler]Kazan clone[/spoiler] [spoiler]wheelchair bound[/spoiler]?

Looks like a moose to me.

[CalHab]

Still no Prog in Paisley! Any other Cal-Habbers similarly affected? Wonder if the switchover to in house subs is to blame?

I got a Monday delivery, as now seems to be the norm.

[Buttonman]

Mine arrived this morning (Thursday) - later than the newsagents! Hopefully just a glitch due to the changeover.

[GermanAndy]

Cover: Wonderful. 2000AD seems to have become the last bastion of good cover-art.

Dredd: I liked the art. I am not sold on the story yet, and frankly I have forgotten who "Sin" is. But it is a welcome change to the dull and endless "Judges vs Judges".

Counterfeit Girl: I am not a fan of Milligan. Normally I like the artist, but the similarity of the character design to Marvel's mutant Domino feels a bit strange and unneccesary.

Flesh: I just can't get into Mills, especially not in ABC Warriors and Flesh. Or Slaine. So this will be a few weeks of looking at the nice art only.

Hunted: I read the old Rogue Trooper collections, the classics only before the revamps, which all seemed to be a bit pointless, so I know the basics. But here I absolutly can't remember what happened before. On the other hand, it is Rogue hunting the Traitor General. Not so complicated  So, well. Even if I don't like Holden's art much, it can be a nice story.

Savage: Another one where the story lost me a long time ago. But the b/w art is nice.

[ZenArcade]

Cover: Great start to the 2000's, Langley excells himself in this stunning B & W image.

Dredd: I love this, moody, sneaky and brutal.  Is it just me or are the ideas taken from that old Sven Hassel novel 'The Commissar'.  the setting and cable platform seem familiar.

Counterfeit Girl: I love me a bit of Cyber Punk; I love me a bit of Pete Milligan and I really love me some Dayglo.  so I'm good with this.

Flesh:  Langley's art is criticized for being too static and I tend (in the main) to agree; this does not detract from the beauty of each single image.  Pat Mills is again revisiting well trodden ground, but hey dinosaurs and cowboys make a good combination.

Hunted:  An eye fest from a combination of superlative writer and wonderful artist. Tying with Dredd in my favourites this week.

Savage:  What Pat Mills again!  Again revisiting old characters (Something new or Nemises would be nice).  I never really got Savage over this past 39 and some years, but Patrick Goddard and black and white are the perfect combination.

All in all a good prog: three wonderful tales; one not bad and a Savage which is just not for me. Z

[Muon]

If you're looking for the digital 2001 in the app, look down bottom right of the screen.

Took me a while. 

Thanks Eamonn, I'd never have looked further down!
I've been grumbling to myself all day about there being no Prog and was going to contact Rebellion tomorrow.
Now I can read it! 

(My usual lunchtime read wasn't without thrill-power though. I read Prog 1041 instead on my Prog Slog).

Fookin' 'ell! Just as I was about to throw my iPad across the room an' all. Thanks a lot, Eamonn.

[Verence]

I notice that the next episode of the Dredd story is called Where Eagles Dare...

Does that mean that some of the MC-1 Judges with Dredd will turn out to be double agents and that two of the Sov-Judges will look like Anton Diffring and Derren Nesbitt??

[JUDGE BURNS]

Cover: Wonderful. 2000AD seems to have become the last bastion of good cover-art.

Dredd: I liked the art. I am not sold on the story yet, and frankly I have forgotten who "Sin" is. But it is a welcome change to the dull and endless "Judges vs Judges".

Counterfeit Girl: I am not a fan of Milligan. Normally I like the artist, but the similarity of the character design to Marvel's mutant Domino feels a bit strange and unneccesary.

Flesh: I just can't get into Mills, especially not in ABC Warriors and Flesh. Or Slaine. So this will be a few weeks of looking at the nice art only.

Hunted: I read the old Rogue Trooper collections, the classics only before the revamps, which all seemed to be a bit pointless, so I know the basics. But here I absolutly can't remember what happened before. On the other hand, it is Rogue hunting the Traitor General. Not so complicated  So, well. Even if I don't like Holden's art much, it can be a nice story.

Savage: Another one where the story lost me a long time ago. But the b/w art is nice.

My subs copy FINALLY arrived today ( Thursday ) as well Buttonman.   seems that the Ayrshire royal mail is lagging behind 5 days!!!

[JUDGE BURNS]

whoops looks like I copied the wrong quote...

[user2000]

whoops looks like I copied the wrong quote...

Mine came too - still no Prog 2000 but I'm getting another one sent out.

Bleedin' ridiculous this post business though, my son's Phoenix no longer comes on a Friday, usually a Saturday or the Monday now, plus I notice my Private Eye arriving later.

I think they look at the mags and say, stuff that, those can wait.

All the more annoying as these are all Royal Mail stuff, and not TNT or whatever other third party mail that goes to the bottom of the pile.

[I, Cosh]

One last thought: it is quite a thing that more than 2000 Progs in we have an issue in which 3 strips originated in Progs 1 and 2, and twoone others from the first 5 years.

It's certainly a thing, but not a particularly good one in my view.

I thought Dredd and his team off on a Where (Shoulder) Eagles Dare mission was a breath of fresh air. I liked that Rennie story from a few years back about breaking into a Sov gulag but that didn't open with Dredd and Giant riding reindeer. I pretty keen on the way that Williams seems to have absorbed some of the pieces left abandoned by other recent writers. So here we get Spurrier's Domino and, I assume, Maitland from Al's stories alongside more recognisable faces.

The unexpected return of two great artists for the price of one was another treat.

Still liking Counterfeit Girl but I hope the narration cuts back a bit once the story gets going.

Happy to give Hunted the benefit of the doubt for now. Yer man Rennie is normally pretty good at turning up something unexpected and a brief appearance from Jaegir, Sr would be the kind of crossover continuity porn I can get behind.

And then there's Flesh. I don't especially mind a recap episode. Not every strip gets or needs one but whatever. What I do mind is that this one is so completely disjointed that it left me almost more confused than when I started. I still can't figure out if pages 2 & 3 are supposed to be a spread or not. Awful stuff.

The different treatment of the return of Savage makes sense. The last book was a bit of a natural break in the story so the channe of setting means the new reader isn't at the same disadvantage. Plus everything you need to know (Bill doesn't like Volgs; Bill does like shotguns) is perfectly illustrated in the episode.