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#91
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
Last post by The Legendary Shark - 27 March, 2024, 03:49:08 PM

"M.A.C.H. to the Future"

John Probe gets a time machine.

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"M.A.C.H. in Nations"

John Probe executes a cunning international plan.

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"M.A.C.H. Ache"

John Probe does his back in.

#92
Film & TV / Re: Last movie watched...
Last post by karlos - 27 March, 2024, 03:29:46 PM
I honestly love the original - I think it's is an absolute stonker.  How they got it so wrong with this remake, I'll never know. The first 10 or so minutes are fine and then it's downhill.  A shame.
#93
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
Last post by Barrington Boots - 27 March, 2024, 03:26:49 PM
That's great!

Ace of Spades

Its poker of the very highest stakes for Ace Garp. The winner gets the very best shovel in the galaxy... but the loser gets castrated!


#94
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
Last post by nxylas - 27 March, 2024, 03:13:08 PM
Quote from: M.I.K. on 27 March, 2024, 03:07:52 PMDredd Retconning

Judge Dredd slowly begins to realise that aspects of his own history aren't quite how he remembers them. No one believes him until Psi Division start picking up on the changes to reality. It would appear that someone has been altering the past, but whom and for what purpose?
A double pun, I like it.
#95
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
Last post by M.I.K. - 27 March, 2024, 03:07:52 PM
Dredd Retconning

Judge Dredd slowly begins to realise that aspects of his own history aren't quite how he remembers them. No one believes him until Psi Division start picking up on the changes to reality. It would appear that someone has been altering the past, but whom and for what purpose?
#96
Film & TV / Re: Last movie watched...
Last post by Funt Solo - 27 March, 2024, 02:44:24 PM
Quote from: karlos on 27 March, 2024, 12:28:10 PMRoad House (2024)

Shit house, more like

Such an odd remake idea. If anyone doesn't know about the original, then Honest Trailers | Road House (1989) sums it up really well.
#97
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
Last post by Funt Solo - 27 March, 2024, 02:40:33 PM
Flesh Tones

 - A new line of Otto Sump make-up is accidentally contaminated with the blood of Satanus!
#98
Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns
Last post by Funt Solo - 27 March, 2024, 02:37:07 PM
Quote from: Definitely Not Mister Pops on 27 March, 2024, 11:35:09 AMCAS - A BLANKER!

Due to some class of psychic boobery, Anderson loses her memory and doesn't recognize any of her fellow judges.

I want to double down and have her go missing in Casablanca, thus opening the way for Wally Squad operative Rick Blaine to make contact. "Of all the Psi-Judges in all the woild..."
#99
Prog / Re: Prog 2375 - err Bumper Is...
Last post by norton canes - 27 March, 2024, 02:03:52 PM
Wham, bam, thank you Quaxxann! Now that is a prog. To think that in a parallel continuity not to very far from here, they're wading through 36 pages of Lowborn High. Ugh... let's not go there.

The McCrea/Davies cover is better than perfect. When I first saw it I was so certain it was based exactly on the layout of an 80's 2000 AD annual that I went through the whole collection three times before I realised 1985 was the closest. Why is Dredd in that agonised pose? Who cares! It's brilliant! Create your own backstory, and explain the mk.I Lawgiver while you're at it! The customised borders around the character cameos are a touch of genius, as are Rogue's spanners and the blades vexing Vex. More multi-character covers in this vein please, Tharg!

The first instalment of 'Next Man Up' makes for a perfect introductory Dredd, dispensing with all the usual clichéd spiel about where Mega City One is and who the Judges are in favour of some lean, action-packed scene-setting. Brilliantly fluid, muscular penwork from Guera, so good in fact that Giulia Brusco forgot where she was for a moment (Or did she? Perhaps Dredd saw a little of himself as Hale emerged from that vehicle..?). And the little puzzle at the end provided a lovely note of uncertainty - why choose the subpar Moon over the patently more capable Hale? Stay tuned!

An absolutely exquisite opening page for Full Tilt Boogie, and the grisly effects of the crystal on Patrick weren't too shoddy either. Indigo Prime however just seems to be tortuously complex for its own sake and isn't grabbing me.

I thought Rogue Trooper was just great - the strip's roots are in the down-to-(nu-)earth war comic attitude of Gerry Finley-Day's run, and 'War Child' stuck to that welcome simplicity. Didn't see any problem with the Marshall droid's art either, his scrawny Nort figures working well against some of their more draconian pronouncements. Interesting, incidentally, to compare this with that other Nu-Earth child soldier tale, Mayflies - now where did I see that..? Nope, escapes me.

Finally, Proteus Vex continues its stratospheric trajectory. I was hooked at 'Still Immortal - My Excellent Book About Me', chapter 1732.

Oh hang on, almost forgot Thistlebone! How do you pick a favourite page out of that? (it's page 4, obviously)

All in all a proper old-school thrill-packed prog, and a massive improvement on... what was it called..?
#100
Prog / Re: Prog 2375 - err Bumper Is...
Last post by broodblik - 27 March, 2024, 01:54:58 PM
I like the cover, especially the fact that it feels like the old annuals of yesteryear. I still think we are suffering from some scheduling issues here going back to the xmas prog. I am not sure from my point of view that this can really be seen as a point where new readers can just pick up and go. We have a few stories that are either in the middle or near the end of their respective runs. Maybe that is part of the plan to showcase and pull in readers to entice them to buy the back progs but to have a few stories starting. I still prefer a natural break. Back to the prog it was a good solid prog.

Dredd – A good start to a new arc – this was just a prelude. I am not too familiar with the artist, but I do like it.

Full Tilt Boogie – Interesting new twist in the story. As always, a good solid episode. Love this.

Thistlebone – This was one twisted tale. I do feel that by the last episode this was dragging its feet a little bit but still a good horrorfest. Simon Davis does know how to gore us out.

Indigo Prime – Like the usage of B/W in the strip still as always, a lot of head-scratching going on what is really going on and yes, I think that is the idea.

Rogue – The bigger disappointment with the strip is not the story but rather the art of Paul Marshall which is not up to his normal high standards. The story itself is fine, nothing spectacular.

Vex – Glad to have this back since this has been my favorite series the last few years. The first episode covers a lot of ground. This was an excellent opening.