Big Dave

[Proteus4]

I'm all for diversity and range. I just felt that Big Dave didn't fit the scifi brief of twoth.  Neither did button man, neither did zenith - but I loved them. Big Dave was just a step too far. And it was in my opinion total shite. Lol.

Peace
Dave

[13school]

I've found over the years that many of my fave 2000AD strips have either been ones that haven't fit the "SF brief" - Button Man, Savage (at least, it did initially) - or the ones that have gone flat-out for laughs. Much as I like the last decade or so of the prog, I do often wish there'd be a bit more variety, and a bit more room for strips that really were outside the brief. With five slots each issue, I could live with having new series that really were nothing like the other four. Plus 2000Ad to me's always been in part about a way of looking at the real world and having a certain attitude to it - it's why I've really been enjoying this current run of Wagner Dredd's where he's clearly been influenced by goings-on in the real world and wants to talk about them rather than straight action or furthering the continuity.

So I really liked Big Dave. It's one of the few stories from that period that I still go back and re-read.

[dweezil2]

The clearly devisive nature of Big Dave and its ability to provoke debate on the strips' wider issues is an argument in favour of its existence.
A point illustrated by the fact we're still discussing the strip 20 years after its last appearance in 2000AD.

[Bad City Blue]

Not as good as Bonjo from Beyond The Stars or Captain Klep...