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#1
Links / [Self-Pimp] My Comics Writing
15 January, 2011, 12:24:00 PM
Howdy,

This is one of my first ventures outside of the prog-reviewing threads, so please forgive a bit of shameless self-promotion on my part. I've been writing about music and games for a few years now, but late last year I started tentatively moving into the comics criticism sphere - thought a few of you might be interested in the stuff I've done so far. I'll no doubt post up new stuff as it's done. I have a (hopefully) regular blog at PopMatters called "British Invasion" which as you might expect is going to feature a lot of 2000 AD-related musings.

First off, I did a feature on "Bloody Mary", the series Garth Ennis and Carlos Ezquerra did for Helix back in the late 90s.

Recently I've reviewed a new Zorro comic from the new Australian indie publisher Silver Fox comics. I commented that the art is rather Leigh Gallagher-esque to me...

And here's British Invasion #1: it's a quick introduction to the wave of British creators who made waves in the States in the 80s, and has an introduction to the British comics scene now, too. #2 is going to be about the "Muzak Killer" Dredd stories from the 90s... and how they connect to The X Factor!

Would love it if you had a peep, any thoughts would be appreciated, and there's more coming soon!
#2
General / Defoe: Questions
20 October, 2010, 08:12:03 PM
At the suggestion of Mr. House of Usher I'm just asking a few questions to bring me up to speed with Defoe (I've only read progs 1705, 1706 and 1707).

1) Who is the guy fighting alongside Defoe in prog 1707?
2) Apparently Britannia is "the ruler of the world". What is the international situation in Defoe? Do we know?
3) Who is "the fallen angel"?
4) What is meant by the "pale rider"?
5) Is there anything else massively pressing/obvious I should know...?
#3
Welcome to the board / #1705 is My First Prog... Hello!
10 October, 2010, 03:12:53 PM
Hi everyone,

So I'm new to 2000AD. I've only recently started getting into comics actually, but I'd read some Dredd and Rogue Trooper as well as various other bits and bobs like Leviathan and some non-2000AD Alan Moore works, which are of course pretty obligatory and amazing. I was thinking about getting hold of the Dredd Complete Case Files, but soon realised that I'd quickly have spent a huge amount of money so I thought, sod it, let's just jump in.

I study at Keele University and, happily, they actually sell 2000AD in the newsagent on campus (along with a few Marvel UK series and other odds and sods) so that's where I picked up #1705, which I've really enjoyed. No doubt I'll become a regular reader and will come back and discuss future progs  ;)