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4 out of 5 thrills more than doing the business - defoe and dante out in front with dredd a snipers shot behind (putting my money on this guy being another 'BAD JUDGE'.)

Have to say that after 3 weeks Wolf is moving into rare 'nope' territory. A mixture of art and script issues but several things really got to me - some of the art seems weirdly inconsistent - the dogs head as the wolf exited the tube train seemed way too small, the people exiting the station onto the road didn't seem panicked at all (not one screaming open mouth, infact they looked like old computer game NPCs who 'got aggitated' by walking faster) and the page transitions are really unclear - the jump from Pg 1 ep1 to pg2 - i wasn't aware we were with another character straight away, ep 3 - when she moves from inside the building to outside, again it was totally unclear at first. And the wolf biting the blind guy - the vic's head just dosn't seem rightly placed given a fupping werewolf is chomping down. Maybe just me but JHD is now on a substantial number of pages in 2000AD (his 4th long serial) and while technically there is alot nice and some images are well done i'm moving towards the 'nope' corner. Indeed fear there is more competence with digital art than comic art. 

The script also has lost my interest - soon as star-mum appeared spouting mythology bobbins it was definitely a thumbs down. Hoping it turns around. If 2000ad is doing werewolves it needs a feisty bitch chopping those mothers down NOW not a flight-from-fight odyssey. 

Great cover too - pete's blog on it is mind-boggling in detail and kudos to MH for putting in the time to explain. And to pete for maintaining it.

have pity CF, he's 'doing a Vienna'.

Good luck to all involved. Sounds storming. And if a bunch of 2000AD fans can't pass the time kicking about as extras god knows how actors with nowt in common manage it.

So much goodness and brilliant to see both Waugh and Koburn returning. Does koburn still have that ace ride of did it bite the dust with the 'unstoppable' dead-thing?

And mad love for the Ampney Crucis Investigates... - have loved both previous instalments and the Davis droid has been sorely missed at wise.

wouldn't disagree with any of the above but a more comedic epic moment was crashing into the airship via a advertising billboard featuring himself doing rude things to two wanton wenches.

on a more grim note - [spoiler]the whole siege of rudinshtein[/spoiler] was brilliantly drafted and with several crushing moments.

likewise you could guess

savage - bks IV-VI collected soon (especially as bk VI seems to have been hugely popular)

defoe - bks III & IV to be collected soon (although no idea what sales were like on this). Glad to see you have the taste to recognise it as the bloody brilliant it is.

Kingdom - BK IV is in the progs soon and very popular so again a Vol 2 should arrive thereafter.

Depends on your interest in the book. You can sorta deduce what is going to be in GN form from what has been / authors / how much more there is.

Your Lobster Random is 'complete' in that its the self contained story of BK I. Seeing as BKs II-IV and The Vort have come and gone since then sadly one doubts it will be collected any time soon. Personally I'd be pimping it like Brooke Shields in Pretty Baby if it came out but love of the lob seems limited.

Shakara would be up for Vol. II after the next (final?) book or after a 6th BK if we were so lucky. ATM its only had one uncollected BK in 2000AD so its not really going to have a vol. 2 yet.

Stickleback has BKs I & II in the TPB and BK III done in the progs. Given the story ended 'mysteriously' it might not be back. But if it was you can be sure D'Israeli's popularity would mean a second volume collecting BK III & IV.


The Red Seas gets so roundly slated sadly one doubts if its is going to be seen but given it is B&W it is perfect for a casefile. *sigh*

About 1 in every 2 issues of Heavy Metal is future-city based (the other being sword n silliness based) - the best of the recent batch being Nathan FOX's Fluorescent Black (Private Gene Corporations rule the cities, the rest of humanity is mutated and fxxked up living in shanty towns).

A highly architectural approach to future cities is SCHUITEN & PEETERS series 'City of the Fantastic' - NBM did english language reprints of the Castermann French originals. As architects they approach the structure of the city as the key element to the story - the tendency is towards a very clean line and order rather than dystopia.

The Daddy of Dystopia has to be Pat MILLS - from Termite to the cities on Mars to the Necropolis-alike Realms in Requiem. Most fitting to what you are looking for tho is Sia - a future satanic police procedural in a fantastically fleshed out Blade-runner city - full of Mill's ideas like floating advertising screens that bang on your windows to get in and show you adverts. Genius. Sia is available in an English Language edition from Heavy Metal / Amazon.

colouring - especially on the gloves is nice. But then thats not him wot done that.

Can't imaginewhat the colourist thought when he got the piece.

Would be rude to ask wouldn't it. 

Really don't get this OR the first cover. As said why not use the money they have to get one of 'ours' who is big over there to do the cover - Bisley, Bolland, Dillon, Gibbons, O'Neil etc.

This just looks like Judge Whoateallthepies.

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   Am I the only one who hadn't a problem with CLiNT at all? I loved the comics, ESPCIALLY REX ROYD (which was admittedly confusing at first) while I was also humoured by the articels. Yes, those 'shitty' articles. I do not neglect the fact that they were extremely 'ladish', but that's the point... CLiNT is for lads right? I'm in college at the moment, and I know all my mates would be lured to bollox stories about murders, sleazy articles like 'hot moms' and for some strange reason the swearing and violence. It's perfect. Because we're imature guys. NOT unintelligent, just all latch on to 'male humour'.
   None of my mates would read 2000AD, I guarantee it, but I can see the appeal with CLiNT. It's Genius.

Hiya Mark!

Sorry Cash - no idea.

Just noticed that several of these have moved up to 2.99 (stuff from the first listing - simping, mega-city unc., Flint, Devlin Waugh etc) so if you are tempted on the rest jump in now before they go up too.

If there is anything you want I'd happily track it down and post it on for the cost price to you. Not like I live a million miles from a post office.

Often wondered if 2000AD should just square-bind (like the end of year progs) 4 issues and try them on the US market like that. Do a deal with Fantagraphics to put them in their line..

Man alive Grant - you are so dedicated - when living abroad we just get the family to send them over monthly. Seems incredible people have to wait so long - normally 2 weeks behind here atm and it kills me avoid spoiler threads.

What exactly are the options you have - diamond / direct sub / getting a friend to mail it on?

HMV is a dead dog.

That phonograph its listening to is singing 'And now, the end is near...

Pat Mills - Requiem Vampire Knight.

Best non-2000AD thing out there. Like all the best bits of Nemesis, Defoe and the ABC warriors rolled into one and given to a stunning artist with a habit of drawing hotties in fetish gear. Essential.

Vol 1-4 available on Amazon. Vol. 1 is at a silly low price atm.