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Pickoff

The guys only been in the ground a couple of days there, Fart.

Fuck me.
RIP this shite.

RIP Ed Piskor, an excellent comic creator.

A friend forwarded the suicide note to me this morning. I regret reading it.
Heartbreaking on a human level.

Ah. Cheers Colin.

all i can think of this month was THE CREATOR OF VENOM DID WHAT.....

Not a Megger - Whats the story with Michelinie?

Who did the rogue trooper print?

Actually looks like your work PJ.

So get this - turns out Sydney Sweeney and Mia Goth are actually two different people.

Love the cover - McCrea for President.

Rogue is always a welcome addition to any Prog - providing it's not the standard rote one-off, as we have here.

Bring back Ennis if possible, and if not, I think Mike Carroll could proffer some very decent Thrillage.
Rennie, Kek-W or the non-commissioned Ruckly Droid would also provide safe chem-suited hands.

There's a movie on the horizon, and blue fever is about to hit approx 85 new readers - we need top talent on the strip.

[Leaving Rowdy]

Leaving Rowdy and The End of the Affair (a fond farewell to Bella Bagley) were, incredibly, back to back episodes in progs 1280 and 1281. Both Excellent one offs

We had it all.

Any one-off from the TB Grover era is worth a re-read.

'It Pays to be Mental' and 'Love Story' left indelible marks, and the most "recent" one-off to do so was 'Leaving Rowdy' from (oh sweet Jesus) 2002.

Anyway, I just dug up this thread to let ye know that my back-issue order of Meg 461 arrived last weekend, and that the recommendation was solid.
A really great one-off by Carroll & MacNeil.

The little bits I've seen that is.

Just the White Rabbit pages, eh?

Some of his Marvel work is also worth checking out, in particular his short stint on X-Factor.

[Astro City]

Certainly nowhere near the nadir of John Bogdanove on Superman of that time

With you on the Zero Hour summarization, but I have always had a soft spot for Bogdanove's unusual style.
Certainly the most memorable aspect of that entire Superman era for me.

I'm currently reading the 3rd Astro City Metrobook - "The Dark Age".
This is the first time that the collection has reached a point of all new material for me, and I am blown away by the quality.
Set in the 70's / 80's grim & gritty era of Astro City it's the epic story of two brothers as friends, enemies, on opposing sides of the law and ultimately fighting together to facilitate their singular underlying purpose - revenge.
I have only two chapters left to go, and I don't want it to end. 10/10

Got an 80% thumbs-up Prog this week, so pretty much no complaints.

The Regened debate continues to be a wild ride, with a lot of you former Pro-Geners admitting you won't miss it.

The whole affair will be poorly regarded retrospectively I suspect - by the majority of us who will still be alive and well, and buying 2000AD, in the next decade and indeed the couple after that.

The only actual threats I see on the Prog's short to medium-term horizon are the cut-backs at the competent Script Droid production facility.

Currently playing The Callisto Protocol

Pretty much identical to Dead Space.... nuff said..

I'm a Dead Space veteran but I only got about 2 hours into it before giving up - ruthlessly difficult!

Interestingly it's the only one of the Bioshock games I completed.  I got bored of the others incredibly quickly.

The first one impressed me the most design wise, but I enjoyed all three.
Hard to top that Cyndi Lauper Easter egg in Infinite though.

Just received a notification that Playdate have a software sale on at the moment.
Any recommendations?
(assuming I'm not the only person on the continent that owns one of these yellow coasters)

[Stardew Valley]

Been playing Stardew Valley on and off for more than 6 years - on the Switch, laptop and phone, but primarily on Playstation.
Finally achieved the Platinum Trophy the other night ("Iridium Seal").
The elation lasted a record breaking 15 seconds before the usual life reevaluation pangs set in swiftly afterwards.

Also continuing dipping in and out of The Devil in Me by Supermassive - without a doubt the most disturbing one of the lot.