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tolstoy, bulgakov and tarkovsky created dante by accident.

to the best of my knowledge, nothing like dante has appeared in comics before, before or since in fact.
nemesis, for all its punk rock power, was a continuation of themes and characters and slogans and preoccupations that the millsverse had already been working with and shaping.

[nikolai dante]

nikolai dante

[lawless]

lawless

i don't agree, col, naturally enough. i think storytelling was, in general, much better back in the day. at its best. of course, there was junker then and there is skippy today (although, y'know, the great john ridgway caveat).

as was pointed out in the halo qf thread, not a word was wasted in halo jones. in other words, every panel and every word not only painted character so masterfully but also contributed, intelligently and sometimes ecstatically, to the lean but multi-layered plot. the same could be said of zenith, wagner, and much of pete milligan's early work. this is NOT nostalgia talking.

in contrast, i think dabnett is a marvellous writer (to the extent that i pick up most of his american work, too). and he is clearly an absolute maestro when it comes to character and dialogue. but, really, an awful lot of that great dialogue could go - because, so often, it isn't serving the plot at all.

as for pat, i'm just not keen - and i know and respect that i'm in a small minority. it seems to me that his genius was and is character design and a few iconic slogans. but those slogans are often just repeated ad nauseam while his impressive central characters just endlessly faff about in the diminishing returns of the millsverse.

you know, i reckon that if halo jones were premiered today, unchanged, it would still be widely regarded as one of the greatest of all 2000ad stories.

[lawless]

not a huge fan of either, story-wise. but for phil winslade's truly extraordinary art, it's lawless.

[halo jones]

halo jones, obviously.

[kingdom]

kingdom

[nikolai dante]

nikolai dante

"i mean, let's face it ... what can possibly go wrong?"

it started well, but the deviant votes are now massing.

no matter - it is my understanding that the rules of the omnihedron allow for a clear recognition that an infinite number of universes logically permit for an infinite number of alternative zenith adherents, too. this, therefore, allows believers to lodge an infinite number of votes for the clearly superior thrill.

zenith. vote early, vote often, and blame it on the parallels.

[zenith]

zenith is genius from start to finish. the design is meticulous and satisfying, as is the actual plotting. this makes every reread an astounding pleasure. satire, superheroes, the occult, comedy, action and a story that is all consuming while remaining beautifully insouciant.

[luke kirby]

^ wot they said. luke kirby.

[nikolai dante]

nikolai dante

[halo jones]

halo jones, obviously.