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That MC1 would be screwed without Dredd, even though he's ultimately largely responsible for the city being in bits?

How so (genuine question)?

(I agree with the first bit. I don't understand how he's ultimately largely responsible for the city being in bits)

That MC1 would be screwed without Dredd, even though he's ultimately largely responsible for the city being in bits?

How so (genuine question)?

Oh-ho maybe I should bring some running gear...

I hope to bump into you all. I've slightly madly got a T-shirt made with my avatar so I'll be wandering around looking like a deranged perfume advert. So I'll be easy to avoid, at least. Anyway I'm a proper Southerner, tall slim glasses-wearing nerdy type, middle of age. Look forward to meeting some fellow boarders.

Cool Beans. I'll defo look out for you.

 I'm proper northern (well from Merseyside and Sheffield so the south of proper northern) and look like a typical Sheffield Gammon (while promising I'm not a gammon and have much more liberal views!). Bald, middle aged and probably a little red of face by the time I arrive (though pasty and gray I'd imagine on Sunday if Saturday evening is as much fun as other cons I've attended!). Overweight of course too - but this is were the Sheffield comes in - but an inability to avoid middleclass outdoor excerise so infecting the middleclass parts of Sheffield mean there's hints I'm trying to do something about it... trying...

Cool! We can go for a run around Bristol!

^{Kidding. I'm kidding!}

Apes, I'm afraid will take longer.

Well y'know I can wait...

I already have one of your pages on my wall PJ, but you may well see me in your queue asking for a Noam Chimpsky 

Monkey's Drawn While-U-Wait - that's the PJ guarantee.

I'm going to take this at face value, in which case EXCELLENT, I'll be in that queue too!

If I say I think Noam's an ape, rather than a monkey, that's not going to help my chances for a sketch though, is it? So I definitely won't mention that. Nope.

I hope to bump into you all. I've slightly madly got a T-shirt made with my avatar so I'll be wandering around looking like a deranged perfume advert. So I'll be easy to avoid, at least. Anyway I'm a proper Southerner, tall slim glasses-wearing nerdy type, middle of age. Look forward to meeting some fellow boarders.

Until recently it used to be around a fiver for pretty much anything, even if split across multiple deliveries. I think they've decided that's not possible anymore and have to charge more for multiple deliveries which is perfectly understandable. As you say, no problem with the packaging, which is always excellent.

Thanks for the reminder - Ordered Scarlet Traces 2, Anderson NWO and Hope on Forbidden Planet. Swingeing postage again, it has definitely gone up. Deffo want that Pat Mills Savage/Defoe book but not available as a preorder yet.

Oh oh oh. Keep forgetting to say for alternative superhero takes the best two are from the house of Tharg (well ish) in Zenith and New Statesmen from Crisis which is next door to Tharg's Thrill-house so we'll take it as ours hey.

No doubt you've read them Doomlord666 but they need to be mentioned in any conversation of this type.

Ten seconders was fun too, and went Kirbyesque in the final act, with some great art from Edmund Bagwell.

[Dredd]

Cover is like a classic monster movie poster a la Jaws. Good stuff.

Spoilers...





Seconding Indigo Prime's view on Dredd which was brutal. Exciting, horrific, grisly and grim. The cadet's actions felt against type as IP says. On the other hand they were lucky to have survived that long, and Dredd nearly (should have?) got it too. Still, shame the new cadet character has been thrown away.

I felt it was time for Indigo Prime to end. It was fun for a while but there's only so long you can run with an hard to comprehend storyline before getting a bit fed up as a reader. It did feel a bit like more mad things were being thrown into the mix as a substitute for a story. Surely it doesn't have to be so opaque. Lee Carter did a sterling job visualising the craziness.

Aquila yes nice change to see progress made through reasoning. Oh hang on we have a decapitation too... that's just cakeism. Brilliant! Good episode.

Brink is sheer class. Aargh who is the client... what's going on with the PI... just superb. "We're close, I know all his codes"... hmmm. I want more of this!

Proteus Vex as IP says, phew... on the other hand Midnight is basically a mass murderer. Is any of this self defence now? Ah what the hell. Come on Midnight!

Good prog - agree that Dredd was a bit too grim this week.

Its defo on the list but will need some thought as I'm still trying to process 'The End' and work out if I liked it or not. Its place was determined before it started (or as it just started). I might read The End again to see if it worked ahead of my write up.

Looking forward to reading that review!
Back on topic, I'll look out for Kill Or Be Killed, sounds good, brilliant write up, thanks. I did have a look for Fatale but looked a bit expensive to get hold of, but the aforementioned cheaper omni coming up sounds perfect (I've not moved to digital... yet).

Following a previous review I've nearly finished reading Elektra Assassin for the very first time. I did see it on shelves near the time it came out but I think I was put off buying it by the art which looked a bit pretentious. Let's face it, it is a bit pretentious, but it's also ruddy good - love it!

Hmmm Black Hammer. Is it making the list Colin? I didn't make it past the first series because of the way it went a bit up its own arsehole. The journey up to that point was pretty good. I was wondering about picking it up again as there has been quite a bit more, and it generally reviews well. I need a write-up, Colin!

Anyway if anyone else has recommendations for comics or graphic novels like KOBK or ones that have a different take on the superhero story I'd be interested although I think I have most of them at the moment. Maybe I should start a new thread?

Have you tried Planetary by Warren Ellis? Injection also good, if unfinished, last time I checked.

And almost 20(!) unknowns. It'll be interesting to see what they're filled with. A few more Dredd books must be on the way.

Likely:
- Brink
- Thistlebone
- Dreadnoughts
- SinDex and Azimuth volume or two
- Neimand Magatropolis and Dredd volume or two
- Wyatt/Williams Dredd volume
- Aquila

Possibly:

- a Carroll book with Vex completed and some Dredd?
- I think more Scarlet Traces is on the way? package it with some Edgington Fiends and / or Dredd?
- Maybe a classic thrill volume with the likes of Ant Wars and Mach 0?
- Remaining classic Dredd - the uncollected Ron Smith perhaps.
- Milligan - Freaks and Devils Railroad?
- Rogue - Blighty valley and other odds and sods?
- any remaining Lawless?
- Surfer?
- Best of Regened?