Dredd has almost nothing to offer me underneath all the super atmospheric art and gritted teeth. Despite being part of a global superstorm and supernatural heating-up (?) of nuclear warheads (which are surely every bit as soulless as Jonas) this particular personification of an intrinsic property of the universe's operating system can be quickly stopped by a robot and a cowboy shooting it. Might as well have brought along the Boing® and vacuum traps while you're at it. Meanwhile, a snarling Dredd watches, incapacitated, as usual - at least Millar would have had him punch the bad guy. This'd want to improve, so far it's very weak beer for my tastes.
Full Tilt Boogie confused me a bit by having an opening shot of what looked an awful lot like the titular starship, but then settled down to a solid episode that balanced character and exposition deftly. Liking this a lot, bright and fresh.
The Order suffers from lacking a clear sense of where everything is happening, and I think giving Burns a splash page or two to pull the battle together might have been an idea. Sorry to see
Simeon go so soon, Kek-W really doesn't give us much time to get to know these people! Still, exciting stuff: if you can't enjoy Paul Bunyan clones shooting down French Revolution dive-bombers with hand-held cannon barrels, you've come to the wrong strip.
The Out is just glorious to look at, and I really enjoyed the dialogue and the sense of momentum this week. The dates already given preclude any connection to
Grey Area, but the setting, theme and even the events would fit that universe perfectly: I wonder was this originally planned as a GA spin-off and then Dan & Mark decided to push for creator-owned so cut the strings?
I am enjoying
Diaboliks, but the Five Sisters set-up is maybe a bit too reminiscent of
Aquila.
Good prog, would have liked the very striking
cover more if there'd been a zip!
