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Tony Benn - a good life lived well by all accounts. Sorry to hear of his passing.

Even though I'm a big Flash fan (Wally, Wally he's our man, If he can't do it, Barry might, I mean he's okay and all but he's no Wally, I guess we'll have to put up with him for now.... loses a little in the last line I think!) I'm avoiding getting to interested in this as I'm losing interest in almost all TV and film adaptations of comics for reason discussed at far too boring length elsewhere here in the past. I'm sure at some point I'm watch it though.

Anyway for all my attempts to keep a distance on seeing these picture on various sites I visit I can't help but comment despite myself. I'm a bit surprised that they have gone for the now cliched fussy colour leathers and or rubber type look that proliferates many comic adaptations. Seems very in keeping with the style and tone of the other pictures I've seen from 'Arrow' so guess it makes sense. Still seems a shame that they didn't take it in a different direction and go for a more Team USA running kit look... like the middle one here.



I guess there are some practical issues to consider and you might need to do something with the shorts area and (again) if there things exist in the real world it might be thought to mundane. I think a bit of good design work and use of boots and the helmet could by-pass these and this could have worked... mind what do I know just think it was a nice opportunity to do something different than the normal that would have made a more traditional take work in the context of the character?

Well a month ago I teased a page I'd bought and its finally here and quite quite beautiful. Probably a new favourite piece even if its not 2000ad. I've not had the chance to take a photo BUT will post the image from J H Williams III's website that I first saw. From Jonah Hex 35.

[X-Men Legacy]

X-Men Legacy 300; One of those annoying renumbered issues Marvel randomly release. Still though, I was a big fan of Carey's lengthy run on this title, and its great to have him back. Plus, a bit more Spurrier too. The outrageous $4.99 price tag is the only sour note.

What does Si Spurrier have in this? Is it related to his Legion stuff, or is it more to do with his X-Force stuff?

That's very cool, but where on earth is it from? What are Iron Man and Madame Masque doing there?

Well I'm a little surprised that no one has done this yet but I think with this epic vista created in Paint I've got this one sown up.



Space from... well take your pick really.

Well by way of an excuse for putting the picture up that will follow shortly and in response to the magnificent work being done by Ming utilising Lego to spread the word to the young I give you this.



Now its not 2000ad related BUT its my daughter dressed as Thorn from Bone for World Book day last week. So what efforts have you gone to go get your little uns, or other associated young people into comics. What with Bone and My Little Pony we have this one in the bag!

Finally got around to watching Tank Girl this week. What a chaotic mess of a film that is... though of course that might be the point? Missed me if it was.

Anyway was wondering what the general consensus was? I know it was panned when it came out (and apparently brought the demise if Deadline?) but has developed a bit of a cult following I've since read?

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For me this Prog is summed up by the cover. I have in the past found Dylan Teague's a little flat. I found last week's Prog a little flat. Nowt wrong with Dylan Teague's covers, nowt wrong with last weeks Prog. Just Mr Teague's covers sometimes don't quite reach the highs we get so often from 2000ad, much like last week's Prog.

This week both blow me away. Everything was top notch, from the first page of Dredd.

I've called this current Dredd, typical and old skool, but not original. Well from the moment the citizen said 'I stopped walking for this?' while looking at the acrobats, a single statement that so wonderfully summed up Mega City One, whether this was a bit run of the mill ideas wise, or not, I loved every moment of the execution and the story finished on a real high. Mike Carroll I'm sorry for doubting you! Oh and Tharg can we have more Nick Dyer in the Prog please? Can we give him a regular series?

Likewise ABC Warriors stepped up a notch. Okay so it didn't offer a surprise in the motivation coming Harry's way but it was wonderfully but it was very, very well done and as is so often the case with Pat Mills stories the villains really made their mark.

The 3riller had a really superb middle section making me forget my doubts from last time. Grey Area was a quite fantastic one-shot just reminding us in quite exquisite fashion that for all these nice steady stories we're also building up to something... oh and I don't often get on with Mark Harrison's art, here more grounded than normal it was superb.

Finally Eddie Robson, not sure where he's come from, but I enjoyed his last Future Shock and I loved this one. Great little story, he has the knack, which so rarely happens with Future Shocks these day of catching me off guard and giving the story a twist I didn't see coming. Hopefully he continues in this rich vein and we could have a name to watch out for on our hands.

Oh and Thrill of the Future is Brass Sun which is just the icing on the cake. A quite lovely five laid cake of yum - thank you very much Tharg.

There's nowt ropey about that it's class!

How's that comparable to US comics over there?

IDW's Rogue Trooper will set you back three pounds and thirty pence: http://www.forbidden-planet.co.uk/

Well that is Forbidden Planet for you. At my LCS a $2.99 book is either £2.20 and a $3.99 book $2.80. Which ever way you look at it Tharg is as ever generous to us all. Extra story pages, over-sized and, well, ya know just plain better than most everything else so. Yeah he's good to us.

Edited cos I forgot to say: Even when he does put prices up he does so in small increments - this time resisting the temptation to even go to say £2.50. In the US market for whatever reason it was decided that after $2.99 the next 'price point' (oh how I hate that phrase) was $3.99 - what like $3.25, or $3.50 whatever could never have existed... well okay there is the odd $3.50 book but the point carries I hope.

Don't just tell us about it - show us!

http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,39695.210.html

Though I have to be honest I don't have a full set as I lack the first 40 issues (have most of the strips reprinted of course - most that is - damn you Dan Dare Foundation or whatever you are called!) - given my recent delving into the world of original art I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever have the money for a full set!

Oh that Shaky book looks just wonderful. Do we know anymore more about the format? One shot, mini? Looking forward to finding out.

You know I said I was looking forward to the Walt Simonson 'Ragnarok' comic...

http://comicsbeat.com/nice-art-a-page-of-walt-simonsonss-ragnarok/

The strip appeared in  issues 164-166 back in 1990 and reprinted in 'The Mark of Mandragora' GN.

filippo

Does anyone know if it appears in any of the more modern Panini collections, Nemesis of the Daleks I'[m thinking? http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctor-who-nemesis-of-the-daleks-graphic-novel/? I don't recall it from 'A Cold Day in Hell' and I'm sure I would!