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General / Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Button Man vs. Zenith Round 3 Heat 14

« on: 18 May, 2022, 06:19:23 AM »

Well if Week 1 broke you into what Round 3 could be like Week 2 will show you its extremes with possibly the tie of the Round coming in (though there is one later that possibly tops even this). Eyes will be blinding, hair will be torn out before this week is over…

I mean we wouldn’t have expected this sort of tie until the Quarters maybe. Two astonishing thrills, both of which could have gone a long, long way in the tourney. But one will fall here. Zenith already has form in tough match-ups having taken down Harry 20 on the High Rock in Round 2. Button Man had a much easier time taking out that other hitman (well Button man is kinda a hitman… kinda) in Grey Suit. If this isn’t the tie of the Round it's damned close and one of the toughest calls that will have to be made… maybe…

Button Man - more info

Vs

Zenith - more info

Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.

Match ends early on the morning of Saturday 21st May and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (of 9!!!).

What on Earth is ALL of this?

For those that need ‘um and can be bothered to follow ‘um there’s some simple rules

Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN

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General / Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Leviathan vs. Tyranny Rex Round 3 Heat 13

« on: 18 May, 2022, 06:18:07 AM »

Well if Week 1 broke you into what Round 3 could be like Week 2 will show you its extremes with possibly the tie of the Round coming in (though there is one later that possibly tops even this). Eyes will be blinding, hair will be torn out before this week is over…

This one is Tough, both are favourites of mine, but we’ll have to get used to that and the other tie today…. Well… that’s a level up again… Tyranny Rex had to take down the The Visible Man to get this far. Leviathan has already had a very tough tussle to get to this round having been drawn against Grey Area in Round 2. Neither of these deserves to go out in the Round, however one must…

Leviathan - more info

Vs

Tyranny Rex - more info

Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.

Match ends early on the morning of Saturday 21st May and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (of 9!!!).

What on Earth is ALL of this?

For those that need ‘um and can be bothered to follow ‘um there’s some simple rules

Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN

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General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2022

« on: 18 May, 2022, 06:15:08 AM »

That's a wow. What an amazing cover!

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Events / Re: Lawless 2022

« on: 17 May, 2022, 12:31:12 PM »

Without wishing to drag this off topic anyone who doesn't read The Phoenix should defo check out Abby Buler's Doggo. One of the great unappericated 4 panel gag strips.

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General / Forum’s Favourite Thrill - The Dead vs. Lobster Random Round 3 Heat 12

« on: 17 May, 2022, 06:24:45 AM »

Well if Week 1 broke you into what Round 3 could be like Week 2 will show you its extremes with possibly the tie of the Round coming in (though there is one later that possibly tops even this). Eyes will be blinding, hair will be torn out before this week is over…

The Dead took down Dragon Tales in Round 1 but then followed that up with what is possibly the surprise of the Tournament so far when it took out modern favourite Zombo. That sort of form must be leaving Lobster Random feeling nervous, especially since it didn’t have its own way again low level opponent Time Flies in Round 2. I would have called this only one way, form suggests I could well be backing the wrong horse… well if that horse has diminishing numbers of crustacean claws and a fetish for mechanical love.

The Dead - more info

Vs

Lobster Random - more info

Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.

Match ends early on the morning of Friday 20th May and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (of 9!!!).

What on Earth is ALL of this?

For those that need ‘um and can be bothered to follow ‘um there’s some simple rules

Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN

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General / Forum’s Fav Thrill - Bogie Man vs. Harlem Heroes (Original) Round 3 Heat 11

« on: 17 May, 2022, 06:23:24 AM »

Well if Week 1 broke you into what Round 3 could be like Week 2 will show you its extremes with possibly the tie of the Round coming in (though there is one later that possibly tops even this). Eyes will be blinding, hair will be torn out before this week is over…

A tie more about what not to consider. So Harlem Heroes - which put Tales from the Doghouse in the… well doghouse - doesn’t include Inferno. Bogie Man, even though we should only be thinking about the story that first appeared in the Meg - saw off Necrophim in a close fought tie. So yeah put all the rest aside when you make the call between

Bogie Man - more info

Vs

Harlem Heroes (Original) - more info

Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.

Match ends early on the morning of Friday 20th May and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (of 9!!!).

What on Earth is ALL of this?

For those that need ‘um and can be bothered to follow ‘um there’s some simple rules

Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN

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General / Re: Space Spinner 2000AD

« on: 16 May, 2022, 09:50:42 PM »

Fact checking myself: Bob Holness presented the game show Blockbusters and not Countdown. I was so eager to get the James Bond trivia out that I forgot myself. Luckily I didn’t say he played the saxophone on Baker Street.

First James Bond too. On the radio.

I will learn to read a post properly before jumpin' in with my useless information ... especially when I quote it. I will... one day... honest...

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Prog / Prog 2282 - Out for Blood

« on: 16 May, 2022, 08:38:26 PM »

Nice little Prog - to say we started the year with such a stella line-up, most of which has moved on and we still have a Prog of this quality is quite something!

Dredd turning into a really nice little story this. Love all the insights into what the Titan surgury does to folks. The idea of not being able to laugh is curiously chilling. All moving along at a good pace, but all with room to breathe and explore. Just brilliant stuff.

As is Hope love the way it plays with the way it presents its tale is fantastic and what a tale it tells as well. Superb

Brink well however good those strips are they ain't Brink. What a chilling episode after some nice relaxing intimate character moments the horror just hits home all the more. Just staggeringly good.

Dexter I mean this is good, good comics too. Dabnett has really upped his game on Bulletopia of late. I don't know if these current strips have been written knowing the change in format for this series (it has changed right?) and if so it shows. nice self contained (one assumes) tales built onto the ongoing premise but with space to do its own thing and here the horror set up of the first episode pays off in spades.

Fiends wraps things up really nicely thank you very much. That this is the 'weakest' strip here, as opposed to the best thing as it might well be in many a prog is testament to how good the Prog is at the moment.

Just a blister Prog and a lovely letterer from one of our finest to boot.

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General / Re: Space Spinner 2000AD

« on: 16 May, 2022, 08:23:53 PM »

Fact checking myself: Bob Holness presented the game show Blockbusters and not Countdown. I was so eager to get the James Bond trivia out that I forgot myself. Luckily I didn’t say he played the saxophone on Baker Street.

First James Bond too. On the radio.

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Off Topic / Re: Boys Adventure comic blog

« on: 16 May, 2022, 08:02:59 AM »

Oh they are so wonder and so awful in equal measure!

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Books & Comics / Re: Phoenix comic

« on: 16 May, 2022, 06:44:07 AM »

Well this is interesting YouTube launched a load of 'YouTube originals' on Friday (13th May) and one of them was apparently The Phoenix's own Corpse Talk

https://youtu.be/rqZQ2wMPtO0

There are a number of the videos up already - though I had to do a specific seearch to find them. Well done to Adam and Lisa Murphy!

As learnt from Downthetubes

https://downthetubes.net/corpse-talk-joins-the-youtube-originals-animated-line-up-this-month/?fbclid=IwAR38dyqj8FYQBJKN_R_w5LpE5umCCBVyDt3UCGd3kafp5KY3HHPaL6bcC9c

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General / Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Aquila vs. Necronauts Round 3 Heat 10

« on: 16 May, 2022, 06:25:37 AM »

Well if Week 1 broke you into what Round 3 could be like Week 2 will show you its extremes with possibly the tie of the Round coming in (though there is one later that possibly tops even this). Eyes will be blinding, hair will be torn out before this week is over…

A Grennie face-off here. Necronauts has already taken down Timequake and Dredd… well Cadet Dredd at least. Aquila slugged it out with The Vigilant. So both face a much tougher challenge here. Both show the best of their writer - with great art teams as well. The swords and cricket bats are drawn…

Aquila - more info

Vs

Necronauts - more info

Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.

Match ends early on the morning of Thursday 19th May and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (of 9!!!).

What on Earth is ALL of this?

For those that need ‘um and can be bothered to follow ‘um there’s some simple rules

Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN

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General / Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Damnation Station vs. Mazeworld Round 3 Heat 9

« on: 16 May, 2022, 06:25:05 AM »

Well if Week 1 broke you into what Round 3 could be like Week 2 will show you its extremes with possibly the tie of the Round coming in (though there is one later that possibly tops even this). Eyes will be blinding, hair will be torn out before this week is over…

So we’ll start with a tough warm up. Two good mid-tier thrills I’d suggest. Damnation Station is still an unknown quantity having only bested Future Shorts in Round 2 coming head to head with Mazeworld who has only faced Janus. So both will have more to prove as the tourney goes on; but only one will survive this first test.

Damnaton Station - more info

Vs

Mazeworld - more info

Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.

Match ends early on the morning of Thursday 19th May and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (of 9!!!).

What on Earth is ALL of this?

For those that need ‘um and can be bothered to follow ‘um there’s some simple rules

Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN

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Film & TV / Re: The Book of Boba Fett [SPOILERS]

« on: 15 May, 2022, 10:03:49 PM »

Finally back on the trail after boy child got out of sync and Girl child decided she didn't want to catch up after all - so I'm, finally catching up with the boy child and we will watch from there... anyway only really came by to say

Episode 3 least energetic car chase EVER*.

*The car chase in Way of the Gun os slow but does not lack energy. Its an important difference.

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General / Re: Sideshow Vote: The end of the road

« on: 15 May, 2022, 09:46:00 AM »

I am almost ready to relaunch the sideshow vote. My plan is to kick it off by the end of the month. Now I am planning of doing something a little bit different.
1.   Firstly, I always tried to keep the votes in-house. How do you feel if I do a few that is not related to the prog/meg/Rebellion related? I just want to do a few of them and will not be the norm
2.   I also want to run a nay yay tourney within the sideshow. This is how it will work:
a.   It will be based very similar to Colin’s awesome best of tourney but more related to story arc within a series.
b.   I will choose ten of my favorite series and tell you what my favorite arc is
c.   You will either yay or nay it. With a nay you have to give your view and the alternative arc
d.   For example: I will say my favorite Slaine arc is the “The Brutania Chronicles”
e.   You can then rebuke it by saying no mine is “Slaine the King”
f.   After the qualification round we will have a big top 3 vote of your favorite arcs
3.   I also plan of doing a few controversial votes, but I will limit them

So how ho to you feel about the above otherwise I will keep with the original format?

Its your baby do what you like with it. I don't see any reason why you can't mix and match the ideas as suits you and the idea you have in mind. Some might suit some formats, some might suit another.

I think its great to spread beyond Tharg's house - the only caveat with that is making sure the topic is open or close enough to allow enough folks to vote. But as ever play with it and see what you enjoy and what lands.

More importantly YAY! The Sideshows are back - a lot sooner than I expected, excited about that whatever you do as these have been a LOT of fun.