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Hmm. 'Standard Dredd' then. The art's very nice, but it's a pity it doesn't play more with the concept of evolution that we've seen in the comic. If Year One sits in Dredd continuity, you have the uniforms seen in Origins leaping to what we have now, then turning into what you got in early 2000 AD and then reverting. (I know it's only a small nit-picky thing, but it could have been another aspect that showcased a difference in era/time.)

It is. To be honest I'd rather do without the freebies and Sidekick comic and big cardboard surround and pay 2 or 3 quid less.

Only that's not remotely how it works. Covermounts are there to provide the perception of value, not because they're usually actually worth a great deal. Remove them from this publication and its price certainly wouldn't drop by anywhere near the amount you'd hope. Most of the money goes into production and the cut taken by the seller (which is also why many digital mags aren't much cheaper than the print versions).

With something like Comic Heroes, it's extremely niche and, frankly, a wonder it exists at all.

Out of curiosity, what style is the art? Has Coleby just gone for typical Dredd, or is it more in the style of early Dredd (smaller eagle pad, and so on)?

I dunno...he's always been on the edge of just too jarringly manic for my taste, and it seems like he's been at the helm longer than Tennant was.

I like him a lot. He has acting range, feels sufficiently alien, and manages to raise even an iffy episode a little. Far better than turning Tennant, for me, and of the 'new' Doctors more oddly alien than Eccleston.

I need to revisit some of the older shows, though. I'm currently trudging through some of the very earliest episodes, which it turns out (for me) isn't a whole lot of fun.

I've heard somewhere (I think, its in my head at least) that they'd not consider anybody over 40 anymore as the parts too physically demanding. Don't know how true that is. If it is true it'd count out a lot of decent people.

I'd be amazed if they'd consider anyone over 30, frankly. Also, I imagine whoever follows Smith will be a relative unknown without too much baggage and, crucially, without big demands in terms of salary. If for neither of those, Richard E. Grant would be interesting, as someone's already noted; I'd also like to see another TV outing for the eighth Doctor, which of course will never happen.

I thought the alien thing was a nice twist, neatly also explaining why there was one scuttling about the house and also why the one in the pocket universe wasn't just devouring everything. And, man, they're going to have a hell of a time replacing Smith, aren't they?

Hilary Robinson's dreary Medivac 318.

I really liked that strip on a recent re-read, and thought it significantly better than the tired and obvious Mercy Heights.

all editor Alan MacKenzie's self-commissioned strips from that period [...]  Luke Kirby)[/i] pair great art talent with undistinguished writing.

I'm no fan of MacKenzie, for all kinds of reasons, but I'd be very happy indeed to see a Luke Kirby collection and also the continuation of the series. I thought it had all kinds of potential, and the writing was on the whole pretty good.

I think PJ's right in that this place could probably do with a FAQ, although judging by other forums hardly anyone would use it.

Enough time to put snarky replies to a genuine question from a member of the paying audience, obviously.  A simple "it's being worked on, maybe this year, maybe next year" or even "no plans at present" would have sufficed.

He said "Soon", which in one word explains that it's being worked on and there's no timescale. When there have been set dates for events or releases, Molch-R has always stated them here. If the Meg app had been submitted to Apple, approved and was ready for release on May 18, say, he'd have said so.

To sum up, then, an iOS Megazine app is in the works, but there's not currently any public release date. Any announcement beyond that will presumably happen when there's an announcement to be made.

Nice addition of Anderson. A pity the UK/US release didn't do the same.

"DELIVERY ESTIMATE Saturday 20 April 2013"

Bit different from the "some time in May" that it was saying earlier.

I can't speak for 2000 AD or the Meg, but I imagine if there's no letters page, that probably mostly comes from there not being enough interesting letters. Most publications I write for have dramatically scaled back that aspect of the mag, purely on the basis of receiving fewer and fewer communications of that sort from readers.

*prepares self for Sláine: the battle of the purple Drune Lord cocks*

But, yeah, this could be aces. Davis quite often has a kind of rough 'n' ready sensibility that could make this akin to McMahon's time on the strip combined with a bit of Bisley, versus Langley's more photo-realistic stuff. Definitely good to see things being shaken up a bit, too.

what was the big gangly claws gently caressing people's faces about?

I imagine the production people would say he was learning about the humans and/or the crew were trying to make it creepy. To my mind, that (and much of the episode) felt very old-school Who. The pace, despite some running about, was much, much more measured than usual, and the story was simple rather than flinging a million ideas at the screen per second. I thought it was pretty good and a lot better than last week's effort.

DVD review? Pathetic change-of-heart, like one mag (possibly Total Film—either that or Empire) did for Phantom Menace?

Well on the one hand its good that they're kept the proportions, on the other the art will be greatly reduced in size.

It could be worse. At least, unlike in the TFUK reprints, they didn't then make it even smaller by putting the thing inside a double gutter. Sometimes design decisions really baffle me. (That said, it's a pity they couldn't have done something better here, even vertical alignment.)