Pop quiz, hotshots: it's just a month to go until 2000 AD's 37th birthday, and we're going to throw a bit of an online party - how would you like to see us celebrate and what would you like to see from the online droids?
It would be wonderful if you could ask Karl to send a youtube birthday message in character - I don't imagine it would too hard to find someone to send a helmet.
I'd like to see Karl & Olivia on the cover posing in the official replica costumes as Dredd & Anderson.
Quote from: Steve Green on 24 January, 2014, 03:59:55 PM
It would be wonderful if you could ask Karl to send a youtube birthday message in character - I don't imagine it would too hard to find someone to send a helmet.
Unfortunately whatever we do it won't be involving Karl or Olivia, I'm afraid :/
I think readers who also happen to have a birthday in February should be invited to the party. People who turn, oh, 33 perhaps could get priority on this.
Quote from: Molch-R on 24 January, 2014, 04:13:39 PM
Quote from: Steve Green on 24 January, 2014, 03:59:55 PM
It would be wonderful if you could ask Karl to send a youtube birthday message in character - I don't imagine it would too hard to find someone to send a helmet.
Unfortunately whatever we do it won't be involving Karl or Olivia, I'm afraid :/
Ah, that's a shame.
How about 2000AD droids film themselves singing Happy Birthday (or non-copyrighted Al Ewing scripted equivalent) and cut between them.
Or should I ask about Karl again ;)
I would like to see Alec Trench make an appearance in the birthday Prog.
An online party! How thrilling, will there be nibbles?
Can we have a wraparound Ezquerra cover :D
Free cake for subscribers!
Cheers
Jim
Quote from: Skullmo on 24 January, 2014, 04:52:27 PM
An online party! How thrilling, will there be nibbles?
Only on iOS.
Quote from: Skullmo on 24 January, 2014, 04:52:27 PM
An online party! How thrilling, will there be nibbles?
No, but there will be bytes.
Quote from: Molch-R on 24 January, 2014, 03:35:53 PM
Pop quiz, hotshots: it's just a month to go until 2000 AD's 37th birthday, and we're going to throw a bit of an online party - how would you like to see us celebrate and what would you like to see from the online droids?
Poledancing
A birthday story about Dredd... OK I know it is way too late for a story to be scripted n drawn n published...
But an online short story, maybe Vienna's birthday. Dolman trying to cheer her up by getting Uncle Joe round to see her in her new post-Chaos Day home. Cousin Rico round.
Or I also like Jim's suggestion of cake. Chocolate cake though please.
Give me money.
A WHSmith token
I'm not quiet sure what an 'online party is' but from the suggestion so far I like the 'wraparound Ezquerra cover',
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'online short story, maybe Vienna's birthday. Dolman trying to cheer her up by getting Uncle Joe round to see her in her new post-Chaos Day home. '
If its an online 'live' sort of a thing, live sketching, or sketches by request by Droids and the most popular made into a future cover?
Next 37 years, pitch story/art/character comp?
Most party's I'm at this weather involves cake, so I'd like some booze at this party.
A pencil.
I don't go to many real parties anymore. Long gone the days when you'd look around and think 'oh well the cooking sherry will have to do.'. Now I discover there's a whole different sort of party that I don't understand. So in answer to the specific question "how would you like to see us celebrate" I'd answer with specific simple instructions. In answer to the second part "and what would you like to see from the online droids?" how about a nice illustrated guide as to how to make my laptop into a party.
Aside from all 37th birthday parties should involve a very practical conversation about insurance or washing machines, that leads to you feeling slightly old and wondering to a club you used to go to and now feel a little bit to old to hang around in.
How about an art competition? Something like a Future Shock style script of 1-2 pages is made available online, with entries to be posted on the board on the day of the 2000 AD's 37th Birthday. Then, the best one gets printed in the Prog at some point.
Quote from: O Lucky Stevie! on 25 January, 2014, 02:38:42 AM
A pencil.
For some reason, I've still got that fucking pencil. The only worse gift the House of Tharg ever lavished upon me was the
12 piece jigsaw that came with the Megazine.
Quote from: sauchie on 25 January, 2014, 09:38:46 AM
For some reason, I've still got that fucking pencil. The only worse gift the House of Tharg ever lavished upon me was the 12 piece jigsaw that came with the Megazine.
No pleasing
some people.
Cheers
Jim
A competition that includes '37' prizes (something relevant to each year of the Prog).
And maybe something special for me as my birthday is in Feb.
Cheers
A special art comp eh.......? I'd love to get in on the ground floor of that one - vote-countin' - general pimpage - I can do all that manner of stuff!
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 25 January, 2014, 09:57:37 AM
Quote from: sauchie on 25 January, 2014, 09:38:46 AM
For some reason, I've still got that fucking pencil. The only worse gift the House of Tharg ever lavished upon me was the 12 piece jigsaw that came with the Megazine.
No pleasing some people.
I've resolved to finish that jigsaw puzzle some day, Jim. I haven't a clue what an online party would entail, but the only parties I went to which didn't involve sexual frustration and vomiting were the ones where we all played
Battleships,
Guess Who? and
Mario-kart before pissing our pants and crying. Some kind of
2000ad themed variant upon those seems possible, but - given the age profile of the board - maybe bingo and dominoes would be more appropriate. Just don't book a clown (http://www.2000ad.org/covers/2000ad/hires/881.jpg).
I've still got the pencil as well (Along with the jigsaw. I like free gifts, and both of these are fine!).
I went through a period when at various Comic fairs I'd snag the pencil gift if I saw it, and ended up with a mug filled with them.
Bit pricey now on eBay. Some people charge the Earth for them. :(
So yes, if the party involves pencils, or simply free gifts, then im in....
An online 2000ad Mastermind quiz with graphic novel prizes for the winners?
How about a live-online Q & A session with the droids, and maybe Tharg himself
Cheers.
Quote from: Alex on 25 January, 2014, 11:06:09 AM
An online 2000ad Mastermind quiz with graphic novel prizes for the winners?
Best idea so far. Do this please.
Also, some new, free wallpapers and and stuff to download.
Aren't we supposed to give you something if it's your birthday :lol: ?
I like the idea of a live Q&A thingy. A competition where the winner gets their name in a Dredd strip as a block or Judge would be cool too!
I thought this forum WAS the online party?
Can Rebellion write a stable 2000AD based MMORPG in a month?
Quote from: sauchie on 25 January, 2014, 09:38:46 AM
Quote from: O Lucky Stevie! on 25 January, 2014, 02:38:42 AM
A pencil.
For some reason, I've still got that fucking pencil. The only worse gift the House of Tharg ever lavished upon me was the 12 piece jigsaw that came with the Megazine.
The pencil is my favourite free gift ever. I bought two more on eBay.
Will Roger's Mom be there?
How does an online party work? Do we all sit around in front of webcams drinking shots on our own? Is it possible to do a karaoke like that? I remember someone saying they got drunk doing a three hour live podcast. Is it that kind of thing?
Bloody hell, I'm starting to ask the same kind of questions my grandpa did.
I have an idea for the 40th anniversary issue. Get the rights, for one prog only, to Dan Dare. I hear his story never properly concluded. Get the Gibbons droid to draw it.
How about a Pat Mills photo cover. He is the original Tharg.
or
A cover with Matt Smith painted up as Tharg.
Quote from: Ken Trousers on 25 January, 2014, 08:26:23 PM
Quote from: Judge Jack on 25 January, 2014, 11:02:24 AM
Quote from: sauchie on 25 January, 2014, 09:38:46 AM
Quote from: O Lucky Stevie! on 25 January, 2014, 02:38:42 AM
A pencil.
For some reason, I've still got that fucking pencil. The only worse gift the House of Tharg ever lavished upon me was the 12 piece jigsaw that came with the Megazine.
I went through a period when at various Comic fairs I'd snag the pencil gift if I saw it, and ended up with a mug filled with them. Bit pricey now on eBay. Some people charge the Earth for them. So yes, if the party involves pencils, or simply free gifts, then im in....
The pencil is my favourite free gift ever. I bought two more on eBay.
I'm clearly wrong; pencils are the way forward. Maybe TMO's online party could have a pencil theme, and we could all be given special commemorative pencils -
internet pencils.
How about asking all of issue 1's artists to do a sketch? (those that are still capable of holding a pencil)
Quote from: shaolin_monkey on 26 January, 2014, 02:58:45 AM
How does an online party work?
I don't think anyone knows, hence the creation of this thread. The only thing I can think of that would work online and could be knocked up in time for Easter is
2000ad themed versions of games from the 8-bit/arcade era most of us would have grown up with. I'm not sure the website could handle a few dozen of us competing to get our three letter names on the hi-score board of a VCs version of
Space Invaders, though.
A two player
Street Fighter style beat em-up or
Doom type multiplayer shooter with
2000ad characters would be incredible, but I'm fairly certain those would be impractical.
Quote from: Daveycandlish on 26 January, 2014, 09:29:46 AM
How about asking all of issue 1's artists to do a sketch? (those that are still capable of holding a pencil)
Lining up the artists is no problem, it's the pencils that are the issue. Apparently they're all at Judge Jack's house.
Pod Cast from Wossy's mancave
Quote from: Proudhuff on 27 January, 2014, 07:41:32 PM
Pod Cast from Wossy's mancave
Pile into Wossy's mancave surely.
bring back the Thin Ice award and Roger's Mum
Ask a bunch of creator droids to write scathing (or indeed glowing) reviews for each others stories and hide them in the reviews part of the forum.
When it comes to 2000AD birthday stuff, I'm a sucker for getting creators to reeel off lists of favourite things of the moment, whether its books, films, comics or 2000AD memories. It's old hat, but it's good hat. Maybe spice it up with some creator cosplay photos.
Online sketching or art tutorials from the droids. Sketches is probably better so they can have a couple of cans of oil while doing so.
Why not get some creators who feel angered by the fact they have not received royalties and their art / style has been swiped to write and draw a scathing attack on the comic and then only publish it in a severely edited form?
Digital copy of 2000AD #1 for everyone.
Quote from: Skullmo on 30 January, 2014, 02:19:03 PM
Why not get some creators who feel angered by the fact they have not received royalties and their art / style has been swiped to write and draw a scathing attack on the comic and then only publish it in a severely edited form?
I have to confess, I think that's a really good idea! Edited though it was, I loved
Tharg's Head Revisited and would be more than happy to see more of the same.
A Night 2 Remember was good too (is it really 12 years ago? Christ) but not quite as memorable - Slagging off dodgy stories and characters wasn't half as much fun as a vitriolic group attack on the 2000ad editorial team. Garth Ennis and Dave Gibbons' contribution was cracking though.
Quote from: Skullmo on 30 January, 2014, 02:19:03 PM
Why not get some creators who feel angered by the fact they have not received royalties and their art / style has been swiped to write and draw a scathing attack on the comic and then only publish it in a severely edited form?
It would be great to see Alan Moore and Grant Morrison doing something for Tharg again, and Mark Millar, Alan MacKenzie and Hilary Robinson are people too!
Tharg should start a confusing new numbering system for his anniversary party, making it difficult to distinguish between this 37th anniversary and the 37th regular weekly anniversary. This anniversary could be a sneaky way of reinstating the old annual anniversaries - which had become commercially unviable - by incorporating these more expensive anniversaries into the schedule of the regular weekly anniversaries.
QuoteA cover with Matt Smith painted up as Tharg.
Wow. I've been reading the prog for nearly four years. Mitchety. :-\
Nice one, jackstarr!
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 30 January, 2014, 05:09:33 PM
Quote from: Skullmo on 30 January, 2014, 02:19:03 PM
Why not get some creators who feel angered by the fact they have not received royalties and their art / style has been swiped to write and draw a scathing attack on the comic and then only publish it in a severely edited form?
I have to confess, I think that's a really good idea! Edited though it was, I loved Tharg's Head Revisited and would be more than happy to see more of the same. A Night 2 Remember was good too (is it really 12 years ago? Christ) but not quite as memorable - Slagging off dodgy stories and characters wasn't half as much fun as a vitriolic group attack on the 2000ad editorial team. Garth Ennis and Dave Gibbons' contribution was cracking though.
Tharg's Head Revisited Revisited
I have always believed that The Rowdy Yates Block Citizens' Yap Shop (or its equivalent - 'The Mighty Ones' Squaxx Box'?) should be a part of 2000ADOnline. In the Yap Shop we've had some great live chats.
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The live chatroom format offers great scope for party games, interviews, Q & A sessions, webcam feeds, music and voice elements and whatnot.
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This online party would be a great opportunity to fold that functionality into the site. Although computationally challenged at the moment, I'll offer any help I can to make this happen.
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Apart from that, the most important thing is for 2000AD to continue for (at least) another 37 years.
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Oh, and Happy Birthday!
I agree with Shark particularly his latter comment. The progs need to continue and every effort made to increase readership. That would be the best birthday present of all. Being totally serious this comic has changed and enriched lives, it is much more than ticks on a profit/loss spread sheet. Proselytize by any means.
Happy birthday and cleanse and purify brothers and sisters.
I am out late every Wednesday these days so miss the Yap Shop.
I second the suggestion to do something there!
If it is a Wednesday I will cancel normal b thing n be there. :)
Just to clarify - I wasn't suggesting that the Website runs a chat night once a week (the "Wednesday Night Chat" is just a hangover from earlier irc times, iIrc) but hosted a constantly live chatroom into which members could enter at any time for public or private live text, voice and maybe even video chat.
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Whilst the Paltalk service the Yap Shop currently uses is getting rather twitchy of late, it is still a good model and would be ideal to replicate on a smaller scale here. If that proves to be too expensive or impractical in the short term, I am more than happy to place the Yap Shop at TMO's disposal to aid with the online party and possible future projects.
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Quote from: ZenArcade on 31 January, 2014, 12:20:02 PM
I agree with Shark particularly his latter comment. The progs need to continue and every effort made to increase readership. That would be the best birthday present of all. Being totally serious this comic has changed and enriched lives, it is much more than ticks on a profit/loss spread sheet. Proselytize by any means.
Happy birthday and cleanse and purify brothers and sisters.
Fully agree with this quote. 2000AD has been a part of my life since I was 4 years old, it's literally shaped my education, my literature choices, my choice of career. My life wouldn't have been nearly as rich artistically-speaking as if 2000AD hadn't existed, nor would I have seen or experienced the things I have due to my work choices, which were influenced by years of 2000AD. The best way to celebrate, without doubt, is for 2000AD to embark upon another 37 years and continue to influence lives, careers and experiences.
I read your post as you clarified it Shark!
I miss the Yap Shop but that's my day for visiting me dear old Ma... I have to make excuses to get away when I do most weeks and by the time I'm back if I pop in only Roger's name is there and he is usually not actually looking in the room. Though one week we did have a wee chat about what I'd missed.
A big ole Forum get together there folr the Prog's birthday is an ace idea.
Quote from: ZenArcade on 31 January, 2014, 12:20:02 PM
I agree with Shark particularly his latter comment. The progs need to continue and every effort made to increase readership. That would be the best birthday present of all. Being totally serious this comic has changed and enriched lives, it is much more than ticks on a profit/loss spread sheet. Proselytize by any means.
Happy birthday and cleanse and purify brothers and sisters.
Three years back my exclusively superhero purchases had ceased to entertain me in any way. 2000AD saved my comic life. It really did. Thrill power might be tongue in cheek stuff but the prog really did give me a comics thrill factor back again. My genuine thanks for that.
2000AD deserves a party.
Thrill Power - tongue in cheek?
How very dare you!
Quote from: Bat King on 01 February, 2014, 01:06:54 PM
Thrill Power - tongue in cheek?
How very dare you!
I'm so, so sorry (said in best Doctor Who voice).
Apologies to the forum.