Week 4 has the full range of ties. From probably one of the most one sided match-ups we will see this round... and when I say probably, I mean definitely. To a couple of absolute stinkers. There is as you might imagine plenty in between as well.
This might not be a mismatch on the scale of yesterday's but Luke Kirby, who saw off Armitage last round is just so much more present than Maze Dumoir, amazing or otherwise. The short lived thrill saw off another tiny contenter Darkness Visible last Round but is a giant killer a step too far this time?
Journals of Luke Kirby - more info (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=LUKEK)
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Amazing Maze Dumoir - more info (https://britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/The_Amazing_Maze_Dumoir)
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 4th June and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (of 9!!!).
What on Earth is ALL of this? (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.0)
For those that need 'um and can be bothered to follow 'um there's some simple rules (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.msg1070150#msg1070150)
Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN
Luke Kirby, for me Alan McKenzie's best work for the Prog.
Kirby was of zero interest to me. Whereas maze had peak Gibson so it gets my vote.
Luke Kirby
I only reall liked book one but
Luke Kirby
for me
Luke Kirby.
SBT
Journals of Luke Kirby
Ian Gibson is great but nothiing he did on Maze Dumoir touches the glorious heights of John Ridgway showing us preteens in various stages of absolute terror.
Luke Kirby, gotta be.
Luke Kirby
Why there isn't a stableful of BBC 2000ad adaptations I'll never know. Luke Kirby would be amazing in that format (as would Cradlegrave).
Luke Kirby
Maze feels like nothing more than a pilot to something that then never happened. If you like Gibson's ladies, I guess it's something. Otherwise...
Luke Kirby was always a great strip, to the point I'm still surprised it's by McKenzie (whose other 2000 AD work ranges from just about readable to woeful). It's a pity it just stopped, although it at least did so in a good place. It easily wins here.
luke kirby, mainly for john ridgway.
Luke Kirby does suffer from that McKenzie-ism where it has this great set-up, some fun characters... and then just fails to go anywhere, slowly. First book: amazng; second book: fine; but byt the time he starts looking for Daddy in Hell it has rather run out of things to say, and we never get anywhere closer to learning what grown-up Kirby might've been up to, beyond reminiscing, and presumably, waiting to age up into grumpy tramp status so he can start finding and mentoring impressionable young lads.
Am now half-tempted to write som fan fic where Luke Kirby is the old man and the story is narrated by a 40-something still stuck in the 90s, with loads of Britpop needle-drops in each panel.
Luke Kirby, which coulda woulda shoulda been Harry Potter - years before its time
Journals of Luke Kirby the only boy wizard of any note, don't remember tuther thrill.
The Journal of Luke Kirby finally takes down Maze.
Luke Kirby, of course. Maze was a fun little two-parter - probably riffing off The Gauntlet, and starring a clone of Sam Slade and a proto-Halo. But Luke Kirby made you feel like summer in your tummy.
Not a massive fan of either, but Luke Kirby takes it.
Strong performance by Luke here, is it just that Maze is a little obsure, or even seedy? Great art but... well still a day to go so we'll see how things develope before I annouce the result tomorrow morning.
VOTING CLOSED
As straightforward as they come this one. Luke Kirby smashed it and on to the next thing... that's it really
Journal of Luke Kirby
Will be transforming opinion into votes as if by.... well in Round 4.