Well, it looks like everything is covered excepted our favorite lawman. So it is quite easy you vote for your favorite Dredd strip that was published in 2022 in 2000AD. I also included the regen strips as well.
It works as the same as the Best of strips, so you know how it works (your top 3 strips). Let's say you have until 16th of Jan to cast your vote and as always you can vote as many times but only your last vote counts.
So here are your choices:
Prog 2263-2266 Working Girl (4 episodes) by Ken Niemand and Patrick Goddard
Prog 2267 The Dead Chief Judge's Society (1 episode) by Ken Niemand and Rob Richardson
Prog 2268 Extraordinary Deaths (1 episode) by TC Eglington and Silvia Califano
Prog 2269 5 in the Cubes (1 episode) by Arthur Wyatt and Nicolo Assirelli
Prog 2270-2279 The Citadel (10 episodes) by John Wagner and Dan Cornwell
Prog 2280 (regen) Red Medicine (1 episode) by James Peaty and Luke Horsman
Prog 2281-2286 An Honest Man (6 episodes) by Ken Niemand and Tom Foster
Prog 2287 Grinder (1 episode) by Ken Niemand and Nick Dyer
Prog 2288 (regen) Zootrapolis (1 episode) by Liam Johnson and Joel Carpenter
Prog 2289-2294 Special Relationship (6 episodes) by Rob Williams and Patrick Goddard
Prog 2295 Naked Lunch (1 episode) by Ken Niemand and Dan Cornwell
Prog 2296 (regen) Two Tribes (1 episode) by James Peaty and Luke Horsman
Prog 2297-2299 Sentientoid's Big Idea (3 episodes) by Rob Williams and Jake Lynch
Prog 2300 (meg 448) Judgement Days and Stories (cross-over event) by various
Prog 2301 Half Smart (1 episode) by Arthur Wyatt and Dave Taylor
Prog 2302 The Pitch (1 episode) by Arthur Wyatt/Rob Williams and Boo Cook
Prog 2303-2305 & 2307-2309 Buratino Must Die (6 episodes) by Rob Williams and Henry Flint
Prog 2306 (regen) Undertow (1 episode) by Paul Starkey and Silvia Califano/G. Welsh
Prog 2310-2311 The Rematch (2 episodes - last episode double length) by Ken Niemand and Steven Austin
Prog 2312 The Last Temptation of Joe (1 episode) by Ken Niemand and Lee Carter
Prog 2312 Troublemaker (1 episode) by Gordon Rennie and Robin Smith
1 Grinder
Small but perfectly formed. Made me laugh out loud.
2 Working Girl
Life in the Big Meg, and the further adventures of an instantly likeable character.
3 Sentientoid's Big Idea
Straight out fun.
Art and script perfectly complementing each other in all of the above.
Oh, that's a really tricky vote. I might need to do a reread, but off the top of my head:
1. Working Girl - JWare nails it with his reasons as to why this is great
2. The Dead Chief Judges Society - Ludicrous, but really enjoyed the characterful, bickering ghosts
3.Grinder - Goofy, violent, funny, perfect.
I could have done a top ten though, really enjoyed a lot of these stories.
My selections are:
1- An Honest man
2- The Citadel
3- Grinder
1. Working Girl
2. Buratino Must Die
3. An Honest Man
Broodblik, I wasabout to cover this next week. If you don't believe me, then message norton_crane or ColinWYNA, as they'll confirm it!!
As for stories themselves, I'll be confirming my votes ASAP!!
Quote from: Batman's Superior Cousin on 06 January, 2023, 10:30:19 AM
Broodblik, I wasabout to cover this next week. If you don't believe me, then message norton_crane or ColinWYNA, as they'll confirm it!!
My apologies, I did know someone wanted to cover this.
Quote from: broodblik on 06 January, 2023, 10:31:26 AM
Quote from: Batman's Superior Cousin on 06 January, 2023, 10:30:19 AM
Broodblik, I wasabout to cover this next week. If you don't believe me, then message norton_crane or ColinWYNA, as they'll confirm it!!
My apologies, I did know someone wanted to cover this.
To be fair, I did message them but unfortunately neither individual seemed interested in reviving the Best Dredd Strips this year and I didn't know/realise that anyone else was interested in reviving this topic this year. If you would like, I can e-mail you a list of Dredd tales in the Prog/Meg for ya...?
I have the progs covered but I decided not to add the meg stories
Quote from: broodblik on 06 January, 2023, 10:39:40 AM
I have the progs covered but I decided not to add the meg stories
If I may be so bold as to ask, do you plan to continue this next year or would you like me to continue/start these topics...?
1. An Honest Man
2. The Citadel
3. Working Girl
Quote from: Batman's Superior Cousin on 06 January, 2023, 11:08:37 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 06 January, 2023, 10:39:40 AM
I have the progs covered but I decided not to add the meg stories
If I may be so bold as to ask, do you plan to continue this next year or would you like me to continue/start these topics...?
I just jump in since it looked like nobody was going to do it, just jump in and do it next year
1) The Citadel (although it didn't live up to the hype).
2) An Honest Man (very solid mid-chapter of this arc).
3) Troublemaker (RIP Alan Grant).
Not a very memorable year for Dredd if I am being honest.
Quote from: broodblik on 06 January, 2023, 11:15:53 AM
Quote from: Batman's Superior Cousin on 06 January, 2023, 11:08:37 AM
Quote from: broodblik on 06 January, 2023, 10:39:40 AM
I have the progs covered but I decided not to add the meg stories
If I may be so bold as to ask, do you plan to continue this next year or would you like me to continue/start these topics...?
I just jump in since it looked like nobody was going to do it, just jump in and do it next year
Ok, in that case I'll do the Meg stories next Monday or Tuesday and from next year onwards, I'll try and do both when norton_crane does his own Best Thrill-power strips of Yesteryear.
Anyway, getting back on topic...
1) Grinder
2) The Dead Chief Judge's Society
3) Special Relationship
All in terms of both art and story!!
1. Working Girl
Great story and Mona is a fantastic new character but most of all, the chase sequence was just real seat-edge stuff
2. An Honest Man
More brilliant character work from the Niemand droid
3. Naked Lunch
Biggest prog-related laugh of the year, what can I say?
Gotta be honest, I barely remember the details of most of these stories, certainly none stand out as all-time classics but I don't think it was a BAD year for Dredd.
Based on what I do remember...
1) Last Temptation of Joe Dredd, not just because it was only 2 weeks ago but also it's really great!
2) 5 in the Cubes I remember being a fun time, possibly Grinders was better as so many poeple have mentioned it here?
3) Sentientoid's Big Idea is a story I really DO remember, and it felt rather classic too, + super pretty art.
Thanks very much to any and all boarders with the oomph to get these things going, I love to engage with this kind of stuff, don't seem to have the energy to muster new threads myself.
1) The Citadel.
2) The Dead Chief Judge's Society
3) Troublemaker
1. An Honest Man
2. Working Girl
3. Troublemaker
No love for The Pitch?
This single episode has the potential to be so enormously consequential it could change the strip forever.
Working Girl
Very glad Mona made a repeat appearance; looking forward to seeing her (and Bloop) again.
An Honest Man
Same goes for Asher. This went places I never would have predicted. Fabulously bleak and open-ended finale
Grinder and The Dead Chief Judge's Society, best of the rest.
Quote from: gogilesgo on 08 January, 2023, 09:59:12 AM
No love for The Pitch?
This single episode has the potential to be so enormously consequential it could change the strip forever.
Yeah forgot about that. It
could change the strip, but it hasn't happened yet. And it remains to be seen if other writers incorporate it into their stories or just ignore it; there doesn't seem to be much cross-writer continuity. We've also had stories that should have changed the strip before, that didn't really.
A week to go so you still have time to re-think or even re-vote or just vote.
Some interesting developments but I ma sure nobody would be surprise by it and its quite simple Niemand's Dredd is dominating the charts. So Tharg so go ahead and make him the Dredd showrunner he knows his Dredd.
We have two Niemand strips closely fighting for top honours but never ever discount a Wagnerism to show us how wrong we are.
1) The Citadel
2) Sentiod's big idea
3) B-fella Must Die.
Much prefer action and bastard Dredd to the weeping gal approach.
Quote from: gogilesgo on 08 January, 2023, 09:59:12 AM
No love for The Pitch?
This single episode has the potential to be so enormously consequential it could change the strip forever.
Not really, no.
If the strip is to undergo any significant change I would prefer that it is Wagner who pens the libretto.
What are consequences in comics anyway, really?
Chaos Day was over a decade ago at this stage - what impact did it really have?
Quote from: Link Prime on 09 January, 2023, 11:36:48 AM
Quote from: gogilesgo on 08 January, 2023, 09:59:12 AM
No love for The Pitch?
This single episode has the potential to be so enormously consequential it could change the strip forever.
Not really, no.
If the strip is to undergo any significant change I would prefer that it is Wagner who pens the libretto.
What are consequences in comics anyway, really?
Chaos Day was over a decade ago at this stage - what impact did it really have?
Well I think if there is a constant it's that The Judges seem more vulnerable and stretched - from needing to use sov exiles to the Texan take over to small stories where cracks in the control of the streets seems more evident?
1. The Last Temptation of Joe
2. Grinder
3. Sentientoid's Big Idea
HM: An Honest Man
As for consequences of Chaos, it's barely felt in the day-to-day. If it wasn't for occasional complaints the Meg's low on cash, we'd barely be aware of the devastating effects of that time.
More broadly, it really did feel like Niemand's show this year. I've no idea who he is (although he seems rather friendly on Twitter), but it seems almost criminal that the best Dredd writer in years cannot (for whatever reason) use his real name. Unless it's Alan McKenzie in a wig, because all is still not forgiven for _that_ Chopper strip.
Ok dumb question. How do we know that Ken Niemand's name isn't Ken Niemand?
Quote from: Magnetica on 09 January, 2023, 10:38:19 PM
Ok dumb question. How do we know that Ken Niemand's name isn't Ken Niemand?
Because he was on a Thrill-cast and literally said it was a pseudonym ...?
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 09 January, 2023, 10:52:05 PM
Quote from: Magnetica on 09 January, 2023, 10:38:19 PM
Ok dumb question. How do we know that Ken Niemand's name isn't Ken Niemand?
Because he was on a Thrill-cast and literally said it was a pseudonym ...?
Ok good to know....I haven't listened to that one. Hence the question.
1. Working Girl (stuck in David Cameron)
2. Buratino must die ( I am horse)
3. The Pitch ( what about the mutant?)
You have the weekend to judge the strips of the year, I will count it all up by Monday morning
This is it for 2022 we now know the forums favourite Dredd story is for the year. So no surprise as Niemand dominates the top 5. Wagner if he decides to continue to write will always have an audience. So, here we go (pos, title, points):
1. Working Girl (19)
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2. An Honest Man (15)
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3. The Citadel (13)
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4. Grinder (10)
5. The Dead Chief Judges Society (6)
Last Temptation of Joe Dredd
7. Sentientoid's Big Idea (5)
Buratino Must Die
9. The Pitch (4)
10. 5 in the Cubes (3)
Troublemaker
12. Special Relationship (1)
Naked Lunch
I gave my number 1 vote to Grinder, but Working Girl has just the best opening panel. Top notch work from Goddard and a great way to reintroduce a character.