Title: Alternative 2000ad special issue
Post by: Captain Harry Flashman on 01 November, 2007, 01:29:13 PM
Post by: Captain Harry Flashman on 01 November, 2007, 01:29:13 PM
A happy post-Halloween to you all! Don't know if this has been done before in 2000AD, but what do people think of having a one-off special issue where the Creators & Writers swap stories and characters? I think it might work if only in terms of bringing a different perspective to the characters and artwork. My suggested prog would have the following as an example: Judge Dredd & Anderson by Ian Edginton (Script)and Simon Davis (Art); Strontium Dog by Si Spurrier and Carl Critchlow; ABC Warriors by Cam Kennedy (Script & Art); Slaine by Dan Abnett & Henry Flint; Sinister Dexter by Robbie Morrison & Clint Langley; Nikolai Dante by Pat Mills & Paul Marshall; Stickleback by Alan Grant & Steve Yeowell and last, but certainly not least - Lobster Random by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra.
I know there might be issues with regard to Creator owned characters, but obviously the artists and writers concerned would have final approval over each story and I'm sure that Old Green Bonce could smooth out any snags that might arise? Anyone else who thinks this might be a runner? And if so what would your line-up of stories/artists/writers be?
Cheers from Captain Harry Flashman
I know there might be issues with regard to Creator owned characters, but obviously the artists and writers concerned would have final approval over each story and I'm sure that Old Green Bonce could smooth out any snags that might arise? Anyone else who thinks this might be a runner? And if so what would your line-up of stories/artists/writers be?
Cheers from Captain Harry Flashman
Title: Re: Alternative 2000ad special iss...
Post by: ARRISARRIS on 01 November, 2007, 02:30:10 PM
Post by: ARRISARRIS on 01 November, 2007, 02:30:10 PM
...they did something very similar in the mid-ninties with the then currant crop of characters and creaters, the Judge Dredd one in the Dark Ages sticks out in my mind, bt Simon Jacob??? would be fun though to see a newer version...
Title: Re: Alternative 2000ad special iss...
Post by: W. R. Logan on 01 November, 2007, 02:52:16 PM
Post by: W. R. Logan on 01 November, 2007, 02:52:16 PM
Title: Re: Alternative 2000ad special iss...
Post by: Rio De Fideldo on 01 November, 2007, 09:22:02 PM
Post by: Rio De Fideldo on 01 November, 2007, 09:22:02 PM
I'm sure that Tharg bigged up the 92 Sci-fi special as having different artist's interpretations of characters. I guess Greg Staples on Brigand Doom wasn't what you were actually after though.
Link: Sci-Fi 92
Title: Re: Alternative 2000ad special iss...
Post by: Huey2 on 05 November, 2007, 09:11:21 PM
Post by: Huey2 on 05 November, 2007, 09:11:21 PM
The Creator & writer swap special was not good. I don't know, maybe it was the fact that I wasn't a big fan of most of the stories beforehand ( Brigand Doom, Armoured Gideon, Rogue Trooper) but seeing them done badly as well...
There were 2 nice bits in the special though.
1). In the middle of the very dull untold Strontium Dog story there's a great panel which shows some guys having been sent two seconds into the past by time-bomb. They and the table next to them are tumbling towards the planet and burning up on re-entry. It was a real "wow" panel.
2). John Smith's take on Robo-Hunter. The rest of the comic seemed to be full of guys who didn't "get" the strip they were writing. This is also true of Millar and Hogan. Smith didn't bother trying to imitate Wagner and Grant. His take on the strip was more gritty and gruesome than it had ever been, wonderfully aided by some fantastic Chris Weston art.
I'd have happily read a lot more of this which is more than I'd say for anybody else who took on Robo-Hunter in the '90s.
In fact, I reckon Smith would produce his best stuff working on other people's characters (His take on Rogue Trooper produced arguably the strip's best story). Working within the more grounded paramters of Rogue or Robo-Hunter it's nice to read a John Smith script knowing a god isn't going to turn up i the final episode and save the day.
I'd love to see a John Smith version of Sinister/Dexter or Nikolai Dante.
- Huey
There were 2 nice bits in the special though.
1). In the middle of the very dull untold Strontium Dog story there's a great panel which shows some guys having been sent two seconds into the past by time-bomb. They and the table next to them are tumbling towards the planet and burning up on re-entry. It was a real "wow" panel.
2). John Smith's take on Robo-Hunter. The rest of the comic seemed to be full of guys who didn't "get" the strip they were writing. This is also true of Millar and Hogan. Smith didn't bother trying to imitate Wagner and Grant. His take on the strip was more gritty and gruesome than it had ever been, wonderfully aided by some fantastic Chris Weston art.
I'd have happily read a lot more of this which is more than I'd say for anybody else who took on Robo-Hunter in the '90s.
In fact, I reckon Smith would produce his best stuff working on other people's characters (His take on Rogue Trooper produced arguably the strip's best story). Working within the more grounded paramters of Rogue or Robo-Hunter it's nice to read a John Smith script knowing a god isn't going to turn up i the final episode and save the day.
I'd love to see a John Smith version of Sinister/Dexter or Nikolai Dante.
- Huey
Title: Re: Alternative 2000ad special issue
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 27 August, 2008, 01:51:27 PM
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 27 August, 2008, 01:51:27 PM
I have to say I quite liked Smith and Weston's Robohunter, and Tomlinson and Staples' Brigand Doom. Also enjoyed Millar and Ewins' Rogue Trooper; very remeniscent of Bad Company in its weird nastiness.
The John Lydon interview kicked bottom too. 'An interview with a comic? Great idea. Glad I thought of it. I f***in' hate comics.'
The John Lydon interview kicked bottom too. 'An interview with a comic? Great idea. Glad I thought of it. I f***in' hate comics.'