came through the door this morning with another excellent 2000ad unfortunatly cant say the same for the meg.. judge dredd another decent story and armitage finishes nicely.. tank girl is really wasting pages in in my opinion with a written story for gods sake also not 1 not 2 but 3 artist interview if wasnt for the mega city early years story starting soon i would defo give up on the meg
Is it just me, or is there more text than ever this month?
I've only read the strip content so far, although I'm really looking forward to the Brendan McCarthy feature. I'll save it for later.
Tank Girl's marvellously entertaining, as usual, and I was chuckling at the Bato Loco story. I wasn't crazy about his earlier appearances, but this one worked really well, I thought. Lots of fun.
The other two stories were enjoyable, especially the art on the lead Dredd. Conversely, I was disappointed in John Cooper's art on Armitage, especially the second-last page, which I thought was a wasted opportunity for an image with real punch. The whole episode seemed a little rushed, art-wise. Some of the figures aren't great, and are sort of floating in the air. Oh well.
I thought the story in Armitage was well told, and tied up very well in the end. Must read all the parts in one go.
- Trout
have to admit the only thing that did it for me this month with the meg was the Dredd strip, and even that seemed to be wrapped up a bit too fast. Hopeful that some of the new material pushes out the likes of the film review. Can't see why such a universally derided segment has held on so long. See next month's supplement is Cannon Fodder. As Blackadder once said: "soft, strong and thoroughly absorbent!" Might seriously rethink the dual sub if it carries on like this. :(
Man, I thought that Bato Loco strip was fantastic! The strip really suited Andrew Currie's wonderful style, as opposed to the more serious Dredd/Vienna one he did before. It felt like I was reading something from MAD Magazine or even Eric Powell's Goon stuff - it was that good!
The Dredd itself was enjoyable enough, but as Tjm said, it was over a bit quick. The twist at the end was a hoot though!
Up to now, the only other thing I've read is the Tanky strip and it was frigging hilarious. I'm saving the rest for when I'm not being skivvy to the poorly missus. Speaking of which, she's calling again (with her pathetic poorly voice on...)
"Coming dear!" Grrrrrr...
An underwhelming Meg - maybe it suffers more in comparison to the fantastic progs we're getting?
Dredd was a good simple shoot em up to contrast with Wagner's plot-heavy stuff in the prog, Bato Loco is always a lot of fun, and Armitage ended less interestingly than I was hoping.
I've flicked through the rest, but may never actually get around to reading any of it. A Tank Girl text story and three creator interviews? I don't think so.
Oh, for- I thought Tank Girl's tenure had finished?!
I wouldn't begrudge it a place in the prog where there'd be plenty of other good stuff to distract me and it'd be finished twice as quickly, but it's like an albatross around the neck of the Meg. Where I could be forgiving in a five-story weekly, in a monthly with only four strip slots it's taking up prime real estate and can seemingly only muster feeble poo jokes to do it with. I'd rather have something a bit more substansial to hold the interest - even the small press stuff was generally of a batter standard. At least those creators were trying hard to tell good stories, even if they didn't always work, and you never quite knew what you were going to get in any given issue.
Sorry to moan - I did try hard to give TG the benefit of the doubt, and held off moaning for most of its initial run. But that was something like a year and half ago now(!), and I'm just thoroughly sick and tired of it.
Anyway, looking forward to Bato Loco, and indeed the return of Andrew Currie (I fear Tooth didn't quite get the best out of him last time).
Whats next months free g/n?
Cannon Fodder 2.
Cannon Fodder 1 and 2 were quite bad enough the first time around. Tank Girl too?
*sigh*
I agree with Jimbo. Were this in the prog it'd be over quicker and not drag the title down quite so much, in the meg it's a real strain.
Another note to praise Andrew Currie on Bato Loco. Whilst it is a shame that Simon Coleby didn't get to draw the new strip- Currie has done a bang- up job and I really enjoyed it.
Thought the Dredd was an unfortunate waste of Kev's ability- sorry Robbie- but your Dredd doesn't work for me.
Tank Girl could do with a break to let Rufus get his breath back. I'd love to see him doing more Dredd world stuff.
Armitage I'm sorry to say I gave up on. John Cooper's art on this is a real mixed bag but I've never really got with the character at all.
I told you all last year about the Prog-meg balance, and it looks like I'm being proven right still. The Prog is flying, so the meg needs some attention.
Thought the Dredd was a bit light story wise, never keen on speaking sepents etc ( why can't a snake be the good guy but everyone treats him like the baddie just because he's a snake?), artwork wonderful tho.
Bato Loco innocent fun, altho it took a double take to see the 2nd gun toting girl was different from the first.
Tank Girl fine, but like all good house guest it shouldn't over stay its welcome.
Armitage picked up for a nice finish, it could have been a nice three parter (with some blue penciling)and i would like to see Kev Walker's take on Armitage's Britian.
Three interviews does seem a bit top heavy but they were all interesting and informative, and heresy, I'm finding the film review getting to be more informative and dare i say interesting too.
A reasonable prog for me, but the weak cover ( designwise: messy and the lower girl seems a bit odd somehow) looking forward to the new thrills ahoy! I have to, I just renewed my subby.
It really is canon fodder 2?!?
I've won....I expect the universe to end now
I'm now imagining The Monarch standing in front of a giant bank of TV screens, head back, arms held high, purple toga flapping.
Well done, that fanatic.
six years of my life ends next month...god how sad am I?
Nothing ends, Monarch. Nothing ever ends.
Quote from: The monarch on 12 October, 2009, 02:38:43 PM
It really is canon fodder 2?!?
I've won....I expect the universe to end now
Imagine if you got hit by a bus three weeks on Friday!
Photoshop Gurus:I was wondering if the cover for the 'Trade floppy' could have been photoshopped so we could see what was happening better? Or indeed would a one off new image have cost old Thargy too much?
Its funny but this image brought back to me why I stopped buying the Meg all those years ago, the muddy images and hard work of trying to remember what last's month muddy image 'might' have been pushed me past the limit. In the same way Dinosity (sp) nearly finished of the prog around that time too.
Its amazing how an talented artists work can look crap due to brown paint
I'm with Moly and Dandontdare on this one. Thoroughly underwhelmed. Half the quality of tooth and twice the price.
(http://www.2000adonline.com/2000ad/media/index/megs/original/290.jpg)
Sorry? "Plus TANK GIRL, JUDGE DREDD..."?
Here's an idea: If Tank Girl's so bloody great that it gets billing ABOVE the lead strip, why not just release a Tank Girl comic? Then I wouldn't have to buy it. And the Meg would be better. Bish bash bosh. Job done.
SBT
What Steev said.
*Bloody one note 80s punk joke grumble moan whine.....*
Like Logan says: "LA PLACA RIFA!"
The Tank Girl/Booga strip was extra-specially choice this month.
More of the same please.
:P ;)
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 13 October, 2009, 08:26:31 PM
Sorry? "Plus TANK GIRL, JUDGE DREDD..."?
Here's an idea: If Tank Girl's so bloody great that it gets billing ABOVE the lead strip, why not just release a Tank Girl comic? Then I wouldn't have to buy it. And the Meg would be better. Bish bash bosh. Job done.
SBT
Nice to see the boards are as negative and bitchy as always. Did you miss the giant-sized logo which contains the words "JUDGE DREDD"? With that in mind, you can hardly claim that TG is receiving billing "above the lead strip".
That aside, if Dredd appeared in the listing before Tank Girl, the "D" of the word "DREDD" would form a weird-looking tangent with the edge of the left-hand character's hair. It would also look unbalanced because both TANK GIRL and ARMITAGE are identical in length whereas JUDGE DREDD is much longer.
I think the first issue of the Tank Girl comic ships next month, by the way.
Quote from: Bowlando on 14 October, 2009, 01:36:59 AM
Nice to see the boards are as negative and bitchy as always.
And the need for that was-? I fucking HATE Tank Girl. It's a waste of space- a nineties-timeloop of a strip that was mistakenly told it was funny nearly two decades ago, and like the pilled-out Bez-wannabee "can't go to raves anymore cos my doctor says it'll kill me" bore that it is, refuses to shut up and quietly die.
Rufus Dayglo's art pleases, of course, but like all strips with absolutely no substance beyond the art, that only goes so far.
That's not "negativity and bitchyness", that's my opinion after reading the Meg since issue one and 2000AD since prog one. And comics in general since before that. Sorry if I'm not buying into the culture that Tank Girl celebrates and being all "happy and jumpy up and downy about everything", but I loathe the strip. It hasn't even had the decency to grow out of the culture that formed it and do anything different.
I really resent paying a proportion of my fiver each month for it. With the reprints- all of which I already have- I'm buying for Dredd and Armitage and creator interviews, at the moment. Thankfully, despite it being Wednesday, my Meg wasn't in this morning. Do you know what? I breathed a sigh of relief at that and thought "stay of execution" then. It's not good when that happens.
SBT
I personally enjoy Tank Girl in the Meg a lot (although I'd prefer to see more Charlie's War), but I can see Steev's point - it's been around long enough for people to have formed a firm opinion, and it's the strip itself he's complaining about, not the creators. I never enjoyed it in the Deadline days, when it was supposed to be 'hip', but now it's a fun sort of dinosaur with some good jokes and really lovely art. Plus, it's not reprint, and from various comments by its creators, it's about as cheap.
Got to agree with TordelBack & Steev there. Good points well made. I'm another loather of Tank Girl personally and it only REALLY bothers me because of the small amount of original strip in the meg and the long turnover time. If it were in the prog I wouldn't care so much (and the quality of the prog recently would more than prop up one story I'm not really feeling).
Cracking art though. I mean really. Makes me wish Rufus would cut loose on something I'd enjoy reading.
Quote from: TordelBack on 14 October, 2009, 09:31:15 AM
Plus, it's not reprint, and from various comments by its creators, it's about as cheap.
exactly.
without cheap (cash-wise) interviews, reprints, and cut-price, non-Rebellion-licence strips, the Meg would be sunk. It would not be here any more.
this is not the golden era of 2000ad, money must be tight.
hats off to the editor for keeping a leaky boat afloat in such a professional manner.
my guess is they're holding out for the publicity of the new Dredd movie to boost sales.
meanwhile, perspective-wise, half the world dying in poverty, famine, and disease and here's a bunch of middle-aged men complaining violently about the contents of a comic?
Christ
Quote from: virgil on 14 October, 2009, 11:03:14 AM
meanwhile, perspective-wise, half the world dying in poverty, famine, and disease and here's a bunch of middle-aged men complaining violently about the contents of a comic?
Christ
True, but this is the place to do so. There are plenty of places to discuss world issues and I'm sure some boarders partake in those discussions too.
Quote from: James S on 14 October, 2009, 11:18:14 AM
Quote from: virgil on 14 October, 2009, 11:03:14 AM
meanwhile, perspective-wise, half the world dying in poverty, famine, and disease and here's a bunch of middle-aged men complaining violently about the contents of a comic?
Christ
True, but this is the place to do so. There are plenty of places to discuss world issues and I'm sure some boarders partake in those discussions too.
understood, world disasters aside, my point was about the ANGER in some of these posts.
it's a comic
is it really that important?
I'm outa here
QuoteThere are plenty of places to discuss world issues and I'm sure some boarders partake in those discussions too.
Aye. As long as we're all relatively polite and don't get genuinely upset by it, I think it's great that we're impassioned about the minutiae and ongoing trials of a 30-year-old kids comic. I come here precisely to escape the often-crushing reality of the world in favour of an unreasonably deep consideration of one of its more interesting (if miniscule) corners. To see a world in a grain of sand and all that.
Our Meg is still in the envelope- haven't had time to read it yet- in fact, I'm still reading last months issue.
But, what the fuck was that all about. Sorry, Virgil, but I get suspicious when someone pops up out of nowhere to defend (or attack) something in the fashion you have just done.
I'n not a Tankie fan either, for many of the reasons SBT states- does that make me a bad person?
We are, after all, paying for the comic, so I think folks are entitled to have an opinion on it that may be contrary to yours or mine.
And lambasting people for expressing opinions about a comic on a board and thread dedicated to that comic... well... makes you look like a bit of a cock.
What Rac said.
I knew if I just read to the bottom someone would do it more politely and succinctly than I ever could.
I'm getting a little tired of Tank Girl, too, and I think I started out as one of its happiest supporters. I'm realizing that the only time I ever laugh at it is when Rufus draws something hilarious, like flying through the double-decker bus. Script and story-wise, it's incredibly weak. The one about building an amusement park to destroy all her enemies was pretty dire.
As for its long, unhappy, rave-culture pedigree, I found a couple of Tanky-free Deadlines (1992 issues) some months ago and those really are some terrible comics in them. You had some pretty wonderful contributors - Philip Bond, Glyn Dillon, Nick Abadzis, etc - but their comics were, start to finish, horrible, amateurish crap. Seriously, the best thing in either issue, by leagues, was a Manic Street Preachers article by the late, great Steven Wells.
By a bizarre coincidence, I also picked up an issue of the American-sized A1 in some other store's cheap bins (no Bojeffries, darn) and read it around the same time, and was amazed to see that "Cheeky Wee Budgie Boy" ran in BOTH Deadline and A1. And was terrible.
Maybe if all that, including whatever the heck that strip was that Hewlett did after Tank Girl, was any indication of what the young, up-and-coming comic artists wanted to draw in 1992-93, it's no small wonder 2000 AD hit a slump around that time. How were McKenzie and Burton meant to encourage new talent when there was so little of it in the water?
Anyway, I'm all for resting Tank Girl and bringing back the small press pages for a few months. Or if we try the reprint route, The Titan books have passed the point we left off Charley's War, so I think that's out, as are most of the other Battle strips - Johnny Red's due next year and I understand they're planning Eazy, Rat Pack AND Darkie. Maybe reprint something from Action or Misty or Toxic?
I read the Meg last night and for the first time (I'm a forgiving person :-*) I thought it was a bit of a non event - it obvioulsy wasn't just me then. I've put it down to a hopefully brief... I didn't read the Tank Girl text because I've found the recent run boring.
I understand, and support, the reasons for reprint/licensed material but the only thing that stood out for me was the Bryan Talbot focus because I didn't know about Grandville.
Disappointed.
M.
Quote from: virgil on 14 October, 2009, 11:31:20 AM
my point was about the ANGER in some of these posts.
it's a comic
is it really that important?
I agree with him. It's not that big a deal. I used to get much more upset about stuff I didn't like in these comics (chiefly Blood of Satanus III) and then I realised it's not that important. It's only a comic.
By the way, I really like Tank Girl. It's good fun and I think it's a nice contrast to darker stories in the Meg.
- Trout
Bought my copy of the Meg today but haven't got round to reading it yet. I'm not a fan of Tank Girl either, and thought it was going to have a longer break from the Meg than just one issue. I think it could certainly do with one.
I really liked Cheeky Wee Budgie Boy....
Last month's Meg was, to me, the best in years. This month's may sadly be the worst. Besides Dredd and the Kev Walker interview, there wasn't much here to enjoy. The few postives that had develpoed in Armitage over the last couple of installments were wiped out by a rather limp ending. Stopped reading the Tank Girl strip so I wasn't inclined to bother with the text story.
I hate to be negative - and this is this first negative post I've written on a Meg or Prog in the 6 months since I've been on the forum - but when it's bad it's bad.
Oh well, win some lose some.
So as not to be entirely negative, I want to make mention of how much I like Kev Walker's Dredd. Snakebite wasn't a 'great' tale, especially when compared to the epic we're being treated to in the Prog, but it was good, good fun and I really enjoyed it. So there.
Quote from: King Trout on 14 October, 2009, 01:36:55 PM
Quote from: virgil on 14 October, 2009, 11:31:20 AM
my point was about the ANGER in some of these posts.
it's a comic
is it really that important?
I agree with him. It's not that big a deal. I used to get much more upset about stuff I didn't like in these comics (chiefly Blood of Satanus III) and then I realised it's not that important. It's only a comic.
Well, yeah - getting angry about a recreational activity/hobby is just self-defeating, but I think Virgil was having a bit of a straw man moment there.
Steev actually said:
QuoteI fucking HATE Tank Girl. It's a waste of space- a nineties-timeloop of a strip that was mistakenly told it was funny nearly two decades ago, and like the pilled-out Bez-wannabee "can't go to raves anymore cos my doctor says it'll kill me" bore that it is, refuses to shut up and quietly die.
and
QuoteI really resent paying a proportion of my fiver each month for it.
The only 'angry' bits I see there are the CAPS and the swearing, and that's probably a matter of interpretation. The man hates Tank Girl. Plenty do. Plenty don't. He's expressing a strong opinion, but I don't see him getting angry about it. Passionate, yes, but that's a good thing.
Anyway, his real; beef is probably that it takes away valuable time from hanging around the changing rooms of burlesque shows, helping the ladies with their stays and such. Git.
Quote from: Grant Goggans on 14 October, 2009, 12:54:19 PM
a Manic Street Preachers article by the late, great Steven Wells.
How were McKenzie and Burton meant to encourage new talent when there was so little of it in the water?
I did not knoe that Mr Wells was dead, I'll be off checking the old interwebby thing, a sad loss.
on the other bit what you perhaps miss is what a breath of fresh air things like Dealine were at the time, there were exciting new artist doing things differently and experimentation and a bit of fubbling was allowed even encouraged, no doubt in retrospect it all looks a bit ham fisted but but some of our best comic creators came out of that frission
sorry for the spelling typed whilst scoffing sanies ;D
Quote from: Bowlando on 14 October, 2009, 01:36:59 AM
Nice to see the boards are as negative and bitchy as always.
Tee hee. If by that you mean "about the same number of people vociferously supported something as went over the top for internet comedy effect and everybody else was sort of not fussed either way" then you're quite right.
Queen bitch:
Quote from: King Trout on 10 October, 2009, 01:12:59 PM
Tank Girl's marvellously entertaining, as usual
More relentless negativity:
Quote from: Pete Wells on 10 October, 2009, 05:21:57 PM
Man, I thought that Bato Loco strip was fantastic!
...
Up to now, the only other thing I've read is the Tanky strip and it was frigging hilarious.
Um, seeing as we're now no longer allowed to voice our opinions without people getting at us if they're remotely negative, can I just say that I really enjoyed the Dredd and the interviews - particularly Kev Walker?
Oh I can?
Ta.
You shut your pie-hole!
Your opinions aren't welcome here, Mr So-Called-Mike So-Called-Gloady!
Pah!
Jim
MEEEP!
Sez you!
Jim
Just remembered- I got a copy of Silverfin out of the library, simply because of Kev's work. It really is a fab adaption. Kev deserves a massive round of aplause for this- it is a daunting prospect to adapt a text novel to a GN form.
And I didn't realise till I reached the end that Kev did it all (apart from Annie, obv)
This is the first Meg I havent bought in about 6 years. There really is nothing in it Im going to read.
Knowing what Im like I'll still prob pick it up in a few weeks though.
It was a relatively poor issue, albeit with some highlights. Kev Walker draws a mean Dredd but the story didn't engage me at all. Was Snakebite the villain from that torture-city-on-wheels story, the one with the talking rad vulture? From the teasers I was expecting the returning baddie to be Ratfink so I was disappointed to see a giant reptile I didn't recognise, which is probably why I didn't care what was going on.
I quite like Tank Girl. *ducks* The stories are a bit hit and miss but I love Rufus' art and Booga's dialogue with the shrink had me laughing out loud. I haven't read the text story yet; might get round to it in a few weeks. Text stories in comics always scream FILLER to me and are usually pretty naff.
Bato Loco looks like fun, and it's a helluva lot better than Darren Dead Boring. Now that I have the handy second volume of Influential Circles I intend to re-read all the Armitage stories and maybe the latest one will gel a bit better then. Unfortunately it didn't seem to get going in monthly instalments and I'm not sure why Armitage knows the crazy lady with the knife.
Decent articles this month, especially the Bryan Talbot one. Shame it was only two pages because he's an excellent writer/artist and deserves a fuller Interrogation treatment sometime.
Hmmm, I seem to be missing something in the current Armitage. Wasn't there another subplot involving some sort of biotech blob scoffing people? Or did I dream it? Still, I'm glad to see my earlier predictions for the Treasure Steel plot were correct, and I'm a small enough man to mention it again. Overall I really don't think Cooper's art suited the story, but it was a good installment and helped by the cleverly timed reprint. How good is Adlard's B&W, eh? Those flashbacks are still my favourite bit of Armitage.
Highlight for me this month: Bato Loco was superb, and Currie's art was a total revelation (moved on from his Vin Diesel period, I see). As usual I can't help thinking that if you swapped aliens for bare-knuckle fighters there'd be no way to tell that the story was set in the future or in MC-1, but the art helps there, and when something's this much fun who cares.
Meg 290:
Cover: What's Ramone Dexter doing on it? What? Oh, it's Bato Loco? What's that then? Don't remember it, sorry. Another in the Meg's continuing series of yuck covers.
Dredd: Okay. Decent enough- better read with the first one and with half a brain cast towards the ongoing story in the prog. Cursed Earth tales always amuse me anyway, and it's always nice to see Dredd out of the city. Not at all bad. Lovely art from Mr Walker too.
Tank Girl:
Tank Girl Text:
Armitage: I'm going to have to go back and read this again- as much as I like John Cooper's art, I can't help feeling this was at least two episodes too long, possibly more. Again, okay.
Bato Loco: Nope, on reading it I'm still none the wiser. Is this a returning series then? Entertaining though- and Currie's art was absolutely fantastic. Highlight of the prog for me.
Three artist interviews: Should've been two longer ones and the third held over. Maybe they're gearing up to dump this feature and so bunging them all out together?
Other text stuff: Waffle.
Floppy: I may read this, one day.
Overall: 3/10 Most UnZarjaz. ???
SBT
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 17 October, 2009, 03:13:39 PM
Lovely art from Mr Walker too.
Am I the only who's slightly disappointed that Kev doesn't seem to colour his own stuff these days? That's no disrespect to the always-excellent work that Chris Blythe has done of some of Walker's more recent 2000AD Dredds or, indeed, Fiona Stephenson's perfectly good work here ...
but Kev has a facility with a muted palette that is just gorgeous -- some of the street scenes in Mandroid, for example, were just masterpieces of minimal composition enhanced with superb colour choices.
Cheers
Jim
Bloody hell- started reading this thread- nipped off for a coffee, cig and tom tit and it all kicks off!
Of course he's right- because there's famine, war and death all over the world (err... was it ever any other way?), we should all shut up and shell out our hard earned bucks every month for whatever the creators decide we deserve and be bloody thankful for it, with little or no comeback for substandard bollocks. To complain about the product we buy in good faith when it turns out to be substandard fayre is, of course, wrong and totally stupid on our part. Like when you go to a restaurant and your soup is cold and tastes of chef-wee. Just eat it, pay up and say nothing. Then go back again the next month for more of the same.
Anyway- TG was utterly pathetic this month. That wasn't a script- it was a small joke stretched across as many pages as possible. An old joke at that- one that I was tired of before I finished primary school. Rufus' art is totally wasted on this.
On the positive side- I am liking the look of Bato Loco. It needs to be given a chance- panning it after one episode is a bit much. Kev Walkers Dredd art is great and the creator interviews were interesting enough again. What I like most about these is the work outside of 2k that is mentioned- I don't know a lot about that sort of stuff and it's nice to get some pointers in the right direction. Other than that, the reprint, film reviews and Armitage continue to suck the thrillpower out of the Meg.
As i picked it up in the thrill-merchant, John said "another stinker of a cover. Shame as the interior art looks quite good on that strip".
My thrill-merchant is NEVER wrong. John the Wise we call him.
And another thing: What was the Tracer thing in the unGN? I had no memory of it, and after non-stop Adlard the art wasn't exactly singing to me, but I actually enjoyed reading it quite a bit. Was this all there was, two episodes? I could go for some more.
Tracer is a flop from Tooth, ooh... ten or more years ago. I think it made it into this month's floppy because:
a. it's the right page count
b. it's set in Brit-Cit (?)
c. it's the right page count
Enjoyed Dredd, and that's about it. Certainly not getting my moeny's worth out of the Meg at the minute (unlike the prog) and if my sub was up right now I'd only renew for tooth and drop the Meg as it currently stands.
I'd like to see another run of 'small press' stuff in there rather than more text articles.
WoD.
I think Tracer was one of the stories worked up for the proposed kiddie friendly companion title that was abandoned. Not a gret idea, not a great story but could have become something interesting if it'd been given the chance.
And once that proposed comic that was MEANT to house it was abandoned it was printed in one of the specials (thereby underlining that truism that specials are for reprint and substandard stuff you can't fit in anywhere else that you've already paid for).
Quote from: Mike Gloady on 19 October, 2009, 10:56:18 AM
... it was printed in one of the specials (thereby underlining that truism that specials are for reprint and substandard stuff you can't fit in anywhere else that you've already paid for).
...and then in the Meg. I see your point.
Loved the Brendan McCarthy article - now that everyone thinks there's only one issue of Paradax does that mean my issue 2 is more valuable or just the quality of comics journalism is heading downhill?
I think I'm in agreement with the general mood of "poor show" here.
I next month's Megazine isn't a big improvement I'm cancelling the subscription.
Do you think the powers that be were aware that they were turning out a sub-standard product? Were there frantic last minute meetings over a missed deadline that meant more text articles had to be added? Or, more worryingly, do you think they just thought it was another good issue, meaning they don't know the difference? We'll probably never know.
Quote from: Delingpole on 05 November, 2009, 02:56:03 PM
I next month's Megazine isn't a big improvement I'm cancelling the subscription.
I think I'd wait until the Christmas relaunch issue, as the next one's just going to wrap up the stories that are currently lying about.
Agreed. I think the new line up will be a lot of fun - Christmas Dredd, Dredd: The Lost Cases, Tank Girl and Tempest, plus Rogue Trooper: The War Machine reprint.
Looks great to me!
Oooh Mr Cosh - you've got me wondering now. I got home the other day to hear that my dual subscription was temporarily cancelled because my card's expired. So I was going to phone and just renew 2000AD. I think that's what I'll do, and just keep an eye on the shelves of the newsagent over Christmas. But I couldn't pass up the opportunity of my subscription just cancelling itself like that.
Here I go again, resurrecting threads for comics I've just read. First off: about Bato Loco, WOW, that has got to be Andrew Currie's best art job by miles. He's never really been among my favorites, so I was especially pleased by how great this looks. Can we get him to go back and redraw Pussyfoot 5 and Valkyries and actually make the female leads look as good as the women in this story?
Has anyone heard whether this is an old Rennie script from the days before he went all video-gamey on us, or is he moonlighting for Tharg to get enough pages of Bato Loco in for a reprint?
Speaking of which, I understand that was the case with Tracer in the floppy reprint this month. Dave Stone wrote three episodes for the series in 1993 before Earthside 8 was cancelled. Dave Hine drew the first one before the axe fell, and it was printed in the December '93 Winter Special. The scripts for the other two episodes [the ones reprinted here] were dusted off and given to Hine to finish in 1995 since the stories were already paid for - you can see that he signed the pages with the year.
Speaking of reprints, I think the one disappointment I have with Armitage is that we'd understand it a little better if we read Dave Stone's Virgin Dredd novels, where the ponytailed lady was developed, and which few bought at the time and which have been out of print for almost fifteen years. I like Dave Stone a lot, and wish him and Armitage all the success in the world, but that's asking a bit much. Does anyone even remember that character's name? I think she was in a mid-90s Dredd Mega-Special as well...?
Wow, Charlie Adlard's improved a bit since these early Armitage episodes, hasn't he?
As for Tank Girl, I'm really ready for it to be rested, especially in light of the new release of Skidmarks proving that we're paying for first drafts, but I really did laugh out loud at the Booga story. Every once in a while, it's good for a giggle.
Oh, yeah, Judge Dredd was in this issue, too. I didn't feel like he, or anybody else of import, was in any danger. That's never a good sign.