Nice Lilly Mackenzie cover although I hope it doesn't encorage any yoofs to look in - we don't want their kind here.
Not read much yet but a lush Dredd with Dylan Teague art, a colourful Black Museum and a Mean Machine filled bonus book.
Thankfully there is no Tom Prodfoot letter blemishing Dreddlines, mainly due to one insightful and sensitive reader taking up the whole third column. Lovely.
Absolutely marvellous artwork all round here. Smudge impressed more than the last time I encountered his (her?) stuff - the Lowlife story in the christmas prog; just as Dante ends we get more sublime stuff from Fraser; Dylan Teague's Dredd just oozed confidence and style, reminding me of Bolland with a touch of Ian Gibson's colouring here and there (couple of panels almost looked like coloured pencils, in a good way); and then finally PJ just blew me away with Johnny Woo. I am in love with PJ. His last TOTBM which was B&W apart from the excellently handled minimal use of green is here repeated only we get the occasional splash of blood red - just superb.
Time to give the Meg another try, I think, after an exile of six months or more. Is Tank Girl gone for good now or merely on another hiatus?
QuoteTime to give the Meg another try, I think, after an exile of six months or more. Is Tank Girl gone for good now or merely on another hiatus?
Gone for good, AFAIK - it's been replaced with Lily Mackenzie.
I've always thought of Dylan Teague as a nice enough, workman-like artist but the Dredd strip in this month's Meg just blew me away!
He's stepped up his game to a ridiculous extent. It's so lush and real, I feel like I'm IN Mega City 1.
I gave up the Meg a few issues ago but if Dylan is in this issue I may have to go to my local thrill merchant and get a copy.
I've always liked Dyl's work and have said so on many occasions here and to him (although when I say it to him I'm usually taking the piss out of his speed and over self deprecation of his own work) I always believed that he could be one of Tharg's finest.
Can someone tell me the names and tell me the names of the people who got letters printed?
Thanks, Will.
All the artwork in this months Meg is sublime. It really stood out. None of it was just adequate or just good. Teagues lines looked a little looser and less 'Bolland' than previously but in a good way. A criminally underused artist imo. Good strips, good articles, good Meg all round.
Quote from: willthemightyW on 23 May, 2010, 06:37:19 PM
Can someone tell me the names and tell me the names of the people who got letters printed?
Thanks, Will.
Hi Will,
The letters are from:
Ian Brown, North Wales
Jeremy Beebe, Kansas City
Michael Crouch, Norfolk
Paul Harris, via email
And some newcomer called Stephen Watson, from Paisley
-- Mike
thanks.
A truely great prog..
and I must doff my cap at that new boy on the letters page what a well written and articulate letter Buttonman, must have been written pre Buckie-Breakfast? or are you in the pokey again?
Brilliant to see Lilly in the Meg, I'm sure i suggested this last year, must check with Matron, she keeps a copy of all my letters, Great Dave Gibbons interview too
Dredd Brill art work and story ....
and hey is that a KEVLEV block I see in Dredd?
Quote from: Proudhuff on 25 May, 2010, 03:01:29 PM
and hey is that a KEVLEV block I see in Dredd?
It is indeed! Very chuffed I am too. I did Dylan a tiny favour and that was my reward! Huzzah's another tick in the personal goal chart!
Quote from: Proudhuff on 25 May, 2010, 11:42:44 AM
A truely great prog..
and I must doff my cap at that new boy on the letters page what a well written and articulate letter Buttonman, must have been written pre Buckie-Breakfast? or are you in the pokey again?
Why thank you Tom, your humiliating attempt at detente will FAIL!
Loser!
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(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/button71/Picture011.jpg)
GGGGGGGRRRRRRRR!
Just had to say that the colouring on Dylan's Dredd was beautiful.
Yeah - top Meg all round. I think I enjoyed the lot.
The Dredd was a really neat little tale with a nice twist and, as everybody has mentioned, fantastic art.
and PJs art on Johnny Woo is top stuff. I think he's settled into a style that really suits him and is very easy on the eye while being dynamic and clear.
Question about the Black Musuem tale; I appreciate the [spoiler]jump in price of teh munce was for comic effect but the first price jump was really high[/spoiler]. Did somenthing get missed out/lost in transalation. Similarly, was Beverly actually [spoiler]killed in the robbery[/spoiler]. The Curator's narration says Yes but the story says no.
But apart from those ridiculously minor quiblles, great stuff by all.
I like the idea of the Film Review being more of a discussion about the direction of marvel movies rather than just a review itself. I'd welcome more of that.
And Huff, Buttonman is "the softest man in Paisley" so no need to be scared of him.
unfortunately I'm the softest man in Edinbra :o
Quote from: Tiplodocus on 27 May, 2010, 01:38:54 PM
Question about the Black Musuem tale; I appreciate the [spoiler]jump in price of teh munce was for comic effect but the first price jump was really high[/spoiler]. Did somenthing get missed out/lost in transalation. Similarly, was Beverly actually [spoiler]killed in the robbery[/spoiler]. The Curator's narration says Yes but the story says no.
The [spoiler] prices Stovepipe assigns to the munce: he has no real idea what he's doing at first. But after he's talked to Mankynuts he has a better idea of the price he might be able to fetch.[/spoiler] As for Beverly Everly: [spoiler]Yep, she was killed in the robbery. Can't see where in the story it says she isn't![/spoiler]
-- Mike
I've only read the Judge Dredd story by Robbie Morrison and Dylsan Teague so far.
It was very good in both script and art. The art was stupendous.
Dylan Teagues artwork is superb and the story's great too but it was Paul J Holdens work on the japa-manga-anime influenced JohnnyWoo that sealed the deal with Satan for me. :)
Four stonking stories. I met Dylan and asked if he was Dave Gibbons. I met Dave Gibbons and embarrassed him too. Soo, you know...
BUT, don't you think Meat Wagon man looks like Dylan Teague??
QuoteEverly: Can't see where in the story it says she isn't!
Aah, maybe I misread it.
I always thought munce was a meat supplement. It seems to be some kind of candy or gum.
Quote from: Krombasher on 03 June, 2010, 08:32:07 PM
I always thought munce was a meat supplement. It seems to be some kind of candy or gum.
Its definitely been used as a meat supplement before. I think it's just a generic food stuff to be used however the story feels fit though.
I vaguely remember in one story a list of many varied products made from Munce, it seems to be a really versatile product that can be made into just about anything. The only thing I do rememer is that it really stinks when being processed!
I did think this tale was a bit of a rip-off of the umpty candy stories, but enjoyable nonetheless
Quote from: Dandontdare on 04 June, 2010, 11:53:47 AM
I did think this tale was a bit of a rip-off of the umpty candy stories, but enjoyable nonetheless
Tch! Rubbish! It's a
rip-off of homage to the Western TV show
Dead Man's Gun (hence the title), an anthology series that followed the same gun through different owners, itself an old idea that - as far as I recall - has its roots in an ancient Japanese folk-tale of a cursed knife: everyone who came into ownership of the knife died in a variety of horrible ways.
(Many years ago I pitched to my publishers a horror novel about a haunted toaster that had a similar effect on each owner - they very wisely rejected the idea!)
I never even thought of Umpty Candy when I wrote it... That's the hardest thing about writing stories set in Mega-City One: after thirty-three years nearly everything one can think of has already been done!
-- Mike
and the boots in All quiet on th Western front. Great story Mike by the way made me think of how foodies are here with olive oil etc
Stonking stuff - I really loved everything. Lily McKenzie is an appealing heroine. Has she been in the prog?
Quote from: staticgirl on 05 June, 2010, 08:58:24 PM
Stonking stuff - I really loved everything. Lily McKenzie is an appealing heroine. Has she been in the prog?
Lily Mckenzie was great.
She's not been in the Prog, but started off as an online comic or small press character, I think. Anyone?
Quote from: dweezil2 on 07 June, 2010, 11:59:17 AM
Quote from: staticgirl on 05 June, 2010, 08:58:24 PM
Stonking stuff - I really loved everything. Lily McKenzie is an appealing heroine. Has she been in the prog?
Lily Mckenzie was great.
She's not been in the Prog, but started off as an online comic or small press character, I think. Anyone?
Or I could of just Googled it:
http://www.simonfraser.net/lilly.html
or just ask Mr Fraser at the next HI-EX...
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Spot the difference:
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Yup, that is a bit freaky.
A really great Meg. Warm welcome to one of my very favourite comics in the shapely form of Lily MacKenzie and top marks to Rennie and Holden on a superb Johnny Woo story, the first of those that I've ever really enjoyed. Dredd was a bit samey, but beautifully drawn, and the articles were all interesting. Just realised the FGN is still in the wrapper at the bottom of my manbag,
Milky Milky.
ah, the green eyed monster...
Is Johnny Woo new or returning? After Bato Loco and that Amperduke fellah I half-expect more crap characters I missed in my hiatus to return. I'm so used to Tharg's hyperbole that "here's a comic strip, read it" (which is how much fanafare JW's had) doesn't even register on the thrill-receptors.