Carlos' lovely Dredd/Koburn cover wraps a great package with a long Dredd, D & K and
Samizdat Squad and the Cruncher. To cap off a geek fest of geeky proportions there are also lush features
on Dr Who and Dan Dare.
Oh and a letters page with a couple of lax correspondents letting the side down with their failing memories!
How clever is Number Cruncher?
Building up to a great finale. Now this I didn't perceive happening.
A big thumbs up all round.
V
Jings! what a fine bag of stories, most happy at the return of Koburn: loved the face off, Numbercruncher goes from strength to strength was will look lushush collected, Dredd fine, Soviet Squaddies I found had overstayed their welcome a wee bit, would it be churlish to ask for a bit more depth to art and stories?
Text;never been a big DD fan and the the detailed Whovian thing leaves me cold so won't be reading them, but I understand they will tick the boxes of many here and in WHSmith/FP so understand their inclusion
letters page; saddly lacking something :(, nice clip out for the newsagent... has anyone ever used these?
Thrillgasm! lovely to see the Koburn/Rico face off and sorry to see Samizdat Squad go especially the great b&w art.
On another note that Lee Sullivan illo with all the Doctors is a classic. Not read the associated article yet but looks good.
But the star for me is again the freebie Mercy Heights just kept me reading avidly like a junkie rushing to buy their next fix. Or a giant pussycat smashing downtown Tokyo.Er, I fear i've killed the analogy. :-[
And another one still to go! Yay! Giant pussycats!
So that's four people reading the Megazine? maybe some pics from the film will up the numbers ::)
Pity that Tharg removed the Hondo-cit rebuild of Meg City 2 from cannon in the letter page of prog 1741, for it to turn up in Cused Earth Coburn.
Actually, having thought about it, who cares. I still get a thrill from any new Ezquerra art even after all these years and I'm glad to see GRennie sneaking back in on a more regular basis, never a bad thing.
was there any mention of Mega City 2 ? They mentioned a Sino Cit incursion but that's still fairly canon as an anti MC1 entity (low life for example)
Think you're right there James.
I know people have mixed feelings but I still love the way Rennnie brings in fringe aspects of the meg and fleshes them out.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 20 August, 2011, 12:42:49 PM
So that's four people reading the Megazine? maybe some pics from the film will up the numbers ::)
I will shamefacedly admit I'm not reading the Megazine, but it does look very good. Last night I read the
Judge Dredd strip, which I enjoyed, and the
Cursed Earth Koburn strip, which had delicious artwork; I couldn't bring myself to care about a Citi-Def unit lost, killed, or eaten in the Cursed Earth though. I would normally expect a story to start with the discovery of their charred or fly-blown remains.
I look forward to reading the text pieces.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 20 August, 2011, 12:42:49 PM
So that's four people reading the Megazine? maybe some pics from the film will up the numbers ::)
We like to make sure people have things to write about on the letters page.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 20 August, 2011, 12:42:49 PM
So that's four people reading the Megazine? maybe some pics from the film will up the numbers ::)
I've been reading the Meg for as long as the prog but I rarely feel like commenting on the Meg.
Why? I suppose I'm usually fairly underwhelmed by it. It's ok, the stories seem...fine. Occasionally you get an outstanding Dredd story but usually it feels like inconsequential filler.
The 'back up strips' are usually rather so-so with the odd stand out (Number Cruncher, Lilly Mackenzie). There's usually one or two articles worth reading.
And that's it. It sort of chugs along doing its thing. I like the Meg but don't love it like the prog.
How bloody smart is Numbercruncher!?
I'm loving it!
Samizdat squad didn't amount to anything above filler but was read-able.
Love Davis-Hunt's artwork on Dredd, page 5 panel 5 gave us a great view of Dredd's monster of a lawmaster.
This is my first encounter with Koburn, so can't comment on much besides he must have some balls talking to Rico like that. Suffice to say I like him already. :lol:
And as usual Esquerras art is brilliant. Those Lovecraftian frog men look strangely familiar though.....
I also wrote my first email to Dreddlines yesterday. Only time shall tell what will happen.
I wish Rebellion/Clickwheel could be bothered to update the Meg, IT'S STILL ONLY ON FAKKIN' ISSUE 311...
Hawkmonger- I may be wrong, but I think the baddies at the end of Koburn are Gila Munja. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
I think the big clue's on the cover:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yEU2VQKqw90/Tklpzi_W-EI/AAAAAAAAC2g/8F3JXORU1Xo/s1600/cover%2BKoburn1.jpg)
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 22 August, 2011, 12:16:58 PM
Hawkmonger- I may be wrong, but I think the baddies at the end of Koburn are Gila Munja. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Not sure who they are. The only pictures I got when I googled them turned up with trapper hag.
What story/s have they previously appeared in?
Joe Soap-Im not Poirot. I'm haven't dtetected the clue you speak of.
There's a Gila Munja in the background of Dredd and Koburn.
Oh I saw that! I thought you where refering to some deep context! ::)
I haven't read the issue, but that looks like a Gila Bruja on the cover, not a Gila Munja. (Gila Bruja were introduced in that Missionary Man story where he's leading a bunch of folk to some promised land. They're all a bit spooky.)
Definitely Gila Bruja. Good call Greg.
Bingo :
Judge Dredd 316 -
[spoiler]More action and adventure in the future-shocked world of Judge Dredd! Having escaped from his captors, a former slave seeks vengeance in Unchained by Mike Carroll and John Higgins; Cursed Earth Koburn and Judge Rico plunge deeper into Gila Bruja madness in Going After Billy Zane by Gordon Rennie and Carlos Ezquerra; and enter into a world of extreme identity theft in the opener of the mindblowing American Reaper by Pat Mills and Clint Langley. Plus, in the bagged graphic novel this month, Mercy Heights comes to its galaxy-shaking climax by John Tomlinson, Trevor Hairsine, and Lee Sullivan![/spoiler]
Just finished reading mercy heights book two.
I'm enjoying it, but wishing they'd get it over with so we can have something 'new'.
Does anyone have any idea what will be reprinted next?
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 22 August, 2011, 12:12:03 PM
I wish Rebellion/Clickwheel could be bothered to update the Meg, IT'S STILL ONLY ON FAKKIN' ISSUE 311...
Well, the 2000AD shop has 312 for download. You just have to pay an extra £1.86 for the privilege!
Catching up digitally.
I have to give some love to some of the large panels of the city in Dredd. Gorgeous, gorgeous stuff. That bike shot that was mentioned above was nice too.
More love to King Carlos. Simply wonderful. Lovely face-off scene with Rico too.
Yet more love to Numbercruncher. Very fine work, lads! Looking forward to the end now!
Enjoying the meg a lot I have to say. Haven't read any of the Mercy Heights though. Quick skim just doesn't appeal. Maybe it's the period it's from that's putting me off? *ponders* The last freebie reprint I really liked was The Balls Brothers. Wasn't expecting to, but it was very good indeed.