Week 4 has the full range of ties. From probably one of the most one sided match-ups we will see this round... and when I say probably, I mean definitely. To a couple of absolute stinkers. There is as you might imagine plenty in between as well.
You want a mismatch, I'll give you a mismatch! I don't think we'll get as mismatched a tie in this Round, or indeed the tournament as a whole after this one! I mean Harke and Burr have taken down R.A.M. Raiders in Round 2, but that's not really much by way of preparation is it. Slaine chopped up Bix Barton and joined the exclusive 20+ votes club. This one will be brutal.
Harke and Burr - more info (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=harke)
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Slaine - more info (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&Comic=2000AD&choice=SLAINE)
Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.
Match ends early on the morning of Friday 3rd June and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (of 9!!!).
What on Earth is ALL of this? (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.0)
For those that need 'um and can be bothered to follow 'um there's some simple rules (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.msg1070150#msg1070150)
Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN
Slaine
Harke and Burr was fun but don't think they'd last long against Brainbiter.
Slaine.
Slaine
Slaine
Should I give Hark and Burr a pity vote?
Slaine
Nope.
Always loved Ormston's art on Harke and Burr but it's got to be Slaine here.
I know there are some Sláine haters out there but he's done so much in so many different types of stories that it's hard to hate ALL of it, surely? Harke & Burr is one thing and one thing only - although it IS a fun version of that thing.
So yeah, Sláine.
harke and burr
I've read Harke and Burr at least twice. It's left no real impression on me, bar me not wanting to read it again. Sláine is for me the most inconsistent of 2000 AD's big guns, in that it hits remarkable highs (Sky Chariots; The King; Spoils of Annwn; Horned God; Book of Invasions, bar that scene) but also the lows of an awful lot of what appeared between Horned God and Book of Invasions, and, for me, everything after the wonderful first book of Britannia Chronicles.
So Sláine might not have thought it too many, but I did. Even so, it's an easy win for the barbarian here.
Slaine
Slaine definitely went from great to not so great imo but it's superior to Harke and Burr in so many respects.
Slaine
ferchrissakes
with slaine, i feel that we had a few years of excellent (if a little derivative) stories - but we then had three decades of some of the poorest writing seen in the prog. for me, anyway, it's impossible to ignore the latter.
Slaine. The best strip the prog ever ran.
SBT
With Harke & Burr, it was clear that the creators were enjoying themselves.
Slaine - even if it's just for Sky Chariots. Or just for the sumptuous art. When it launched in the prog, it was magical - a whole new history - a whole new mythology - reveling in dealing death to one's enemies.
Sure, it spun its narrative wheels, it did Time Charnel (or Quantum Salmon Leap) for too long - but as a gestalt it's something quite unique in the comic.
Quote from: The Mind of Wolfie Smith on 31 May, 2022, 02:20:17 PM
with slaine, i feel that we had a few years of excellent (if a little derivative) stories - but we then had three decades of some of the poorest writing seen in the prog. for me, anyway, it's impossible to ignore the latter.
While maybe not the poorest Slaine has been a chore for 30 years... maybe 25 the odd exception aside and that is something I'd struggle to ignore with better opposition. The difference for me hete is at least it left an impression!
Slaine
The best of Slaine is the best of 2000AD. For the story and the art. And the catch phrases.
Certainly some of the most memorable stuff ever in the Prog was in Slaine.
Even my brother who hasn't read the Prog in 20 to 30 years still says "he didn't think it too many; indeed he did think it enough".
I'm going to ignore all the less good stories.
So Slaine easily.
Indeed it's in my top 2 for this tournament. (At the moment).
No shut-out for Slaine again so the question remains can it be the first double entrant into the 20+ club? We have today to determine that one and I'll announce the result tomorrow.
Slaine
Slaine. As others have said, it wins this round on art alone. Not a huge Slaine fan but I enjoyed some of the early stuff.
VOTING CLOSED
Slaine couldn't quite match the feats of last Round, but that's not really surprising as the ties ending today haven't really fired up the imagination and sometimes the more one sided ties don't excite the votes. Mills opus did of course absolutely smash this and
Slaine
will be warp spasming for votes in Round 4.
Harke and Burr. It won't win, but consider this a vote for the wonderful crooked grin of the late, great Si Spencer and the stunning painted art of Dean Ormston.