Another British talent lost to the comic empires over the Atlantic Ocean. He is the man whom re-invented the green monstrosity the "Hulk". We are talking about Al Ewing. Before he left for greener pastures, he started having an influence on the prog with his unique story-telling ability. So simple question which was his best story for the prog/meg:
- his Dredd stories
- his short stories (Terror Tales, Future Shocks)
- Damnation Station
- Zombo
- Zaucer of Zilk
- Tempest
- Dead Signal
Easy one: Dredd
He did give good Dredd but as we have lots of other good to great Dredd writers I miss
Zombo
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His Dredd is the only work for the prog I've though was exceptional. He really found his voice in the US.
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I'm inclined to agree - he knows his way around a great Marvel comic, does Al Ewing.
All of his work was at least readable. Zaucer was wonderfully inventive and different. Zombo was fun and very silly. But his Dredd was something else — as close as we've got to Wagner without any actual Wagner, with the now possibly exception of a certain Mr N. (Other Dredd scribes are great too, but they have a very different feel to their writing.)
his Dredd stories
Specifically, Zombo in Dredd (The Immigrant, SFS25).
I don't really remember which Dredd's were his part from Bullet to King Four and Trifecta, but they are quite possibly the two greatest non-Wagner Dredd's ever.
And yeah Zombo was good too.
He did a couple of Xmas Prog Dredds that are all-time great: the one where the first part is told in 1977 style, which has a part 2 in the 'present day' (Where the main villain is called, of course, Frankie Scentz') - and the one that is a choose your own adventure where you can either follow the perp, and skip from panel to panel, or follow Dredd and read it like a normal comic, and it works both ways.
I also love 'Rehab', where Dredd meets a counterpart from a dimension where everyone is nice all the time...
His Dredd stuff, by miles. In my humble opinion, he's written some of the best Dredd one-offs ever, including Wagner ones. I love how he brought back MC1 as massive playground for madness and violence and, despite it all, great fun. I miss him.
Wednesday then we call the all green result
Voting Closed
The winner: Dredd