The ties in Week 6 are a bit of a mixed bag. A couple of very interesting ones that are hard to call mixed in with some very lopsided potential batterings and BOTH versions of Bill Savage making an appearance - but which will survive?
Tie of the week here... maybe, as we get Bill's first appearance, in his third appearance... if you get what I mean. Savage has form coursing one of the shocks of the tournament so far winning a mighty match-up against Delvin Waugh in Round 2. Kingmaker, good as it is and having taken out a John Smith thrill, all be it Love like Blood must be looking at the result nervously. But who knows, interesting tie this one
Savage - more info (https://shop.2000ad.com/series/savage)
Vs
Kingmaker - more info (https://shop.2000ad.com/series/kingmaker)
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 17th June and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (of 9!!!).
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Savage
Kingmaker
Savage.
Savage
Savage.
Savage.
Kingmaker
I'm 100% certain Savage will win, and it's the modern Mills strip that works the best. It's less preachy and has a solid kind of intrigue running through it. That it's just stopped is a pity, although the series does also have a habit of spinning its wheels.
Kingmaker isn't my favourite recent thrill and some of the language clashes with whatever expectations are in my head for this kind of thing. It also exists in a broadly similar space to the superior Feral and Foe. But I've been enjoying it a lot and the previous series neatly moved the plot along a fair amount.
This for me mostly comes down to what would I most like to see next in the Prog. And that's... Kingmaker.
A while back I'd have voted Kingmaker - the concept of 'what if Sauron was blown up by an orbital laser' caught my interest from the start and up to a point it was one of my top thrills in the Prog - but it's recent series seemed rushed and awkward. Incredible art though.
Savage does have it's issues but I think it's the best thing we had from modern Pat Mills and Patrick Goddard's art especially elevated it to another level. It is a bit preachy, and it went off the rails a bit near the end when it tried to push too much continuity but it had a long run of being brilliant before that and I think it's still my favourite here. Savage please.
Savage
kingmaker
Been re-reading Savage in the Hachette collections lately and it's pretty great stuff. I'm not so keen on the bits that lean hard into the Lahndahn Gangster tropes, but the bits that explore how much of a weirdo psychopath Bill Savage is are endlessly fascinating.
Kingmaker remains beautiful and boring.
Savage
Give me a brief synopsis of these two thrills and ask me which I'd like to read, and hands down I'd go for 'orcs and wizards fighting aliens' over 'near-future resistance fighter' every time.
But in practice, Kingmaker now leaves me totally cold, whereas Savage was never less than readable and often really surprising in just how good it was.
Savage, which remains one of my favourite Thrills to this day. I've never managed to read two consecutive installments of Kingmaker.
SBT
Kingmaker
Kingmaker.
It's one of the best new thrills for me. When I think of the future of the Prog, and what stories I want to see, then it's more Kingmaker than Savage.
Savage. Please come back and finish it, Pat.
Or another writer could do it.
I'll get me coat.
Quote from: Funt Solo on 14 June, 2022, 06:36:37 PM
Or another writer could do it.
Andy Diggle.
I'll get me coat.
Kingmaker. I totally agree it's one of the best new thrills!
savage Patrick Goddard delivering and an iconic 2000ad hero.
Quote from: Funt Solo on 14 June, 2022, 06:36:37 PMOr another writer could do it.
Although you'd have to evacuate a good 20 mile radius around Mills's house in anticipation of him going thermonuclear on hearing the news. 30 if the writer turns out to be Rennie.
With a day to go I think I can see whose in the led and I think its pretty close so its possible that last day votes could swing this. So much still to decide, tomorrow morning we will know however.
Savage (if only to guilt-trip Pat into returning to the fold one last time, lol.)
VOTING CLOSED
Nope not really close this one. Once again my eye scan fail me. Kingmaker, while a popular new thrill hasn't quite convinced as consistantly as others. Its deservedly found an audience, but some folks still seem to have misgivings. Savage is also proving to be the most popular of modern thrills and you begin to wonder how far it can go. well
Savage
has already crossed the yellow line to Round 4.