What I've been promising all this time!
J-Bo-1
Link: THE NEWS
Hah... and Jamie posts this just as i'm typing out the other thread!
Sorry Jamie :)
Alan!
Wow!
Just realised what this means: More Garth Ennis Dredd reprints!! AIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
I think we should all just stop beating around the bush, being polite, pretending we're excited, blah-blah. SOMEONE has to summon the courage to ask the question everyone's *dying* to ask, so... *haaahhh* I suppose it must be me:
When does Lobster Random go stateside, then?
?We?ve no plans to go in and color any of the material that was originally presented in black and white ? we don?t want to change the original vision,? - that's good to know.
Great news, Jamie - congratulations to you & everyone else involved!
Any idea of what stories are going to make the cut for these volumes? The Sin/Dex, Devlin Waugh & Dante volumes sound like they're going to be compilations, and I'd love to know what's planned.
"More Garth Ennis Dredd reprints!!"
***BZZT*** wrong!
(Except for Judgment Day, but that's been OP for a dog's age, and has Alpha in it, so NERRR).
J-Bo-1
I'll be in touch, Si :)
J-Bo-1
Sorry, I feel like I'm hogging this thread!
Does a DC/Rebellion team up mean there's a loophole in the 'Exclusive' deals that keep Jock, Diggle & Carey away from 2000AD?
SinDex is a bit complicated to easily list, but runs up to the end of GUNSHARK VACATION; Dante's everything to MOSCOW DUELLISTS, inclusive; and DW contains Swimming in Blood, Brief Encounter, Fetish & Mouthful of Dust, plus the two text stories. And some making-of stuff, because we found John's original treatment t'other day ("Dirk Devlin"!)
J-Bo-1
Simple answer: I dunno. It's something I'll be discussing with DC a little ways down the line; for now, I have books to produce. Many, many books. MANY books. SO MANY BOOOOOOOOKSSSSSSS *Bursts into tears*
J-Bo-1
Wow! Those are some pretty hefty volumes - I take it you're going for complete, if varied art-wise?
Anyway, without getting too arschlicken, congratulations again - you're doing a fucking great job.
I must say thta soundslike an excellent deal for all parties involved. DC's marketing power will really help push 2K in the US.
Dagnabbit but that's great news indeed. Of the list of books I'll be picking up pretty much all of them. But I'll be most pleased to pick up Verdus. It's one of the greats and good to see something so early in amongst the list of available books. Naturally the recent stuff is bound to be highest up the list, what with the big names and all colour stuff but to see John Wagner and Ian Gibsons greatest collaboration in amongst them is just great.
If at all possible see if Ian would contribute something to the book, an intro perhaps. He was really interesting when talking about it at the can, could mention specific changes he'd made to Johns script, and seemed enthusiatic. I bet he'd be up for it.
*Whew, can finally talk about it*
Congrats Jamie, can't wait for most of these.
From what I've seen/been told, these editions will be f****ing amazing!! Loads of good stuff to come too
Absolutley AMAZING news. Plus-VERDUS!!!!
Wooo!
This calls for a celebratory quirkafleeg!
Those crazy yanks have no idea what's headed their way do thay >:-)
Not being someone who has ever got into any non-2000ad gn's we're talking the size and thickness of the Fleetway Judge Dred Crime Files then?
Certain a lot thinner than stuff I've had before as well. Will be interesting having something new to collect, looking at the Titan rereleases on Amazon now that must be the third or 4th time some of that has been printed.
Yay to new content though. Looking forwards to it, like I said earlier, GN's of Future Shocks!
Presumably the Cam Kennedy Dredd/Batman story will be included in the collected edition.
Right?
Could this mean we get another Batman/ Dredd cross over then?
And drawn by Jock?
Also as DC is owned by Warners can that make movie options closer to realisation?
*panics*
Is this going to affect the prog and the Meg themselves from being sold in the US?
Because, for a good time there, the last time DC Comics had anything to do with Dredd, they weren't.
--Grant
Not quite complete... but pretty hefty in the main, yeah.
J-Bo-1
Nah; bit larger than that. The size is between the current size, i.e. 2K page size for whichever book, and US format; it's the same size as they're using for the Humanoids books. It works, don't worry, we checked it all out ;)
J-Bo-1
Are we talking BIG FAT AKIRA-SIZED VOLUMES?
"Presumably the Cam Kennedy Dredd/Batman story will be included in the collected edition.
Right?"
...Wrong, I'm afraid. Just the painted stuff in this one; I'll see about doing VENDETTA another way.
J-Bo-1
"Could this mean we get another Batman/ Dredd cross over then?
And drawn by Jock?
Also as DC is owned by Warners can that make movie options closer to realisation?"
Dunno, but god, I hope so, on all three counts.
J-Bo-1
"Is this going to affect the prog and the Meg themselves from being sold in the US?
Because, for a good time there, the last time DC Comics had anything to do with Dredd, they weren't."
Chill, dude; it's not going to affect the usual 2K and Meg at all. Sales will continue as usual, but, y'know, hopefully go up :)
J-Bo-1
'Could this mean we get another Batman/ Dredd cross over'
funnily enough, this came up on the phone just today....
hmmmm.
jock
*exhales*
Whew! 1994-95 was a low point for thrillpower, and not just because of Mark Millar strips, because my shop couldn't order the darn thing!
On the other hand, it's my considered opinion that any American retailer who doesn't order big Sinister Dexter collections now that DC's big ole advertising and re-ordering power is behind them, and hawk them to everyone who walks in the door who has ever purchased a Sin City collection or spoken of Kill Bill in the last sixty days, is a clueless dimwit missing out on money in the bank.
(Downside: Most American retailers are clueless dimwits who make a career out of missing out on money in the bank...)
--Grant
I hope Jamie doesn't mind this, but I've been scanning through the site & trying to get a handle on what these collections will be like. I'll start with the first two releases scheduled for September:
THE BATMAN/JUDGE DREDD FILES:
This seems to be a simple reissue of the previously published volume, collecting:
Judgement on Gotham - art by Simon Bisley
The Ultimate Riddle - art by Carl Critchlow
Die Laughing - art by Glenn Fabry, Jim Murray and Jason Brashill
That puts it at around 200 pages, give or take.
SINISTER DEXTER - GUNSHARK VACATION:
Nervous Rex - prog 981, art by David Millgate
Curl Up And Die - prog 982, art by Anthony Williams
Bratwurst Than Death - prog 983, art by Tom Carney
Max Vactor - prog 984, art by Anthony Williams
Death and Taxis - prog 985, art by Charles Gillespie
Finnigan's Minigun - prog 986, art by Tom Carney
The Eleventh Commandment - progs 988 to 989, art by Charles Gillespie
Alibi Of Broadway - progs 990 to 991, art by Charles Gillespie
Wish Upon A Czar - progs 992 to 993, art by Simon Davis
Family Man - prog 994, art by Henry Flint
Learning Kurv - prog 1023, art by David Millgate
Gunshark Vacation - progs 1024 to 1031, art by Simon Davis
I'd guess that the Sci-Fi and Winter Special stories could be included, especially as the Winter Special tale is the first appearance of the gunsharks, so I'd add:
Sinister Dexter - 2000AD Winter Special 1995, art by David Millgate
Executive Unction - 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1996, art by Tom Carney and David Millgate
By my reckoning, that means the collection will be approx. 144 pages. I'd like to see some classic Sin/Dex covers in there as well (I'm thinking of 981, 1026 and 1030, but there are more out there if you reprint covers from after Gunshark Vacation), and it would be wonderful to see some other extras, but that's a fairly hefty volume - in comparison, "Gun Lovin' Criminals" is only 120 pages long.
As far as future releases go:
DEVLIN WAUGH: SWIMMING IN BLOOD
Swimming in Blood - Megs 2.01 to 2.09, art by Sean Phillips
Brief Encounter - Meg 2.26, art by Sean Phillips
Fetish - Megs 3.26 to 3.30, art by Siku
Mouthful of Dust - Megs 3.72 to 3.72, art by Michael Gaydos
Body and Soul - Judge Dredd Yearbook 1994, spot art by
Sean Phillips
A Love Like Blood - Judge Dredd Mega Special 1993, spot art by Sean Phillips
That's approximately 210 pages, including the "making of" material Jamie mentioned. I'd also like to see the three classic DW covers included (Megs 2.05, 2.09 and 3.29) plus the StarScan from the 1996 Mega Special, and a new Sean Phillips cover would be the icing on the cake.
RED RAZORS:
Red Razors - Megs 1.08 to 1.15, art by Steve Yeowell
Hunt For Red Razors - progs 908 to 917, art by Nigel Dobbyn
Rites of Passage - prog 971, art by Nigel Dobbyn
Doctor's Orders - Judge Dredd Yearbook 1993, art by Steve Yeowell
The Secret Origin of Comrade Ed - Judge Dredd Mega Special 1992, art by Steve Yeowell
That should be roughly 150 pages. Again, the gorgeous cover for Meg 1.08 would be a neat extra, but apart from that, I can't think of any other RR material that could be included.
JUDGE DREDD - JUDGEMENT DAY:
I'm assuming that this will be a simple reprint of the Hamlyn volume -
Judgement Day Some extras would be nice, but it'll be a pleasure to see this back in print.
NIKOLAI DANTE - THE ROMANOV DYNASTY:
Going by what Jamie's said, this seems to be a reprint of the existing Dante GN, but including:
Russia's Greatest Love Machine - prog 1066, art by Chris Weston
The Full Dante - prog 1071, art by Charlie Adlard
Hopefully the beginning of a complete Dante reprint? :-)
ROBO-HUNTER - VERDUS:
Looks like a straight reprint of this classic, the first RH tale. It's about 130 pages long, and if memory serves, it was completely reprinted in Titan's Robo-Hunter Books 1 & 2, as well as the Eagle & Quality reprint range.
SHIMURA:
I'd guess this'll be:
Shimura - Megs 2.37 to 2.39, art by Frank Quitely
Outcast - Megs 2.50 to 2.55, art by Colin MacNeil
Fearful Symmetry - Meg 2.72, art by Duke Mighten
Chambara - Meg 2.73, art by Robert McCallum
The Transcendental Assassin - Meg 2.74, art by Simon Fraser
Heavy Metal - Meg. 2.75, art by Duke Mighten
Assassins - Megs 2.76 to 2.77, art by Robert McCallum and Simon Fraser
Dragon Fire - Megs 3.14 to 3.17, art by Simon Fraser
Ronin Breed - Meg 3.34, art by Simon Fraser
Also included could be:
Web - Meg 3.19, art by Cyril Julien
Scary Monsters - Meg 3.35, art by Lol
Angels of Death - Judge Dredd Mega Special 1996, art by Lol
That would be 180 pages without the material above, and about 210 with it included. The classic Frank Quitely cover from Meg 2.39 *has* to be included, but there isn't much else I'd hope to see in there.
Whew! Now that I've bored you all, I'll fuck off again :-)
Not trying to torture J-BO by reminding him of how much work he'll be doing at all blackblood?
Well I'm impressed by the number of pages :)
Heh. I didn't intend to, but now you mention it... :-)
'Could this mean we get another Batman/ Dredd cross over'
funnily enough, this came up on the phone just today....
hmmmm.
jock
Zoiks!
Now that I've bored you all, I'll fuck off again :-)
nah - i feel the overall warm glow of the informed. good work bb.
thinky
Captainskank Psi Division.
Come on then Jock, spill it...
I wonder if D.C. can reprint the banned "Burger Wars" Cursed earth story in the U.S. since there are different copyright laws there?
I hate the Dredd/Batman crossovers they just don't work for me, Batman doesn't suit the same streak of black humour andoddness as Dredd, and I feel the crossovers are only really done for marketing purposes.
Sounds like good news. How will UK distribution work? Will they only be available in comic shops who order through Previews or will we be able to buy from Waterstones or Borders? Will they be UK priced or converted from the $ Dollar cover price?
Wagner/Grant/Jock, on a Dredd/Batman crossover-someone make this happen, today!
Sorry, I'm a little confused - will these be nice big complete tale TPBs / GNs rather then serialized comics?
Well, I'm judging from the fact that the headline is 'GRAPHIC NOVEL NEWS' and that J Bo-1 is the collected editions bloky and there's talk of collections of 200+ pages then it's probably graphic novels.
Sorry, that sounds sarcastic. Which it was meant to be. You see.
I'm very excited about this. Big, fat, huge TPB-a-go-go fest is good. Completeness is urgent and key. Oh yes.
Batman and Dredd so belong together. They're the same man! If Bruce Wayne had had a fascistic motorcycle cop hurled through his window instead of a bat they'd be mirror duplicates.
No, you got be bang to rights DX.
I even just realized all that as I clicked on the thread just a second ago.
I just confused myself because I was thinking of last years cancelled 'Showcase' comic plan.
D'oh!
"I was thinking of last years cancelled 'Showcase' comic plan"
Cancelled because the DC collaboration became a possibility?
From what I heard 'Showcase' was cancelled because of the impending DC deal. Now lets look forward to some massive page count graphic novels and hope that we see Necropolis printed as John Wagner meant it to be read.
La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
Big G/N's all with a thank you to Mr Dribbles for his back breaking work in shifting the thrill archive from the dump that was the big yellow store room to the nerve centre. Just remember that when they do get printed you have to thank people for putting their backs out and doing some seriously boring cataloguing.
La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
Heh :-) So, Jamie - does Mr D get a namecheck in the credits of the new TPBs? The campaign starts here...
"hope we see Necropolis printed as John Wagner meant it to be read", Logan do you mean including The Dead Man and all lead ups to Necropolis or are there some lost pages out there that we dont know about!!!!!!
This is great news though, finally the Yanks might see the brilliance that is 2000AD. Mebee Armoured Gideon?
CU Krestel
I'm not sure how to take this news. My first reaction when I read that DC was going to take over the distribution of graphic novels was Oh GOD PLEASE NO!!!!
How will distribution in the UK be effected? (I'm thinking here that DC's own comics are collected and resold as trades in the UK by Titan, so how will that work)
Will there be a UK and a US Distribution?
Jamie, I assume is still responsible for all the "editing" of the books, and DC's only input is in the actual US distribution of the books.
What could be more worrying is the fact that some comics (GI JOE, Star Wars, Transformers etc) aren't ALLOWED to be sold to the UK market- Would the 2000ad tpb's be effected by any legalities here?
We're co-printing, so when DC have done a book, we'll get some stock, fly or ship it over here t0 our distrubutors, who will then place it in UK bookstores. Diamond will run as per usual, but all our book solicits will be in the DC section - UK retailers can order as per usual, though, via Previews UK (we'll have follow-on listings there).
I'm sure we'll also make some available via the webshop.
J-Bo-1
Big-ass trades!
J-Bo-1
See above, guv :)
J-Bo-1
THE BATMAN/JUDGE DREDD FILES:
...Correct
SINISTER DEXTER - GUNSHARK VACATION:
...Missing out the Carney stuff.
DEVLIN WAUGH: SWIMMING IN BLOOD
...Correct. Plus "Making of" stuff. New cover unlikely, alas.
RED RAZORS:
Yeah, more or less.
JUDGE DREDD - JUDGEMENT DAY:
...Correct.
NIKOLAI DANTE - THE ROMANOV DYNASTY:
...Correct.
Hopefully the beginning of a complete Dante reprint? :-)
...I couldn't possibly comment ;)
ROBO-HUNTER - VERDUS:
...Correct.
SHIMURA:
...Skipping a couple of shorts, but including WEB and all the INABA stuff, too.
J-Bo-1
>"hope we see Necropolis printed as John Wagner meant it to be read", Logan do you mean including The Dead Man and all lead ups to Necropolis or are there some lost pages out there that we dont know about!!!!!!
I?ve added the first two to the list but there?s no new material just the order in which you read it.
1) ?Bloodline? - 583 to 584.
2) 'The Shooting Match' - Prog 650
3) 'A Letter To Judge Dredd' - Prog 661
4) 'Tale Of The Dead Man' - Prog 662 ? 668
5) 'Countdown To Necropolis' - Prog 669 ? 673
(By Lethal Injection ? Prog 669 ? 670. Rights of Succession ? Prog 671. Dear Annie ? Prog 672 ? 673)
6) 'Necropolis' - Prog 674 - 684
7) 'The Dead Man' - Prog 650 - 662
8) 'Necropolis' - Prog 685 - 699
La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
Why miss out the Carney stuff from SinDex? Are they particularly rubbish or something, or is there a problem with either the actual pages or Carney personally?
Same for the Shimura cuts - for the sake of a few extra pages you can get the 'complete' tale - so why cut stuff?
In some cases (I've done this for other books planned for the line, too), I felt that the art was a bit substandard; in others, I was asked to cut extents to keep the books to a certain price point, and something had to go. In the case of BATMAN/DREDD, DC wanted a trade of fully-painted stuff, so VENDETTA got left out.
I'm aiming to make these books as sale-able as possible in both the US and UK markets, not to completely catalogue the history of any given character or strip. Where possible, yeah, I'm going for "complete", but it simply ain't always possible - or necessarily even a good idea.
J-Bo-1
Yeah I appreciate that Jamie.
Heck, I'm not planning on buying Sinister Dexter books anyway! - I was just curious about the cuts...
As far as sale-able goes - well, you know what comic book fans are like (obsessive completists most of us!) so I'd imagine full runs of stuff will sell better on the whole. (Although of course, I know nothing about sales/marketing.)
But if no complete run is available, the comic readers will buy the nearly-complete collection: then hunt out the others in their original progs on eBay!
Get repricing!
As most of the US market is completely unfamiliar with 2K's stuff, I'm not worried about losing out on sales to would-be completists, who can complete their collections via Ebay etc. should they choose to do so.
You might want to give some of the later SINDEX books - should there be more - more consideration; IMHO, for example, EUROCRASH is one of the best stories ever to run in 2K. So NERRR.
J-Bo-and-I-say-thee-NERRR-again-1
This annoucement is some welcome news. I went to the San Diego Comic Con in 1999 trying to convince DC of the wisdom in cutting such a deal - it's only taken five years to come true. Looking forward to big, lavish editions of Sinister Dexter and especially Nikolai Dante.
Shimura too - all that grim and grittiness in one fat tome.
How is Rebellion going to avoid the blatant copyright infringement sequence in Red Razors where he encounters Scooby Doo and his gang? When that ran in the Megazine I was always waiting for the dreaded lawyer's letter, but it never came.
Elvis Presley's estate is litigious enough (just asked Gordon 'White Trash' Rennie), but taking on the owners of Scooby too is a brave move...
davidbishop
David - the 2 Scooby Doo movies were Warner Brothers movies - as Time Warner AOL own both WB & DC so it'll probably be okay.
"How is Rebellion going to avoid the blatant copyright infringement sequence in Red Razors where he encounters Scooby Doo and his gang?"
We would have got away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling ex-editors...
("Fair use / satirical purposes only", is the answer)
J-Bo-1
So, are you still doing the Rebellion Dante collections?
...No. DANTE's one of our two November DC books, and I'm intending - assorted factors permitting - to continue the series in DC format, which will get it a lot more exposure and the fame it (IMHO rightly) deserves.
J-Bo-1
"How is Rebellion going to avoid the blatant copyright infringement sequence in Red Razors where he encounters Scooby Doo and his gang?"
We would have got away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling ex-editors... ("Fair use / satirical purposes only", is the answer) -
J-Bo-1
Good point. Well made. I'll shut my trap. ;-)
davidbishop
I wish to add my congratulations to Jamie and the team for their success in creating a landmark moment in 2000AD's history.
It's about damn time Britain's best took on the Yanks with a properly packaged product!
I'm off now to sell my garden tools, kitchen appliances and television so I have a budget to get me through the coming months. :-)
- Trout
Heh, cheers.
We're spacing the series titles out over three to four month gaps, so hopefully it won't be *too* much of a hit...!
J-Bo-1
The Deal really feels like it could be the breakthrough 2000ad has needed for years.
I for one think that the profits from these should be used to pay for some of the classic artists/writers to return to the weekly/Meg for occasional one-offs or even complete stories. The obvious benefit of this would be that the eventual collected reprints of any stories by established fan favourites would begin to pay for themselves Stateside.
If you know what I mean.
I'm particularly thinking about Bolland/O'Neill/Gibbons/McMahon/Kennedy back on Dredd,Rogue,ABC Warriors etc.
Presumably the royalties for creators have improved greatly since the eighties?
I'm not prepared to comment on creator royalties, Rio, or the disposition of any profits we may make; it ain't my company to *make* those kinds of decisions.
I *am* hopeful that we should see a decent increase in 2K/Meg sales in the US, though, as a result of this...
J-Bo-1
...No. DANTE's one of our two November DC books, and I'm intending - assorted factors permitting - to continue the series in DC format, which will get it a lot more exposure and the fame it (IMHO rightly) deserves.
Damn straight now how about canon fodder lol ;)
But seriously I wish Jamie the best of luck and i shall be supporting this as much as possible
[BEST WHINING KID VOICE]
Jaaaay-miiieeeeee...
I take it that Zenith is out of the question? Or can you get DC to bully Morrison?
Hee the day we see Zenith reprinted is the day halo jones book four will finally come out :D
[Voice of patient but somewhat busy father]
...No new info about Zenith, I'm afraid. S'all I can say.
J-Bo-1
J-Bo - thought as much.
David - it'll probably be the day Halo Jones book 8 is out....
*Oddboy, off to sulk in his room (and possibly break stuff cause that's what Limp Bizcuit would do)*
Whatever happens I think its another sign that finally after many years of neglect 2000ad is being nurtured and cared for again.
Even little details such as the improved designs of new strips titles (Lowlife and Savage being particularly good), new credit boxes, banner headlines and the cover/nerve centre colour coordination, suggest, to me at least, that Rebellion are looking after their investment.
I even have a little soft spot for the globe with the UK in the centre of it on the cover each week.
However they decide to spend the money I feel happier about 2000ad than I have in a long time. (This may also have something to do with the successful Spring Assault launch issue).
Hopefully the increased profile of 2000ad stateside will make David Bishop's mooted TPO book a more viable prospect.
I can't say I'm pleased that the Carney episodes of Sinister Dexter will be dropped. I don't recall whether I enjoyed them or not, but it is the first of what I hope will be a very short list of disappointments that the collection won't be a complete one.
--Grant
"I?ve added the first two to the list but there?s no new material just the order in which you read it.
1) ?Bloodline? - 583 to 584.
2) 'The Shooting Match' - Prog 650
3) 'A Letter To Judge Dredd' - Prog 661
4) 'Tale Of The Dead Man' - Prog 662 ? 668
5) 'Countdown To Necropolis' - Prog 669 ? 673
(By Lethal Injection ? Prog 669 ? 670. Rights of Succession ? Prog 671. Dear Annie ? Prog 672 ? 673)
6) 'Necropolis' - Prog 674 - 684
7) 'The Dead Man' - Prog 650 - 662
8) 'Necropolis' - Prog 685 - 699"
I know it's going back in the thread a bit, but I have to agree with Logan here. A few months back I re-read my titan collections of Necropolis, alongside my Dead Man collection, and I searched out as many of the issues above as I could find (and a few that I felt fitted the mood - 'In the Bath', for example) and it really is the way to read it. You really get the full scope of Wagner's vision, as he slowly pulls all these threads together, and it makes you realise why he gets so feted as a writer.
(However, I also included Oz in my perusal, which I think is fairly unlikely to happen with the DC reprints - well, not unless someone goes mad or something)
Judging by the pressure Jamie's under with this lot - going mad might be quite likely.
If that means OZ gets reprinted, then that's a good thing!!
Working around all the color double-spreads for Oz, at least two of which weren't pages 1 and 2 of their episodes, isn't a job I'd wish on anybody. It sounds like a logistical nightmare! If they decide to reprint Oz, I think we should all chip in to cover Jamie's bar tab at an upcoming convention!
--Grant
DANTE alone is great news :-))
It will be interesting to see the success of this material on the american market. It is a shame that these volumes won?t be published here in germany, but I fear no publisher will touch 2000 AD again. Different ones tried Dredd at least 4 times, I guess, and it was never successful. I fear the customers just don?t get it. *g The only thing really selling at the moment is Manga.
Drokk!! This is great news, sounds like Tharg is after some planetary domination!! :) 2k has had a patchy history regarding the US market, but hopefully this time it'll crack it! Maybe even blast it wide open!! Good work guys, extra oil rations for you all!! :)
So, what with Grant Morrison being such a big name and all, not to mention strongly associated with DC at the mo, what are the chances of a DC Comics BIG DAVE collection?
Go on, you know it makes sense...
I'm actually excited...Well done to everyone who's pulling this together. Jamie-B it must be nice to look back on these when they are done and think...*Ooooo I did that....*
Really looking forward to Dante...
Art i thinks theres more chance of canon fodder than big dave
(ie none)
Yeah, I know, but I like to give it a try every now and again...
I liked Big Dave..
same here actually (from reading back issues wasn't around for it first time round)
I never really got the point of Big Dave. The satire was so heavy-handed that it sort of drove its point home with a mallet; I tend to prefer slightly more subtle (and well-written) satirical work.
I would've though that the DC deal was big news in the world of 2000AD but unless you read the message board or frequent other comic related web pages you wouldn?t think so as there seems to be nothing on the front page of the site.
La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
I'm waiting to see what publicity it gets in the weekly - going by past experience, fuck all will probably be about right...
As I understand it Wake'll put owt up if the copy is provided but doesn't actively surf for news. Without a statement he's a bit ham-strung. But yeah, front page news if ever I heard it.
Actually I recently added some code to the admin zone so that Rebellion can put press releases (without images) on the site without even emailing me. I don't think they've ever used it though.
Wake
It occurred to me last night that the new Devlin Waugh collection replaces two Hamlyn books entirely and adds a decent amount of supplemental stuff. Plus I've never read "Mouthful of Dust."
I'll probably find a new home for my old edition Swimming in Blood. I'm always trying to convert new readers, even though I rarely have any luck with it. The old "Fetish" book I might keep. I just really liked the way that collection read.
--Grant
"It occurred to me last night that the new Devlin Waugh collection replaces two Hamlyn books entirely and adds a decent amount of supplemental stuff. Plus I've never read "Mouthful of Dust."
...Yes.
"ll probably find a new home for my old edition Swimming in Blood. I'm always trying to convert new readers, even though I rarely have any luck with it."
Try finding people who read SLEEPER or WILDCATS, or VAMPIRELLA.
J-Bo-1