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[HM]

1) Hershey
2) Azimuth
3) The Out

HM goes to Die Hoard (3riller), Feral and Foe, Helium, Proteus Vex & Rogue Trooper.

[Best Dredd Strips - Meg Edition]

Alright everyone and welcome to the second edition of the Best Dredd Strips - Meg Edition, where we find out what's everyone's top three Dredd stories in the Meg. And as for all of you Dredd-heads that read both the Prog and Meg, once again I'm asking how'd you all feel about having a Best Dredd Stories of 2023 (Prog/Meg) Mega-Topic that covers the Best Overall Dredd Story of 2023...? If you're all interested in the idea, please feel free to post your thoughts and opinions about it below, along with your votes.

One-Eyed Jacks (Meg 452-457)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Ian Richardson
Colours: Quinton Winter
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Ratings War (Meg 458)
Script: Ian Edginton
Art: Stewart K. Moore
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Fitting The Description (Meg 459)
Script: Mike Carroll
Art: Nicolo Assirelli
Colours: Gary Caldwell
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Mega-City 2099: The Thin Blue Line (Meg 459)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Conor Boyle
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Return To Billy Carter (Meg 460)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Nick Percival
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Darke's Mob (Meg 460)
Script: Alex De Campi
Art: John McCrea
Colours: Mike Spicer
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Risk Assessment (Meg 461)
Script: Mike Carroll
Art: Colin MacNeil
Colours: Chris Blythe
Letters: Jim Campbell

Old Soldiers (Meg 462)
Script: Ian Edginton
Art: Mike Collins
Colours: Jim Boswell
Letters: Jim Campbell

Mega-City 2099: The Multitronic Man
Script: Arthur Wyatt
Art: Jake Lynch
Letters: Jim Campbell

Dollman's Yuletide (Blood Mansion) Massacre (Meg 463)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Paul Marshall
Colours: Quinton Winter
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

[Meg Edition]

Sorry for the lateness y'all, just had some personnel stuff to clear up first. As for the Meg Edition, I'll try and sort it out either later tonight or tomorrow sometime. And as for all of you Dredd-heads that read both the Prog and Meg, how'd you all feel about a Best Dredd Stories of 2023 (Prog/Meg) Mega-Topic that covers the Best Overall Dredd Story of 2023...? If you're all interested in the idea, please feel free to post your thoughts and opinions about it below, along with your votes.

The Night Shifter (Prog 2313-2316)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Nicolo Assirelli
Colours: Peter Doherty
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

The Hagger They Fall (Prog 2317-2319)
Script: Rob Williams & Arthur Wyatt
Art: Paul Marshall
Colours: Dylan Teague
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Taking Doors (Prog 2320)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Kieran McKeown
Colours: Matt Soffe
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Succession (Prog 2321-2324)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Leonardo Manco
Colours: Chris Blythe
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Cadet Dredd: Dream Team (Regened Prog 2325)
Script: Ned Hartley
Art: Toby Willsmer
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Shrine (Prog 2326)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Nick Dyer
Colours: Len O'Grady
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Down By Law (Prog 2327)
Script: Ian Edginton
Art: Leigh Gallagher
Colours: Peter Doherty
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

The Disciples of Death {Prog 2328-2329)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Neil Googe
Colours: Gary Caldwell
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Chimera (Prog 2330)
Script: Ian Edginton
Art: Nicolo Assirelli
Colours: Pippa Bowland
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Flusher (Prog 2331)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Nick Dyer
Colours: Gary Caldwell
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

In The Event of My Untimely Demise (Prog 2332-2335, 2337-2340)
Script: Mike Carroll
Art: Paul Marshall
Colours: Dylan Teague
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Cadet Dredd: Animal Instincts (Regened Prog 2336)
Script: Liam Johnson
Art: Neill Cameron
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

A Fallen Man (Prog 2341-2345, 2347-2349)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Tom Foster
Colours: Chris Blythe
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Cadet Dredd: The Exchange (Regened Prog 2346)
Script: James Peaty
Art: Joe Currie
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Juves Rule OK! (2000 AD Battle Action 2350)
Writer: Ken Niemand
Art: Simon Coleby
Colours: Matt Soffe
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Poison (Prog  2351-2355, 2357-2359)
Writer: Rob Williams
Art: PJ Holden
Colours: Pete Doherty
Letters: Simon Bowland

Judge Dredd Vs Robo-Hunter (Prog 2351)
Writer: Garth Ennis
Art: Henry Flint
Letters: Rob Steen

Cadet Dredd: Deep Trouble (Regened Prog 2356)
Script: Paul Starkey
Art: Ben Willsher
Letters: Simon Bowland

Clanker (Prog 2360-2361)
Script: Ken Niemand
Art: Nick Dyer
Colours: John Charles
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

A Matter of Life & Dredd (Prog 2362)
Writer: Ken Niemand
Art: Tom Foster
Colours: Gary Caldwell
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

I think one key advantage to keeping the Meg and Prog separate for voting is that not everyone buys the Megazine.

Yeah, that's actually a rather excellent point...

No shout-outs, especially involving me. Just concentrate on what you volunteered for:

Two voting topics, one for last year's Dredd stories, the other for last year's Megazine Dredd stories. Don't keep them going too long; results within a few weeks of the beginning.

You've already started over-dramatising all this, but we know you can get it done. Less telling is about it, more cracking on with it.

What do you mean by "over-dramatising" all this...?

2) As for the voting system; don't you worry about that, as I have a lovely surprise that I'm cooking up especially for you that I think you would like...

Whatever it is.....please don't. Just stick to the voting system being used on the other polls.  That one seems to work.

You got the Meg poll result completely wrong when you did it last year. Further improvisation may be a bold move.

If truth be told, it's less to do with the voting system itself and more to do with a shout-out towards yourself (and equally, a sly dig at the abysmal voting system that I did last year).

JPR Williams: Wales and British and Irish Lions legend dies aged 74 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/67912287

The problem is that there are more Dredd stories in the Prog (20) than in the Meg (10)

There are more Dredd stories in the weekly comic than there are in the monthly one...? This doesn't seem either surprising or unexpected to me, never mind "increasingly disturbing"...

Truth be told, I couldn't think of any better wording when typing.

There's 50 weekly progs a year with Dredd stories in them, and 12-13 Megazines.

This isn't 'a problem'. It's just calendar arithmetic. You're inventing a problem where there's none.

Maybe just stick to what already works, with separate polls for the prog and Meg Dredd stories?  And remember how the 1st/2nd/3rd vote preference system works?

1) Like the above, I couldn't think of any better wording when typing. As for the so-called 'Mega-Topic', I just thought that it'll make a nice change than the usual annual topics.

2) As for the voting system; don't you worry about that, as I have a lovely surprise that I'm cooking up especially for you that I think you would like...

[Quick Background]

Quick Background

The past year, I've been writing down a list of all Dredd stories in both the Prig and the Meg. Looking back at this mighty list, I've noticed an increasingly disturbing inconsistency in the number of stories that feature the Lawman in general.

The problem is that there are more Dredd stories in the Prog (20) than in the Meg (10) and I'm wondering whether to merge the topics into one massive topic, to start this coming Tuesday night/Wednesday, which will last until at least early February-ish. At which point, I can create  a topic revealing either the best Dredd story in the Prog/Meg or Best Dredd story that year.


And now, onto the Big Question(s)

What does everyone think of said idea...? Good/bad/undecided?

Please feel free to let me know your thoughts and opinions on this within the next couple of days. If there is enough interest in the idea, I can either start  by the middle of the week or wait until next January to create what I will refer to in this topic from now on, as The Best Dredd Stories (Prog/Meg) Mega-Topic.

James Morrison's partner Gill Catchpole found dead at their home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-67910325

Franz Beckenbauer: German football legend dies aged 78
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67917047

Al Jazeera bureau chief's son Hamza al-Dahdouh among journalists killed in Gaza
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67905566

Also learnt today that Major Mike Sadler, MC, MM, a British WW2-era Army officer, namesake of Sadler's Passage in Stonington Island, Antarctica and the last of the original Special Air Service (SAS) & Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), has died this past Thursday.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5876891/Last-surviving-original-SAS-hero-awarded-Frances-highest-honour-bravery.html

norton canes, you doing the best Dredd strips topic(s) or do you want me to do them...?

Oh you go ahead! One's more then enough for me

Good, I'll start the first topic hopefully tonight then.

norton canes, you doing the best Dredd strips topic(s) or do you want me to do them...?

Mario Zagallo: Brazil's four-time World Cup winner dies aged 92
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67900776

David Soul: Starsky & Hutch actor dies aged 80
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679