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Really good prog

Honestly only two complaints and they are minor. The derailing of the original ending to nemesis and the fact i want more david roach guess i'll just have to wait for the mega collection version of engram or dr who

I'm sure if you ask Tharg very nicely he'll invite me back!

A radical suggestion- but why not?


I'm going to stray from the common consensus and request that he program the Mills droid to write Purity's Story II...

Thank you so much, that's very kind of you.

You've been gone from the pages of the prog for too long (though good to see the life drawings you post on facebook).

My Strip sort of incorporates some of my life-drawing style in a few panels, and thanks for the kind words- it was so much fun to play around with these characters again. I'll definitely do more if I get asked again.

Superb prog , Bolland really needs to do a whole Dredd strip , all the Tharg interludes had great art, the Dredd /Alpha crossover was good fun with great art as always from King Carlos. Nemesis just made me want it to return for another series , always liked Torque better than the Warlock. Rouge trooper was a nice lead into the traitor general series and Rennie's stuff is always entertaining. David Roach's art on Anderson was pure eyegasm. Sinister Dexter had an interesting start as did Counterfit girl. We really are lucky 2000ad is still going strong , gonna try make it London in Feb for their event.

Too kind!

Best prob for years! Loved all of that, and yeah, alongside
Brett Ewins, David Roach's Anderson gave pre-teen me some very interesting dreams (oh, yes), so seeing fresh art from him was wonderful - give that man a series, Tharg!
Elsewhere, Dredd was pure fun loveliness and the new stuff intriguing, although it baffles me how SinDex has continues so long.
Hollander! Gibbons! O'Neill! Ezquerra! Wow!!!!
Only one question: who's the girl that Mean Machine's got his arm around on the Fabry cover?

Slightly troubling in places... but thank you for the very kind words!

http://www.2000ad.org/images/wallpaper/inaba_1024.jpg

Inaba's first name is Kamelto. Maybe that's where she keeps her packed lunch.

Anyone able to decipher the dedication on Matt Smith's tombstone (Sin Dex) - or spot all the reference used for Anderson? I'm sure she turns into Emma Watson at the foot of the fourth page.

Disappointed to see Bovus and Pikey go out with a whimper that made Judge Giant look like a bang, but excited by the news that Judge Fish's clone survived to join that 'rogues' gallery' Tharg mentioned.

Cheeky monkey! Most of the Anderson's were based on a model friend of mine or from my imagination- definitely not Emma Watson!

Absolutely brilliant from cover to cover. 10/10

........and THAT is how you draw Anderson!

It is? Phew... that's a relief!

Ohh, yes...ohh yes indeedy it is...yes indeedy....

Nice one. :0)

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Really good prog

Honestly only two complaints and they are minor. The derailing of the original ending to nemesis and the fact i want more david roach guess i'll just have to wait for the mega collection version of engram or dr who

I'm sure if you ask Tharg very nicely he'll invite me back!

Since artdroid Roach is in the thread I must just quickly pass yet another comment on the sheer awesomeness of his Anderson strip. That bowled me over. It's kind of old school and modern at the same time but it totally captures the character. Definitely need more of this....

Thank you- well I guess I am officially old school- but hopefully a bit better at drawing after all this time. I definitely appreciate phrases like " Total awesomeness", for future reference.....

Absolutely brilliant from cover to cover. 10/10

........and THAT is how you draw Anderson!

It is? Phew... that's a relief!

Well done to 2000AD for reaching prog 2000!
And what a great way to celebrate this milestone, with writers and artists old and new coming together to make this the best prog by far for ages!
My obvious favourite was Dredd/Strontium Dog written and drawn by two masters. Great to see my namesake make an appearance in this story.
It was great to see the anarchy of Kevin O'Neil within the prog, drawing Nemesis. The only problem I had was the final frame, which saw one of the worst villains in 2000AD crucified. I admit that was hard for me to read.
Also, the page before the Judge Anderson story stated that Robohunter was a Judge Dredd spin off. But I never connected Sam Slade's universe with Judge Dredd. Outside of a superficial naming of Brit-Cit, there is no overlap in these worlds. Grant and Roach really nailed the story and the art with this Anderson story.
Outside of these two complaints I want to say again how great this entire prog has come together. The Rogue Trooper and Sin-Dex stories were also enjoyable and having The Mighty One give us a tour was inspired. The Milligan/Dayglo piece at the end was interesting and hopefully should develop well.

All in all a great, great prog. Well done guys!

Thank you sir!

I really enjoyed this.  Everything in it was just glowing, like all the artists and writers were having a ball contributing.  My eyes are still returning to normalcy after McMahon's page.  And since you're here, David, I'll say that Tharg should have called on you to draw Anderson regularly as soon as Arthur Ranson stepped down.  If that means you couldn't have gone out anymore over the last decade, so be it.

That said, I'd have loved this prog even more if it had eight more pages.  That's my quibble.  It really needed a one-off episode of something more recent than Sin Dex to help the balance.  I'm hopeful the 40th anniversary prog really shows off how zarjaz the last several years have been, too!

That's very kind indeed. I was off drawing other strips at the time- like Batman and Star Wars... but who's heard of those? Drawing this episode was just so much fun and I'd jump at the chance to do more.

Cheers for the response David!

Hopefully it won't be too long 'till Tharg come a calling! 

Yes- I really loved doing the strip and I'm  more than happy to do more believe me.

Maybe I need to get out more...

But then you'd draw less. Maybe you should stop going out altogether.

Indeed so- why hadn't I thought of that before?

Well that was huge fun. Dredd / Alpha felt a bit rushed (Dredd heading off to the future without calling it in was remiss of him) but that's the nature of a one and done story and it was so much fun it's churlish to complain. No problem with the Cal clones. They could have been found in tanks or some mad professor finds the DNA in alphas time or anything. Really enjoyed Nemesis and my first thought was it leaves Nemesis free to have a new series (by Flint) too. In a prog with Bolland, McMahon and Gibbons its Dave Roach's art that stands out. Stunning

Thank you so much James- It's incredibly kind of you-  I've been dreaming of a comment like this for 30 years! Maybe I need to get out more....

It's not fair!
I've got to wait until Wednesday to experience it!

Always loved your Anderson David, so can't wait to read it!
Anymore tales for Tharg lined up? 

There's nothing imminent I'm sorry to say. This one came out of the blue- but I've said I'm more than happy to do more. Dr Who does tend to take up most of my time, but drawing the inhabitants of Mega City 1 is just so much fun, I'd never turn down the chance.

Well that was huge fun. Dredd / Alpha felt a bit rushed (Dredd heading off to the future without calling it in was remiss of him) but that's the nature of a one and done story and it was so much fun it's churlish to complain. No problem with the Cal clones. They could have been found in tanks or some mad professor finds the DNA in alphas time or anything. Really enjoyed Nemesis and my first thought was it leaves Nemesis free to have a new series (by Flint) too. In a prog with Bolland, McMahon and Gibbons its Dave Roach's art that stands out. Stunning

Thank you so much James- It's incredibly kind of you-  I've been dreaming of a comment like this for 30 years! Maybe I need to get out more....

It's not fair!
I've got to wait until Wednesday to experience it!

Always loved your Anderson David, so can't wait to read it!
Anymore tales for Tharg lined up? 

Well that was huge fun. Dredd / Alpha felt a bit rushed (Dredd heading off to the future without calling it in was remiss of him) but that's the nature of a one and done story and it was so much fun it's churlish to complain. No problem with the Cal clones. They could have been found in tanks or some mad professor finds the DNA in alphas time or anything. Really enjoyed Nemesis and my first thought was it leaves Nemesis free to have a new series (by Flint) too. In a prog with Bolland, McMahon and Gibbons its Dave Roach's art that stands out. Stunning

Thank you so much James- It's incredibly kind of you-  I've been dreaming of a comment like this for 30 years! Maybe I need to get out more....