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The last season (with McCoy) contained two of the greatest stories from the show's history in Ghost Light and Curse of Fenric. The show had been steadily climbing out of the nadir of Colin Baker's last season and the early McCoy episodes when it was promptly cancelled.

Wow. I type his name all the time (well, a lot) and I've never written it as Richard before.

Clarly I can't see typos in New Courier - that's my excuse.

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Yes that should read:
'Rogue Trooper by Richard Clements and Brett Buckle'
All these script droids look the same to me.

And that Dredd strip by Paul is still in production. Its my own personal 'insert Kevin Smith mini series here'.

Mangamax - you get 3&4 for £6 including p&p

I did butcher Bryan's cover. I'll put his original piece up.

Zarjaz #4 the latest instalment of the Galaxyâ??s greatest fanzine, is now available. The super-keen will have picked up their copy at the Bristol Comic Expo but for everyone else now is the time to grab one.

Zarjaz 4 features an all new Strontium Dog strip from Daniel Whiston and Bryan Coyle, Rogue Trooper by Paul Glasswell and Brett Buckle, Meltdown Man returns courtesy of Ed Berridge and Martin Timmins, Bones of Eden continues with the winning team of Al Ewing and Russel Hossain and there is a Block Tale by Colin J Dinnie and new artist Nathan Webb.

Zarjaz #4 is £2.50 + 75p p&p

Either Paypal your order to zarjazcomic@yahoo.co.uk

Or send a cheque payable to Underfire Comics to:
Zarjaz, 21 the Lawns, Roselands Avenue, Eastbourne, BN22 8NT

Link: http://www.zarjaz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Zarjaz Blogsite

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David Lloyd's book is called Kickback, its published by Dark Horse and its really very good. The art is obviously brilliant but I didn't expect David to have come up with such an engaging crime story with great characterisation.

I had a great Bristol as usual although I really wish I had stayed at the Ramada. The only good thing about the Ibis was the 'space signpost' outside which would show you which direction various planets were in and how far away they were. Imagine our mirth as we found we could set it to 'the 10th Planet' and then alarm some children by telling them its a planet full of Cybermen.

I'm not one for campaigning or activism usually, however when I see the chance to destabilise an on-line competition with a block vote in order to set the world back in the right direction I like to take it.
 
A friend of mine, Daniel Cox, who some may know writes 'Ka-lins Last Summer' the bizarrely non-2000AD related story at the back of Zarjaz, has taken up the challenge of Small Press Idol 2007 run by US site Dimestore Productions. His entry is a rather charming tale of zombie-superheroes in Japan which I can't do justice to in my words and so direct you to the link below.
 
http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/The-Human-DK-Dynamic.html
 
As it currently stands he needs about 25 votes before Sunday to stay in the competition.
However much as I would like you to vote for him - I am really asking you to take the time to check out a few of the entries and realise, as I have, that talent and imagination seem to have NO bearing on the current leaderboard.
 
What I assume has happened is that as the voting is run through the forum of the site it is the creators most widely known on that forum that are getting all the votes.
 
What it needs is the members of another, slightly anarchic, forum to gatecrash the party and vote for the projects that actually sound halfway decent!
 
But what are the chances of that happening?

Link: http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/The-Human-DK-Dynamic.html" target="_blank">The Human DK Dynamic

Thats a fine looking cover Bolt.

Congratulations on the re-launch - look forward to reading the new Dog.

It was only one page Art!

I'll e-mail you the finished page, I think you'll be very pleased.

And for those of you wondering what's in the rest of the issue:

Full line up is

Bones of Eden pt1 - Al Ewing & Russell Hossain
Judge Dredd: Floor War - Nathan Adler & Nick Dyer
Future Short: First Contact - Arthur Wyatt & David Gray
Sinister Dexter: Sister Dexter - Mark Leney & Mark Pexton
Judge Tex - Nick Xylas & Brett Buckle
Block Tales: For Art's Sake - Colin J Dinnie & Indiohttp://photos1.blogger.com/hello/184/2712/320/dredd1-web.jpg">

Zarjaz 3 is out now - promotional gubbins follows below -

2000AD WINTER SPECIAL STORY EXPLODES ONTO THE PAGES OF ZARJAZ!

Al Ewing is one of the newest writers for Brit sci-fi mainstay 2000AD - A regular contributor of Future Shocks and Terror Tales, Ewing recently penned his first multi-part story, Go Machine, to widespread fan acclaim.

Last year Ewing and artist Russell Hossain (Ace Of Kings) contributed to the 2000AD Winter Special, which featured strips by new writers and artists. Their story, Bones of Eden, was among the most well received but, like the other strips created for the Special, it was never picked up for the weekly or monthly comic.

Now Zarjaz â?? the 2000AD fanzine is presenting the rest of the story. Bones of Eden shows us a world where an experimental virus has turned back the cultural clock to Year Zero - leaving Washington DC crawling with hyperviolent 'cave people'. Apparently the only two people left unaffected, project workers Kristin and Mike come under the â??protectionâ?? of the psychotic cannibal, Dog. Can they escape from the deranged killer? And what dark secrets lie in wait on the blood-drenched streets of America's capital?

Ewing and Hossain reunite on the strip, giving the story complete continuity from the Winter Special. The notoriously crazed scribe was able to give us these words:

"This is probably the most violent thing I've ever written," snarled Ewing as he severed a kitten's face with one swipe of a rusty machete. "It makes Go Machine look like Sewing Machine. The reason I'm doing it for Zarjaz is because the sheer brutality of it wakes me up screaming every night and if I don't get it published somewhere I might just descend into a killing rage and start bisecting innocent grannies by the coachload. So if you don't want a Gran-pocalypse breaking out in your street, buy a copy of Zarjaz this instant."

Bones of Eden begins in Zarjaz #3, on sale now. Ordering details can be found at:
www.zarjaz.blogspot.com

Zarjaz editor Colin J Dinnie is thrilled to be giving the strip a home:
â??The Winter Special was bursting with great new ideas and character concepts and itâ??s a real shame that there just isnâ??t the space in 2000AD to give them all a full run. I was very excited when Al asked if we wanted to complete Bones of Eden and bowled over when Russell said he would come on board â?? itâ??s a proud moment for Zarjaz.â? He also dispels any worries for those who havenâ??t read the Winter Special. â??One of the great things about Alâ??s writing is that the episodes in Zarjaz will make a complete story in themselves. The Winter Special story acts as a prologue to the main action.â?
 

Link: http://www.zarjaz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Zarjaz Blogsite

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Many thanks to Bolt for lugging Zarjaz to the con for me. Look for issue 3 amongst those shiny Futurequake products all ye who seek it!

Hope everyone has a tremendous time!

I'm not going to this (too far north for this southerner) but I would hate to deny Lancaster the thrill of Zarjaz!

Would anyone who is booked up have a little space on their table for the Galaxy's Greatest Fanzine? I would be willing to pay a contribution toward the table costs or possible swap with anyone not going to Birmingham in December.

I am looking forward to this, despite Robin Hood now seeming to be some kind of Chav.

Unfortunately I shall have to wait and watch it later as the wife is watching Ant and Dec.

(Buries head in internet)

Try having a baby (or get a woman to do it for you). That will cut your pull list like you wouldn't believe.

I'm down to the Meg, the Weekly and about four monthly US titles. A shadow of my student days when I would be buying a half dozen comics a week.

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