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General / Re: RESULTS - The Rebellion Years Top 10 Series - Tournament

« on: 05 July, 2020, 09:01:12 PM »

Abnett and the correct artist is a great point - and likely with all writers - because the early Grey Area left me cold and dill in artists were better but not saving it. Then Mark Harrison got the gig and it became much more alien and much more human. It quickly moved into my first not-Dredd read of the week.

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General / Re: RESULTS - The Rebellion Years Top 10 Series - Tournament

« on: 04 July, 2020, 07:14:11 PM »

but there is no nice/accessible collected edition (that I'm aware of) to read. It's on my list, I'll need to track the trades down (I mostly do not read digital, only paper for me!)

?

8 of the 11 volumes Are available in print in the 2000ad shop and that includes the repackaged 1-3
4 & 5 are two of the unavailable but they’re next in line for the new spruced up editions.

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General / Re: 3rd place play off - Ian Edginton or Alan Moore - UNWT

« on: 01 July, 2020, 04:08:15 PM »

Ian.

The irony of people mentioning Ian leaving stories unfinished when we never got book IV of YOU KNOW WHAT.....

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General / Re: The Megazine Rebellion Years Top 10 Series - Tournament

« on: 01 July, 2020, 04:05:34 PM »

Bob the Galactic Bum was a reprint.

If it is a reprint from the prog or the meg then it does not count but if it came from another publication then it does count

It was also altered / redrawn in parts from what I can remember - something to do with copyright of one of the characters (maybe it’s a lobo thing?).

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General / Re: The Megazine Rebellion Years Top 10 Series - Tournament

« on: 01 July, 2020, 04:00:51 PM »

1 - Cursed Earth Koburn
2 - low life
3 - Insurrection
4 - lawless
5 - XTNCT
6 - lilly Mackenzie
7 - Judge Anderson
8 - Numbercruncher
9 - strange & Darke
10 - fiends of the eastern front


Almost feel bad leaving Devlin, Armitage and The Dark Judges off nevermind Bob The Galactic Bum.

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General / Re: FINAL - Dan Abnett or Pat Mills - For the Godpleton Cup

« on: 01 July, 2020, 03:47:26 PM »

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh.



Dan Abnett.

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General / Re: Semi Finals: 2 - Ian Edginton or Dan Abnett - Ultimate not Wagner Tourney

« on: 22 June, 2020, 07:38:06 PM »

Pretty much love everything Ian has done and can’t say the same about Abnett but he’s never not good and his wares are broader and more pervasive. So a technical win to him while a tip of the hat and directors fortnight award to Ian.

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General / Re: Semi Finals: 1 - Pat Mills or Alan Moore - Ultimate not Wagner Tourney

« on: 22 June, 2020, 07:34:36 PM »

Pat Mills. Not just for his writing but for his dedication to producing talented original artists on his work.

From prog one to the recent series of Defoe he’s delivered.

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Other Reviews / Re: Judge Dredd - False Witness (IDW)

« on: 21 June, 2020, 12:35:59 PM »

Anyone read this. IDW mini by Brandon Easton and Kei Zama - two creators I don't really know at all. Its a bloomin' good read.

Dredd takes a bit of a back seat as we get a Vegaesque lead drive the story. An ex Cadet carrying what he thinks are sex drugs, but turn out to be something much more sinister indeed. Its got some interesting ideas bubbling away and I like the way he uses Dredd - even if some bit might make folks prickle I think he does a pretty good Joe. All in all a brisk and decent read. Not 100% on the art but its far from terrible. If this one keeps up like this could be one of the best IDW have done.

After years of buying their floppies I gave up and decided to tradewait - is it 2000ad-verse Dredd, IDW series 1-verse Dredd or that weird old-man beard Dredd?

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Other Reviews / Re: 2000AD SCI-FI SPECIAL 2020

« on: 21 June, 2020, 12:34:18 PM »

Maybe the collapse of American comics will lure Al back to Dredd for a while, because that was fantastic.

And the Red Seas was lovely, Yeowell’s Classic pensmanship always a joy and the effects-bubbles only page a pure comics thrill - kudos to Jim if he was involved in that. Just great.

Thanks Cyber-Matt, you’re a man of fine taste.

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General / Re: The Rebellion Years Top 10 Series - Tournament

« on: 16 June, 2020, 12:01:55 AM »

1st - Strontium Dog
2 - Nicola Dante
3 - shakara
4 - cabalistics Inc
5 - cradlegrave
6 - Brink
7 - lobster Random
8 - low life
9 - stickleback
10th - leviathan


Thanks for the list btw - great to read a recall so many fantastic strips. Still can’t believe button man didn’t make it (and I LOVED book 4 unlike the rest of you heathens).

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Prog / Re: Prog 2185 - U.S. Marshals!

« on: 15 June, 2020, 11:47:24 PM »

Certain people here have been negging Rob Williams Dredd for a long time but for me he’s the best bar-Wagner there is. But I guess some find it fine to praise Wagner for his terse scripts then criticise Williams for writing silent man Dredd.

Low Life, Hershey, Titan, The Small House - simply the best stuff we’ve had since Day of Chaos. Only Ewing came close and he didn’t hang around.

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General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2020

« on: 04 June, 2020, 10:24:07 PM »

Would you rather have the Soul Sisters? 

Shaky Kane is never not interesting tbf.

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Books & Comics / Re: Humanoids Comics Bundle

« on: 24 May, 2020, 03:45:53 PM »

Metabarons vol1 and Exo Bol 1 both failed.

I’ll try incal now

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Books & Comics / Re: Humanoids Comics Bundle

« on: 24 May, 2020, 01:03:31 PM »

Anyone else had issues opening the cbz files on chunky? The pdfs work fine but atm I’m limited to direct download on an iPad and can’t get the cbz files to work...