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The Simping Detective story is called Jokers to the Right and will have art by Simon Coleby.

Unexpected, but very very welcome.

Whoa! We're through the looking glass here people!

We've all had worthy content edited out but adding punctuation to make a writer seem...dramatic? Say it ain't so Joe!

I call for a Queen's commission on all things letters based - call Kavanagh Q.C.!

(Un)Interesting Kavanagh QC factoid #1: despite his Celtic heritage, he actually once swore fealty to Her Royal Majesty in order to become a member of The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers, and therefore gain 'Freedom to the City' of London. He has yet to wield his supposed right to urinate in public on London's smog filled streets with legal impunity.

[Richard Kavanagh]

Berth two is ably filled by Richard Kavanagh who has a mighty 25 Beast entries all of which have appeared in the Prog. He began his Letters career in 2000's Prog 1197 and has 3 Letters of the Week laurels to impress the girls with. Richard's letter isn't his best and is too gushy to be seen as quality content. He likes his Day of Chaos and ABC warriors although he kind of backtracks by implying 'The Volgan War' was rubbish but isn't brave enough to come out and say it. He ends on an ellipse which suggests that there's more to come. Let's hope it's better than what proceeded it!

Mr. Kavanagh recently employed Link Prime Investigations to check over the pertinent email sent to Thrill Towers. It seems a Trolling minion of The Mighty One added that concluding and superfluous ellipse of their own inane accord. Editorial censorship of ass-kissing letters is almost expected, but adding content to portray an innocent "Friend of Tharg" as an illiterate tramp is 'V for Vendetta' type stuff.

I just read the interview too, and thought it was very good stuff.
A reasonable side to the story from Andy Diggle's side, and fair play to him for still promoting Thrill Power even if it's by a creator he had his difficulties with.
I think Andy personally responded to one or two of my emails / letters too back in the day, which was very decent of him. I thoroughly enjoyed his stint as editor- it was the foundation of the current 'Golden Period II' in my opinion.

Prophet # 27 - best title available at the minute.

Even more so than 2000AD, and that rarely occurs. Stunning.

[spoiler]Cant believe they made Bane a peado[/spoiler] x

Kinda like Queen Amidala & Anakin Skywalker then?
Or perhaps even Grant Morrison & a certain 2000AD fan???

[Spoiler]It was a bit too Leon in lurve with some ten year old orphan.  but not Leon cos Leon's amazing [/spoiler].  You may need to clarify this morrison reference as I don't know much about his personal life except his wifes really hot x

I forget what thread it was in, but I thought Joe's 'Candy & the Catchman' quip regarding a pic of you and GM was quite funny. 

And of course no, I didnt really think Bane was that way inclined in the movie, although I suppose he could have had a different  / romantic relationship with [spoiler]Talia[/spoiler] during their time training with the League when they were adults. He banged her in 'Bane of the Demon' alright (a pretty good comic in fact).

I'm sensing a lotta negativity on this thread regarding DNR in general, dont know why as I thought it was a fine piece of cinema (about as good a movie you'd get about a grown man in a rubber Bat-suit in fact), but I guess it is the nature of the online beast geek to pick at the minutiae of such films.

[spoiler]Cant believe they made Bane a peado[/spoiler] x

Kinda like Queen Amidala & Anakin Skywalker then?
Or perhaps even Grant Morrison & a certain 2000AD fan???

"Saturday Night Fever" part 1, the Dredd story in prog 417, was one of the first Dredds I ever read. The final frame - where the Rodentine Sewer Gas starts to corrode the faces of the rioters - introduced me to the kind of ghastly thrills 2000ad could provide.

That exact scene burned into my young mind too Syne. Genius on a level that is indescribable.
Very sorry to hear about Cam Kennedy's eyesight.

Dredd movie digital comic tie-in by Matt Smith & Henry Flint?
Sold.
Anyone know when it's available?

Thing is, I like [spoiler]both endings[/spoiler] but were they right to be so manipulative by having their cake and eating it? It is played so well I can't decide

For one night, just forget you're Joe Soap and go to bed satisfied that all is right in the world! 

I'm not expecting anything but [spoiler]He's Not Dead...[/spoiler]


It was never really a trilogy in a connective sense though. The first two were never dependent on each other as films but the third one is dependent on the other two to work. Nolan could have left it at the Dark Knight and not made a third film. A conclusion was not needed because that story was never left particularly open until they added more story in the third film.

I agree, woulda been a bit more powerful if [spoiler]they had the balls to actually kill him[/spoiler], but this has to be as close to a [spoiler]"happy ending"[/spoiler] as the Batman mythos could ever have, or ever has had to my knowledge (I mean in the funny books, which will likely continue indefinitely of course).

And you're right- it wasn't a typical trilogy arc, but in my head right now it just works. That's good enough for me!

Considering the Dark Knight that's in it, I'm resurrecting this damn thread!
Former AAA Droid Trevor Hairsine has turned in eye melting visuals to this weeks episode- you gotta be a fool- a fool I tells ya- not to cough up a few cents for this gem.

A conclusive end

[spoiler]Well I wouldn't call it conclusive[/spoiler]

I'm attempting a spoiler tag here Joe: [spoiler]League of Shadows defeated, Gotham safe, Bruce retired, a new Batman / Nightwing to protect Gotham in the future[/spoiler]- what more do ya want, Liam Neeson to tuck you into bed this evening???

Just back from the flicks- I'm actually not sure how to successfully spoiler tag posts, so won't post any.
A very, very good movie- some events panned out just as they did in my minds eye, while others were pleasantly surprising.
A conclusive end to arguably the finest trilogy since the original Star Wars, and I'm looking forward to a Blu-ray trilogy marathon on some not-too-distant winters eve.
I'll be climbing out of an inescapable prison pit in my feverish dreams this dark night.

Just heard about this.
What a sad, sad c*nt this guy must be. I hope Denver PD are kicking the shite out of him as we speak.