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Thanks for (overly) the kind words on my little Carlos tribute. I was worried that it might have come across as twee or insensitive, but I figured anyone who knows me would know how much Carlos meant to me and that silly song really was from the heart.

Moving on, good old Eamonn once again gives us a Christmas glow with his endless kindness and sheer, unbridled loveliness.

And then there's PJ, crashing into the forum like an artistic colossus! The colours on that second Dredd are outstanding! Cheers Peej! If you're up for suggestions Peej, I'd LOVE to see teeth smashed in Dredd from Origins or Deadman Dredd (with helmet on) from Necropolis!

The advent calendar continues to delight!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, thrills in every store! Oooooooh, it's here, the highlight of the year, welcome to the eighth 2000AD Advent Calendar 2018!!!

Last year, we kept this thread comment free and full of juicy Christmas Thrillpower so I'll start a new thread for comments here: https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=45575.0

This years' offering from me is bittersweet; it's a heartfelt tribute to King Carlos who sadly passed away in October. You'll find it here: https://youtu.be/Oqn4i8iDMvs

Thanks in advance to everybody who signed up to the calendar, I can't wait to see what you come up with! Also, a massive thanks to all the folks who've contributed to the board this year, you all make my day, even the ones who have tantrums over my art comp entries! Real life means I can't get on here as often as I'd like but I do try and catch up at least once a day.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND GRUD BLESS US EVERYONE!

Also, here's my back catalogue of shite 2000AD Christmas films - absolutely dire!

2017 - "Check the Walls": https://youtu.be/ZKMXaRYQdOc
2016 - TOY STORIES FROM MEZCO-CITY ONE: https://youtu.be/aVW811Je8s0
2015 - Enceladus the Musical: https://youtu.be/GC7haW5xtaw
2014 - "Christmas at Billy Carter Block": http://youtu.be/XjFY8-eWMlQ
2013 - "Winter Wonderland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OznCjhK18kQ&feature=youtu.be
2012 - "Death's Nuts Roasting on an Angry Fire": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdwo0OWfVe8
2011 - "Christmas Alphabet": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPGGyeVXwGU
2010 - "Joe Dredd the Lawman": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fowIRnklOH8
2009 - "Twas the Night Before Christmas": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hroYikzx5n8

Merry Christmas you lovely Squaxx!!!

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Great stuff Gail! Just post your image to an image hosting site such as posting.org then use the insert picture icon to post url of your image on here. Merry Christmas!!!

Bumpity Bump! Come on fellas, it's lonely for me and Eamonn at the start of the month!

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I got mine from Forbidden Planet  in January I think.

You can order all three from Amazon, £12.99 each, however, there are t may left (2 of the B&W, 6 Cursed Earth and 10 normal.) Quick, go!

There's this amazing new podcast by some Mackem areshole...

But thirdly and most importantly really good lessons in storytelling as you begin to understand quite the amount of thought and consideration that's gone into what appear on the surface to be simple stories but when you break them down are fantastic examples of quite breath-takingly compact storytelling designed and executed to get across so much. Truly Mr Wells (Lovely) is the Wagner (J) of children's storytelling.

Thank you so much Colin! I can't tell you how much that means to me!

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Oooooh, it's November which means it's time to sign up for the annual 2000AD Messageboard Advent Calendar!!! Every year these have been absolutely magical, providing a real treat every day on the run up to Christmas, so PLEASE sign up guys!

The way it works is like this, folks sign up and promise to produce something on a given day as a little prezzie to the board. It can be a picture, a song, a short story, little film, photos, anything you like.

You can see last years' here:  https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=44938.0

2016 here: http://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=43963.0
2015 here: https://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=42794.0
2014 here: http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=41456.0
2013 here: http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=39692.0
2012's here: http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,37527.0.html
2011's here: http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=34797.0
and 2010's here: http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=31127.0

So sign up my lovelies, here's the list, just choose a day - there can, and hopefully will, be multiple people submitting per day.

Like last year, Everyone is invited to submit stuff on Christmas Eve and I'll try and get a few pro's to do something too (I'd appreciate help here from those in the know!) So PLEASE copy the list from below, add your name and paste it into a new message!

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Merry Christmas everyone!

Yep, when the (fantastic) writers are going in the same direction, it really is magical. I was great how other writers subtly sneaked in how Mega-City was getting colder during the run up to Enceladus. Small touches that meant a lot...

Great thread!

I'm loving The Small House but am with Tordelback in so much as I have some issues with the larger Titan storyline (the magic horse, invisible judges in the Halls of Justice (yuck,) Smiley in the cupboard etc.) I like my Dredd to be fairly grounded and many of these elements are just a little too fantastical for me. Add to that, that in recent years several other writers were all doing their own arcing epics too - some with very similar themes (so, so many corrupt judges, invisible sectors, Sov meddling) and it all just started to blend into one and get confusing... I'm not as young as I once was, y'see? Nurse!?! Where am I?

HOWEVER, rare Pete Wells moaning aside, The Small House has got me REALLY excited about Dredd again for the first time in years. The tension between Dredd and Hershey is amazing and I'm desperate to see the further ramifications of the story. I need to know what happens to Frank too, I love that guy! I really hope Rob will stick around for the long haul after it is finished.

We've all been saying it for years, Dredd needs a single, strong showrunner to keep it consistent and coherent. For me, if Dredd isn't on form, then my enthusiasm for the whole prog suffers. I really feel for Tharg, his job must be one of the hardest in the world!

My heart is broken. I met Carlos a fair few times and he was always generous to a fault, extremely friendly and very, very funny. I genuinely felt that he loved and appreciated the fans and would really go the extra mile to spend time with us.

He was incredible with my Covers blog, usually sending me images without me asking, long before publication and always quick to answer any questions I had.

I commissioned him to recreate the "Um... Synthi Sausage?" Cover of Prog 333, but with Dredd holding a pasty. He was very enthusiastic to do so, "One question though..." he asked "What is pasty?"

Goodbye my friend, and thank you for so very much.

There are no words.

Except Drokk, or Sneck.

Sorry for the gallows humour folks, truly a coping mechanism.

I reached out to her to do a Covers Uncovered as I really like it too. She said she'd send some stuff but maybe real life got in the way. I'm on my hollies at the moment but I'll send another email when I get back...