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Wait a minute!

Cows...living potatos...incendary pits...

Oh.

For shame.

Having stressed about losing weight since Jan and having not done sweet fanny adams about it, I'm impressed. Well done.

Tulkas (still gonna sweat away the summer months)

I didn't realise how poor the Calibre B/W reproduction was until i got my Full Colour version on Sat.

Glorious colour - such a difference, the Calibre one now looks like a badly photocopied bootleg.

D'Israeli seems to have used his computer to add some colour pencil to a lot of the panels - giving them a new energy - and  airbrushed some of the light effects later on to smooth them out.
Not that I went through and compared the art... Ah go on then it is one of my favourite stories from a favourite artist.

Highly recommended.

But that does mean we get to see Dexter Fletcher die a horrible death - hopefully coughing up thick teeth-staining blood whilst telling 'Sarge' to "go on without him..."

Hopefully he'll have a Cock-a-knee accent like the guy in Deep Rising.

"Karm on den, Yoo Wan-kahs!" - Class.

I look like a fat bloke with a suede head still living under the delusion that a goatee is some how slimming or hides my chins in anyway.

The fact my suede head has nothing to do with hiding male pattern baldness is a source of pride though.

Read it.

Liked it.

Hope the author decides to revisit the same world at some point; whether in a sequel or just another tale untold.

Don't think it's strong movie material though.

and...

4 to ask is the Lightbulb truly dead? and could it come back for some more shining?
6 to complain that more shining is unnessasary
9 to say they'd welcome more shining
7 to state that the lightbulb needs to make way for other new bulbs
6 to say they don't mind either way as there's always other bulbs to look at

Dudley you missed:

4 to say that if like them the cahnger had subscribed they'd have got thier Lightbulb earlier with a free mini-lightbulb keyring.
3 to ask where their free mini-lightbulb keyring is?
5 to ask why if or when will the mini-lightbulb keyring be made available to non-subscribers?
2 to boast of lightbulb subscribing freebies of the past.
1 to announce he's found some lightbulb subscribing freebies of the past on E-bay.

I didn't think his talent was ever in question, just whether he was really using it to create his recent Dredd stuff?

I hated his run on Dredd but the work on his website, especially the game concept and rough sketchs, is mightily impressive.

Bit of a mixed new year bag.

Cover: Nice, but does it really sell the comic to anyone beyond those who already buy 2000ad? I think the casual shopper would find the cover very odd - no info selling what's inside and you have to get close to see what's going on on it - but then has 2000ad given up enticing in the casual shopper?

Dredd: Good follow on, though I'm not a fan of Brashill's graphitti style art - too cartoony for me.

Second City Blues: Nah!

Slaine: I haven't been following the story but does Slaine get dragged away from fighting his enemies every other episode? Very confusing and not worth the effort. Like the art thought.

Cabalistics Inc: Giving the story a go and it's good, though the art still leaves me cold.

Dante: Yay! A character i care for going on adventures that i can't predict the outcome of. It's like the 80's all over again. :)

Overall: Hmm?

Oh NO.

Very sad news.

RIP Mr Eisner, you were a true gent.

Quick question:

Bart, Painter or Paintshop or other?

Second on Wagner and McMahon.

As a personal preference it'd have to be McMahon around the time of Block Wars and The Fink - pure class.

Or McMahon doing another strip with the same style as his Slaine work - lovely - though not written by Pat Mills as I'd like it to:

a)Make sense.
b)Have more action less talking heads.
c)Seem to be going somewhere.

If you're looking to create a portfolio from scratch ask folk who do the job you want or similar to send you copies of the design briefs they work to - I'm sure there are some boarders who could help here?

Then work on these - especially those that don't inspire you intially 'cos these are more the norm than the "cool" assignments. Getting something great from a dud brief is a real achievement.

People are always interested to see and can tell a lot more about your work with stuff generated from a set of guidelines rather than just self generated - though these pieces are important too.

Good luck.

And don't let it grind you down.

Personally for me there may be a pattern forming

Sin City Comics - Awful.
Sin City Movie Trailer - Awful.
Sin City Movie - ?