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We work today, as well, yet there is also no post in north Murphyville.  Mind you, I don't sub, so it makes bugger all difference to me.
And I always have a bit of bother with my progs, anyway.  It's not so much their tendancy to show up later in the week, as my inability to easily turn the pages with these unwieldly claws.  But I'm built for mauling medium-sized mammals and swiping fish from rivers whilst they're distracted with trying to get up some rapids for a shag - what's a bear to do?

Mmmmmmmm.  Trout.  Yum yum.

Dirty Mexicants.  Come over here, sleeping with our food and eating our women.  Jim Davidson is right.  To the moon where you belong!

South of the border = Mexican.

Nah.  Rac's a Mexican.  He'll cream that Limey ponce easy.

And I claim my five pounds.

Well, never having been to the 2000ad offices, I'm in no position to doubt the actual existence of Tharg, but doesn't that mean Mek-Quake is real, too?  And by extension, Judge Dredd?  Mek-Quake was in Nemesis, as was Satanus, who fought Judge Dredd.
And if Judge Dredd is real, doesn't that mean that Friday, but not Rogue, is the real Rogue Trooper?  Dredd and Friday met in that Prog-sized adventure, but Rogue has never met Dredd.
Hmmm.

Anyway, let me clear up a few points - the egg came before the chicken; of course it makes a noise - the laws of physics aren't subjective; and a clap is the sound made by two objects hitting, so one hand can't clap.

Yeah, but you'll not buy them as often once your balls drop.  Well, that, or you'll just buy Vampirella comics, which will keep John Smith in work, anyway.

Using 2000ad as source material for games is only going to work if Rebellion start developing the f*cking things a bit more before they release them on the market.  World War Zero would have been great if they'd spent a bit more time on it.  Releasing it on a budget price was a good indicator that the publisher didn't think it was up to scratch, and Dredd vs Death's many gameplay shortcomings are well known to boarders who bought it at full price when it came out - and now it goes for about a tenner.
Still, keeping this on-topic, writers cost money, so if Rebellion have a bunch of game developers writing scripts as part of their 9-5 routine, rather than freelancers, it'll help keep costs on the book down.  I'm just playing devil's advocate here, but two tie-ins in 200 progs is still a case of material that wouldn't have got commissioned otherwise being forced into the book.  It might not be much, I'll admit, but it IS still there.
Although I'm not sure if Wardog wouldn't have got commissioned.  I think I read an episode of this somehow (I couldn't get the Megazine at this point), and it seemed... meh.  Kind of average, in the usual comic-book kinda way.  I could see a 2000ad editor going for it during the whole "I don't know if I'll bother buying 2000ad this week" period - you know, when Mambo was in it.  Still, as long as Rebellion stick to the whole 'two tie-ins in 200 progs' management plan, I'll be happy enough, and there's always one strip in the book that lets the side down for someone.  There are boarders who actively boast about not even reading Sin/Dex or Bec and Kawl.
It's not like 2000ad hasn't had shite tie-ins before, anyway.  Urban Strike, A Life Less Ordinary, there's probably more I can't remember.  Ah well.

I'm just saying that Rebellion will eventually go for a little synergetic marketing, and it's to be expected sooner or later.  I'm not sure that they have any interests in the British comic-book market beyond 2000ad and spin-off material, which makes the aquisition seem a little ill-advised on a financial level, as there has to be some growth on the investment to see a return that makes their initial purchase worthwhile.  The DC deal is a start, but I'd be kidding myself if I tried to pretend that multi-part adaptations of Rebellion games aren't on the cards at some stage.

I agree with you, DC.  I think 2000ad was stronger when it was aimed at kids, but had elements slipped into it that appealed to adults.  The more overtly mature the material appears, the less likely it seems to appeal to younger readers and the parents who are buying these comics for them.
Part of the problem is that the comics market in Britain is predominantly aimed at children.  Marvel reprints do a good trade, despite being rather dull.  2000ad should be aimed at as broad a market as possible, because the hardcore fans will stick with it through thick and thin, a few experimental strips here and there wouldn't go amiss - whether or not you actually LIKE Bec and Kawl, you have to wonder who it's aimed at based on what tooth was publishing around the period it appeared.  One strip every week that tries something different is a good idea, and there's not much to lose at this point if we're getting adaptations of Rebellion games foisted upon us - World War Zero is advertising, not storytelling, and I'm surprised it's taken Rebellion this long to start ruining the book, but what the hell.  It's their money.

He's probably swamped with submissions and got a job to hold down, too, Conexus.  Give the man time.
Plus, if I've read the website right, it's all seventies-style homage (piss-take), and probably needs a particular artistic style, otherwise I would've tried submitting something myself.
That and I've seen some of the regular boarders' efforts and don't want to embarrass myself.

How about avoiding the whole 'alternate' angle altogether, then?  Just write off The Final Solution as a bad idea (War Machine, anyone?), and start the whole SD thing off again as a secondary 'starring' character alongside Judge Dredd.

It's all right.  No big shakes, and the characterisation on Joe isn't off by much, but enough so's you'd notice.
I don't mind non-tooth writers having a stab at Uncle Joe in novels and games, but you'd think they'd take a minute or two to figure out what he would and wouldn't do or say in any given situation.  It's a fanboy criticism, I know, but one which holds water when you consider that Joe's main virtue is his two-dimensional character.  Take that away, and what's the point?

What's the Bryan Talbot stuff from?  Are they pics of a character from a series, or just something run up for the convention booklets?

Girth is important, too.