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To be honest, the most embarrassing thing about 2000 AD when I was still reading it on a regualr basis was the fact my mother enjoyed reading it also. Which kinda made me feel proud in a bizarre kind of way. I started losing interest when Michael Flashman got more exposure than he should have, and I stopped buying the comic not long after Garth Ennis took over from John Wagner. Not that he necessarially did a bad job, but. . .

Anyway, I occasionally dip in every now and then, and recently 2000 AD does seem to have the sense of fun I felt it was lacking, as mentioned on a previous thread. If this continues, i might even find myself buying the rag on a regliar basis!

Here's hoping.

Okay, convince me I should start reading 2000 AD again.

You're quite right. I remember a dredd strip from yesteryear in which he was the only one who didn't succumb to some mutant flea infestation.

Y'know, I've tried E45, or something similar, and I'm still damn near the bone.

They're driving me crazy. Anyone know of a cure? Or at least something that will make the irritation more bearable?

H'mm. Almonds, eh? Isn't Tor Cyanide supposed to smell of such?

Marzipan? Isn't that some prescibed narcotic to make insomiacs sleep?

Or mebbes that Milligan chap is too busy writing episodes of 'Crossroads' to give his full attention to 'Bad Company'.

Yikes.

DSD? Sounds more like something the titular one should be curing rather than finding.

You'll have excuse someone who has strayed from the fold but why is the Megazine reprinting so much stuff these days? And are royalties being paid? And will the Watcher turn out to have been the Doctor all along?

Apart from the rampant capitalism, do any these films need to be made? The whole point of 'Watchmen', 'V For Vendetta', and Dredd to a lesser extent, is they are serious comics. Do we have a genuine desire in seeing these stories reaching a larger audience or is it merely us anoraks desperately seeking acceptance by a world that doesn't understand and appreciate the comic book format?

Would a two-hour film really do 'Watchmen' any justice? I've always thought it would work better as 12-hour mini- (maxi-?!) series. And is the superhero element really necessary? Alan Moore has been quoted as saying the series could have been written with nary a mask and costume in it. Another problem: the politics of 'Watchmen', so inherent to the series, are very much a part of the mid-80s. Perhaps the film shouldn't be too reverent of its source material. The Real World doesn't care whether or not it's based on some dopey comic book.

No, really, it's yours!

If I ever find where I put my Dredd RPG you can have it. To be honest, I've never played it and only asked for it for Crassmas 'cos of the Dredd connection.