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Will somebody explain the pun on the cover for me?

It's an awful, apparently irrelevant pun, but:

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo" target="_blank">Wells Fargo

Wow, you're on a roll tonight, aren't you?

Ugh - yes, I remember that one. I think it featured in one of those "Unusual Deaths" books that appear now & then (perhaps it was even a "Darwin Awards" one?)

Can't post mine as it'll result in a definite ban from the board and likely arrest, too. Bah.

Tubgirl? Goatse.cx?

;-)

Heh - that's one of my favourite internet images. Well, that and:

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Voting thread coming soon now that all the entries seem to be in.

In the meantime, I've picked what I think will be a suitable theme for December:

CHRISTMAS WITH 2000AD!

Feel free to interpret that how you wish. If you want to show Wulf & Johnny roasting their chestnuts (a-hem! ;-) ), Tharg spreading Christmas cheer among his droids or Torquemada opening his presents from quivering subjects, go for it. Just keep it festive and linked to 2K and you'll be alright.

Of course, if anyone has another suggestion, or if people don't like the idea we can change it. Post your ideas & suggestions here & I'll get a thread up for it in the next few days.

Its also a fair bit better than my Devlin vs Droid Life...

...now that I HAVE to see!

Very, very cool. I'm getting echoes of Roger Langridge in the shadowing on Anderson & Carl Critchlow in Hammerstein's colours, and I really like the witty manga-style precog bubble. Great stuff, Simon.

Keep them coming, all!

We both know who really owns those characters

Yeah - Rebellion ;-)

Jones - I wasn't sure whether the pic was part of the discussion on the other thread or a submission for the comp. I'll pop it over if you want.

[BUTTONMAN]

...and reposting four of the submissions/works in progress from the voting thread:


BUTTONMAN

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RADIATOR

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THE COSH

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THRYLLSEEKER

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[THE 2000AD DEATHMATCH!]

Late as usual ;-)

Anyway, a big thanks to LMS, the winner of last month's comp, who chose the theme for November:

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IT'S A FIGHT TO THE FINISH! A BRAWL TO END 'EM ALL! THE DUEL OF THE DECADE! IT'S...

THE 2000AD DEATHMATCH!


Something strange is afoot at the Nerve Centre...

An incompetent service bot has switched the oil feeds, and the pipe that supplies the sinister R-VING droid with his daily fix of petrochemical psychedelics is pumping straight into the writing droids cubicle!

Now, when they're not bombarding Tharg with proposals for 52-part Synammon epics or yet another Rogue Trooper revival ("He's a gay fisherman with a mysterious past, but when the invasion fleet lands his GI training gives him the skill to lead the resistance, armed only with a fishing net & a copy of the Angling Times!") the drugged-up droids are amusing themselves by scripting ever more outlandish crossovers.

Unfortunately, none of the art droids want anything to do with this madness so it's up to YOU to bring the droids' feverish fantasies to life!

However, even oiled-up loonies have rules:

1 -- The deathmatch must be between characters from two SERIES that begin with the same letter. So, Charles Fort from "Necronauts" could give a sound thrashing to the Grobbendonk from "Nemesis the Warlock", or start a brawl with Andreas Romanov from "Nikolai Dante".

If a strip is commonly shortened ("Dredd" instead of "Judge Dredd", or "Luke Kirby" instead of "The Journal of Luke Kirby", for example) then feel free to bend the rules a little.

2 -- The characters from each series must never have fought each other before.

If you want to draw something that's not on that theme or outwith the rules, feel free, but I'm afraid the winners will be picked from entries that stick to the theme & the two rules. Hopefully the restrictions will spark the imagination, and lead to some really unusual deathmatches (Shako vs Sinister Dexter?)

The thread will remain open for entries until SATURDAY 11th NOVEMBER and voting will begin that weekend.

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BTW - I've tried board-mailing Dark Jimbo, 54 Jones and Swimini Tulkas about their prizes but have had no replies yet. Please email me at cosmonaut_x AT yahoo.co.uk to sort those out. Cheers!

...you really will find it difficult to get involved here if you keep behaving like a prick...

Weird... that's a longer (and better) intro than on the cheapie Ulysses DVDs I picked up. There were some really good episodes in that series, and it's certainly one of the better animated series from that era.

I did try out D&D a while back - found a volume 1 DVD for a few quid - and it was just appalling. What was worse was that the DVD featured - IIRC - fan commentaries by a bunch of 30-somethings who thought that D&D was the pinnacle of animation and who clearly knew every second of every episode...

The first ACE Trucking trade was supposed to appear this year, I think, but IIRC the announcement in the prog was made before the Rebellion/DC collections came to an end (or it could have been before Jon took over, I don't recall exactly) and as such I expect certain books were moved off the schedule, even if only temporarily.

[GO MACHINE: THE RICHARD ELSON COLLECTION]

With the recent update to the 2000AD Books website, the schedule for the next 5 months is looking fairly solid, but what would you like to see the reprint line turn to next? Fire your suggestions up here - all welcome, whether they're picks for future collections in existing series, a favourite you'd like to see reprinted or just a completely impractical-but-fantastic deluxe collection (a Dredd version of Garth Marenghi's "The Ouevre", complete with reading supports?)

I'd love to see a few of the following cropping up over the next 12-24 months:


GO MACHINE: THE RICHARD ELSON COLLECTION

A.H.A.B.
Judge Dredd: The Moby
Judge Dredd: "Nobody"
Judge Dredd: Lawcon
Go Machine
The Scrap
Tharg's Future Shocks: Spare Parts
Tharg's Terror Tales: Krypt

Cover gallery - progs 1312, 1389, and Meg 3.79


NIKOLAI DANTE VOL. 6: HELL & HIGH WATER

The Return of the Gentleman Thief
The Romanov Job
Hell and High Water

Cover gallery - progs 1287 & 1328


NIKOLAI DANTE VOL. 7: AGENT OF DESTRUCTION

Agent of Destruction
How Could You Believe Me...?
Primal Screams
Usurper
The Depths
Dragon's Island

Cover gallery - progs 1421, 1429, 1434, 1487 and 1504


LENNY ZERO: THE JOCK COLLECTION

Judge Dredd: Shirley Temple of Doom
Judge Dredd: Crossing Ken Dodd
Judge Dredd: Rampots
Judge Dredd: Safe Hands
Judge Dredd: Ten Years
Lenny Zero: Lenny Zero
Lenny Zero: Dead Zero
Lenny Zero: Wipeout
Pulp Sci-Fi: Reapermen

Lenny Zero script
Cover gallery - progs 1203, 1227, 1258, 1304, 1318, 1397, 1450, Megs 4.02, 4.04 and 4.14


DEVLIN WAUGH VOL. 3: ALL HELL

Bite Fight!
Vile Bodies
All Hell
Innocence and Experience

Cover gallery - Meg 232

FLESH!

Flesh Book I
Flesh Book II

Cover gallery - progs 3, 8, 14, 17, 87 & 93


ALIEN INVASIONS!: THE HENRY FLINT COLLECTION

Judge Dredd: JD Megson
Judge Dredd: Turkey Shoot
Judge Dredd: Flood's Thirteen
Judge Dredd: Mrs Gunderson's Little Adventure
Judge Dredd: Turned Out Quite Nice Again
Judge Dredd: The Boston Crab
Sancho Panzer: Tanked
Sancho Panzer: Mojo Working
Sancho Panzer: Tank Tracks
Sancho Panzer: Tanks for the Memory
Sancho Panzer: Worms!
Sancho Panzer: Enemy Mine
Sancho Panzer: War of the Worms
Tharg's Alien Invasions: Mr Meat Bingo's Zombie Umbrella
Tharg's Alien Invasions: Mind Simulator Earth Edition
Tharg's Alien Invasions: Rain
Tharg's Alien Invasions: The Mysterious Petroleum Wedge
Tharg's Alien Invasions: The Orange Jellyfish Crisis
Tharg's Alien Invasions: Choir Visible
Tharg's Alien Invasions: Sign Here
Tharg's Alien Invasions: Stan's Pair
Tharg the Mighty: The Great Thrill-Power Overload!

Cover gallery - progs 1096, 1120, 1241, 1350, 1369, Megs 4.10, 2.18, Prog 2001, Dredd Poster Prog 5, Sci-Fi Special 1994 and Big Finish CDs 1-9



Any more suggestions?