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My last post seemed to disapear, so apologies if this appears twice:

Also:

Mean Machine: Son of Mean

Durham Red: Island of the Damned/Deals/Night of the Hunters

Rogue Trooper: The War Machine

Balls Brothers (never read it - is it really as bad as everyone says?)

Atavar III

Judge Dredd: Fast Food

Chopper: Soul on Fire/Dead Mans' Curve

Chopper: Song of the Surfer

Mazeworld I-III

Missionary Man (Complete, or selected highlights, but just a volume every few months not all at once)

As has recently been confirmed - the 2000ad Extreme Edition is no more, and will be replaced by a 'free' graphic novel that will come bagged with every future copy of the Judge Dredd Megazine as of issue 276. The graphic novels will match the dimensions and design of the current Rebellion range, but will be thinner (approx 60-70pg, so no spine). The first of these will be Judge Dredd: The Jock Collection, followed by (apparently) Snow/Tiger with issue 277.

So taking into consideration the length of said graphic novels, what else do we want to see in their pages? I'm talking quality 2000ad/Megazine series, that are too niche in appeal for a 'proper' graphic novel launch, but are still worth another look.

Here's my suggestions (sorry its a little Dredd-biased):

Judge Dredd: The Peter Doherty Collection (including Justice 1, Slow Crime Day, Bury My Knee at Wounded Heart, Death of a Legend, Night School, Simp City and others).

Judge Dredd: The Mike McMahon Collection (including some of his early annual stories, Future Crimes, Howler, Shaggy's Big Shoot, Voices Off.

Judge Dredd: The Greg Staples Collection (including Dead Reckoning, Awayday, Mega City Way of Death, Class of '79 and others).

Judge Dredd featuring The Taxidermist (all three taxidermist stories, perhaps split over two volumes).

Judge Dredd: Bad Manners

Heavy Metal Dredd

I'd also like themed Dredd collections based around recurring characters like Slick Dickens, Mrs Gunderson/Quite Nice Bar, The Angel of Mercy, The Branch Moronian (Hottie House Siege), Bishop Desmond Snodgrass, Crazy Barry, Little Mo etc.

I Was a Teenage Tax Consultant

Mercy Heights Volumes 1 and 2

Tor Cyan

Strontium Dogs

It'd also be cool if they used this as a way of finishing up the graphic novel series which are currently in limbo:

Robo Hunter: Farewell My Billions

Judge Anderson: The Early Cases, Postcards from the Edge

Sinister Dexter: Downlode Tales/Eurocrash






Ideally I'd hope that the contents are kept varied every month, so as to not to get bogged down as the EE did with month after month of the same material.

Details here (straight from the horse's mouth): //http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=22738

I believe it starts in Meg 275, the issue after next. And no its noy reprint - its all new material.

Personally, I think this is exciting news - a (admittedly shorter than usual) GN for a couple of quid, and what better place to start than a Jock Dredd collection - I've suggested one on this board myself many times.

I can see why this move would annoy people who already own every issue of both 2000ad and the Megazine, though. Does this mean that the Megazine itself will now be free of reprint? With this, an interesting new Dredd strip (Ratfink) and Tank Girl on the horizon I'm more interested in the Megazine than I have been for ages.

Is there any way of disabling the little quotes (sigs?) people have at the bottom of their posts? I can't stand them, they're totally distracting. Besides that, well done on the new forum, very much appreciated.

New placeholder covers are up on Amazon for The Pit and The V.C.s. Also, they are now listing the first of the 2009 releases: Shakara: The Assassin and Kingdom: The Promised Land ( both 15 Jan).

New cover up for the new printing of The Pit on Amazon. As ever, its not definitely the final cover (no credit for Ezquerra) but a good choice I think, by the mighty Mr Walker.

Doesn't next months SFX come with some 2000ad playing cards?

That Tank Girl stuff is looking really, really good man. That's yet another blog favourited because of this site.

I'd definitely agree on what you say there about not doing pencils too tight. I've only just worked this out for myself after years of being too cautious and ruining my drawings with the inking.

I would axe 'Plagues of Necropolis' and have instead: 'The Devil You Know' and 'Twilight's Last Gleaming'.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - I would pay good money for a Strontium Dogs collection as I have such happy childhood memories of it. I'd love the chance to reread and see if it is really that bad.

I'd definitely buy the early Durham Red stuff too.

'Now I don't think I'll bother. It's an odd choice to skip so much when most of the other lines have been so comprehensive and completist.'

To be fair, we don't actually know what will be in the Anderson book - I doubt its even been finalised yet.

I may have imagined it, but didn't someone post recently saying that 'Leviathan's Farewell' would be included?

Anderson Case Files please!!!

Sorry for double posting, but I also wanted to add my thanks to Jon and team for their efforts in putting this book together, (and I include Indigo in that).

I've been waiting for this storyline to be collected properly for over ten years. I used to try and buy up all of the back progs to read it, but was always missing a few.