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Just got FS. I left Young Death alone, as I already own the Hamlyn/Mandarin edition.

'What colour was the spine?'

A pale green.

'Anyone know what stories are going to be reprinted in the forthcoming Anderson collection?'

TBC, but I know that its almost certainly going to be all early Arthur Ranson stuff. I'd hazard a guess at 'Shamballa', 'The Jesus Syndrome',  'The Protest', 'The Witch? Report', 'Triad', 'Reasons to be Cheerful' etc.

I'd really like a comprehensive Anderson collection, including 'Childhood's End' and 'Postcards from the Edge', but we'll wait and see.

I used to sell flatscreens for a living, and used to get so sick and tired of having to explain why the picture on flatscreens (even really expensive ones) looks so awful. It's pretty hard to sell something you think is a waste of money.

HD looks great, but won't be standard for years, if ever, and Blu Ray has so far failed to take off.

It would be great if Wagner and Grant could write an all new series for McMahon. Any genre so long as its mental.

Possible Ian Gibson collection (151 pages):

Giant 3 episodes (Megs 2.50 to 2.52) 28 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Ian Gibson

The Marriage Game 1 episode (Meg 203) 12 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Ian Gibson, Letters: Tom Frame

Love Story 1 episode (Prog 444) 7 pages
Script: John Wagner/Alan Grant, Artist: Ian Gibson

Love Story II - Futile Attraction (Judge Dredd Mega Special 1991)
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Ian Gibson

Love Story III - The End of the Affair 1 episode (Prog 1281) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Ian Gibson, Letters: Tom Frame

On the Waterfront (2000AD Annual 1986) 8 pages
Script: John Wagner/Alan Grant, Artist: Ian Gibson, Letters: Tom Frame

Almighty Dredd 3 episodes (Progs 780 to 782) 18 pages
Script: Garth Ennis, Artist: Ian Gibson, Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Judge Death:The True Story 2 episodes (Progs 901 to 902) 12 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Ian Gibson

Bum Rap 1 episode (Prog 1070) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Ian Gibson, Letters: Tom Frame

A Day in the Death of Joe Meg 1 episode (Prog 1223) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Ian Gibson

Sex Beast! 1 episode (Prog 1230) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Ian Gibson, Letters: Tom Frame

Lost in Cyberspace 3 episodes (Progs 1268 to 1270) 18 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Ian Gibson, Colour: Chris Blythe, Letters: Tom Frame

Terrorist! 1 episode (Prog 1274) 6 pages
Script: Alan Grant, Artist: Ian Gibson, Colour: Chris Blythe, Letters: Tom Frame

Give me liberty 2 episodes (Progs 1304 to 1305) 12 pages
Script: Gordon Rennie, Artist: Ian Gibson, Colour: Chris Blythe, Letters: Tom Frame

Possible Greg Staples collection (132 pages):

Dead Reckoning 7 episodes (Progs 1000 to 1006) 42 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Greg Staples, Letters: Tom Frame

Awayday 1 episode (Prog 1008) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Greg Staples, Letters: Tom Frame

Mad City 3 episodes (Progs 1050 to 1052) 19 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Greg Staples

Attack Of the Sex-Crazed Love Dolls 1 episode (Prog 1066) 7 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Greg Staples

Mega-City Way of Death 1 episode (Prog 1111) 10 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Greg Staples

You are Mean Machine 1 episode (Meg 2.47) 9 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Greg Staples

There Be Dragons 1 episode (Meg 3.51) 15 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Greg Staples

Call Me Mr Nice Guy (Poster Prog Judge Dredd 1) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Greg Staples, Colour: Gina Hart, Letters: Tom Frame

Slick on the Job (2000AD Prog 2002) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Greg Staples, Colour: Fully Painted, Letters: Tom Frame

Class of '79 (2000AD Prog 2006) 12 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Greg Staples, Colour: Peter Doherty, Letters: Tom Frame

Possible Peter Doherty collection (113 pages):

Bury My Knee at Wounded Heart 1 episode (Meg 2.46) 9 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Peter Doherty

Dead Lost in Mega-City One 1 episode (Meg 4.09) 15 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Peter Doherty, Colour: Chris Blythe,

Night School 1 episode (Meg 260) 10 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Peter Doherty, Letters: Peter Doherty

Justice 1 6 episodes (Progs 766 to 771) 36 pages
Script: Garth Ennis, Artist: Peter Doherty

Death of a Legend 1 episode (Prog 1009) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Peter Doherty, Letters: Tom Frame

Simp City 2 episodes (Progs 1119 to 1120) 12 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Peter Doherty

Dumskulls 1 episode (Prog 1171) 6 pages
Script: Alan Grant, Artist: Peter Doherty

Slow Crime Day 1 episode (Prog 1191) 7 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Peter Doherty, Colour: Chris Blythe, Letters: Tom Frame

Blow Out! 1 episode (Prog 1213) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Peter Doherty

A Right Royal Occasion 1 episode (Prog 1293) 6 pages
Script: Gordon Rennie, Artist: Peter Doherty, Letters: Tom Frame


A few downright classics in there I think you'll agree!

It would certainly be a 'Compulsory Purchase'.


I'll get my coat.

Plenty of iconic covers to choose from for the book. Make a good covers gallery also....http://www.2000adonline.com/covers/reprints/hires/compjd31.jpg">

Possible McMahon Collection: 128 pages

Voices Off 1 episode (Prog 1308) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Mike McMahon, Colour: Chris Blythe, Letters: Tom Frame

Shaggy's Big Shoot 1 episode (Prog 1539) 6 pages
Script: Robbie Morrison, Artist: Mike McMahon, Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Howler 4 episodes (Megs 2.53 to 2.56) 36 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Mike McMahon

Hot Pursuit 1 episode (Meg 3.03) 6 pages
Script: Chris Standley, Artist: Mike McMahon

Videophones (2000AD Annual 1978) 6 pages
Script: Malcolm Shaw, Artist: Mike McMahon

Whitey's Brother (2000AD Annual 1978) 4 pages
Script: Steve Moore, Artist: Mike McMahon
Featuring: "Whitey" Logan

Pinboing Wizard (Judge Dredd Annual 1981) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner as John Howard, Artist: Mike McMahon, Letters: Tom Frame

Compulsory Purchase (Judge Dredd Annual 1981) 7 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Mike McMahon, Letters: Tom Frame

The Fear That Made Milwaukee Famous (Judge Dredd Annual 1981) 16 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Mike McMahon, Letters: Tom Frame

Anatomy of a Crime! (Judge Dredd Annual 1982) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Mike McMahon

The Vampire Effect (Judge Dredd Annual 1982) 16 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Mike McMahon, Letters: Tom Frame

Meg-City Rumble (Judge Dredd Annual 1982) 7 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Mike McMahon, Letters: Tom Frame

Future Crimes (2000AD Prog 2000) 6 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: Mike McMahon, Colour: Trevor Hairsine, Letters: Tom Frame

oops, meant Angel of Mercy.

Greg Staples, McMahon and at a stretch possibly Pete Doherty?

I've always though there could be mileage in a chunky themed Dredd collection focusing on crazy mega-citizens. You could have all the Angel of Death/Bishop Desmond Snodgrass/Simp/Slick Dickens/Mrs Gunderson strips, or possibly just a looser collection to include stuff like 'Chair Man Dilbert', 'No More Jimmy Deans', 'Fast Food' and balance it out with some of the more hard hitting strips like 'Bury My Knee at Wounded Heart', 'Simple Domestic'. There's plenty of never reprinted classic Meg Dredds you could throw in.

They could call it 'Mad City' and make that the lead strip.

Where do you get your ideas from?

Just kidding.

I once heard a Seinfeld (i think) quote associated with this game along the lines of "Once you get to the monkey level of pet ownership, you may as well just have a kid".

Flicking through this, and also Total War recently I've come to the conclusion that Flint draws my favourite interpretation of Mega City One.


For anyone interested, this is the cover they went with....http://www.2000adonline.com/covers/2000ad/hires/1241.jpg">

Just picked this up in FP London. It has a different cover to the placeholder one. The stories are as follows (apologies for the nitpicking):

'Mrs. Gunderson's Little Adventure' (nice to see again, but I'd been hoping for a complete Mrs. Gunderson/Quite Nice Bar GN/EE somewhere down the line)

'Turned Out Quite Nice Again' (This story contains a chapter from the notoriously rare 2000ad issue 1208)

'JD Megson' (makes little sense outside of the context of the Megazine circa 2000)

'Turkey Shoot'

 'Flood's Thirteen'

'Streetfighting Man' (one of Morrison's better Dredd efforts for my money)

'The Gingerbread Man' (see comments above)

I would say it's pretty much for hardcore Dredd/Flint fans only.