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Bloody hell, at least I've got something to look at on the computer now. I haven't been that active lately, though I've been looking in all the time, and I was missing that! Mind you, it meant I was using the net to find stuff I actually need!

er... 'suggest', although anarcho-vegie types could often do with some suds! ;D

The Dead Kennedy's at the Forum in Aberdeen, of all places. They didn't have Jello Biafra on vocals, though. I live near an RAF base and we used to sit and watch jet fighters taking off instead of cleaning windows occasionally. You could feel the whole car vibrate, but it wasn't a patch on the volume of the Dead Kennedy's! One of my mates has all but lost the hearing in his left ear since that gig. Awesome!
Conflict in Glasgow was brill too, much better in the flesh than any of their live albums would suddest.

What the sneck! I haven't even got the B'day prog yet!

Better still- give up religion! What a noble sacrifice for lent!

Finally got and digested mine too. A good prog, Savage is the business. Mills at his best- gritty, brutal political satire- no pants dialogue!
I'm liking this Dredd tale, didn't even notice until last week that it was Gordon Rennie, not Wagner. First class art.
Dante kicked off well, too.
I also quite liked Sola's artwork, especially on the dinosaurs themselves. I'd like to see more of him in the prog, or even the Meg.
The Tharg story was, well, a fairly typical Tharg story...
Loved the Nu-Starscans! Rufus' Dredd vs Death was on here a while back- with less muted colours, and it looked grand- i've got it kicking around my hard-drive somewhere!
Didn't mind the texty stuff too much.
Happy Birthday 2000ad, and cheers for the badge, Tharg!

i think (IMO) the reason these D&D type films are shit is that it's the same old hokum of absolute good versus absolute evil. The rag tag collection of elves, men dwarves against the evil wizard/ necromancer/ evil cult (I said cuLt!). Every RPGer has read that same story in a dozen shit novels and short stories, and played it in their games a zillion times. A story that just happens to be set in a fantasy world, and isn't about earth-shattering world domination, would be just a little different. Take, eg: a crime genre storyline, and set it in a fantasy world, much like sci-fi has done before, and instantly you're away from goody-goody arsepipes fighting against 'the evil behind the throne' etc.

"I would offer for Dundee, but the comic shop here (The Black Hole) is very depressing and crap."

Isn't that just Dundee?
;D

There aren't any comics shops where I live, but I work in Aberdeen 1 day a week- there are two comics shops plus a Forbidden Planet there (one of them has an Icon on the Koom Skkree thingy- Asylum Books and Games). I'm locked in jail most of the day, and by the time I get out both shops are shut. I'm might manage one at a time over a 2wk period during dinner time, though.
Does anyone know if there is a comic shop in Inverness, as I'm going through there to see Stiff Little Fingers in March, so I could take some through there, though it is a place o' weet, dampt nonsense of which I know very little about.
Except they speak funny (!!!! ;D)

"and one or two others"

Heh Heh Heh!

Thryllseeker- that Comodo program had to be installed with no other anti-virus/ spyware/ malware/ etc already installed, as it's supposed to do everything, and may cause conflicts. My computer slows down occasionally, usually went Comodo updates, but other than that I've had no real problems to speak of at all.

I've been busy too, so I haven't been able to do any either, and I can see it being the same on next months, but maybe the following. I did have a pencil done of one of the Valkyries, but I hadn't come up with an idea for an actual picture involving her- didn't have time.
For the record, I was voting mainly on Johnny's overall work, but I like Fink and Ratty best.
Do we get to vote about voting rules? Cos i'm voting against. This is supposed to be a loose, informal 'competition', and rules will suck all the fun out of it. Solution- status quo, you can vote on either an individual piece, or a body of work, as it makes no difference. Someone with multiple entries may well detract from a really stand out piece, but putting in others not quite as 'stand-outish'!
Voting for individual pictures could actually mean somebody's work being enjoyed by a majority, whilst s/he gets no placing, as the votes are split up- so, hardly an advantage. The more pictures someone puts in, the better as I don't think quantity really comes into peoples voting. In the case of multiple pictures, theoretically someone could choose the same person 1st, 2nd & 3rd for different pics. I can't see that happening, as contributors are being given plenty of respect and I doubt anyone would be so tactless to do that, cue the next voter...

Woolly
Johnnystress
James

I'm enjoying Dredd, it's a good story, ties in with Origins a bit and has great Gibson art.
Kingdom was ok, without blowing me away or anything. A good enough read.
ABC's has been worth it for the artwork alone. Like Kingdom, the story has been a reasonably good read, without being stunning.
Stickleback has been very entertaining, and I've enjoyed it immensely. Like London Calling, I think I'd prefer to leave it at that, rather than watering it down with a follow up. The story threads are tied- finis.

I'd go for more Luke Kirby. Was it Steve Parkhouse who did some of the later colour work on this? Ridgeway's was fantastic, but I thought Parkhouse's (I'm sure it was him) was very good too.

MP3.com has download links to other places, itunes is one of them, but there's others too...

Link: http://www.mp3.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mp3.com/

Redondo is back? What's he gonna be doing? Somebody knows something...
I'd also like Dillon back on a couple of those rather nifty Origins-interlude Dredds, failing that - a Ron Smith one. Having Gibson do one makes me nostagic.Greg Staples did some pretty fine Dredds too, and that wouldn't go amiss.
What about another Nu-Earth flashback with either Dillon, Ewins, or Cam  on art duties, Mr Rennie scripting.
A Belardinelli wraparound cover, or star-scan of Ace Garp- one last time.