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Flippy Neck!
Nice work as always Radiator. And Bluemeanie, thats just awesome. As for all the pros---wow wow wow wow wow. What else can you say??
Thanks to everyone for everything!
10-10 til we do it again!!!

Gremlins!!!

Wow guys, thanks for all the kind words. I'm just glad you like it!
And Alski - yes, loooooooooots of droid hours, but reading all of these comments is more than enough reward for me (any my collaborators too, I'm sure).
Thanks guys!

Stapler?

[Bolt-01, mygrimmbrother, staticgirl, mitahane, Davey Candlish, Kevlev, Johnnystress, Ghostpockets, M.I.K, Dog Deever, Chris Askham, Elchivo, BMB, Crazyfoxmachine, conceptboy, Flip-R Mk2, krombasher, Steven Denton, Mike Carroll, Darren Stephens, Bhuna, Woolly, Professor Byah, Dark Jimbo, Cthulouis, Dave Hedmark and Chaingunchimp]

 
My turn, (and I'm a virgin to this so go easy on me)!

Seeing as the only thing I can really do creatively is string words together into reasonably interesting sentences, that's precisely what I decided to do for my contribution. Remember the old 'choose your own adventure' stories? Well, I've prepared one for you to read/play, that centres around a night at a 2000ad Christmas party, as you mingle with various characters, get involved in various situations, and just generally try to make it through the night. The rules are simple. DON'T get eaten by Zombo. DON'T send Slaine into a warp spasm. And, above all, DON'T piss off Judge Dredd. If you can manage all that, you MIGHT impress Tharg and be rewarded, you MAY score with a really hot chick (3 to choose from!), you MIGHT save one character from an old nemesis, and you COULD foil a devious plot to sabotage the party and blow everyone to smithereens! Depending on the choices you make and the way you progress through the story, there are a number of different objectives you can be presented with. There are also quite a few sticky endings you can come to if you don't choose carefully, so watch out!


When I decided to do this at the start of November, I realised early on that, in order to make it visually  interesting and not just blocks of text, it was going to need spot illustrations, so I sent out a call to arms to a number of fellow boarders, and, I have to say, was overwhelmed by the positive response and support I received.  To make this a funner experience – and add an extra level of entertainment - there are TWENTY-NINE brand-new and original illustrations by TWENTY-SEVEN of our fellow boarders accompanying the story. The thing is, they are specific to certain events that occur within  the story, so the choices you make and the way you progress will determine which ones you see. It's not possible to see all the illustrations on one read-through, nor even two, so there's a bit of a treasure hunt ahead of you here. And, believe me, there are some awesome pictures to be found. I would like to take this opportunity to give a big shout out to the wonderful artists who helped me out on this (and whose illustrations you will be searching for) so a great bit THANK YOU to:


Bolt-01, mygrimmbrother, staticgirl, mitahane, Davey Candlish, Kevlev, Johnnystress, Ghostpockets, M.I.K, Dog Deever, Chris Askham, Elchivo, BMB, Crazyfoxmachine, conceptboy, Flip-R Mk2, krombasher, Steven Denton, Mike Carroll, Darren Stephens, Bhuna, Woolly, Professor Byah, Dark Jimbo, Cthulouis, Dave Hedmark and Chaingunchimp  
(Additional props go to Mike Carroll for the wonderful logo he designed to accompany the adventure).


That said, and without further ado, I give you...


PARTY CRASH! THE 2000AD CHRISTMAS BLOWOUT, 2010! (By Invitation Only!)


I reeeeeally hope you enjoy this and have fun reading it. I had a lot of fun putting it together, though it was incredibly time-consuming and I had to restrain myself from going as wild with it as I would have liked. A single read-though can be anything from 4 to 20 installments, depending on the choices you make. There is one way to go that enables you to achieve all the objectives of the story, while others will yield just one, so hopefully I've created a good bit of re-read value here. Also, don't forget about tracking down all those pictures!


Enjoy and a very Happy Christmas to everyone!

If its Dublin I can do it...but I'll be in Japan until February...

Sorry Lady F, was hoping to have one called "The Starborn Frock" ready but alas and alack I never even got near to starting it due to a certain other writing project I've been involved in. If you check back tomorrow, you'll know what I'm talking about! Sorry again, normally Van Domication will resume next month.

Wowzers. Nice bloody work Emps/Bolt/Chi.... but this whole thread is just fantastic. Happy Christmas!

This looks great, Malcolm, thanks for putting it all together - when's the next one?!?

Woah, settle down there Ghosty! Van Domination?!?!? Yikes, I hope its as good as all that! (pressure....  )

As for everything else  - bloody hell what can I say. You're all amazing bastards! Well done everyone, this has to be thread of the year?


And Neil Ford - Sweet Jesus! You have heard there is an opening for a Slaine artist I take it....??

Got this today and just had a quick flick through - looks fab! This, plus the last 8 or 9 weeks of progs that Ihave fallen behind on - are going to tide me over nicely on the 12 hour flight to Tokyo I'm taking in a couple of weeks! 2000ad - Best in-flight entertainment ever!


PS to Tony Re Necrophim - Im one of the lovers and sad to hear this is the last book. I remember reading it was to be  a 3book series but didn't realise the prologue part counted as one of the books! Gah! Well, I'll enjoy it I'm sure! Thanks.

Jumping back on here for the first time in a couple days to play catch up - great stuff everyone! But...I can't see the pages Uncle Fester/Locusts. And I dont have firefox....

Fantastic! Just in time for Christmas!

Dave that is absolutely freaking awesome...but....check your messages!!!

(To explain my involvement in that pic, its for something special I am preparing for the 22nd.....so, em, just think of that as a little teaser please!!!)

Received my copy in the post today!
David - that is one seriously top class publication. It's just quality, from front to back, not a duff page in the thing. VERY happy to be involved with this. Well done to all my fellow contributors!

We have to do another! Seriously!!!

Anybody who hasn't ordered one of these - do it already. You won't regret it.