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If the phonebooks are replaced completely for Ace and SD then its a fine time to pass them on to others. Likewise Dante.

13 Slaine is way way too much. And I like Slaine.

Have we any indication what size the statues re yet? 1/6 1/8 1/12 ?

Wouldn't the complete Slaine be an awful lot of books?

Dante makes sense as its a complete story that pretty quickly became about moving the chess pieces around the board and tough if you hadn't read the prior moves. Slaine? Lots of that is stand alone material. One book per period would be more than enough (B&W, Bisley, Langley, Davis)

Jim - I think the Durham Red was 3 volumes (ie series) in one Book - its 37 issues of material so around 222 pages. Matt said something along the lines of 'that'll be one nice book'.

Its Flash Gordon stylings but that bit where hero guy gets out of the lake is totally Dredd. Full on don't try and stop me angry old man Dredd.

Starlight was very good but that was a mix of the fantastic art and Millar doing an old-man Dredd script.

Jupiters Legacy is obviously barnstorming but its pretty much down to a competent script meeting the joy of Quitely's art.

Would doubt either of those are high up the adaptation list given the costs each would involve.

So the next JD Mega Collection is 68 -meaning 12 (or 22 if you're planning on extending). Meaning 6 months (or 11 if extending). The Collection goes live end August. My JD stuff always arrived early in the month so I'd count that as  overlapping Septembers JD so approximately 10 issues of overlap or 5 months. But then if you were a test subscriber you get the first 3 free so overlap payments wise is 7 issues - 3.5 months. or 70 quid. Not great but liveable.

Does strike me as a complete incentive to jump ship off the Dredd collection at 80 tho.

Btw - for those in two minds and who didn't get the test run - these are absolutely lovely 2000AD reproductions - the best way the vast majority of these stories will ever appear in print.

2000ad needs Davy Francis.

Williams Dredd is miles beyond what anyone other than JW has managed.. The unrelenting fury of the man while constantly facing a city turned to crap. Rob Williams and Henry Flint is pure Dredd gold. Whereas the other Dredd world that has emerged post DoC is just so unremittingly meh.

Haven't read the whole of Battlefields,so I cant comment there,but we are never getting another Hitman(or even come close).
I respect Preacher and Punisher Max,but Hitman is the true magnum opus of Garth Ennis.

Couldn't disagree more. Rover Red Charlie and Dear Billy are by far his best work, the former relatively recent. Plus Sixpack & Dogwelder which recently wound up was great. Even A Train Called Love had a ton of solid jokes in it. Whereas little has dated as hard as Hitman.

Dullest aliens movie ever with an action hero who looks like Susan Calman.

Still the fight on the lifter was decent.

That was total bobbins.

Been a pretty great series until (except the assistant - rotten) but that was (1) cheap (let's all look at them looking at a special effect) (2) badly written (all the armies giving up based on a computer simulation and some watch tricks) and undercuts its own tension - let's face it if they can alter the Doctors physiology from a distance he's zero threat to them.

Still at least the 'next week' looked all V for Vendetta-ish fun.

What what......


http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/10/judge-dredd-tv-show/

It was a fantastic convention.

Id put a bet that the background art in the advert was Ted McKeever who was doing Plastic Forks for Epic at the same time and the go to guy for a murkier take on Sienkiewicz at the time (there really weren't many folk producing art that looked that way color wise at the time).

Cam tells the story about Kenny Who being all about a joke about a big two editor not knowing who he was and when introduced shouting 'Kenny Who?' at Wagner / him. This was when the Americans were looking to raid the UK talent pool and Wagner / Grant / Kennedy were pitching for a deal. He never mentioned the copying element so doubt that was part of the real-life contribution to the story.

Cept it wasn't a clicker... Least not on the ipad.


Superhero audiences are so needy... US comics has lots of cops that deserve a place on the list for being, ya know, actual cops rather than superheroes. Diana Cyprus from the fantastic, and just completed, Revival for one. Rick Grimes comes to mind too of we're ignoring cops-doing-cop-stuff.