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Im sure its not intended as such,but Greysuit is downright hilarious.With its talk about Twitter and Tor and Dark Web.Its CSI Cyber on crack. 

Put like that, it sounds more like having your Grandad quoting stuff he's vaguely heard that the young people are into.

I think there's a fault with my Prog supplier, as my weekly Prog comes not with the 'masterful storytelling' version of Grey Suit, but with a version which is brick-to-the-face subtle and possibly the single worst strip to appear in the Prog this decade.

Just saw the TV advert for the first time too.

Like many people, I'll probably dip in and out of this range, with the prospect of a complete run of Nikolai Dante in hardback being almost too good to be true.

If we're only talking physical books then 'The Red Seas' would qualify, even though that's had numerous digital collection.

Of course, if we're being really pedantic that's not true either... 😉

I'm refusing to see the paperback edition as anything more than an extended reprint of the hardback.

Thanks for the recommendations creeps! by one and done, I also meant strips that only have one graphic novel to their name.

That.... is quite a different question in the context of 2000 AD. You can call Flesh 'one and done' in that context.

If we're only talking physical books then 'The Red Seas' would qualify, even though that's had numerous digital collection.

Really love that cover. Perfectly captures the spirit of the strip itself.

Here's some I've read this year...

Leviathan
Necronauts
Stone island
Maze world
Glimmer rats
(just ordered Carver Hale)

I'd say my favourite from that list is Glimmer rats. Any other good ones not on my list?

Stone Island had two series.

[Greysuit]

Greysuit:  I should keep my mouth shut here, I really should, but I'm in a bad humour and I do not like this strip.  It's childish rubbish, and not in a good way, and so far beneath Pat's abilities that I keep imagining Tharg finding it in one of Steve McManus' compulsory-publish inventory drawers. 

Among this week's bowler-hatted parade of stupidity, we have the death of a national celebrity during/following a burglary, where no autopsy was carried out, and no mortician was engaged.  Now goodness knows this is small beer compared to invisible ninjas and psychologically-induced invulnerability, but when the strip is about covert assassins and establishment cover-ups, I think it's reasonable to expect that bit at least to be vaguely thought out. 

Dear Tharg, please release Higgins to draw something worthy of his talents, and get Pat back on Savage.

I'd presume that the EVIL POWERS THAT BE can easily dodge/fake or buy out the relevant parties?

I'm working on the assumption that this was all just a dream Pat Mills had.

The first ten books are in English in Panini graphic novels. But the last one was a few years ago.

I think Taryn's talking about the Claudia spinoff.

Indeed I am. The regular Requiem books are sitting on my bookshelf, so I'm very much aware of their existence.

In terms of the Claudia spin-off, I was one of a few lucky people who happened to be on Facebook when Pat Mills did a live Q and A on his page a few months back. I asked him about Chevalier Vampire Knight then, and if I remember rightly, he answered that any potential English translations might well be digital only releases.

Very true.

Although on the other hand, the less time he spends writing for 2000AD, the more time he'll have to finally write the next chapter of Requiem Vampire Knight...

Which in my opinion is perhaps his finest work post-millennium. I'm always a little saddened that Requiem Vampire Knight isn't a 2000AD strip, as it would likely appear more regularly then. Plus, there's the spin off, Chevalier Vampire Knight, which has yet to (and may never) get translated into English.

For my money the Pat Mills slot (and lets face it's 90% of the year there's at least one Mills strip running) is the dud slot. Some are worse then others, but they are blur into each other these days. The latest Defoe ended with Defoe telling a kid not to trust the press as its controlled by the government, and Grey Suit starts up talking about how the truth will be suppressed by the government and only exist on the dark web.

They're all just different variantions on the same theme! I guess I just don't see the appeal any more.

I generally enjoy Pat Mills present-day contributions to the Prog, so I really don't mind his being a frequent name in the credits box.
That being said, Grey Suit is utterly woeful. You can't please all the people, all the time, etc...

Does anyone know the reason for this gap? I don't think I've seen it mentioned anywhere.

Not sure Taryn, but it's a safe guess that there was a delay with the artwork.
I know that Jimmy Broxton currently has a stint on Vampirella, so that could have been the reason.

It'd be great if he sticks around as an Art Droid after the first series of Hope finishes, I'd love to see more of his work on Dredd and Sinister Dexter.

That was more or less what I'd assumed too. Thank you.

I'm sure I read somewhere that there will be new material included in the Redux. Yes, the original game is being remade in its entirety, but I think there's going to be some new stuff in there too.

Does anyone know the reason for this gap? I don't think I've seen it mentioned anywhere.

Tharg can say what he likes in the Nerve Centre; it's his comic. I hope he changed his sex just to piss you off.

Do we even know that Tharg isn't already short for Thargret?