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What about the short story comp? Will that be moved here as well? Just so I know where to look.

Sorry I missed your reply in the other thread - luckily the link is in your sig so VinceBot can grab it from there. If you want others moved across then throw the links in here and they can all be done in a batch.

Just a couple of quick thoughts:

• If you see an artist in the small press you think might fit your ideas then I'd imagine there are folks here with the contacts to get a note passed on to them. Of course, if you know of anyone who is interested then point them here (or at the Down the Tubes thread if they don't like the smell)
• Don't be shy about asking for help - we cna probably rummage up people who can help with most things. I am happy to read through any scripts, Jim has volunteered for lettering if he isn't too busy and I'm sure we can find more.

Following discussion here it seems the consensus is that (if they aren't going to have their own forum soon) it makes sense to have the art competition threads in here. This is the current one:

http://2000adonline.com/forum/index.php/topic,25719.0.html

I'm sure someone will be able to dig out the older ones to also move over here.

What about something simpler, like the Judge Child's birthmark?

Crave - Just be grateful I didn't want one on my arse.

Its still a hairy enough canvas Like I can talk - my back hair ha its own nickname. 

I can't claim to kknow what is going on but:

http://powwkipsie.blogspot.com/

Iain Laurie has a wonderfully diseased Kevin O'Neill feel to his work and you can find more here:
http://powwkipsieneeeewwwsss.blogspot.com/
http://getsomeblackcape.blogspot.com/
http://roachwell.blogspot.com/

Neil Roberts work has previously been seen by the readers of FutureQuake and Zarjaz. Oh yes, he's making a go for it! He was last seen illustrating the return of the visible man in Zarjaz 07 and is currently working on some more strips for us.

He also paints many of the covers for the Black Library for GWorkshop in the style he used for this cover.

His comics credits can be seen here and you can check out his work on his site:

http://www.skinnyelbows.com/index.asp

While his B&W work is great (and with his foot in the door I can't see he can't get inside one of Tharg's mighty organs in the near future) it is his colour work that really knocks it out of the park and I'd lay good money on him getting an Inssurection 2 cover when that returns to the Meg.

Well perhaps not for good, but it seems the Americans have cottoned on to how very good he is. His dance card is pretty full at DC (he has a 3-issue storyline for Batman and Robin in the pipeline) and he has picked up other work from ASP (there is also Gutsville to finish lest we forget).

If you liked Necronauts check out Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained, another comic book adventure of Charles Fort also illustrated by Fraze (and includes a young Lovecraft as a sidekick). Not as good as Necronauts but still interesting and the art is as lush (although the trade paperback isn't as slick as the Rebellion one).

Erm... I thought every one knew? I mean, I assumed that I wasn't the only one on the Bad signal and TBH most people here just nod, smile nervously and back away when I tell them stuff... I suppose it would be a bad thing to point out you can buy the first two Volumes and the third one is imminently about to be released from Avatar? Or he has some thing called Ignition City also from Avatar that you will appreciate if you like the old Buster Crabb Flash Gordon and Buck Rodgers serials? Um... Right. Sorry.

Indeed. He is hammering them out at the moment over at Avatar - I think it siuts him as he never seemed one to hang around on an ongoing and this way he can fire out wild ideas as they ignite his brian box.

Obligatory Wikipedia links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreakAngels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_City

I would also imagine folks here would like Anna Mercury, I'm also following Gravel and will get around to checking out No Hero and Doktor Sleepless at someone point (I'm still unsure about Black Summer - anyone read it?)

I'm also looking forward to "Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island" (if it is half as good as its name them its going to be great) and also "Supergod" could be interesting.

So now no one can say they haven't been told.

It might be a good idea.  Personally I'd be more for the art and writing competitions to have their own section (along with the voting threads).

Moving the threads here could be a step on the road to them having their own dedicated forum - it would certainly help stop the threads getting drowned in a host of threads in the more general forums.

I would recommend speaking to Jim to see if he had any thoughts or plans for the competition as he is the one currently running these and he has a better overview of the situation.

Grimm, don't bother with a mouse. Save your money and go for a Wacom tablet that comes with a mouse (when you've got the cash, obviously).

Wise words, mate! Someone described drawing with a mouse as being like painting with a brick, and that's about right, frankly.

I knew someone who did everything with a Trackball and found the move to a Wacom more than a little liberating.

The best advice from those who use them a lot are that you should try and get the best one you can afford but it is worth having a practice on one to see how big your brush strokes are because that can help you decide if you need a large one or if a smaller pad will suffice.

But I now find it hard to justify when I find myself turning over large sections when I come across the repeated drivel which is The Red Seas and Dafoe. (Tharg does realise the Pirates of the Caribbean phenomenon is over doesnt he?)

Each to their own I suppose (I really like them both), and that is the beauty f an anthology, but for the record The Red Seas was out before the PotC film and long since moved on from there into a wilder and richer story.

Absolutely Gav. If I was going to recommend one to start with it wouldn't necessarily be the first "Culture" book "Consider Phlebas", I'd go for "Use of Weapons" or maybe even "Excession". The non "Culture" books are all good as well, "Feersum Endjinn" is great fun, and "The Algebraist" is a fantastic story. I prefer his SF stuff but then I'm a science fiction fan. Geek, I believe the modern term is.

In the Culture novels I tend to hit people with "Player of Games" and "Use of Weapons" first. That tends to work for all but the sci-fiphobic and should ease people into the Culture so the other books will make more sense.

With the non-Culture books "Feersum Endjinn"'s language can put people off, so I used to go for "Against a Dark Background" but "The Algebraist" is a damn fine novel (and AaDB is now falling apart it has been read by so many people) but I'd need to find more people annoy before I can use that as my non-Culture introduction.

Iain M. Banks is a great "gateway" author. If folks enjoy that and want something a little harder then I point them to the slabs of Alastair Reynold's (pretty much everything in chronological order) and if they are looking for something a bit more space operay then it is over to Peter F. Hamilton (Night's Dawn and then The Commonwealth Saga). If they were looking for something smaller scale and more personal then they could try Ken MacLeod.

Of course, if they don't like M. Banks' books despite my best efforts then you have to get creative. Despite my enthusiasm China Miéville's Bas-Lag books can be a tricky sell to your average 'civilian' with its mix of sci-fi, fantasy and horror but if you are reading this then I think you'll like them if you haven't tried them already (which reminds me that I should get The City & the City now I'm working through my backlog - it sounds great). If all else fails Tim Powers usually works - my Dad enjoyed Declare and I can't think I've convinced him of anything else.

Steve Holland has given some details on the 2000 AD Phantom Patrol reprints:

Although the stories featured in The Phantom Patrol first appeared back in 1962-63, many readers only know them from the pages of 2000AD Annual where three storylines were reprinted in the editions dated 1979-1981. Not many people are aware that these stories were abridged and had artwork redrawn or otherwise altered to make the story fit the pages available.

Including shuffling panels around and missing out an important panel.

http://bearalleybooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/phantom-patrol-2000ad-reprints.html

Why has Dredd got a tube of lube?

With a chin that size he definitely need his lotion.

New Fargo brand Chinscreen, for when your helmet just doesn't cut the mustard.*

*Public health warning: Do not attempt to cut mustard with your helmet, especially that wholegrain French muck.

No, the script isn't online, sorry. I only have a printed copy of it.

OK no worries.

What I'll do is go through what you've done and get my thoughts straight, then see how it worked in prog 1607 to compare and contrast the two.