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This has just come down the pipe:

Dear All,

Com.x is excited to announce the April, 2012 digital release of The Last American written by John Wagner (Judge Dredd, A History of Violence) and Alan Grant (Judge Dredd, 2000AD) with art by Mike McMahon (Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors, Slaine).

This collected edition will be available on three major digital platforms, and priced at $4.99 for 128-pages. If you missed Com.x's collected edition 8-years ago, or the original Epic 4-issue in 1990, this is perhaps the best opportunity to read a book Innovative and groundbreaking on its initial release, its message and tone still completely relevant in today's political and social climate.

Review copies are available if you're unfamiliar or interested in reviewing.

Best,

Benjamin Shahrabani

Did anyone ever manage to pick up a copy of the trade? I can't even find the previous version on Amazon.

Chapter 3:

www.crossedcomic.com/webcomic/volume-1-chapter-3/

Brilliant!! That is a pack of scurvy dogs if ever I saw one. Round 'em all up and throw away the key!!

yup sorry emperor too funny! But all you guys implied I wasn't worth shaving for so you're all monsters too!  X

You ruled us out so quickly we didn't even get around to the question of shaving...

there's not a razor sharp enough to make me wanna date you V But I'm very proud of your wife for taking the bullet for woman kind x

So now you don't like beards again?

Confusing troll is confusing

The crew at 2000AD are bringing four of their most zarjaz creators to Orbital Comics on Saturday April 7 to celebrate the release of their new book, Mega-City Undercover 2.

Rob Williams, Simon Coleby, D'Israeli and Rufus Dayglo will all be on hand to sign and sketch for you, followed by a Q&A to discuss the new book and other projects.

2000AD  are arranging giveaways for a few lucky participants, so make sure you don't miss out on this truly mega event! Signing starts at 4pm followed by Q&A at 6pm.

www.orbitalcomics.com/blog/2012/03/11/mega-city-undercover-2-signing-sketching-and-qa/

Cheers for that comprehensive list Emperor, despite the 3 double ports currently working their way through my liver, I think I'll pass on the Amazon collection...£79 is about half a trillion Euro at current exchange rates!
You're right though, better (and cheaper) to build a collection; I've got Imprint, Ichi, Audition, Three Extremes and One Missed Call...buying Visitor Q & Dead or Alive next.

Might want to skip Dead or Alive for now and go for something like Gozu (the literal translation of the Japanese title is "Grand Theatre of Perversion and Fear: Cow's Head").

Thanks for the tip - I have been looking for the perfect gift that my god-daughter will love and my mate will hate, this seems to be it.

It's not really a question of hate, more one of financial terror.  Have you seen the caravan set?  Have you?

I am blissfully ignorant of this entire phenomenon.

[Emp edit: du du du du der ]

It's been over a decade but just saying "Who are Kofi and Anne?" still gets a laugh amongst my mates.


Another stupid thing I was reminded of in chat tonight - quite a few people say they won't watch films with subtitles and perhaps they are slow readers and don't want to admit it, but I knew someone who said that they'd never watch a black and white film, which seems perverse.

I think Watch is 4 or 5 episodes into the first series.

So far it has been... OK, nothing that makes me want to pin my scrotum to the couch with a fork and I think I've watched each episode, but haven't been seeking them out (Watch just repeats them so much it is easy enough to stumble across one).

My baby brother, in his infinite wisdom, bought my daughter a Sylvanian* Families starter set, opening us up to endless, simply endless future expense and foot injury.  She, of course, adores it, as do I.  But the true nightmare has only just been exposed.  A ill-judged google reveals that one set is a toyshop that sells Sylvanian Families houses.  Infinite recursion for anthropomorphic woodland creatures.  The horror.





*For some reason my wife and I have always called these 'Lesbanian Families', and it is an ongoing struggle not to continue to do so.

Thanks for the tip - I have been looking for the perfect gift that my god-daughter will love and my mate will hate, this seems to be it.

I don't think this is the revelation space universe.

That's because it isn't.

Here are the Revelation Space books:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space_universe

And the standalone ones:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Reynolds#Other

[2000 AD:]

2000 AD:

Lenny Zero: title TBC by Andy Diggle/Jock(?) - starts TBC

Update:

Lenny Zero: Zero's 7 by Andy Diggle/Ben Willsher - starts TBC

Also do we know it'll be in the prog?

[CBR News: You and Jock have a long history together. How'd you first meet?]

Another interview with Andy Diggle about Snapshot and it is good to hear the slush pile works:

CBR News: You and Jock have a long history together. How'd you first meet?

Andy Diggle: I was the assistant editor of British sci-fi anthology comic "2000 AD" back in the late '90s, and one of my responsibilities was reviewing the unsolicited writing and art submissions -- the "slush pile" -- which was literally three feet high when I first arrived. We found a few rubies in the dust during that time -- Frazer Irving, Mike Carey, Laurence Campbell, Boo Cook -- and Jock was one of them. He'd done this amazing Dredd headshot which just knocked me out. As soon as I was given editorial responsibility for "2000 AD's" sister title, the "Judge Dredd Megazine," I hired him to draw an episode.

...

Let's get into your first big project of 2012, then. What's the premise of "Snapshot?"

It's a thriller about this ordinary kid, Jake, who works in a comic store in San Francisco. He finds a lost phone lying in the park, and is horrified to discover it's full of digital snapshots of a murder victim. Then the phone starts to ring.

The phone was used by a professional hit-man to take "proof of kill" photos before disposing of the bodies -- and he wants it back! Jake suddenly finds himself framed for murder and hunted by this ruthless assassin. And that's just the first half of the first issue. There are a lot of twists and turns that I don't want to spoil

...

Before I knew it, I'd written several pages of detailed notes, and happily scampered downstairs to tell my wife that a complete movie outline had suddenly downloaded itself into my brain. Act structure, plot twists, everything. The digital camera had quickly morphed into a mobile phone, opening up all sort of dramatic possibilities. I even had the perfect title: "Snapshot."

I planned to write it as a spec screenplay. I knew there was little chance of actually selling it, but I thought it'd make a decent writing sample. And then, of course, I made the classic mistake -- I told Jock the story down the pub. He shot back with, "Mate, I'd love to draw that!"

Why hadn't I thought of that? It made perfect sense to do it as a creator-owned comic. And when Jock says he wants to draw your story, you say yes!

It'll run as eight 14-page episodes in the "Megazine," which we'll double up as four 28-page issues for the direct market. Short and sweet. I think the four-issue mini is probably my favorite format.

...

Once "Snapshot" is wrapped, will you be contributing any more stories to "2000 AD" or the "Judge Dredd Megazine" in the near future?

Yeah, I've just done an old-school "Rogue Trooper" story with Colin Wilson for "2000 AD's" 35thbirthday issue, and I'm finally writing the sequel to "Lenny Zero." It only took me 10 years to get around to it! It's called "Zero's 7," a crime caper with a Mega-City One twist. Lenny recruits this oddball gang of perps to steal a billon creds from Justice Department, itself. The crew includes a sentient polar bear, a robotic ATM called Johnny Cash and one or two familiar faces from the history of Dredd's world. Ben Willsher's drawing it. I'm having fun with it, and I think it shows.

...

Finally, why do you love "2000 AD" and the "Judge Dredd Megazine" so much? When you talk to of Andy Diggle who may not have ever read either book, how do you sell them on them on trying the anthology format in order to experience "Snapshot?"

It's impossible to overstate the influence "2000 AD" has had on a whole generation of British comics and British comics creators. This is obviously a broad generalization, but you could argue that if American superhero comics are about hero worship, British comics like "2000 AD" are about iconoclasm -- questioning authority, subverting orthodoxy and championing the underdog. There is no "house style" for "2000 AD," which has always encouraged its writers and artists to develop their own voice, their own style. It's fast, dense, smart, weird, funny and incredibly violent. Really, what more could you want from your comics?

www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=37830

Damn, it won't let me in. Something about 'no media servers available'

I think that translates as: Keep trying.

I done went and split off this new thread. Worth it as I imagine there is quite a bit of crossover with 2000AD readers.