However my day off work sick has been truly brightened by the Christmas Mega-Prog. Hurrah and Huzzah!
Spoilers follow -
Dredd - Solid story made memorable by some lovely art work.
Red Seas - All that was enjoyable about the last series in a fine opening installment. I'm not best keen on the word 'romp' but it describes this well.
Monsters of Rock - Heh heh heh.
Slaine - More of the same as the last time we saw him but at least the arts a lot clearer. I'll probably need to reread this before the next part. Last panel rivals Durham Red though...
Sinister Dexter - I know I'll get a pasting for this but I really enjoyed this. Laughed out loud several times and have a silly smile on my face as I think about it. Great illos too.
Cabalistics - As ever the plot moves on apace. More and more revalations and changes. There's no such thing as status quo in this strip. Which is great, obviously.
Robo-Hunter - Very funny. Stogie in the hood made me laugh. The art is by Gibson and is therefore perfect.
The V.C.'s - After the cliff-hanger ending of the last series the V.C.'s are in dire straits and the series looks all the stronger for it. Should make for an interesting third series.
Nikolai Dante - Possibly the highlight of the prog. Old faces return, Dante gets a crew and things move on. The adventures of Nikolai Dante look set to build up speed again after a slow couple of years. Looking forwards to the return.
Sundry goodies - Both star scans look great, and the text of Shako made me laugh. The Flint pages were an improvement on the last one. I'd love to see more of these in the weekly.
Christmas Prog - After last years slightly dissapointing end of year prog and a less that superb recent run I'd say things are looking up. There's not a single strip in the next line up that I'm not looking forwards to and it's not often you can say that.
Prog 2004 overall rating - ZARJAZ!!!
Spoilers follow -
Dredd - Solid story made memorable by some lovely art work.
Red Seas - All that was enjoyable about the last series in a fine opening installment. I'm not best keen on the word 'romp' but it describes this well.
Monsters of Rock - Heh heh heh.
Slaine - More of the same as the last time we saw him but at least the arts a lot clearer. I'll probably need to reread this before the next part. Last panel rivals Durham Red though...
Sinister Dexter - I know I'll get a pasting for this but I really enjoyed this. Laughed out loud several times and have a silly smile on my face as I think about it. Great illos too.
Cabalistics - As ever the plot moves on apace. More and more revalations and changes. There's no such thing as status quo in this strip. Which is great, obviously.
Robo-Hunter - Very funny. Stogie in the hood made me laugh. The art is by Gibson and is therefore perfect.
The V.C.'s - After the cliff-hanger ending of the last series the V.C.'s are in dire straits and the series looks all the stronger for it. Should make for an interesting third series.
Nikolai Dante - Possibly the highlight of the prog. Old faces return, Dante gets a crew and things move on. The adventures of Nikolai Dante look set to build up speed again after a slow couple of years. Looking forwards to the return.
Sundry goodies - Both star scans look great, and the text of Shako made me laugh. The Flint pages were an improvement on the last one. I'd love to see more of these in the weekly.
Christmas Prog - After last years slightly dissapointing end of year prog and a less that superb recent run I'd say things are looking up. There's not a single strip in the next line up that I'm not looking forwards to and it's not often you can say that.
Prog 2004 overall rating - ZARJAZ!!!
