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[Red Razors]

Like some others I missed most of the 90s.

Reprint I most wish I hadn't bought: Red Razors (lazy writing)

Current story that irritates me: Slaine (the same thing every time)

Story I broke my "you bought it, you read it" policy for: Tank Girl (yawn!)

worst story since I returned: Space Girls (a wretchedly stupid idea)

some of you might remember this one but it was in Starlord so it kinda counts and when I read it again recently I realised that it was totally the pits and some might think the title is a bit offensive, too: Holocaust (alien mice from the Moon try to take over the world)

That's five, isn't it?

Fare point, but I was actually referring to [spoiler]Anderson being a cadet in it[/spoiler]. I do think nearly everyone has giving into temptation and read the script at this stage, so it really doesn't matter. Now where did that Yeti go?

No I fucking haven't but thanks for that. Maybe I can return the favour one day?

Last one.

I think that describes Sinister Dexter more than it does Dante tbh - !

Yeah, but I hate Sin/Dex - makes it difficult to take the piss out of them.

[vulgar]

Jesse 'fucking' Custer.

I just completed my first full read of Preacher.  What an over-rated mess that was.

I have not and never will venture anywhere near Preacher. Overheard the guy who runs our local comic shop outlining the plot to one of his customers a while back, and my blood ran cold.

No sir. That story is not for me.

I made a concerted effort to get into Preacher a year or 2 ago. I ended up buying and reading the first 4 volumes but gave up in the end because it's just so vulgar, juvenile and desperate to shock in the most peurile way possible. As Tordelback says, there are decent moments and the art is great but it just pissed me off too much to continue reading it.

It's, to me, the best (worst) example of something that's 'INTENDED FOR MATURE READERS!' which is actually more suited to the more immature, adolescent reader who'll be impressed by this over the top nonsense. I'm no prude, far from it, but, as Paul Scott and I agreed at Thought Bubble on Saturday, Preacher is basically just vulgar.

A while ago I tried reading some non- 2000 AD comics for the first time in many years.

Unfortunately, I picked Preacher and killed the project stone cold dead.

Repetitive, boring, repetitive, tedious and repetitive.

I agree that although America is all kinds of arsom, it isn't a book I'd give to someone to introduce them to the character.

You have a point there.

I've actually forgotten to read half of this week's prog, there's nothing I really look forward to reading in the current line up.

I thought Dredd was pretty funny.

I did think that originally . I guess he meant post 'September 11th' terrorist fear, which after a way it is.

Yeah, like the threat of terrorism has totally gone away since then.

Anyway, my totally boring choices:

America
Total War
The Pit

My last two. Then I have to do some work.

With a zillion apologies to to Sr Ezquearra.

Note: I can't draw a straight line WITH a ruler.

I'm guessing that cloning is really expensive and MC1 is feeling the credit crunch.

I've always liked the idea that there's an evil gene lurking in the Fargo DNA. Rico II seems a lot more laid back than Dredd, I've been waiting for him to turn bad.

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A History of Christianity by Diarmid MacCulloch - very thorough.