Megazine Thrills to Graphic Novel

DavidXBrunt · 20 May, 2006, 01:12:21 AM

There's enough McNulty material for a decent first volume with everything up to Killudon. Thats's three three parters and a six parter in blakc and white and the option for two colour episodes as well. For Me Killudon seemed to wrap up the first arc of the story and makes sense for a finale for volume 1.

IndigoPrime · 20 May, 2006, 01:17:37 AM

:: I assume I'm the only person interested ?n seeing
:: Harmony collected (as an EE).

Not really?I stated earlier that "Likewise, I was always rather fond of the Harmony series, but that, too, is better EE fodder".

Good point about the extras: if page count allows, some covers are always a nice addition. And if there's time, the odd sketch book/interview/overview from the creators is a great thing to have (think of the Hellboy books and how well this works).

As for David's McNulty idea, I'm hardly a big fan of that character, but wouldn't mind seeing such a collection. However, I'd definitely prefer to see Strontium Dog collected up until The Final Solution first.

paulvonscott · 20 May, 2006, 01:19:22 AM

Hmmm... the more I think about it, the more THE MEG FILES idea appeals to me as a megazine colour companion to the case files. I'd rather buy them than hunt down loads of megazines in which the Wagner Dredd story is the only thing I can be bothered to read (based on other people's tetimonies of what it used to be like while I was away). Pure unrefined Dredd which a limited number of people have seen...

Also, I'd like to echo other comments I've heard that it's very hard to knock the current rather astounding GN run from Rebellion. It's amazing stuff.

Art · 20 May, 2006, 01:24:42 AM

we like "DVD-extra's"

I don't, I think they're a waste of pages and should be used only as filler where extra pages are required for technical reasons.

ukdane · 20 May, 2006, 01:41:13 AM

tsk, ok
... we prefer things to be cheaper
but you get bonus marks for including "free" extras.

(Art, if you had the choice of buying your favourite DVD, where one had extras, and the other didn't but they cost the same, which would you go for? Anyway, aren't you more droid than fan now? ;-) )

Carlsborg Expert · 20 May, 2006, 02:02:34 AM

I'd like to see Bato Loco(?)

He looks quite odd tpb and I don't know if there are enough stories to fill.

But he looks fun and probably make a neat little trade.

The Adventurer · 20 May, 2006, 02:03:17 AM

Since we're talking what kind of extras we'd like in Rebellion TP. I'd like to see Forwords and Afterwords in my TPs. I'd really like to see the thoughts of guys like John Wagner on the particular collection being reprinted.

A "Commentary" track if you will.

Covers and stuff are nice too, but I can live without them. I really just like to see "technical" behind the scenes stuff as extras myself.

Marbles · 20 May, 2006, 02:03:41 AM

Lenny Zero !!!!!!

Simping Detective

Koburn

Pete Wells · 20 May, 2006, 02:18:40 AM

Hmmm, I really like a Case Files approach to collecting the Dredd stories within the Meg. If not, then definately pick the cream of Wagner's Megazine Dredd tales into one or more big fat books.

Pete.

The Amstor Computer · 20 May, 2006, 03:39:29 AM

Oooh... a suggestion box!

Right, some of what I'm listing may already be in the pipeline, or mentioned above but I'll pop it here for completeness' sake:

JUDGE DREDD: MECHANISMO
US FORMAT

Mechanismo - 54pp
Mechanismo Returns - 45pp
Mechanismo: Bodycount - 65pp

Text epilogue explaining the link to Wilderlands
Cover gallery (Megs 2.12, 2.22, 2.25, 2.41 and 2.43)

JUDGE DREDD: WILDERLANDS
US FORMAT

Conspiracy of Silence - 24pp
Prologue - 9pp
The Tenth Planet - 46pp
Wilderlands - 112pp
The Candidates - 18pp
Farewell to the Chief - 9pp

Text prologue recapping the Mechanismo story-so-far
Cover gallery (Progs 893, 905, 907, 909, 911, 914 and 916. Megs 2.57, 2.58, 2.62, 2.65 and 2.67)

JUDGE DREDD: LIFE IN THE BIG MEG
US FORMAT

Bury My Knee at Wounded Heart - 9pp
Howler - 36pp
The Secret Life of Judge Pal - 19pp
The Boston Crab - 7pp
No More Jimmy Deans - 17pp
Stone Killer - 15pp
A Death in the Family - 15pp
Who's Wally - 6pp
Apetown - 15pp
There Be Dragons - 15pp
I, Jovis - 15pp
J.D. Megson - 15pp
Ten Years - 12pp
The Girlfriend - 12pp
Phartz! - 20pp
Crime of Passion - 12pp
Turkey Shoot - 16pp
Meat Patrol - 8pp
Flood's Thirteen - 36pp

Cover gallery (Megs 2.56, 3.43, 3.47, 3.51, 3.60, 3.63, 3.70 and 213)

JUDGE DREDD: THE TAXIDERMIST
US FORMAT

The Taxidermist - 26pp
Return of the Taxidermist - 80pp
Revenge of the Taxidermist - 18pp

Cover gallery (Prog 507 and Meg 2.38)

JUDGE DREDD: AMERICA
US FORMAT

America - 62pp
Fading of the Light - 48pp

Cover gallery (Megs 1.07, 3.20, 3.23 and 3.25. Classic 2000AD 1. America - Fleetway and Titan editions)

THE SIMPING DETECTIVE
US FORMAT

Gumshoe - 6pp
Crystal Blue - 24pp
Innocence: A Broad - 24pp
Playing Futsie - 24pp
Fifteen - 8pp
Petty Crimes - 15pp
Dorks of War - 6pp

Scripts
Sketchbook
Cover gallery (Megs 222, 226 and 234)

CURSED EARTH KOBURN: KUSS HARD
US FORMAT

Sturm und Dang - 24pp
Kuss Hard - 23pp
Burial Party - 8pp
The Assizes - 8pp
Malachi - 32pp
+ Any future stories

Sketchbook
Cover gallery (Megs 221, 239 and 244)

LENNY ZERO: DEAD ZERO
EURO FORMAT

Lenny Zero - 10pp
Dead Zero - 20pp
Wipeout - 16pp

Scripts
Sketchbook
Cover gallery (4.02 and 4.14)

AL'S BABY
US FORMAT

Al's Baby - 94pp
Blood on the Bib - 72pp
Public Enemy No. 1 - 60pp

Cover gallery (Megs 1.04, 1.15, 2.16, 2.21 and 2.24)
Pin-up gallery (featuring the various pin-up illos of Al & son Carlos drew for the Meg)

BLACK SIDDHA: BAD KARMA
US FORMAT

Bad Karma - 46pp
Kali Yuga - 48pp
Return of the Jester - 48pp (assuming a similar "book" length)

Introduction from Pat Mills
Sketchbook
Cover gallery (Megs 202 and 245 - give me a shout if you need the art for 202 ;-))

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That's all I can come up with at the moment, but there's still some material worth collecting from the Meg that I haven't listed here (Missionary Man in particular)

Dark Jimbo · 20 May, 2006, 03:44:35 AM

Cor - there haven't really been many particularly classic series in fifteen years, have there? What the hell was it printing on its pages all those years?

The Amstor Computer · 20 May, 2006, 03:47:52 AM

What was it printing? A lot of rubbish, some real gems (a few of which have already been reprinted) and a lot of decent, but not collection-friendly material.

paulvonscott · 20 May, 2006, 03:48:58 AM

Any prospective Meg Files could kick off with the classic colour annual and special strips, or use them as extras.

Bico · 20 May, 2006, 03:49:54 AM

I'd like to see a complete Doomsday reprint, as I haven't read the Megazine portion of the story.
For purely financial reasons, a reprint of Sleeze 'n' Ryder would be a good idea

/puts on riot gear

because then you could sell it off the back of Garth Ennis' current fame. Or blackmail him into writing something else in exchange for SNR never, ever being reprinted again - though he might very well see this as the bluff it is, considering the low quality of the strip (and he should know).

IndigoPrime · 20 May, 2006, 04:09:35 AM

:: as I haven't read the Megazine portion of the story

FWIW, Doomsday for Mega-City 1's still in-print -- you can get it from Amazon for under nine quid.

Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0600603067/qid=1148072883/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-8616416-1714810" target="_blank">Amazon linky