Let's Constructively criticize a former droid then (Millar of course)

[Richmond Clements]

Yup, we gave him (the SFX guy) copies of the books, and they ended up as fanzine of the month, I believe...

[WoD]

Every one we've given them became fanzine of the month...should send em some more if we have any left.

[Art]

Given his later work I wonder how much of the populist, topical stuff in Big Dave was Millars influence.

BRING BACK BIG DAVE!

[Richmond Clements]

Given his later work I wonder how much of the populist, topical stuff in Big Dave was Millars influence.

BRING BACK BIG DAVE!


Yeah, good point. I think we (that is I) kind of assumed Morrison was the Eric Morcambe, the Stan Laurel, the Dustin Gee of that partnership. But looking at Dave, or even Manic 5 (which I also liked)- he was really writing superhero punch ups all along.

And I would like to echo the sentiment:

BRING BACK BIG DAVE!

[WoD]

Ahem...Zarjaz...

[Richmond Clements]

He's creator owned, I'm afraid.

[Woolly]

I know im in a *serious* minority here, but i'll always stand by Purgatory (and Morrison's Inferno).

I don't think of them as canon Dredd stories, but the pure hollywood tone of the writing, plus some of Carlos' greatest Dredd artwork, works as a perfect antidote to the Dredd movie, IMHO.

(I do agree that all his other Dredd's stank though!)

And count another vote for the return of Big Dave!

[WoD]

Didn't realise RAC...shame.

[dweezil2]

Doesn't mean he couldn't resurrect the character for another publisher and considering the flack it took when it was printed in 2000ad, that's probably a good thing.

[JayzusB.Christ]

I liked Inferno too; not so much Purgatory. Here's a pleasant little anecdote to show how much Purgatory stretched credibility.
A co-worker of mine worked in a metal foundry in the States, where a huge vat of melted iron was being lifted by a crane. The crane jerked and spilt a huge blob of metal on some poor chap. By the time it splashed to the ground there was literally nothing there any more. The chap was vapourised.
And there's Governer Kurtz crawling out of a lake of melted iron with a meathook in his back.

Anyway, what exactly did Mark Millar say about 2000ad when he slagged it off?

[Bongo Jack]

I could have done without reading that anecdote.  All the same, Miller is hardly to blame for coming up with that kind of howler - the movie Krull did something vaguely similar back in the 1980s, but with molten rock that didn't melt a chap's arm when he plunged it into a river of lava to grab a fancy ninja super-shuriken.  I'm no scientist, but I have a vague feeling that rock melts at a higher temperature than metal.  Also, despite being about five when I first saw that movie, I remember thinking "how can he even get that close to lava without burning?" - and thus my inner nerd was born.

I've been having a quiet night in with my weekly comics pickup, and Miller's 1985 is good fun - especially so if you've never seen (or heard the basic premise of) the film Monster Squad.  I thought about halfway through "The Hulk's gonna show up like Frankenstein's Monster did in Monster Squad, and the kids who are really into comics will find him."
I was not wrong.
Still, at least he's moved on from The Hills Have Eyes and the movies of John Carpenter to more kid-friendly sources of inspiration.  They're doing this year's Marvel crossover without Miller and it's been rather dull thus far.  I preferred the jet-plane surfing of Civil War that was mentioned above - that's entertainment.

[Trout]

I know this is sacrilege, but I liked Millar's take on The Spider in the 2000AD Action Special.

It wasn't The Spider as it should be done, I know, but I thought it was a good, creepy story.

- Trout

[JayzusB.Christ]

'I know this is sacrilege, but I liked Millar's take on The Spider in the 2000AD Action Special. '

Yep, me too. That said, i never read it the original one.