MEG-300

[locustsofdeath!]

special highlight seeing LoD as a pregnant gay man, well done Colin for showing his true side  

And jealousy rears its ugly head.

whats he got to be jealous about ?

He wishes it was him wot got me pregnant.

[Judge Olde]

Really loved the Dredd story. Excellent stuff.

[Goosegash]

Anyone know why?

ISTR it ran into problems because it was creator-owned - but as it was conceived as a Dredd origin story, this caused potential legal complications over the ownership of Dredd so it got scrapped.

I can't confirm without going back to David Bishop's "15 Years, Creep!" articles, but I'm sure this had actually been worked out at the time. The original plan was to have just the first two volumes be creator-owned by Grant and Esquerra, whereas the third would be owned by IPC and contain all the Dreddworld stuff, Bad Bob Booth, creation of the Judges and so on. But in the event, it seems they were dissatisfied with how the first volume turned out and decided not to continue with it.

[Keef Monkey]

Wow, really great meg! Absolutely everything was great this month (although as normal I didn't read the movie reviews).

Had never read Armageddon before, but had wondered if it was a Dredd prequel (which from the looks of comments here it is). The writing's great, builds up a suitably apocalyptic air and with Ezquerra's art I loved it. A shame if its never been followed up, seems like a bit of an oddity left dangling like that. Maybe it'll make a Meg comeback, hence the reprint? Would be a good move.

[Proudhuff]

Great meg, loved the name checks, only cheese dipper in the dairy dept was the Armitage which just doesn't do it for me, still that postacrd will look loverly when signed  , and that letters page is a dreamteam come true!

Was I the only one who felt a bit uncomfy with that Gobble cover to the Trade Floppie?

[radiator]

as I the only one who felt a bit uncomfy with that Gobble cover to the Trade Floppie?

Nope. I thought that was well dodgy too!

[Judge Olde]

as I the only one who felt a bit uncomfy with that Gobble cover to the Trade Floppie?

Nope. I thought that was well dodgy too!

whatchu talkin bout willis?

[Emperor]

special highlight seeing LoD as a pregnant gay man, well done Colin for showing his true side 

And jealousy rears its ugly head.

whats he got to be jealous about ?

He wishes it was him wot got me pregnant.

Well given the time since Hi-Ex surely the most likely candidate for the father would be Roger. I think a paternity test might be called for.

The Judge Anderson story set in Salem piqued my interest. This particular Mega-City geography expansion set was just about plausible, and it gives Anderson something different to sort out.

This then suggests part of Mega-City One overlaps with Lovecraft Country, I feel the cogs starting to turn...

[radiator]

whatchu talkin bout willis?

Have a look at the cover to Armageddon: The Bad Man. Look at it. Do you see anything slightly odd or suggestive about the way the characters are posed?

I notice that when the image originally appeared on the cover of Megazine 2.06, it was heavily cropped, which lessens the effect somewhat.

[House of Usher]

I note the look of disdain from the woman to the left of the picture..! 

[Judge Olde]

whatchu talkin bout willis?

Have a look at the cover to Armageddon: The Bad Man. Look at it. Do you see anything slightly odd or suggestive about the way the characters are posed?

I notice that when the image originally appeared on the cover of Megazine 2.06, it was heavily cropped, which lessens the effect somewhat.

I'm-a-getting-it-now

[The Monarch]

The burning man looked like a pretty cool idea for a story shame it never continued (this was planned for the earthside 8 comic that never happened wasn't it?)

[Dandontdare]

I thought this was a weird choice for the GN - two stories that start and then don't go anywhere. I'm guessing they were pilots that were never developed, but it makes them an odd choice for a reprint: "Like this? TOUGH STOMM, there ain't no more!"

Othewise a very good Meg, apart from an implausibly contrived Armitage set up (though I did like his 'I'm no supercop' speech).

[Proudhuff]

I note the look of disdain from the woman to the left of the picture..! 

That's Rodger's mum wishing it was her

[staticgirl]

The floppy reminded me how much I liked the way the Squirrel coloured his art in the old days. I'm hoping he and his son will find a way of colouring with computers which has the same jewel like tones and painterly textures because the airbrush setting is a bit too simple.

The same applies to the grey airbrushing in Armitage which isn't grimy enough. All you need is a different type of brush. I usually like John Cooper's art and it is nice to finally have an artist on Armitage that could suit the characters very well. I just wish the tones were done differently.