Thrillpowered Thursday: the blog is back

[The Adventurer]

the summer of the polybags

Nice.

I switched to Clickwheel Digital with Prog 2008. Like you, primarily to away from Diamond erratic shipping irregularities. Unfortunately my experiment with Digital back then ended up a bit disastrous. A combination of not being pleased with the reading experience on my PC monitor, and loosing my job for two months resulted in my ceasing to read 2000 AD for 2009 and 2010. When I did finally return to reading in 2011, I went back to print where I was greeted my Mr. Polybag, and month(s) long delays.

Of course when the Dredd movie was announced Rebellion made the move to go to same week print progs in partnership with Diamond, and got rid of the polybags. Unfortunately nothing changed as a result. Progs (and Megs, and Trades) would still arrive in groups, weeks and months late.



And now the Polybags have returned. Thank goodness my iPad has made reading Digital Comics practical and enjoyable. I now don't have to deal with any of that malarkey.


Oh, and I got to read Necrophim during my great 'Gap Filling' when I ordered all of 2009-2010 last Jan. An interesting, if flawed epic. I'd buy a trade of it.

[Grant Goggans]

I'd absolutely buy a Necrophim trade.  I'm surprised that we haven't seen one, honestly.  I think it suffered, like so many others, from the breaks between "stories."  Shoulda been 26 straight progs, and not three stories over 100 progs.

[Taryn Tailz]

I'd also buy a Necrophim art. I enjoyed the story and thought that the strip could not have had more perfectly suited artwork.

[Grant Goggans]

Just wanted to give everybody the heads-up... the blog will resume on the 18th of April.  There will be a couple of breaks scheduled in the early and late summer, and the current plan is that it will conclude on Halloween, when we catch up to the present day, after 218 entries.  I'm working on the next one now, and I also have three other reviews ready to go at my Bookshelf blog starting later this week.

That's the current plan.  We're also going to see about moving from Georgia to North Carolina later in the year, and if that happens, then everything's gonna be turned upside down and delayed for a while.  But as it stands right now, a Halloween blowout for the conclusion of the blog.  Maybe then I can get back to doing that Doonesbury blog that I abandoned...

[Grant Goggans]

Back!  There's a short entry this week as the story moves into 2010, with Ampney Crucis and Nikolai Dante under the (brief) spotlight.  Enjoy!

[Colin YNWA]

Always a delight to have you back, what will we do when you are all caught up?

As for the tease at the end, I think I know which Prog you mean, but with these things you can never be sure.

[Taryn Tailz]

Yet another good read Grant.

But:

"Nikolai Dante has no shortage of additional members" 

[Grant Goggans]

This week, a slight change of format - and next week, I'm mixing things up a bit as well - as I run down the lineup of prog 1677, which is a completely perfect comic book.

If you enjoy it, please share it!

[Colin YNWA]

Arh now I was wondering which one you'd go for go for this one or the following one issue 1678 which squeezed in on 31st March.

I got it wrong as I thought the excellent one-off 'Chrono Cabbies' might have spun that one into the perfect Prog for you. That said the opener Ichabod was really fantastic so I can see why you've gone for this one. Either way great read.

[Dandontdare]

another good read Grant - d'you know I don't think I'd noticed at the time that mek-quake  was wearing a tux in those panels!

[Grant Goggans]

I did love that one-off, but I love that first episode of Ichabod Azrael so much more, yes!

[Grant Goggans]

In this week's entry, I write in detail about what happened in that stunning 2010 Nikolai Dante serial when everything fell apart and about four members of the supporting cast died.  Hankies at your sides, gentlemen.  You have permission to allow your lower lip to wobble.

[Colin YNWA]

One of those occasions when there's not much more to say other than - Yep.

I will though, but, only to say nice Watership Down reference. Watership Down plays an important part in my life. When it was on at the cinema my parents, HAVING READ THE BOOK, took me and my brother to see it. I was 6 years old. For whatever reason Peter and the Dragon was on at the same cinema in Chester. I REAAALLLLYYY wanted to see Peter and the Dragon, after all it had a dragon in, it not rabbits. But my parents insisted and off to the rabbit film I went. Oh my lord, that was not just a rabbit film, to a 6 year old it was the most harrowing, saddening experience of my life, interlaced with brief moments of comedy relief with Keharr. I often wonder what person I would be now if my parents had allowed me to go see Peter and the Dragon, I really do.

Just as in years to come I wonder what person I'd be if Dante had finished at Prog 1675.

[TordelBack]

I often wonder what person I would be now if my parents had allowed me to go see Peter and the Dragon, I really do.

Ehhnn, my lot took my to see Pete's Dragon and not Watership Down, so be grateful, you could have turned out like me. 

Great entry there from Mr. G, but did we-the-readers really not know about Dimitri until that moment?  I thought it was very clearly telegraphed ages before that, beyond mere 'something's up' anyway.  That run of Dante is one of the greats in 2000ADs history, but I really did most fervently wish that the whole thing would end right there with Dante and Jena in the sea. 

[Taryn Tailz]

Prog 1685 was only my second prog, so I had absolutly no idea what was going on in Nikolai Dante.

It wasn't until last year that I finally managed to get into the Nikolai Dante strip. Just in time for it to end.