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[HiEx]

Still haven't got mine yet....sniff, sniff!

HiEx

[Oddboy]

Dredd v Raptaur oops I meant Aliens: Picking up a little more now (really the first few episodes were just getting the obligatory facehuggin' & chestburstin' out of the way, now let's see Dredd clean up the mess.

Dante: YAY YAY YAY for Nikki - he the best!

Cab Inc: Thought the beginning of this episode a little confusing... not sure what happened, re read it & ahh! she just goes magic & saves the day ("then a glowy woman gets rid of it" sums it up pretty well PVS).  Enjoyed it though, good stuff... nice the way it is about the characters bonding (or not) rather than the actual threat.

Sl?ine: blimey that's good stuff, Book I seems like a real return to glory for Sl?ine although I have lost a lot of empathy about him & his world over the last few years, hopefully I can regain some with this trilogy.

So then: V.C.s & B&K next week... what else? Will V.C.s be a double episode?  Future Shock?  Sinister Dexter?

[Mudcrab]

ME ME ME!!

Can't wait for that. First Ezquerra ABC's since oooo, nearly the start of it all. Think that's when he was L.J.Silver? I liked the last ABC stuff although I thought the art was a bit of a let down after all Kev Walker's stuff (especially in Prog 2000, EEK, that's ages ago!), so this should see a welcome return to some classy old school B&W.

Aside from that, I thought Slaine was superb. Best since the Horned God (if you liked the Horned God that is).

Nice end to Cabbalistics.

Dredd trundling along nicely with the Alien.

Dante, superb!

[Trout]

Listen to the opinions of the mighty piscine overlord!

I freely admit to complete turnaround on my opinion of Slaine in the space of a week. I enjoyed this prog's finale more than I have any Slaine stuff for years.
Finally, finally, we got an actual story, moving forward, with human touches and even character development.
And is it my imagination or has Langley taken more time over the art for this one? Much impressed.

Dante remains a mainstay and entertaining.

Dredd was again action-packed, and it's great to see the judge getting stuck in.
A thought: Are we seeing just how tough he is, when we know the terrifying power of the xenomorph? I'm really quite into this story.

On Caballistics, I'm still reserving my opinion. It needs more time to get going, I think, although it was a better filler than a Future Shock. Shades of Hellboy, but that's no bad thing.

Finally, a hearty yes to Mangamax. Keen on Carlos Warriors.
Is it just me, or does it seem distinctly post-modern that Ezquerra seems to have drawn Joe Pineapples "after" Bisley?
Looks terrific.

Currently, this evil fish is extremely pleased and proud to be a 2000AD reader.

- Trout

[The Monarch]

i agree with the trout on all points this time yes even about slaine but no one has mentioned that tharg is apparently threatening us with a second series of asylum?

Davids opinion: better be better than the first...oh and that was a shock about udge castillo i didn't know she was dead

[petemaskreplica]

I'd much rather see Asylum 2 than Atavar 2.

And looking forward to Caballistics 2, this has been one of the best new stories for ages IMO, loads of potential in it.

Slaine: Bah! Just as it really kicks off it ends! It's almost as though they want you to have a sense of "hanging" off a "cliff" in some way...

Dredd chugging along nicely, still waiting for that killer twist, but really enjoying it along the way, especially top artwork.
Dante great, of course.

All in all, Tharg's organ is standing prouder than it has for quite a while. Let's hope he can keep it up, eh? ;)

[The Monarch]

this months previews "might" give away the "killer" twist in the story...

[Mangamax]

Yeah Troutman, Pinapples mouth and chin has definetly got a touch of the Bisley's about them

[Quirkafleeg]

A quick thanks to Mr Rennie for extending my German vocab beyond "Mach Schnell!", "Actung Minen!", "Hande Hock!", "Got in Himmel!" and "For you Tommy, the War is over!"

[Buddy]

Prog arrived today - Love the cool black & white logo.