Anyone read 2000AD...?

[Kidblast]

Know we know why you didn't like this thread to start with.

No, quite the opposite actually. It's a great topic. I just didn't like the way the OP was abusing it to make some absolutely God awful name drop.

 

[DotCommunist]

Did you call round to borrow some sugar?

I was working- someone rang up to confirm that J-Depp had been confirmed in the area by unrelated witnesses but then later text to say it was actually the pirates of the carribean statue outside of that gadget shop just off market square.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It was in this one...

Yeah I got that one.

 

[elevendayempire]

It was in this one...

[/IMG]

NEMESIS THE FUCKING WARLOCK. When are they going to do a film of that, eh?

There was a copy of one of the stories knocking around in my primary school art department. I read and re-read it obsessively, not having the faintest fucking clue what was going on in it.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It was great but kind of shit after O'neil stopped drawing it.
Did you know that the first part of the gothic empire (the bit drawn by oneil) was the first Nemesis draw after comic rock before the other 3 previous 'books'

 

[DaveCinzano]

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In case anyone is interested, to celebrate the announcement of the forthcoming new Rogue Trooper Redux game, Rebellion are offering all four volumes of the digital version of the original Rogue Trooper stories for only £4.99 each - that's under twenty quid for nearly 1,500 pages of Gerry Finley-Day, Dave Gibbons, Jesus Redondo, Brett Ewins, Cam Kennedy, Chris Weston et al.

They're also offering volume one in paperback for a tenner (this edition often goes for silly money on Amazon).

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/GRN366

 

[krtek a houby]

Sorry to bump; I didn't realise Brett Ewins had passed over 2 years ago. Another one of my favorite artists on the comic. Was a regular at Hanwell's Viaduct, a decent Fullers pub.

 

[Spod]

What a shame, I liked his Dredd work and 'Bad Company' was very dark but one of my favourites as a kid.

 

[krtek a houby]

What a shame, I liked his Dredd work and 'Bad Company' was very dark but one of my favourites as a kid.

Some memorable stuff for sure

 

[Spod]

slightly ashamed to admit that Judge Anderson had a bit of an impact on me as a pubescent lad

 

[krtek a houby]

slightly ashamed to admit that Judge Anderson had a bit of an impact on me as a pubescent lad

I was the same with Venus Bluegenes!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I was the same with Venus Bluegenes!

Maze Dumoir and Halo Jones for me.

 

[krtek a houby]

Maze Dumoir and Halo Jones for me.

The latter was one of the greatest stories in that comic. The former rings a bell... was it like Tyranny Rex?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The latter was one of the greatest stories in that comic. The former rings a bell... was it like Tyranny Rex?

Two episode story that I think was intended to become a series. Maze was a hard arse spy with skills. Also drawn by Ian Gibson. It was like a sex reversed James bond in space. I left 2000ad waaay before tyranny rex.

 

[Idris2002]

slightly ashamed to admit that Judge Anderson had a bit of an impact on me as a pubescent lad

That's what the colleague I had a crush on looked like (really).

 

[Idris2002]

NEMESIS THE FUCKING WARLOCK. When are they going to do a film of that, eh?

There was a copy of one of the stories knocking around in my primary school art department. I read and re-read it obsessively, not having the faintest fucking clue what was going on in it.

They should also make a Rogue Trooper movie - and that Mean Arena thing would also make a good flick.

 

[tommers]

I recently started up a subscription to 2000AD again. Download it onto my tablet every week. It's decent.

 

[krtek a houby]

I recently started up a subscription to 2000AD again. Download it onto my tablet every week. It's decent.

Is there any superhero versus Lovecraftian aliens in it, otherwise, nah

 

[tommers]

Is there any superhero versus Lovecraftian aliens in it, otherwise, nah

At the moment it's Bad Company, ABC Warriors, Dredd, Savage and something Sun.

I'm sure somebody'll be along soon to fight Cthulhu.

 

[krtek a houby]

At the moment it's Bad Company, ABC Warriors, Dredd, Savage and something Sun.

I'm sure somebody'll be along soon to fight Cthulhu.

Without googling, I'm guessing it's Milligan writing BC, Mills for ABC and Wagner for JD and I have no idea what Savage is... who's taken over from Brett Ewins on BC art duty?

 

[tommers]

Without googling, I'm guessing it's Milligan writing BC, Mills for ABC and Wagner for JD and I have no idea what Savage is... who's taken over from Brett Ewins on BC art duty?

You're right except for Dredd. That's written by somebody called Michael Carroll.

And the artist for BC is "Rufus Dayglo"

 

[PursuedByBears]

Pat Mills is also doing Savage atm which is a continuation of Invasion in Volgan-occupied Berlin. Proper old fashioned b&w art, not bad.

 

[tommers]

Pat Mills is also doing Savage atm which is a continuation of Invasion in Volgan-occupied Berlin. Proper old fashioned b&w art, not bad.

I liked the summary. He's a lorry driver who stopped the volgan invasion and is then sent to Berlin as a spy. Unfortunately he can't stop himself going on multiple killing sprees so his cover is blown.

 

[editor]

Who's got a scan of Abelard Snazz's strip where he's in California and everyone has to 'jog for their lives"?

"The Multi-Storey Mind Mellows Out!"
Six million years later, Abelard Snazz is rescued from the Dimension of Bleak Desolation by a pair of hippies working for Amnesty Intergalactic. Snazz is rescued just before he can use a giant crane to make the final turn to solve the giant Rubik’s Cube – it took Snazz twelve thousand years to mine enough metal to build the crane, and another thirty thousand years to actually build it. The hippies take Snazz back to Earth, which has enjoyed a utopian existence ever since California won World War 26. Snazz is dismayed that Earth has become such a “technological paradise” that there is nothing left for him to invent. However, he soon hits upon the idea of creating robot tennis players to replace human players. The hippies of City Hall agree that making tennis purely a spectator sport would make the game more “mellow” and more of a “communal sharing experience.” Snazz duly creates robot tennis players, gigantic enough to be seen by huge crowds. Snazz explains that the robots are highly skilled at tennis because they have been programmed with the personalities of great 20th century tennis players. Unfortunately, one of the robots has the personality of John McEnroe, and after arguing with the tennis umpire during a match, the robot loses its temper and begins to destroy the stadium. The humans run for their lives, and punish Snazz by attempting to drown him in the city’s giant Jacuzzi.

Abelard Snazz - Wikipedia

 

[InfoBurner]

I liked the summary. He's a lorry driver who stopped the volgan invasion and is then sent to Berlin as a spy. Unfortunately he can't stop himself going on multiple killing sprees so his cover is blown.

I quite like the idea that Savage is now a principled estate agent, preventing the Volgans from bulk buying, high rise properties in desirable areas.

 

[tommers]

'2000 AD' To Feature All-Female Special Issue This Summer

All woman issue coming in the Summer.

 

[Lazy Llama]

They should also make a Rogue Trooper movie - and that Mean Arena thing would also make a good flick.

Rogue Trooper movie looks like it’s going to happen.
New Duncan Jones film project announced

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

For some reason it's been on my mind lately. I've been re buying old progs, bought a couple of books on its history, and just watched the documentary.
Not sure how I feel about a rogue trooper film. It would need a complete reworking to take it away from an episodic 80s comic series.

 

[krtek a houby]

It's Duncan Jones, so I'll watch it for that. Still not sold on RT as a cinematic character, when there is such a treasure trove of tales to be told.

 

[bellaozzydog]

For some reason it's been on my mind lately. I've been re buying old progs, bought a couple of books on its history, and just watched the documentary.
Not sure how I feel about a rogue trooper film. It would need a complete reworking to take it away from an episodic 80s comic series.

Who would you cast as rogue trooper and can we have some centaur genetic cavalry