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Does anyone here read 2000AD?

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I've been reading 2000AD since Prog 77-ish, when my older brother brought home a copy. Even though I was only 8, I've been hooked ever since. Even better, my brother is the one who buys it and I get to read it for free! :)

So, am I the only 2000AD reader here? If not, who are your favourite writers/artists of all time? What's your favourite story at present/of all time? My favourite writers include Alan Moore and John Wagner. My favourite artists are Ian Gibson, Carlos Ezquerra and John Burns. As for favourite stories... there are so many, but my all-time faves include:

The Ballad of Halo Jones (my name might be a giveaway!)
Skizz
DR and Quinch
Strontium Dog
Judge Dredd (of course)
Nikolai Dante
Sinister Dexter
Slaine (though not so much the most recent stuff).

I also recently liked 13. In the current progs, Strontium Dog is a laugh and Leviathan looks quite promising. Anyone else care to comment? :)
 
Well OK I do not have permanent fav's except
my dears:
Schuiten and Peters
John Difool
Preacher
Daredevil
Aquablue
Sillage
Kookaburra
Wojtek Siudmak (painting only)
Metabarons
Aldebaran
Incal
Complainte des Landes Perdues
Cristal Majeur (the writer from the Incal)
Thorgal the first volumes
XIII the first 5 volumes
Petit Spirou
Batman the sick joke
Batman the animated movie

Well as a start of course,

Morry
 
Wow! I kinda meant fave artists and writers from 2000AD though. :)

I agree, Alan Moore is a brilliant writer and yes, I saw a documentary on him and he does look quite strange! I was really annoyed because I spent 3 years in Northampton at college, and it was only after I'd moved back home that I found out he actually lived in Northampton!! I would have loved to ask him about "Halo Jones", but I probably wouldn't have had the nerve anyway.
 
Bit late, but anyway...

Have gotten into 2000AD recently- well the monthly megazine (mainly for the Charley's War reprints if I'm brutally honest).

As for 2000AD stories

Strontium Dog - the stuff in 'Portrait of a Mutant' is pretty good, as are the recent Big Finish audio productions concerning him (Simon Pegg of Spaced fame nails the characterisation of Johnny Alpha)
Ballard of Halo Jones (book 2)
Skizz- Moore rips blatantly from ET and comes up with a better story than Spielberg- what's all that about?

Dredd has some good stories, and some appalingly bad ones- then again the same can be said about Batman
Early Rogue Trooper has a good concept but it drags in places
Nemesis the Warlock - again good concept, but it's heavily padded


I've heard good things about Leviathon, but it's not been collected as a trade, and picking up back issues can be really difficult
 
I used to read it and love it :)

I have not read it for about 6 - 7 years; I thought the quality of it just slid down hill. from time to time, I think about trying to get back into it... maybe I will :)

They still print "The Megazine?" I have not seen it around in a long while.

Regards
SillyWabbit
 
The thing about 2000AD at the moment is that it's bringing back a lot of old stuff - unfortunately a lot of it is stuff I wasn't really keen on the first time around, eg The VCs. They're even going to bring back an ancient story, Invasion, which I barely remember. These stories are often "updated", but are nowhere near as good as they used to be. A case in point would be Rogue Trooper - I used to like this in the early days when it was Rogue and his bio-chipped buddies, and Venus. Now, it's been through so many changes (Tor Cyan?) that the original feel of the story and character is lost and readers are left confused. Some classics do survive being brought back - the Strontium Dog story about the taxman was hilarious, and benefitted from having Ezquerra doing the artwork. I just wish they'd sort out their problems with Alan Moore and bring back Halo Jones instead!

Re Skizz: even as a child I realised it was an ET copy, but I loved it. You're right - it's excellent! :) I have the Titan book of this!
 
I'm alright with the reprints in the Meg as I grew up with the Eagle rather than 2000AD, so I'm discovering a lot of these stories for the 1st time.

What's the current Bloodlines story (running through the weekly) like? I've heard varying things- from "It's brilliant", to "It's a bit too much like the Judge Giant story in this month's meg." Then again, as the 2000ad universe ages at the same rate as our own (only 150yrs in the future or so), they need to kill off Dredd sometime and hand over to one of the prodigials - the current storyline can only the leadup to that happening. Hopefully they'll write off Dredd well.
 
This story looks quite promising so far! (I don't know if it's like the one in the megazine because I've never read it.) A rookie Judge who is genetically related to Dredd is having doubts about continuing at the academy. Judge Rico is taking the rookie out on the streets to show him what he'll be missing if he leaves, and they've just encountered Dredd himself (briefly). It's only being going a couple of weeks but seems interesting.

To be honest, I know it's unrealistic to expect him to go on forever, but I really don't want them to kill/retire Dredd. It just won't be the same without Ol' Stoney Face! :)
 
I've never heard of Scream, but that story looks quite interesting! Unfortunately, my rubbish dial-up connection takes ages to view the pages.
 
Did Judge Dredd, Necropolis get reprinted as a series of comics, or a series of 'hard' cover graphic novels, been searching for the answer but no luck.

Infact does anyone have a handy list of all the graphic novels
 
2000 ad rocks, well actually i haven't read it for a long time. can't even remember my favourite writers! i think kevin smith was my favourite artist though. My favourite characters are:

Judge Dredd (and Chopper)
ABC warriors - loved deadlock
Mean team
Rogue trooper - wish someone would make a film of rogue
early Slaine
some Sam Spade
ACE Trucking

ksky
 
Kskyhappy - Chopper is returning to 2000AD either next prog (out next Wed) or the one after, so now's the time to come back! :)

Carlos - can't remember about Necropolis, will try and find out.
 
Necropolis is the one where the four dark judges get into Mega City One and kill pretty much EVERYBODY, hence the title :) It was a pretty good story. One of the best Judge Dredd stories.

For me, the best stories were: Judge Dredd ( of coarse ), Nemisis Nemesis the warlock, Strontium Dogs, D.R & Quinch, AND Slaine!!!

I don't get it any more but read it for a long long long time. Now of coarse you can download it all on the net. Not that I would. Of coarse. Coz that would be naught. Oh Yes. I would never do that. EVER :D

Regards
SillyWabbit
 
The Four Dark Judges was an awesome story! I still remember that classic cover with Judges Dredd and Fear:

Fear: "Gaze into the face of fear!"
Dredd: "Gaze into the fist of Dredd!" :cool:
 
Just read this week's prog, and I have to say that Judge Dredd is absolutely hilarious! :D It's a daft little story but it really made me laugh! :)
 
My first prog was the special Christmas Prog 2003, and I've been hooked since then. Highlights of my time? Judge Dredd vs. Aliens, Judge Dredd: Brothers of the Blood, Caballistics Inc., Leviathan, and currently Savage is excellent, whilst Low Life is absolutely enthralling.
 
So, how did you rate Savage and Low Life? I personally thought that Savage was renewed with excellent timing, and the brick-subtle analogy is nonetheless a very effective one, whilst the script still manages to contain a thrilling narrative. The queen of the Spring Assault, however, is indubitably Judge Aimee Nixon, or more accurately Low Life: Paranoia. Wonderful, gritty artwork, backed up by a twisting, unpredictable plot, and an ending that certainly surprised me at any rate. An excellent evocation of the seedy side of Mega-City 1 and the moral grey areas in an organisation so famed for its rigid, unmoving stance on the law.
 
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