Bit of irony here. I've been loving 2000AD for months, and lauding every prog as near-perfect.
But this week's, despite being the 30th anniversary prog, is a bit of a mixed bag, in my opinion.
Dredd continues as strongly as before, and I loved Dante and Savage, not least for their top-quality art. It was particularly nice to see some old characters back in Dante.
Droidlife was LOL funny again and I quite liked the prog's cover. I'm a Philip Bond fan.
As for Flesh, I'm sorry to say I thought the art was poor. It reminded me of some of the self-published stuff we've been subjected to. It was hard to work out what was going on, and who individual characters were. I feel bad for saying it, as it's always nice to see a droid reappear from 2000AD's past.
The story was okay.
Much of the rest of the comic seems to be filler. I mean no disrespect to those who write them or the content of text features, but I don't feel they have any place in the prog.
I know the comic must be brought in on-budget, and text is cheaper than art, but I just don't enjoy it. Well done to Mike, but I'd've tolerated it more in the Meg.
The Ask Tharg thing is obviously cheap filler, too, but at least it was funny in parts, and got some people I know into the special issue.
The "30 years" strip is good fun. It's nice to see the old droid caricatures return. But it still feels like filler.
Finally, switching to bold, just to shout a little...
THANKS FOR THE COOL BADGE, THARG! :-)
- Trout over and out
