Dream line-up

[mygrimmbrother]

Imagine you are Tharg, and you can commission any line-up you want - what 5 stories would you have, who would write, draw and heck, even letter em if you want to go in to real detail. You can choose anyone from the past 30-odd years, or even someone who has never written or drawn for the prog.

I'm going for:

Dredd by Wagner & Jock
Strontium Dog by Wagner & Ezquerra
Anything by John Smith & Frazer Irving
Insurrection Book II by Abnett & MacNeill
Halo Jones Book IV by Moore & Flint

[eggonlegs]

paul grist
brian talbot
d'israeli

[strontium71]

i would love a brand new , multi-part epic involving the return of the four Dark Judges with Brian Bolland or Ezquerra on art  , and as well as Halo Jones book 4 with Gibson , i just would love a new series of Ezquerra drawn Stainless Steel Rat!!!

[Professah Byah]

Dredd: Wagner and Ezquerra
Bec and Kawl: Bryan Lee O'Malley
Summer Magic-y type strip but not Summer Magic for legal reasons: Kiyohiko Azuma
A crime strip about someone with nothing to lose and no time for conventional morality: Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Ninja story set in a mining town during the 1980s: Chris Hastings and Paul Grist

[Jim_Campbell]

Dredd: Mark Millar & Shaky Kane
Robo-Hunter: Mark Millar & Shaky Kane
Strontium Dog: Mark Millar & Shaky Kane
Rogue Trooper: Mark Millar & Shaky Kane
Ace Trucking Co: Mark Millar & Shaky Kane

Cheers!

Jim

PS: Do you see what I did there?

[Professah Byah]

Yes, you've deliberately mis-spelled Frank Miller's name.

[The Cosh]

Yes, you've deliberately mis-spelled Frank Miller's name.

No, no. He's deliberately paired a great artist with a shit writer.

I'd have:

Dredd by Wagner & Kev Walker.
All-New, self-contained, multi-part strip entirely of their own devising by John Smith & Ashley Wood
Dante by Morrison & Fraser
Caballistics, Inc by Rennie & Reardon
Massai Ferguson (an all-new strip about the adventures of a young man whose mother was an African princess and his father a lapsed Scottish missionary) by Pat Mills & Siku.

I could be tempted to swap the Cabs slot for a new one-off from Edgington & D'Israeli.

[eggonlegs]

d'israeli on stainless steel rat

[Toni Scandella]

Is it bad that I really want to read Massai Ferguson, now?

I'll have:

Droid Life - Sullivan
Dredd - Wagner & Ezquerra
Strontium Dog - Wagner & Ezquerra
Halo Jones 4 - Moore & Gibson (no other artist!)
Hook Jaw (New seris!)- Mills & Yeowell
Indigo Prime (New series!) - Smith & Weston
Letters Page

[Colin_YNWA]

Uh fun game. Ok today my answer is:

Zenith by Morrison and Yeowell
Nemesis by Mills and O'Neil
Dredd by Wagner and Bolland (I choose Bolland only cos Carlos and McMahon have done him relatively recently) followed by one by David Taylor
New story by John Smith and a suitable artist
Zombo by Ewing and Flint

Tried to go for a mix of classic and new. On the first rotation I'd like to see

Tribal Memories by Milligan and Brendan McCarthy
Robohunter by Keith Giffen (this might be subject to change) and Rian Hughes

[TordelBack]

Massai Ferguson (an all-new strip about the adventures of a young man whose mother was an African princess and his father a lapsed Scottish missionary).

If this isn't a classic in the making I don't know what is.  I'd expand the premise - what if the protaganist  voluntarily becomes a cyborg, augmented for xeno-agricultural work and terraforming, so that he can get free passage to the stars on the SS John Deere?  I'd push for Al Ewing and Boo Cook for the ongoing series, but obviously Mills and Siku would take creator credits.

[James Stacey]

Dredd (Wagner and Hairsine)
Nemesis (Mills and O Neil or Flint)
Anderson one parter (Grant and Boo Cook)
Something new and space opera'y possibly with Dan Abnett and Dylan Teague
Strontium Dog (Wagner & Ezquerra) - A revisionist Final Solution re-establishing whats canon.

[mygrimmbrother]

Dredd (Wagner and Hairsine)
Strontium Dog (Wagner & Ezquerra) - A revisionist Final Solution re-establishing whats canon.

Ooh Hairsine Dredd yes. Good call! And a reimagining of The Final SOlution - excellent ideas there James.

[Richmond Clements]

Massai Ferguson (an all-new strip about the adventures of a young man whose mother was an African princess and his father a lapsed Scottish missionary) by Pat Mills & Siku.

If you like this, you should buy this: http://www.balnacra.com/comix/Wendy.htm
And the next issue... just as soon as I get round to finishing the script and Bou finds time to draw it...

My list would include Al Ewing being allowed to do anything he wants.
And Big Dave.

[Paul faplad Finch]

Dredd : Wagner and Flint/Blythe
Cabalistics : Rennie/Reardon
Dante : Morrison/Burns
Sinister Dexter : Abnett/Anyone but Davis
Stickleback : Edgington/D'israeli

With a nice big Thrills Of The Future showcasing Carver Hale 2.

There you are. My dream issue. I struggled mightily with including Robbie Morrison on the list and leaving out Al Ewing but needs must and Dante swung the vote. Note he's in the centre so Burns can grace us with a nice big splash.