Bah, 2 out of 2 Trouty!
My take on the strips:
Cover - Yup, I liked it a lot. Have we seen Neil Roberts' work anywhere else?
Dredd - Hmmmm, I really enjoyed the episode but it felt a bit rushed to me. I expected a bit more from the fight between Torso and The Shit Kicker (great name!) than three tiny panels, especally compared to the other fights elsewhere. The Judges cleaning up the whole event in two pages was strange too. Easily coulda been another part to this which is testament to how enjoyable it was I suppose. It's great to have John Smith back at the House of Tharg!
Tanky - Excellent art from Rufus this month, that first page was stunning! I enjoyed this months episode much more than last (see, I didn't go to Alan's school/collage or whatever it was so I wasn't really arsed!) I thought Duncan Cockskin was hilarious and the gag at the end was brilliant. I'm very happy to have this in my Meg but I wish we could clone Rufus as in my opinion, he was born to draw Dredd and he hasn't done nearly enough by any means.
Meet Darren Dead - Hmmm, okay I suppose, but DD really is Russell Brand isn't he? And with ol' Russ not being as high profile as he once was, it seems to be falling a bit flat. If I were reading this when I was addicted to Russell's radio show each week, I'm sure I'd be loving it a lot more (nice to see the Ready Brek-like jacuzzi!) especially with Higgins' sublime art.
Armitage - Despite what the other thread says, I think Armitage is great. Having been a long term reader of the Meg and those great Virgin Novels, I have a soft spot for all the characters and settings and it's great to be able to see these again. Timbo's dialogue was particularly amusing this episode!
Other Stuff I've not read yet - Interrogation (Ron Smith part 1, yay!), New Comics, You Should Be Reading (The Savage Sword Of Conan), Four-Colour Classics (Bear Alley Books), Fillums (Potter and Land of the Lost) and letters (the nutcase from Paisley is in there!)
Graphic Novel - A good 'un. It's Harmony but it shoudl really be been called The Trevor Hairsine Collection as it collects Harmony: Blood and Snow which I seem to remember being great, a brilliant Wagner/Hairsine Tale from the Mega-City called The Jonny Unit and the superb Wagner/Hairsine's No More Jimmy Deans.
