A really great prog this. Funny, even as a subscriber and long-term reader I still get the benefit of these "jumping on" progs as they always seem to re-energise my love of Tharg. Usually find I read them 2 or 4 times throughout the week which is uncommon.
Great cover, and Damage Report is still around! Yay! It's honestly the 1st thing I read every week for some reason.
Droid Life: A pun so bad it went past bad and became genius.
Dredd: Loving how the meetings seem to have intensified Dredd's urge to get on the streets and bust some heads, with this whole crackdown maybe we'll be getting the old hardass Dredd for a while and he'll get to split some skulls without thinking too hard about why he's doing it.
Age of The Wolf: Pretty early to tell right now, but its a nice set-up. One thing I noticed was how nice the art looks, this is the most focussed Jon Davis-Hunt stuff I think I've seen, with the panel-to-panel quality being very high (in the past I tend to love him/go off him a little/love him as I switch panels but this all looks lovely). One of my favourite things about 2000AD is getting to watch artists getting better and better, and this seems to have been a big step closer to brilliance in my opinion.
Low Life: Doesn't make any sense yet, but its Low Life so it was great fun anyway and at the cliffhanger I was left excited for the rest of the story which is a good way to kick it off.
Defoe: I adored Defoe's first series, but I've gradually gotten less into it as its gone on. I reckon its because I have a bit of trouble keeping track of too many characters in bitty prog chunks from week to week and Mills stuff generally batters you with big casts. For that reason this episode's structure was welcome, it essentially created a bit of atmos while re-introducing all the characters for dummies like me. Loved it.
Dante: When I say I have trouble keeping track of large casts in 2000AD the main culprit for me is Dante. I enjoy it and all, but still have no idea who some of these people are. In a way I don't mind, because I'm sure when I finally collect the whole thing together and read it all sequentially it'll read like a great sci fi soap opera. In the meantime I'm glad to get what I can from it, which is more than enough thrillingtons.
Basically an awesome issue. I now really want that t-shirt offer to come in the post because I'm definitely buying the tits out of that thing.
