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Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« on: 26 February, 2011, 01:45:53 PM »

Enjoyable issue with good chats with Shaky Kane and Tim Bradstreet. Both the Proudfoot and Watson names appear in Dreddlines - will the merry dance ever end?

Probably, he's at least 60 odd and living on that skag ridden estate...

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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #1 on: 26 February, 2011, 04:22:52 PM »
Is that Anderson image on the inside back MASSIVE SPOILER you were warned! deliberately supposed to evoke Alpha and the Final Solution?

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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #2 on: 28 February, 2011, 09:41:55 PM »
Ooooooooh! That's a good point! Naaahhhh... They wouldn't would they? Would they?!?

Great Dredd BTW. Nice to see Hershey back along with the fatties. We need have some more of the mega city weirdos back. I miss Two Ton Tony Tubbs!
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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #3 on: 01 March, 2011, 02:32:10 PM »

 Both the Proudfoot and Watson names appear in Dreddlines - will the merry dance ever end?



Do they? I can see Hewitt, Klie, Morgan, Proudfoot and Crowder, but no Watson.
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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #4 on: 01 March, 2011, 02:33:29 PM »
... and don't count having someone else quote you as being "in Dreddlines" you cheater!
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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #5 on: 01 March, 2011, 03:50:18 PM »
The scondrel!! He should have his woggles torn off and pen broken over his knee.

Other wise a fine Meg, GReat to see Hershey on the streets again, but I did find the Flab-on a bit of a distraction


All the B&W stories fine form too
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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #6 on: 01 March, 2011, 04:08:50 PM »

Other wise a fine Meg

Yeah, the Meg seems to have hit a rare stride, hasn't it? Every time I convince myself that when I return to the States I don't need to spend the money on a subscription it pulls me back in.

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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #7 on: 01 March, 2011, 05:14:11 PM »
"Both the Proudfoot and Watson names appear in Dreddlines "

What part of this sentence is incorrect?

If anything my achievement is the greater as I'm a quoteable notable where as poor old Tom is just gibbering his nonsense to his audience of one (himself) as always!

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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #8 on: 01 March, 2011, 05:16:34 PM »
"Both the Proudfoot and Watson names appear in Dreddlines "

What part of this sentence is incorrect?

If anything my achievement is the greater as I'm a quoteable notable where as poor old Tom is just gibbering his nonsense to his audience of two (himself and me) as always!

Fixed that for you!

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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #9 on: 02 March, 2011, 03:43:13 PM »
only six subbies now... ??! I thought this issue would have generated a bit more steam, given the Dredd action and the pacing of Inserection, not to mention the ending of the Sov thang, onyways...

I got a loverly copy of Stone Island from that nice Mr Tharg for my letter, reading it in full (Stone Island not my letter) Its a crackiing tale, wonder what that Mr Watson got, apart from a mention?  :D

Text articles don't float my boat this moth but that can't happen every month, but Shakey Kane colours really do stand out against the general monochrome of this issue, personally I like his one-off designs but find it interupts the story telling if used to tell a tale.
 
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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #10 on: 02 March, 2011, 03:45:11 PM »
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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #11 on: 02 March, 2011, 03:50:12 PM »
Mr langley's cover the highlight of this meg for me, im afraid. The dredd strip is taking its time getting somewhere that i feel shouldve been approached by a more direct route. Numbercruncher is the best strip in the mag- as i said last month, i approach it thinking i dont like it, then after two pages remember how good it is. There's a space on my shelf for the collected edition. Two pages was as far as i got with samizdat squad, sorry. Not for me. Insurrection i can take or leave, but the art is always pleasing.

Shaky Kane? Interesting. Im not a fan, but it was nice to hear his 'voice'. Tim bradstreet means nothing to me, other than his dredd pic- which he wasnt even asked about! and the numbercruncher interview was fun. Movie stuff as always a mixed bag. I have no intention of seeing anything reviewed this month, so im probably not the best person to ask. And the samantha slade floppie increased the height of my meg floppies pile by a couple of millimeters.

Anderson next month. Killing her off? Unlikely, i'd say.

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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #12 on: 02 March, 2011, 04:18:59 PM »
Slightly odd that they're not tying in more interviews with the floppies. I'm not a massive Shaky fan, but it would have made sense to collect a few of his strips this month, surely?

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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #13 on: 02 March, 2011, 04:29:16 PM »
Slightly odd that they're not tying in more interviews with the floppies. I'm not a massive Shaky fan, but it would have made sense to collect a few of his strips this month, surely?

Thank god they didn't

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Re: Meg 308 - Mega-City Meltdown
« Reply #14 on: 02 March, 2011, 04:33:32 PM »
yup. Never a fan of the shaky one. If he's so influenced by American comics he should have been submitting his work to them not toof :)
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