When I saw what was lined up in this weeks prog I wasn't looking forward to it that much. I was expecting blanched and bland colouring from Ant Williams, didn't know what to expect with 3rillers and wibble in Savage.
I was more than pleasantly surprised to find Sin/Dex coloured with much more substantiating depth and was reminded of Dan Abnett's cocksure action pacing.
Then, in Savage, reminded of how utterly fantastic Pat Goddard's B/W art is and the usually under-rated skill of Mills'.
3rillers was a refreshing return to a Bishop era, with McRae doing far more controlled and composed artwork. The story itself a morally questionable protagonist meeting his back-log of comeuppances. A run at a regular theme really. So what is our 2000ad writer going to surprise us with?
Zombo? Just excellent. Hilarious boss man stuff. Had me laughing again and again at what really, is the same joke. Expertly balanced humour and extreme gore. Some would even say, it's a sort of "acquired taste "
Dredd? Bravissimo! This is a perfectly centred piece of collaboration. It's got a real established villain, great artwork and the luxuriant Mr Wagner setting up a fast punch in the guts of a story.
