Meg 313 Voices in the fire

[Proudhuff]

Yet to read beyond the letters page but I will say…

 Taggart,  Steven ‘Charlie’ Purcell, Wellington’s traffic cone, neds who’ll knife you for a 50p, vinegar on your chips, tacky shops, an justifiable sense of inferiority, the Old Firm, Billy F*ckin Connelly! Buttonman can you hear me Buttonman?

Your boys took one hell of a beating in the getting a letter printed stakes... oh just a minute reading on, ah well done Stephen nice letter. 

[Tjm86]

The consistency over the last year or so with the meg has been impressive considering its sometimes patchy past.  Still can't warm up to the film reviews but that may be more because of having an SFX subscription and so simply not seeing the point.

Dredd finished off nicely although I found it a bit difficult to see an admin bod fronting off to him like that.  It was believable for Edgar because of the power she derived from PSU.  Being picky I know but it just didn't sit quite right.

Need to go back and reread Anderson from the start of this story arc again but not a bad one overall.  Boo Cook's art is warming on me, after Ransom it was quite a change considering most of his earlier work but it is evolving nicely.

NumberCruncher still just ok for me.  Enjoyable but also forgettable.  Same with Samizdat squad

[Buttonman]

Thank you Tom. Most kind. Sadly yours was, to quote the man of 'The Wire', sheeeeeeeeet. Actually it was fine apart from the closing suck up statement that kind of undid all the previous nit picking. Mine on the other hand remained kick ass throughout apart from the mild pleasantries. And total sucking up. Like you I've yet to get beyond the letters page but a flick through suggests lots to like.

[Trout]

NUMBER.

CRUNCHER.

My mind is breaking. I want more!

Overall: a great Meg. I like Samizdat a lot and I love Boo's art. I was very sad to read about Brett Ewins' health problems but I'm glad to hear he's drawing, albeit slowly.

- Trout

[vzzbux]

For me the Cook droids art saved the Anderson story. A far too predictable ending. Yet another sector gets vaped and scores of judges lost in action. At this rate Dredd and Anderson will be the only judges left.
Perhaps Anderson will go the Corey route next outing.




V

[Banners]

Anyone else spot the lovely little tribute to Queen Firey-Bou in the Anderson strip...?

[Trout]

Only now you've pointed it out! Thanks for that.

[Bolt-01]

Am I bad for only reading Dredd and Numbercruncher? Everything else just doesn't really do it for me at the moment...

[Buttonman]

Am I bad for only reading Dredd and Numbercruncher? Everything else just doesn't really do it for me at the moment...

I hope you don't include my great letter in what you deem skip worthy!

[Dandontdare]

I was enjoying the conclusion to this Dredd story right until the end, savouring the moment when Dredd drags bitch-judge down for a full SJS interrogation, or executes her on the spot ... but then he just walks away? WTF? Apart from Francisco, who I can't see authorising this, there's nobody who outranks him in Justice Dept, and yet he seems powerless to do anything without proof. That just didn't ring true at all.

Haven't read the rest yet, watch this space..

[Proudhuff]

no proof = no standard ex , sneeky little 'M' type person

[Dandontdare]

A couple of days with the SJS (as we've seen Dredd endure as a 'routine exercise' once) may have shaken some proof out of her. He just seemed to give up too easy. He may as well have shook his fist and said "why I oughta..."

[Proudhuff]

fair point well made!

[Cactus]

Hopefully it's a set up for more to come. It reminds me of Judge Stich and his Conspiracy of Silence.

Despite having forgotten who all the characters are (time for a re-read) I was enjoying Samizdat Squad right up until the last panel. "Raise it to the ground"?! Rigellian hotshot, toot sweet.

[SmallBlueThing]

Everything in the meg (and the prog, but that's for a different thread) pleased me this time. But i want to particularly mention Mercy Heights.
Wasnt expecting to like this, as have few memories of it from first time round and have never gone back to it in the intervening fourteen years- but it blew me away this evening. Lovely idea, strong characters, great designs, a proper mystery plot and some very funny bits threaded through. Looking forward to next month's now, and the oncoming war.
SBT