Ok, finally had a chance to finish it:
Mean Machine - First things first: I think MM has been done to death. He should be released and left to rn around in the Cursed Earth, brought back every few years or so for a minor appearance because he is STILL quite fun. But I'm not sure about another strip. Although it's enjoyable, I expect it'll go the same way as... well, all the other MM strips. No, I exagerate, but we have seen this before: Mean is cured, Mean is released/trusted, Mean isn't actually cured, goes up to 4 on some poor sucker, then Dredd or somebody catches him. This is looking like following a similar pattern, with the added spice of Mean's marriage. Though that isn't the first time there's been a Mean marriage thing. Hm, like Young Middenface, good enough, but the ideas strike me as unoriginal.
Whatever Happened To... Conrad Conn - For it's flaws, I enjoyed this. It was predictable enough, but the story really made me smile at times, and feel a bit sad for the poor guy at others. The writing was spot on, and it was really fun. The flaws I mentioned are mainly courtesy of the artwork. Really not my thing. It might have been improved in colour, but in B+W it didn't work for me I'm afraid. Some highlights, but mostly not as good as I'd hope.
Black Siddha - I've been reading 2000AD for around a year now. In that time, I've read a LOT of progs, both past and present. This is the first time I've switched off while reading one. It completely failed to grab me, made me feel sleepy, and had a grand total of 1 moment I'd consider decent. It's just not my bag baby. Maybe others will enjoy it, but for me it just didn't work, on any level really. Savage had better be drokkin good...
Charley's War - Ok, it's good. I enjoyed this, but I can't help feeling that it's just the same old thing. I GET IT!! ENOUGH!! Eesh. I do enjoy it though, it's just I find it hard to summon the strength to plough through ANOTHER episode, just to eventually go 'Huh, that was awfully similar to last week'. War is bad. Bad things happen. I get it. I knew it before I read this strip to be perfectly frank. And this often coats reality with a certain sweetness that's a bit cliched. In reality, Ginger at al would have been killed. Sorry, but they would have been. Maybe it's time the reprints changed...?
Hell Trekkers - For some obscure reason, I've read one episode of this, and it was enough to make me curious... I have to say I really enjoyed this (would be glad to see it replace CW and have Dredd alongside it) aand I'm looking forward to more. What I read was nice and harsh, with cool tragic parts, while being a lot of fun. I hope it's mostly like this. Plus, this part has an abundance of dinosaurs. This makes anything brilliant.
Grennie's Column - Yet another chuckle-filled read. I look forward to this each month, because I know I'm going to laugh out loud at least once. But Gordon - mentioning Johnny and Wulf as examples AGAIN? Surely you've learnt by now!!
Meg Dredd - Well, thanks to Bolt-01 I've already read this! But it is nice to have it in glorious colour, and I hope it's a monthly thing. They aren't utterly mindblowing, but they're nice light entertainment.
Hm, I've said more than I expected....
More food I need. So long
