2000AD Sci-Fi Swipe File

[ming]

Fantastic to see this last batch of posts; wonderful work there, Dash.

[pauljholden]

By the way Mr Gibbons, "ingredients" has an "R" in it.

Dave Responds (via twitter):

Interesting. But tell Dash Decent that sign reads "Fresh Ingels" after the EC horror artist, not "Fresh ingredients"!

-pj

[TordelBack]

Fantastic!

[JOE SOAP]

How did I end up in a MAD comics/Chronocops/Dragnet/Dredd meta-narrative?

[Dash Decent]

By the way Mr Gibbons, "ingredients" has an "R" in it.

Dave Responds (via twitter):

Interesting. But tell Dash Decent that sign reads "Fresh Ingels" after the EC horror artist, not "Fresh ingredients"!

-pj

I stand corrected, while bowing in awe and amazement that one of my heroes has commented on something I did (and better than last time, "How did you get into my house?" isn't really what you want to hear!)  Look on my works, ye mighty...!  Thanks PJ (another hero!)

[Dash Decent]

How did I end up in a MAD comics/Chronocops/Dragnet/Dredd meta-narrative?

Something to do with your choice of avatar, I believe.  There's an article about it here on the forum somewhere.

Now it's a recursive meta-narrative.

(Recursive does mean it keeps making people swear at me, right?)

[ming]

Point Dave G at page 3 of the thread and ask him about Charlie / Chris Foss's Gargantua while you're at it.

[Dash Decent]

Interesting. But tell Dash Decent that sign reads "Fresh Ingels" after the EC horror artist, not "Fresh ingredients"!

Just as a final post script, Bill Schelly's recent (2015) biography of Harvey Kurtzman refers to Dave Gibbons three times* and Graham Ingels only twice.

That's not to downplay Ingels the artist (or Ingels the man) in any way, it's just the way Schelly tells the story.  But it is interesting following on from Dave's justification explanation.


* as Harvey award winner, as contributor to HK's "Strange Adventures" title, and as guest at a certain convention.

[Bazooka Joe]

Crime Zone (1989)

Best described as Bonnie and Clyde in the future, this thriller pits two young outlaws against a post-apocalyptic city as they commit crimes all in action-packed, rebellious fashion

I know what I'm watching tonight

[Lobo Baggins]

Microwave Mountain, Rogue Trooper prog 312, 1983...



Sea City 2000, Usborne Books 'Future Cities', 1979...

[Skullmo]

HA!

[Dash Decent]

Someone's going on Santa's Norty list!

[Dark Jimbo]

Doctor Feeley-Good and his real-life visual inspiration, the 77-ton 'Beetle'; apparently the largest robot ever built!




http://tanks-a-lot.tumblr.com/post/125619903017/the-beetle-was-a-robot-designed-for-the-air

[Lobo Baggins]

Video game Galaga '88...



The Greater Spotter Thrill Sucker...

[ming]

Video game Galaga '88...

Interesting... The first appearance of Thrill Suckers was (I think) in 1980 though (Prog 180) so predates Galaga '88; does Galaga go back far enough for a 1980 swipe?