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beatonna

Hark! A Vagrant

	Sat, Nov. 28th, 2009 06:30 pm

The Tudors

I think the CBC blew half its budget on The Tudors because the whole time that I lived in Toronto, every bus and every subway car was plastered with Jonathan Rhys Meyers' pouting face and ten yards of cleavage. I believe we've all learned a valuable lesson here, and that is William Cecil may have been a crack statesman, but if he wants to me to give a shit about him he better start hitting the gym.

stoorree

omahastar

OmahaStar

	Sat, Nov. 28th, 2009 04:54 pm

Project: Who - Space Pirates 2

Space Pirates, episode 2 - Originally aired 3/15/1969
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by Michael Hart

Spaceship V41-L0. On the ship, a general is berating his crew. Then he goes for coffee and has an attitude adjustment. Together with his first officer, he engages in a discussion about a beacon he's just launched. The Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe appear to be on that beacon.

They track a C-class freighter, captained by the love child of Yosemite Sam and Roscoe P. Coltrane, named Clancey.

The General boards his ship and keeps threatening him, then interrogates him thoroughly.

The Tardis crew stays trapped aboard the beacon, losing oxygen. They are about one mile from the Tardis, but since they are in space, they cannot get to the ship.

In trying to free his companions, the Doctor ends up making things worse - they fly off in the wrong direction. Somehow, Clancey finds them and burns his way in, then shoots Jamie.

* * *

Zoe's look is rather shocking here. She's always had long hair. Shoulder-length is the shortest we've seen her in. Here, he's in a severely-short bob.

What? Ok, The Doctor and his companions barely have three minutes of screen time here, and it's all on one set. I get it, they were busy with rehearsals and preparing themselves for The War Games, but still, three minutes?

The entire episode centers around the General, and he's just about bipolar or something. Schizoid, maybe? As soon as he finds out who is on the little ship, he goes into total fanboy mode, obsessing with Clancey's history as a pilot and one of the first men in space and blah blah blah. A few seconds later, he's all business, then back to fanboy. Get a grip, man!

At the very beginning of the episode, if you look quickly, there is a close-up of the ship's pilot. He only gets a few seconds of screen time before the camera pans around and we never see him again. I swear, he looks exactly like Wolowitz on Big Bang Theory. If not for the 40 year gap between when this was filmed and now, they could be twins.

Well, this has been an interesting experience, traveling with the Doctors and their companions through lost stories in time. But I wouldn't want to do it again. Without context, the stories are pretty much meaningless. This is the end of that group.

Beginning Monday, I'll be starting in on the Second Doctor's last story, the 10-part "War Games" epic, which will lead into the first Third Doctor story "Spearhead From Space." And, the first-ever episode filmed in color.

Tags: project: who

omahastar

OmahaStar

	Sat, Nov. 28th, 2009 04:38 pm

Project: Who - Wheel in Space, episode 6

The Wheel in Space, episode 6
Written by David Whitaker
Directed by Tristan de Vere Cole

Jamie and Zoe are in spacesuits, floating around in space as meteors fly by. In the station, the Doctor watches as the humans around him press buttons and talk.

Zoe and Jamie enter the rocket and hack into the Cybermen frequency. They can hear the Cyb's conversations now.

The Doctor goes back to the equipment room (where Jamie poured that plastic stuff in the earlier episode) and starts gathering ... stuff, starting with mercury.

The Doctor is captured by the Cybs. But then he interrogates them. Using the stuff he'd acquired earlier, he electrocutes one and the other runs away.

With the Doctor's help, the station's crew blows up the Cyb's ship.

The Doctor and Jamie prepare to leave in the Tardis. Zoe sneaks her way in, then begs to come along. The Doctor shows her a video with clips of previous adventures, saying that if he wants to come along, she must understand what her life will be like.

* * *

Well, Zoe has calmed down considerably here, and that's a welcome thing.

The second Cyberman is really funny, I think. When he and his partner have the Doctor captured, the second one goes all 'splody. Just before he runs away, he sticks his arm out and starts his threatening, "I'm gonna beat you up and steal your lunch money" type routine, then scurries out of there in a rather un-Cyberman like way. I got a furious case of the giggles when that happened. I had to pause the dvd, I was laughing so much.

Interesting, though. Zoe did ask to come along. The Doc gave his whole "here, look at this" speech, then we get a close-up of Zoe. And she doesn't say yes or no. Just roll with the credits.

Tags: project: who

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Jackie Wones

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 11:03 pm

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Tags: nanowrimo, word

playright

Playright

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 11:24 pm

New Ready-to-Frame Photographic Artwork at TSI Photography's ETSY Shop

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Alan J. Porter

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 06:28 pm

Rejected Bond Themes - Quantum of Solace

It's been a while since I last posted any Rjected Bond Themes - so here's a two-fer.

Two of the rejected themes for Quantum of Solace

The first as sung by Eva Alma

and the second by the Bond grand-dame herself - Shirley Bassey.

Tags: bond

dave_iii

Dave III

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 06:09 pm

Ok, hands up.... who wants one?

Japan gets awesome Space Battleship Yamato model

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little perennial

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 03:33 pm

Am I the only one who doubts the one on the right is a 16?

Discuss.

progslog
2000 AD Prog Slog

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 04:12 pm

Prog 939 12/05/95

http://progslog.blogspot.com/2009/11/prog-939-120595.html

In Harlem Heroes Cyborg Death Trap, the team are hired by a corrupt corporation of drug dealers for some baffling reason who must know, if they had bothered to do any research at all, that they would scupper their plans to hook the world on Cerebrex, a made up drug. The team, as is often the case in a Michael Fleisher written story, roll from one catastrophe to another until Tharg has a quiet word and says, “I think it’s time this story ended now, don’t you?” And it does, with the Heroes bathing the satellite with all the Cerebrex on with microwaves, thus stimulating the nannites in the drug and making everything explode. Duh, this was all foreshadowed in an earlier episode, you idiots, we’re told in a ‘thargnote’.

The art for the entire twelve part run has been pretty good. Kev Hopgood has what are I presume are his pencils painted over by Siku, the result being both colourful and, mainly, good comics. And as for the story by Michael Fleisher? Well, I appreciate being able to follow it which, after a lot of the other stuff I’ve read recently, is a big plus, and although the characters spurt some shockingly cheesy lines of dialogue from time to time, I find myself softening to some of them.

Cyborg Death Trap also sees the return of Artie Gruber, the grotesque bad guy from the very first Harlem Heroes stories by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons. Like Michael Fleisher, just when you think this guy is done for, he returns from an apparent death, more cross than ever before. I don’t know if Gruber ever makes an appearance again but, according to the 2000 AD Database, this is definitely the last time we see Fleisher here. In a way, I’m glad we parted company on a good note although I still remain surprised he got as much work as he did.

dave_iii

Dave III

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 11:18 am

'Nuff Said

Current Mood:

amused

davemerrill

Dave Merrill

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 10:24 am

mothers know best

Here's an inspiring romance story about overbearing moms, and gals that go crazy for $25 worth of kisses. And I'm sure it's a story we can all relate to, whether we have moms, or gals, or kids, or pets, or neither.

Remember, choosy mothers choose Stupid Comics!

matt_m_mcelroy:
2000ad

2000AD

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 08:51 am

DriveThruComics First Annual Holiday Sale

In celebration of the holidays DriveThruComics and our publishing partners are offering 10% off of selected products from now until the New Year!

DriveThruComics Holiday Sale

This includes all of the 2000 AD comics currently available on the site!

Recent additions:

Judge Dredd: Total War
Judge Anderson: Shamballa
A.B.C Warriors 3: Khronicles of Khaos
Stickleback: England's Glory

DriveThruComics
The First Download Comic Shop
www.drivethrucomics.com

thebeatblog
THE BEAT

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 02:00 pm

New ABANDONED CARS covers

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/11/27/new-abandoned-cars-covers/

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Last year’s ABANDONED CARS by Tim Lane, was a solid debut that didn’t get a lot of attention, which is a shame because Lane’s gritty, hardboiled stories were a nice counterpoint to comics’ occasional excess of shoe-gazing. Anyway, a paperback edition is coming out next year, and it will have two variant covers, recalling the dog-eared pulps of the past. One of them is above, but you’ll need to go to the link for the other.

thebeatblog
THE BEAT

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 01:06 pm

Batdog beyond

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/11/27/batdog-beyond/

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Worth 1000 is having one of their Photoshop contests. This one involves animals as superheroes, and if you thought we would link to a picture of a monkey, you thought wrong.

thebeatblog
THE BEAT

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 01:05 pm

How to make a cover

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/11/27/how-to-make-a-cover/

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Tomer Hanuka explains his approach to the cover for The Kiss Murder:

Illustration is like acting. you need to invest a strand of authentic emotion to make it work. otherwise it feels artificial. So you try to embody, in your head, the protagonist. Let’s see: you’re a slender man of Turkish descent who’s a computer wiz, a private detective, a black belt and an Audrey Hepburn look alike. most prominently you are a transvestite. you sit in your night club, ready to punch someone softly or kiss him to death. either-way it’s a deadly move. and then an epiphany: it’s in the shoulders– that potent combination of strength and sensuality. a pair of slender, well defined, boney yet muscular shoulders. a glorious pedestal for your pretty face.

Step by step in the link.

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pinupgirls

Pin-Up Girls, Vintage Nudes and Retro Beauty

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 03:00 pm

Diner girl II

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drhoz

Drhoz!

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 05:50 pm

more d'aww

via What Was That One?

d'aww, wot a kyoote liddle stoatie yu are

Tags: blobs with bones in, he's giggling again - back away slowly

drhoz

Drhoz!

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 05:46 pm

d'awww

via Dwaleberry

Tags: he's giggling again - back away slowly

drhoz

Drhoz!

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 04:48 pm

Purrdence bought Magical Mystery Tour the other day. This probably explains why I spent much of this afternoon singing 'Strawberry Fields Forever'

It doesn't explain why I sang it as if it was being played on a theremin

Tags: banging tuneful rocks together

thebeatblog
THE BEAT

	Fri, Nov. 27th, 2009 05:33 am

I came in here for the special offer

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/11/27/i-came-in-here-for-the-special-offer/

It’s Black Friday, people. Remember to be kind to the harried and overstressed retail employees.

mpceccato

Matt Ceccato

	Thu, Nov. 26th, 2009 09:27 pm

On Thanksgiving

1. We ate well at my in-laws house. The pumpkin cheesecake was the best.

2. We showed two episodes of "The Sarah Jane Adventures" to said in-laws. The episodes we showed involved a huge "Doctor Who" guest star, which had my father-in-law staring at the TV in disbelief.

3. We just heard Josh McDaniels drop the "MF-bomb" while on the sidelines of the Giants/Broncos game. If it were live, then all well and good. But this was a replay of what hapened during the TV Time Out after the Broncos went into the red zone... then committed three false-start penalites. When the NFL Network returned from the kick-off commercial, Bob Papa started to apologize profusely. We had to rewind to hear what was said. It's starting to take over Twitter.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Current Location: 30507

playright

Playright

	Thu, Nov. 26th, 2009 12:00 pm

When FOO is FOC

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lord_darkseid

Lord_Darkseid

	Thu, Nov. 26th, 2009 10:37 am

A Bunch of Animation Hi-jinks

Had to give this one a cut cause there's a lot on here, but promise you'll find it enjoyable. :) ( Read more... )

davemerrill

Dave Merrill

	Thu, Nov. 26th, 2009 10:27 am

disco disco disco

I know we've run tracks from this album before, but it was either this or songs from the Christian rock LP based on "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe", and that didn't turn 40 recently. And this did.

Yessir, it's Sesame Street, disco style, complete with Robin Gibb. Perfect accompaniment for all your turkey-frying chores today, if you happen to live in the States and really want gallons of boiling oil placed in a position almost guaranteeing somebody will trip over it.

Another thing to be thankful for is your regular update of Shain's Element Of Surprise! This is one Thanksgiving tradition that won't make you sleepy or involve cooking, football or giant balloons.

Tags: found sound

lord_darkseid

Lord_Darkseid

	Thu, Nov. 26th, 2009 08:51 am

Happy Turkey Plea For Clemency Day!

I'm thankful for friends I'll make in the future, the wonderful ones I've known over the years, and those loved ones who are no longer here with us but celebrating somewhere above. I'm thankful to have made it through this rather stressful year stronger and more focused. I'm thankful for my family which seems to constantly grow one way or another and finally, I'm thankful for the people behind this clip which reminds us of the meaning of Thanksgiving:

Happy Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown!

thebeatblog
THE BEAT

	Thu, Nov. 26th, 2009 01:00 pm

Happy Thanksgiving to all

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/11/26/happy-thanksgiving-to-all/

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We have much to be thankful for this year, and hope that everyone reading this is enjoying a safe, happy holiday.

One of the things we have to be grateful for is that Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom From Want” — of a series of four paintings saluting the Four Basic Freedoms– has to be one of the most parodied images of all times, so we always have something to post here.

This Redneck Thanksgiving from MAD Magazine is almost as well known. I have it in my little book of facts that it’s by Will Elder – I’m sure the peanut gallery will swiftly correct me if it isn’t.

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“Freedom to Share” by Steve Moore.

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I dunno what this is, but it’s goofy.

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Another MAD Magazine cover.

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And of course this Carlos Pacheco/Jesus Merino/J.D.Mettler Classic.

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BTW, while we were trolling around for pictures, we found this eerie photo of an early Macy’s Parade. Sometimes you forget just how incredible those balloons are.

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Anyway, have a great day, everyone!

jbacardi

johnnybacardi

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 10:17 pm

JOHNNY B'S FEARLESS NFL PREDICTIONS! WEEK TWELVE! PART ONE, SPECIAL THANKSGIVING EPISODE!

Tomorrow's Turkey Day, and just like it oughtta should, there will be footsballs. I shall now proceed to predict the winners of those very games right here and right now.

GREEN BAY over Detroit. If you're betting, take the Lions and the points.
DALLAS over Oakland. Ditto. Take the Raiders and the points, that is.
NY GIANTS over Denver.

As usual, don't bet your hard earned money on these picks (even though I suggested it above), 'cause I generally don't know shit.

Back with the other games Saturday or Sunday. Have a good Thanksgiving, everyone, if you're thataway inclined.

Tags: football
Current Music: Tim Buckley- Look at the Fool

evandorkin

Evan Dorkin

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 09:13 pm

Work In Progress

Mentioned this in an earlier post, this is the Marvel villains piece I'm working on for a charity auction.

For laughs I went ahead and penciled as many characters as I could without using any reference, just relied on the addled old fan noggin to see how it went. Funny how close but how far you get resorting to memory, the basics usually fall into place, but the details and arrangement of same are almost never on the money. I got close to the target on a few like Doc Doom , Doc Octopus, The Sandman, and The Scorpion, I'll likely find mistakes on these but between the simplistic versions and the fact that the costume details change constantly in the old comics (and that the piece measures 9" by 6"), I'm leaving well enough alone.

I screwed up Magneto several times already even though I know his outfit pretty well after doing a commission with him a few months back. I just haven't liked the way I've drawn him, he's been the big stumbling block so far for some reason. Can't recall much about a number of these goofs save some basic shapes and details, guessing heavily on Modok, The Leader, Loki, The Ringmaster, The Puppet Master and The Abomination, among others, I expect to be doing quite a bit of erasing on those when I break the old comics out. I'll need them for sure to finish up Klaw, Annihilus (barely sketched in), The Enchantress and the Executioner (ditto), etc. I'm drawing blanks on The Super Adaptoid (fitting), the Mandarin, Baron Mordo, they may not make it into the final piece. Ditto The Eel. I've failed at including The Plant Man and The Porcupine, and every time I tried to fit The Beetle in it didn't work, even though I can pretty much draw that idiot by heart. I put a HYDRA agent tin there but somehow another one slipped in and I didn't have room or time for that nonsense, so they're out. Would like to put The Destroyer in there, The Cobra, Attuma, Electro, Kraven, hell, a dozen or three other pen and ink childhood memories, but I'm almost out of space as it is.

Anyway, I started hitting the comics a few weeks back and used them to fix the Rhino and Batroc (I used the cartoony Batroc I drew for the Captain America: Red, White and Blue strip because I knew where the book was, the Rhino ref came from the 70's Spider-man Marvel Treasury edition), but I haven't had a chance to do any work on the piece since then. Anyway, once I get everyone penciled I can ink it up and send it off for the auction, which I believe is slated for early 2010.

Tags: make mine marvel villains
Current Music: 1933 Fred Allen radio show

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Nemi

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 02:00 am

Nemi cartoon for Wednesday, 25 Nov 2009

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/cartoons/nemi/Nemi251109_600x194.gif

Metro

beatonna

Hark! A Vagrant

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 09:29 pm

Hipsters 2

As promised, here is Part 2.

The Incroyables and Merveilleuses are my favorites, gosh I tell ya. What they wore was once a political statement, but then they gave up on making statements, and that was a statement. Or some such.

stoorree

omahastar

OmahaStar

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 06:45 pm

Project: Who - Wheel in Space, episode 3

The Wheel in Space, episode 3
Written by David Whitaker based on a story by Kit Pedler (so you know it should be good)
Directed by Tristan de Vere Cole

There's a countdown timer that has reached zero. We see a round space station. Inside, orbs are neatly stacked, and inside each is a Cyberman. They're slowly breaking out of the orbs.

Jamie gets in trouble for spraying a machine with "quick set plastic." Elsewhere, Zoe stares at a piece of paper, a map perhaps.

Cybermats begin exploring the station.

Jamie is taken to the sickbay, where The Doctor is resting. He is having memory problems, but does remember that he and Jamie arrived on the station by rocket.

Zoe is introduced to "Doctor John Smith." Though it's not the first time we've heard the name John Smith, I think this may be the first time the Doctor has used it to refer to himself.

Later, two men are taking a space walk when they encounter Cybermen. Their minds are immediately taken over by the Cybs, and we fade out.

* * *

There's some good stuff, and some hilarious stuff.

Zoe, for instance. She comes off as such a spoiled brat. You know how Hermione was really, um, a bitch in the first Harry Potter movie? Total know-it-all, and a girl who loved to prove everybody else wrong, no matter what it was about? Yeah, like that. In later stories, she was completely different, but here, she needed a big old bitch-slap.

The station commander (or whoever he was, the tall guy) sure couldn't decide on an accent. Depending on the scene, he was Australian, British, or had a Southern USA accent.

The medical guy who got all attached to the Cybermats was funny. He treated them like little pets, even petting one of them and hiding it from the other humans.

There sure where a lot of Cyberman stories in the Second Doctor era. The costumes are modified just a bit from the last time we saw them, suggesting they are beginning their upgrade to the next version of Cybermen. Subtle, and nice.

Tags: project: who

joeyweiser

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 06:37 pm

Big Sale @ AdHouse!

AdHouse Books is having a TOTALLY AWESOME SALE at the moment! Now's a great time to stock up on art/comics/cool stuff gifts for cheap. Amongst the books on sale are The Ride Home for only $3.95 and Superior Showcase #2 for only $1!! And hey, Superior Showcase was recently named one of the best superhero projects of the decade by The Comics Reporter!

There are a ton of great books on sale though, so even if you (and your friends, relatives, and friends' & relatives' friends and relatives) already have my books and feel like trying something new, I recommend giving AdHouse's other books a try! One thing I can tell ya for sure is AdHouse puts together a nice book.

joeyweiser

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 06:04 pm

Good-bye Nick Mag!

The current issue of Nickelodeon Magazine is THE FINAL ISSUE! This is very sad news that has been circulating around the comics community for several months, but it tears at my heartstrings thinking of all the kids who read Nick Mag who just learned the news when the issue hit the stands.

This is a somewhat bittersweet event for me, however, because this issue also sees my first (and only!) publication within the magazine! I wrote a SpongeBob comic that is actually the first comic in the issue! Here is an excerpt so you'll know what to look for:

Art by Gregg Schigiel, Jeff Albrecht, Comicraft, and Wes Dzioba

The issue is packed full of fun comics by the likes of Chris Duffy, Alec Longstreth, Mark Martin, Sam Henderson, as well as a few little "good bye" features to mark the occasion. I recommend everyone go out to their local spot to pick up finer magazines and check it out!

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Jackie Wones

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 01:32 pm

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Tags: ellie, procrastinate, things that don't suck

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danno!

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 12:43 pm

Diamond-studded whut?

Edited from the trailer for The Snow Queen.

thebeatblog
THE BEAT

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 05:40 pm

Two thoughts for the day

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/11/25/two-thoughts-for-the-day/

“In the Core Marvel Universe, a “gritty crime story” is one
where a blind lawyer ninja dressed as the Devil fights
a massive Sumo wrestler with a cane that shoots lasers…”</font>

–Chris Sims on what is and isn’t acceptable to the “Core” universe of Marvel.

“Why is the living embodiment of love something called the Predator?”</font>

–Shaenon K. Garrity on Blackest Night.

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Sir Roderick Fancybottom

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 01:10 pm

More music for you over here.

Awesome!

chetbakerfan

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 12:50 pm

somebody's gonna be thankin me for these, i'm just not sure who.

progslog
2000 AD Prog Slog

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 02:48 pm

Prog 937 28/04/95

http://progslog.blogspot.com/2009/11/prog-937-280495.html

After ten weeks, Judge Dredd Crusade concludes this prog. In it, Judge Eckhart returns from a fifteen year deep space mission claiming to have a message from God. Judge representatives from around the world race to Antarctica where Eckhart’s space-probe has landed hoping to claim God’s secrets for themselves. The resulting scramble sees a judge from each of the international judiciaries that we’ve seen so far turn brutally on each other.

Although not an epic, it’s great to see a longer tale painted by the same artist, in this case, Mick Austen. Austen’s art is great here. It’s big, bold, colourful and professionally told. As for the story, I’m not so sure. It’s credited to both Mark Millar and Grant Morrison but I see no sign of Morrison’s contribution. Crusade reads like half an idea to me, as if one of the writers did their job but the other didn’t turn up for work.

The real disappointment in Crusade is the conclusion which fails to clarify the confusion the story creates over what is Grud. If Eckhart has a message from God, then who is Grud? I had always thought that Grud was God but now, it seems, they are two separate entities.

Having said this, I still don’t feel it’s a bad yarn, especially compared to most of the stuff that’s been appearing in The Megazine recently. If you think of Crusade as an excuse to get a bunch of Judges fighting each other, like in a dumb superhero cross over, then it’s fine. Millar, Morrison (yeah, right) and Austen deliver some grotesque and imaginative fates for their cast that makes it all good fun in the end.

carisjax
carisjax

	Wed, Nov. 25th, 2009 09:41 am

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'll be traveling this holiday to see my family up there at the Mason Dixon, and will be crossing back and forth between Dixie and Yankyland (Yeah, I know, Maryland isn't considered to be the South by you Georgians) a couple of times transporting my Grandmother from Philly to my Mom's new house on the Eastern Shore (Maryland's eastern shore of the Chesapeake for those unfamiliar with the area).

You all stay safe, warm and happy.

Touched by the Hand of Tharg