Borag Thungg!
William Logan
myself is, who the heck is everyone. People usually end a post with
there first name, or have an e-mail address which doesn't say who they
are.
There are the names that are always popping up because they post
regularly, and every now and again a new name appears only to
disappear and reappear at a later date.
As very few of the newsgroup have, or are ever likely to meet one
another, and I thought it may be a good idea if everyone gave a quick
introduction to themselves.
A bit more than if you were at comics anonymous i.e.. My name is
William and I've been a comic reader for 24 years, but not a full
blown autobiographical insight into your life.
So here goes, feel free to send your own in so I don't end up looking
like a complete sad git.
Name: William Logan
Age: 31
Marital Status: Married.
Address: Diss, Norfolk.
Occupation: Support worker for people with learning disabilities and
challenging behaviour.
First Prog: 1
Favourite 2000 character(s): Dredd, Strontium Dog, ABC Warriors, early
ACE Trucking episodes, DR & Quinch, Halo Jones, Harry Twenty, Nemisis
(Books 1 - 4), first 3 years of Rogue Trooper, Slaine up to the Horned
God, I'll keep it to these 10.
Favourite Artist(s): Mike McMahon, Brian Bolland, Ian Gibson, Steve
Dillon, Kevin O'Neill, Henry Flint, Trevor Hairsine, Carlos Ezquerra,
Dave Gibbons, Cam Kennedy, Once again I'll keep it to 10.
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: 3 months.
There's the basics, if anyone wants to add other catagories feel free.
Mike Sivier
>As very few of the newsgroup have, or are ever likely to meet one
>another, and I thought it may be a good idea if everyone gave a quick
>introduction to themselves.
Hell, why not?
Name: Mike Sivier
Age: 29
Marital Status: bachelor boy.
Address: Llandrindod Wells, Powys.
Occupation: Journalist.
First Prog: 1
Favourite 2000 character(s): Dredd, Strontium Dog, Robo-Hunter (until
Grant, Grover and Gibson quit), ABC Warriors, DR & Quinch, Halo
Jones, Nemesis (Books 1 - 9), Slaine, Nicolai Dante, Bad Company...
Favourite Artist(s): Mike McMahon, Brian Bolland, Ian Gibson, Steve
Dillon, Kevin O'Neill, Carlos Ezquerra, Dave Gibbons, Simon Fraser,
Greg Staples, Bisley (on Slaine and ABC Warriors), Alan Davis, Glenn
Fabry, Arhtur Ranson, SB Davis. That'll do for now.
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: Not as long as Friday. About two years,
on and off.
--
Mike
Jon Meakin
William Logan wrote in message <35fd434f...@news.virgin.net>...
>So here goes, feel free to send your own in so I don't end up looking
>like a complete sad git.
OK! Mind if I use you as a template? Hold still!
>Name:
Jon Meakin
>Age:
23 (Just!)
>Marital Status:
Single, available, desperate, etc, etc. Need a woman who loves 2k as
much as me. Is it possible?
>Address:
Eastwood, Nottingham
>Occupation:
Computer Systems Technical Consultant or (did that sound good?) Teccy
Twat to my 'freinds'! ;)
>First Prog: 1 (Correct William, it was!)
<serious tone> 742
>Favourite 2000 character(s):
Dredd, Strontium Dog, ABC Warriors, Halo Jones, Rogue Trooper, Slaine (I
know I'm a copycat, but I don't care!), Button Man, Skizz, Sam Slade,
Anderson.
>Favourite Artist(s):
Kevin Walker, Carlos Ezquerra, Henry Flint, Arthur Ranson, Frank
Quietly, Rolf Harris, Mark Harrison, Ron Smith, Jason Brashill, Brian
Bolland, Cliff Robinson.
>How long on alt.comics.2000ad:
Approx. 2 months
>There's the basics, if anyone wants to add other catagories feel free.
Favourite Writer(s):
John Wagner, Pat Mills, Alan Grant.
Favourite Forgotten Hero:
Ellie De Ville!
Thanks!
Jon.
Ross Hendry
Sivier) wrote:
>w.l...@virgin.net (William Logan) wrote:
>
>>As very few of the newsgroup have, or are ever likely to meet one
>>another, and I thought it may be a good idea if everyone gave a quick
>>introduction to themselves.
>
>Hell, why not?
>
Well put, so here's my life story (great band as well. Any other
sparklers at a.c.2kad?)
Name : Ross Hendry
Age : 16
Address : Cardross, Scotland
Occupation : Full time education (?)
First Prog : 1000
Favourite characters : Nikolai Dante, Dredd, Slaine (old stories),
Halo Jones, Bad Company, VC's, Sinister Dexter, Ace Trucking Co.
Favourite Artist : Loads and loads of them. Unless Alan Craddock did
the colours! ;-) Seriously, I rarely have much complaint with the
art in 2kAD. US comics, yes, UK, no.
How long on a.c.2kad : About 8 months? Not very sure really.
Are we going to get into the less on topic stuff such as music as
well? Just so's we get a more rounded look at people. Here's mine
anyway :
Music : My Life Story, ether, Barenaked Ladies, Paradise Lost, Marilyn
Manson (though I am not one of these people that goes around trying to
act and look just like him. I am sane.), Alisha's Attic, Smashing
Pumpkins.
I'll stop there and let someone else get their info in.
Ross
c_moran_
>feel free to send your own in so I don't end up looking like a complete sad
git.
I have to express my reservations 1st... O.K. enough of that ( hope I don't
regret this)
Name: [when I first posted I was 'Craig X' but my e-mail was 'c_moran' ;-(]
Age: 17
Marital Status: Single
Address: UK, London
Occupation: Student
First Prog: 874
Fave character(s): Dredd, ABC Warriors, Nemisis, Missionary Man +
Fave Artist(s): McMahon, Gibson, Hairsine, Bisley, Murray, Rafael Garres +
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: roughly 2 months
>There's the basics, if anyone wants to add other catagories feel free.
OT What else do read? eg Sin City
BTW would people stress if I started talking about old Megazines (1990ish)?
Rick Gillyon
wrote:
>So here goes, feel free to send your own in so I don't end up looking
>like a complete sad git.
Sounds like a good idea to me!
>
Name: Rick Gillyon
Age: 31
Marital Status: Married, 2 kids (latest is 1 week old!)
Address: Whitley Bay (near Newcastle, for you suvvern poofters!)
Occupation: Computer Geek
First Prog: 1
Favourite 2000 character(s): Halo Jones, Strontium Dog, VCs, Dredd, DR &
Quinch, Halo Jones, Strontium Dog, ABC Warriors, old Robo-Hunter and
Strontium Dog.
Favourite Artist(s): Ezquerra, Bolland, Gibson, Dillon, O'Neill,
McMahon, Murray, Leach, Davis, Staples, Fabry, Talbot.
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: Since the beginning, with time off for
good behaviour.
--
/----------------------------------------------------------------------\
| Rick Gillyon <*> Email: ri...@rgillyon.demon.co.uk |
| http://www.rgillyon.demon.co.uk/ ICQ: 2789679 |
\----------------------------------------------------------------------/
Mike Sivier
>>Favourite Artist(s):
> Kevin Walker, Carlos Ezquerra, Henry Flint, Arthur Ranson, Frank
>Quietly, Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris!!!?
Which prog was that, then? :-)
>Favourite Writer(s):
That's a good one - John Wagner, for me the all-time comics-writing
god; Alan Grant until he quit the Dredd; Pat Mills until the end of
The Horned God; Alan Moore; Rennie on MissMan; Robbie Morrison on
Dante.
>Favourite Forgotten Hero:
> Ellie De Ville!
Hey, if we're going for letterers: STEVE POTTER!
--
Mike
Mike Sivier
>BTW would people stress if I started talking about old Megazines (1990ish)?
Nope.
--
Mike, HTH
I K Dickson
have a newsgroup programme - grrr)
Name: Ben Dickson
Age: 22
Marital status: single
Address: Currently somewhere in the valleys of Gloucestershire...
...but tomorrow, the majestic beauty of Cardiff!
Occupation: Fine art student
First Prog: Somewhere around 400, I think. Fairly sporadic since then.
Favourite 2000ad characters: Dredd (of course), Chopper, Button Man,
Slaine, Hershey...
Favourite Artist(s): Murray, early Wigmore, Hairsine, McMahon, Hewlett,
Quitely, Johnson...
Favourite Writers: Wagner, Grant, Morrison, Rennie, Moore...
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: 1 1/2 years, on and off.
Further reading: Invisibles, Sandman, Akira, Preacher, Hellblazer, 300, V
for Vendetta, Watchmen & Dark Knight of course, etc.
Favourite prose book: 1984, George Orwell
Favourite film: err... Baraka, probably
Favourite music: No real preference, but I'm very partial to Pavement.
Ben
AScand7463
Name: Antonio Scandella
Age: 31
Marital Status: Single but have a long-term girlfriend.
Address: Stretford, Manchester.
Occupation: Nursery Officer for the local social services department working
with children under 8 and their families
First Prog: 1
Favourite 2000 character(s): Dredd, Strontium Dog, DR & Quinch, Halo Jones, Al
Bestardi, Mean Angel.
Favourite Artist(s): Ian Gibson, Carlos Ezquerra, Ron Smith, Steve Dillon,
Brian Bolland, Mike McMahon.
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: 5 months.
Antonio
2120 of Goth
'And if I die before I wake up
I pray the Lord don't smudge my make-up' - (Marc Almond - 'Saint Judy')
===========================================
http://members.aol.com/ascand7463/ANTONIO/Page1.html
Cellmate27
>
> Age: 31
>
> Marital Status: Single (just broke up w/ gf. No condolences nec.)
>
> Address: Los Angeles, CA. (used to be Manchester, UK)
>
> Occupation: Writer/Producer for Television
>
> First Prog: 4 (1-3 were always sold out. So were 5, 6, etc, so I
> thought "sod it" and gave up. I then bought Starlord (which I found
> easily) and when it merged with 2K, I made the switch.
>
> Favourite 2000 character(s): Dredd, Strontium Dog, ABC Warriors,
> Robo-Hunter
>
> Favourite Artist(s): Brian Bolland, Ian Gibson, Steve Dillon, Kevin
> O'Neill, Carlos Ezquerra, Dave Gibbons
>
I find myself sharing similar musical tastes with those mentioned thus far
(lots of 80s stuff, etc), and I much prefer UK tv to the crap we have over
here (so I buy lots of viddys for my PAL video player)
Gezuntheit
Name: Simon Fraser
Age: 29
Marital Status: Married.
Address: Vienna, Austria
Occupation: Drawing comics
First Prog: 2,( with periodic lapses)
Favourite 2000 character(s): Dredd, ABC Warriors, DR & Quinch, Halo
Jones, Nemesis, Zenith and anything drawn by either Kevin O'Neil or
Mike McMahon.
Favourite Artist(s): Mike McMahon, Brian Bolland, Ian Gibson, Steve
Dillon, Kevin O'Neill, Brendan McCarthy
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: Lurked on and off for 2 years, but only
opened my gob 6 months ago.
Favourite family of Amazonian catfish: Loricariid
Biggest waste of time: The Internet
David Mosley
back from lurking here goes:
Name: David Mosley
Age: 30
Marital Status: Married
Location: Watford, Herts.
Occupation: IT Manager
First Prog: 2 (but my father managed to get hold of Prog 1 in London later that week!)
Mother threw my 2kAD collection out after: Prog 24 (sob)
10 Favourite 2kAD characters: Judge Dredd, Johnny
Alpha, MACH1, Bill Savage,
Halo Jones, Harry 20, Nick 'Meltdown Man' Stone, 'Slippery' Jim deGriz,
Zenith,
Deadlock.
10 Favourite 2kAD stories: 'Harlem Heroes', 'The Day the Law Died',
'Invasion/Disaster
1990', 'Fiends of the Eastern Front', 'Harry 20 on the Rock', 'Meltdown
Man', 'Halo Jones Book 3', 'Bad Company', 'Rogue Trooper: The War Machine',
'Zenith Book 3'.
10 Favourite Artists: Ezquerra, Bolland, McMahon, Gibson, Fabry, Yeowell,
Davis,
Belardinelli, O'Neill, Dillon.
10 Favourite Writers: Alan Moore, John Wagner, Pat Mills, Peter Milligan,
Grant
Morrison, Alan Grant, John Howard (What do you mean, he's John Wagner?!),
TB Grover (No wait, that's Wagner as well, isn't it?), F Martin Candor
(It's that Wagner
fellow again, surely?), G. Finley Day (unless he's Wagner too).
How long on a.c.2k: 2-3 months (I think).
Off-topic stuff:
Music: Bowie, Duran Duran, Ultravox, Manic Street Preachers, Pulp,
Oasis, The
Spice Girls (oh the humilation, but I actually *like* their songs!),
The Beatles,
Pink Floyd.
Favourite Films/Directors: Where Eagles Dare, Bond,
The Great Escape, Pulp Fiction,
Star Wars (original), Michael Powell, Welles, Scorsese, Coppola (in
the '70s), Peter
Greenway.
Favourite Authors/Books: Philip K. Dick, Michael Moorcock,
Umberto Eco, Ian
Fleming, The Hobbit, Hitch-Hikers Guide, Gorky Park, Weaveworld.
Thanks for listening,
DEMos
Phil Nixon
group.
Name: Phil Nixon
Age: 32 (last sunday)
Marital Status: Married.
Address: Woodville, New Zealand (look it up on a map it's towards the
bottom of the North Island about a 100 miles from Wellington). I
originally hail from Flixton, Manchester and I arrived here last year.
Occupation: House Husband, computer trainer, part-time writer and all
round good guy.
First Prog: 1 (fool that I was I threw it out along with the first 100
or so progs)
Favourite 2000 character(s): Dredd, Strontium Dog, ABC Warriors, DR &
Quinch, Halo Jones, Zenith, Chopper.
Favourite Artist(s): Mike McMahon, Brian Bolland, Ian Gibson, Steve
Dillon, Kevin O'Neill, Trevor Hairsine, Simon Bisley, Carlos Ezquerra,
Dave Gibbons, Cam Kennedy, Kev Walker
Favourite Writer(s): John Wagner, Alan Grant, Pete Milligan.
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: I don't know but it's over a year.
Favourite Author(s): Iain Banks, Stephen King
Favourite Music: Marillion, Manic Street Preachers, New Order, Yello,
Sisters of Mercy and tons more
Favourite Movie: Too many to mention and I can't decide anyway!
Phil Nixon
> > Address: Los Angeles, CA. (used to be Manchester, UK)
So I'm not the only foreigner. What is it about Manchester that makes
people leave? I didn't want to my wife made me.
Phil
AndyDiggle
Name: Andy Diggle (aka Dig-L)
Age: 27
Marital Status: Young, free and desperate
Location: London
Occupation: Assistant Editor, 2000 AD / Judge Dredd Megazine
First Prog: 210 (The shame! But I did get the biotronic stickers from Prog
2...)
Mother threw my 2kAD collection out after: She wouldn't dare!
Favourite 2kAD characters: Judge Dredd, Johnny Alpha, Halo Jones
Favourite 2kAD stories: The Apocalypse War, Halo Jones 1-3, Judge Death Lives
Favourite Artists: Carlos Ezquerra, Brian Bolland, Mick McMahon, Ian Gibson,
Glenn Fabry, Cam Kennedy, Alan Davis, Kev O'Neill, Steve Dillon, Jim Murray
Favourite Writers: John Wagner, Alan Moore
How long on a.c.2k: 6 month-ish?
Least Favourite 2000 AD series: Space Girls, BLAIR 1, Anderson: Crusade
Off topic...
Favourite Music: Tom Waits
Favourite Film: Jaws
Favourite Novel: Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Favourite other comics: Preacher, Hellboy, The Invisibles,
Transmetropolitan, The Wretch, Steve Bissette's Tyrant, Whiteout (from Oni
Press, check it out)
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite milk shake: chocolate
Favourite Spice Girl: Scary
Favourite pastimes: bullshitting down the pub, movies, Doom
Andy Diggle, 2000 AD
"Oh my God! They killed Johnny Alpha!"
G.Forde
Name: Grainne Forde
Age: 26
Status: Footloose and fancy free [Be afraid boys, be VERY afraid ;)]
Address: Coventry, West Midlands.
Occupation: Librarian and part time student.
First Prog: 1 [Yes I was only 4, I didn't actually become fanatical
enough to kidnap the collection from my elder brothers till I was 12 though.]
Fav characters: Dredd [What a surprise!] Halo Jones, Strontium Dog, ABC
Warriors, Nemesis, Slaine [the early years], Rogue [the early years] and Ace
Trucking [Again the early ones], Robohunter [up till he was reborn], Armitage
[ok so he's megazine - sue me] and Skizz.
Writers: John Wagner, Pat Mills, Alan Grant, Dave Stone.
Artists: Dermot Power, Ian Gibson, Colin MacNiel, Brian Bolland, Steve
Dillon, Carlos Ezquerra and Henry Flint.
Lurking around alt.2000ad: On and off, depending upon the network at Coventry
University and presence of my boss when I should be working not surfing.
Other fandoms: I lurk around on Due South, X-Files and Voyager sites but not
as much as Dredd.
Films: My fav. films of all time are the Star Wars trilogy, the Crow, the
Aliens films up till the 4th one, Predator, Tank Girl [yes it has flaws but
it makes me laugh] and the Batman efforts.
Comedians: Eddie Izzard is God as far as I'm concerned, Bob and Vic and
anything Python.
Music: Loads of different stuff depending on mood. Leonard Cohen and Madness
are in my walkman as I write.
That's enough of that.
Mike Sivier
>First Prog: 210 (The shame! But I did get the biotronic stickers from Prog
>2...)
Another mystery solved! The people down the shop swore blind they
didn't have the bloody things but now we know! They gave 'em to you!
--
Mike, who after 21.5 years is *still* mad about it.
Steve Hammond
<w.l...@virgin.net> writes
>I've been on alt.2000 now for a few months and one thing I keep asking
>myself is, who the heck is everyone. People usually end a post with
>there first name, or have an e-mail address which doesn't say who they
>are.
An idea of stunning stunningness!
Name: Steve Hammond
Age: 29
Marital Status: single.
Address: Dundee
Occupation: writing stories, characters, backgrounds for computer games
(original Hired Guns, Lemmings III, Unirally, early versions of Body
Harvest and the forthcoming disaster-in-a-can _new_ Hired Guns - you
wouldn't believe what the suits wanted to do with the characters; you
boys in comics have it _easy_ when it comes to seeing your vision reach
the shelves intact!) Currently freelance, which pays bollocks, full
time job offers welcomed with salivation!
First Prog: 400ish, but comic marts pushed it back to 179 in a
relatively unbroken run. Also have rather tatty prog 2.
Favourite 2000 character(s): Halo Jones (as if anyone doubted this!),
Dredd, Johnny Alpha, Middenface, Sam Slade, Anderson
Favourite Artist: Ian Gibson, Steve Dillon, Carlos Ezquerra, Mike
McMahon, Bellardinelli
Favourite Writers: Alan Moore, John Wagner, Alan Grant and sometimes Dan
Abnett's dialogue.
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: Maybe a year, less since starting to
talk.
Misc. nonessential info: Claim to fame is that when I was aged around 9,
I found the weapon that the police were looking for in connection with a
murder!
--
_____________
(_TEVE Hammond, The Toy Cosmos, www.tincan.demon.co.uk
__) "We salute you, our half-inflated dark lord."
- The Simpsons
William Logan
>Name: Andy Diggle (aka Dig-L)
>Occupation: Assistant Editor, 2000 AD / Judge Dredd Megazine
Show off 8-)
>Mother threw my 2kAD collection out after: She wouldn't dare!
When I joined the Army my old girl cleared out my Progs from 1977 to
1987. It's a good job they wouldn't let me take a tank home.
It took me until 1992 to build my collection back up.
La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
Rick Gillyon
>Favourite Artists: Carlos Ezquerra, Brian Bolland, Mick McMahon, Ian Gibson,
>Glenn Fabry, Cam Kennedy, Alan Davis, Kev O'Neill, Steve Dillon, Jim Murray
So, Andy, care to comment on the CI story which claims Murray is now
contracted to DC for a year? :(
>
>Least Favourite 2000 AD series: Space Girls, BLAIR 1, Anderson: Crusade
They were *all* turkeys, weren't they? I understand it must be quite
difficult for an editor to have any effect on what such a long-standing
writer as Grant does, but that one was awful...
>
>Favourite Spice Girl: Scary
Sporty! (But only 'cos no-one else likes her...maybe I stand a chance!
:) )
>
>Favourite pastimes:
Reading, computers, heavy fuggin metal!
Rick Gillyon
<ste...@REMOVE-MEtincan.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Misc. nonessential info: Claim to fame is that when I was aged around 9,
>I found the weapon that the police were looking for in connection with a
>murder!
So when does your Grandad get out then? ;)
Mike Sivier
>On 15 Sep 1998 08:58:00 GMT, andyd...@aol.com (AndyDiggle) wrote:
>>Favourite Spice Girl: Scary
>Sporty! (But only 'cos no-one else likes her...maybe I stand a chance!
>:) )
No-one else? She's the only one that can sing, IMNSHO!
Man, she belts 'em out...
--
Mike
Grant Goggans
wrote:
>I've been on alt.2000 now for a few months and one thing I keep asking
>myself is, who the heck is everyone. People usually end a post with
>there first name, or have an e-mail address which doesn't say who they
>are.
Hmm. Not a bad idea.
Name: Grant Goggans
Age: 26
Marital status: Married
Home base: Athens GA
Occupation: human resources for Athens' second largest employer
First prog: 406
Favorite characters: Winwood & Cord, Halo Jones, Sam Slade, Zenith,
Robot Archie, Dredd, Johnny Alpha, Ace Garp, D.R. & Quinch, Bradley,
Nikolai Dante, Bix Barton, Chopper, Joe Pineapples before the
lingerie, Cass Anderson, Squadron Leader Bertie, Really, Truly, Scuba
Trooper and Johnny Zhivago.
Favorite artists: Rian Hughes, Ezquerra, McMahon, Chris Weston, Kev
O'Neill, Gibson, Greg Staples, Belardinelli, Simon Harrison, Simon
Fraser, Colin MacNeil.
Favorite writers: Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, John Smith, Pat Mills up
until about '89, Wagner, McKenzie.
How long on a.c.2kad: Since post #4 or so, long enough to see Friday
post the charter about 45772 times.
--
happily ever after,
Grant
Are you reading the adventures of the GMS Legion? No?
Then visit "http://www.negia.net/~dgoggans/cx.html" right now!
Phil Nixon
>
> Aw, what the heck...
>
> Name: Andy Diggle (aka Dig-L)
>
>
> Occupation: Assistant Editor, 2000 AD / Judge Dredd Megazine
I was recently going through the list of fans who attended the 1986 UKAC
Convention and found the name Andrew Diggle. Are you that fan?
Other names in the fan list, didn't realise were there until now are
Colin MacNeil, Duncan Fegredo and Dave McKean.
Phil
AndyDiggle
ri...@rgillyon.demon.co.uk (Rick Gillyon) said:
>>So, Andy, care to comment on the CI story which claims Murray is now
contracted to DC for a year?<<
He's doing "A Tragedy", a Batman/Demon Elseworlds story written by Alan Grant.
Why? 'Cause DC offered him almost twice as much per page as we were able to.
Guy's gotta make a living. Fortunately, he's still got enough time to do us
covers on a fairly regular basis. If I had my way, no-one else would ever draw
Dredd...
Phil Nixon <Phil....@xtra.co.nz> said:
>>I was recently going through the list of fans who attended the 1986 UKAC
Convention and found the name Andrew Diggle. Are you that fan?<<
Guilty as charged. That was my first con (I was 15) and the only American comic
I read at that point was Swamp Thing. I remember bumping into some geezer who'd
painted himself blue. "Who the blinkin' flip are you meant to be?" I asked,
perfectly reasonably I thought. "Dr Manhattan," he said as if speaking to a
slow child (fair enough). "From Watchmen," he added. When I said I'd never
heard of it, he looked appalled, made his excuses and left. Little did I
know...
Jeez, no wonder Alan Moore retired from public life after than con...
AndyDiggle
Steve Hammond <ste...@REMOVE-MEtincan.demon.co.uk> said:
>>Misc. nonessential info: Claim to fame is that when I was aged around 9,
I found the weapon that the police were looking for in connection with a
murder!<<
Ooh goody, that gives me an excuse to tell my SWAT team story again... (groan)
There I was watching telly, about 10.30 at night, when I decided to nip out for
a packet of fags and a pint of milk. I open the door of my 1st floor flat, and
there's a fully armed SWAT team in the hall. Body armour, helmets, H&K HP5s,
the works.
They've just kicked in the door of the flat downstairs and found nobody home.
The phrase "In his spare time, Dredd liked to pull a few 59Cs" was floating
around my brain when the team leader turns to me, weapon in hand, and inquires
through his balaclava, "You know the person who lives here?" Buttocks clenched,
I reply, "I think he's out."
"Does he have a paid-up TV licence?" he asks. Took about three seconds for the
penny to drop before I said, "Jesus, you guys are getting strict..."
True story.
David Mosley
> That was my first con (I was 15) and the only American comic
> I read at that point was Swamp Thing. I remember bumping into some geezer who'd
> painted himself blue. "Who the blinkin' flip are you meant to be?" I asked,
> perfectly reasonably I thought. "Dr Manhattan," he said as if speaking to a
> slow child (fair enough). "From Watchmen," he added. When I said I'd never
> heard of it, he looked appalled, made his excuses and left. Little did I
> know...
Andy, it's a small world, because I think I actually know who you're refering to.
If he won the fancy dress competition that year, the chap in question used to be my next door
neighbour. I passed many an evening at his home reading his comic collection. By the time of your
encounter with him, he'd moved a little way away from my parents, but I still went up to London with
him about once a month to visit the old Forbidden Planet store in Denmark street. Years later he
attended my wedding. (IIRC, the following UKCAC he went as Brainiac 3 from LSH.)
In order to save his blushes, 12 years on, only used fivers in brown paper envelopes will make me
disclose his name.
Best regards,
DEMos
Duncan McMillan
> I've been on alt.2000 now for a few months and one thing I keep asking
> myself is, who the heck is everyone. People usually end a post with
> there first name, or have an e-mail address which doesn't say who they
> are.
> There are the names that are always popping up because they post
> regularly, and every now and again a new name appears only to
> disappear and reappear at a later date.
> As very few of the newsgroup have, or are ever likely to meet one
> another, and I thought it may be a good idea if everyone gave a quick
> introduction to themselves.
> A bit more than if you were at comics anonymous i.e.. My name is
> William and I've been a comic reader for 24 years, but not a full
> blown autobiographical insight into your life.
> So here goes, feel free to send your own in so I don't end up looking
> like a complete sad git.
>
> Name: William Logan
>
> Age: 31
>
> Marital Status: Married.
>
> Address: Diss, Norfolk.
>
> Occupation: Support worker for people with learning disabilities and
> challenging behaviour.
>
> First Prog: 1
>
> Favourite 2000 character(s): Dredd, Strontium Dog, ABC Warriors, early
> ACE Trucking episodes, DR & Quinch, Halo Jones, Harry Twenty, Nemisis
> (Books 1 - 4), first 3 years of Rogue Trooper, Slaine up to the Horned
> God, I'll keep it to these 10.
>
> Favourite Artist(s): Mike McMahon, Brian Bolland, Ian Gibson, Steve
> Dillon, Kevin O'Neill, Henry Flint, Trevor Hairsine, Carlos Ezquerra,
> Dave Gibbons, Cam Kennedy, Once again I'll keep it to 10.
>
> How long on alt.comics.2000ad: 3 months.
>
> There's the basics, if anyone wants to add other catagories feel free.
--
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Cartoons, 6 Grange Park, Brough, East Yorkshire, HU15 1AA, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)1482 665280
Duncan McMillan
Name: Duncan McMillan
Age: 33
Dependents: Wife, Kid (aged 2.5)
Address: Brough Nr. Hull) East Yorkshire
Occupation: Graphic Designer (Day Job), Freelance Cartoonist/Illustrator
Left the Army in: January 1990
First Prog: 350(ish)
Mother threw my 2kAD collection out after: She didn't, but I once lent
my first couple of hundred progs to a "friend" whom I never saw again.
Fave Characters: Dreddy, ABC Warriors (esp. Joe Pineapples), Johnny
Alpha, Nikolai Dante
Fave Stories: Erm, can't be arsed to think about this one at the moment
Fave Artists: Jim Murray, Bisley, Frank Quitely, Glen Fabry, Brian
Bolland, Cam Kennedy, Trevor Hairsine, Greg Staples, Arthur Ranson,
Jason Brashill, SB Davis
Fave Writers: Alan Grant, Garth Ennis, Alan Moore, Frank Miller - and
others I'm sure.
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: On, then off, then on for just over 2
years
Other Comics: Watchmen, V, Dark Night, Preacher (but only ever read it
in the Megazine - resisting the temptation to buy the rest), Shit the
Dog - oh and Johnny Nemo
Novel: Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
Album: Copper Blue - Sugar
Film: Eraserhead
Typeface: Spumoni
Er - that's it.
Dunc.
Duncan McMillan
Dunc.
Michael Flynn
Name: Michael Flynn
Age: 29
Marital Status: Single
Location: Waterford, Ireland
Occupation: General Dogsbody
First Prog: around 150 somewhere
Mother threw my 2kAD collection out after: I did it myself, after
deciding that comics were for children and that I should grow up and
get rid of them. What a F***ing idiot I was.
Favourite 2kAD characters: Judge Dredd, Johnny Alpha, Zenith, Sam
Slade, Rogue Trooper (the old version)
Favourite Artists: Carlos Ezquerra, Brian Bolland, Ian Gibson,
Belardinelli, Steve Dillon, Frank Quitly, Dermot Power, Colin McNeil
Favourite Writers: Alan Moore, John Wagner, Peter Milligan, Alan
Grant, Grant Morrison
How long on a.c.2k: almost 2 years but I Haven't posted much
Music: Oasis, The Verve, The Mavericks, Bryan Adams, Hootie and the
Blowfish, currently listening to Matchbox 20 a brilliant CD
Favourite Films: Pulp Fiction, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Unforgiven,
A Day At The Races
Favourite Authors: Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Robert Rankin,
Favourite other comics: Preacher, Hellboy, The Invisibles,
Transmetropolitan, Starman, Astro City, Kane, Hellblazer
Favourite TV shows: The Pretender, Babylon 5, X-Files, Married with
Children, Only Fools and Horses, Red Dwarf
Martin Collins
>I've been on alt.2000 now for a few months and one thing I keep asking
>myself is, who the heck is everyone.
Name: Martin Collins
Age: 31
Marital Status: Unencumbered
Address: Maidenhead
Occupation: Programmer
First Prog: 1
Favourite 2000 character(s): Dredd, Deadlock, Abelaard Snazz
Favourite Artist(s): Mike McMahon, Kevin O'Neill, Carlos Ezquerra,
Belardinelli, Jim Murray, Siku, the guy doing
Durham Red
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: A year?
Mother threw my 2kAD collection out after: She's still got half of
them.
Favourite music: Fairport, Stranglers, Sisters, Zep, Rush, Radiohead,
Prodigy
Favourite films/Directors: Apocalypse Now, 2001, Gilliam, Besson,
Lynch
Favourite authors/books: Frank Herbert, Dan Simmons, Gene Wolf, Robert
Anton Wilson
Favourite OS: Linux
Splundig vur thrigg
Martin
Rick Gillyon
wrote:
>ri...@rgillyon.demon.co.uk (Rick Gillyon) wrote:
>
>>On 15 Sep 1998 08:58:00 GMT, andyd...@aol.com (AndyDiggle) wrote:
>
>>>Favourite Spice Girl: Scary
>
>>Sporty! (But only 'cos no-one else likes her...maybe I stand a chance!
>
>No-one else? She's the only one that can sing, IMNSHO!
>
She *sings*??? ;)
Rick Gillyon
>
>ri...@rgillyon.demon.co.uk (Rick Gillyon) said:
>
>>>So, Andy, care to comment on the CI story which claims Murray is now
>contracted to DC for a year?<<
>
>He's doing "A Tragedy", a Batman/Demon Elseworlds story written by Alan Grant.
>Why? 'Cause DC offered him almost twice as much per page as we were able to.
Damn...
>Guy's gotta make a living.
Absolutely, we're all whores to some extent at the end of the day, don't
blame the guy for one minute.
>Fortunately, he's still got enough time to do us
>covers on a fairly regular basis. If I had my way, no-one else would ever draw
>Dredd...
Well, I am very impressed with his stuff, but I still like to see
Ezquerra draw Dredd.
>
>Jeez, no wonder Alan Moore retired from public life after than con...
>
Anyone else read Moore's "Voice Of The Fire" novel? I think he was
probably researching it ever since then. A fascinating read from cover
to cover...
Rick Gillyon
>Ooh goody, that gives me an excuse to tell my SWAT team story again... (groan)
>
Heheheheh...perhaps even scarier, I worked in Warsaw (that's in Poland,
American people!) for a year. One day four of us were having lunch in a
restaurant called "Chickenland" (guess the speciality!).
There were a bunch of fairly shady-looking characters in the corner,
drinking coffee. Anyway, we were on the soup when suddenly the door
burst open and 15(ish) armed police with large guns burst in and
surrounded these guys, just a couple of yards away! No way out for us,
and we had no idea if shooting would start...ooo-errr.
Anyway, cops search villains, cuff them and lead them away, while waving
guns about...no harm, except for the brown trousers...
Mike Sivier
>On Tue, 15 Sep 1998 22:29:40 GMT, mi...@wurzzz.demon.co.uk (Mike Sivier)
>wrote:
>>ri...@rgillyon.demon.co.uk (Rick Gillyon) wrote:
>>
>>>On 15 Sep 1998 08:58:00 GMT, andyd...@aol.com (AndyDiggle) wrote:
>>
>>>>Favourite Spice Girl: Scary
>>
>>>Sporty! (But only 'cos no-one else likes her...maybe I stand a chance!
>>
>>No-one else? She's the only one that can sing, IMNSHO!
>>
>She *sings*??? ;)
Well, she can certainly belt 'em out...
--
Mike
WLogan79
<I...@illuminations.demon.co.uk> writes:
>Bodily Mutation: Growing hairier, the older I get. I reckon 6 years before
>I'm turning
>back into a chimp.
That'll be the Fribb Enzyme 8-)
Ian Hogg
Name: Ian Hogg
Age: 24
Marital Status: Not married to the same person for 8 years.
Address: Southsea, Portsmouth (Via Falkirk, Edinburgh, etc....)
Occupation: Project Manager in IBM
First Prog: Now you're asking!
Favourite 2000 character(s):
Dredd,
Strontium Dog,
ABC Warriors,
ACE Trucking (I loved all that 70's/80's CB stuff.),
DR & Quinch ("Y'know - a kiss on the hand might be quite continental, but tactical
thermonuclear weaponary is a guys best friend"),
Halo Jones (Blew me away - You don't like your situation, do something about it.),
Nemesis,
Occasional Rogue Trooper,
Slaine (apart from that fighting fantasty type thing - "You are Slaine"),
Favourite Artist(s): Like most stuff, but Gibson was great (back to Halo!).
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: 3-6 months on and off.
Music: Everything - big scary classical to B-52s.
Books: Clancy, Pratchett, Hellier, Hugo. Tolkien - again, a bit of everything.
Bodily Mutation: Growing hairier, the older I get. I reckon 6 years before I'm turning
back into a chimp.
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I...@illuminations.demon.co.uk wrote:
> Address: Southsea, Portsmouth (Via Falkirk, Edinburgh, etc....)
>
Did you ever come across a strange extra-terrestrial entity by the name of
Gail Rose, did you?
Or Lesley Alston? (Connor)
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<<Ooh goody, that gives me an excuse to tell my SWAT team story again... >>
My turn, my turn, pick me!
So, about 18 months ago a selection of Fleetway/2000 staffers are in the
Edinburgh Castle pub in Camden (before it got refitted) playing pool and
drinking.
A guy tears into the place, is tackled to the ground by three uniformed cops
who appear (as if by magic), the lead cop shouting at the top of his lungs:
"You are well and truly nicked!"
Obviously, he'd been watching too much of either The Bill or The Sweeney. A
drunked Dane in our group shouts out "Violence breeds violence!" and we all
make sheepish and try to look like we don't know said Dane.
The cop's reply: "Yeah, well he deserved it!"
David Bishop
"You may have heard of me. I'm a stickler."
st...@virtualvillage.co.uk
name: Steev Hopper
Age: 28
Location: London
Occupation(s): (Day:) UK New Media Manager for Virtual Village Ltd. (Other:)
Psychotherapist, writer
Marital Status: Living with girlfriend of many years
Kids: Nope
Jaffa?: Nope, so don't go getting ideas
First Prog: 1
Fave strips: Revere, Dredd, Strontium Dog, Slaine, Halo Jones, Sini Dex,
Nemesis
Fave writers: Wagner, Grant, Mills, John Smith, Dan Abnett
Fave Artists: Esquerra, McMahon, O'Neill, McCarthy, Simon Harrison
Other comics: Hellblazer, House of Secrets, all Marvel Spidey titles, Thor,
Christ The Vampire
Music: Nick Cave, Damien Youth,Inkubus Sukkubus, London After Midnight, The
Horatii, Vendemmian, Sisters, Mission, Black Tape for A Blue Girl... oh
alright anything vaguely goth.
Films: Star Wars trilogy, most horror
Theatre: Woman In Black, anything except 'Rocky Horror/ Return to Forbidden
Planet-style camp twattery'
Books: I'll try most horror, therapy text books, anything my infinitely more
knowledgable girlfriend reccommends
Teevee: Frasier, Likely Lads, Porridge, Steptoe and Son, in fact most *good*
Brit-Com (ie... anything produced over ten years ago), Doctor Who, Twilight
Zone, Hammer House of Horror, South Park, King Of The Hill
Person I'd like to play me in the movie: Bob Hoskins
Most desirable thing in the world: Cher, rolling around in cash
Steev
Ian Hogg
Cheers,
Ian
magic...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> In article <360198A8...@illuminations.demon.co.uk>,
> I...@illuminations.demon.co.uk wrote:
> > Address: Southsea, Portsmouth (Via Falkirk, Edinburgh, etc....)
> >
>
> Did you ever come across a strange extra-terrestrial entity by the name of
> Gail Rose, did you?
>
> Or Lesley Alston? (Connor)
>
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Mek Quake
warbled on about "Re: Borag Thungg!" in alt.comics.2000ad <<=
> "You are well and truly nicked!"
>
> Obviously, he'd been watching too much of either The Bill or The Sweeney. A
> drunked Dane in our group shouts out "Violence breeds violence!" and we all
> make sheepish and try to look like we don't know said Dane.
>
> The cop's reply: "Yeah, well he deserved it!"
No wonder we prefer comics. Real life is a complete let down when it comes
to classic one-liners and the witty repartee.
--
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
Rick Gillyon
wrote:
Hell no, I found that *far* funnier than most comics! :)
Rick Gillyon
>Ooh goody, a chance to talk about me.
>
Not so sure, myself! Let's look at this "talk"... ;)
>
>Fave strips: Revere
Pisstake, no? No-one really *liked* Revere, did they? Surely it was an
attempt to write an "adult" strip by writing utter bollocks that no-one
understands, but "cool" people pretend to like because they think it
makes them look cool.
(c/f Grant Morrison)
>
>Fave writers: Wagner, Grant, Mills, John Smith, Dan Abnett
>
Oooo-errr, here we go again! John Smith...writes that "cool" stuff! I
must admit I *loved* Killing Time, but then I bought the collected
edition, and it didn't really hold up to a reprint. New Statesmen
wasn't bad, but it felt like 30 pages went missing in the middle
somewhere...
>Fave Artists: Esquerra, McMahon, O'Neill, McCarthy, Simon Harrison
Harrison's art is quite *stylish*, but he can't draw a human, can he?
>
>Theatre: Woman In Black, anything except 'Rocky Horror/ Return to Forbidden
>Planet-style camp twattery'
You are forgiven all my above criticisms, because I *love* the term
"camp twattery". Cheers!
st...@virtualvillage.co.uk
>
> Pisstake, no? No-one really *liked* Revere, did they? Surely it was an
> attempt to write an "adult" strip by writing utter bollocks that no-one
> understands, but "cool" people pretend to like because they think it
> makes them look cool.
>
> (c/f Grant Morrison)
I *did*, I *did*. I loved Revere, and I truly wish they would either reprint
it, or bring it back, or make a movie, or something. Out of everything the
prog has ever printed it's the one strip that I think holds up to continued
reappraisal, precisely because it is so deliberately obtuse. Not just the
script, either, but the art is so murky, it's as if whoever was editing at
the time sat down and said "I know, let's get the murkiest art together with
this inpenetrable script and see what happens." What happened was they made a
minor miracle. Personally, I say give me this any day over more 'Kelly's
Eye', 'Rogue Trooper' etc etc.
> >
> >Fave writers: Wagner, Grant, Mills, John Smith, Dan Abnett
> >
> Oooo-errr, here we go again! John Smith...writes that "cool" stuff! I
> must admit I *loved* Killing Time, but then I bought the collected
> edition, and it didn't really hold up to a reprint. New Statesmen
> wasn't bad, but it felt like 30 pages went missing in the middle
> somewhere...
I don't like Smith's stuff cos he's 'cool', I like him cos he can string a
tale together and uses words like he's wanking with them. No one ever told
him that comics 'should' use as few words as possible, and I think that's
great. And his work is creepy as hell.
>
> >Fave Artists: Esquerra, McMahon, O'Neill, McCarthy, Simon Harrison
>
> Harrison's art is quite *stylish*, but he can't draw a human, can he?
Neither could Picasso, I imagine. For me, art is about interpretation, not
still-life. I'd rather Esquerra and Harrison than light-box reality of Arthur
Ransom. I buy comics to see stuff that I wouldn't in real life. I just need
to dig out my old art-lessons portfolio to see an approximation of Maze
World... which, I feel it has to be said, is boring, sedentary, and not my
cup of tea at all.
> >
> >Theatre: Woman In Black, anything except 'Rocky Horror/ Return to Forbidden
> >Planet-style camp twattery'
>
> You are forgiven all my above criticisms, because I *love* the term
> "camp twattery". Cheers!
No problem. Am I not the only one, then, who hates Rocky Horror and FP? I
thought I was just a 'cynical old bastard'
Steev
Mike Sivier
>> >Theatre: Woman In Black, anything except 'Rocky Horror/ Return to Forbidden
>> >Planet-style camp twattery'
>>
>> You are forgiven all my above criticisms, because I *love* the term
>> "camp twattery". Cheers!
>No problem. Am I not the only one, then, who hates Rocky Horror and FP? I
>thought I was just a 'cynical old bastard'
Personally I adore Return to the Forbidden Planet. But you're
perfectly entitled to your views.
--
Mike
Mark Latus
>
> I've been on alt.2000 now for a few months and one thing I keep asking
> there first name, or have an e-mail address which doesn't say who they
> are.
> There are the names that are always popping up because they post
> regularly, and every now and again a new name appears only to
> disappear and reappear at a later date.
> As very few of the newsgroup have, or are ever likely to meet one
> another, and I thought it may be a good idea if everyone gave a quick
> introduction to themselves.
Name : Mark Latus
Age: 33
Marital Status: Single
Address: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Occupation: Library Tech at Mount St. Vincent University.
First Prog: 46 (which looks pretty ratty after all these years)
Favourite 2000 character(s): Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, ABC Warriors
(though it was definitely flagging in the more recent series), Ace
Trucking Co., DR & Quinch, Halo Jones, Nemesis, Zenith, Big Dave,
Nikola Dante, Slaine (apart from the recent timetravel stories),
Skizz (book 1), Missionary Man (which counts as 2000 AD these days),
Bad Company, MACH 1, Future Shocks/Time Twisters (some of them anyway
though all of Alan Moore's make the list), Meltdown Man, Return to
Armaggedon (yes it was cliche but a well done one), Rogue Trooper
(before he caught up with the traitor), Rogue Trooper II (Gibbons
original War Machine story after which the less said the better),
Really & Truly, and probably a lot more that will occur to me after
I send this.
Favourite Artist(s): Mike McMahon, Brian Bolland, Ian Gibson, Steve
Dillon, Kevin O'Neill, Henry Flint, Carlos Ezquerra, Dave Gibbons, Cam
Kennedy, Simon Fraser, Greg Staples, Simon Bisley, Alan Davis, Glenn
Fabry, Arthur Ranson, I'm sure I've left a lot out.
Favourite writers : John Wagner, Alan Grant (when he's not getting
preachy via Anderson), Pat Mills (at least until he started recycling
the same story for Finn, Slaine and ABC Warriors), Grant Morrison (I'm
talking Zenith not the Dredd he wrote with Millar), Robbie Morrison,
Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, damn who am I forgetting? Add in anyone who
did a character who made my list.
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: Not sure, however long its been since I
stumbled across it. 2 years?
Robin Low
writes
>> >Fave Artists: Esquerra, McMahon, O'Neill, McCarthy, Simon Harrison
>>
>> Harrison's art is quite *stylish*, but he can't draw a human, can he?
>
>
>Neither could Picasso, I imagine. For me, art is about interpretation, not
>still-life. I'd rather Esquerra and Harrison than light-box reality of Arthur
>Ransom. I buy comics to see stuff that I wouldn't in real life. I just need
>to dig out my old art-lessons portfolio to see an approximation of Maze
>World... which, I feel it has to be said, is boring, sedentary, and not my
>cup of tea at all.
Just to be awkward, I like Simon Harrison *and* Arthur Ransom.
regards
Robin
--
Robin Low
Rick Gillyon
>I *did*, I *did*. I loved Revere, and I truly wish they would either reprint
>it, or bring it back, or make a movie, or something. Out of everything the
>prog has ever printed it's the one strip that I think holds up to continued
>reappraisal,
I'm not sure I could stand to! "Deliberately" or otherwise obtuse is my
least favourite writing, both in comics or otherwise. I just think it
often disguises a lack of any real plot.
>precisely because it is so deliberately obtuse. Not just the
>script, either, but the art is so murky, it's as if whoever was editing at
>the time sat down and said "I know, let's get the murkiest art together with
>this inpenetrable script and see what happens." What happened was they made a
>minor miracle. Personally, I say give me this any day over more 'Kelly's
>Eye', 'Rogue Trooper' etc etc.
>
As would I, but only just! I can't think that *any* editor would be
pleased with a story that is so difficult to read, this is a comic
forgodsake! This was the problem with other poor (IMOOC) stories such
as Calhab, Maelstrom etc. etc. And later Nemesis...
Maybe someone can tell us if the lack of a Book 2 of Revere is due to
its crapness, its unpopularity or perhaps Smith wasn't interested...
KIWIBishop??
>
>I don't like Smith's stuff cos he's 'cool', I like him cos he can string a
>tale together and uses words like he's wanking with them.
Hmmm, I would have to agree, but I wouldn't think it complimentary!
>No one ever told
>him that comics 'should' use as few words as possible, and I think that's
>great. And his work is creepy as hell.
>
You see, I'm all for complex, adult stories. I *do* have a few
braincells to rub together (despite evidence to the contrary!), but when
I read a story like Revere I quietly tut to myself and think that the
editor hasn't done his job properly...
>>
>> Harrison's art is quite *stylish*, but he can't draw a human, can he?>
>
>Neither could Picasso, I imagine.
What's your point? Picasso was an illustrator, he drew still life, he
didn't tell stories. The discipline is different, if you asked Picasso
to draw an episode of Dredd he'd have real trouble.
His hands *must* have rotted away by now...
>For me, art is about interpretation, not still-life.
Revere *wasn't* still-life!
>I'd rather Esquerra and Harrison than light-box reality of Arthur
>Ransom.
I think Ezquerra and Ransom have their places, and I don't *mind*
Harrison, I just think he ought to practise a bit more life drawing
>I buy comics to see stuff that I wouldn't in real life. I just need
>to dig out my old art-lessons portfolio to see an approximation of Maze
>World... which, I feel it has to be said, is boring, sedentary, and not my
>cup of tea at all.
>
I agree, but I think that's because bugger all ever happens!
>
>No problem. Am I not the only one, then, who hates Rocky Horror and FP? I
>thought I was just a 'cynical old bastard'
>
I hate all musicals (unless you count Spinal Tap). There is absolutely
no justification for the musical, and Andrew Lloyd Webber should be
shot.
Gezuntheit
Gillyon) wrote:
""On Mon, 21 Sep 1998 08:45:25 GMT, st...@virtualvillage.co.uk wrote:
""
"">> Harrison's art is quite *stylish*, but he can't draw a human, can
he?>
"">
"">Neither could Picasso, I imagine.
""
""What's your point? Picasso was an illustrator, he drew still life,
he
""didn't tell stories. The discipline is different, if you asked
Picasso
""to draw an episode of Dredd he'd have real trouble.
On the contrary, Picasso was a superb draughtsman, he had that pretty
much sussed by the age of 18, then moved on to more challenging
things. He might well have drawn a very good Judge Dredd as he was a
comics fan too, particularly Lee Falks 'Phantom'. Picasso was very
interested in telling stories with images, he spent most of his life
doing just that. The story was Picasso himself and whether you find
that interesting or not is entirely up to you.
""
""His hands *must* have rotted away by now...
But his work lives on....:-)
""
"">For me, art is about interpretation, not still-life.
Still life IS interpretation, but I suppose that what you mean is the
perennial problem of' Realism' vs 'Naturalism', whether the object of
the exercise is to create an accurate copy of life or a personal
version of it.
""
""Revere *wasn't* still-life!
Dunno, never read it.
""
"">I'd rather Esquerra and Harrison than light-box reality of Arthur
"">Ransom.
In defense of Arthur Ransom here; in choosing to draw fantastical
stories in such a pernickety photorealistic style he is providing a
strong grounding for the story, the idea is to make it believable by
providing a mostly familiar and recognisable reality. Thus the
suspension of disbelief is carried over onto the more fantastic
concepts, flying dragons etc.
The downside of this is that the work can seem distant and cold.
Ezquerra doesn't worry about that, he is concentrating on a more
expressionistic reality, one where it is the pace and drama of the
story that drags you through and you don't have time to worry about
the background detail. Expression of the story and the characters and
the engagement of the reader are all important.
""
""I think Ezquerra and Ransom have their places, and I don't *mind*
""Harrison, I just think he ought to practise a bit more life drawing
I think if Simon Harrison was interested in drawing 'naturalistic'
human beings he would do more life drawing.
""I hate all musicals (unless you count Spinal Tap). There is
absolutely
""no justification for the musical, and Andrew Lloyd Webber should be
""shot.
""
'Singin' in the Rain' is too awesome for words!
Simon F.
You can shoot Andrew Lloyd Webber though.
Rick Gillyon
>
>'Singin' in the Rain' is too awesome for words!
>
*AWFUL*, surely?
>
>You can shoot Andrew Lloyd Webber though.
Thanks!
Jim Campbell
>In article <35fd434f...@news.virgin.net>, William Logan
><w.l...@virgin.net> writes
>An idea of stunning stunningness!
I agree - been offline for nearly two weeks (dammit), but it's been lovely
to meet you all - I bet you've all got smashing blouses on.
Never one to let being hopelessly out of date stop me from doing anything
...
(Don't say a word, Rennie - all right?)
Name: Jim Campbell
Age: 29
Marital Status: single (but a long-time co-habitee, with four cats)
Address: Nottingham
Occupation: "Real World" - Designer & Production Manager for a local
publication. The rest of the time - occasional freelance writer and heavy
drinker
First Prog: 104 - Just kicking off that phenomenal "Strontium Dog in Hell"
story, I vaguely remember.
Favourite 2000 character(s): Johnny Alpha, Halo Jones, DR & Quinch, Zenith,
Nemesis (books I - III, at least), Slaine (for about the first hundred
years), Captain Klep
Favourite Artist: Mike McMahon, Cam Kennedy, Kevin O'Neill (am I showing my
age yet?) ... Kev Walker, Simon Fraser, Henry Flint, Trevor Hairsine (are we
just doing 2000ad or can I have Frank Miller or Bill Sienkiewicz?)
Favourite Writers: Alan Moore, John Wagner ... loads of others on the basis
of individual stories
How long on alt.comics.2000ad: dunno ... six months? (I'm usually under the
influence when checking the NGs)
Misc. nonessential info: claim to fame - the freelancer who's killed off
more publications than any other (eight or nine magazines and three entire
publishing companies at the last count - the Megazine was the first to
survive)
Cheers
Jim
Rick Gillyon
<jim.ca...@lineone.net> wrote:
>First Prog: 104 - Just kicking off that phenomenal "Strontium Dog in Hell"
>story, I vaguely remember.
Damn, that was some story! Ever reprinted?
>
>Favourite 2000 character(s): Johnny Alpha
Keeps appearing, doesn't he? ;)
>publishing companies at the last count - the Megazine was the first to
>survive)
>
Sorry to be ignorant, but what did you write for the Meg? Was it early
on, 'cause I think I've destroyed the braincells holding that
information...
Jim Campbell
(Rick Gillyon) wrote:
>Sorry to be ignorant, but what did you write for the Meg? Was it early
>on, 'cause I think I've destroyed the braincells holding that
>information...
Kev Walker and I co-wrote "The Inspectre" which ran for just under a year
... since then we've been collaborating on that project I'm not allowed to
mention here, and I have some solo stuff in the pipeline for the same
publication, if the real world eases up a bit and actually allows me time
finish the ****ing things.
Cheers
Jim
Jim Campbell
>
>>First Prog: 104 - Just kicking off that phenomenal "Strontium Dog in Hell"
>>story, I vaguely remember.
>
>Damn, that was some story! Ever reprinted?
Wasn't it, though? And, unless it was in Best of 2000ad, no it hasn't been
reprinted to my knowledge. I may have to go and dig out my progs for a
re-read.
Cheers
Jim
JBanksBrit
Sorry for being such a latecomer. I guess I couldn't hold out any longer.
Name: John Banks
Age: 29
Marital Status: Dating for now
Address: formerly parts in England, but now somewhere in the U.S.A.
Occupation: Used to work in a comic shop. Now a potential architect.
First Prog: 3 (have the first two)
Favourite characters: of course Dredd, Middenface McNulty, Dan Dare, Mach 1,
Vector 13, Psi-Judge Anderson, and Armitage (Megazine)
Favourite artists: Jim Murray, Brian Bolland
How long on a.c.2000ad: posting since late last year (under MegaCit1) and
lurked, but never posted, here in 1996, under JDREDD001, before I cancelled my
account and returned.
Other
Education: a college graduate, apprenticeship programme to further my career.
Hobbies: Posing as a Mick, saluting the Union Jack. A sadist I am...
Favourite movies: Spartacus and 2001: A Space Odyssey (a Kubrick fan indeed).
Also Blade Runner, Alien, and 1492.
John Banks
(Remove 'knackers' for e-mail replies)
Gordon Rennie
>
>
> Misc. nonessential info: claim to fame - the freelancer who's killed off
> more publications than any other (eight or nine magazines and three entire
> survive)
Not bad. Personally, I can only attest to having killed off four or five
comics/magazines and just one publishing company. I concede it, Jim. You
are the master.
Mike Sivier
>How long on a.c.2000ad: posting since late last year (under MegaCit1) and
>lurked, but never posted, here in 1996, under JDREDD001, before I cancelled my
>account and returned.
Oh that was *you*, was it?
--
Mike
Rick Gillyon
<jim.ca...@lineone.net> wrote:
>Kev Walker and I co-wrote "The Inspectre" which ran for just under a year
Heheheheh...there was me thinking that it would be something I hated! I
rather liked that one...set in a Russian camp, no? Or that was one part
of the story...
Prior to that time the Meg had been bloody awful for a while, IMO, and I
missed a couple then started buying again. Just stacked them in a pile
for months, because I couldn't bring myself to read them.
Finally did, ten of them (with gaps) all at once, and I loved the
Inspectre and Hershey stuff, and really enjoyed the Necropolis reprints.
So you helped restore my faith a bit! ;)
>... since then we've been collaborating on that project I'm not allowed to
>mention here
Why not? We need that guy "@Putney", he always used to leak everything!
;)
Rick Gillyon
<jim.ca...@lineone.net> wrote:
>>>First Prog: 104 - Just kicking off that phenomenal "Strontium Dog in Hell"
>>>story, I vaguely remember.
>>
>>Damn, that was some story! Ever reprinted?
>
>Wasn't it, though? And, unless it was in Best of 2000ad, no it hasn't been
>reprinted to my knowledge. I may have to go and dig out my progs for a
>re-read.
>
Damn, don't have those. Threw them away as a kid...I'll have to order
them.
Can someone sad tell me exactly what issues that story covered? Will?
:)
WLogan79
In article <360e7e2e...@news.demon.co.uk>, ri...@rgillyon.demon.co.uk (Rick
Gillyon) writes:
>Can someone sad tell me exactly what issues that story covered? Will?
Strontium Dog: Journey Into Hell.
Progs 104 - 118.
Gordon Rennie
>
> On Sat, 26 Sep 1998 17:42:03 GMT, "Jim Campbell"
> <jim.ca...@lineone.net> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >... since then we've been collaborating on that project I'm not allowed to
> >mention here
>
> Why not? We need that guy "@Putney", he always used to leak everything!
I'll get my retaliation in here first. Jim's talking about Daemonifuge,
the strip he and Kev Walker produce for the Games Workshop comic. Jim's
perfectly entititled to mention it as often as he likes, but, ever time he
does, I reserve the right to mercilessly ridicule him for endlessly
plugging it.
Actually, I'm putting the finishing touches to the Jim Campbell Drinking
Game. Every time he mentions The Inspectre, you have to take a slug of
something strong and alchoholic. Two slugs for Daemonifuge, and three for
Kev Walker. By the end of an average post, you should be feeling fairly
pissed.
Oh yeah, and I'll give you good odds that "@Putney" was 2000AD editorial's
secret identity before they decided to decloak on this NG.
Jim Campbell
<gmre...@mcmail.com> wrote:
>Jim's
>perfectly entititled to mention it as often as he likes, but, ever time he
>does, I reserve the right to mercilessly ridicule him for endlessly
>plugging it.
And even when I don't, apparently.
Jim
Jim Campbell
<gmre...@mcmail.com> wrote:
>Not bad. Personally, I can only attest to having killed off four or five
>comics/magazines and just one publishing company. I concede it, Jim. You
>are the master.
Well, I dunno - maybe we double up on some, so I can't take sole credit.
However, if anyone does run a publishing company they're just dying to kill
off, I am available at present.
Cheers
Jim
Mike Sivier
>Why not? We need that guy "@Putney", he always used to leak everything!
>;)
Yes indeed. Who *was* that masked Internet Bar? ;)
--
Mike
Mike Sivier
>Damn, don't have those. Threw them away as a kid...I'll have to order
>them.
>Can someone sad tell me exactly what issues that story covered? Will?
>:)
104-118.
--
Mike, from memory because I really am *that* sad.
Rick Gillyon
wrote:
>I'll get my retaliation in here first. Jim's talking about Daemonifuge,
>the strip he and Kev Walker produce for the Games Workshop comic. Jim's
>perfectly entititled to mention it as often as he likes, but, ever time he
>does, I reserve the right to mercilessly ridicule him for endlessly
>plugging it.
>
Is it any good?
>
>Oh yeah, and I'll give you good odds that "@Putney" was 2000AD editorial's
>secret identity before they decided to decloak on this NG.
Anyone care to confirm or deny? Andy?
Rick Gillyon
>
>In article <360e7e2e...@news.demon.co.uk>, ri...@rgillyon.demon.co.uk (Rick
>Gillyon) writes:
>
>>Can someone sad tell me exactly what issues that story covered? Will?
>
>Strontium Dog: Journey Into Hell.
>Progs 104 - 118.
>
Thanks Will (and Mike) - the saddest of the sad... ;)
AndyDiggle
ri...@rgillyon.demon.co.uk (Rick Gillyon) pondered...
>>Oh yeah, and I'll give you good odds that "@Putney" was 2000AD editorial's
>>secret identity before they decided to decloak on this NG.
>
>Anyone care to confirm or deny? Andy?
Hey, wasn't me.
Andy Diggle, 2000 AD
"Oh my God! They killed Johnny Alpha!"