Comments on: 2000AD on the Beeb http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/2000ad-on-the-beeb/ The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ariel http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/2000ad-on-the-beeb/comment-page-1/#comment-26103 Ariel Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:43:59 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=2951#comment-26103 2000AD is on another down-swing at the moment, I reckon. My copy of the 30th anniversary edition dropped through the door yesterday, and flicking through it I found nothing whatsoever that caught my eye and made me want to read it on the spot. The latest Dredd epic - Origins - has been put on seemingly permanent hiatus as well, with a couple of the usual weak-gag storylines, and now am 'Origins' back-story which is interesting enough, but unfortunately has been drawn by Ian Gibson, who was great for comedy strips like Robohunter, but shouldn't be allowed within a mile of a semi-serious Dredd storyboard. Seems like the only time the mag is worth reading is when they let the Edginton and Disraeli droids loose on another of their re-workings of British mythology... at least Stickleback was interesting, even if it did end rather abruptly. 2000AD is on another down-swing at the moment, I reckon. My copy of the 30th anniversary edition dropped through the door yesterday, and flicking through it I found nothing whatsoever that caught my eye and made me want to read it on the spot.

The latest Dredd epic – Origins – has been put on seemingly permanent hiatus as well, with a couple of the usual weak-gag storylines, and now am ‘Origins’ back-story which is interesting enough, but unfortunately has been drawn by Ian Gibson, who was great for comedy strips like Robohunter, but shouldn’t be allowed within a mile of a semi-serious Dredd storyboard.

Seems like the only time the mag is worth reading is when they let the Edginton and Disraeli droids loose on another of their re-workings of British mythology… at least Stickleback was interesting, even if it did end rather abruptly.

]]> By: Mark Kardwell http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/2000ad-on-the-beeb/comment-page-1/#comment-26005 Mark Kardwell Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:46:02 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=2951#comment-26005 Shame so many of the comments from readers after the piece were so facile. A lot of them seem to refer to 2000AD in the past tense - maybe they think it's no longer published? Shame so many of the comments from readers after the piece were so facile. A lot of them seem to refer to 2000AD in the past tense – maybe they think it’s no longer published?

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