I thought that was funny but I didnt know if that was an out and out joke or an actuall character I didnt know about. One thing I did find with ABC was the SPOILERfact that those characters dies meant nothing to me as I have no Idea who they were. _________________ Itchy... Tasty
ive read 2000 ad on and off for years,i feel same about the weekly mag as most have already said on the forum but for me the greatness of 2000 ad lies in slaine,sinister dexter and of course dredd. my advice is pick up a few weekly issues and then see what you like and get the graphic novels of a story arc or writer or artist or protaganist that you like. you cant go far wrong with starting off with slaine book of invasions, and the dredd batman crossovers to get a feel for what its all about.
I've just read my 3rd issue really like all of the stories, I think they all seem to have strong characters and stories and think they all have great artwork [well maby Dredd's neaded a bit more]. Love It. _________________ Itchy... Tasty
Just picked up issues 1551, 1552 so now I go from 1551 to current, and it has sereved to fill in holes in most of the stories, but now im even more confused about the ABC Warriors. Could someone explain to me who is on the team and what is going on, has it nearly all been flashbacks so far??? _________________ Itchy... Tasty
Apart from Slaine (which is essential reading for any teenage girl) I had not read 2000AD when I was a kid apart from odd stories.
I started picking up the collections really for the artwork - I wanted to have a look at classic black and white art that was intended to be black and white, rather than inked pencils intended to take colour.
Now though, I'm really hooked. Anything I spot by Pat Mills I'll snap up right away.
I think the collections are the best way to pick up on the back stories you need to make sense of everything - ABC Warriors particularly as the timeline is so jumpy.
As with anything else so long running and with such a high volume output need(and especially with stories that have had multiple creative teams) the quality varies massively.
I was so disappointed in the first Rogue Trooper collection I can't yet bring myself to read any others - even though I have been told they improve.
Here is my Must Have List to get you started:
1) The ballad of Halo Jones
2) Nemesis the Warlock (volumes one and two collected so far)
3) Strontium Dog (volumes 1 - 3 collected so far)
4) Slaine (well, anything but Time Killer which doesn't fit with the rest of it and would give you a bad impression). The Horned God is the classic.
5)ABC Warriors (the meknificent 7, and blackhole will give you the timeline - although you will need to have read Nemesis as well to get all the pieces as they cross over - Kronicles of Khaos is great but is more of an experiment).
6) Obviously the collected Judge Dredds - but do as I was advised and read 3 onwards and then go back and pick up the early back story from 1 and 2. This is just because the early ones seem really quite primitive in terms of comic story telling now and may put you off the later ones as the target audience was much younger then.
7) Savage: Taking Liberties. This is the sequel to Invasion - but much better. Partly due to the same reasons mentioned above about when it was first printed, and partly because only the first few episodes are scripted by Pat Mills before it passes to Gerry Finlay-Day. Although in the same way it's worth a read for the back story.
The art - particularly by Kev O'Nell (ABC Warriors, Nemesis), Bryan Talbot (Nemesis) and Simon Bisley (ABC Warriors and Slaine) and Brian Bolland (Judge Dredd) is so beautiful it will make you cry.
If you've got any cash left after that lot read Thrill Power Overload - it's fascinating and really puts a different perspective on many of the stories.
What with Christmas coming up and all it would be a good time to make a list
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