On 10 Mar, 11:15, Phantom scojocupcake <bo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Phantom scojocupcake wrote:
> > "Gordon Rennie is both sad and happy that his droid status is on
> > official hiatus. End of an era, 15 years of service to thrill
> > power....man and boy..."
>
> > According to Wikipedia he's concentrating on writing for games.
>
> > Does this mean he's not writing for 2000AD? As he's the second main
> > Dredd writer, hmm... who will replace him? I guess Alan Grant could
> > return as a regular Dredd writer. Robbie Morrison and John Smith do
> > the occasional Dredds but they're not regular Dredd writers. If Rennie
> > has quit 2000AD he's left a few of his Dredd storylines unresolved -
> > in particular, the one involving the crime boss replacing the manta
> > wagons with his own vehicles. Perhaps Rennie's got a few Dredd stories
> > left to publish. Cabs Inc seems a little unresolved too.
>
> > Rennie's take on Dredd was okay, although he never captured the true
> > lunacy of MC-1. Wagner and Grant are the only writers to truly exploit
> > Dredd's dark comic world. Other writers seem less comfortable writing
> > in a more comedic style and tend to overcook Dredd's "stop or you die,
> > drokkers!" attitude. It's interesting to note Wagner never has Dredd
> > refer to perps as "drokkers" whereas writers like Robbie Morrison
> > believe Dredd talks like that.
>
> > Phantom scojocupcake
>
> Simon Spurrier seems to have left 2000 AD too. I think his last 2000
> AD story was Chiaroscuro? I think so. He wrote some Angel Gang
> stories
> for the JD Meg. I hope he's gone. I think he's the worst 2000 AD
> writer of all time! LOL No offence meant, of course. I challenge
> anyone to read his 'Harry Kipling' stories and understand the
> dialogue! Self-indulgent gibberish.
>
> Sounds like most of my posts here. LOL
>
> Phantom scojocupcake
Good to see you're still stalking the people you want to be...
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