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August 15th, 2006

OK, Now Please Explain “Dry Run”

Thrill Power Overload is a book-in-progress blog by former, shall we say, close confidante of Tharg, David Bishop. A history of 2000AD, the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, it looks to be thorough and quote-heavy, interviewing everyone, though the just-the-facts approach seems set to avoid controversy. A critical history of 2000AD would be fun too, though even with naughty .cbr scans it would surely have a tiny audience.

Dunno how big the readership for this book will be but as a former Squaxx Dek Thargo (and one whose brother is currently in droid service) I will definitely be getting a copy. Meanwhile enjoy Bishop’s extracts.

(via that marvellous old warhorse of the UK Blogging community, Link Machine Go)

Written by Tom on Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 | 708 views |

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  1. FT's Stevie on August 16th, 2006

    I loved this bit from this post:

    It was common for IPC comics to have a fictional character as their editor, providing a voice for the title to communicate with its readers. O’Neill says the creation of 2000 AD’s editor, Tharg the Mighty, was a convoluted process: “It was one of those pow-wows in the office. Pat and Kelvin sat opposite each other and I saw behind a partition, directly behind Kelvin’s desk. They had these ranting conversations, lots of swearing and cursing. The people from Buster always complained, somebody leaned over and asked them to mind their language.”

    Although I would have preferred it if it had been the Buster editorial team who had been the sweary bastards, obviously.

 

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