This seems a good opportunity to mention that the creator of the Ultimate Future Shock has his first ACTUAL SERIES in 2000AD starting (I think) in the issue on sale now. GO BUY!!
al doesn’t mention the one about the guy who goes back in time so that his liquor bottle gets full again, but he does talk about some of his favourites:
Either Opera or my computer have literally just upgraded to be able to view this in the last half an hour. I always thought the joke was that there wasn’t anything there.
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noes!
Gasp!
this needs to be an animated gif…
Always a worthy front page returner. But surely we are due a hardback special edition by now w/unfinished artwork, interviews w/the creator etc.
Don’t worry, the Ultimate Future Shock, Ultimate Edition will shockingly turn up some time in the Future.
This seems a good opportunity to mention that the creator of the Ultimate Future Shock has his first ACTUAL SERIES in 2000AD starting (I think) in the issue on sale now. GO BUY!!
al doesn’t mention the one about the guy who goes back in time so that his liquor bottle gets full again, but he does talk about some of his favourites:
http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/a-bite-of-stars-a-slug-of-time-and-thou-episode-6/
Gasp!!!
I think to be unconditionally ultimate this should recurse back to the beginning from the final panel somehow. Also, GASP!
Has this vanished?
Gasp – and now its back!
Either Opera or my computer have literally just upgraded to be able to view this in the last half an hour. I always thought the joke was that there wasn’t anything there.
(GASP! etc.)
I’m not sure what’s real anymore :(
GASP!!!
GASP! I travelled from the past to claim credit for this story but missed by eight years!