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And If I Meet You, What If I Eat You?: SHAKO
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— 9 Sep 2024 Tom 7 comments

This is part of Discourse 2000, a story-by-story exploration of the weekly comic 2000AD. Includes spoilers!

WHICH THRILL?: Gigantic polar bear Shako gets unwittingly involved in the Cold War when a secret CIA project gets lodged in his stomach.

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All Crimes Are Paid: JUDGE DREDD
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— 6 Sep 2024 Tom 4 comments

Readers’ first sight of Dredd, bike cannons blazing.

This is part of Discourse 2000, a story-by-story look at the weekly 2000AD comic. Expect spoilers for stories covered!

WHICH THRILL? In the year 2099, due process is a thing of the past[…]

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Stay Glued To Your TV Set: HARLEM HEROES
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— 4 Sep 2024 Tom 6 comments

A post in the Discourse 2000 series, covering 2000AD story-by-story. Will include spoilers!

WHICH THRILL? Aeroball is a jet-pack fuelled airborne contact sport and Harlem Heroes are the best team in the world. When most of the squad is killed […]

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Well, I’m Just A Modern Guy: M.A.C.H. 1
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— 2 Sep 2024 Tom 4 comments

This is another episode of DISCOURSE 2000, my story-by-story blog about British comic 2000AD. It contains spoilers for this and other strips.

WHICH THRILL? The power of computerised acupuncture and a computer in his brain turns British secret […]

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Science Opened Up The Door: FLESH
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— 30 Aug 2024 Tom 8 comments

This is a part of Discourse 2000, a blog looking at 2000AD story-by-story. It will include spoilers for all stories under discussion.

WHICH THRILL? 23rd Century cowboys head back to the Cretaceous to solve world hunger by farming dinosaurs. A lot […]

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Whatever Happened To Leon Trotsky?: INVASION!
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— 28 Aug 2024 Tom 7 comments

This is a part of Discourse 2000, a blog looking at 2000AD story-by-story. It will include spoilers for all stories under discussion.

WHICH THRILL? It’s 1999 and Britain has been invaded by the Volgan Republic of Asia. Bill Savage, a lo[…]

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A New Career In A New Town: DAN DARE
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— 26 Aug 2024 Tom 16 comments

This is a part of Discourse 2000, a blog looking at 2000AD story-by-story. It will include spoilers for all stories under discussion.

WHICH THRILL? Dan Dare was the “Pilot Of The Future”, now woken from suspended animation to battle al[…]

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Let’s All Meet Up In The Year 2000: INTRO
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— 26 Aug 2024 Tom 4 comments

This is the home post for Discourse 2000, a new series on about the UK comic 2000AD. I’m guessing most of the audience for this project know the basics about what 2000AD is, but JUST IN CASE –

2000AD – officially “2000 AD”, but i[…]

Aard Labour Epilogue: Dance Of The Aardvark Catchers
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— 11 Apr 2024 Tom 30 comments

I did not intend to spend a couple of months writing almost 60,000 words about Cerebus. Honestly.

What happened was this. A reader briefly in the early 90s, I always had a vague plan that I’d finish the comic. I did, adding reviews to Goodreads […]

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Aard Labour Conclusion: Unmourned And Unloved
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— 11 Apr 2024 Tom 13 comments

This is the last of my posts about Cerebus The Aardvark, the 300-issue comic by Canadian writer/artist Dave Sim and environmental and background artist Gerhard.

300 ISSUES IN 300 WORDS: THE STORY OF CEREBUS

Cerebus is a barbarian aardvark. (1) […]

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