Destroy: SD stories not drawn by the master Ezquerra... and then bloody Durham Red as well. Even the master may put his mighty hand to shite.
― Al Ewing (Al Ewing), Sunday, 8 December 2002 00:13 (twenty-three years ago)
one of my childhood heroes, middenface
isn't simon pegg playing johnny alpha for big finish now?
destroy: yeah durham red was crap. very poor indeed...
― chris browning (commonswings), Sunday, 8 December 2002 00:50 (twenty-three years ago)
Most Strontium Dog stories are good but few are great. They all have a great atmosphere (up until Wulf getting killed anyway). The one to destroy is the Malak Brood one. I liked it when they tried to do a big epic SD tale i.e. "Outlaw" though the culmination of this trend is the 'death of Johnny Alpha' storyline which was pretty bad.
― Tom (Groke), Sunday, 8 December 2002 09:10 (twenty-three years ago)
It has also been said that the best SD stories are Westerns, but that doesn't cover the majesty of that Strontium Dog Goes To Hell story, in which Johnny Alpha, Wulf (and maybe the Gronk?) literally go to Hell to capture this rogue Strontium Dog. deadly buzz.
Al is right about that card game story being one of the best comics moments ever. Doesn't Alpha kill Drax by punching his face in?
That whole Portrait of a Mutant story was great, and also now available in reprint with the enjoyable "Shickelgruber Grab".
Does anyone remember that outlandish story in which Alpha and Wulf (and the Gronk too) get drafted into the Wolrogs' space army and sent to war against the peace loving Sandorians? I remember liking its space war action when I was a lad.
Durham Red - wankbait.
― DV (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 8 December 2002 19:22 (twenty-three years ago)
Have just been wondering what the actual effect of a time bomb would be. Seems to be one of JA's fav tools but would it automatically move people that far in space. Seems he can set it for 20 minutes and it'll still have people stranded in deep space.
I think in the Kreelman war somebody bunged one set for several seconds later and they were transported several miles. I probably ought to know more about the physics of travel through orbital rotation etc but does anybody have a better understanding of this?
Also the likelihood of usable mutation? There are a lot of characters in the background with misplaced facial features, which seems more feasible though survival with location of some of these might see a tad unlikely.But when you wind up with a character that has a medusa head of active snakes? My suspension of disbelief starts asking questions.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 10:48 (thirteen years ago)
<quick google> the Earth moves at about 100,000 km/h around the Sun.
― fit and working again, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 13:42 (thirteen years ago)
Was Johnny Alpha based on John Travolta at the time? Not seen him in a white suit but kept striking me as I read through the stories.
Much like Judge Dredd was pretty clearly somewhat based on popular image of Clint Eastwood. maybe there's a bit of Clint in JA too.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 11 August 2012 10:34 (thirteen years ago)