Forum | Robbo | Activity https://thecarrier.net/members/robbo/activity/ Activity feed for Robbo. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:39:11 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 d3d68f626b505f6c8bb0f39e40379167 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/12/#post-115704 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:22:56 +0000 That’s a great book. I went to a signing at Dave’s local shop (Chaos City) and he was in good form. The entry on Alan Moore I found quite sad. He’s pretty non-judgmental and doesn’t resort to finger pointing but it’s clear that he was hurt by Moore’s actions – leaping to unjustified conclusions and not listening to someone else’s point of view.

]]> 8d05116c6094c0dddd451ac9b39bb9cf Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/10/#post-111599 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 13:44:53 +0000 Immortal Hulk Omnibus

Got this from Books Etc on Friday and, appropriately, it’s an absolute monster. I’ve read the first 20 or so issues in floppy before deciding to wait for something in this format. What I read was pretty good so I hope Ewing lands the ending.

Batman Peter Tomasi Omnibus

Also got this last week. I’ve read most of what’s in…Read more

]]> d915bfdd95f38b0ce36f0667a562205a Robbo replied to the topic 2000AD chat: "Gaze into the thread of Dredd!" in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/2000ad-chat-gaze-into-the-thread-of-dredd/page/3/#post-107238 Sat, 01 Apr 2023 21:03:31 +0000 It can vary but it’s usually the Saturday before it’s in the shops and indeed the new issue arrived today.

]]> 27122827cb9a8e71f08473b1496cc326 Robbo replied to the topic 2000AD chat: "Gaze into the thread of Dredd!" in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/2000ad-chat-gaze-into-the-thread-of-dredd/page/2/#post-105061 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 22:20:38 +0000 Bailey’s contributions to the Joe Pineapples series have been published. Interestingly the art previewed here

https://2000ad.com/news/exclusive-first-look-at-simon-bisley-s-art-on-new-joe-pineapples-series/

hasn’t appeared.

]]> 8fe8a86c8d11c54148e68229b7a4532e Robbo replied to the topic 2000AD chat: "Gaze into the thread of Dredd!" in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/2000ad-chat-gaze-into-the-thread-of-dredd/page/2/#post-101327 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:59:54 +0000 Pat Mills pisses off even more people.

https://comicscene.org/2022/10/11/pat-mills-faces-fan-backlash-over-ai-art-and-nfts/

]]> dd660e798f0ed35504eace406acf34a1 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/4/#post-95050 Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:17:34 +0000 I didn’t know that. The last issue seemed to burn through plotlines at high speed so that explains it.

]]> c793c59030d0ce6302c3d7a70ec69ab4 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/4/#post-94121 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:34:01 +0000 You lucky bugger! I’ve not been able to get a copy and that looks lovely.

]]> cc745451064939c81eb45daf831fb864 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/4/#post-90698 Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:07:06 +0000 Busiek said in the recent one-shot that hardcover omnibii are planned.

]]> aa1adc4daab08b1688d7c91b06bb1a28 Robbo replied to the topic Doctor Who: now discussing The War Between the Land and the Sea (spoilers!) in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/doctor-who-flux-fourteen-and-the-future/#post-88013 Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:17:06 +0000 I think it was Rich Johnston who was convinced about Daniel Rigby. Everyone else… less so.

]]> 1badc1d830f4c20c4be010e6828f23bd Robbo replied to the topic Doctor Who: now discussing The War Between the Land and the Sea (spoilers!) in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/doctor-who-flux-fourteen-and-the-future/#post-87866 Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:48:12 +0000 A couple of things about the last two posts, that’s definitely Nicola Bryant not “Tegan” and Lalla Ward and Richard Dawkins separated in 2016. Pedant’s Corner is now closed for the day.

]]> 5191b877b174ea5650a17ca59930dc75 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/3/#post-87685 Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:41:29 +0000 Absolute Swamp Thing volume 3 arrived yesterday and it’s lovely to now have the set. Read the first few issues last night and it really is excellent stuff. Moore writes with an intelligence and imagination that few other writers can even get near. He manages to deal with the topic of an interspecies sexual relationship in a sensitive and thought…Read more

]]> 9dde9540af6cbadefc829898d4100bf4 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/2/#post-84035 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:52:29 +0000 Talk of the devil

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RCA-B0082

 

]]> aeb8f12546b0782943427215d062a754 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/2/#post-83914 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:46:15 +0000 Volume 4 is due in May I think.

]]> 7d31d5ab6440bbd29da02fa3987261ec Robbo replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/2/#post-82836 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:29:48 +0000 He did a few things for Boom Studios and IDW (The Highest House was pretty good) but he’s become a “one book a year” novelist. I knew him a little bit about 10-15 years ago (he used to come into the library I worked at with his kids). Nice guy but I’d guess he’s now early 60s and his kids will now be grown up so he probably is at the “winding…Read more

]]> c556cbab37a381a189447b6d27707c68 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/2/#post-82832 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:31:11 +0000 Lucky buggers. No sign of mine though Nemesis The Final Heresies did arrive.

]]> d9564056c9e6b0bbfdd6457515245426 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/2/#post-82443 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:30:37 +0000 I seem to remember Alan Moore announcing that rather than Kevin himself.

]]> 50a34fe36df7e08ce2f38bf1108b25f6 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/2/#post-82433 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:45:26 +0000 I’m genuinely excited about this

Britain’s most controversial comic is back with two of Britain’s most controversial creators!

 

]]> dd341f1c2d441830281d59b3038231be Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/2/#post-82317 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:52:10 +0000 Just the HC it seems. I avoided more than a cursory glance of the digital edition but the little I saw looked fantastic.

]]> 0b3e858323215398d3bc7c33ee8d59c3 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/2/#post-82295 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:34:56 +0000 I had a nice surprise last night. The Plot Holes by Sean Murphy, that I backed on Kickstarter nearly 2 years ago, has been dispatched. I’d genuinely forgotten about it.

]]> 16e90b059b852425f38e4e55d5e6becd Robbo replied to the topic Spider-Man: No Way Home - SPOILER discussion in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/spider-man-no-way-home-spoiler-discussion/#post-80828 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:51:22 +0000 Saw it earlier and loved it. Charlie Cox’s appearance brought an audible gasp from the audience.  Andrew Garfield’s brought a spontaneous cheer and round of applause.

]]> 6ed35d399d01bc3b3b46dbfda481a48f Robbo replied to the topic George Perez in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/george-perez/#post-80374 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:10:29 +0000 Even in such distressing circumstances he’s a classy guy. What an absolute legend.

]]> 9dd85c389468b6bdb0883d5903b001c0 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/2/#post-79387 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:38:17 +0000 I haven’t bought it but I saw it in Forbidden Planet the other day. It’s definitely a smaller format than US omnibuses but looked decent enough and I think has content at the end not included in the US edition, though I’ll have to check to be certain if that.

]]> 071be01c8604172daa691cdfacc05190 Robbo replied to the topic Doctor Who - What The Flux? in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/doctor-who-series-12-and-beyond/page/10/#post-79214 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:37:27 +0000 Widely predicted but now official

https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=missing-adventure-the-abominable-snowmen-animation

 

 

]]> 3212b4ccba64eb5b4500d930626b66f2 Robbo replied to the topic 2000AD chat: "Gaze into the thread of Dredd!" in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/2000ad-chat-gaze-into-the-thread-of-dredd/page/2/#post-78199 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 17:28:00 +0000 For those interested in such things (me!) the final Nemesis hardback volume is now up for pre-order. Warning they tend to sell out very quickly.

PRE-ORDER NOW: the limited edition ‘Nemesis the Warlock: The Final Heresies’ hardcover

]]> f11eae72e74e74a5d9397abc377c63d4 Robbo replied to the topic 2000AD chat: "Gaze into the thread of Dredd!" in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/2000ad-chat-gaze-into-the-thread-of-dredd/page/2/#post-76078 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:55:51 +0000 He is very pro-artist but he has a bad habit of upsetting fellow writers. He must be a nightmare to edit though. You’d think having been an editor (and one who’s admitted rewriting frequently) he’d be more sympathetic.

]]> 2aa2168cabd3b4f229a8677ff8ccd08c Robbo replied to the topic 2000AD chat: "Gaze into the thread of Dredd!" in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/2000ad-chat-gaze-into-the-thread-of-dredd/page/2/#post-76046 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:01:52 +0000 I agree that it’s more of a gentleman’s agreement. Pat seems to have been less critical of Rebellion in the last few months. I wonder if there will ever be a second issue of Spacewarp?

]]> 794cab92c84b49be6463597b205cab12 Robbo replied to the topic Doctor Who - What The Flux? in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/doctor-who-series-12-and-beyond/page/9/#post-74401 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:34:49 +0000 As rumoured Galaxy 4 has been confirmed as the next animated release.

]]> 2dd25d17cb8f7132a03aa0cfef1f155f Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/#post-73020 Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:59:00 +0000

If you haven’t got these already, now is the time. It’s only £30 on Amazon which is incredible value. All 5 graphic novels, hardback and with a commentary from Bryan Talbot.

]]> a3f3c82c472926f67675572ef6d608da Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/#post-73019 Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:56:40 +0000 Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by [Eric Powell, Harold Schechter]

Read this over the weekend. If you’ve got a strong stomach I recommend it highly. Powell turns in some of his best work, restraining the urge he often has to “cartoon” some of his characters. I was glad it’s in black and white!

]]> 85aef51ed6e581cb14f926155bb36811 Robbo replied to the topic The Suicide Squad - SPOILER discussion in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-suicide-squad-spoiler-discussion/#post-70819 Fri, 30 Jul 2021 13:33:35 +0000 Just seen it and it’s a load of fun. Incredibly violent and the best Margot Robbie has been as Harley Quinn. I even found Idris Elba tolerable though Sebastian steals the show for me.

]]> 45fa7c922d69c2d89700b94f59cf3687 Robbo replied to the topic Doctor Who - What The Flux? in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/doctor-who-series-12-and-beyond/page/8/#post-70758 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:00:29 +0000 Having seen the workload that Moffat was under I think Mark Gatiss is very unlikely to want the job.

]]> 79d35d772b9872d22cd3dfafdebb48c9 Robbo replied to the topic Doctor Who - What The Flux? in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/doctor-who-series-12-and-beyond/page/8/#post-70749 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:44:14 +0000 I’d have thought that Pete McTighe would be in with a shout as new showrunner.

]]> 82bc22c0df0760b41f85702206e75812 Robbo replied to the topic The Suicide Squad - SPOILER discussion in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-suicide-squad-spoiler-discussion/#post-70641 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:50:41 +0000 Seeing it on Friday :rose:

]]> 353e5c49cb51add6b25150ede3ea960d Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: volume two in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-volume-two/page/10/#post-66674 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:59:17 +0000 The Abominable Charles Christopher volume 3 has got a Kickstarter campaign.

Also includes the first 2 volumes as well.  I can’t recommend these more highly

 

]]> 24df019c01b6c61faf072212a2e277b0 Robbo replied to the topic Crowdsourced projects: Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Pledgemusic, etc. in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/crowdsourced-projects-kickstarter-indiegogo-pledgemusic-etc/#post-66672 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:55:05 +0000 Volume 3 of The Abominable  Charles Christopher has got a campaign up and running.

]]> e6238e8243f788d4f99cbb36534236c4 Robbo replied to the topic 2000AD chat: "Gaze into the thread of Dredd!" in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/2000ad-chat-gaze-into-the-thread-of-dredd/page/2/#post-65161 Mon, 31 May 2021 10:56:20 +0000 Pat Mills indicated that it’s Gordon Rennie but his stories don’t read like Rennie’s.

]]> 8fc9c7730f85882aee7907c4c2a01235 Robbo replied to the topic The Continuing New Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-continuing-new-comics-thread/page/2/#post-63714 Wed, 19 May 2021 18:27:04 +0000 Neither Nightwing or the new Batman series made it to this side of the Atlantic.

]]> a6391a475f363e513ccea96cc7f21edd Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: volume two in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-volume-two/page/9/#post-63247 Thu, 13 May 2021 14:37:13 +0000 I read Monsters last weekend and I thought it was stunning. It’s horrifying and heartbreaking in equal measure with BWS’s art was as accomplished as you’d expect. If you can squint you can see the bare bones of the original Hulk proposal (the father character particularly) but it moves far beyond that to deal with the potential monster that…Read more

]]> 2619fae73e3a10465614b74ef152d9f4 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: volume two in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-volume-two/page/7/#post-60332 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:42:14 +0000 I read Batman’s Grave HC by Ellis and Hitch on the weekend. I enjoyed it a whole lot more than I expected to from the reviews. The art was as good as I thought it would be but Ellis spun a decent yarn and the relationship between Bruce and Alfred was as good as I’ve read in a long while.

]]> 16bb07dd6d2bb2a729a162f480d48445 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: volume two in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-volume-two/page/7/#post-60331 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:39:54 +0000 My bookplate edition arrived an hour ago – signed by Kev and Al! :yahoo:

]]> e6506d2d44f4f86b9fd95960727bbb53 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: volume two in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-volume-two/page/6/#post-57236 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:25:59 +0000 It looks as though the Cinema Purgatorio collection might finally arrive. Gosh Comics are offering a boilerplate edition due the end of March.

https://goshlondon.com/cinema-purgatorio-collection-tp-bookplate-edition/

 

]]> 014c99ca956f0b682c7139bc55977173 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: volume two in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-volume-two/page/4/#post-47331 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 18:44:15 +0000 Popped into my local shop today and was surprised to find The Seeds by Ann Nocenti and David Aja came out this week. I hadn’t realised that they decided to forego the last 2 issues and go straight to tpbk. It looks great, as you’d expect from Aja. With Rebellion supplying me with volume 2 of the Trigan Empire and the second hardback volume of…Read more

]]> 3514a834e063310c8631282a39e776cb Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: volume two in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-volume-two/page/3/#post-46895 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 06:46:30 +0000 If you enjoyed Meltdown Man then I’d like to point you in this direction.

The Angry Planet (Great Britain and Worldwide shipping)

The same creative team and plenty of fun.

]]> e5b0ac755f41722f94c13be773c538c8 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: volume two in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-volume-two/page/3/#post-45157 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:10:54 +0000 I’ve got a shelf that just like that! It’s quite a body of work isn’t it?

]]> 693b6aba9cac84ee527b78fd4cf5e915 Robbo replied to the topic 2000AD chat: "Gaze into the thread of Dredd!" in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/2000ad-chat-gaze-into-the-thread-of-dredd/#post-43762 Fri, 20 Nov 2020 09:08:02 +0000 Someone asked Pat Mills about the long awaited Simon Bisley painted Joe Pineapples series on Twitter. Apparently Clint Langley has taken over from Bisley after just 2 parts and is working on the rest.

]]> c26db97a8a163acee4feb5a59a882161 Robbo replied to the topic The Ongoing New Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-ongoing-new-comics-thread/page/8/#post-42448 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 22:12:13 +0000 No I haven’t seen it. Looks like it’s been sucked into the Diamond black hole along with the last few issues of Dceased,

]]> 7cc1b4bcfe25e4e4538eb901a7dc785b Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: volume two in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-volume-two/page/2/#post-42349 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 13:40:29 +0000 I’d say the sacrifice in intensity is worth it for what we gain in clarity. Kot is a better replacement for Smith than the rather insipid Rory McConville.

]]> 954ebc9223dfe6a284ad9b8d05db93e9 Robbo replied to the topic The Trades Thread: volume two in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-volume-two/page/2/#post-42348 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 13:39:01 +0000 Yes I got mine last week.

]]> d52d6200892e882dccae04ca2d13aa59 Robbo replied to the topic 2000AD chat: "Gaze into the thread of Dredd!" in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/2000ad-chat-gaze-into-the-thread-of-dredd/#post-40748 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:30:40 +0000 There’s no way you can pick up Deadworld part way through. I think Kek W needs a stronger editorial hand as he has good ideas but they become a mess on the page. He’s given good artists to work with so it’s unlikely the problem lies there.

]]> e58563ec2380374671d632eb0478a940 Robbo replied to the topic 2000AD chat: "Gaze into the thread of Dredd!" in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/2000ad-chat-gaze-into-the-thread-of-dredd/#post-40640 Wed, 14 Oct 2020 15:53:09 +0000 When I read the Fall of Deadworld collected editions I found them pretty easy to follow. The Order, in the other hand, is incomprehensible.

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