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Yep Kick-Ass was a lot of fun. But Unwritten #5 was POTW for me.  

He scripted and drew a recent 'Future Shock' for the Galaxies Greatest Comic, 2000AD (also did the cover for the latest issue #1650).

Having just finished reading Cormac McCarthy's incredible book 'The Road', I noticed how familiar the themes are in 'Sweet Tooth'. But there's nothing new under the sun I guess, as Jeff Lemire noted in his comments in the comic. Anyway, very much enjoyed the issue and looking forward to more.

When you listed Frazer Irvings work (re Days Missing) you missed off all the brilliant stuff he does for 2000AD. 'The Simping Detective' is probably his best art on either side of the pond to date. But also his work on Dredd, Button Man and Necronauts. Just sayin'.

(1) Garth Ennis, for Battlefields & his recent love letter (on BleedingCool) to 2000AD (2) Guerillas. Scalped. I Kill Giants. Essex County. Locke & Key. The Twelve. Rasl. Kick-Ass. Incognito. Daredevil. (3) The Captain Britain Omnibus. (4) The upcoming Marshal Law Omnibus. (5) John Wagner, for being consistently the best damn writer in comics for the last 25 years. And for 'The St...

Red Herring #1 was POW for me, right out of nowhere! Decidedly underwhelmed by the Marvels Project.     

SDCC sounds like one huge Swine Flu breeding ground. Lets hope we don't lose any of our people.

It would be cool if Longbox could easily integrate the selling of related physical merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, posters, ltd ed. signed prints, even the hard copy trades) right alongside the digital downloads. Then I think creators could really cash in. (Man I want a "Guerilla's" t-shirt).

Re Ennis' Tankies :- 'Ooop the spooot' = 'Up the spout' i.e. there's a shell ready to fire in the breech of the gun barrel Also artist Carlos Ezquerra is best known on this side of the pond for co-creating Judge Dredd rather than his work with Garth :)  

I'd agree about the Exterminators. It started off brilliantly but really lost its way about half way through. By the end it was a horrible mess. A real shame.