2000AD Storytime: Mazeworld

>>94463357
Thanks for this OP.

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Re-reading this myself has really made me appreciate the panel composition: the decision to lengthen and widen the panels going down the page here is an example.

Arthur Ranson seems so confident with limited space! I keep coming back to this page too http://boards.4chan.org/co/thread/94385002/#p94385145 which I think is almost perfectly composed.

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I don't think, ultimately, the writing in Mazeworld reaches the same level as the art. But these first 3 pages are basically the core idea of it to some extent.

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This is another great page.

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>>94463386
No problem, glad someone's reading.

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Mazeworld's NPCs(?) definitely come from your stock fantasy mish-mash.

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I guess we know Flayr's kink.

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The border mazing here is a recurring element.

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Ranson doesn't skimp on backgrounds; it makes for a great sense of space.

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Louise Brooks a little obvious there.

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Ranson understands how much impact switching scale can have in comics too.

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>1v1 me bro

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>next prog: tentacles!

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F

>>94464415
dat's nice

>>94463357
God's work bringing 2000AD to the unwashed /co/mrades of Amerika.

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These scientists have mastered Hollywood exposition.

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>>94464903
I actually find quite a lot of anons here are fans of Judge Dredd at least, or some other 2000AD strip. Judge Anon is obviously a very knowledgeable guy.

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I meant to do Mazeworld a long time ago, but I was only reminded of it after another anon mentioned reading Button Man.

>>94465069
I wish I could do that

i'm guessing adam and the dark man are two sides of the one personality currently in a coma in the real world

pretty interesting stuff from 2000AD as always

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I wonder what happened to the giant woman.

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Adam got swole.

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We're nearing the end for tonight.

>>94465607
I love the maze imagrey throughout the story. Really ties everything together.

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END

Thanks for reading. Back soon-ish, probably on Wednesday to finish this off.

>>94465721
Thanks for posting this OP.

>>94465658
There's a lot of obvious tarot referencing throughout the story as well - The Hanged Man, The Emperor, Strength, The Devil. Someone with more knowledge of that might be able to comment in more detail.

>>94465760
Quick, someone get Rachel Pollack on the line

>>94465760
The fall from the cliff could also suggest imagrey from The Fool, who Cadman is most likley to represent outside the obvious Hanged Man connection, though that may be overthinking it.

>>94465806
I think Alan Grant was definitely in a Rachel Pollack kinda place when he wrote this one.

>>94465378
>protagonist
>not using a sword

excellent op

and the 3rd book will be out in 1999 - that's hardly any time left at all

will you be storytiming it then?

>>94465760
The Tower and reversals are on the go as well.

>>94463357
Thanks OP

>>94465721
Amazing share, thanks OP. Buying a digital copy of this through 2000AD thanks to you.

thanks OP

>>94463357
hoo boy, what Prog is this from?

also, bump

>>94463885
You think it's a regular ass bordering, and then suddenly a dozen more lines all over the place.

Think I'd like it more if it had an exit though.

>>94464797
>Dat Jesus Pose

>>94465119
>What the fuck does that me-
>I don't know either

>>94465250
Haigh, what the fuck?

>>94465635
>What
>the hell
>are you doing
>to me

Unethical brain surgery, mostly.

>>94465882
It's got very heavy shades of Steven R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - minus the protag raping an innocent girl within hours of arriving in the new world.

>>94464342
Good call on Louise, I would have guessed Cabaret-style Liza Minnelli (which was probably based off Brooks)

>>94463357
HELL YEAH OPS BACK! THANKS

>>94476564
That might be it desu.

>>94465442
"Spoon" is one word you never want to hear during brain surgery

>>94475316
"Fuck you, I'm a leper."

>>I eagerly anticipate the 2000AD mega collection books

They'll no doubt have this

>>94479883
I don't think Mazeworld has been in print for a long time.

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>>94479883
I don't see Mazeworld in the cover art but it could still be in there. Seriously tempted to subscribe regardless.

>>94481502
>>94479883
Mazeworld is creator-owned, right? They'd have to pay Grant and Ranson for any reprints. Which would be 100% totally worth it, of course.

>>94481530
Rebellion aren't asses about that kinda thing, usually, right? Still don't see it anywhere on the horizon.

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>>94481596
They were a bit dickish about it early on, but lately they've been doing better. For a couple of years now they've been running creator-owned series in the Megazine. So yeah, hopefully it happens. Judging by that spine art they're gonna need a *lot* of material, and Mazeworld should fit nicely in one volume. Hope springs eternal.

>>94481530
I guess that would be between them and Hatchette. Same for Button Man, Scarlet Traces and any other creator owned stuff that comes up.

>>94481649
>Button Man
Well, they did actually reprint that one quite recently, so if they could do that I'm sure they could do Mazeworld too. So there's that.

>Scarlet Traces
Man, that is the absolute weirdest case I've seen: the creators actually sold the rights back to Rebellion. IIRC, they were having trouble reprinting it, so they themselves offered the rights, including the sequels that are getting published in the progs right now. Weird stuff, they talked about it on the thrillcast a while back.

>>94481502
>Dante accidentally interrupting a Nemesis anf Torquemeda fight attempting to avoid an ass grab from Ro-Jaws

This art is great.

Get bumped.

>>94481715
Am I just a pleb or does Scarlet Traces go completely to shit after the second series?

>>94473389
Somewhere around the 1000s I think.

>>94483041
Breaking it up into 5 page instalments probably doesn't help it. Reading it back in one sitting is fine though

>>94483543
The one going on just now is practically unreadable for me.

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Well done, OP. Mazeworld was my first introduction to Arthur Ranson and he's still one of my favourites

>>94481623
They reprinted it as one graphic novel collection with nice new scans in 2011, when quite a few other books on those spines were last in print, so its quite likely I'd say.

>Pictured: Mazeworld. This drawing as mentioned by Alan Grant in my Wikipedia entry. Done prior to script to give me the geography and know where folk were. - Arthur Ranson's online sketchbook

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>>94483669
Personally I'm really enjoying the the Venus storyline. Maybe I'm just a sucker for Dan Dare references

>>94485444
Are those some perverse Space Lightnings?

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>>94485524
Something like that. It fits with the retro sci-fi aesthetic of an alternative 1960's

I read the whole Mazeworld collection a few years ago. Pretty cool.

>>94485054
I feel a little bad because I don't dislike Mazeworld as a story but I'm 1000 times more into the art than I am to the plot, writing, characters. You can see the lines it might be developed on, and I'm a fan of that! I like BotNS for example, and in theme we're not a million miles from it. But the art blows me away, and the story feels like it needs length and space that the art doesn't.

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>>94485524
No. It seems to be a reference to Gerry Anderson's UFO. In the show there is a submarine called SKYDIVER. The front part of the submarine is an airplane, with SKY written on the side, that can be launched under water
>>94485787
This too is a reference to Moonbase.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CvURidpkCY

>>94487684
You sure? The Lightning is pretty damn unusual with its front intake and two vertically arranged engines, and those ships look a lot like that. Also the belly is pretty Lightning.

Yes, I've been looking at Lightning porn.

>>94488301
I'm sure.

>>94487684
Damn I got the moon base reference totally missed the skydiver, well spotted anon. I do love all the Easter eggs D'israeli includes. Stickleback is good for that sort of thing too