2000AD Storytime: Mazeworld

>>94539171
Thanks a lot OP. Wasnt this around the time 2000ad was getting back to a consistent quality after the 'dark period' following US companies headhunting all their Talent?

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>>94539236
To be honest this is slightly before the period I was reading so I don't really know.

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Whoops, wrong image posted.

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...but as I was saying, re-reading this myself has put me in awe of the paneling work.

This sequence is so well composed. I really wish I had a copy in front of me; you never get the full impact when it's not physical.

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I've quite enjoyed storytiming this so although we end tonight I figure I'll probably start up again with some Judge Anderson Ranson/Grant material soon-ish.

If anyone has any suggestions, feel free.

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It's become a big regret to me that Arthur Ranson and Keith Giffen never got together for something big.

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FUCK. I'm bad for getting the images mixed up tonight.

>These guys are pure Hollywood science and I kinda love it.

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If you're reading, what else did you read that came out today?

>>94539843
Just New Super-Man to be honest. I skimmed the comments of Secret Empire and related, and have decided to read Mr. Miracle by myself because /co/ threads get pretty toxic regarding King these days

>>94539843
I'd say Mister Miracle was objectively good, but i'm really not interested in reading 12 issues of King using comics to work through his depression. Red Hood and the Outlaws continues to be the suprise great book of Rebirth, New Super-Man was great fun as always and it was sad to see Gotham Academy end, but it went out fairly well.

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>>94540037
There's some Christian stuff getting worked into Mister Miracle that I'm not totally sold on.

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(Albeit after Omega Men it should probably not surprise anyone Tom King has a religious bent)

>>94540144
Yep, Barda directly calling him the 'Son of God' is really weird.

I'm one of these people who buy a few issues of 2000 AD every so often then forget to buy anymore until the next time the urge comes upon me so I often never get to find out how certain stories end.

This's one of those stories so thanks for putting it up here.

>>94540238
Not weird just stupid.

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Adam's adventures have this degree of removal from the ordinary people of Mazeworld throughout the whole thing.

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>>94540244
No problem at all; very glad to have you reading.

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The mazed borders return.

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I find Raven highly amusing now he's got a new catchphrase to be honest.

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WELP

Talking of stories getting religious...

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J/K Mazeworld has been going there since pretty early on.

Possibly related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXqQBteMJTg

>>94539462
EVIL DEAD II ERA BRUCE CAMPBELL NOOOOOOO

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>AND HIS NAME IS

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There's an interpretation of this, and it's the more interesting one to me, which is less about what's being said on the page and more about considering where this series starts (with Adam being executed), what happens in the second book and the mishmash of Kabbalistic/pagan/tarot journey references that bring us here.

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The Mazeworld books can feel quite disconnected, and I'd be curious what anyone who's reading for the first time's impression is.

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LAST BOOK
LAST ISSUE

Love the hand here.

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Here we get it pretty outright. Bottom panel is fantastic.

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And that's it!

F for real this time.

Thank you all for reading. I'd be delighted to know what you thought of Mazeworld. And 2000AD Storytime WILL return. At some point. Probably.

>>94541233
Im pretty sure that pose ripping the wire is from a pic of Stone Cold Steve Austin.

>>94541306
lol, quite probably? That's the problem with photo referencing.

>>94541304
Thanks a lot OP. While I think we didnt really get enough time to explore mazeworld itself, its a really interesting and engaging series.The art is great and the panelling is a definite highlight.

Hype and bump.

>>94541668

>>94541304
Thanks OP.
Anyone else solve any mazes, just because?

>>94542783
>not solving the maze of life

Thanks OP. Do you happen to have a download link for this?

>>94539171
Every day is old comic book day for me, OP.
I just read Book One. thanks for putting this up, it will keep me busy this evening.

>>94539236
Pretty much. Mid80s was the time DC and Marvel pretty much raided 2000AD's talent pool.

Always surprised Arthur Ranson didn't end up at either of the big two actually. Maybe they thought he was a little too much into realism than they liked. Especially in the 90s.

>>94539427
That page is a slow zoom out then a pan to the right to catch the airship coming in. Stories can be told as much through the art design as well as the writing and art itself.

>>94544855
He did some work for both Marvel and DC but he said himself he didn't like it, and from what I've read the colorists they gave him weren't great.

Plus losing Millar and Morrison from 2000AD was actually a positive in that era.

Get on up.