tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post5397185854609549666..comments2024-03-13T06:04:12.643+00:00Comments on Thoughts Of A Workshy Fop: Zenith: Phase 3 (2000AD #626-634, #650-662, #667-670)varalys the darkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-82001871114056201022015-12-20T19:00:39.700+00:002015-12-20T19:00:39.700+00:00I was like that with Monty Python. I enjoyed the ...I was like that with Monty Python. I enjoyed the slapstick humour as a young teen as I got older and more interested in 20th century history all the satire suddenly got funny for me too.varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-14454750940676330812015-12-20T18:50:41.007+00:002015-12-20T18:50:41.007+00:00That's good :) Sir Terry Pratchett's stori...That's good :) Sir Terry Pratchett's stories worked for me when I was seven even though I didn't get <i>any</i> of the references.Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-62002702521859711612015-12-20T18:49:14.037+00:002015-12-20T18:49:14.037+00:00Well I didn't really know at the time who anyo...Well I didn't really know at the time who anyone was meant to be based on (I knew nothing about pre-2000AD UK comics), finding out feels like "Added Value". It's interesting but the story for me works even if they were just all made up.varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-24901416700629248112015-12-20T18:18:41.944+00:002015-12-20T18:18:41.944+00:00I probably did have to be there at the time. It...I probably did have to be there at the time. It's just that any series one can only fully appreciate if one looks at the annotations doesn't really hold water for me...Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-61649177739996408062015-12-20T17:01:29.958+00:002015-12-20T17:01:29.958+00:00Thanks Lucy, maybe you had to be there at the time...Thanks Lucy, maybe you had to be there at the time but Phases 1-3 for some reason really clicked for me. Finding out that for me, they still hold up after all these years has been a gratifying experience. And that website I linked to with the "real" identities of the Phase 3 heroes was a real eye-opener.varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-23948441775614544832015-12-20T14:18:27.312+00:002015-12-20T14:18:27.312+00:00I think you like Zenith a lot more than I do, and ...I think you like <i>Zenith</i> a lot more than I do, and your admiration of it shines through, so from that point of view you probably <b>have</b> done justice to it.Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-52273977980820054162015-12-14T21:06:22.058+00:002015-12-14T21:06:22.058+00:00Yes it was a very long wait, and then another twen...Yes it was a very long wait, and then another twenty-five years for the collections! I do plan on doing Phase Four during my next UK comics month, which shall be interesting as I quit reading 2000AD just before it ran originally and so know very little about it. Though I have been warned it's not all that good compared to the rest of the series, we shall see...varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-9199128292852903222015-12-14T20:49:33.635+00:002015-12-14T20:49:33.635+00:00two years?! thats a long time to wait, glad it was...two years?! thats a long time to wait, glad it was worth it. I think i need to buy these zenith collections, they look really good. are you going to cover phase 4?G.noreply@blogger.com