Question: If you had to take one 2000ad story/series that you found disappointing, underwhelming, or just plain didn't like, and redo it, which would you pick and what would you change about it?
I’m gonna refrain from doing the obvious answer of Hershey’s solo series and instead, I’d go way back to DEATH PLANET
Because Death Planet was the first major disappointment I got while doing my prog slog. They had a shot at creating the very first female heroine in 2000AD and completely botched it by giving her a male co-star who made all the right calls and always saved the day with his rough and tough ways. Meanwhile, Lorna just stood in a corner angsting over how useless she was and yadda yadda. Got a bit better near the end when they introduced a villainess who hated Lorna for personal reasons and she gained some more protagonism thanks to it, but goddamn that was an eyerolling couple of progs.
In a similar way, MOONRUNNERS had a very interesting premise, and while it developed way better than Death Planet, it was still kinda low energy and boring. The concept was solid and even a bit ahead of its time, but it needed to be more thrilling in its execution. And it could’ve used more Belardinelli weirdo creatures.
