Ok - so we're already well into 2009, but that doesn't stop us making a belated wish list.  So without further ado, here's what our reviewers want Rebellion to tempt us with in 2009...

Gavin Hanly

1. Better PR from 2000AD.  By this I mean more press releases, better announcements on the main part of the website (I'm looking at you, forum-announced Dredd movie), setting up a few interviews over at the bigger comic sites, and general pimping of a comic that's 100s of times better than the latest spandex-clad cossover that seem to get all the press.  Oh, the odd exclusive over here wouldn't go amiss either...
   
2. A proper Dredd multi-part epic.  I don't count Origins, given that it was a pretty standard Cursed Earth trip with an interesting backstory.  What I want is a huge year-long (maybe even longer) epic, with strands written by Ewing, Morrison and Wagner - wrapped up in an overall plot by Wagner.  Use multiple artists to ensure it stays on deadline.  Build on all the simmering threads laid by Wagner (Mutants, Maybe, Cancer, Dredd's disaffection, a new breed of judge coming from the Academy) and give us something phenomenal in the run up to the movie.  And use the Megazine to cover related events featuring Rico and the rest of the huge supporting cast.
3. More Stickleback, Kingdom, Random, Low-life.
4. Better control of Pat Mills.  The man's a decent writer when he reins himself in (a good example being the first part of his recent Dredd tale) so make him get back to basics.  Have him set up a brand new character (not a reboot), keep him away from the preaching and force him to keep everything simple.  And no more multi-book "epics" with cliffhanger endings.  Although apply that last one to all his work.
5. No end to Dante.
6. A new Rogue Trooper game.  The first one got such praise (and had the cover system nicked by Gears of War) that it's the ideal game with which to continue building the 2000AD brand .
7. The UK comic press (and creators) to big-up 2000AD much more than they do.  Use your influence to point people towards the comic and give the UK industry the recognition it deserves.

Grant Goggins

1. Collected Missionary Man - I've actually mentioned this yet again in Thrillpowered Thursday.  As one of the most successful and long-running series to debut in the Megazine, this is long overdue for a proper reprint.  Two volumes, the first called "Bad Moon Rising" and covering all the episodes from the Meg through 1998, and the second called "The Promised Land" and covering everything from the weekly and its return to the Meg.2.
2. Samantha Slade returns, even if just for one last hurrah - so we were promised the story of La Revolution Robotique in 2007, but that might have been planned before the unfortunate departure of Ian Gibson from the comic.  Well, if indeed I am Samantha's lone defender, then I'll concede that its time has come, and so let's have Samantha go out in style, and resolve the situation of Grandpa Sam's head in a tank, in a nice seven-or-eight part story with a proper series finale, rather than let it peter out.  Although if affairs with Mr. Gibson can't be repaired, dare I suggest Philip Bond or Roger Langridge to finish Samantha's story out?
3. Collected Stainless Steel Rat - 36 episodes of Ezquerra coolness in one nice edition - this is long overdue.  Is there a holdup with Harry Harrison?  I'd love to know what the delay is.
4. Harry Kipling - Tharg should stockpile another batch of Kipling shorts to sprinkle throughout the year like he did in 2006.  They're more fun than Future Shocks!
5. The end of Sinister Dexter - I'm not yet ready to say goodbye to Dante, but this can find a finale sooner rather than later.  What is the holdup?  The pieces were in place for "The War of the Moses" more
   than a year ago.  How long's it got, 26 more episodes to go?  Sure, that's a number I've pulled right out of the air, but that's an appropriate old-school mega-epic length.  Start it in July and have the grand finale in Prog 2010.  Then we can get more Stickleback, Ampney Crucis and Caballistics in.
6. More Stickleback, Ampney Crucis and Caballistics.
7. 2000 AD's participation in Free Comic Book Day - This is long overdue, and Rebellion missed the boat in 2009 already, but plans should be drawn up right now for 2010's giveaway, with a 28-page comic
   that reprints (for example) three recent sampler episodes and a classic Alan Moore one-off and fills its page count with details of the huge library of books available, with a pointer to the wonderful 2000 AD Books minisite, and a reminder that just because you're in America, there's nothing stopping you from getting hold of this stuff, to counter the persistent misunderstanding that pervades American fandom that 2000 AD is some esoteric, impossible-to-obtain oddball thing.  And Rebellion should be at least a Silver sponsor, otherwise comic shops might miss the giveaway.
8. More Al Ewing on Dredd - Talk about a pleasant surprise!  I really enjoyed his first episodes of Dredd, and would not object at all to him joining the pinch-hitting rotation on those occasions Wagner is away.
9. That Strontium Dog video game that Rebellion first looked into licensing ten years ago, leading them to the purchase of the comic - This is, we must all agree, a little overdue.
10. An expansion of the reprint line - Between Starlord, Tornado, Dice Man, Crisis and Revolver, 2000 AD's sister titles have printed hundreds of pages of excellent comics that haven't seen the light of day since their original appearance.  I understand that many of these strips require separate licensing from the core 2000 AD books, but I ask you, who better than Rebellion to curate this arm of comics history?  And tell me Third World War and New Statesmen wouldn't look wonderful in Rebellion trade dress. Mind Wars, too, that strip was fantastic.
11. Collected Zenith - also, a pony.

Robert Cornell

1. More Al Ewing on Dredd - true, he’s no John Wagner but he could be the next Gordon Rennie. His stories in 2008 showed variety and that he “gets” Dredd. A no-brainer, surely? 
2. Nicolai Dante NOT turning into the A Team - Jena and co following him around Antarktica and Oz and the other Russia-fied countries constantly avoiding the Tsar’s troops and solving the locals’ problems. I see a chance to achieve something remarkable but the story needs to keep going forwards.  
3. Continuing high levels of thrill power - I gripe about 2000 AD, but there really is nothing like it.

David Page

1. What we were promised from Sinister Dexter: the street battle for the ages and Moses vs Moses!
2. The proper return from Indigo Prime. Don't leave us hanging, Mr Smith!
3. More Mayor Maybe. His full potential wasn't seen after all the build up we need more of the maniacal mayor!
4. And of course a spectacular end for Nikolai Dante. If rumours are to be believed and he is heading for an end next year, then it really had better be one for the ages!

Stan Bastion

1. The Meg also available without the reprint mag.
2. Dredd handled well by the writers who aren't Wagner.
3. Fewer duff stories (there weren't that many this year but the ones that were, were screaming howlers), and more (good) new writers and artists rising through the ranks.
4. I'd like to hear some good news about the slated Dredd movie and about a new Dredd game.
5. I wouldn't mind some Dredd/Johnny Alpha novels.
6. I'd really like to see Robo Hunter back properly. And Rogue Trooper. (Bix Barton's too much to ask for, right?) And an explosive, memorable end for Sinister Dexter.
7. I want more John Smith, more Kev Walker and more Rufus Dayglo.
8. And fifty pee off the cover price wouldn't go amiss either.

Floyd Kermode

In 2000AD, to be brief, I'd like more of the same; a mixture of tried-and-true stories, new stuff which may or may not work, the odd funny 'Droid Life' and of course Future Shocks.  In particular, I'd like Dredd stories which are engaging (there have been a few too many in which he acts un-Dreddish this year), and NO Dredd stories by Pat Mills thank you. 

I would  like to see some more ABC Warriors. I would like to see at least one oldie-but-goodie back; maybe Canon Fodder, I dunno, something we haven't seen for a while. 

From the Megazine, I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to see more comics and less articles.  Since we must have articles, I'd like a little less detailed horror-movie stuff and no reviews of things that have been reviewed everywhere else.  The 'free GN', aka 'extra comic with your comic'  is going okay and only needs to obey the golden rule of reprints which is it must be not crap and not something I've already read. Otherwise, the mixture as before with better covers please.

Alex Frith

1. I'd like to see the new 2000AD website finished. 
2. Regarding the content of 2000 AD and the Megazine - keep up the good work! I'd like to see something new from Rob Williams. He's a good writer who in my view hasn't yet produced his 2000 AD masterpiece, but I know he's got one in him. I'm also hoping that 2009 will bring the conclusion to the Wars of the Moses in Sinister Dexter. Or even the start of it...

Daniel Payne

It is not entirely within their power, but finding and developing new talent is the best thing that 2000AD’s controllers could be doing at the moment. John Wagner cannot carry on writing Dredd forever, and other writers assigned to the task have not produced work of the same quality; while another major lynchpin, Nikolai Dante, has a finite life span. So there is a reasonably pressing need for writers and artists to devise new characters of a similar standard, although achieving that will not be simple.

Stephen Watson

Apart from the obvious ‘more of the same’ I’d like to see the Megazine garner more of Dredd’s continuity rather than provide companion pieces. Of course 2000AD is the flag ship title but I think the purchasers of the Megazine should be rewarded with some of the more pivotal Dredd tales.

I’d also like to see some continuity to the bagged book that would reward the returning reader and make it a worthwhile purchase. I know they always have to appeal to the floating reader but surely a balance could be drawn so that efforts like this month’s Christmas dog’s breakfast could be avoided. Obviously their hands are tied due to other publishing commitments such as the Case Files, but when a premium price is being charged readers are entitled to expect more than below par strips collected around a theme. An obvious starting point would be the Dredd tales from the annuals and specials which have been ignored by the Case Files and which contain many crackers including works by McMahon, Bolland and Ezquerra.

William Scotland

What I really want is more of the same. More Kingdom, Shakara, Defoe. More Droid Life. More Al Ewing. More collections. Just more 2000AD! That and them filming a damn good Dredd movie.