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About fakedtales

I'm a writer, a podcaster, a reviewer of games. Here's where I share my own fiction and my encounters with other people's media.

Charlie’s 2000 AD Marathon – 1983

Posted on July 16, 2025 by fakedtales

We’re almost caught up with the comics I’ve read once when I was going to cover them a hundred issues at a time. That was proving untenable as I’ve been needing to keep notes to remember what happened 52 or … Continue reading →

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Charlie’s 2000 AD Marathon – 1982

Posted on July 5, 2025 by fakedtales

2000 AD has some classic stories like Harry 20 on the High Rock, Judge Dredd’s Apocalypse War and Rogue Trooper’s Fort Neuro. I look at those and some less noteworthy stories like Agent Rat and Joe Black. Continue reading →

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Charlie’s 2000 AD Marathon – 1981

Posted on May 8, 2025 by fakedtales

We’re back to 2000 AD with a year that finishes up a couple of the longer one-series stories: Return to Armageddon and Meltdown Man, as well as hitting the midpoint of Mean Arena. Judge Dredd’s getting more of a look … Continue reading →

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April Update – A Long Way to a Small Angry Plumber

Posted on May 4, 2025 by fakedtales

This blog update’s a little later than intended, but here we go! 2WITCH I’m an easy mark for Nintendo and have been since childhood. I got very excited about the announcement of the Switch 2 and of course I preordered … Continue reading →

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Charlie’s 2000 AD Marathon – 1980

Posted on April 26, 2025 by fakedtales

1980 brings some bonkers new titles to 2000 AD like Return to Armageddon and Meltdown Man. What else is in store as we review the year’s comics? Continue reading →

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Charlie’s 2000 AD Marathon – 1979

Posted on March 30, 2025 by fakedtales

We’re vacuum cleaning, travelling to hell and dealing with despots in 2000 AD’s issues from 1979. Continue reading →

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Which Gilmore Girls Characters Got Vaccinated?

Posted on March 20, 2025 by fakedtales

Inspired by an interaction on BlueSky, I couldn’t shake the question, “Which characters from Gilmore Girls got vaccinated?” Here’s my list and the reasons behind my choices. Continue reading →

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Charlie’s 2000 AD Marathon – 1978

Posted on March 8, 2025 by fakedtales

We’re being attacked by giant ants, travelling the Cursed Earth and hunting robots in 2000 AD’s 1978 issues. Continue reading →

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Faked Tales Update: Zombies & Yoshis

Posted on March 7, 2025 by fakedtales

It’s time for an update on what media I’ve been enjoying and where my writing’s at. Continue reading →

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Charlie’s 2000 AD Marathon – 1978 Starlord 1-22 and Annuals

Posted on February 23, 2025 by fakedtales

Starlord was a comic which ran from May to October 1978 before being merged with 2000AD. Leading up to and during its run there were adverts for it in 2000AD, met with letters from people who weren’t convinced about the … Continue reading →

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