The voting booth is open you can cast your vote for your favourite thrills publish in the Galaxy's Greatest comic (ever !!!!).
How does it work?
1. You select your top 20 series which appeared the prog since the legendary first issue published 26 February 1977 up until now (currently that will be prog 2190).
2. The only series not included is Judge Dredd. You can cast your vote for any Dredd-verse series, but our favourite lawman has an unfair advantage.
3. The shorts are all clubbed together so you do not vote for a single Future Shock or Terror Tale but for the whole shebang. The shorts published are: Future Shocks, Past Imperfect, Pulp Sci-Fi, Tales from Beyond Science, Tales of Telguuth, Terror Tales, Tharg's Thrillers, Tharg's Dragon Tales, Time Twisters, Twisted Tales, Vector 13, What If ?.
4. The following series although carrying the same title will be split. For example, Strontium Dog will have all stories featuring Johnny Alpha be clubbed under Strontium Dog (Alpha) and the rest will be clubbed under Strontium Dog (Feral). Here is the list:
a. Harlem Heroes (Original) and Harlem Heroes (The Fleisher Years)
b. Robo-Hunter (Sam) and Robo-Hunter (Samantha)
c. Rogue Trooper (Friday) and Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
d. Strontium Dog (Alpha) and Strontium Dog (Feral)
5. We again work with a point system much like the system employed for the "The Rebellion Years Top 10 Series" tournament (except now you have 20 votes).
1 = 25 points
2 = 22 points
3 = 19 points
4 = 17 points
5 = 16 points
6 = 15 points
7 = 14 points
8 = 13 points
9 = 12 points
10 = 11 points
11 = 10 points
12 = 9 points
13 = 8 points
14 = 7 points
15 = 6 points
16 = 5 points
17 = 4 points
18 = 3 points
19 = 2 points
20 = 1 point
6. You can vote as many times as you want but only the last vote counts.
7. I will publish a list of stories below but if I mist a series you can still vote for it the only rule here is that it must have been published in any prog.
How long will the tourney last?
You can cast your vote up until Sunday 2nd of August.
May the best series win
The list of possible thrills:
A Joe Black Adventure
A Life Less Ordinary
A Love like Blood
ABC Warriors
Abelard Snazz
Absalom
Ace Trucking Co
Ack-ack Macaque
Age of the Wolf
Agent Rat
Ahab
Al's Baby
American Gothic
Ampney Crucis
Anderson
Angel
Angel Zero
Ant Wars
Aquila
Armoured Gideon
Asylum
Atavar
B.L.A.I.R.1
Babe Race 2000
Bad City Blue
Bad Company
Badlands
Banzai Battalion
Bec & Kawl
Big Dave
Bison
Bix Barton
Black Light
Black Shuck
Blackhawk
Bonjo from Beyond the Stars
Bradley
Brass Sun
Breahting Space
Brigand Doom
Brink
Button Man
Caballistics Inc
Cadet Anderson
Cadet Dredd
Canon Fodder
Captain Klep
Carver Hale
Chiaroscuro
Chopper
Chronos Carnival
Colony Earth
Counterfeit Girl
Cradlegrave
D.R. & Quinch
Damnation Station
Dan Dare
Dandridge
Darkness Visible
Dash Decent
Dead Eyes
Dead Man Walking
Dead Meat
Dead Signal
Deadlock
Deadworld
Death Planet
Defoe
Detonator X
Devlin Waugh
Dinosty
Disaster 1990
Downlode Tales
Dry Run
Durham Red
Faces
Feral and Foe
Fervent and Lobe
Fiends of the Eastern Front
Fiends of the Western Front
Finder And Keeper
Finn
Firekind
Flesh
Freaks
From Grace
Full Tilt Boogie
Future Shocks
Glimmer Rats
Go-Machine
Graduation Day
Grey Area
Greysuit
Halo Jones
Hap Hazzard
Harlem Heroes (Original)
Harlem Heroes (The Fleisher Years)
Harry Kipling
Harry Twenty
Helium
Hershey
Hewligan's Haircut
Hope
Hunted
I Was A Teenage Tax Consultant
Ichabod Azrael
Indigo Prime
Interceptor
Invasion
Jaegir
Journal of Luke Kirby
Judge Death
Judge Fear
Judge Janus
Junker
Kelly's Eye
Kid Cyborg
Killer
Kingdom
Kingmaker
Kola Kommandos
Leatherjack
Lenny Zero
Leviathan
Lobster Random
London Falling
Low Life
M.A.C.H 0
M.A.C.H 1
Malone
Mambo
Maniac 5
Marauder
Max Normal
Mazeworld
Mean Machine
Mean Team
Mechastopheles
Medivac 318
Meltdown Man
Memento
Mercy Heights
Metalzoic
Missionary Man
Monsters of Rock
Moon Runners
Mother Earth
Necronauts
Necrophim
Nemesis and Deadlock
Nemesis the Warlock
Night Zero/Beyond Zero/Below Zero
Nikolai Dante
Orlok
Outlaw
Outlier
Past Imperfect
Project Overkill
Proteus Vex
Pulp Sci-Fi
Purgatory
Pussyfoot 5
R.A.M. Raiders
Rain Dogs
Really and Truly
Red Fang
Red Razors
Return To Armageddon
Revere
Rick Random
Roadkill
Robo-Hunter (Sam)
Robo-Hunter (Samantha)
Ro-Busters
Rogue Trooper (Friday)
Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
Ro-Jaws' Robo-Tales
Rose O'Rion
Sancho Panzer
Satanus
Savage
Scarlet Traces
Second City Blues
Shadows
Shakara
Shako
Shaky's Beyond Belief
Silo
Sinister Dexter
Skip Tracer
Skizz
Slaine
Slaughter Bowl
Snow Tiger
Sooner or Later
Soul Gun Warrior
Stainless Steel Rat
Stalag 666
Starlord
Stickleback
Stone Island
Storming Heaven
Strontium Dog (Alpha)
Strontium Dog (Feral)
Superbean
Survival Geeks
Synnamon
Tales from Beyond Science
Tales of Leviathan
Tales of MC-1
Tales of Telguuth
Tales of the Doghouse
Tao De Moto
Terror Tales
Tharg the Mighty
Tharg's Thrillers
Tharg's Dragon Tales
The 86ers
The Alienist
The Balls Brothers
The Clown
The Corps
The Dead
The Dead Man
The Diaboliks
The Gronk
The Grudge Father
The Helltrekkers
The Mean Arena
The Mind of Wolfie Smith
The Order
The Out
The Red Seas
The Scrap
The Simping Detective
The Spacegirls
The Ten-Seconders
The VCs
The Visible Man
The Vort
The Zaucer of Zilk
Thirteen
Thistlebone
Tiger Sun, Dragon Moon
Time Flies
Time Twisters
Timehouse
Timequake
Tor Cyan
Tracer
Trash
Tribal Memories
Twisted Tales
Tyranny Rex
Ulysses Sweet
Universal Soldier
Urban Strike
Valkyries
Vanguard
Vector 13
Venus Bluegenes
Walter the Wobot
What If ?
Wireheads
Witchworld
Zenith
Zippy Couriers
Zombo
This is going to be fascinating! Many thanks for running it. Now, I just have to get my thinking cap on... Lots of agonising over the top votes will no doubt follow!
Wow! That's a lot of stories and work, well done!
Nice one Broodblik - this is going to be so very difficult!
This is quite difficult because how do you fit 25 into 20 ? Because I have so far 25 candidates.
Brilliant! Thanks for this. And I have my twenty- however, getting them in the correct order is proving to be a headache. Space Girls or Counterfeit Girl for number one? I mean, it's an impossible choice.
SBT
Should Downlode Tales be considered part of Sinister Dexter rather than a separate thing?
Similarly isn't The Dead Man effectively a Dredd strip but with a different banner stuck on it?
Although I suspect these semantics aren't really going to have a major impact on the vote.
I grouped the following three together Night Zero,Beyond Zero and Below Zero because in reality it is the same series featuring the same main character. Downlode Tales is before my return so I am not familiar with the series, you can just as well then vote for Sinister Dexter.
It is not always easy on how to decide which must clubbed together and whom are worthy enough to get their own series. The split of Strontium Dog and Rogue Trooper was no brainer for me. It is complete different characters carrying the same title.
Quote from: broodblik on 11 July, 2020, 10:35:28 AM
Downlode Tales is before my return so I am not familiar with the series, you can just as well then vote for Sinister Dexter.
Yep fair. I suspect that's what most would do anyway so I don't think this is actually going to have any real impact on the vote.
Quote from: sintec on 11 July, 2020, 10:23:42 AM
Similarly isn't The Dead Man effectively a Dredd strip but with a different banner stuck on it?
The funny thing is, I'd rate The Dead Man over virtually any Dredd strip - it's in my top 3 2000AD stories.
Getting my selection in early:
1. Strontium Dog (Alpha)
2. Nikolai Dante
3. Stainless Steel Rat
4. Robo-Hunter (Sam)
5. The Dead Man
6. Nemesis the Warlock
7. Slaine
8. Zenith
9. Sinister Dexter
10. Button Man
11. ABC Warriors
12. Brass Sun
13. Mazeworld
14. Brink
15. Ro-Busters
16. Anderson
17. Deadworld
18. D.R. & Quinch
19. Finn
20. Ace Trucking Co
Right then, commitment time:
1. Slaine
2. Sinister Dexter
3. Nemesis
4. Shako
5. Kingdom
6. Flesh
7. Brink
8. Nikolai Dante
9. Tales of Telguuth
10. Vector 13
11. Halo Jones
12. Leviathan
13. ABC Warriors
14. Revere
15. Finn
16. Strontium Dog (Alpha)
17. Meltdown Man
18. Harry Twenty on the High Rock
19. Tharg The Mighty
20. Skizz
SBT
OK then...
1. Nikolai Dante
2. Indigo Prime
3. The Dead Man
4. Cradlegrave
5. Anderson
6. Halo Jones
7. Mazeworld
8. Devlin Waugh
9. Button Man
10. Luke Kirby
11. Deadworld
12. Revere
13. Brass Sun
14. Fiends of the Eastern Front
15. The Red Seas
16. Zenith
17. Bad City Blue
18. DR & Quinch
19. Bix Barton
20. Armoured Gideon
1). Strontium Dog
2). Nemesis the Warlock
3). A.B.C. Warriors
4). Ace Trucking Co.
5).Metalzoic
6) Robo-Hunter (Sam)
7). The Dead Man
8). The Balls Brothers
9). Kingdom
10). Stickleback
11). Blackhawk
12). Slaine
13). D.R. & Quinch
14). Anderson
15). Ro-busters
16). Bad Company
17). Firekind
18). Zenith
19). Halo Jones
20). Robo-Hunter (Samantha)
Some potential considerations that don't turn up in the first list there. Each of these has at least two parts, with some being more extensive.
- The Amazing Maze Dumoir
- Bob Byrne's Twisted Tales
- Danzig's Inferno
- Doctor Dibworthy
- Droid Life
- Encounter [progs 54-57; text stories with single splash]
- The Great Detective Caper
- Infinity Inc.
- Mean Arena [as opposed to The Mean Arena: they're separate strips]
- Psi-Testers
- Supercover Saga [progs 19-43; text story of cover splash]
- Tharg's Alien Invasions
- Venus Bluegenes
- Work Experience
Quote from: Huey2 on 11 July, 2020, 05:52:04 PM
1). Strontium Dog
Huey2 just to be clear I assigned your vote for Strontium Dog against the Johnny Alpha stream
Quote from: Funt Solo on 11 July, 2020, 06:11:38 PM
Some potential considerations that don't turn up in the first list there. Each of these has at least two parts, with some being more extensive.
- The Amazing Maze Dumoir
- Bob Byrne's Twisted Tales
- Danzig's Inferno
- Doctor Dibworthy
- Droid Life
- Encounter [progs 54-57; text stories with single splash]
- The Great Detective Caper
- Infinity Inc.
- Mean Arena [as opposed to The Mean Arena: they're separate strips]
- Psi-Testers
- Supercover Saga [progs 19-43; text story of cover splash]
- Tharg's Alien Invasions
- Venus Bluegenes
- Work Experience
Thanks for this, I did not know that there is a difference between Mean Arena and The Mean Arena. I am now educated :thumbsup:
Quote from: broodblik on 11 July, 2020, 06:39:27 PM
Thanks for this, I did not know that there is a difference between Mean Arena and The Mean Arena. I am now educated :thumbsup:
Don't investigate too much, neither is particularly great.
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 11 July, 2020, 07:02:25 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 11 July, 2020, 06:39:27 PM
Thanks for this, I did not know that there is a difference between Mean Arena and The Mean Arena. I am now educated :thumbsup:
Don't investigate too much, neither is particularly great.
Like Angel, I did not even remember reading this. Normally this implies that the story is not worthwhile to go back too.
1 = Strontium Dog
2 = Slaine
3 = Abc Warriors
4 = Rogue Trooper
5 = Blackhawk
6 = Meltdown Man
7 = Shako
8 = Robohunter
9 = Disaster 1990
10 = Stainless Steel Rat
11 = Mach Zero
12 = Dan Dare
13 = Nemesis
14 = Flesh
15 = The Vcs
16 = Ace Trucking
17 = Button Man
18 = Mach 1
19 = Rogue Trooper
20 = Zenith
That was difficult and (as ever) my answers might be different on another day. I've qualified some of the placements, just because it made me feel better.
01 Nemesis the Warlock
02 The Ballad of Halo Jones
03 Zenith
04 Slaine: up to and including The Horned God
05 The A.B.C. Warriors: up to and including Khronicles of Khaos
06 Kingdom
07 Nikolai Dante
08 The Fall of Deadworld
09 D.R. & Quinch
10 Strontium Dog [Alpha]: Death's Head to Rage
11 Firekind
12 Button Man
13 Scarlet Traces
14 Leviathan
15 Ro-Busters: Death On The Orient Express & The Terra-Meks
16 Indigo Prime: Winwood And Cord - Killing Time
17 Devlin Waugh: Chasing Herod / Reign of Frogs / Sirius Rising
18 Survival Geeks
19 Chopper: Song of the Surfer
20 Fiends of the Eastern Front
See, this would have been relatively easy if it was a top thirty:
21 Caballistics Inc.
22 Rogue Trooper [Rogue]: pre-Horst & Cinnabar
23 Shakara
24 Bad Company [first series only]
25 Ace Trucking Co. [up to and including Too Many Bams]
26 Meltdown Man
27 The VCs [original series]
28 Return To Armageddon
29 Brass Sun
30 Banzai Battalion
Quote from: Swerty on 11 July, 2020, 11:25:43 PM
1 = Strontium Dog
2 = Slaine
3 = Abc Warriors
4 = Rogue Trooper
5 = Blackhawk
6 = Meltdown Man
7 = Shako
8 = Robohunter
9 = Disaster 1990
10 = Stainless Steel Rat
11 = Mach Zero
12 = Dan Dare
13 = Nemesis
14 = Flesh
15 = The Vcs
16 = Ace Trucking
17 = Button Man
18 = Mach 1
19 = Rogue Trooper
20 = Zenith
You have Rogue Trooper twice so I have allocated it as follows:
4 = Rogue Trooper as Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
19 = Rogue Trooper as Rogue Trooper (Friday)
I also allocated Strontium Dog against Strontium Dog (Alpha)
It's probably fairly safe to assume people mean the Johnny Alpha one when they say "Strontium Dog". In fact, the mostly Feral-starring sequence was actually Strontium Dogs, plural.
(Except for the story Dead Man's Hand in the 1993 Yearbook, which was super-titled as Strontium Dog but actually a Feral tale.)
I can remember something of the same line I just do not have the physical copies anymore. I just split the two so that it makes it easier to identify. I do not think that many will vote anyway for the Feral (Strontium Dogs) series.
1. Halo Jones
2. Zenith
3. Journal of Luke Kirby
4. Blackhawk
5. Stainless Steel Rat
6. Skizz
7. Full Tilt Boogie
8. Return to Armageddon
9. Disaster 1990
10. The Red Seas
11. The VCs
12. The Mind of Wolfie Smith
13. Fiends of the Eastern Front
14. Silo
15. Harry 20
16. Nikolai Dante
17. Savage
18. Invasion
19. Stone Island
20. Scarlet Traces
I like your confidence in Full Tilt Boogie. I must say that so far I can say that I am enjoying it but I will want to see how a third and even fourth series turns out.
A couple of clarification questions.
When you say Strontium Dog (Feral), do you really mean Strontium Dogs? And, as I recall, it featured other Strontium Dogs as well as Feral, as the lead in particular episodes.
What is the Starlord strip you are referring to? If it is what I think it is, only one episode every appeared.
BTW I consider Downlode Tales to be Sinister Dexter - it's just a different label that was put on it when the boys temporarily split up, to give the impression it was permanent.
1st: Strontium Dog (alpha)
2nd: nemesis the warlock
3rd: Dante
4th: ABC Warriors
5th: shakara
6th: Slaine
7th: Halo Jones
8th: cabalistics Inc
9th: Bad Company
10th: cradlegrave
11th: robo-hunter (sam, yup)
12th: Brink
13th: lobster Random
14th: low life
15th: rogue trooper (rogue)
16th: The VCs
17th: stickleback
18th- leviathan
19th: Defoe
20th: sooner or later
Quote from: Magnetica on 12 July, 2020, 11:18:37 PM
A couple of clarification questions.
When you say Strontium Dog (Feral), do you really mean Strontium Dogs? And, as I recall, it featured other Strontium Dogs as well as Feral, as the lead in particular episodes.
What is the Starlord strip you are referring to? If it is what I think it is, only one episode every appeared.
BTW I consider Downlode Tales to be Sinister Dexter - it's just a different label that was put on it when the boys temporarily split up, to give the impression it was permanent.
On your first question around Strontium Dog (Feral) you are correct it is Strontium Dogs (with an s at the end).
The Starlord strip was published in one of the xmas specials prog 2061
Yes if you feel Downlode Tales is part of Sinister Dexter rather vote for Sinister Dexter
After the first weekend we have a nice fight on top with 6 thrills that are separated by a single top vote. At this stage to total number of thrills getting votes are 73. This shows me how diverse voting has been so far and how interesting the fight for the top spots will be.
As always remember you can vote as many as you want only your last vote counts.
Ok here goes:
1: Strontium Dog (Alpha).
2: Slaine
3: Nemesis The Warlock
4: ABC Warriors
5: Zenith
6: Brink
7: The Stainless Steel Rat
8: Robo-Hunter (Sam)
9: Ace Trucking
10: DR & Quinch
11: Sinister Dexter
12: The VCs
13: Anderson PSI Division
14: Nikolai Dante
15: Grey Area
16: Halo Jones
17: Kingdom
18: Kingmaker
19: Jaegir
20: Savage
Comments.
Strontium Dog is the only strip, along with Dredd, to have maintained incredible levels of quality through out the history of the comic.
The top 5, plus Dredd are intrinsic to my childhood. For Slaine, Nemesis and ABC Warriors, I am ignoring a drop off in quality in later strips. The early strips are 2000AD as far as I am concerned, hence my vote for Pat in the non Wagner Tourney.
It seems a shame put Brink only 6th, but it's going up against strips of such excitement that I can't justify putting it higher.
I had largely forgotten about the Stainless Steel Rat, but I am currently re-reading it and it's fantastic.
I'm putting the VCs in for GFD's original series, not Dan Abnett's continuation.
Jaegir is that rare thing - a spin off that is better than the original.
I have 4 stories each for Wagner and / or Grant, Uncle Pat and Dan Abnett. Which is reflective of who has done the best stories in the Prog. Add in Dredd and Wagner Grant take the win.
So tricky ... here goes ...
1. Nemesis
2. Strontium Dog (Alpha)
3. Nikolai Dante
4. Bad Company
5. Zenith
6. ABC Warriors
7. Shakara
8. Indigo Prime
9. Flesh
10. Halo Jones
11. Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
12. Revere
13. Slaine
14. Tyranny Rex
15. DR & Quinch
16. Devlin Waugh
17. Savage
18. Firekind
19. Chopper
20. Robo-Hunter
I've tried to write this on the basis of 'what immediately comes to my mind when I think of great 2000ad stories', but am pretty sure that means I'll realise I've forgotten something I thought was absolutely classic.
credo I have credited Robo-Hunter against Robo-Hunter (Sam)
I tried to do that thing where you don't think about it too hard, so your gut instincts shine through...
1) Nemesis the Warlock
2) Brink
3) Strontium Dog (Alpha)
4) Adventures of Nikolai Dante
5) Bad Company
6) Button Man
7) Grievous Journey of Ichabod Azrael etc
8) Caballistics, Inc
9) Sinister Dexter
10) Sam Slade, Robohunter (not Samantha)
11) The VCs (all of it; if anything the Abnett reboot pushed this higher)
12) Defoe
13) Helium
14) Shako!
15) DR & Quinch
16) Brass Sun
17) Cradlegrave
18) Anderson, Psi Division
19) Leviathan
20) Slaine
Comments: I did end up thinking about it quite a bit, working out overall scores for story and art, that kind of thing. I tried to be honest with myself about the entirety of a series (allowing myself one exception, to ignore all post-Wagner/Grant Robohunter). So a series like Slaine gets some crazy high highs and some fairly low lows, and some series with standout stories fall down from ropey beginnings (Indigo Prime, Low Life). But overall, this is how much I've loved each series combined with a hint of how excited I am to see it in the Prog again.
Quote from: AlexF on 13 July, 2020, 05:45:54 PM
Comments: I did end up thinking about it quite a bit, working out overall scores for story and art, that kind of thing. I tried to be honest with myself about the entirety of a series (allowing myself one exception, to ignore all post-Wagner/Grant Robohunter).
Yes good point. My vote for Robo-Hunter is only for the Wagner Grant era. My mind had completely blanked out what followed when I was doing it. They should almost be listed separately 😉.
My list:
1. Nikolai Dante
2. Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
3. Slaine
4. Strontium Dog (Alpha)
5. Jaegir
6. Brink
7. Brass Sun
8. Shakara
9. Nemesis the Warlock
10. Halo Jones
11. Bad Company
12. Zenith
13. Mazeworld
14. Kingmaker
15. Kingdom
16. The Red Seas
17. Journal of Luke Kirby
18. The Order
19. Aquila
20. Scarlett Traces
The most difficult part was to decide if Slaine or Strontium Dog will occupy the third spot. At the end I took a strength versus weakness approach. It was basically The Horned God and Sky Chariots versus the death and resurrection of Johnny Alpha that swayed by vote.
I am a big fan of military sci-fi, so it was easy to choose Rogue as my second option. I can see that Jaegir will eventually overtake Rogue because of the strength (and not quantity) of Rennie/Colbey team.
If I have to choose my top 20 next year I am sure it will look complete different not any easy task selecting 20 series out of 43 years of history.
*Bumps thread while endlessly reshuffling his voting order...*
Quote from: DrJomster on 17 July, 2020, 09:48:47 PM
*Bumps thread while endlessly reshuffling his voting order...*
I feel your pain. I must get this in this weekend otherwise I'll just keep tweeking it.
So many great series and so, sooooo difficult to choose from!
Here's my Top Twenty series votes anyways.
1: Nikolai Dante
2: Halo Jones
3: Nemesis the Warlock
4: Al's Baby
5: Strontium Dog (Alpha)
6: Button Man
7: Lobster Random
8: Return To Armageddon
9: Caballistics Inc
10: Blackhawk
11: Anderson
12: Slaine
13: ABC Warriors
14: Absalom
15: Firekind
16: Glimmer Rats
17: D.R. & Quinch
18: Jaegir
19: Caballistics Inc
20: Big Dave
1. A. B. C. Warriors
2. Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
3. Strontium Dog (Alpha)
4. Nicolai Dante
5. Nemesis the Warlock
6. The Stainless Steel Rat
7. Slaine
8. Sinister Dexter
9. Abasalom
10. Halo Jones
11. Cabalistics, Inc.
12. Indigo Prime
13. Button Man
14. Brass Sun
15. Robo-Hunter (Sam)
16. Grey Area
17. Durham Red
18. Bad Company
19. Zenith
20. Aquila
I feel like I've had a stroke trying to put this list together.
Quote from: paddykafka on 18 July, 2020, 12:12:55 AM
So many great series and so, sooooo difficult to choose from!
Here's my Top Twenty series votes anyways.
1: Nikolai Dante
2: Halo Jones
3: Nemesis the Warlock
4: Al's Baby
5: Strontium Dog (Alpha)
6: Button Man
7: Lobster Random
8: Return To Armageddon
9: Caballistics Inc
10: Blackhawk
11: Anderson
12: Slaine
13: ABC Warriors
14: Absalom
15: Firekind
16: Glimmer Rats
17: D.R. & Quinch
18: Jaegir
19: Caballistics Inc
20: Big Dave
Hi paddykafka unfortunately you can only vote for once for a thrill you voted twice for Caballistics Inc
Thanks for letting me know that, Broodblik.
Here's my revised Top Twenty series votes.
1: Nikolai Dante
2: Halo Jones
3: Nemesis the Warlock
4: Al's Baby
5: Strontium Dog (Alpha)
6: Button Man
7: Lobster Random
8: Return To Armageddon
9: Caballistics Inc
10: Blackhawk
11: Anderson
12: Slaine
13: ABC Warriors
14: Absalom
15: Firekind
16: Glimmer Rats
17: D.R. & Quinch
18: Jaegir
19: Grey Area
20: Big Dave
Updated your vote for you paddykafka
1. Strontium Dog (Alpha, of course)
2. Nemesis
3. Sláine
4. Nikolai Dante
5. Halo Jones
6. Caballistics Inc
7. Sinister Dexter
8. Zenith
9. Button Man
10. Robo-Hunter (Sam, up to a point)
11. ABC Warriors
12. Savage
13. Brink
14. Anderson
15. Absalom
16. Kingdom
17. Shakara
18. Skizz
19. Meltdown Man
20. Cradlegrave
1: Strontium Dog (Alpha)
2: Nemesis the Warlock
3: Skizz
4: D.R. & Quinch
5: Halo Jones
6: Slaine
7: Brink
8: Nikolai Dante
9: Ace Trucking Co
10: Button Man
11: Defoe
12: Stainless Steel Rat
13: Zombo
14: Caballistics Inc
15: ABC Warriors
16: Robo-Hunter (Sam)
17: Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
18: Metalzoic
19: Return To Armageddon
20: Time Twisters
Well I was about to paste this in and then looked, decided to tweak it again BUT had to spot myself otherwise I'd never get round to it... then pasted it here and did a different tweak anyway! DAMNIT ask me this in 24 hours time and who knows who much this will change!
1 Nikolai Dante
2 Nemesis the Warlock
3 Brink
4 Zenith
5 Kingdom
6 Anderson
7 Cradlegrave
8 Firekind
9 Halo Jones
10 Skizz
11 Sinister Dexter
12 Flesh
13 Brass Sun
14 Bad Company
15 Button Man
16 The Red Seas
17 Zombo
18 Shakara
19 Indigo Prime
20 Strontium Dog (Alpha)
What fascinates me is how much consistancy (or lack there of in a number of cases) of quality has played in my decisions. Prime example is I'm amazed that I place Johnny A at 20, but I do run hot and cold with this strip. At its best it up there, top 5 stuff. But there are other stories, that while aways entertaining I don't rate anywhere near as highly. Opinion huh funny old thing.
Right, no more tweaking endlessly.... here's the list!
1. Strontium Dog (Alpha)
2. Slaine
3. Brink
4. Caballistics Inc
5. Mazeworld
6. Halo Jones
7. The VCs
8. Jaegir
9. Zenith
10. Robo-Hunter (Sam)
11. Blackhawk
12. Meltdown Man
13. Nemesis the Warlock
14. Scarlet Traces
15. Absalom
16. ABC Warriors
17. Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
18. Stickleback
19. Brass Sun
20. Savage
Well, here y'go. Bet I've forgotten something.
1: Bad Company
2: Revere
3: The Dead Man
4: Nemesis the Warlock
5: The Dead
6: Chopper (Song of the Surfer)
7: Zenith
8: Strontium Dog (Johnny Alpha)
9: Ace Trucking Co (up to and including The Croakside Trip, but also including The Homecoming)
10: Indigo Prime (Smith)
11: Slaine (up to and including The Horned God)
12: Firekind
13: Cradlegrave
14: Devlin Waugh (Chasing Herod / Reign of Frogs / Sirius Rising)
15: Luke Kirby (mostly Summer Magic)
16: Halo Jones
17: Nikolai Dante
18: Shadows
19: ABC Warriors (up to and including The Black Hole)
20: Fervent and Lobe
Quote from: DrJomster on 19 July, 2020, 10:34:54 PM
Right, no more tweaking endlessly.... here's the list!
1. Strontium Dog (Alpha)
2. Slaine
3. Brink
4. Caballistics Inc
5. Mazeworld
6. Halo Jones
7. The VCs
8. Jaegir
9. Zenith
10. Robo-Hunter (Sam)
11. Blackhawk
12. Meltdown Man
13. Nemesis the Warlock
14. Scarlet Traces
15. Absalom
16. ABC Warriors
17. Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
18. Stickleback
19. Brass Sun
20. Savage
Agh! I knew this would happen.... I missed something! Ok, take two, with extra added Devlin Waugh!
1. Strontium Dog (Alpha)
2. Slaine
3. Brink
4. Caballistics Inc
5. Mazeworld
6. Halo Jones
7. The VCs
8. Jaegir
9. Zenith
10. Devlin Waugh (Herod, frogs, etc)
11. Robo-Hunter (Sam)
12. Blackhawk
13. Meltdown Man
14. Nemesis the Warlock
15. Scarlet Traces
16. Absalom
17. ABC Warriors
18. Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
19. Stickleback
20. Brass Sun
Got it DrJomster (again :))
After the second weekend we have 89 thrills getting :thumbsup:.
The top 2 positions looks like it will go down to the wire. The third spot has a lot of breathing space. The top 10 looks settled but the next ten spots we have a lot off movers and shakers.
Now just for interest:
1. If I have a scenario where for example two votes were cast for the same thrill the highest position will count and the lowest position will become null and void.
2. As you already know we have a few thrills sharing names. In this case if the voter has cast his votes twice the highest points will be allocated against the thrill that appeared in the earliest prog. For example voting twice for Rogue Trooper the highest points will be allocated for Rogue and the lowest points for Friday.
I will notify the voter of both these scenarios :)
The last thing always remember you can vote as many times as you want only your last vote counts.
Can I just check when we are talking thrills that bridge both Prog and Meg we're talking just the Prog content aren't we...
So we're not talking Swimming in Blood for Devlin Waugh for example...
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 20 July, 2020, 06:04:35 AM
Can I just check when we are talking thrills that bridge both Prog and Meg we're talking just the Prog content aren't we...
So we're not talking Swimming in Blood for Devlin Waugh for example...
Correct nothing in the meg counts only works published in the prog so Swimming in Blood does not count
Quote from: broodblik on 20 July, 2020, 08:00:42 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 20 July, 2020, 06:04:35 AM
Can I just check when we are talking thrills that bridge both Prog and Meg we're talking just the Prog content aren't we...
So we're not talking Swimming in Blood for Devlin Waugh for example...
Correct nothing in the meg counts only works published in the prog so Swimming in Blood does not count
Phew no need to revisit!
The Herod/Frogs/Sirius arc of Devlin was my one of my favourites, so obviously I was impressed with myself to have left it out of my first submission... I blame it on old age!
Quote from: DrJomster on 20 July, 2020, 11:04:15 PM
... I blame it on old age!
We have all been cursed with that one
The second ten are much softer in their order, but I'm confident in the list all together
1 Nemesis the Warlock
2 Strontium Dog (Alpha)
3 Chopper
4 Zenith
5 The Dead Man
6 Button Man
7 Journal of Luke Kirby
8 Bad Company
9 Rogue Trooper (Rogue)
10 ABC Warriors
11 Slaine
12 Anderson
13 Brink
14 Brass Sun
15 Mazeworld
16 Kingdom
17 Nikolai Dante
18 Halo Jones
19 Indigo Prime
20 Skizz
So we have more than a week to cast, recast, re-vote, vote, change your mind or just plainly making up your mind.
I will be releasing the results over the course of 3 days:
Day 1 - No 11 - 20
Day 2 - No 4 - 10
Day 3 - Gold, Silver and Bronze
Voting ends on Sunday 2nd of August midnight but I reality when I get up Monday morning I will then gather the last votes.
- Nikolai Dante
- Nemesis the Warlock
- Kingdom
- Brink
- Shakara
- Strontium Dog (Alpha)
- Ampney Crucis
- Caballistics Inc
- Slaine
- Anderson
- Sinister Dexter
- Halo Jones
- Zenith
- ABC Warriors
- Bad Company
- Zombo
- Low Life
- Thistlebone
- Indigo Prime
- Jaegir
Less than one week left to influence the top 20. As it stand 92 thrills received votes.
The top 2 is now almost done and dusted but a meager few points are currently between them. The rest of the top 10 you do not see any real movement but the rest of the top 20 is where the real action is happening.
So keep on voting :)
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Only 3 days left to vote. Voting closes Sunday @ 12
Last day of voting
1: Indigo Prime. Highly imaginative and visually stunning. Killing Time is a masterpiece!
2: Deadworld. Just glorious!
3:Bad Company. Based purely on the original series. I'm not a fan of what came after.
4: Hope... we see more of this.
5: A.B.C Warriors.
6: Shakara.
7: Mazeworld.
8: Absalom.
9: Thistlebone.
10: The Order.
11: Armoured Gideon.
12: Slaughter Bowl.
13: Survival Geeks.
14: Jaegir.
15: Maniac 5.
16: Zombo.
17: Kingmaker.
18: Canon Fodder.
19: Slaine.
20: Dead Meat.
Cheers
Quote from: broodblik on 02 August, 2020, 08:09:23 AM
Last day of voting
I've quite pleased this is ending. Only yesterday I reviewed my vote thinking
'This will end soon and I've still not got Delvin Waugh' in there. Sirius Rising is one of my favs but I didn't vote for him at first as I thought the best stuff was in the Meg and now I'm twitching. It'll be good when the temptation is over!
I think I stretched this out waaay tooooo long. I think having less time more people will vote
1. Halo Jones
2. Zenith
3. The Dead
4. The Dead Man
5. Devlin Waugh
6 Strontium Dog
7. Firekind
8. Nemesis the Warlock
9. Glimmer Rats
10. Anderson, Psi-Division
11. Nikolai Dante
12. Hope...
13. Tales of Telguuth
14. Kingdom
15. DR & Quinch
16. Brink
15. Slaughterbowl
17. Lobster Random
18. Zombo
19. Memento
20. Return to Armageddon
Richard your numbering is incorrect, you have #15 twice down and you have basically voted for 21 thrills. I have discarded entry #20 Return to Armageddon:
Your list:
15. DR & Quinch
16. Brink
15. Slaughterbowl
17. Lobster Random
18. Zombo
19. Memento
20. Return to Armageddon
Updated your list to:
15. DR & Quinch
16. Brink
17. Slaughterbow
18. Lobster Random
19. Zombo
20. Memento
21. Return to Armageddon
Sorry, I was being indecisive and editing the list! Happy with your solution.
Voting has closed, will publish the results in a different thread