Tharg’s 2020 in Review - Best Letterer/Colourist

[broodblik]

This category is for those using heroes these droids make that good strip extra special by adding their specific trade to it. We rarely give these droids any credit, so it is time that we honour these fine folks as well.  These are the lettering and colourist droids; this is their category.

Who is your favourite lettering/colourist droid of 2020?

Format is easy. Simply look at the list in the next post - and post your top three in a reply to this thread - just make sure to clearly indicate your order using the format below - with the points awarded for each placing:

(1st, foremost and best) = 5 points
(2nd runner up) = 3 points
(Bronze who cares really) = 1 point

If you don't make it clear I'll award all your mentioned votes 3 points each.

The vote will run for a week and I'll announce the winner early Monday 4th January... hopefully...

If you have any questions just ask and I'll wing it as normal...

[broodblik]

The list of qualifying droids, next to their name is the profession :

1). A. Cult (L)
2). Abigail Bulmer (C)
3). Agent PC (L)
4). Annie Parkhouse (L)
5). Barbara Nosenzo (C)
6). Chris Blythe (C)
7). Deeganto Joarder (C)
8). Domenico Neziti (C)
9). Dylan Teague (C)
10). Eva de la Cruz (C)
11). Gary Caldwell (C)
12). Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (L)
13). Jason Wordie (C)
14). Jim Boswell (C)
15). Jim Campbell (L)
16). Joe Elson (C)
17). John Charles (C)
18). Karen Holloway (C)
19). Len O'Grady (C)
20). Mary Safro (L)
21). Matt Soffe (C)
22). Mike Spicer (C)
23). Oz (L)
24). Ozvaldo Sanchez (L)
25). Peter Doherty (C)
26). Petitecreme (L)
27). Pippa Bowland (C)
28). Quinton Winter (C)
29). Rob Steen (L)
30). Sally Hurst (C)
31). SG (L)
32). Simon Bowland (L)

[broodblik]

Some more info for each candidate: name, publication, strip, number

Jim Boswell (C)      (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Kill Bloopy) (2163 - 2166)
               (2000 AD) (Finder & Keeper - Dead Signal) (2170 - 2170)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - The Relic) (2171 - 2173)
               (2000 AD) (Finder & Keeper - Nuisance Neighbours) (2183 - 2183)
               (2000 AD) (Finder & Keeper - The Curse of Kreepindeth) (2196 - 2196)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - They Shoot Talking Horses, Don't They?) (2204 - 2205)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - The Fugitive) (421 - 421)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - Grand Theft Royale) (423 - 423)
               (Action Special) (Hell Machine - Hell Machine) (2020 - 2020)
               (Smash Special) (Thunderbolt the Avenger - As One Hero Falls another is Born) (2020 - 2020)
               (2000 AD Sci-Fi Special) (Judge Dredd - The Immigrant) (2020 - 2020)
Annie Parkhouse (L)   (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Kill Bloopy) (2163 - 2166)
               (2000 AD) (Feral & Foe - Book 1) (2163 - 2174)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Future Crimes Unit) (2167 - 2169)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Cold Case) (2169 - 2170)
               (2000 AD) (Cadet Dredd - School Trip) (2170 - 2169)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Living your Best Life) (2170 - 2170)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - The Relic) (2171 - 2173)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Hair of the Dog) (2174 - 2175)
               (2000 AD) (Survival Geeks - Crisis of Infinite Nerds) (2175 - 2182)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - The Bird Landy of Al Capone) (2176 - 2176)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Due Process) (2177 - 2177)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Chimpsky's Law) (2178 - 2182)
               (2000 AD) (Cadet Dredd - Combat Ready) (2183 - 2183)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - The Queen of Mean) (2183 - 2183)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - End of Days) (2184 - 2199)
               (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - Boys in the Hud) (2184 - 2186)
               (2000 AD) (The Out - Book 1) (2187 - 2199)
               (2000 AD) (Cadet Dredd - Bad Seeds) (2196 - 2196)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Boss Level) (2196 - 2196)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Carry the Nine) (2200 - 2203)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Omnidetectorist) (2200 - 2200)
               (2000 AD) (Fiends - Constanta) (2201 - 2211)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - They Shoot Talking Horses, Don't They?) (2204 - 2205)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - For the Man Who Lives Everywhen) (2206 - 2206)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Simply Normal) (2207 - 2211)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Three Kings) (2212 - 2212)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - Plunder) (416 - 417)
               (Meg) (Devlin Waugh - A Very Large Splash) (416 - 420)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - Bad Sector) (418 - 420)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - The Fugitive) (421 - 421)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - Extraction) (422 - 422)
               (Meg) (Devlin Waugh - The Wolves of St Vitus) (422 - 422)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - Grand Theft Royale) (423 - 423)
               (Meg) (Devlin Waugh - When I was a Young Demon (I did a Bad, Bad Thing)) (423 - 423)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - The Victims of Bennett Beeny) (424 - 426)
               (Meg) (The Dark Judges - Deliverance) (424 - 427)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - He Sees You When You're Sleeping ) (427 - 427)
               (2000 AD Sci-Fi Special) (Judge Dredd - The Immigrant) (2020 - 2020)
               (Misty & Scream Special) (Thief of Senses - Thief of Senses) (2020 - 2020)
Simon Bowland (L)   (2000 AD) (Brink  - Hate Box) (2163 - 2169)
               (2000 AD) (Proteus Vex - Another Dawn) (2163 - 2171)
               (2000 AD) (Finder & Keeper - Dead Signal) (2170 - 2170)
               (2000 AD) (Rogue Trooper - Savage Swamp) (2170 - 2170)
               (2000 AD) (Skip Tracer - Nimrod) (2171 - 2180)
               (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - The Freighteners) (2172 - 2174)
               (2000 AD) (Hersey - Book 1) (2175 - 2182)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Scavengers) (2181 - 2181)
               (2000 AD) (The Order - Inbetween Days) (2182 - 2182)
               (2000 AD) (Finder & Keeper - Nuisance Neighbours) (2183 - 2183)
               (2000 AD) (Anderson - First Class Citizen) (2183 - 2183)
               (2000 AD) (The Order - Land of the Free) (2184 - 2195)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Journey to the Edge of the Earth) (2184 - 2184)
               (2000 AD) (Full Tilt Boogie - Book 1) (2185 - 2194)
               (2000 AD) (Terror Tales - Quillivision) (2195 - 2195)
               (2000 AD) (Pandora Perfect - She's Practically Poison in Every Way) (2196 - 2196)
               (2000 AD) (Finder & Keeper - The Curse of Kreepindeth) (2196 - 2196)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Stream M for Murder) (2197 - 2197)
               (2000 AD) (3rillers - Saphir Un Roman Fantastique) (2197 - 2199)
               (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - Ghostlands) (2198 - 2200)
               (2000 AD) (Hook Jaw - Book 1) (2200 - 2209)
               (2000 AD) (Skip Tracer - Hyperballad) (2200 - 2209)
               (2000 AD) (Venus Bluegenes - Threat Level Zero) (2206 - 2206)
               (2000 AD) (Anderson - Early Warning) (2206 - 2206)
               (2000 AD) (Deadworld - Last Man Standing) (2210 - 2210)
               (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - The Funt Outta Here) (2210 - 2211)
               (2000 AD) (Deadworld - The Good Samaritan) (2211 - 2211)
               (2000 AD) (Deadworld - A Girl's Gotta Eat) (2212 - 2212)
               (2000 AD) (Time Twisters - Time Hygiene) (2212 - 2212)
               (Meg) (Blunt - Book 3) (416 - 422)
               (Meg) (Zombie Army - Last Rites) (416 - 420)
               (Meg) (The Vigilant - Rapture) (421 - 421)
               (Meg) (Tales from the Black Museum - The Cackle) (422 - 422)
               (Meg) (Tales from the Black Museum - The Obsidian Ingress) (423 - 423)
               (Meg) (Dreadnoughts - Breaking Ground) (424 - 427)
               (Meg) (Anderson - No Country for Old PSIs) (424 - 424)
               (Meg) (The Returners - Heartswood) (424 - 427)
               (Action Special) (Hell Machine - Hell Machine) (2020 - 2020)
               (Smash Special) (The Spider - The Return of the World's Greatest Super Villian) (2020 - 2020)
               (Smash Special) (The Steel Claw - The Vanishing Man Fights Unseen Forces) (2020 - 2020)
               (2000 AD Sci-Fi Special) (Kingdom - Shako's Kingdom) (2020 - 2020)
               (Tammy & Jinty Special) (Cat Girl Returns - Cat Girl Returns) (2020 - 2020)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Warchild - Warchild) (2020 - 2020)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Destoyer - Destoyer) (2020 - 2020)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Gustav of the Bear Macht - Gustav of the Bear Macht) (2020 - 2020)
               (Misty & Scream Special) (Black Beth - The Witch Tree) (2020 - 2020)
               (Misty & Scream Special) (The Dracula File - The Dracula File) (2020 - 2020)
               (Sexton Blake Special) (Sexton Blake - The Death and Life of Sexton Blake) (2020 - 2020)
               (Misty Winter Special) (Infection - Infection) (2020 - 2020)
               (Misty Winter Special) (Home for Christmas - Home for Christmas) (2020 - 2020)
Len O'Grady (C)      (2000 AD) (The Zaucer of Zilk - A Zauceful of Zecrets) (2163 - 2173)
               (2000 AD) (Anderson - First Class Citizen) (2183 - 2183)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Journey to the Edge of the Earth) (2184 - 2184)
               (2000 AD) (Department K - Department K) (2196 - 2196)
               (2000 AD) (Anderson - Early Warning) (2206 - 2206)
               (Meg) (The Vigilant - Rapture) (421 - 421)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Sniper Elite - Viper) (2020 - 2020)
               (Misty & Scream Special) (Return of Black Max - Flying Solo) (2020 - 2020)
Jim Campbell (L)   (2000 AD) (The Zaucer of Zilk - A Zauceful of Zecrets) (2163 - 2173)
               (2000 AD) (The Gronk - The Trouble with Gronkses) (2170 - 2170)
               (2000 AD) (Aquila - The Burning Fields) (2174 - 2181)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - A.I Love You) (2182 - 2182)
               (2000 AD) (Strontium Dog - Acceptable Losses) (2183 - 2183)
               (2000 AD) (The Diaboliks - La Vita Malvagia) (2184 - 2187)
               (2000 AD) (The Diaboliks - Profondo Rosso) (2188 - 2193)
               (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - Stay Brave) (2195 - 2196)
               (2000 AD) (Department K - Department K) (2196 - 2196)
               (2000 AD) (The Diaboliks - A Crooked Beat) (2197 - 2199)
               (2000 AD) (Stickelback - New Jerusalem) (2200 - 2210)
               (2000 AD) (Abelard Snazz - The Only Way is Up) (2206 - 2206)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Indistinguisable From..) (2211 - 2211)
               (2000 AD) (Strontium Dog - Once Upon a Time in der Vest) (2212 - 2212)
               (2000 AD) (Survival Geeks - A Quiet Night In) (2212 - 2212)
               (Meg) (Lawless - Boom Town) (416 - 423)
               (Meg) (Megatropolis - Book 1) (424 - 427)
               (Meg) (Lawless - Badrock Melody) (424 - 424)
               (Smash Special) (The House of Dolman - Puppet Protectors Save the Day) (2020 - 2020)
               (Roy of the Rovers Summer Special) (Roy of the Rovers - Euro Adventure) (2020 - 2020)
               (Roy of the Rovers Summer Special) (Roy of the Rovers - Old School) (2020 - 2020)
               (2000 AD Sci-Fi Special) (Storm Warning - Black Storm) (2020 - 2020)
               (2000 AD Sci-Fi Special) (The Red Seas - vs Ant Wars) (2020 - 2020)
               (Tammy & Jinty Special) (Boarding School - Boarding School) (2020 - 2020)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Sniper Elite - Viper) (2020 - 2020)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Bravo Black Lion - Bravo Black Lion) (2020 - 2020)
               (Misty & Scream Special) (Return of Black Max - Flying Solo) (2020 - 2020)
Joe Elson (C)      (2000 AD) (Feral & Foe - Book 1) (2163 - 2174)
Gary Caldwell (C)   (2000 AD) (Cadet Dredd - School Trip) (2170 - 2170)
               (2000 AD) (Survival Geeks - Crisis of Infinite Nerds) (2175 - 2182)
               (2000 AD) (Survival Geeks - A Quiet Night In) (2212 - 2212)
               (Smash Special) (Johnny Future - Only the Missing Link can Save US) (2020 - 2020)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (El Mestizo - El Mestizo) (2020 - 2020)
               (Misty & Scream Special) (Bumps in the Night - Bumps in the Night) (2020 - 2020)
John Charles (C)   (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Living your Best Life) (2170 - 2170)
               (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - The Freighteners) (2172 - 2174)
               (2000 AD) (Strontium Dog - Acceptable Losses) (2183 - 2183)
               (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - Boys in the Hud) (2184 - 2186)
               (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - Stay Brave) (2195 - 2196)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Boss Level) (2196 - 2196)
               (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - Ghostlands) (2198 - 2200)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - For the Man Who Lives Everywhen) (2206 - 2206)
               (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - The Funt Outta Here) (2210 - 2211)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - Bad Sector) (418 - 420)
               (Action Special) (Dredger - Dredger) (2020 - 2020)
               (Roy of the Rovers Summer Special) (Roy of the Rovers - Euro Adventure) (2020 - 2020)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (The Scourge of the Skies - The Scourge of the Skies) (2020 - 2020)
Abigail Bulmer (C)   (2000 AD) (Rogue Trooper - Savage Swamp) (2170 - 2170)
Dylan Teague (C)   (2000 AD) (Skip Tracer - Nimrod) (2171 - 2180)
               (2000 AD) (Skip Tracer - Hyperballad) (2200 - 2209)
               (2000 AD) (Strontium Dog - Once Upon a Time in der Vest) (2212 - 2212)
               (Misty Winter Special) (Home for Christmas - Home for Christmas) (2020 - 2020)
Pippa Bowland (C)   (2000 AD) (Aquila - The Burning Fields) (2174 - 2181)
               (2000 AD) (Abelard Snazz - The Only Way is Up) (2206 - 2206)
               (Meg) (Devlin Waugh - The Wolves of St Vitus) (422 - 422)
               (Meg) (Devlin Waugh - When I was a Young Demon (I did a Bad, Bad Thing)) (423 - 423)
               (Tammy & Jinty Special) (Boarding School - Boarding School) (2020 - 2020)
               (Tammy & Jinty Special) (Cat Girl Returns - Cat Girl Returns) (2020 - 2020)
Barbara Nosenzo (C)   (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - The Bird Landy of Al Capone) (2176 - 2176)
               (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - The Queen of Mean) (2183 - 2183)
               (2000 AD) (Venus Bluegenes - Threat Level Zero) (2206 - 2206)
               (Meg) (Anderson - No Country for Old PSIs) (424 - 424)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Gustav of the Bear Macht - Gustav of the Bear Macht) (2020 - 2020)
Quinton Winter (C)   (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Chimpsky's Law) (2178 - 2182)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Three Kings) (2212 - 2212)
Chris Blythe (C)   (2000 AD) (Cadet Dredd - Combat Ready) (2183 - 2183)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - End of Days) (2184 - 2199)
               (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Simply Normal) (2207 - 2211)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - The Victims of Bennett Beeny) (424 - 426)
               (Meg) (Judge Dredd - He Sees You When You're Sleeping ) (427 - 427)
Matt Soffe (C)      (2000 AD) (Cadet Dredd - Bad Seeds) (2196 - 2196)
               (Meg) (Zombie Army - Last Rites) (416 - 420)
Peter Doherty (C)   (2000 AD) (3rillers - Saphir Un Roman Fantastique) (2197 - 2199)
Sally Hurst (C)      (Meg) (Dreadnoughts - Breaking Ground) (424 - 427)
Eva de la Cruz (C)   (Meg) (The Returners - Heartswood) (424 - 427)
Petitecreme (L)      (Action Special) (Kids Rule OK - Kids Rule OK) (2020 - 2020)
Rob Steen (L)      (Action Special) (Hellman - At the Twilight of the Reich) (2020 - 2020)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Rat Pack - The Tough Way Out) (2020 - 2020)
Agent PC (L)      (Action Special) (Dredger - Dredger) (2020 - 2020)
Mike Spicer (C)      (Smash Special) (The Spider - The Return of the World's Greatest Super Villian) (2020 - 2020)
Ozvaldo Sanchez (L)   (Smash Special) (Thunderbolt the Avenger - As One Hero Falls another is Born) (2020 - 2020)
SG (L)            (Smash Special) (Johnny Future - Only the Missing Link can Save US) (2020 - 2020)
               (Smash Special) (Mytek the Mighty - The Lost Mechanical Marvel is Rediscovered) (2020 - 2020)
Deeganto Joarder (C)(Smash Special) (Mytek the Mighty - The Lost Mechanical Marvel is Rediscovered) (2020 - 2020)
A. Cult (L)         (Smash Special) (Cursitor Doom/Jason Hyde - Occult Investigators Unite) (2020 - 2020)
Jason Wordie (C)   (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Rat Pack - The Tough Way Out) (2020 - 2020)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Lofty and the Eagle - Lofty and the Eagle) (2020 - 2020)
Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (L)(Battle (off Britian) Special) (Lofty and the Eagle - Lofty and the Eagle) (2020 - 2020)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (El Mestizo - El Mestizo) (2020 - 2020)
Domenico Neziti (C)   (Battle (off Britian) Special) (The Face of the Enemy - The Face of the Enemy) (2020 - 2020)
Oz (L)            (Battle (off Britian) Special) (The Face of the Enemy - The Face of the Enemy) (2020 - 2020)
               (Battle (off Britian) Special) (The Scourge of the Skies - The Scourge of the Skies) (2020 - 2020)
               (Misty & Scream Special) (Bumps in the Night - Bumps in the Night) (2020 - 2020)
Karen Holloway (C)   (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Bravo Black Lion - Bravo Black Lion) (2020 - 2020)
Mary Safro (L)      (Misty & Scream Special) (The Aegis - The Aegis) (2020 - 2020)

[broodblik]

I just want to make an amendment you can cast your vote until next Wednesday the 6th of January 2021

[AlexF]

1) Dylan Teague - as well as the credits listed, also his sterling work on Cliff Robinson's covers
2) Jim Campbell, mostly for Stickleback
3) Quinton Winter, for Chimpsky

[Bolt-01]

Not fair.

1. Jim - He's probably the best letterer working today.
2. Simon - His letters are always unfussy and a welcome addition to any page.
3. Annie - because she has always delivered. Always.

HM - Dylan - I'm colourblind in all kinds of ways (which is why FQP stays B&W) but his work makes me wish I wasn't so I could see what you do. Plus he's a hell of an artist in his own right.

[abelardsnazz]

1. Annie Parkhouse. Always consistently excellent work.
2. Dylan Teague. Enhances the original work in every way.
3. Chris Blythe. Adds layers to the work brilliantly.

[broodblik]

1. Jim for Stickleback
2. Annie for her continues work on all the Dredd stories
3. Dylan for all the colour he brought into our lifes

[SmallBlueThing(Reborn)]

This one is hard, as Letterers and Colourists have such different impacts on the experience.

1. Annie Parkhouse
2. Jim Campbell
3. Len O'Grady

SBT

[IndigoPrime]

Honestly, I think it's deeply weird to combine these two. It's no different from saying: who's your favourite artist/script droid? Or inker vs designer?

[broodblik]

I know it is not a best fit but I did not know if we would get enough interest of we had it as two separate categories. Even the academy awards do have some strange combinations of categories. For 2021 we can maybe split them.

[Colin YNWA]

Okay this is tough but I'm going with work by either that I think has enhanced a thrill most so

1) Annie Parkhouse - I'm beginning to slowly notice the genius of what she does that I take for granted
2) Dylan Teague - As I've started to see the genius of how he colours Cliff Robinson's covers
3) Len O'Grady for out McCarthying McCarthy on Zaucer of Zilk!

[broodblik]

I will close this down on the morning of 7th of January.

[TordelBack]

Will commit to voting before then!

[broodblik]

Final call all bloggers........