It's time for the Unofficial 2000AD Forum Sketch Comp #2 Voting Thread!
Please vote for your three favourites, clearly ranking them 1st, 2nd and 3rd. If you're voting for one of multiple entries, please be clear which one you're voting for. If you want to add an Honorary Mention for anyone's entry, I'll use those in the event of a tie-break situation.
Remember that, in addition to picking the theme for next month's sketch competition, there is now a choice of TWO shiny prizes for the winner.
Choose between either: 1) a randomly selected graphic novel from my Terrifyingly Tall Tower of Comps™ or 2) the original art for either my Chopper or Slaine entries. (There's a fairly major cock-up that I erased digitally, within the time limit, on my first, so you can't have that one!)
The entries, in alphabetical order, are...
Bolt-01
(https://i.imgur.com/1aCMP9p.jpg)
Colin YNWA #1
(https://i.imgur.com/gsKPvYf.jpg)
Colin YNWA #2
(https://i.imgur.com/5QMeuNe.jpg)
Dark Jimbo
(https://i.imgur.com/7gHXGKb.jpg)
Funt Solo
(https://i.imgur.com/Oy6JZYD.jpg)
Jayzus B. Christ #1
(https://i.imgur.com/WjDmNT6.jpg)
Jayzus B. Christ #2
(https://i.imgur.com/xeI5xo0.jpg)
Jim_Campbell #1
(https://i.imgur.com/aF3Urtf.jpg)
Jim Campbell #2
(https://i.imgur.com/HqKYlB6.jpg)
Jim Campbell #3
(https://i.imgur.com/yMSXnzI.jpg)
Legendary Shark #1
(https://i.imgur.com/6wGzxEk.jpg)
Legendary Shark #2
(https://i.imgur.com/sFw8sMl.jpg)
Legendary Shark #3
(https://i.imgur.com/E1BLiFU.jpg)
Legendary Shark #4
(https://i.imgur.com/jmkVFHV.jpg)
MIK
(https://i.imgur.com/cKWttXj.jpg)
Rogue Judge
(https://i.imgur.com/XhgJagA.jpg)
Tomwe #1
(https://i.imgur.com/l5tmCWb.jpg)
Tomwe #2
(https://i.imgur.com/uVOFD9J.jpg)
Tomwe #3
(https://i.imgur.com/pCWKCvJ.jpg)
Woolly #1
(https://i.imgur.com/SV2AYvA.jpg)
Woolly #2
(https://i.imgur.com/YUqRa0f.jpg)
1. Dark Jimbo
2. Jim_Campbell #1
3. Tomwe #2
This was a difficult one the choose from
Really good entries this time around!
1) Colin YNWA #2 (ape in a spacesuit) - apes win most things!
2) Dark Jimbo (Tyranny Rex) - great update on this character.
3) MIK (Armoured Gideon) - If Marvel can do The Iron Giant with a Sentinal, Tharg can do it with AG!
1: Woolly's Billy Savage.
2: Jim's Chopper. (Settle down at the back...)
3: Colin's Ape in a Spacesuit.
HM: JBC #1
Very hard to choose - quality abounds.
1st Tomwe 2
2nd MIK
3rd Jim 2
Superb work all round.
Sooo many to choose from. Well done to all entries.
My favourites are
1- Tomwe #1
2- Jim Campbell #1
3- Legendary Shark #1
Hm - Wooly #2 & Colin YNWA #1
Great comp can't wait for the next one
This is indeed a hard one. Obviously mine are by far the best*, but I can't vote myself, so...
1 - Dark Jimbo (by a whisker)
2 - Tomwe 2
3 - Jim 2
HM - Bolt
*No they're not.
This is genuinely difficult to select a top 3, a good problem to have! I'm pleased to see so many entries.
1. Jim_Campbell #1 - Great humor, details & execution.
2. Tomwe #2 - A lot of characters packed in, very creative.
3. Dark Jimbo - I'm less familiar with Rex's character, but this art is awesome.
HM to everyone else, great efforts all-round.
I found it quite difficult to come up with a top three and you can probably tell from my cheat-worthy long list of honorable mentions, and then even the ones that didn't make the short list were challenging to discard...
1st: Tomwe #3: Why They Have To Be So Mean? - injecting pathos back into this character, and providing a built-in storyline that would actually have something to say to a younger reader - such a wonderful, creative entry. Thanks, Tomwe!
2nd: Woolly #2: Billy Savage - another one that builds a story into the sketch, so that we can imagine this as the cover to an opening episode of a longer series. Tharg - are you seeing this?
3rd: Dark Jimbo: [Tyranny Rexette] or [Teen Tyranny] - art so good. Tyranny often lashed out beyond what might seem reasonable - and I can understand that coming more from a teenage character than an adult, so this is perfect reboot material.
HMs [in order, so if you're using any for tie-breaking points, use the top one, please]
Jim Campbell #2: Chopper - very appealing image, clearly.
Colin YNWA #2 Ape in a Spacesuit - love the high concept, great image.
Jim Campbell #3: [Young Slaine] - another very appealing image.
Tomwe #2: Bag Company - top notch punnage deserves rewarding. Loved the kool stances.
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I thought my *idea* was good, but I would have to hire an artist to realize it.
1st - Dark Jimbo - Tyranny Rex.
2nd - Jim Campbell - Rogue Trooper.
3rd - Colin YNWA - Evil Grandmaster Penguin!
HM - Funt Solo - ABC Warriors: The Schoolboy Years
Really great stuff going on in this comp', roll on the next one!
Tomwe 2 - Such a good idea, and so much detail achieved for a 45 min sketch. Plus little Protoid in the basket made me actually laugh out loud! I want to read this strip yesterday!
Jim Campbell 1 - I actually like Lil' Slaine the best of Jim's entries, but this is funnier!
Colin YNWA 1 - It's Torquemada as a penguin, fer cryin' out loud...!
HM - If I had to pick only one (and I'm going to, I'm afraid, purely because it's easier for me!) it'd be Wooly's Billy Savage. I can totally imagine the strip that would go along with this.
Are those positions 1, 2, 3 as you've listed them, Jimbo?
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 17 March, 2021, 06:04:27 PM
Are those positions 1, 2, 3 as you've listed them, Jimbo?
Yes, sorry.
1.Legendary Shark#1
2.Colin #1
3. Woolly #1.
Thank you for all your votes so far, folks! I'm just bumping this back up the forum because I forgot to say in my initial post that the voting thread will close end of day, Monday 22nd March and the winner will be announced shortly thereafter.
If anyone else wants to get their votes in, now's the time! :)
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 19 March, 2021, 09:50:45 AM
If anyone else wants to get their votes in, now's the time! :)
But its so damned hard!!!
1st) Colin YNWA (1)
2nd) Dark Jimbo
3rd) Jim Campbell (1)
Good work Squaxx.
Just a thought based on the number of views/comments of this thread - does pinning the thread to top kind of hide it? I know I didn't notice it right away...might it get more action if not pinned? Just a thought, more people need to see & enjoy these fine efforts!
Quote from: Rogue Judge on 19 March, 2021, 03:10:39 PM
Just a thought based on the number of views/comments of this thread - does pinning the thread to top kind of hide it? I know I didn't notice it right away...might it get more action if not pinned? Just a thought, more people need to see & enjoy these fine efforts!
No, pinning it means that if you go into the 'General' section of the site, it will be pretty much at the top. If you use 'Active Topics' (like I do) though, it'll drop down the list like any other post if there are no new replies.
Okay good to know. Maybe it's the orange color or something but I just look at the grey lines with a red "New" beside it...I'm probably not using the forum effectively. Makes sense to keep it on top.
Okay I'm just going to do it cos otherwise I'll just keep changing my mind... so
1. Bolt-01 - 'cos its the strip I most want to see
2. Dark Jimbo - 'cos its just stunning and it looks like Robin off of Batman
3. Jim Campbell #1 cos it made me laugh out loud (some one should think of a shorter way to type that...) when I saw it.
HM to All the others by Jim Campbell
Woolly # 1 for once again being the best drawing
Tomve for all this brilliant entries that I can't believe didn't place but particularly my fav #2
But Jez everyone played a blinder this month. This is my new favourite thing on the forum I just love this comp and all the brilliant entries.
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 19 March, 2021, 04:22:26 PM
But Jez everyone played a blinder this month. This is my new favourite thing on the forum I just love this comp and all the brilliant entries.
Seconded, and bumped.
REMINDER: Voting closes end of day today. If anyone is still mulling over their choices, you haven't got long to get your votes in...
I've only just realised that I forgot to vote!
So much good stuff here, so here's a snap selection...
1st: Colin YNWA #2
2nd: Bolt-01
3rd: Dark Jimbo
HM for Tomwe #3
1 : Dark Jimbo
2 : Woolly #2
3 : Tomwe #3
HM : Jim Campbell #2
Right, that's VOTING CLOSED, folks.
Thanks again for everyone's fantastic entries, and to everyone who took the time to vote. Your participation on both sides of the comp is much appreciated.
Results will be along shortly.