Just wondered if it was possible to compile a list of past themes in one easy-to-access place so we can avoid repetition. The contest has been running for a while now and many contributors have come to it at a later stage - I myself began submitting during The Dark Judges theme.
I figured it would be handy in deciding on future themes - I've suggested a few in the past that were too similar to previous ones. :)
Sounds like a great idea!
2000BC (February 2014)
40th Anniversary (February 2017)
A.B.C. Warriors (November 2015)
Aliens/Monsters (October 2014)
The Apocalypse War (May 2016)
Babies/Eldsters (June 2015)
Bad Company (April 2013)
Beyond Dredd 3D (July 2012)
Block Mania (July 2015)
Brett Ewins/John Cooper Tribute (March 2015)
Cal-Hab (January 2016)
Chopper (June 2016)
Class of '79 Tribute (January 2012)
"Collaboration" (Artists & Writers) (February 2012)
Comedy in 2000 AD (October 2016)
Crossover (December 2012)
Dan Dare (October 2015)
The Dark Judges (January 2015)
The Day the Law Died (April 2014)
Dead 2000 AD Characters (November 2014)
Death of 2000AD Characters (September 2012)
Death of Dredd (August 2016)
Design Your Own Strontium Dog (May 2013)
Forgotten Thrills (June 2013)
Fright Night: 2000 AD vs Classic Horror (February 2015)
Genderswap (August 2013)
Gerry Finley-Day (September 2013)
Halo Jones Book 4 and Beyond (July 2016)
Landscapes (March 2014)
Lawmaster (September 2014)
Life in the Cursed Earth (May 2015)
Masterpieces (February 2013)
Mike McMahon (October 2012)
Music (July 2013)
Nature's Revenge (February 2016)
The Occult (March 2017)
The Olympics (May 2012)
One-Offs (September 2015)
Propaganda (August 2015)
Put Yourself in the Prog (March 2012)
Redraw a Panel (June 2014)
Reinvent 2000 AD's First Issue (April 2012)
Reversals of Fortune (June 2012)
Robots (March 2013)
Rogue Trooper (September 2016)
Short-Story Comp Crossover (January 2017)
Slaine (April 2017)
Spin-Offs (November 2013)
Steampunk/Victoriana (October 2013)
Swords & Sorcery/Fantasy (March 2016)
Summer Holiday (Summer 2011)
Team, Create A (August 2014)
Tharg (January 2014)
Three-Panel Gag Strips (April 2015)
What If...? (May 2014)
Wordless Stories (July 2014)
Zombies (January 2013)
;)
Wow, that's one helluva list when you see it all together! I hadn't realised there had been THAT many themes...!
Thanks so much for compiling them in one place, CFM :)
And alphabetical, rather than chronological, order. Impressive.
(FYI: That's a list of all of themes since I took over in 2011 - I don't have a list of what was covered before then!)
Quote from: hippynumber1 on 13 April, 2017, 11:11:27 AM
And alphabetical, rather than chronological, order. Impressive.
My list game is strong ;)
Quote from: CrazyFoxMachine on 13 April, 2017, 11:30:35 AM
(FYI: That's a list of all of themes since I took over in 2011 - I don't have a list of what was covered before then!)
Here you go!
2000AD Christmas (Dec 2008)
Big Robots (Jan 2008)
Breakin' The Law (Feb/Mar 2010)
Great Moments (Apr 2009)
Halloween (Oct 2008)
Heart of the Sun (Feb 2008)
Inspired By (Jul/Aug 2008)
Justice Dept Hardware (May/Jun 2009)
Location, Location (Dec 2009/Jan 2010)
Loving The Alien (Oct/Nov 2009)
Mega-City One (Apr 2008)
Oh, The Horror (Apr 2010)
Page 100 (May/June 2010)
Poster Boy (Jul/Aug 2010)
Secret Lives (May/Jun 2008)
Shoulders of Giants: Ezquerra (Feb/Mar 2009)
Shoulders of Giants: Henry Flint (Sep 2009)
Show Us Yer Arts (Nov 2008)
Tease for Twoth (Aug 2009)
The Doctor Will See You Now (Jan 2009)
This Is The End (Sep 2008)
We've Got It Covered (Jul 2009)
(Obviously just the ones I did — dunno if Amstor has a similar spreadsheet lurking in an archive somewhere...)
Quote from: Andy Lambert on 12 April, 2017, 12:48:44 AM
Just wondered if it was possible to compile a list of past themes in one easy-to-access place so we can avoid repetition.
The comp's been going since about 2006 or 2007, so I wouldn't stress hugely about repeating a theme - it's almost a certainty by this point!
It's been running since before 2011?? I had no idea it had been going for that long!
Looking through the list there's quite a few themes I wish I had been around for...
UPDATE: a pre-2011 list has just appeared since I tried to post the above.... 2009?! This competition is 8 years old?? Wow...
Again, lots of themes I would've loved to have taken part in. Guess there's no chance of a second go for us more recent contributors...? ;)
I think I can guess the answer to that one....
Oops, 2008, not 2009... so that's nearly TEN years! Maybe by celebration next year, you can offer the chance to return to past themes...? ;)
Seems the Steve Dillon tribute is missing from the list...
Quote from: Andy Lambert on 13 April, 2017, 12:02:02 PM
Oops, 2008, not 2009... so that's nearly TEN years! Maybe by celebration next year, you can offer the chance to return to past themes...? ;)
Just realised how presumptuous that may have sounded - that wasn't my intention.
Carry on, as you were, nothing to see here.
TAXI..!!
Quote from: Andy Lambert on 13 April, 2017, 11:51:16 AM
I think I can guess the answer to that one....
Well, you could always win an art comp and suggest
"Crisis on Infinite Art Comps" as a theme and see what CFM says... :-)
Quote from: Andy Lambert on 13 April, 2017, 11:53:54 AM
Oops, 2008, not 2009... so that's nearly TEN years! Maybe by celebration next year, you can offer the chance to return to past themes...? ;)
Hello? Is this thing on? It's actually been going since 2006 or 2007.
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 13 April, 2017, 12:16:33 PM
Hello? Is this thing on? It's actually been going since 2006 or 2007.
Yup. The Mighty Amstor Computer ran it for at least a couple of years before I picked it up, likewise for a couple of years, since when it's been in the capable paws of CFM.
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 13 April, 2017, 12:16:33 PM
Quote from: Andy Lambert on 13 April, 2017, 11:53:54 AM
Oops, 2008, not 2009... so that's nearly TEN years! Maybe by celebration next year, you can offer the chance to return to past themes...? ;)
Hello? Is this thing on? It's actually been going since 2006 or 2007.
Yeah, I saw that after I posted that comment. My bad.
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 13 April, 2017, 12:15:21 PM
"Crisis on Infinite Art Comps"
Which must include an entry portraying a crying CFM holding his own dead body.
Ahh ... December 2008 ... that was the month when all the talented regulars who always won it were simultaneously too busy to enter so I scraped a win by default with my ABC warriors nativity scene. *sigh*
No chance of that happening nowadays!
This can be expanded upon (I'll add links to the relevant threads as and when I find them):
spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QMbnf4K67p9FWZDZmZrNPtb3YLf_2jIpUoYRcTdPYI4/edit?usp=sharing)
Quote from: sheridan on 13 April, 2017, 01:06:14 PM
This can be expanded upon (I'll add links to the relevant threads as and when I find them):
spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QMbnf4K67p9FWZDZmZrNPtb3YLf_2jIpUoYRcTdPYI4/edit?usp=sharing)
There will, sadly be a lot of broken links to the older comp/voting threads since I used to host the images on Apple's old, long-defunct .Mac service and the images are no longer available. I probably have them all archived somewhere, but I'm not sure I'd have time to put them all up somewhere else for public viewing... :-(
UPDATED:
The Worlds Of Pat Mills (July 2017)
Edmund Bagwell Tribute (June 2017)
Nikolai Dante (May 2017)
Sláine (April 2017)
The Occult (March 2017)
Celebrating 40 Years Of Thrills! (February 2017)
The Race (January 2017)
Steve Dillon Tribute (November 2016)
Comedy in 2000 AD (October 2016)
Rogue Trooper (September 2016)
Dredd's Dead (August 2016)
Halo Jones Book IV (July 2016)
Chopper (June 2016)
The Apocalypse War (May 2016)
Nemesis The Warlock (April 2016)
Swords & Sorcery (March 2016)
Nature's Revenge (February 2016)
Cal-Hab (January 2016)
ABC Warriors (November 2015)
Dan Dare (October 2015)
One-Offs (September 2015)
Propaganda (August 2015)
Block Mania (July 2015)
Babies & Eldsters (June 2015)
Life In The Cursed Earth (May 2015)
Three Panel Gag Strips (April 2015)
Brett Ewins/John Cooper Tribute (March 2015)
Fright Night (February 2015)
The Dark Judges (January 2015)
I Draw Dead People (November 2014)
Gods And Monsters (October 2014)
Lawmaster (September 2014)
Meet The Team (August 2014)
Wordless Stories (July 2014)
2000AD Re-Paneled (June 2014)
What If..? (May 2014)
The Day The Law Died (April 2014)
2000AD Landscapes (March 2014)
2000BC (February 2014)
Tharg The Mighty (January 2014)
Spin-Offs (November 2013)
1800AD (October 2013)
Gerry Finley-Day (September 2013)
Genderswap (August 2013)
The Music Of 2000AD (July 2013)
The Strips That Time Forgot (June 2013)
Design Your Own Strontium Dog (May 2013)
Bad Company (April 2013)
Rise Of The Robots (March 2013)
2000AD Masterpieces (February 2013)
The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse (January 2013)
The 2000AD Continuum Crossover (November 2012)
Standing On The Shoulders Of McMahon (October 2012)
Final Days (September 2012)
Beyond Dredd 3D (July 2012)
Reversals Of Fortune (June 2012)
2000AD Does The Olympics (May 2012)
It's 1975 And Sci-Fi Is Popular (April 2012)
Put Yourself Into The Prog (March 2012)
"Collaboration" (Artists & Writers) (February 2012)
Class Of '79 Tribute (January 2012)
Summer Holiday (Summer 2011)
Poster Boy (Jul/Aug 2010)
Page 100 (May/June 2010)
Oh, The Horror (Apr 2010)
Breakin' The Law (Feb/Mar 2010)
Location, Location (Dec 2009/Jan 2010)
Loving The Alien (Oct/Nov 2009)
Shoulders of Giants: Henry Flint (Sep 2009)
Tease for Twoth (Aug 2009)
We've Got It Covered (Jul 2009)
Justice Dept Hardware (May/Jun 2009)
Great Moments (Apr 2009)
Shoulders of Giants: Ezquerra (Feb/Mar 2009)
The Doctor Will See You Now (Jan 2009)
2000AD Christmas (Dec 2008)
Show Us Yer Arts (Nov 2008)
Halloween (Oct 2008)
This Is The End (Sep 2008)
Inspired By (Jul/Aug 2008)
Secret Lives (May/Jun 2008)
Mega-City One (Apr 2008)
Heart of the Sun (Feb 2008)
Big Robots (Jan 2008)