Forum's Favourite Thrill - American Gothic vs Fervent and Lobe - Round 1 Heat 1

[Rogue Judge]

I've not read either, so shouldn't vote! That isn't to say my vote can't be bought during a close one - just PM me with who you want me to vote for, I accept Galactic Groats and original art droid scribbles 

[Colin YNWA]

Well even the longest journey starts with a single step and so here we are. The first votes are about to end and while I ponder the thought of having to think of another 500ish of these last days bumping posts (gulp I never know what to say) you have 1 day to vote on this the before I count it up and annouce our first winners tomorrow morning.

[O Lucky Stevie!]

American Gothic was Edgy going one better than Gaiman but Fervent and Lobe was like nothing else before or since.

Fervent and Lobe it is.

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

American Gothic

[sintec]

Seeing as this is the only pairing so far where I've read both tales I feel like I should get a vote in. Fervent and Lobe feels like an appetiser in the lead up to the brilliance that is Indigo Prime. American Gothic on the other hand is a fully formed story in it's own right. On that basis I think I'm going to vote for American Gothic

[I, Cosh]

American Gothic was perfectly fine but never really got started. I much preferred the Vertigo series Hinterkind which it morphed into.

Fervent & Lobe is irritating because of the deliberately obscuring meta-narrative device Smith insisted on using in all those early IP stories. It's also great because of some the gruesome imagery that Smith and Hadley cook up.

Fervent & Lobe.

[Link Prime]

Fervent & Lobe, in this and every other reality.

[credo]

Fervant and Lobe

[Colin YNWA]

VOTING CLOSED

One of my fav points of all this stuff is this, when all the gubbins first starts to become decisions and I have to be honest I never thought

Fervant and Lobe

could have brought me such pleasure, but its stormed this one and gained a clear win.

Personally I'd have gone American Gothic as while neither is perfect I love Mike Collins art and I think the horror western is a tighter story. Still the more John Smith in the tourney the better in anyones book. And the Indigo Prime 'cowboys' storm into the 2nd round...

[Tomwe]

Fervent and Lobe