Please vote for your top 3 MEGAZINE covers of the year for the Judge Dredd Megazine. Again, please be explicit about which is your first, second and third choice as I am profoundly stupid.
You can see 'em all here:
https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/megazines/2021 (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/megazines/2021)
Voting closes at midnight on Sunday 2nd January 2021!
Merry Christmas, ya Bams!
1) 429
2) 434
3) 436
Very difficult to choose, so my selection could have been quite different on a different day.
1. 437
2. 429
3. 431
1. 432
2. 430
3. 429
439
438
433
So it might sound as if I just couldn't be arsed to scroll past the first three issues that come up on the Shop link, but my top 3 is:
1) 437 - Colin McNeil's flower-power Dredd silhouette
2) 438 - Dave Taylor's looming alien cityblock monster
3) 439 - Lee Carter's dour Dredd in the snow
1: 434
2: 438
3: 432
1st choice - 436
2nd choice - 437
3rd choice - 435
1. 438. Always love Dave Taylor's take on MC1.
2. 433. Nick Percival makes Death and co. truly terrifying.
3. 431. Like 438, but different.
Easy peeasy!!
1. Snow Mercy 439
2. Waugh in Hell 435
3. Homeland Security 438
A strong finish to the year, special mention too for The McNeil droid's subtle Flower Power cover.
1 431
2 436
3 429
I can do this one with relative ease.
1, 1st Numero Uno, the Primo Cover = 437 by Colin MacNeil - just so striking and subtly powerful.
2nd = 435 Alex Ronald - the colours make it pop with creepy charm
3rd = 431 David Taylor - again the colour and framing make the figures standout and you know immediately from this relatively simple image who they are and what they are about.
So superb cover here and plenty deserve praise, very strong year.
my oh my, colin, we've got the same number 1 and the same number 3. have we been hacked?
anyway, happy new year. and here's to the new consensus.
Quote from: The Mind of Wolfie Smith on 21 December, 2021, 01:28:02 PM
my oh my, colin, we've got the same number 1 and the same number 3. have we been hacked?
anyway, happy new year. and here's to the new consensus.
As I pointed out on a Prog thread a wee while ago we're closer than we think! Its just we can't quite face that fact!
1) 437 (a brilliantly simple but striking image)
2) 438 (great MC1 skyline, with stalking Dredd what's not to like)
3) 432 (Dylan and Cliff had a couple of great covers in there, for me this was the best of them)
1) 438
2) 432
3) 437
1st - Meg 434: Angelic, by Cliff Robinson & Dylan Teague
Cliff & Dylan surely are cover royalty, and we get a great sense of the barren Cursed Earth with the muted color palette. nuFink and nuRatty take center stage, clearly, but somehow Pa and Link don't get left behind. It's a masterful piece of storytelling in a single splash. I really like covers that match the narrative of the story inside, rather than generic floaters.
(https://images.rebellion.click/productVersion/9d/a2/00.default.jpg)
2nd - Meg 431: Megatropolis, by Dave Taylor
Beautiful noir-tech lighting frames the characters. Despite the massive city-scape, like Blade Runner, it's oppressive, not freeing. The roadways further focus us on the center and trap the characters: behind them a precipice, in front a darkened, threatening tunnel.
(https://images.rebellion.click/productVersion/54/a1/00.default.jpg)
3rd - Meg 429: Dreadnoughts, by John Higgins
Part of the appeal here is the grimness of the imagery, and its reflection of present-day police brutality. This cover demands that you engage with the content as it leads you down from the hero pose to the bloodied victims.
(https://images.rebellion.click/productVersion/89/a0/00.default.jpg)
Tricky, this year, because that's a great line-up. As ever, I'm going for what for me makes a great cover, rather than just a great image.
1. 435: Such a striking image with that hideous devil looming over Devlin Waugh
2. 437: Eye-catching. Great contrast with the peace (flowers) vs violence (bullet/Dredd silhouette). Daringly different.
3. 434: Excellent storytelling and rendering. Dynamic poses. Fink looks right into your soul.
HMs for 433 (vibrant and exciting Dark Judges action) and 429 (the beginning of the end for democracy, creeps).
1. 429
2. 431
3. 434
Though as usual, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that Meg covers would be so much more impressive if you could actually see them on the shelves- and not just a grey rectangle.
SBT
1: 435
2: 436
3: 429
1) 435
2) 438
3) 431
First: 434
Second: 438
Third: 439
1. 435 Alex Ronald
2. 429 John Higgins
3. 430 Nick Percival
1. 432 - Amazing that we still get these incredible Robinson covers on the Meg and Progs.
2. 438 - Really like the stub gun and MC1 details.
3. 428 - Love the creep perspective on this one.
HM: 437 - Everything MacNeil is gold!
437 Macneil
434 Robinson and Teague
431 Taylor
Some strong contenders missed out with 439 Carter, 432 Robinson and Teague, and 429 Higgins unlucky to miss out
1. 437, Scrawling the walls. Love this! Simple and very effective.
2. 431, Badges of Honour. One of my favourite thrills this year and a great cover to boot!
3. 434, The Redlands Raider. Lovely composition of some old favourites revisited.
Very curious to see the results this year!
Tricky choice again! I'm going:
1 - 437: McNeil's Daring cover is just genius.
2 - 429: Great colour palette (reminds me of Higgins of old) and a striking, well considered image. Totally tells the story.
3 - 436: Gotta love a balls to the wall all action lawmaster image. Fantastic stuff!
1. 439
2. 435
3. 439