Hooray! It's time to cast your votes for your favourite covers of the year, and what a year it's been! You can see bigger, 'clean' versions of all but two of the covers on my blog, as well as artist commentaries for each one - not bad eh? You'll find the relevant posts beneath each set of covers.
So, I'd like you to clearly list your THREE favourites, in order. THREE points will be awarded to your fave, TWO points for second and ONE point for third. I will try not to mess the maths up this year!
The closing date is midnight on SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY 2014...
Before we start, I'd like to once again thank all the artists, especially Simon 'Pye' Parr, for their help over the year. Fine gentlemen all!
And so, the contenders are:
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1813 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/neil-roberts-hammertime.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/neil-roberts-hammertime.html)
1814 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/simon-davis-take-me-to-your-leyendecker.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/simon-davis-take-me-to-your-leyendecker.html)
1815 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/darren-douglas-schnorbitz-and-pieces.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/darren-douglas-schnorbitz-and-pieces.html)
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1816 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/clint-langley-stomping-dead.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/clint-langley-stomping-dead.html)
1817 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/boo-cook-portrait-of-bootant.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/boo-cook-portrait-of-bootant.html)
1818 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/karl-richardson-killy-savage.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/karl-richardson-killy-savage.html)
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1819 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/james-harren-mind-gap.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/james-harren-mind-gap.html)
1820 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/simon-davis-scrotnig-evening-prog.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/simon-davis-scrotnig-evening-prog.html)
1821 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/brian-bolland-game-of-thrones.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/brian-bolland-game-of-thrones.html)
1822 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/simon-davis-londons-burning.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/simon-davis-londons-burning.html)
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1823 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/steve-yeowell-sailing-into-sunset.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/steve-yeowell-sailing-into-sunset.html)
1824 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/disraeli-all-hail-new-pope.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/disraeli-all-hail-new-pope.html)
1825 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/henry-flint-eric-rabinowicz-is-back.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/henry-flint-eric-rabinowicz-is-back.html)
1826 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/paul-davidson-judge-smiley.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/paul-davidson-judge-smiley.html)
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1827 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/nick-percival-dand-rough-use-dead-dand.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/nick-percival-dand-rough-use-dead-dand.html)
1828 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/henry-flint-sc4rabby-road.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/henry-flint-sc4rabby-road.html)
1829 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/disraeli-hyde-and-freak.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/disraeli-hyde-and-freak.html)
1830 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/makin-aitkin-exclusive-interview-with.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/makin-aitkin-exclusive-interview-with.html)
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1831 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/ben-willsher-breaking-law.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/ben-willsher-breaking-law.html)
1832 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/cliff-robinson-and-dyan-teague-ciggy.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/cliff-robinson-and-dyan-teague-ciggy.html)
1833 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/glenn-fabry-p-s-i-megacity-one.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/glenn-fabry-p-s-i-megacity-one.html)
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1834 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/henry-flint-hank-so-low.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/henry-flint-hank-so-low.html)
1835 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/disraeli-old-age-mutant-codger-hoodlums.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/disraeli-old-age-mutant-codger-hoodlums.html)
1836 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/leigh-gallagher-red-or-dead.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/leigh-gallagher-red-or-dead.html)
1837 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/chris-weston-hughes-who.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/chris-weston-hughes-who.html)
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1838 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/john-charles-shark-attack.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/john-charles-shark-attack.html)
1839 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/lee-garbett-look-kirby.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/lee-garbett-look-kirby.html)
1840 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/jon-davis-hunt-wolf-stern-mamma.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/jon-davis-hunt-wolf-stern-mamma.html)
1841 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/dave-taylor-twisted-blitzer.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/dave-taylor-twisted-blitzer.html)
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1842 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/tiernen-trevallion-dead-foes.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/tiernen-trevallion-dead-foes.html)
1843 -http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/carl-critchlow-laws.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/carl-critchlow-laws.html)
1844a - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/simon-davis-and-clint-langley-scarface.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/simon-davis-and-clint-langley-scarface.html)
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1844b - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/simon-davis-and-clint-langley-scarface.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/simon-davis-and-clint-langley-scarface.html)
1845 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/karl-richardson-rage-against-meg.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/karl-richardson-rage-against-meg.html)
1846 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/tiernen-trevallion-dead-foes.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/tiernen-trevallion-dead-foes.html)
1847 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/prog-1854-great-robinsons-arse.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/prog-1854-great-robinsons-arse.html)
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1848 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/mick-mcmahon-warped-warrior.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/mick-mcmahon-warped-warrior.html)
1849a - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/clint-langley-dogs-molochs.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/clint-langley-dogs-molochs.html)
1849b - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/clint-langley-dogs-molochs.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/clint-langley-dogs-molochs.html)
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1851 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/patrick-goddard-road-rage.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/patrick-goddard-road-rage.html)
1852 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/inj-culbard-boost-for-scythe.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/inj-culbard-boost-for-scythe.html)
1853 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/dave-kendall-gorehead-revisited.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/dave-kendall-gorehead-revisited.html)
1854 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/prog-1854-great-robinsons-arse.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/prog-1854-great-robinsons-arse.html)
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1855 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/mark-harrison-damnation-education.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/mark-harrison-damnation-education.html)
1856 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/carl-critchlow-mean-arena.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/carl-critchlow-mean-arena.html)
1857 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/karl-richardson-let-us-prey.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/karl-richardson-let-us-prey.html)
1858 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/clint-langley-dinosty.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/clint-langley-dinosty.html)
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1859 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/inj-culbard-points-of-view.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/inj-culbard-points-of-view.html)
1860 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/mark-harrison-pain-in-gas.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/mark-harrison-pain-in-gas.html)
1861 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/henry-flint-die-fleshy-one.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/henry-flint-die-fleshy-one.html)
Phew! Remember, you have until Midnight on Saturday 18th January!
Same as on the ECBT vote for me
1. Prog 1830
2. 1836
3. 1853
Zarjaz!
It's a difficult choice as it's been one hell of a year in regards to these mindblowing covers, but in the end my choices would be;
1. 1853
2. 1854
3. 1830
I also love Fabry's cover for 1833, damn, so hard....
1837
1829
1816
:P
Voici les results du jury de Sauchie:
une point - 1836 (Leigh Gallacher)
deux points - 1824 (D'Israeli)
et troi points - 1848 (Le Royaume-Uni(que), Mick McMahon)
Je suis desole, je couldnae sling a point or two in the direction of any of Flint's uniformly superb and utterly unique covers, for Dave Kendall's fantastic Gorehead, or Carl Critchlow's wonderfully coloured and perfectly designed sub-aqua Dredd image, but c'est la vie.
1. 1821
2. 1844(a)
3. 1854
Been looking forward to this!
Three points: 1821 Dredd, Bolland
Two points: 1844a Slaine, Langley
One point: 1836 Defoe, Gallagher
Honourable mention: 1832 Sinister Dexter, Teague/Robinson
My favourite: Prog 1824, Stickleback by D'Israeli
Second place: prog 1848, Slaine by Mick McMahon
In third: 1830, Gunheadz by Boo Cook.
And that's after a lot of agonising. I wish I could have voted for Weston, Bolland and Flint, too.
1st 1844a
2nd1828
3rd1836
filippo
The votes are in from the Cellar and are as follows -
First - 1833
Second - 1836
Third - 1847
Iiiiin 3rd - 1837 I just love that colouring (the only other artist I recall using that shade purple is Don Lawrence - what a co-incidence! ;) )
Iiiin 2nd - 1836 - brilliant composition
Iiiin 1st place 1821 - it's BOLLAND!!
1st - 1821
2nd - 1813
3rd - 1814
3rd 1830
2nd 1837
1st 1836
1. 1854. I'm a sucker for Cliff Robinson / Teague and I love all the Easter Eggs in this picture. Great composition too.
2. 1832. Another Robinson / Teague. I've picked this because it also has a great composition but also lots of movement and it's really atmospheric.
3. 1818. This looks like a still taken straight from an action film. Again, there's loads of movement and this would have been sure to grab the attention of a 12 year old me - real 'pick up off the shelf' appeal.
Honourable mentions to Leigh Gallagher's Zombie silhouette for a great piece of design and to Clint Langley's Slaine covers which I'm a big fan of.
Cor, what a collection of beauties! My votes are as follows....
1st: 1836 Leigh Gallagher. Just a stunning design and cracking drawing overall. Top skills, that droid.
2nd: 1828 Henry Flint. Brilliant stuff from the ever reliable Flint.
3rd: 1815 Darren Douglas. Bit disappointed we haven't seen more from this new artist. This is just fantastic!
fabulous but three must be chosen..
1.1848
2.1839
3.1840
What a year for covers!! I'm a sucker for anything by D'Israeli but really we've been spoilt coverwise so it must be -
1 - 1853 (Flesh by Dave Kendall) WTF this is art. I've been dying for Kendall to get in on the prog for years and here it is and it's beautiful. More Kendall covers for 2014 please!!
2 - 1837 (Judge Dredd by Chris Weston) effortlessly iconic - another Weston belter
3 - 1828 (Zombo by Henry Flint) a Flint classic although literally any of his others could be chosen - I just thought this was so strikingly odd and so very 2000ad it makes me happy just thinking of it
1st - 1856
2nd - 1819
3rd - 1836
Interestingly, I didn't think this year had any absolute stone cold classics, but also pretty much no stinkers either — the standard was almost uniformly excellent. The Mighty One spoils us, he does...
Cheers
Jim
Good post Pete - wonder how many times that lot was pasted in before it worked!
Good year for me with plenty of variety and a wide spread of characters and artists.
I'll go for :
3 Points 1837 Chris Weston
2 Points 1832 Robinson/Teague
1 Point 1821 Brian Bolland
3. 1819 James Harren - because it's striking imagery, a throwback to the WTF is going on of early covers
2. 1815 Darren Douglas - loved this when I saw it, and a sucker for a wraparound cover
1. 1854 Cliff Robinson - A great cover, pushes all the nerd buttons for me. Possibly slightly biased by the sterling covers Cliff has put out over the years.
I'd mostly agree with what Jim said further up the thread – there's no really obvious standouts for me this year. Plenty that were objectively excellent, mind, but few that really leapt out and tickled my subjective fancy. Nonetheless:
1: Prog 1819 – if there is a standout, it's this one. Mad in the best of ways.
2: Prog 1861 – I can't see this being a consensus vote-grabber, but its lurid old-school simplicity works for me.
3: Prog 1853 – Proper dinosaur art!
So in my opinion...
1) 1821 Brian Bolland
2) 1837 Chris Weston
3) 1856 Carl Critchlow
Reasons.
1) I just have to go for a Bolland Dredd cover - that is classic 2000AD for me and we don't get much by Mr Bolland in the Prog anymore so I appreciate anything new we get. I can think of quite a few classic Bolland covers over the years - check out the Art of Judge Dredd book to see more.
2) Not previously one of my favourite artists but the covers he has done in the last couple of years have been great as was the Dredd story he did around the time Dredd 3D came out - so recognition of that really.
3) Just a great old school action shot.
Was hard to not vote for any of the Simon Davis or Karl Richardson covers - some great ones there as well.
1. 1815
2. 1854
3. 1819
When I first did my picks of the year a while back I was a little worried when looking on Barney that it'd been a weak year for covers. After all this has been the year of dumping all over the logo, something which bugs the heck out of me. What utter baloney that was though as its been a simply magnificent year.
Anyway my top 3
1. Ian Culbard – Prog 1852: Brass Sun Android attacks YOU!
2. Carl Critchlow – Prog 1856: Flesh cowboys versus dinosaurs
3. Steve Yeowell – Prog 1823: Red Seas Finale
Should anyone careless (and there really is no reason why you should) here's the reasons I gave over at ECBT 2000ad for my top 5 which of course includes these three.
http://2000ad.wordpress.com/2013/12/24/colin-taylors-top-5-covers-of-2013/ (http://2000ad.wordpress.com/2013/12/24/colin-taylors-top-5-covers-of-2013/)
1st Prog 1836 Leigh Gallagher
2nd Prog 1854 Cliff Robinson
3rd Prog 1815 Darren Douglas
Every year Wells puts us through this agony. Why, Pete, why must you make us choose?
This year I am putting aside my feelings about artists, strips and even the images itself in favour of choosing the covers feel would have been most likely to get me to buy the prog if I wasn't already. These were:
1. 1852 - Ian Culbard's POV draws me right into the beautifully-designed action.
2. 1836 - Ragged monochrome zombie leaps off the shelf at you, and then you peer deeper and see so much more... brilliant.
3. 1856 - Gorgeously feathered dino fights cowboy in a rodeo arena? Take my money!
I feel deeply ashamed that I haven't voted for any of the awesome Flint, Robinson, SBD and D'Israeli covers, or even the McMahon and Kendall one offs. Blame Pete and his cruel tournament of death.
3 points - 1818
2 points - 1838
1 point - 1840
1:1837
2:1854
3:1853
:)
1st - 1830 Boo Cook on Gunheadz for the scrotnig retro look.
2nd - 1854 Cliff Robinson/Dylan Teague on Dredd for the nerdtastic spectacle.
3rd - 1837 Chris Weston on Dredd for the wrecked city...
Many others I loved too...
1-1816...Clint
2-1848...Mick
3-1854...Cliff
I could have picked more - it was a really good year for cover art.
1st place 1821 (Bolland)
2nd place 1837 (Weston)
3rd place 1813 (Roberts)
Ace
I'll throw my hat in:
My fave was Prog 1831 (Ben Willsher's wraparound) 'cos Dredd looks so damned stoic and, well, Dredd-like. Where Wagner and Flint broke my heart in the last panel of Day of Chaos, this cover put him back in the saddle and sent him back on the streets. I got a pleasant surprise when I saw it was a wraparound too!
Second for me was Leigh Gallagher's 1836, stunningly clever piece of design that looks deceptively simple but is then dazzlingly complex. Brilliant!
Third for me was 1830's Gunheadz by Boo Cook (shamelessly ripped off from Maurice Aitken.) Great character design, superb special effects and even the house number written in the corner by the newsagent. Tops!
A lot of them feel the same. That's an observation, not a criticism. They seem to have the same scale or something. I dunno. I don't do drawing, I do looking.
And I liked looking at:
3rd: 1828
2nd: 1821
1st: 1832
3 points 1836
2 points 1813
1 points 1841
Hello, can we have no mode 'Dredd with a monster enveloping him' for a while?
3 points - 1836 - Defoe - stark design, beautiful art and the best fat hero of the ages.
2 points - 1832 - sin/dex - just a great pose and atmosphere embodying the return to form of sin / dex, a strip that rocks when it's protagonists are taking a kicking and rocking the Hammett vibes.
1 point - 1830 - needs the retro logo etc to really work but '235p Earth Money' brought one of the biggest smiles all year
Honourable mention to 1848 (more McMahon in prog please) and 1847 (more bad visual puns please).
Honourable honourable mention to Henry Flint for being unable to draw a less than awesome cover.
1st - 1831 - Dredd as Dredd should be.
2nd - 1847 - Faceboot!
3rd - 1836 - just brilliant design work.
Cheers
Dave
Mine are
1) 1830 Boo Cook
2) 1831 Ben Willsher
3) 1836 Leigh Gallagher
Reasons given if yer give a flying fook over at the ECBT site :-D http://2000ad.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/the-ecbt2000ad-covers-of-the-year/
3rd place: 1832
2nd place: 1843
1st place 1836
The art is fantastic on a number of other covers. But I'm also going on what catches your eye on the shelves, which tends to be iconic, bold silhouettes & figure work.
1 - 1848
2 - 1854
3 - 1824
1 - 1853
2 - 1831
3 - 1837
In reverse order....
3. Prog 1820 Simon Davies Ampney Crucis - A good cover needs to stand out on the shelf and this one with its alien wierdo does that in my book, the kind of cover that my 8 year old self would have laughed at and wanted to know what it was all about.
2. Prog 1849 Clint Langley Slaine - A striking image of the celt himself, mean, moody and absolutely ready to chop you up with that large axe, the art combo of photo and digital waddamacallit works super well.
1. Prog 1836 Leigh Gallagher Defoe - Very very effective, needs a couple of views to get all the details in the image and it leaps out at you so effectively with the bold colours. Manages to also do something new with zombies in this age of they are everywhere you turn (no pun intended).
HM - The Cliff Robinson tribute cover felt real old school and was fun to examine and find all the amusing throwbacks to 2000ad's past.
In reverse order:
3rd place - Prog 1830
2nd place - Prog 1819
1st place - Prog 1836
I know it's early yet, but I can see a strong contender for cover of the year already! ;)
Can we have a Meg cover of the year vote too? There were some cracking covers.
Last year there were some good covers, but nothing really mind blowing for me. Only two really stood out for me when I received them in the post, so the third will have to be a pure aesthetic choice from what's left.
1830- Looks better with all the text, it has to be said. An amazing mock vintage 2000AD cover, it actually brought a smile to my lips when I removed it from it's cellophane covering.
1854- A menagerie of 2000AD references and a treat for the eyes.
1853- Just because of the skill demonstrated.
Honourable Mention to Henry Flint's covers, I have been a fan since seeing his artwork in the first prog I ever got.
Dishonourable Mention to Clint Langley's covers, I just can't stand that man's artwork.
Quote from: pictsy on 08 January, 2014, 05:54:16 PM
Last year there were some good covers, but nothing really mind blowing for me. Only two really stood out for me when I received them in the post, so the third will have to be a pure aesthetic choice from what's left.
1830- Looks better with all the text, it has to be said. An amazing mock vintage 2000AD cover, it actually brought a smile to my lips when I removed it from it's cellophane covering.
1854- A menagerie of 2000AD references and a treat for the eyes.
1853- Just because of the skill demonstrated.
Honourable Mention to Henry Flint's covers, I have been a fan since seeing his artwork in the first prog I ever got.
Dishonourable Mention to Clint Langley's covers, I just can't stand that man's artwork.
Totally with you on Langley. I think I might get used to it but as I only came back to tooth a year ago I haven't read anything he's drawn yet - but from what I've seen... I hate it. Horses for courses, I suppose.
Dave.
Quote from: Proteus4 on 08 January, 2014, 06:21:20 PM
Horses for courses
Have you ever spoken that expression out loud? It sounds
very rude, but seems self evidently true.
Quote from: sauchie on 08 January, 2014, 06:29:46 PM
Quote from: Proteus4 on 08 January, 2014, 06:21:20 PM
Horses for courses
Have you ever spoken that expression out loud? It sounds very rude, but seems self evidently true.
I had to speak it in an English accent to get what you meant (I'm norn Irish). Self evidently true? Have you seen animal farm? ;-)
Dave
Ps - I haven't. Just a cheap joke.
I don't get it :(. Either I can't elevate my diction to Her Majesty's exacting standards, or my mind is insufficiently dirty. Surely it can't be the latter, I pride myself on my prurience.
1825 3 points - all of Henry Flint's covers were out of this world this year, keep them coming Henry!
1850 2 points - Ben Oliver is cool
1839 1 point - lee Garbett, lovely design
not to take away from Pete Wells hard work putting this post togather, and this is my opinion olny, I think in future the covers should be as printed, the original 2000ad logo is a major part of 1830 Gunheadz Boo Cook, other wise this is a cover art of the year, and not really cover of the year.
Quote from: TordelBack on 08 January, 2014, 08:03:28 PM
I don't get it :(. Either I can't elevate my diction to Her Majesty's exacting standards, or my mind is insufficiently dirty.
I don't want to be that guy but I didn't get it either and suddenly did and now that I have I don't think I'll ever say it again without thinking it. It's actually better if you do it in a Yorkshire accent...
'Orses
F'c 'Orses
Who says this forum doesn't teach you anything?
Back to the cover voting. Ahem.
Lol. I wouldn't have noticed that if you guys hadn't pointed it out! I think it'd sound better/ worse coming from a Northener's mouth. Somehow my cockney accent doesn't have the same impact! :lol:
But as CrazyFox has said, we'd best get back on topic!
#1: prog 1837, Mr C Weston - the background city, here, is as much a character as Dredd
#2: prog 1831, Mr B Wilsher - sounds trite but an 'instant classic' cover
#3: prog 1833, Mr G Fabry - a 'serious' Anderson cover that's just gold
1. Prog 1830
2. Prog 1853
3. Prog 1833
Disappointed that there were no Carlos Ezquerra covers this year - hopefully Tharg has some coming our way in 2014! :D
1st:1821
2nd:1850
3rd:1845
They were all pretty amazing to be fair!
1st -- 1853 (Kendall)
2nd -- 1833 (Fabry)
3rd -- 1824 (D'Israeli)
Lots of HMs...
A Bolland, a McMahon, a '77 logo, a wild murky Trevallion Defoe and some Saturday Evening Posts that brought a smile to my good eye. A few duds but that's being very picky - a high standard.
To stop the fawning I will agree with Pictsy's point on Langley. Industrious but all a bit flat for me.
I really enjoy Langley's stuff - although I think his painted work was even better.
Quote from: Proteus4 on 08 January, 2014, 06:21:20 PM
Horses for courses
It's what restaurant-goers in France say, isn't it?
Or am I thinking of Tesco's?
1: 1831 (3pts)
2: 1843 (2pts)
3: 1832 (1pts)
Fabry's Anderson got edged out of 3rd, but it's still one of my favourites this year.
FOUR days left fellas (and lady!)
1st = Prog 1836, Defoe, Leigh Gallagher
2nd = Prog 1837, Judge Dredd, Chris Weston
3rd = Prog 1854, Judge Dredd, Cliff Robinson / Dylan Teague
1. 1830
2. 1829
3. 1816
Great stuff!!
1st place 1836 Leigh Gallagher Defoe - stunning bit of design
2nd place 1825 Henry Flint Zombo - again, just in another class
3rd place 1824 D'Israeli (good fortnight that was)
Difficult choice McMahon, Culbard, Weston and Farby also turned in stunning work
1st- 1836
2nd- 1832
3rd- 1819
1st - 1836 - Gallagher Defoe
2nd - 1830 - Cook GunHeadz
3rd - 1837 - Weston Dredd
1. 1828 - Henry Flint
2. 1836 - Gallagher
3. 1855 - Damnation from Mars
1. prog 1815
2. prog 1831
3. prog 1837
:-)
1st - 1836 Defoe, Leigh Gallagher
2nd - 1837 Dredd, Chris Weston
3rd - 1848 Slaine, Mick McMahon
1st - 1836 - Defoe zombie sillouhette by Leigh Gallagher. An utterly fantastic design beautifully executed.
2nd - 1819 - Dredd bursting out of explody head by James Harren. Another case of innovative design perfectly realised.
3rd - 1825 - Zombo in two halves by Henry Flint. Eye-catching and technically brilliant.
Honourable mention - 1830 - Gunheadz retro by Boo Cook. As a lure for curious punters, this did the job and I bet it was picked off the shelf by a lapsed Squaxx for a closer look more than any other prog this year.
Bit of a toughie this year but,
1st - Prog 1837 Chris Weston
2nd - Prog 1861 Henry Flint
3rd - Prog 1824 D'Israeli
HM's - Prog 1847 and 1852
Better late than never;
1) Prog 1852 (Culbard)
2) Prog 1821 (Bolland)
3) Prog 1825 (Flint)
A difficult decision, but...
1: 1841 (Dave Taylor)
2: 1828 (Henry Flint)
3: 1832 (Ian Culbard)
And if I could pick a 4th, I would choose you 1852!
Phew - just made it before the deadline...
(1) 1837 - Chris Weston - bloody hell what a cover. Dredd and that cityscape... And it's a painting as well. It took Chris nearly a week to paint. None of yer computer jiggery-pokery here...
(2) 1845 - Karl Richardson - made me utter 'OMFG' (to quote 'the kids') out loud in Smiths, shocking an old lady looking for her weekly fix of Commando...
(3) 1857 - Karl Richardson - so I'm a Karl Richardson fan... I'll admit it. I think he's one of the best cover artists in the business. So I happen to own pencils for this... I might be biased ;)
just in the nick of time...
3rd - 1854
2nd - 1837
TOP - 1830
It;s a strange state of affairs when a beautiful classic Bolland Dredd can't push into the top 3.
Half an hour left folks!
CLOSED! Results to follow...