Well that's been a year hasn't it... some stuff happened huh... BUT Tharg has kept the Thrills coming and so let's reflect on all the joys that Tharg has brought us by making lists and voting - the grand tradition of nerds all over the world.
Between boxing day and ... well it was meant to be New Years Eve, but I ended up with one too few categories as Pete 'Lovely' Wells returned to do the covers of the year - as he rightfully should (they took me one over anyway!) ... so whenever we run out of steam I'll be popping a vote of Best something or other of 2020. All House of Tharg related of course. Each vote will last 7 days (ish) (I reckon a bit more as I'm going to avoid the 2nd as that's the Covers of the Year winners reveal so they might get extended a little)
Proposed categories :
Tharg's 2020 in Review - Best trade / collection
Tharg's 2020 in Review - Best Special
Tharg's 2020 in Review - Best Dredd
Tharg's 2020 in Review - Best thrill (none Dredd) 2000ad
Tharg's 2020 in Review - Best thrill (none Dredd) Meg
If you can think of any more just say.
Best Treasury collection?
I've put all the Treasury stuff in with the rest of the collections - I could seperate them out I guess.
Best short story especially with all those specials
Quote from: broodblik on 24 December, 2020, 01:02:15 PM
Best short story especially with all those specials
Yeah this is one I know I should defo do. Its just whether I'd get around to fishing them all out. I will try...
Bah. That's the morning I spent making lists for the 2020 reader survey wasted.
Other categories: favourite writer/artist; best new strip; best new droid
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 24 December, 2020, 01:44:31 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 24 December, 2020, 01:02:15 PM
Best short story especially with all those specials
Yeah this is one I know I should defo do. Its just whether I'd get around to fishing them all out. I will try...
Can send you a list for 2000AD stuff but not the other specials.
Quote from: I, Cosh on 24 December, 2020, 02:22:10 PM
Bah. That's the morning I spent making lists for the 2020 reader survey wasted.
Cosh i ain't got ownership of this stuff. If you have stuff ready let's go with that. What categories you got sorted?
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 24 December, 2020, 01:44:31 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 24 December, 2020, 01:02:15 PM
Best short story especially with all those specials
Yeah this is one I know I should defo do. Its just whether I'd get around to fishing them all out. I will try...
Colin I can also run with a few of them as well. Just tell me which ones and I will kick it off
Hey folks, especially Cosh and Brookblik - Don't want to take these over if folks have put the work in so shall we coordinate. I've got the votes listed below all planned BUT absolutely want to let others join the fun. So if folks have other stuff ready let me know and I'll shut the chuff up?
Brookblik what do you fancy doing?
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 26 December, 2020, 06:51:39 AM
Hey folks, especially Cosh and Brookblik - Don't want to take these over if folks have put the work in so shall we coordinate. I've got the votes listed below all planned BUT absolutely want to let others join the fun. So if folks have other stuff ready let me know and I'll shut the chuff up?
Brookblik what do you fancy doing?
I tough of doing the all short stories in specials/prog/meg , best writer and best artist, bets colours/lettering. If there is anything else you feel I can run with I do not mind.
That's cool sounds good to me.
I will kick it off in the following order:
- Best Short Stories - Specials/Prog/Meg (no Dredd story will be included)
- Best Colours/Lettering Droid - any story/series including Dredd stories
- Best Artist Droid - any story/series including Dredd stories
- Best Writer Droid - any story/series including Dredd stories
I've run 'Best non-Dredd strip' polls* for the last three years but I'm happy to pass the work over to you guys
2019 poll (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=46223.msg1021174#msg1021174) | 2018 poll (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=45626.msg999394#msg999394) | 2017 poll (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=45084.msg980057#msg980057)
* Or as they're otherwise known, 'Brink domination documents'
Up to you - really happy for you to carry on the fine tradtion?
I'll fire it up sometime over the next couple of days, when I've had a chance to list all the stories.
Hold on I can save you some work there...
Tharg's Year in review - round up
With big apologise to Broodblik who still has two BIG votes running until Tuesday -Best writer (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47230.0) and Best artist (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47229.0) - I wanted to get this summary up before I got mired in the return of some Tourney or other. So here by fine friends is a round of of (most) of the votes of the year 2020 we've been running over the last few week - makes for some interesting reading if you ask me...
Favourite Cover - 2000ad
1st = Prog 2178 - PJ Holden Prog
2nd = 2209 - Tieren Trevallion
3rd = Prog 2211 - Steve Austin and Chris Blythe
Results thread (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47227.0)
Favourite Cover - Megazine
1st = Meg 423 - Clift Robinson and Dylan Teague
2nd = Meg 424 - Greg Staples
3rd = Meg 422 - Paul Williams
Results thread (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47228.0)
Favourite 2000ad Thrill - Not Dredd
1st = The Out by Dan Abnett, Mark Harrison and Annie Parkhouse
2nd = Fiends of the Eastern Front by Ian Edginton, Tieran Trevallion and Annie Parkhose
3rd = Brink by Dan Abnett, INJ Culbard and Simon Bowland
Results thread (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47246.0)
Favourite Meg Thrill - Not Dredd
1st = Lawless by Dan Abnett, Phil Winslade and Jim Campbell
2nd Megatropolis by Kenneth Neimand, David Taylor and Jim Campbell
3rd Dreadnoughts by Michael Carroll, John Higgins , Sally Hurst and Simon Bowland
Results thread (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47241.0)
Favourite Dredd (both Meg and Prog)
1st = The Victims of Bennett Beeny by John Wagner Dan Cornwell (+ Colin MacNeil), Chris Blythe and Annie Parkhouse
2nd = Chimpsky's Law by Kenneth Niemand, PJ Holden and Annie Parkhouse
3rd = Kill Bloopy by Kenneth Niemand, Dan Cornwell and Annie Parkhouse
Results thread (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47245.0)
Favourite Short / One off
1st = Lawless - Badrock Melody by Dan Abnett, Phil Winslade, Jim Campbell, Lily Vincent-Frankland and Jack Gray (Meg 424)
2nd = Boarding School by Rachael Smith, Yishan Li, Pippa Bowland and Jim Campbell (Tammy & Jinty Special 2020)
3rd = Hell Machine by Henry Flint, Jake Lynch, Jim Boswell and Simon Bowland (Action Special 2020)
Results thread (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47233.0)
Favourite Letterer / Colourist
1st = Annie Parkhouse
2nd = Jim Campbell
3rd = Dylan Teague
Results thread (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47240.0)
Favourite Special
1st = 2000AD Sci-Fi Special
2nd = SMASH! 2020 Special
3rd = Action 2020 Special
Results thread (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47237.0)
Favourite Trade / Collection / Volume
1st = Strontium Dog: Search and Destroy
2nd Masters of British Comics Art
3rd Third World War
Results thread (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47234.0)
Big THANKS to all you wonderful folks who have run these and participated. See 2020 wasn't all bad!