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Title: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Colin YNWA on 11 January, 2021, 06:33:46 AM
Well the Current draw wasn't going to be out done by the Classic and so also threw up one of the favourites in the first heat. Likewise it then gave you a choice between them and another absolute fan fav just to prove that anything classic Art Droid discussion can do Current art Droid discussion can match... and more? I personally think the decision between Brendan McCarthy and Colin MacNeil is as tough as anything either side could come up with. In these parts not decision can be based on no Rogan Josh, nor no Dark Knight Returns.

Alas we still have to pick our favourite and to do so just pop the name of the art droid you'd most like to go through to the Quarter Finals, but please add anything else you'd like to say as well.

Brendan McCarthy - more info (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=BRENDANM)

OR

Colin MacNeil - more info (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=colinm)

This one will close and be counted on the morning of Thursday 14th January

What the hell is all this? Current state of play Find out more about the Art Droid Tourneys and Round 2 (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47242.0)

Who made the 32 in both tourneys?

Entrants in the Current Art Droids Tourney  (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47044.msg1042917#msg1042917)

Entrants in the Classic Art Droids Tourney (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47044.msg1042893#msg1042893)

Rules for what they are worth (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=47242.msg1049293#msg1049293)

Anything else just ask and I'll make something up.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: broodblik on 11 January, 2021, 06:43:42 AM
Colin MacNeil
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: abelardsnazz on 11 January, 2021, 06:56:45 AM
Love them both, but here I'm going for Brenda McCarthy, for his unique psychedelic style. The Judda in my view are one of the all-time best designs in the Dredd canon.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: rogue69 on 11 January, 2021, 09:33:38 AM
Colin MacNeil
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Link Prime on 11 January, 2021, 10:17:09 AM
Colin MacNeil
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: AlexF on 11 January, 2021, 10:45:12 AM
Brendan McCarthy
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: ming on 11 January, 2021, 12:55:02 PM
I love Colin's work and he can't put a foot wrong these days but my vote has to go to Brendan McCarthy - as well as performing art duties on my favourite Dredd story (Riders on the Storm) and my favourite 2000AD cover (Prog 473) I never travel anywhere without a copy of the English/Phlondrutian Phrasebook.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: paddykafka on 11 January, 2021, 12:59:00 PM
Colin MacNeil.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: TordelBack on 11 January, 2021, 01:02:11 PM
MacNeil. McCarthy is a genius who was instrumental in the unique visuals of some of my favourite 2000AD strips, but I'll continue to maintain that Colin MacNeil is the single most important 2000AD artist of the past 30 years.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 11 January, 2021, 01:04:39 PM
Mr Colin.

SBT
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: broodblik on 11 January, 2021, 01:12:51 PM
Quote from: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 11 January, 2021, 01:04:39 PM
Mr Colin.

SBT

I did not know Colin YNWA was an art-droid for the prog !!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: IndigoPrime on 11 January, 2021, 01:18:56 PM
On the basis of current work: MacNeil.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Colin YNWA on 11 January, 2021, 01:33:56 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 11 January, 2021, 01:12:51 PM
Quote from: SmallBlueThing(Reborn) on 11 January, 2021, 01:04:39 PM
Mr Colin.

SBT

I did not know Colin YNWA was an art-droid for the prog !!!!!!!!!!

Well it was inevitable my artist genius would one day be recognised by Tharg and I thank SBT for his vote.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Tomwe on 11 January, 2021, 01:35:43 PM
Colin MacNeil
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: ming on 11 January, 2021, 01:38:53 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 11 January, 2021, 01:18:56 PM
On the basis of current work: MacNeil.

Rule-wise, we're not limited to current work though, or are we?
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Colin YNWA on 11 January, 2021, 01:40:19 PM
Quote from: ming on 11 January, 2021, 01:38:53 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 11 January, 2021, 01:18:56 PM
On the basis of current work: MacNeil.

Rule-wise, we're not limited to current work though, or are we?

Not at all - you define how you choose favourite - you can base it on current work if you wish - JUST WORK FOR THARG - is they only thing that gets hardcapped from me.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Magnetica on 11 January, 2021, 01:52:15 PM
MacNeil.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 11 January, 2021, 02:06:16 PM
That's a very tough one.  I think at the end of the day, I love the madness and uniqueness of Brendan more though. Not quite as enamoured with his newer work but he's done some of my favourite prog stuff ever.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Rogue Judge on 11 January, 2021, 03:29:36 PM
Colin MacNeil. He's one of the greats, there's a reason Tharg keeps getting MacNeil do draw Wagner's scripts.

Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Bolt-01 on 11 January, 2021, 03:57:42 PM
Colin MacNeil.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Andrew_J on 11 January, 2021, 05:16:44 PM
Brendan McCarthy. Despite being responsible for Zaucer of Zilk, which was painful to read IMO, his Dredd work is just so incredible that I have to give him No. 1.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Trooper McFad on 11 January, 2021, 08:05:29 PM
MacNeil for me
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Funt Solo on 11 January, 2021, 08:19:19 PM
Both very good artists, each for different reasons.

But my favorite is Colin MacNeil, because my enjoyment is effortless. With Brendan, sometimes I have to choose to engage - it's more in your face.

I can imagine choosing the opposite depending on mood, as well.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Sean SD on 12 January, 2021, 01:16:51 AM
Colin MacNeil
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Colin YNWA on 13 January, 2021, 06:31:16 AM
Almost done here so if you fancy voting do so today and I'll count up and annouce the result first thing in the morning.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: BPP on 13 January, 2021, 04:17:51 PM
He's a lunatic but McCarthy.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: DrJomster on 13 January, 2021, 11:02:05 PM
Colin for me. Love his work.
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: The Mind of Wolfie Smith on 13 January, 2021, 11:14:01 PM
Colin
Title: Re: Favourite CURRENT art droid Round 2 - Brendan McCarthy or Colin MacNeil
Post by: Colin YNWA on 14 January, 2021, 06:43:05 AM
VOTING CLOSED

Thanks for all the votes folks... what... what do you mean not that Colin... MacNeil... huh... oh I see...

Turns out all the votes for Colin were for some call MacNeil who knew. With that in mind its clear we have an absolute favourite for the Current tournment as while this one might not have been quite as cut and dry as the first vote to close in the Classic tourney but still it was pretty clear who was going to progress pretty early on. So if a titan like Brendan McCarthy can't slow who momentum is there anyone who can stop

Colin MacNeil

As he moves into the Quarter Finals.