November Art Competition - 2000AD Deathmatch!

[The Amstor Computer]

Late as usual ;-)

Anyway, a big thanks to LMS, the winner of last month's comp, who chose the theme for November:

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IT'S A FIGHT TO THE FINISH! A BRAWL TO END 'EM ALL! THE DUEL OF THE DECADE! IT'S...

THE 2000AD DEATHMATCH!


Something strange is afoot at the Nerve Centre...

An incompetent service bot has switched the oil feeds, and the pipe that supplies the sinister R-VING droid with his daily fix of petrochemical psychedelics is pumping straight into the writing droids cubicle!

Now, when they're not bombarding Tharg with proposals for 52-part Synammon epics or yet another Rogue Trooper revival ("He's a gay fisherman with a mysterious past, but when the invasion fleet lands his GI training gives him the skill to lead the resistance, armed only with a fishing net & a copy of the Angling Times!") the drugged-up droids are amusing themselves by scripting ever more outlandish crossovers.

Unfortunately, none of the art droids want anything to do with this madness so it's up to YOU to bring the droids' feverish fantasies to life!

However, even oiled-up loonies have rules:

1 -- The deathmatch must be between characters from two SERIES that begin with the same letter. So, Charles Fort from "Necronauts" could give a sound thrashing to the Grobbendonk from "Nemesis the Warlock", or start a brawl with Andreas Romanov from "Nikolai Dante".

If a strip is commonly shortened ("Dredd" instead of "Judge Dredd", or "Luke Kirby" instead of "The Journal of Luke Kirby", for example) then feel free to bend the rules a little.

2 -- The characters from each series must never have fought each other before.

If you want to draw something that's not on that theme or outwith the rules, feel free, but I'm afraid the winners will be picked from entries that stick to the theme & the two rules. Hopefully the restrictions will spark the imagination, and lead to some really unusual deathmatches (Shako vs Sinister Dexter?)

The thread will remain open for entries until SATURDAY 11th NOVEMBER and voting will begin that weekend.

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BTW - I've tried board-mailing Dark Jimbo, 54 Jones and Swimini Tulkas about their prizes but have had no replies yet. Please email me at cosmonaut_x AT yahoo.co.uk to sort those out. Cheers!

[The Amstor Computer]

...and reposting four of the submissions/works in progress from the voting thread:


BUTTONMAN

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RADIATOR

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THE COSH

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THRYLLSEEKER

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[Dark Jimbo]

You should have mail, Amstor.

[Buttonman]

Seeing as my fantastic picture above doesn't meet the rigorous rules specifications I thought I'd do something that does comply. The titles only rule does rule out practically all of the Dredd universe but rules is rules. It also leaves us open to flights of fancy such as...

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[Jim_Campbell]

Umm ... don't want to seem to be doing nothing but whinge, but is there any chance someone could help Thryllseekyr re-save his images from their current bloated PNG format to something a bit more dial-up friendly?

I'd offer to do it myself, but I'm on dial-up, y'see ...

Cheers!

Jim

[Concrete Block 15]

buttonman, that is a stroke of flamin' hysterical genius, my man!

No disrespect, but screw purdy pictures, fancy colourin', and technical proficiency ... from the point of view of inventiveness and downright entertainment value... we already got ourselves a winner! BRAVO, SAH!

[Matt Timson]

Amstor, you can roll my prize over to this month- I was only in it for the fun value.  Speaking of which, what happened to M2 vs Max Normal?

[Wils]

Speaking of which, what happened to M2 vs Max Normal?

Perhaps Amstor got a whining, drunken text at 5 in the morning. ;)

[Lord Running Clam]

Iâ??d quite like to attempt a Slaine vs. Satanus, as well, if thatâ??s ok with Thryllseeker? I wouldnâ??t want it to seem I was stepping on peopleâ??s toes or just copying, itâ??s just that I think it is a cool idea and would look to have a go at it.

Below is my rough sketch. If it isnâ??t ok, Iâ??ll take it down.http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/12345clam/SlainevsSatanus042.jpg">

[Buttonman]

Thanks concrete, I'll remind you of your pledge come voting time!

[ThryllSeekyr]

It's okay with me, LRC.

We both know who really owns those characters.

[DavidXBrunt]

You?

[The Amstor Computer]

We both know who really owns those characters

Yeah - Rebellion ;-)

Jones - I wasn't sure whether the pic was part of the discussion on the other thread or a submission for the comp. I'll pop it over if you want.

[ThryllSeekyr]

meant Pat Mills ( He who Created them.) and I thought somebody was giving me warning on the Octbaber Art voting thread that about how far I should nopt go into drawing any of his characters in a narrative way.

BTW, I Like your version. LRC. It's more of a action shot.

[Noisybast]

No, I was just taking the piss out of Pat.
Draw for your life, ThryllSeekyr!