COVER OF THE YEAR VOTE 2013!

[Pete Wells]

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:



1813 - 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
1815 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/darren-douglas-schnorbitz-and-pieces.html



1816 - 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
1818 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/karl-richardson-killy-savage.html



1819 - 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
1821 - 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



1823 - 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
1825 - 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



1827 - 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
1829 - 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



1831 - 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
1833 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/glenn-fabry-p-s-i-megacity-one.html



1834 - 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
1836 - 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



1838 - 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
1840 - 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



1842 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/tiernen-trevallion-dead-foes.html
1843 -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



1844b - 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
1846 - 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



1848 - 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
1849b - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/clint-langley-dogs-molochs.html



1851 - 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
1853 - 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



1855 - 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
1857 - 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



1859 - 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
1861 - http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/henry-flint-die-fleshy-one.html

Phew! Remember, you have until Midnight on Saturday 18th January!

[Eamonn Clarke]

Same as on the ECBT vote for me
1. Prog 1830
2. 1836
3. 1853

Zarjaz!

[Mabs]

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....

[Skullmo]

1837
1829
1816

[Frank]

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.

[Emp]

1. 1821
2. 1844(a)
3. 1854

[DrJomster]

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

[Trout]

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.

[flip-r mk2]

1st 1844a
2nd1828
3rd1836

filippo

[COMMANDO FORCES]

The votes are in from the Cellar and are as follows -

First      - 1833
Second  - 1836
Third     - 1847

[Daveycandlish]

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!!

[WhizzBang]

1st - 1821
2nd - 1813
3rd - 1814

[moly]

3rd 1830
2nd 1837
1st 1836

[JamesC]

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.

[Darren Stephens]

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!