COVER OF THE YEAR VOTE 2013!

[Zarjazzer]

fabulous but three must be chosen..

1.1848
2.1839
3.1840

[CrazyFoxMachine]

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

[Jim_Campbell]

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

[Buttonman]

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

[Steve Green]

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.

[Greg M.]

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!

[Magnetica]

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.

[LARF]

1. 1815
2. 1854
3. 1819

[Colin YNWA]

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/

[Albion]

1st     Prog 1836 Leigh Gallagher

2nd    Prog 1854 Cliff Robinson

3rd     Prog 1815 Darren Douglas

[TordelBack]

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.

[Old Tankie]

3 points - 1818
2 points - 1838
1 point  - 1840

[dweezil2]

1:1837

2:1854

3:1853

[Bat King]

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...

[-MikeD-]

1-1816...Clint
2-1848...Mick
3-1854...Cliff

I could have picked more - it was a really good year for cover art.