FINAL of FORUM’S FAVOURITE FESTIVE FRONT TOURNEY - 1984 VS 1985

Colin YNWA · 21 December, 2020, 06:48:22 AM

Well here we are after... well just 20 odds days and a massive... well actually 24 contenders we are down to the festive final and the last two covers.

One has been a hot favourite from the start. One has snuck out the groups and slowly built support. Both are so classically 2000ad and so wonderfully festive. All this we know, the only thing we need to find out is which is our favourite and which will be vanquished?

Voting starts NOW and ends first thing Christmas Eve, Thursday 24th December. Vote by simply popping the year you think has the best cover in a reply to this thread.

Any questions just ask.

1984 - Prog 398 - Larger image

1992 - Prog 450 - Larger image

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Funt Solo · 21 December, 2020, 07:00:06 AM

And here they are in all their wraparound goodness:

My vote's for 1985, for wonderful memories of a gun made out of soap, and a bar of soap carved out of plastic explosive.

TordelBack · 21 December, 2020, 08:08:07 AM

1984. For the little demon doll in the sled, and the burn marks already on the house roof, and the eyes peeking out from under the stockings on the mantelpiece... Bosch never did better.

broodblik · 21 December, 2020, 08:38:01 AM

1985

Dandontdare · 21 December, 2020, 09:03:57 AM

....... 1985 .......

Trooper McFad · 21 December, 2020, 09:07:35 AM

1985

rogue69 · 21 December, 2020, 09:23:43 AM

1984

abelardsnazz · 21 December, 2020, 09:40:39 AM

Both fantastic covers, and either would be a worthy winner, but I'm voting for Kevin's brilliant 1984 scare-fest.

The Enigmatic Dr X · 21 December, 2020, 10:03:13 AM

1984

It's everything Christmas. It's everything 2000ad.

The Legendary Shark · 21 December, 2020, 10:06:21 AM

1984.

Tomwe · 21 December, 2020, 10:34:23 AM

Sorry to see 1984 not in the final.

AlexF · 21 December, 2020, 11:14:20 AM

Those wraparounds are just stunning.
Rules be damned, I'm voting for BOTH. It's Christmas.

Colin YNWA · 21 December, 2020, 11:34:14 AM

Quote from: AlexF on 21 December, 2020, 11:14:20 AM
Those wraparounds are just stunning.
Rules be damned, I'm voting for BOTH. It's Christmas.

I will accept this vote as a gift to AlexF as I knick so much of his graft for the silly Tourney things. Anyone else try it and there'll be hell to pay!

Magnetica · 21 December, 2020, 12:35:03 PM

1985.

JayzusB.Christ · 21 December, 2020, 12:42:25 PM

This is really, really hard. I love both - they're both pure, bottled essence of 2000ad.

I'll go 1984, then, by a whisker - I like covers that don't have a connection to the stories inside, and this is one of the most original ones ever. The brief was probably just something like 'Do a Christmas cover.'