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2000AD COVER OF THE YEAR VOTE 2015.

Started by Pete Wells, 04 January, 2016, 09:23:02 PM

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Pete Wells

Yes, it's very late and I apologise profusely, but finally here is the annual 2000AD cover of the year vote. You can see all of the covers here http://www.comicbookdb.com/title_covergallery.php?ID=1946&offset=2018,

here http://www.comicbookdb.com/title_covergallery.php?ID=1946&offset=2038

and here http://www.comicbookdb.com/title_covergallery.php?ID=1946&offset=2058. A big thanks to Eamonn for sending those links.

You can see bigger, 'clean' versions of most of the covers on my blog (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/), as well as artist commentaries for each one - not bad eh?

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. Please try and be explicit with this as each year someone messes it up - speaking of messing up, I will try not to cock up the maths up this year!

The closing date is midnight on SATURDAY 16TH JANUARY 2016...

A Meg thread will be along shortly...

Frank

Quote from: Pete Wells on 04 January, 2016, 09:23:02 PM
You can see all of the covers here

http://www.comicbookdb.com/title_covergallery.php?ID=1946&offset=2018,

http://www.comicbookdb.com/title_covergallery.php?ID=1946&offset=2038

http://www.comicbookdb.com/title_covergallery.php?ID=1946&offset=2058


Cheers, Pete. As part of the long tradition of cocking this up, I initially only clicked on the 2nd and 3rd of those links before choosing winners. I remember thinking making a decision was easier than usual ...


My ONE POINT goes to 1915, Greg Staples's atmospheric dark judges group portrait from January. The incredible 3D effect of Death's grasping claw overcomes my disgust at the pro-ana porn of Mortis and Sidney's thigh gaps.

My TWO POINTS go to 1936, Tiernen Trevallion's line study of Harry Absalom's scrotum. It's blue and teal cos I like the way it feel.

My THREE POINTS go to 1957, Jake Lynch's dynamic, insanely detailed, sprawling, gore soaked, double page distillation of every Cursed Earth adventure into a single composition.


Feels insane not to be voting for Henry Flint's Ranson-like rendering of Dredd's mystery horse, the technique perfectly capturing the uncertain reality of the narrative device in Black Bess's clothing, or Jake Lynch's bold, iconic barbequed Dredd cover, but that's how strong this year's field was. The use of colour and composition in my final three choices gave them the edge, with the graphic design sensibility of Trevallion and the dynamism and sheer exuberance of Lynch triumphing over Staples's dutch tilt and unparallelled quality of finish.



Steven Sterlacchini

Very difficult this year. I could easily pick 10 really great covers, no problem.

1st = Prog 1925 Simon Davis, Slaine "Force of Nature" = 3 points
2nd = Prog 1920 Dylan Teague "Shooting from the Lip" = 2 points
3rd = Prog 1915 Greg Staples "Fiends Reunited" = 1 point


maryanddavid

Very hard to choose. I thought I knew what to go for but ended up going for a different three.

1 point   prog 1913

2 points  prog 1920

3 points  prog 1946

Too many honorable mentions to mention, but in a year where we have covers from Bolland, Fabry and Ian Kennedy its a classic year.

Geoff

1st place - 1948 - 3 points
2nd place - 1932 - 2 points
3rd place - 1924 - 1 point

Honorable mention for 'Fiends Reunited'

The Adventurer

Probably going to be odd choices compared to most, but these are the three covers I really liked the most in 2015

1st - 1944
2nd - 1936
3rd - 1961

THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

SpongeJosh

1st - Prog 1924
2nd - Prog 1959
3rd - Prog 1957

Prog 1957 reminds me of nights out in Stoke for some reason :lol:

Albion

1. 1932 Alex Ronald
2. 1915 Greg Staples
3. 1961 Ian Kennedy
Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side.

ming

1. 1948 - Dave Taylor
2. 1961 - Ian Kennedy
3. 1954 - I.N.J. Culbard

Hawkmumbler

1st - Prog 1936 Absalom "Damnation Army" by Tiernen Trevallion
What an absolutely cracking cover, and yes it abides by the "Blue and Orange" poster style thats dominated for a while now but by golly gosh it's a sublime piece of art, so much so I have a print out of it pinned to my work space. It's inspirational stuff, alright.

2nd - Prog 1961 Judge Dredd"Welcome to your future"  by Ian Kennedy
What a surprise this was, and absolutely sublime piece of art by one of the comics most adored name's, quite mesmerisingly good and a classic depiction of Mega-City 1's cityscape.

3rd - Prog 1947 "Dark Stars Rising" by Dave Kendell
Everything about this is just ace. Absolutely love it, and a beautiful set of redesigns for the DJ's as well.

This was a tough year to pick from, but hat's off to all artists who provided covers this year for the tooth!

Eamonn Clarke

1. 1915 A brilliant homage to Bolland's Dark Judges cover.
2. 1952 Leigh Gallagher's superb zombie puppet show
3. 1947. Henry Flint's iconic image of Dreddie and Neddie.

IronGraham

1st place goes to prog 1947 (It's Dredd on a Drokking Horse whats not to love)


2nd place goes to prog 1941 (this one was tough loved both Absolom covers but this one had great use of complimentary colours so it just one out)


3rd place for me is prog 1913 (It's just a cool concept and pulled off so well especially those glowing eyes)
We're werewolves not swearwolves

jacob g

1 - Prog 1959
2 - Prog 1941
3 - Prog 1947
margaritas ante porcos

Greg M.

1st (3pts) - Prog 1941, Tiernen Trevallion. I remember thinking when this one came out it would likely be my vote for cover of the year. Stands out a mile, both in style and content. It's not been surpassed in 2015.
2nd (2pts) - Prog 1951, Rufus Dayglo
3rd (1pt) -  Prog 1912, Paul J. Holden - I'm not usually big on covers that are just people's faces (though Tharg seems to be) but this one's very stylish.