The Voord

Ha, ha, ha! Actually, I lean towards doing this myself when periodically posting art For Sale on CAF, though with me I simply don't like leaving stuff up indefinitely. If no takers after several months I remove the listings. Not saying anything's going back in the vault for 20 years though . . . more a case of realizing that, "Stale is not good!" Currently losing its freshness: https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=201959

Looks legit to me, just a shame that's it's in bad shape.

That would be cheating. No other word for it. If anyone would be that desperate to vote for their own entries, then they're participating for all the wrong reasons. And as for anyone submitting art and then not being bothered voting on the day . . . I don't get that. Brian laid out the rules carefully and sent out timely reminders, so no excuse for your tardiness. Another way of looking at that, I suppose, is that if you're not opting to vote, then you're not voting for the competition against your own pieces. If it could be policed, I'd certainly like to see instant disqualifications for either of the above.

I saw that one but was expecting it to be policed and deleted.

Would it be possible to increase the size of each thumbnail image? I suspect most people, myself included, don't actually click onto the full image of each and every entry unless: a. They're familiar with the art and it's stuff they usually like. b. It looks potentially interesting. A lot of great art might be getting overlooked because it's too time-consuming to look at each and every piece in detail. My other observation is that, as previously noted, there were fewer voters on the day of voting in relation to the number of individual submissions. There also seemed to be only a handful of people actually listing their voting choices on these CGC threads in comparison to past years of this contest being run?

I know. Never said they were the same, when clearly they're not.

This one from Hakes . . .

Eric took the words out of my mouth, to the effect, "Fresh today, stale tomorrow'. I get how it works but, for me, I already have a ranking order for things that I actively collect . . . regardless of fresh or stale.

Even if it's the real deal, it's not very good.

Spider-Man. ASM # 27 splash, $239,000 including BP. Full (unconscious) body.

Aquaman or the Sub-Mariner. Biggest splash declares the winner!

How about a T&A fan-boy art category?

Final selection from me: Unpublished Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches In no particular order . . . Kingdom Come Superman (collection of Kit Walker) Trots & Bonnie (collection of Josh Orzeck) Superman & Lois (collection of Larry Wilson) Frankenstein/Zombie (collection of Jeff Singh) Femme Fatale (collection of Alex Johnson)

Unpublished/Published Other In no particular order . . . Barrayar (collection of Mycroft B.) Ice Pirates (collection of Rabid Ferret) Russkies (collection of Michael Selhorn) Say What You Mean (NSN Collection) Werewolf & Girl (Collection of Steven N.) One more category to vote on . . . Unpublish Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches (usually my least favourite section to wade through, so I'll look at that one later on to cast my votes).

Published/Unpublished Commissions In no particular order . . . Batman (collection of eewwnuk 1) The Betrayal (collection of Ryan M) To a Healing Place (collection of Tim F) Uncle Scrooge (collection of Jim Halperin) Daredevil (collection of Alex N.)

Published Strip Art In no particular order . . . Carol Day (collection of Chris K.) Dan Dare (collection of Wally Harrington) Flash Gordon/Jungle Jim (collection of Monty B.) Johnny Comet (collection of Dino Mauricio) Sky Masters (collection of Steve Kriozere)

Published Interior Panel Pages In no particular order . . . Amazing Spider-Man # 10 (collection of Nick, Barry, etc.) Creepy # 12 (collection of Keith Becker) Daredevil # 9 (collection of Comicart B) Instinct (collection of G.C.) Strange Tales # 129 (collection of Chris K.)

Published Splash Pages & Pin-Ups In no particular order . . . Boy's Ranch splash (collection of David Grisez) Daredevil # 11 splash (collection of Chris K.) ERB plate (collection of Keith Becker) The Stalkers splash (collection of Keith Becker) The Thing pin-up (collection of Jim Halperin)

Published/Unpublished Covers I'll be doing this in stages for posting purposes. Spoilt for choice in this opening category, with lots of worthy entries not quite making it to the final five (and I don't do 'honourable mentions'). In no particular order . . . Avengers 700 (collection of Steve M) Metal Hurlant 79 (collection of Neon Dragon) Star Spangled Comics 7 (collection of Jim Halperin) The Third Level (collection of John Davis) The World Around Us (collection of J. Sisson)

I have the large art FF book. Yeah, I know Sinnott is rightfully regarded as one of the best (if not THE best) of Kirby's inkers, but I also happen to like the work of Ayers and Stone - so prefer the variety of the larger book.

F**k it, let's hire a better accountant . . .

F**k it, let's cancel next year's competition unless we employ an accountant to figure-out all the money stuff . . . .

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Definitely an 'A' piece