Best of 2013 - Polls are open

[cbac]

Some great art, I had thought panels would be the hardest to choose from, but to me it was the strip art section. John's Sandman page, Mike's Carlos Ezquerra page and all the strip choices, I chose or not, were just great. Thanks for putting it together Brian. I find this broadens my appreciation for the entire medium.

 

Covers

 

Avengers Forever #1 Cover, Dan Jerome

STRANGE TALES 164 COVER, Glen Brunswick

Fairy Quest Narrator's Book Cover by Humberto Ramos, Carlos Garcia

 

Others on my shortlist:

SUB-MARINER #1 (1968) Original COVER Art - JOHN BUSCEMA, James Halperin

Fables #100 Cover, Jon H

 

 

Splash Pages and Pinups

 

PREACHER Saint Of Killers 03 Page 02 - Carlos Ezquerra, Mike - The NotSoNice Collection

Adventures of Superman #527, page 1 (Featuring Cyborg Superman), Hart

Cerebus Issue 31, Page 20, Greg Kessler

 

Others on my shortlist:

 

DC New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke, Tim G

 

 

Interior Panel Pages

 

Sandman #23 Pg. 15, John H.

CHRIS BACHALO - DEATH: THE HIGH COST OF LIVING Nº2 PAGE 3, Carlos P.

Byrne, John -- X-men 129 page 2, Rob L

 

Others on my shortlist:

 

Hellboy in Hell #1 p.7 - Mignola, Justin Belmont

X-men #133 page 2 BYRNE and AUSTIN Wolverine vs Hellfire Club!!!, Mike D

Enemy Ace: War Idyll by George Pratt, Tim G

Miller, Frank - The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Falls, page 47 (June 1986), Ronan Killack

Walking Dead #1 Page #3, Comics NYC

 

 

Published: Strip Art

 

Hank Ketcham 5-22-74 Dennis the Menace daily, John Cogan

Bill Mauldin - WWII Cartoon - Bloody Ridge, Sicily, Italy - 1943, Rob Stolzer

Pogo - October 11, 1970 Sunday Page, Jim Warden

 

Others on my shortlist, very hard to leave out - Calvin and Hobbes, Scott Williams

 

 

Unpublished: Convention Sketches

 

ACHDE: LUCKY LUKE SKETCH, P. Portillo's Lowry

Valkyrie, Chooser of the Slain by Doug Wheatley!!!, Erik Sveinson

GI Joe's Scarlett by Bill Sienkiewicz, Malvin V

 

 

Unpublished: Other

 

Concrete - Mushroom Hunt - Paul Chadwick, Justin Belmont

Heinrich Kley - Animals at the Brandenburger Gate, Thorsten Brümmel

Uncanny X-Men #167 - Modern Version: Chris Ivy after Paul Smith, Joshua McCoy

 

[cbac]

 

FABLES 26 Pages 22 & 23 (Collection of Paul N.) - Only 7 views on this when I made this post, tragic. Has FABLES fallen out of favor so much?

 

 

Thanks for the vote Mike, the quantity available/series length and previous bubble bursting has caused it IMO, however I'm glad as I've added some pieces I really appreciate to my collection. If anyone has any they want to trade or sell let me know

 

[Brian Peck]

Got my days mixed up. There is still 24 hours left to vote.

 

 

[alxjhnsn]

Alex, I am blown away by your technical achievement in putting all your picks into the post! & thanks for the link to my Carol Day strip, which goes back to the days when I got votes on my stuff....

Aaron, not much prowess really. I'll PM you with the instructions.

 

Though I don't own any Carol Day pieces I really love looking at them and yours is my favorite. Wow, what a strip.

 

 

[NightGallery1]

Some wonderful submissions and I've thoroughly enjoyed checking them all out. As others have said, 5 picks really would be better than 3... there are just too much beautiful pieces that get pushed to the side.

 

My picks for favorite cover:

 

Action Comics #50 Fred Ray - James Halperin

Tomb of Dracula #10 Gene Colon - Gene Park

Batman #235 Neal Adams - Ronan Killack

 

Other notables - Sub-Mariner #1 & Buster Crabbe #4 - James Halperin, Green Hornet #15 - Roger K., Alien Worlds #2 - Gene Park

 

Interior panel page:

 

The Frost Giant's Daughter (Savage Tales #1) - Comicart B

Swamp Thing #5 - Mike D.

Sandman #1 - Felix Lu

 

Other greats:

 

The Killing Joke - Ron Sonenthal, Sub-Mariner #50 - Brian Peck, Uncanny X-Men #109 - Gene Park, Swamp Thing - Dan Hampton, Amazing Spider-Man #36 - Glen Brunswick

 

Splash pages:

 

Swamp Thing #4 - Scott Williams

Green Lantern #87 - Mike D.

Uncanny X-Men #142 - Ronan Killack

 

More great stuff:

 

Russ Heath - Easy's First Tiger - Dan Hampton, Amazing Spider-Man #11 & Wally Wood A-Bomb splash - Ron Sonenthal, Conan portfolio plate 4 - Brian Peck, J. Kirby TTA #1 p.1 - Hans Kosenkranius, Astonishing Tales #6 - Mark Levy.

 

Strip Art:

 

Bill Mauldin WW2 - Rob Stolzer

Krazy Kat Sunday - Gene Park

Calvin & Hobbes - Scott Williams

 

 

Others;

 

Byrne Hogarth Tarzan - Rob L., Carol Day - Jeff Singh, Sky Master - Thomas Ward

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mister_not_so_nice]

Alex, I am blown away by your technical achievement in putting all your picks into the post! & thanks for the link to my Carol Day strip, which goes back to the days when I got votes on my stuff....

 

I figure in another 6 years I'll break into the double digits of total votes received after participating for quite a few years