Best of 2015: The Votes are in

[Weird Paper]

I knew going into this 2015, there was no way I was topping the year before. 2014 was a grailstorm

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetailsearch.asp?yr=2014&gcat=3878

 

That said, I'm still happy with the pieces I've added this past year. Some significant pieces, some fun pieces, and something I coveted out of any CAFer's gallery.

 

This year's submissions:

 

Stephen Fabian - Ursula Andress from the movie, She. I don't know where all this was published, other than being in an early art book of SF's. I had admired this when it was in a high-profile gallery on CAF, and when it popped up on Burkey's site at a reasonable price, I didn't even have to think about it.

http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=8141

 

 

Walt Kelly - Pogo Sunday from November 1953. This made me laugh out loud. A gorgeous early Pogo with everybody in it and Grundoon! I was lucky to be online the moment Rob Stolzer offered it for sale, and messaged him right away -- I know a line formed behind me.

http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=8140

 

 

Jim Starlin - Batman Family 17 Splash page. I keep getting Starlin DC pages for some reason. Hard to pass up on this one. Scary Batman on a cliff from 1978.

Had a poem on it when it was originally published because when you think of Batman, you think of poems.

http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=8139

 

 

Dan O'Neill - Air Pirate Funnies 2 - final page of the MM v the Air Pirates story.

I dig this page for so many reasons – the loose, exuberant style; the fact that it has the cover shot in the third panel; and the part that it plays in the history of our hobby.

http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=8138

 

 

Murphy Anderson - Showcase 55, page 22 - I never expected to own a page from this Silver Age classic! Grundy explains to his henchmen how he managed to escape his interstellar prison. Beautiful Anderson art from his absolute best period.

http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=8137

 

[Brian Peck]

Voting starts Monday Now!

Voting end January 24th 11:59PM (Sunday)

 

Here are the instructions:

 

1) Goto http://www.comicartfans.com/admin/aAdminLogin.asp

 

2) Login in

 

3) Goto http://www.comicartfans.com/Lowry.asp

 

5) Look through the entries for that category and pick up to 5 (yes 5 votes per category)

 

6) YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN AND flagged as a comicart-L member before

you will the link tha reads: "TO VOTE CLICK HERE" and select the link.

 

7) Click that and you will have a pop-up window with 3 pulldown menus

showing all the pieces of art from the Category you are in. Be aware

of the instructions on the page. You will only be able to vote ONE

time. If you only pick two pieces and leave the third blank you will

not be able to come back and pick one more. After you vote, click the

'Close Window' link to return to the Category listing. Once you vote,

the link on the Category page to vote will no longer be there after

you leave the page. Please don't ask us to vote again or change your

votes.

 

It is as simple as that. No one can vote again for that category since

the link wont appear. We are tracking the UserID of the person voting

so they can never vote again for a Category.

 

8) Go onto the next category. Repeat steps 6-8 for the other 6

categories.

 

 

Email me with any questions or problems.

A big thanks goes out to Bill and his team for getting this together.

[Bird]

I voted for published/unpublished: other. Some things would have gotten my votes but I thought they were in the wrong category. Clearly identified pinups, commissions, etc. So I voted for things that were wonderful and, at least as far as I was concerned, in the correct category: Cuthbert's Alex Raymond prelim, Singh's Stelfreeze, Peck's Gonzalez, and Levy's Jones. But everything was worth viewing.

[Nexus]

As always, thanks to Bill and Brian for organizing this event, my 11th year in a row participating. Always great to see everyone's favorites, especially those that I somehow missed during the year.

 

My entries:

 

THE ROCKETEER (Dave Stevens)

http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=8228

 

BATMAN: SNOW #5 p.10 (Seth Fisher)

http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=8232

 

WINTERWORLD #2 p.6 (Jorge Zaffino)

http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=8229

 

THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS (James Harren)

http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=8236

 

ROCKETEER & BETTY (Adam Hughes)

http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=8233

 

Hope everyone finds more cool art for their collections in 2016!

 

Felix

[JadeGiant]

Some great pieces! I picked 5 but my ID keeps logging me out so that by the time I add the 5 selections I get a message saying I am logged out. Not sure if it CAF or my computer not holding my login ID but it is keeping me from voting. I will keep trying to cast my votes!

[Meeley Man]

Okay, did my voting. Here were my choices:

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/bestOfMyVote.asp?BOId=2

 

Congrats to those who got my votes.

[Weird Paper]

That link only works if you're you.

[Bronty]

I've never participated before since I collect so little b&w comic art, but I have to say I found the process fun. How/when are the votes revealed?

[vodou]

Checked out Cover category so far, haven't voted yet. But I'm seeing one cover I used to own (Dazzler #18) and one I was outbid on (grrrr - Futurians #1). Almost took down the Yeates cover several years ago. Can't remember exactly what happened, probably dickering over price, but the deal never got done. Shame that. All around neat stuff!

[Brian Peck]

I've never participated before since I collect so little b&w comic art, but I have to say I found the process fun. How/when are the votes revealed?

 

 

Once the polls are closed end of Sunday 24th will post the results on Monday.

[mister_not_so_nice]

I began casting my votes. Before I post what I voted for I'd like to comment on the tow changes that I noticed this year.

 

First, I like having five votes instead of three. You still have to narrow down some tough competition, but those two extra votes help

 

Second, I especially like that I can review my votes after they have been cast. In years past I would have a pen and paper, names and titles written all over, scribbles here, crossed out there, this one circled, and arrow pointing to a star next to a piece I think I voted for. It was a mess. MUCH easier this year to review and know for certain what got my vote.

 

Thanks again to Brian and Bill & Co. for setting this up for th benefit of the OA community

[mister_not_so_nice]

My Favorite Published/Unpublished: Covers of 2015 are:

 

Dean Abraham's Catwoman 5 Cover Guillem March - It seems every piece Dean posts to CAF I want. Our collecting wants are very similar.

 

James Bella's Concrete: Land and Sea wraparound cover by Paul Chadwick - CONCRETE is one of the best written comics published. This cover shows that it was also one of the best illustrated series as well. With art like this on the covers and interiors it is a book that I've gone back to on more than one occasion.

 

Hans Eikanger's All-New Wolverine #1 variant cover - X-23 by Keron Grant - I just like it. Wish it had a better scan posted.

 

David Peters's Wonder Woman #23 cover by Cliff Chiang - Cliff Chiang knocks out another home-run cover.

 

Kolin V's Death of Wolverine #4 Cover - McNiven/Leisten, Wolverine, classic pose,

[mister_not_so_nice]

My Favorite Published: Splash Pages, Pinups of 2015 are:

 

Raymond Bryan's Marvel Comics Presents - Weapon X - Chapter 8 Splash - Barry Windsor-Smith - BWS drawing Weapon X for the win.

 

Trevor K's Batgirl 1 Title Splash (2011) - With an opening splash like this I don't know why I'm not reading this book.

 

Benno Rothschild's Yuko Shimizu Little Nemo in Slumberland - Just love Yuko's complete and detailed illustrations.

 

Alkis Vlachos's Jae Lee Batman vs Joker Pinup - Jae Lee got a lot of my votes this year.

 

Mark Yanko's Portfolio Reconquêtes - Fantaisie érotique 12 (Le cratère de Priape) [ADULT] - I got nothing to say

[mister_not_so_nice]

My Favorite Published: Interior Panel Pages of 2015 are:

 

C F's Preacher 11 page 23 - If you post a PREACHER page you're gonna get my vote. I'm simple like that. This one featuring Jesse and The Duke gets a well deserved vote.

 

Felix Lu's BATMAN: SNOW #5 p.10 (Seth Fisher) - Seth Fisher ! !

 

Luca Serrao's Bryan Talbot - Sandman # 30 pag. 23 - Easily my favorite SANDMAN artist right after KJones

 

Chris Swartz's Batman Bloodstorm Pg 28 by Kelley Jones - Whoever decided KJones should do a vampire Batman is a genius

 

Vincent VP's Batwoman #0, page 20, by J.H. Williams III - The ONLY reason to read BATWOMAN is JHWIII art

[mister_not_so_nice]

My Favorite Published: Strip Art of 2015 are:

 

Justin Belmont's Sky Masters - Kirby & Wood 7-9-1959 -

 

Mark Howland's Carol Day 133 by David Wright -

 

Jeff Singh's Terry and Pirates featuring the Dragonlady by Milton Caniff -

 

John Stuart's Star Wars Daily - RUSS MANNING 2-23-1980 -

 

N V's Alex Raymond / Flash Gordon and the Fiery Desert of Mongo -

[mister_not_so_nice]

My Favorite Published/Unpublished: Commissions of 2015 are:

 

Dean Abrahams' Batman and Catwoman Jae Lee - The first of three pieces from Jae Lee that got my vote in this category.

 

Migs D C's Jae Lee Death Commission - Simple and perfect.

 

Vincent VP's Emma Frost by Jae Lee - The third piece from Jae Lee in this category. In my opinion he was red hot in 2015!

 

Andrew Hanna's Serenade by Richard Sala - I discovered Sala's work through CAF and this is one of the best of his posted this year.

 

Dave Kopecki's The Dark Knight Trilogy commission painting by Nick Runge - One of the best painters alive, period !

[Claudio]

My Favorite Published: Interior Panel Pages of 2015 are:

 

C F's Preacher 11 page 23 - If you post a PREACHER page you're gonna get my vote. I'm simple like that. This one featuring Jesse and The Duke gets a well deserved vote.

[▫️]

Too late to play? I'll add the Lowry to my CAF and put up a few covers from this year tomorrow.

[mister_not_so_nice]

My Favorite Unpublished: Convention Sketches of 2015 are:

 

eewwnuk 1's The Original 5 - Batman Villains Jam - The classics done by 3 of comic's best.

 

Jason Borelli's Anne Hathaway as Catwoman (The Dark Knight Rises) by Guy Dorian (Big Apple Con 2015) -

 

Ray Cuthbert's Schank, Donald W - Carole Landis Cave Girl - from the 1940 version of One Million BC. - The talent must be recognized.

 

Octavio D's Black Cat by Frank Cho - Cho.

 

Vincent VP's Harley Quinn by Arthur Adams - Adam's has perfected this pose (regardless of character portrayed) and I never get tired of seeing them on CAF

[mister_not_so_nice]

Too late to play? I'll add the Lowry to my CAF and put up a few covers from this year tomorrow.

 

It's too late to enter the best of 2015 and far too early to enter stuff from this year in the best of 2016

 

But voting is now open, so you should find my LOWRY and vote