​​​​​​​WE HAVE A WINNER - SEE FIRST POST - GA Artist May Madness 8 8

[telerites]

 It's time to get our Sweet Sixteen.  Maurice Whitman beat Everett Raymond Kinstler in our only OT game so far, so Whitman moves on to the second round.  Some great match-ups with voting links below.  Get your votes in by Friday, 5-8 10 am.

Alex Schomburg	vs	Walt Kelly	Will the preeminent fairy tale artist come out and play dead like Pogo or be as vicious as Albert?
Jack Cole	vs	Mac Raboy	A great match-up of Cole's wild zaniness to Raboy's composed fluidity.
L.B. Cole	vs	Johnny Craig	Does Craig have the game to lop and carry Cole's head à la CSS #22?
Will Eisner	vs	Alex Raymond	Two heavy hitters in this epic battle; one considered a ground breaker in the comic book industry; the other in comic strips.
Frank Frazetta	vs	Joe Maneely	Can the prolific Maneely be a shining Black Knight and slay the legendary Frazetta?
Al Feldstein	vs	Russ Heath	Heath tries to rope in the EC do-everything legend, Feldstein.
Matt Baker	vs	Jack Kamen	Does Kamen have the GGA credentials to compete with Baker?
Basil Wolverton	vs	Hal Foster	Wolverton's fast break, never met a shot he didn't like meets Foster's steady, refined excellence.
Lou Fine	vs	Maurice Whitman	Already a daunting task to play Fine; did the OT game make Whitman stronger or leave him too tired to challenge one of the great ones.
Al Williamson	vs	Creig Flessel	A connoisseur's  game of majestic brushstrokes takes the floor the in this match-up.
Bill Everett	vs	Graham Ingels	Can Ingels be "Ghastly" enlough to waterlog Sub-Mariner creator, Everett?
Dan Zolnerwich	vs	Joe Simon	Zolnerwich's skill is no house of fiction as he vies to defeat Captain America co-creator, Simon.
Wally Wood	vs	Lily Renee	Wood was married three times, will Renee be his fourth female nemesis?
Reed Crandall	vs	Joe Kubert	Crandall's "Quality" offense battles Kubert's warlike defense.
Jack Kirby	vs	Chalres Biro	Can Biro be the "Daredevil" and take down the King?
Carl Barks	vs	Jack Davis	Will Davis have to use "Foul Play" to upset the Good Duck artist?

2nd Round Games - On To the Sweet Sixteen Pre-Code Horror Regional 

https://s.surveyplanet.com/EyOxqH_SN

2nd Round Games - On To the Sweet Sixteen Superhero Regional

https://s.surveyplanet.com/eNKmFVXI2

2nd Round Games - On To the Sweet Sixteen Sci-Fi/Fantasy Regional

https://s.surveyplanet.com/D8S8doIwd

2nd Round Games - On To the Sweet Sixteen GGA Regional

https://s.surveyplanet.com/RCuiIr7I8

[MrBedrock]

1 hour ago, telerites said:

I've said before, if anyone wants to make money -- always bet the opposite of what I bet.

[Knightsofold]

[damonwad]

  Love the match-up descriptions.

[thunsicker]

Yeah, really well done.  Thanks for doing this Jeff.

[thehumantorch]

Votes in.  Some tough choices to make

[piper]

5 minutes ago, thehumantorch said:

Votes in.  Some tough choices to make

In some ways, I thought it was easier than round 1.  Kamen vs. Baker was perhaps the most challenging.

[MrBedrock]

9 minutes ago, piper said:

In some ways, I thought it was easier than round 1.  Kamen vs. Baker was perhaps the most challenging.

Ohhh, I thought there were a few tougher choices...Eisner v. Raymond and Cole v. Raboy to name two.

The results should be interesting.

[Cat-Man_America]

Done, and pretty much in record time.  I only had to pause briefly on three or four of the match-ups.  In the end, I went with gut instincts.  I’m not going to share the criteria used at this point as it might influence other’s voting.  However, it’ll be interesting reading the post game analysis of what criteria prompted ballet ballot casting.

 

Edited May 7, 2020 by Cat-Man_America
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[Scrooge]

13 minutes ago, MrBedrock said:

Ohhh, I thought there were a few tougher choices...Eisner v. Raymond and Cole v. Raboy to name two

Some were easier though. Barks had weaker competition.

Btw, Cole > Raboy and Eisner > Raymond.

[telerites]

You know the more I think about the original slate of artists, I keep coming up with others that I left off.  I see a cover or a splash page or read a story - artists that I enjoy like Charles Quinlan, Al Camy, Vincent Alascia, Norman Saunders, and so many more.  I wish more people realized how many great artists worked in the field then and got paid a pittance who so much hard and high quality work.

[kav]

Kirby is king, but not in the GA.  Had to give vote to his competition.

[kav]

5 minutes ago, Scrooge said:

Some were easier though. Barks had weaker competition.

Btw, Cole > Raboy and Eisner > Raymond.

nope

[MrBedrock]

6 minutes ago, Scrooge said:

Some were easier though. Barks had weaker competition.

Btw, Cole > Raboy and Eisner > Raymond.

I know of one who voted for Jack Davis over Barks!

[kav]

2 minutes ago, MrBedrock said:

I know of one who voted for Jack Davis over Barks!

dont care for jack davis but dont like funny animals so voted for davis.

[MrBedrock]

Just now, kav said:

2 minutes ago, MrBedrock said:

I know of one who voted for Jack Davis over Barks!

dont care for jack davis but dont like funny animals so voted for davis.

See. I knew there was one.

[Scrooge]

4 minutes ago, kav said:

nope

Disagreements are good

[Yorick]

I cannot believe O'Mealia and Flanagan are out.  This is just wrong...   I thought this was about the ART?!  I guess neither would have made the top of the list anyway. 

[vheflin]

What happened to Briefer

[Aman619]

1 hour ago, MrBedrock said:

I know of one who voted for Jack Davis over Barks!

Hey you peeked!  Barks is fine, but Jack Davis is amazing.  stylistic to the extreme. I’m always amazed but how simple he makes it, from satire to horror to war.