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Post by kirby101 on Oct 21, 2020 17:05:12 GMT -5
Check the rules people I think the Witchboy fits, I'll leave it up to tartan to judge. (see what I did there? )
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Post by badwolf on Oct 21, 2020 17:40:58 GMT -5
Why the time restriction?
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 21, 2020 17:59:28 GMT -5
Check the rules people I think the Witchboy fits, I'll leave it up to tartan to judge. (see what I did there? )
OK, without getting too persnickety, although I certainly did not prohibit male witches, I did specify no superhero witches and implied the Scarlet Witch as an example... and I also implied (albeit rather obtusely) no supervillain witches either, by hinting at the prohibition of a certain "Marvel-ous" Enchantress (see Spell Components item #1).
While I like the Demon cover (a lot, actually), and the character, I really think that it infringes a bit on the supervillain limitation. Yes, he comes from Witch-World, he uses dark magic powers, he has a familiar, and it's the original Kirby version, which is more malevolent witch-like than the Morrison version, but I feel that it somewhat violates the "spirit" of conditional rule #1, if you'll pardon the pun.
I'm not going to ask you to change or remove it because this is supposed to be fun and I don't want to come down on people's efforts, but the angry mob may demand that you serve 7 days in an iso-cube.
Why the time restriction?
It's arbitrary, just to make the hunt a wee bit more challenging. However I did relax it a bit from the original time limit, which was from October 1951 to November 1951. (kidding about the last bit)
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Post by foxley on Oct 21, 2020 18:14:05 GMT -5
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Post by Farrar on Oct 21, 2020 18:28:08 GMT -5
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Post by kirby101 on Oct 21, 2020 18:35:24 GMT -5
I think the Witchboy fits, I'll leave it up to tartan to judge. (see what I did there? ) OK, without getting too persnickety, although I certainly did not prohibit male witches, I did specify no superhero witches and implied the Scarlet Witch as an example... and I also implied (albeit rather obtusely) no supervillain witches either, by hinting at the prohibition of a certain "Marvel-ous" Enchantress (see Spell Components item #1).While I like the Demon cover (a lot, actually), and the character, I really think that it infringes a bit on the supervillain limitation. Yes, he comes from Witch-World, he uses dark magic powers, he has a familiar, and it's the original Kirby version, which is more malevolent witch-like than the Morrison version, but I feel that it somewhat violates the "spirit" of conditional rule #1, if you'll pardon the pun. I'm not going to ask you to change or remove it because this is supposed to be fun and I don't want to come down on people's efforts, but the angry mob may demand that you serve 7 days in an iso-cube. No problem, I'll find another. But I'll leave it up for folks to enjoy until I change it.
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Post by Jesse on Oct 21, 2020 18:58:14 GMT -5
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 21, 2020 18:58:19 GMT -5
Yes. No prohibition on hero covers themselves, provided that the witch depicted is legit (in this case, stereotypical in the classic sense), and not some sort of identifiable superhero or supervillain character.
If I didn't make this stipulation in the ground rules, we'd probably be awash in Avengers and Thor covers. The main thing is (being that this contest will be the last one judged before Halloween itself) I wanted this contest to be in the spirit of the holiday without just saying "Post a Halloween cover" or "Post a Pumpkin cover"--both of which have already been done, I believe.
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 21, 2020 19:04:44 GMT -5
No problem, I'll find another. But I'll leave it up for folks to enjoy until I change it. I like the cut of your jib, boss.
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Post by Farrar on Oct 21, 2020 19:23:32 GMT -5
If I didn't make this stipulation in the ground rules, we'd probably be awash in Avengers and Thor covers. The main thing is (being that this contest will be the last one judged before Halloween itself) I wanted this contest to be in the spirit of the holiday without just saying "Post a Halloween cover" or "Post a Pumpkin cover"--both of which have already been done, I believe. Thanks! Most if not all of the contest topics have been a lot of fun--but I especially love it when the guidelines inspire us to submit not-so-well-known covers. It's always great to see some unexpected choices here.
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Post by MWGallaher on Oct 21, 2020 19:30:10 GMT -5
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 21, 2020 19:42:05 GMT -5
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Post by chadwilliam on Oct 21, 2020 20:47:42 GMT -5
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 21, 2020 22:50:05 GMT -5
Witches in Space! Sounds like a bit from the Muppet Show. The Witching Hour #14 Neal Adams
Very nice second choice, my friend. Don't take that as an endorsement, but rather a virtual thumbs-up.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Oct 22, 2020 7:38:06 GMT -5
Was gonna post this but it was too early...but then the tartanphantom cast a spell and POOF! now I can
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