Advance Warning: Classic Comics Christmas 2018
Nov 25, 2018 17:44:26 GMT -5
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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 25, 2018 17:44:26 GMT -5
I swear, gang, I wasn’t trying to leave you hanging! I’m afraid I was making rather merry at multiple Thanksgivings over the last few days and have only now had the chance to make a much-anticipated announcement. That’s right, my fellow Classic Comics Forum denizens, we have at last arrived at that most welcome herald of the holiday season: the launch of the fifth/fourteenth observance of the Twelve Days of Classic Comics Christmas!
I suppose there’s probably a noob or two looking around in confusion and asking each other, “What in the name of Wilhelm Busch [look it up] is the Twelve Days of etc.?”
So glad you asked! TDCCC is an annual celebration of the tastes, opinions and quirks of our happy little community of classic comics fans. I began it back in 2005 and, to my eternal shock and pleasure, it has become a tradition, one I wouldn't dream of futzing with. I know I say that every year but every year I mean it.
Twice now we’ve discussed and debated our favorite film or TV adaptations of our favorite comic books. This year, we look at the other side of the coin.
Like Movies on Paper:
Your Twelve Favorite Comic Books
Adapting Material from Another Medium
Your Twelve Favorite Comic Books
Adapting Material from Another Medium
For our purposes here, an adaptation is any comic book featuring one or more characters created for any form of narrative storytelling other than comic books. It doesn’t have to be a literal adaptation (though those are equally welcome). Eligible media include novels, short stories, movies, TV, radio, plays, animation, syndicated newspaper strips, pulp magazines, childrens' books, and video games. Comics relating the fictional adventures of real people (e.g., Roy Rogers, Bob Hope, The Backstreet Boys) are also eligible. Characters from mythology, legend, or fairy tales are not eligible, nor are comics based on toys (we recently had an excellent thread covering that topic). You can nominate an individual issue, an entire series, or a specific run within that series. You may also list different interpretations of a media propety as individual entries (e.g., you could nominate the Gold Key, Marvel, and DC versions of Star Trek as three of your dozen). Any format, any era, any nation of origin is acceptable* with a single restriction: because it's the Classic Comics Forum, your selections must have first appeared in print prior to January 1, 2009.
Keep in mind that these are your personal favorites, not what you or anyone else considers “the best,” and remember: you must explain your choice. You are not required to include pictures of your selections but if you do, please post no more than two images per entry.
The survey will work just as it has in previous years. Each participating poster will draw up a list of their favorite adaptations, ranked 12 (lowest) through 1 (highest). On December 13, I will post my #12 choice, on the 14th, #11, and so on until our #1 choices on Christmas Eve. You must post each selection on the appropriate day's thread, though not necessarily on that day. Late entries (up through, say, the 31st) are welcome. At the end of the survey, the results and a brief statistical overview will be posted with links to the original 12 threads.
Rules are subject to tweaking based on participant input for the next week (until midnight on November 30), after which they’re locked in. Any questions, suggestions or (horrors!) criticisms should be posted in this thread.
So this is your official heads up: you have just under three weeks to create your lists before the fun starts. Who's in?
Cei-U!
I summon the cheerful challenge!
* I try to keep public rules lawyering to a minimum so I encourage you to contact me via PM if you have any questions about your choice's eligibility.
