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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 24, 2024 12:13:50 GMT -5
Along those lines I started thinking that to add a new wrinkle to this contest Each week posters can add something about the cover as to why it should be chosen as winner for the cover contest Just a thought. I like that idea. And I think it should be about the covers and that they should "speak" for themselves. Art is subjective and honestly anything a poster says about the cover is going to make me less likely to vote for it than to vote for it if it doesn't vibe with how the cover speaks to me itself. Anything the poster says beyond its source and artist will only taint my impression of the cover with their bias, not mine. If it becomes about campaigning for the covers rather than the covers themselves, it's a whole lot less appealing to me. But as always, the majority should decide. -M |
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Post by driver1980 on Apr 24, 2024 12:20:08 GMT -5
And I think it should be about the covers and that they should "speak" for themselves. Art is subjective and honestly anything a poster says about the cover is going to make me less likely to vote for it than to vote for it if it doesn't vibe with how the cover speaks to me itself. Anything the poster says beyond its source and artist will only taint my impression of the cover with their bias, not mine. If it becomes about campaigning for the covers rather than the covers themselves, it's a whole lot less appealing to me. But as always, the majority should decide. -M That’s a fair point. It is subjective. I’m not a fan of Erik Larsen (sorry to anyone here who is), and I’m not sure anyone’s view on a Larsen cover they share is likely to sway me. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 24, 2024 12:32:21 GMT -5
Along those lines I started thinking that to add a new wrinkle to this contest Each week posters can add something about the cover as to why it should be chosen as winner for the cover contest Just a thought. I like that idea. That’s quite awesome, actually. |
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Post by james on Apr 24, 2024 12:52:07 GMT -5
And I think it should be about the covers and that they should "speak" for themselves. Art is subjective and honestly anything a poster says about the cover is going to make me less likely to vote for it than to vote for it if it doesn't vibe with how the cover speaks to me itself. Anything the poster says beyond its source and artist will only taint my impression of the cover with their bias, not mine. If it becomes about campaigning for the covers rather than the covers themselves, it's a whole lot less appealing to me. But as always, the majority should decide. I do agree covers should speak for themselves but I was thinking more about how it pertains to said topic and not necessarily about art style or artist. |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 24, 2024 13:04:46 GMT -5
And I think it should be about the covers and that they should "speak" for themselves. Art is subjective and honestly anything a poster says about the cover is going to make me less likely to vote for it than to vote for it if it doesn't vibe with how the cover speaks to me itself. Anything the poster says beyond its source and artist will only taint my impression of the cover with their bias, not mine. If it becomes about campaigning for the covers rather than the covers themselves, it's a whole lot less appealing to me. But as always, the majority should decide. I do agree covers should speak for themselves but I was thinking more about how it pertains to said topic and not necessarily about art style or artist. Again, that is subjective and where the cover should speak for itself. It's above the cover itself, not the poster's perception of the cover. If a cover fits a topic in the perspective of a poster, that's great, but it should be up to the cover, not the poster to convey that perspective to everyone else. How everyone else sees how the cover fits the topic is part of the the subjective perception of the audience, not the purview of the poster. To boil it down tot he basics, my vote is not based on what the cover means to you or how you see it, it comes down to how I see it and what it means to me, and the poster's perspective is completely irrelevant to that. -M |
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Post by Farrar on Apr 24, 2024 13:16:07 GMT -5
From 1973.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2024 14:16:14 GMT -5
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Post by kirby101 on Apr 24, 2024 14:52:25 GMT -5
I don't think it's about voting. But adding why you posted adds a nice layer to the thread. Just makes it more interesting
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 24, 2024 15:02:22 GMT -5
I don't think it's about voting. But adding why you posted adds a nice layer to the thread. Just makes it more interesting There's plenty of other threads where people can post covers and wax eloquently about them. While not a serious content, this one is still a contest which means people have to scroll through the covers on voting day, and whomever tallies the votes (usually foxley) has to scroll through all the votes at the end to tally it. Having tallied the contest for several years, let me tell you the more superfluous stuff people add to the posts, especially during the voting portion, the more difficult and time consuming that process is. I'm not for anything that makes the process of participating or tallying more time consuming, our participation levels vis-a-vis active members are already low to begin with, making it more of a chore to participate or tally isn't going to make things better. -M edit to add: In fact, if folks want to wax eloquently about the covers in the contest, we should start a companion thread-something along the lines of Cover Contest Annotations, where those who wish to can repost their entry with their explanations and those who want to read it, can spend their time doing so, but where it doesn't interfere with the functional operation of the thread itself. It wouldn't need to get a new thread each week, just one continuous thread of annotation on the covers in the contest to stand alongside the weekly cover threads for those who wish to participate. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 24, 2024 15:54:34 GMT -5
Again, that is subjective and where the cover should speak for itself. It's above the cover itself, not the poster's perception of the cover. If a cover fits a topic in the perspective of a poster, that's great, but it should be up to the cover, not the poster to convey that perspective to everyone else. How everyone else sees how the cover fits the topic is part of the the subjective perception of the audience, not the purview of the poster. To boil it down tot he basics, my vote is not based on what the cover means to you or how you see it, it comes down to how I see it and what it means to me, and the poster's perspective is completely irrelevant to that. -M Let’s all wax poetic on the weekly top shelf Friday thread. ( how’s that for the hard sell ?) |
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Post by Marv-El on Apr 24, 2024 18:14:28 GMT -5
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Post by Jesse on Apr 24, 2024 18:34:36 GMT -5
Batman vs The Incredible Hulk DC Special Series #27 (1981)  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 24, 2024 22:43:33 GMT -5
Captain America 113, February 1969
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Post by Jeddak on Apr 24, 2024 23:01:54 GMT -5
Incredible Hulk #49 (second series) March 2003  |
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Post by foxley on Apr 25, 2024 0:20:08 GMT -5
Honestly, in most cases my reasons for posting a cover boil down to "I like it and it fits the theme". Or, if the theme is an artist I don't like, just "it fits the theme".
And nobody else's reasons for posting a cover is going to sway my voting. I don't care if the comic was given to you by your dying grandmother on her deathbed who made you solemnly promise that one day you would use it to win an internet comic cover competition. All I will be considering is do I like it and does it fit the theme.
And,as the one usually tallying the votes, I'd rather not have to wade through pages of people trying to one up one another about why their cover deserves to win.
If you want to start a new contest for spinning the most dramatic justification about why a cover should win, feel free, but I think the covers should speak for themselves.
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