[QUOTE=Nschornhorst;4712165]Graphic novels have always counted in the past. They should still be now.[/QUOTE]
Agreed. They always have and still do.
I'll change the copy of the rules on the Weekly Winners thread...for whatever that's worth.
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[QUOTE=Nschornhorst;4712165]Graphic novels have always counted in the past. They should still be now.[/QUOTE]
Agreed. They always have and still do.
I'll change the copy of the rules on the Weekly Winners thread...for whatever that's worth.
Honestly, I feel that anything that could reasonably be described as 'comics' should fit-- comics, graphic novels, collected volumes, comic strip collections, children's books told solely in comics form, printed collections of webcomics, etc.
[QUOTE=Nschornhorst;4712351]Honestly, I feel that anything that could reasonably be described as 'comics' should fit-- comics, graphic novels, collected volumes, comic strip collections, children's books told solely in comics form, printed collections of webcomics, etc.[/QUOTE]
IMHO, the argument should be that something DOESN'T qualify. If there's something questionable, count it until there's a good reason not to.
I recall a couple of instances where people questioned whether the entry fit the rule. One was a mass-market paperback collection of Peanuts comic strips, rather than a trade collection of comic books. I see no problem with a comic strip collection, since it's all graphic storytelling. (In fact, the first comic books [I]were[/I] collections of comic strips!) The other instance was the cover to the Bernie Wrightson illustrated [I]Frankenstein[/I]. I believe the consensus herein was that it was basically a prose book, the remarkable graphic art notwithstanding, because most of the story was conveyed in words rather than drawings. In cases such as that, I personally would say that the contest-runner should allow the entry and just let the voters make the final choice. It's just too hard to make up a rule in advance that could be definitive in what is effectively a judgement call.
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[QUOTE=Nschornhorst;4712351]Honestly, I feel that anything that could reasonably be described as 'comics' should fit-- comics, graphic novels, collected volumes, comic strip collections, children's books told solely in comics form, printed collections of webcomics, etc.[/QUOTE]
I recall a past contest where a Calvin and Hobbes book won. The parameters have always been pretty broad.
Basically, if something doesn't fit, we'll know it when we see it.
[QUOTE=seismic-2;4712619]I recall a couple of instances where people questioned whether the entry fit the rule. One was a mass-market paperback collection of Peanuts comic strips, rather than a trade collection of comic books. I see no problem with a comic strip collection, since it's all graphic storytelling. (In fact, the first comic books [I]were[/I] collections of comic strips!) The other instance was the cover to the Bernie Wrightson illustrated [I]Frankenstein[/I]. I believe the consensus herein was that it was basically a prose book, the remarkable graphic art notwithstanding, because most of the story was conveyed in words rather than drawings. In cases such as that, I personally would say that the contest-runner should allow the entry and just let the voters make the final choice. It's just too hard to make up a rule in advance that could be definitive in what is effectively a judgement call.[/QUOTE]
There was a hard rule against Pulps in the pre-CBRmageddon version of the contest. I remember once having to change my entry because of it. Does the Frankenstein book qualify? Maybe.
[QUOTE=ChadH;4712282]Agreed. They always have and still do.
I'll change the copy of the rules on the Weekly Winners thread...for whatever that's worth.[/QUOTE]
I know there have been graphic novel winners in that past but the one I recall was the cover for the Doctor Strange/Doctor Doom Triumph and Torment GN by Mike Mignola
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[QUOTE=seismic-2;4712619]...The other instance was the cover to the Bernie Wrightson illustrated [I]Frankenstein[/I]. I believe the consensus herein was that it was basically a prose book, the remarkable graphic art notwithstanding, because most of the story was conveyed in words rather than drawings. In cases such as that, I personally would say that the contest-runner should allow the entry and just let the voters make the final choice. It's just too hard to make up a rule in advance that could be definitive in what is effectively a judgement call.[/QUOTE]
I think in the case of the Wrightson Frankenstein, maybe people just don't realize there is a [B]Wrightson Frankenstein graphic novel, titled "Frankenstein Alive, Alive!"[/B] Sequential art, panels, word balloons, etc. This was "inspired" by the famous novel.
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[SIZE=3]However, over the years in contests people post this cover (below) instead, which is the cover to a reprint edition of Shelley's novel. The cover is by Wrightson and there are some interior illustrations by him too. Maybe people don't realize it, but this is a "book-book", a reprinted novel, etc., with text as shown below. Maybe people get the two works ("Alive, Alive!" and the reprinted novel) mixed up. [/SIZE]
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[B]kirby101[/B], who posted the cover I was planning to post.
[B]seismic-2[/B]
honorable mention to Shalla Bal's cover.
-M
My vote goes to [B]foxley[/B] for one sexy cover!