Comics Should Be Good is running a poll all month for the greatest ____ stories ever told. Currently up for voting: Wally West. Send in your top 10 choices between now and May 20.
In the same series, the Greatest Geoff Johns Stories results went up a few days ago.
Alright everyone, we just received an update on what you have all been waiting for. Mark your calendars folks, the winner of the Design and Win Your Own Flash Ring Contest will be announced on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. The winner wins a replica of their Flash Ring Design as well as a limited run as a Flash Ring sold on Arrobasilver.com. ArrobaSilver’s rings and jewelry are officially licensed by DC Comics and produces a high-quality product as a result.
ArrobaSilver has been kind enough to keep Speedforce.org’s exclusive discount code active past the contest end date. Entering GA001 at checkout still gets you 10% off your entire order excluding shipping and handling.
Our sincere thanks goes out to all of the fans who sent in their own designs; You guys have made our first contest a success and we really cannot thank you all enough. Keep an eye out for more fun contests in the very near future.
Needless to say we are counting down the minutes until the big announcement. As we mentioned earlier this is our first contest and to have it go so well with relatively few stumbles is a great feeling. Thank you once again for all the support.
Keep it Flashy!
Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances the Design and Win Your Own Flash Ring Contest will be ending at the end of the day, 4/19/2010. All entries must be in by 12:00am Pacific Time to be counted and sent on to ArrobaSilver for the final judging of the contest.
I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause anyone and I wish all of the current entrants good luck in the contest. The winner will be announced in the very near future and I will keep you all posted on the date.
Thanks again for all the great entries we have received thus far and remember you still have until 12:00am Pacific Time to get those last entries in.
You can find the rest of the contest details HERE
Thank you for your understanding. Any further inquiries can be sent to devintheflashjohnson@yahoo.com or designyourownflashring@yahoo.com
Thanks again.
P.S. ArrobaSilver is still offering 10% off for all readers of Speedforce.org. They have a plethora of officially licensed Flash and Justice League Rings and other jewelry available. Enter GA001 at checkout to apply the discount.
This frivolous complaints about Blackest Night thread is a fun read. My favorite is on page 4, with these two comments.
Greg Owens:
Nekron was not defeated by the use of delicious Hostess Fruit Pies. Complete and utter failure on DC’s part.
ADGood:
Not just fruit pies, but a fruit pie corps. Seven different-colored pies to represent the flavor spectrum.
I can just imagine DC trying to work the low-rent villains and nonsensical plots from those Hostess ads that were all over late 1970s/early 1980s comics into modern continuity…only to make them all darker and edgier.
With only two weeks left in the contest, I’d like to take some time to highlight some of the entries we’ve received so far and will all be passed on to Arrobasilver for consideration:
Ryan cleverly combined elements of the Blue Lantern and The Flash:
While Adam Komar from Conroe, TX had the interests of those conflicted between light and dark in mind with his concept:
Cape Sandlin incorporated a variation of The Flash logo itself into a modest but visually stunning piece of work:
And Aaron Rivin Rivin took a more traditional approach to his concept: [Edit: Images removed because they were plagiarized (see comments).]
Kevin Allen from Rochester, MI described his concept as: “This is a ring he would wear when giving an interview, or at the opening of a new wing of the Flash Museum. It is a ring he would only take out for super important events. As such, it takes some of the elements of his normal ring, but also adds a few style choices to make it look more regal and important.”
And Joey Forlini delivers with a simple yet engaging piece framed with elements of The Fastest Man Alive.
And that’s only a few of the great submissions we have so far. Thanks for all the entries. I look forward to seeing even more of all your great work, so get those submissions in while you still can. You can visit the Official Contest Page HERE for details on submissions and such.
Some weekend linkblogging.
Comics Alliance presents (in comic book form): Blackest Night in 60 Seconds….and on a more serious note, spotlights Comic Book Cartography — maps of various fictional worlds, buildings, and more. Edit: Here’s a direct link to the Comic Book Cartography blog.
Frank Ziegler draws a Cartoony Jay Garrick.
Multiversity Comics looks at The DCU According to Geoff Johns, covering the entirety of the writer’s DC work to date.
Grumpy Old Fan considers The Gospel According to Geoff, looking at what made Blackest Night work as more than merely a “process story.”
It’s Just Movies’ Ben Fowler discusses, If I Was Making … ‘The Flash’.
Cool-Mo-De starts a Goofy villains series with the Rainbow Raider and Flash vol.2 Annual #10 (Pulp Heroes), with art by the late Dick Giordano.
Comics Daily asks, How do you solve a problem like Wally West?
A Comic Book Blog interviews Ethan Van Sciver.