Cool News
Hell has frozen over! The results of the Weta Collectibles SUPERMAN RETURNS contest are here!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The wait is finally over… I’m sure you’ll find it extremely anti-climactic, but maybe now Krack will get off my everlovin’ back and give me some peace in the talkbacks…
The SUPERMAN RETURNS Weta Collectibles contest has ended, with Bill Martin as the winner. I picked him last week and being on top of things like they usually are, Weta already got him his prize. This is what he won:
I’ve said before, but I didn’t get one entry that was exactly what I wanted. The winner is the closest. I have a little trouble understanding exactly what is going on in the multiple panels he sent, but I love that he told a story and the way he colored it was extremely nostalgic for me, reminding me of the colors and style of the early/mid ‘80s DC books.
Although I am extremely fond of the artistry of the below two, I preferred having a multi-page continual story. These are the two runners up, by David Pielich and Robert Hodges respectively.
Good work guys. Sorry it took me so long to finally pull everything together. Thanks to all who entered, thanks to Weta for being so cool through all this and most of all thanks to you guys for sticking with me on this. The Spidey Contest is over now and I’m going through every entry one final time, but I think I already have my top 2 picked out… It’ll now just be a debate about which of those two gets the mini-busts. Expect to have the results of that soon… ish. heh
-Quint
quint@aintitcool.com
-
+ Expand All
-
wtf is going on in the first one then? :S
-
I was so close!
-
no idea what that first one is about at all
-
...actually have a better story the Superman Returns itself.
-
nice prize
-
How the hell did that winner, um, win?
-
I don't care really but that is the theme this morning. I can't wait for the finale next week.
-
Sad but true.
-
The winning entry not so much, the first runner up is clearly the better picture. I may be a little bitter as I never won, though seeing the prize I may not be that bothered, when in the film was there white Crystals like that?, never is the answer.
-
Happens every time.
-
I agree. Superman Returns was the least exciting superhero movie ive seen in my life.
-
Here's something I was gonna post like a year ago...The basic premise for my comic was I somehow got ahold of one of those magic movie tickets from Last Action Hero, and blabbed about taking down Routh's Supes in Returns. Herc informs Harry of my plan and they come across another ticket. (Apparently, photocopies of the ticket work also, and some dude is sellin' them on Ebay.)Anways, heres the rough draft of the script for my comic, the comic I never ended up doing for the contest. I always overshoot, and never follow through on anything. And if I had tried something else, it wouldn't have stood up against this. Oh well. Maybe one day I will put forth the effort to actually enter one of these things. Also, if I had done this, I would have gave away my secret identity, so maybe it's a good thing I didn't. I need to keep my anonymity ;)Here we go...[*If you don't know what happened in the previous issue, a.It was really cool, and b.it sucks to be you for missing it! Nuff said.]*panel*Harry: (far back) What's in the box?Supes: (foreground) I don't knowHarry: You know you have X-ray...Supes: Yeah, I know, I tried, it seems to be encased in lead.Harry: Well, why don't you open it. *panel* Supes: (background) Do you wanna open it?Harry(foreground): Um...No, I'll passSupes: I thought so. *panel* Supes (hesitant) Here goes nuthin.*panel* Supes(head turned away looking out corner of eye, opens the box)*panel* Supes(looking shocked) Harry: What's in the box? Aawww Whats in the BOX?*panel*(Lex's head in the box)Harry: What's in the bo-ox???*panel* (Supes holding box, looking back at Harry) Now, you stay there.(small beep)*panel* (beeps continue, louder, Supes looks at it strongly)*panel* (Green explosion with Supes skeletal shadow)*panel* (Harry picking himself up)*panel* (Harry seeing the remains of Supes, him in the background, Supes arm in foreground)*panel* (Harry crying) Voice: Kryptonite based acid grenade. Let's see him come back from that.*panel* (Harry turning around to shadow)*panel* Real art (Harry saying omg in three mini panels, while Sherm, owl, and hammer are introduced) Let it be known, that the Shermdawg was the man that brought the last son of Krypton's doomsday! Muhahaha...*panel* (back to comic strip art, Sherm gathering himself)Sorry, I get a little carried away at times.*panel* (Harry mad) YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!!!*panel* (Sherm smiling) Bring it.*panel* (Harry running)*panel* (A banana peel is tossed)*panel* (Harry slips on it and lands face first)Sherm: Too easy.*panel* (Sherm grabs the back of Harry's pants)*panel* (Sherm pulls down his pants exposing butt)*panel* (Harry looks quizically)Harry, you remember that tagline I used to use? What was it? *panel* (Sherm looking at a branding iron, smiling) Oh yeah...*panel* (brands Harry) SMALLVILLE WILL OWN YOUR ASS!!!*panel* (Harry reacting)*panel* (butt with "Property of Smallville mark) *panel* (Sherm leans in to inspect) Look's like my work here is done.*panel* (Harry mad) I don't think so.*panel* (Sherm looking quizically)*panel* Harry: (close up) Don't you know who I am? I'M THE HEADGEEK BITCH!!! *panel* (Harry farts and the explosion sends Sherm flying into the wall.)*panel* (Harry gathering himself) Harry: You should have known not to get so close to a texans ass. Aren't you aware of the near atomic shit we eat?*panel* (Harry pulls out a ban button) Harry: Now, it's time to say goodbye Shermdawg!*panel* Harry smiling about to press it) Sherm: WAIT!!!*panel* Sherm:I don't think you want to do that. (reaching in his pocket)*panel* (Sherm pulls out two tickets)*panel* (Sherm sticks them in his mouth)*panel* (Harry looking shocked) Sherm:Yes, I managed to swipe your ticket while we we're tusslin'. You delete me, you're stuck here.*panel* (Harry mad) Harry: You son of a bitch. *panel* (Sherm smiling) Sherm: Toss me the button, and I'll give you the ticket.*panel* (the toss)*panel* Sherm: Looks like I've won, Knowles. I've outsmarted you all. Superman is no more!!! *panel* Harry: You're more psychotic than I thought. Didn't you realize you just altered this reel? To officially kill off Superman you'd a.have to do this in every single copy of the film.*panel* (Sherm shocked) Harry:or b.destroy all of the copies and make sure this was the master they use for the dvd *panel* (Harry standing over a fallen Sherm) Harry:It is you who have failed. *panel* (same as last, but Harry's walking off) *panel* (same, but Harry turns around)Harry:But you know, we could still change history, what do you say we use these tickets on the film playing down the hall?*panel* (Harry closeup smiling) Harry:It could use a alternate ending.*panel* (Harry and Sherm being tossed out of movie screen landing in front of little girl in the front row) *panel* (Sherm looking at her, Harry brushing his self off) Harry: Herc, I know it's passed your curfew, but we've got important business to tend to.Herc: Sure thing bossSherm: (thought) HERC!?*panel* (All three walking) Harry:We've got to save Cyclops! *THE END* Actually this a unfinished script, I was going to add Harry dressed up as Lois on the roof waiting for Supes. Supes would question "Lois' appearance", and Harry was gonna say that the weight was a side effect of having a kid, and the facial hair was from smoking. He was gonna going to get a bit emotional to sell it. Harry asks Supes for a flight, Supes reluctantly agrees and using two hands holding onto Harry's arm, takes him on that flight, and they eventually end up in a Smallville cornfield where he uses his X-ray vision and finds out, Lois is actually a dude. And this is when the delivery guy shows up with the box. I just threw in that "In our last issue" line incase I didn't finish the main part of the art. Of course, I never got around to doing any of it.
-
err...this comp closed july last year and the winner is only decided now? does anyone care if they won by now? keke...just fooling, i know you're busy quint ;-p
-
Moriarty speaks: http://tinyurl.com/2hsfhd
-
Though I don't have much to say about this... only... congratulations to the winner and I like Pielich's work the most.
-
The level of artistry in that Darkseid pic is fan-fucking-tastic. I want that guy to be the illustrator on a major monthly comic.
I don't really rationalize the choice of the winner, but were it me, and I came down to those three as my final choices, that Darkseid pic's taking the title, hands down. -
Interesting article with more posts of pictures of the authors than what the article is about.
-
So that's where the melting hammer/unsociable owl come from! Sherm, that has been bothering me for ages.
-
tis bullshit that it didn't. So clearly what we've learned here is that the person who can suck up to the fucking swollen egos of aicn crew the best wins any contest.
-
These contests are always f'd up.
-
Nope.
-
are you any good with anagrams?
MELTING OWL & UNSOCIABLE HAMMER
Think about it.
-
Announced in 2074
-
Just keeps the prizes and this one caught peoples attention so he had to actually give away the pieces of silver the studios give him ;-)What a joke waiting a year for a prize, and the winner is clearly the fucking worst entry, the guy must man the glory hole and the drafthouse to have won with that
-
There's no "sucking up" going on here, besides the sucking up that was specifically requested in the rules of the contest. Which, as I recall, was to create some artwork that was a crossover of Superman canon (movie, comics, cartoons, whatever) and the AICN crew.
As for what's going on in #1? Mori bored the piss out of Bizzaro Mori, who says "hello" as he goes back through the portal from whence he came because he's, well, a bizarro clone. It stops making sense there, but it ends soon thereafter, so that's alright. And I prefer #2 as well. -
Reminds me of On The Lot. 12,000 people, and they only bother to interview around 200. What a waste.
-
Are you sure it's not a Sniglet?
-
I'm so weak...I had to google it.
-
....not!
-
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
Check it out, this was our 3 page entry. Me and a friend of mine worked on it. I'd love to hear what you all think of it since we've been waiting a year for any sort of feedback. ya, 'thanks a lot Quint'
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s3/Jerkmeister/super1.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s3/Jerkmeister/super2.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s3/Jerkmeister/super3.jpg -
no doubt
-
was a complete and utter abortion. I wish they would reboot the Superman franchise completely. Werent WB dissapointed with this? As I said the Box office should have been Spierman like (should be bigger actually) not FF proportions. The only thing I liked about SR was the casting of Routh, though imaintain that he did not trainihard enough or have the physical presence. A few more months in Gym would cure that. Go ask Batman for advice on that. But a ncompletely different take is required, they need to take Superman seriously. Aaaarrghhh Damn you Singer!
-
Superman Returns is the best hero film of recent years and will be embraced with each passing year where less substantial fare like the Spidey films will only fade out as they have little to come back to. SR with all it's faults is an actual well made movie with character development unlike others which are more product than movie with some dynamic video game fighting to satisfy meatheads who are initially entertained but ultimatley reject it once they've had theyre fill. Superman is in a much healthier place than virtually every other misfire of a comicbook movie and can only get better as I'm sure Singer will deliver a superior sequel.
-
I think the idea these films communicate is that his abilities do not not give him social superiority and he is as vulnerable as anyone if not more so. Superman 2 explored this when he gave it all up for Lois. I mean he turned back time going against everything dad taught him in the first film so we see he has a tendancy to make questionable choices because of his love for Lois. So his behavior in SR is a continuation of his dilema balancing his obligation as earths protector and his own life and desires which I find to be compelling. The costume is neither here nor there but I always felt that the kryptonite island was a diluted growth so it did'nt have the same effects as Luthor's kypto-shiv which was the real deal. Of course we can debate the logistics till sunrise but I honestly feel SR while far from perfect is a solid restart and a well made film that didnt pander to an MTV asthetic. After the dissapointing crop of recent comic films I see many realizing that it's not so bad after all and I expect a good sequel with more action to please the masses will only win more fans.
-
Returns was dull, dull, dull.
As if people in the future are going to look back with appreciation at the woeful casting, the dull story, the off kilter characterizations, the "updated" costume, the rubbery CGI, the bastard son of Superman addition, etc, etc.....
The best hero film of recent years.....whose star can be found in the UK selling his autograph. Puh-lease! -
i loved the superman movies but this last one was burnt.... Superman at the end was all gung ho about getting back his piece of crystal from luthor.. "you have something of mine." next thing you know he throws it off into space with the rest of the black continent?
-
The guy barely has any lines in the movie. He just stood there most of the time looking sad.
-
no "nigger-and-watermelon" humor in this contest? Surely someone submitted something racist you could give a prize to, Quint.
-
the first and third drawings are not
Readers Talkback
User Login
Top Talkbacks
- AVENGERS enemy revealed as pink boardgame pieces... You might suffer some form of elation... SPOILERS!!! -- 142 total posts 131 posts
- To Commemorate The 3D Release Of STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, George Lucas Wants You To Know...Greedo Shoots First!! -- 465 total posts 126 posts
- There's a STAR TREK video game that is going to lead into JJ's STAR TREK 2 apparently... -- 124 total posts 124 posts
- Wanna smell like the Hulk? What about Cap? Consider yourself a Thunder God or a unisex God of Mischief? -- 69 total posts 68 posts
- Here's The Red Band Trailer For Drafthouse Films' THE FP! -- 60 total posts 60 posts
- Friday Brings SWEEPS DAY NINE!! Gab Here About Tonight’s FRINGE!! Plus Einstein on TIM, Wiig On PORTLANDIA, MAHER, CLONE, GIFTED, GRIMM, SPARTACUS, SUPERNATURAL, GOLD RUSH And More!! -- 111 total posts 46 posts
- AICN Legends: Quint talks with Paul Reubens about all things Pee-Wee! Including the 3 (!!!) Pee-Wee movies in development! -- 37 total posts 37 posts
- Rest In Peace Bethesda’s Adam Adamowicz -- 88 total posts 37 posts
- SPACE 2099!! -- 174 total posts 33 posts
- The Sensorties Revisit The Friday Docback (And Still Smell)!! DOCTOR WHO Story #7 Again, The Coming Of Season/Series 7, And More!! -- 83 total posts 32 posts