OK Here's ILC's Big SUMMER POLL: Nominations please for the Best Characters Of All Time!

"At last, a vote for me, Optimus Prime."

popeye
marmaduke
lucy van pelt
chubby da choona

Although this means: next summer's poll: BEST D3ATH SC3NES

the Silver Surfer

Rorschach (too close to the Question?)

Zenith

Roy Race

Dr Blasphemy, from Brat Pack

I un-nominate Mastadon and replace him with MLL.

Did they have to dress the Whizzer in yellow? I mean really.

MONA LISA LUDATITS

????????

Black Cat
(The one drawn by Lee Elias back in the 40s/50s)

The Spider
(From Lion)

Mary Simpson
(Of The Four Marys in Bunty)

The Spirit
(I need to explain this one? Will Eisner, of course)

Opus (Breathed)
Pogo (Kelly)
The Thing (Lee/Kirby)
Darkseid (Kirby)

Galactus
Emma Frost (I'm thinking specifically of the Morrison/Whedon version, but whatever)

er...
Captain Haddock
Robotman (GM-era)
The Joker ('Cause I just met Jerry Robinson, and he was a very nice man.)
Cerebus (pre-insanity era)

-- Chuck_Tatum (sappy...), May 20th, 2005. (later)

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Altho, no doubt Aldo will vote for Cerebus, so I'll have Blue Beetle (JLI) instead.
-- Chuck_Tatum (sappy...), May 20th, 2005. (later)

Mastodon (DP 7)

For countless months now I have observed your insignificant and somewhat geeky message board, beholden to a solemn oath never to interfere in your affairs. However, events now dictate that I must, with great reluctance, break this oath, for the very future of ILC hangs in the balance!!! Just this once. Honest. No, really.

My nominations are:

Dr. Manhatten
William Gull
Johnny Alpha (As drawn by Ezquerra and written by Wagner)
Proffesor Calculus

Thus speaks Wooden the watcher!!!

Air Wave (Air Wave)
Astoria (Cerebus)
Awesome Andy (She-Hulk)
Badger (Badger)
Batman (Batman etc.)
Beast (X-Men/Avengers)
Bigby (Fables)
Bizarro (Superman etc.)
Black Canary (assorted DC comics)
Black Cat (?????)
Black Lois Lane (Lois Lane)
Black Panther - Priest version (Black Panther)
Blue Beetle - JLI version (JLI)
Blue Devil (Blue Devil)
Buddy Bradley (Hate)
Bullseye - Frank Miller version (Daredevil)
Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes)
Captain Haddock (Tintin)
Cassidy (Preacher)
Cerebus (Cerebus)
Charlie Brown (Peanuts)
Chubby Da Choona (Seaguy)
Concrete (Concrete)
Corto Maltese (Corto Maltese)
Crazy Jane (Doom Patrol)
Daredevil (Daredevil etc.)
Darkseid (New Gods etc.)
Destruction (Sandman)
Doctor Doom (Fantastic Four etc.)
Doop (X-Statix)
Dr Blasphemy (Brat Pack)
Dr Manhattan (Watchmen)
Elektra (Elektra:Assassin)
Emma Frost (X-Men etc.)
Enid Coleslaw (Ghost World)
Enigma (Enigma)
Flash - Wally West (Flash etc.)
Frank (Frank)
Galactus (Fantastic Four etc.)
Genocide (Sleeper)
Guy Gardner - Giffen/DeMatteis version (JLI)
Hellboy (Hellboy)
Hopey Glass (Love And Rockets)
Jessica Jones (Alias)
John Constantine (Swamp Thing/Hellblazer)
Johnny Alpha - Wagner/Ezquerra version (Strontium Dog)
Johnny The Homicidal Maniac (Johnny the Homicidal Maniac)
Judge Dredd (2000AD)
Kitty Pryde (X-Men etc.)
Krazy Kat (Krazy Kat)
Linus Van Pelt (Peanuts)
Lone Wolf and Cub (Lone Wolf And Cub)
Lucy Van Pelt (Peanuts)
Mafalda (Mafalda)
Maggie Chascarillo (Love And Rockets)
Maggott (X-Men)
Magneto (X-Men etc.)
Manhog (Frank)
Marmaduke (Marmaduke)
Martian Manhunter (JLA etc.)
Marv (Sin City)
Mary Simpson (The Four Marys)
Mastodon (DP7)
Mo (Dykes To Watch Out For)
Mohammed Ali (Superman vs Mohammed Ali)
Mona Lisa Ludacristits (ILC)
Mr Fantastic (Fantastic Four etc.)
Nausicaa (Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind)
Oor Wullie (Oor Wullie)
Optimus Prime (Transformers)
Opus (Bloom County)
Pogo (Pogo)
Popeye (Thimble Theatre)
Professor Calculus (Tintin)
Robotman - Grant Morrison version (Doom Patrol)
Rorschach (Watchmen)
Roy Race (Roy of the Rovers)
Scrooge McDuck (Uncle Scrooge)
She-Hulk (She-Hulk etc.)
Silk Spectre - Laurie (Watchmen)
Silver Surfer (Fantastic Four etc.)
Spider-Man - Dan Slott version (Spider-Man/Human Torch)
Tara Chace (Queen And Country)
The Joker (Batman etc.)
the lizard that narrates Enigma (Enigma)
The Marsupilami (Spirou and Fantasia)
The Mighty Thor (Thor etc.)
The Question - O'Neill/Cowan version (The Question)
The Spider (The Spider)
The Spirit (The Spirit)
The Thing (Fantastic Four etc.)
The Whizzer (?????)
Ultimate Peter Parker (Ultimate Spider-Man)
Voyager (Psi-Force)
William Gull (From Hell)
Zenith (Zenith)

- should lone wolf and cub be allowed as 1 character?
- are Ken Shinn and stonemonkeys lists on the suggest nominations thread real actual nominations, since neither have posted on this one?

Okay, my noms. I may as well indulge in some hopeless nostalgia for 1980s 2000AD strips.

Rogue Trooper (the first one)
Wulf Sternhammer (Johnny Alpha's mate from Strontium Dog with the comedy Norse accent)
Mek-Quake (Ro-Busters era)
Archie the Robot (in his Acid Archie the Anarchist alter-ego from Zenith Book 2)

Yeah, I thought "wait, is that cheating?" as soon as I pressed submit. I think that there's a case to be made for it, but I can't extend it much beyond "they always appear together!" (which can be said for tons of characters obv) and "they're dull on their own!" (same thing).

If I chose the Dupont brothers instead would I have to choose one?

However my final pick, just beating out Joe Soap from Eagle and splitting the 2000AD vote yet further, is...

Tharg The Mighty (2000AD)

i. beryl the peril
ii. lucy van pelt
iii. gnasher
iv. rasher

Lucy Van Pelt
Dr. Doom
Oor Wully
Emma Frost

My nominees:

GrimJack (John Gaunt)
V (for Vendetta)
Nexus (Horatio Hellpop)
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) -- I don't think anyone actually nominated the big guy yet.

The voting will start soon.

-- Tom (Groke), Friday, July 15, 2005 11:24 PM (Friday, July 15, 2005 11:24 PM) Bookmark Link

My nominees:

GrimJack (John Gaunt)
V (for Vendetta)
Nexus (Horatio Hellpop)
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) -- I don't think anyone actually nominated the big guy yet.

-- earlnash, Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:49 PM (Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:49 PM) Bookmark Link

Seems apt.

(It's an ILC injoke, earl, not making fun of ya.)

RIP Mona Lisa Ludatits

Who won this, Batman? I don't remember anymore. IIRC Maggie from Love & Rockets placed quite high.

Also, I have only the faintest recollection of Mona Lisa Ludatits, what was that about?