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

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Suggesting nominees = what folks that already nominated 4 folk can do to lobby for characters they didn't nominate!

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link

You are allowed 4 nominations each. These will be the characters we actually vote on, so as to keep the numbers down and increase statistical rigour ;)

You can suggest nominations to spark the imaginations of others yet to nominate, if you're greedy and think there are more than 4 good characters in comics.

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Okay, thanks.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (Chuck_Tatum), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Altho, no doubt Aldo will vote for Cerebus, so I'll have Blue Beetle (JLI) instead.

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Dan Slott's Spider-Man
Batman (there I said it)
Giffen & DeMatteis's Guy Gardner
Lee Falk's The Phantom

― Huk-L, Friday, 20 May 2005 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link

My nominations, part 1:

The Mighty Thor
Judge Dredd

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link

My nominations, part 2:

Buddy Bradley

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Maggie from Love and Rockets

Black Canary

ummmm...

― Mark C (Markco), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link

First nomination:

Awesome Andy

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Hooray!

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Tara Chace (Queen & Country)
Hellboy
Elektra (Elektra: Assassin)
Marv (Sin City)

― L (Leee), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Mr Fantastic
She-Hulk
Doctor Doom
Optimus Prime

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 20 May 2005 15:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Destruction (Sandman)
Bigby (Fables)
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac (JtHM)
Genocide (Sleeper)

― Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Friday, 20 May 2005 16:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Good choices!

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 20 May 2005 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Pt. 1:

Daredevil
Magneto

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 20 May 2005 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.pluh.com/images/picofdaystuff/Optimus%20Prime!.jpg

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

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Friday, 20 May 2005 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Is that the Army guy? He's really let himself go.

― Huk-L, Friday, 20 May 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link

i hereby nominate:

popeye
marmaduke
lucy van pelt
chubby da choona

― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link

CHUBBY

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Hopey (Love And Rockets)
John Constantine (any variant that does not say "Whoa...")
Kitty Pryde
Frank (Frank)

― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Ha! I was going to vote for Chubby but chickened out on having 2 GM people on my list.

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

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Popeye! Man, I'm crazy go nuts crazy for the Fleischer shorts, but I've hardly read any of the Segar strips.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link

And still no votes for Mona Lisa Ludacristits

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Frank Miller's Bullseye

the Silver Surfer

Rorschach (too close to the Question?)

Zenith

Roy Race

― David N (David N.), Friday, 20 May 2005 22:15 (eighteen years ago) link

David you're only allowed 4 :(

― Tom (Groke), Saturday, 21 May 2005 07:10 (eighteen years ago) link

I'll nominate Rorschach with my second.

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 21 May 2005 11:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, and my third:

Dr Blasphemy, from Brat Pack

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 21 May 2005 11:22 (eighteen years ago) link

OMG I COMPLETELY FUCKED UP AND FORGOT MONA LISA LUDATITS

I un-nominate Mastadon and replace him with MLL.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 21 May 2005 14:10 (eighteen years ago) link

1. Beast
2. the lizard that narrates Enigma
3. Enigma
4. Martian Manhunter

― tom west (thomp), Saturday, 21 May 2005 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link

1. Astoria (from Cerebus)
2. Silk Spectre (the second one, Laurie)
3. The Badger
4. Air Wave!

― Douglas (Douglas), Saturday, 21 May 2005 15:57 (eighteen years ago) link

muhammad ali
the whizzer

― strng hlkngtn, Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:07 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/w/whizzer2.jpg

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

― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 21 May 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Also:

MONA LISA LUDATITS

????????

― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 21 May 2005 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link

The Ludatits thread, but unfortunately, the images in question are dead.

― L (Leee), Saturday, 21 May 2005 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link

NOOOOOOOOOOO

― Jordan (Jordan), Saturday, 21 May 2005 18:50 (eighteen years ago) link

1. Mafalda (Mafalda)
2. Mo (Dykes to Watch out For)
3. Concrete (Concrete)
4. Corto Maltese (Corto Maltese)

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 22 May 2005 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Calvin ("Calvin & Hobbes")
Cassidy ("Preacher") (yeah, fuck y'all)
The Marsupilami ("Spirou And Fantasio")
Lone Wolf & Cub ("Lone Wolf & Cub")

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 23 May 2005 07:08 (eighteen years ago) link

My nominations are:

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)

― David Simpson (David Simpson), Monday, 23 May 2005 10:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Two talking animals, two guys who look like rocks:

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

― Not Thaat Chuck, Monday, 23 May 2005 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link

pt. II:

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

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 23 May 2005 14:10 (eighteen years ago) link

PLEASE SCRATCH MY LEE FALK'S THE PHANTOM FOR BIZARRO. NO THANK YOU.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 04:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Cerebus (never let it be said I wasn't predictable)
Blue Devil
Flash (Wally West)
Oor Wullie

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 09:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Aldo - Cerebus has already been nominated.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Chuck withdrew his vote for him because he knew I would.

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)

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Ahhhh OK, right this is a sign that I need to get a spreadsheet sorted out.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Nomination number four:

Mastodon (DP 7)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link

YAY

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Greetings.

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!!!

― Wooden the watcher (Wooden), Thursday, 26 May 2005 06:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Enid Coleslaw
Scrooge McDuck
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Linus Van Pelt

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 26 May 2005 07:17 (eighteen years ago) link

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I think the Dupondt's should count as one character, because (besides the slight difference in the moustache) they're impossible to distinguish from each other - they both act exactly the same, and have no personal traits unique to only one of them.

I guess this isn't the case with Lone Wolf and Cub.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 30 May 2005 06:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Flex Mentallo (Flex Mentallo)
Kano (Bad Company)
Horse Race Bet Guy (My Filing Technique Is Unstoppable)
Dr John Warforce (W.A.R. Force)

― Vic_Fluro, Monday, 30 May 2005 14:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Rex Morgan, MD, classic.

― Huk-L, Monday, 30 May 2005 14:15 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Maybe this should be revived before the deadline closes...?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 11 July 2005 14:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Shit, it has already closed! Tom, where are you?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 11 July 2005 14:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Events, dear boy, events.

DEADLINE EXTENDED to the end of this week, i.e. Friday 15th July.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 11 July 2005 14:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Wasn't there another poll which did indeed close and the results were supposed to be forthcoming?
These polls are worse than Superman/Batman.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 11 July 2005 14:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Laziness, dear boy, laziness.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 11 July 2005 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link

I can support that, then. I thought you guys were just maliciously holding back the results in order to drive up hype for the Michael Turner variant covers. But if it's laziness, you have my full backing!
Carry on. Or don't. Whatever.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 11 July 2005 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Michael Turner is so late May. Watch out for ... ROGER CRUZ VARIANT COVERS!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 11 July 2005 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link

I am totally unbusy and bored, pass the baton, Dave!

― Leeeeeee (Leee), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Do want to take over my Batman thing too, Leeeee?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Tough luck, offer's expired.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link

D'oh! My internet was on the fritz. (But for what it's worth, you're doing an ace job so far.)

― Leeeeeee (Leee), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Did I vote in this? Or was it the other one?

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 07:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Am I on time? Ok, I'll give it a try:

- Wonder Girl - Donna Troy in the New Teen Titans era (where's the love for those gorgeous leather boots?)
- Shade The Changing Man (Milligan incarnation)
- Superman (Am I crazy or there have been no nominations for this guy yet?)
- Little nemo

― iodine (iodine), Thursday, 14 July 2005 02:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Ok, not that anyone cares, but to avoid the iffyness of Lone Wolf & Cub as a single character - I'll just have the quiche loving rat creature from "Bone" instead, thank you.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 14 July 2005 09:41 (eighteen years ago) link

LAST CHANCE TO NOMINATE! I will put up a list of characters soon.

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 15 July 2005 08:17 (eighteen years ago) link

A Homosexual (Jack Chick Tracts)
Acid Archie (2000AD)
Air Wave (Air Wave)
Angel and the Ape (Angel and the Ape)
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.)
Donna Troy (New Teen Titans)
Doop (X-Statix)
Dr Blasphemy (Brat Pack)
Dr John Warforce (W.A.R.Force)
Dr Manhattan (Watchmen)
Elektra (Elektra:Assassin)
Emma Frost (X-Men etc.)
Enid Coleslaw (Ghost World)
Enigma (Enigma)
Flash - Wally West (Flash etc.)
Flex Mentallo (Flex Mentallo)
Frank (Frank)
Fritz The Cat (Fritz The Cat)
Galactus (Fantastic Four etc.)
Genocide (Sleeper)
Guy Gardner - Giffen/DeMatteis version (JLI)
Hellboy (Hellboy)
Hopey Glass (Love And Rockets)
Horse Race Bet Guy (My Filing Technique Is Unstoppable)
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)
Kano (Bad Company)
Kitty Pryde (X-Men etc.)
Krazy Kat (Krazy Kat)
Linus Van Pelt (Peanuts)
Lord Fanny (The Invisibles)
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)
Mek-Quake (2000AD)
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)
Nemo (Little Nemo In Slumberland)
Oor Wullie (Oor Wullie)
Optimus Prime (Transformers)
Opus (Bloom County)
Pogo (Pogo)
Popeye (Thimble Theatre)
Professor Calculus (Tintin)
Ragged Robin (The Invisibles)
Rat Creatures (Bone)
Rex Morgan, MD (Rex Morgan)
Robert Crumb (Robert Crumb)
Robotman - Grant Morrison version (Doom Patrol)
Rogue (X-Men)
Rogue Trooper (the first one) (2000AD)
Rorschach (Watchmen)
Roy Race (Roy of the Rovers)
Scrooge McDuck (Uncle Scrooge)
Shade - Milligan Version (Shade The Changing Man)
She-Hulk (She-Hulk etc.)
Silk Spectre - Laurie (Watchmen)
Silver Surfer (Fantastic Four etc.)
Spider Jerusalem (Transmetropolitan)
Spider-Man - Dan Slott version (Spider-Man/Human Torch)
Stanley and his Monster (Stanley and his Monster)
Superman (Superman etc.)
Tara Chace (Queen And Country)
The Detective (Jason's Norwegian Murder Mystery)
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)
Willoughby Kipling (Doom Patrol)
Wulf Sternhammer (2000AD)
Zenith (Zenith)

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 15 July 2005 14:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Air Wave??? Who nominated Air Wave???

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 15 July 2005 14:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, Wolk did.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 15 July 2005 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Wow, no Viz characters at all! Or anything from UK humour comics :(

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

Tharg The Mighty (2000AD)

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 15 July 2005 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link

it's midnight somewhere surely!!?

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

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 15 July 2005 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/grayling/beano/prodm3.gif

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 15 July 2005 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link

lucy is already nominated mark! (i'm thinking of putting her at #1 actually)

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 16 July 2005 00:37 (eighteen years ago) link

So are we picking from the list, then?

Lucy Van Pelt
Dr. Doom
Oor Wully
Emma Frost

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Saturday, 16 July 2005 01:54 (eighteen years ago) link

The voting will start soon.

― Tom (Groke), Saturday, 16 July 2005 06:24 (eighteen years ago) link

two years pass...

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, Friday, 24 August 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link

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.)

― Leee, Friday, 24 August 2007 04:22 (sixteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

RIP Mona Lisa Ludatits

― DJP, Thursday, 2 April 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link

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

― Tuomas, Thursday, 2 April 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link

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

― Tuomas, Thursday, 2 April 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link

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