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

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Enid Coleslaw? Details, please.

― David Simpson (David Simpson), Thursday, 26 May 2005 14:57 (eighteen years ago) link

She's the geekier girl in Ghost World.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 26 May 2005 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Ooh, great pick! Definitely will get my vote.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 26 May 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Ditto for Professor Calculus and Scrooge McDuck. It's kinda funny, Tintin won the ILC poll, yet I guess no one would even think of nominating Tintin himself, because he's (deliberately) hollow. Still, he has perhaps the best cast of supporting characters in any comic ever; Captain Haddock could just as well be my number one vote.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 26 May 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Tintin = Seinfeld

― Huk-L, Thursday, 26 May 2005 20:03 (eighteen years ago) link

OK, the 96 nominations so far. AFAIK of the people who've nominated, I still have one nomination, Matt Perpetua still has three. Over a month to go though.

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)

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 27 May 2005 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Outstanding questions:

- 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?

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 27 May 2005 14:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Two threads with v. similar titles but different aims...I get confused easily.

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)

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Friday, 27 May 2005 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link

I will probably vote for all four of those :)

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 27 May 2005 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link

1. Ragged Robin
2. Spider Jerusalem
3. Rogue yes I said ROGUE
4. Lord Fanny

― Madolan, Friday, 27 May 2005 16:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Have the polls closed?
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Fritz the Cat

― tlc (tlc33), Sunday, 29 May 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Noms don't close until end of next month, and you get four of them!

― Tom (Groke), Sunday, 29 May 2005 16:00 (eighteen years ago) link

- should lone wolf and cub be allowed as 1 character?

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?

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Sunday, 29 May 2005 17:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, if we allow Lone Wolf and Cub as one character, then Frank and Manhog probably ought to be collapsed as well - heck, the entire Woodringverse is pretty much just one character if you look at it crosseyed and squint.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 29 May 2005 22:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Also, I would like to apologize for the use of the term, "Woodringverse."

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 29 May 2005 22:45 (eighteen years ago) link

jack chicks homosexuals
robert crumb as himself
the dectetive in jasons norwegian murder mystery
rex morgan, md

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 30 May 2005 06:02 (eighteen years ago) link

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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