Those are such obvious swipes of the first picture posted in this thread.

Wish I'd known about that- I'd have given it a go.

hes goin to do it again sometime . . .

Then I'm relying on you to tell me when, Gerry!

waitaminit, what am i saying? no thats the only competition.there wont be any more.nope, no more . .

It's interesting the different interpretations of the woman in the background. Some had her facing backward, others forward, while most kept the black silhouette as drawn. All of them were well done, but my favorites are the ones that evoke the coloring on Eisners collected Spirit books.

Heh- I often enter art compos for the fun of it and make it clear from the start that I don't want to be in the final judging.

Who won?

the winning entry

Hmmm... Not sure that would be my first choice- but I do like the use of colour (or lack of it).

25 years on from my first Alan Davis experience- and I still don't think there's another artist to touch him.

Alan Davis is rather remarkable.

I got beat down with a pipe wrench. Oh well, it was fun and I learned a few things. It was my first time inking. It takes a steady hand my friend. I don't think I'll be taking food out of Mark Farmer's mouth anytime soon.

I remember hating Mark Farmer's inks at first (I was used to Davis inking his own stuff), but I now realise that the two go together like Fred and Barney.