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I posted a message to the "Dr. Gymll's..." section titled "Small Press Idol." I don't know how many of you saw it or responded to it, but for the sake of my friends, I'm re-posting my request. I apologize if this is against etiquette, but I have no way of knowing if my plea suffered for not having been posted more prominently or more personally.
Two friends of mine, whose names you might be familiar with if you used to enjoy the on-line DC Fanzine Fanzing are entered in a comic-book writing contest. They've made it to the final round. If they win, their story will be published at no cost to them in an anthology comic. But they need votes! This contest is all about turnout. Some nice entries have abysmally few votes, and while the front-runners are also good, heavy campaigning is clearly the source of the disparity. So I'm getting into the act and campaigning on behalf of my friends, Michael Hutchison and Phil Meadows.
If you enjoyed their Fanzing work, or if you enjoy using my Legion Reference File, consider this a way to say thank-you.
Please go to the Metro Med web site, where you can read their entry - see the cover pin-up, read a description of the series concept, and read the first two story pages. Then, please, click on the voting link and follow the instructions to vote for Michael Hutchison's and Phil Meadows' entry.
And please, spread the word to anyone you can think of who might be willing to contribute their vote as well.
Oh, and please post to this thread to let me know if this message is reaching an audience and having the desired effect. That way, I'll at least know and not wonder.
THANK YOU!!!
-------------------- Chaim Mattis Keller ckeller@nyc.rr.com Legion-Reference-File Lad
From: New York, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 2003
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No problem... they actually had a very nice entry.
They are hurting in the race though... they're in third place with 15% (161 total) of the votes while second has 27% and first has 31%. The scale is still small at this point (the first place team had 311 votes) so Legion World could conceivably make a difference here.
Come on people... I know you all like to vote on things.
-------------------- Something Filthy!
From: NOVA by way of NOIN | Registered: Jul 2003
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They were actually neck-and-neck with the current front-runner until the weekend. Then, the top two guys must have e-mailed a bunch of buddies over the weekend to get their sudden surges. This message is our attempts to do the same.
-------------------- Chaim Mattis Keller ckeller@nyc.rr.com Legion-Reference-File Lad
From: New York, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 2003
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Your friends are up against some very talented creators - the work on show is excellent! A good range of styles of both art and story on disply.
That said I still voted for Metro Med for you Chaim. I'll keep my fingers crossed
And aside - thank you for your wonderful reference material - I've relied on it when I need to research something for me Legion 35C series.
-------------------- "Tempus Fugitive" the final part of the Adventures of Dream Boy series, set in the Three-Boot Universe. Read it only in the Bits o' Legionnaire Business Forum.
From: here, more often than not | Registered: Sep 2003
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Here's one more vote for them. It's usually nigh unto impossible to choose in these contests, but I think I would have voted for Hutchinson-Meadows anyways. It sounds like a very intriguing story!
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Me too! I think your friends came up with a great concept and it looks great. I probably would have voted for their entry anyway. I found it more interesting than many of the others and I like the crisp clean look it has.
Hope they do well!
-------------------- "Hey Jim! Get Mon out of the Zone!! And...when do we get Condo back?"
From: Paragon City on patrol | Registered: Jul 2003
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Voted as well! Come on guys, let's get some more support out there so they can catch up to the front tiers.
I find the concept pretty ingenious as well. I enjoyed the preview and hope they win just so a larger audience can enjoy the full, published story.
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I never thought on-line or on-phone ballot-box stuffing was ethical. Some Websites' denizens make a constant practice of it, as if it shows "real opinion." Using it to supposedly judge the quality of performing or creative work -- either here or on "American Idol" -- makes even less sense.
[Keller] {[...] If you enjoyed their Fanzing work, or if you enjoy using my Legion Reference File, consider this a way to say thank-you. }
Since I also can't recommend your reference file to anyone any more -- with its wholly unjustified Dawnstar (New Version) -- I must decline for that reason, as well.
From: Starhaven Consulate, City of Angels | Registered: Jul 2003
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Hey, you kids of all ages, don't forget to vote this November!
-------------------- "My dance card was getting fuller than a contestant's at a Jandan shurg-off." - Exnihil, The Lost Klordny
From: Frederick, MD | Registered: Aug 2003
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