General News
Round Three: Six the Hard Way
- by J Torres
- Thursday, October 25th, 2007 at 1:11 PM EST
Hello, comic book fans, and welcome to the third round of the third season of Comic Book Idol. I’m your host J. Torres.
What a week it’s been!
I’m really just recovering from the dramarama and would rather not pick at the scabs, so if you’re interested in what transpired last round with the recount and the delay with the judging, […]
Round 2 Poll now open
- by Brandon Hanvey
- Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 at 12:07 PM EST
The public vote for Round 2 is open.
Please go to the CBI forum to cast your vote.Â
The poll will close on Thursday the 25th at 3 PM EST (12 PST).
Good luck to all the contestants.
Same bat channel, new bat time…
- by J Torres
- Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 at 10:11 AM EST
With the Southern California wildfires affecting some of the people behind-the-scenes here at CBI, we’ve decided to move the posting time of the poll for Round 2 and we’re bringing back guest judge Vince Hernandez of Aspen Comics to pitch-hit some crits for us.
The poll for Round 2 is now scheduled to open starting today at 3 PM (EST). Since […]
Round 1 Recount
- by J Torres
- Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 at 7:13 AM EST
Voting scandal rocks round one of Comic Book Idol 3!
A new winner is named, while another contestant narrowly avoids disqualification.
And to think, some people thought Comic Book Idol was just about drawing pretty pictures.
Oh, no. It can get downright ugly, too.
When the ballots closed last Thursday, there was a narrow winner for round one – […]
Round Two: 8 for the 80s
- by J Torres
- Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 10:10 AM EST
Hello, comic book fans, and welcome to Round 2 of Comic Book Idol 3. I’m your host J. Torres. And I have good news and bad news for you.
This week, I must sadly bid two contestants goodbye, gladly award one of the remaining artists the Round 1 prize, and proudly introduce this week’s guest judge before we move on to the Round 2 assignment.
First, the bad […]
CBI Round 1 Final Results
- by Brandon Hanvey
- Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 9:34 AM EST
After 24 hours of voting, we have our results.
We had 801 votes which is one of our highest amounts of opening votes in CBI history.
And here are the final standings.
Caio Oliveira 118
Charles Paul Wilson III 110
Dan McDaid 89
Nick Pitarra 85
Jon Reed 76
Wilfredo Torres 75
Jose Holder 73
Andrew Huerta 68
Warren Leonhardt 58
Daniel Lafrance 49
Congratulations to Caio Oliveira […]
Round 1 Public Vote now open
- by Brandon Hanvey
- Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 at 9:07 AM EST
The public poll for Round 1 is now open.
Go to the CBI Forums and cast your vote for the contestant that you want to advance to the next round. You must be a registered member of the CBR forums in order to cast a vote.
The two contestants with the lowest votes will be eliminated.
The poll […]
Celebrity judges critiquing artwork now; Fan voting opens Wednesday
- by J Torres
- Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 at 8:22 PM EST
Official Press Release
LOS ANGELES - Now, there’s nowhere to hide: The art is out there. The judging has begun.
Comic Book Idol 3, hosted by www.comicbookresources.com, is now officially underway.
The first assignment was to bring to life a 3-page “Fathom” script, penned especially for CBI3 by Aspen Comics’ Editor-in-Chief Vince Hernandez. The 10 finalists have all […]
Here come the judges… (Or: I’m getting old and my heart can’t handle this $#@& anymore!)
- by J Torres
- Monday, October 15th, 2007 at 7:47 AM EST
What would Comic Book Idol be without a little drama? Even if it’s happening all behind the scenes…
On Thursday after I posted the first assignment, I e-mailed the ten contestants and asked them to check in with me to let me know that they got the script and were good to go.
Five responded almost immediately.
I knew […]
Happy Birthday, J!
- by Brian Cronin
- Friday, October 12th, 2007 at 3:19 AM EST
A happy birthday to our humble host, J Torres, who turns a very young 74 today!
Happy Birthday, J!
