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Round Three: Six the Hard Way

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, please check the archives. And that’s just the stuff for public consumption ;)

So, let me just cut to the chase here…

After this week’s poll, with over 630 votes cast, the two contestants with the least number of votes and are therefore eliminated from the competition are:

Andrew Huerta
http://aztekh.deviantart.com/
(Santa Ana, California)

Wilfredo Torres
http://www.comicspace.com/mightyfineline/
(Lawrenceville, Georgia) 

To see more from these fine artists, and what got them here in the first place, please visit their websites linked above.

Remember to come back to this blog for Brian Cronin’s interview with these idols, and also make sure to give them some love in our “Andrew Huerta and Wilfredo Torres Appreciation Thread” in the fourm.

There are no losers here, but we do have a winner this round. However, unlike Round 1, the bonus prize in Round 2 does not go to the top vote-getter but rather C.B.’s personal favorite. This hand-picked artist will have his “What Matters Most” pages published in Image Comics’ forthcoming Wonderlost trade paperback. And that lucky and deserving contestant (if you haven’t figured it out by now) is…  Charles Paul Wilson III!

Congratulations once again, Charles! 

You went the extra mile and lettered your pages, which won you brownie points, but it was the overall quality of your storytelling and attention to detail that made you a fan-favorite as well as one of the judges’ favorites, including of course C.B.’s. That’s two for two. Let’s see if that “III” stands for three-peat.

Keep an eye on CBR for more on Charles and the publishing details of his work for Wonderlost.

Now, on to the next round…

Round Three… Fight (the Big Boss)! 

Idols, your third assignment involves “Invincible.”

While Robert Kirkman, creator of Invincible, has kindly provided us with this week’s plot script, our guest judge this round is Ryan Ottley, the ever-popular artist of the series.

That’s right. Plot script. Kirkman is Stan Lee, now you play Kirby. Or Ditko if you like.

You get the script and a little bit of visual reference generously provided by Ryan (found here and here), but that’s it. You’re on your own after that. 

The winner of this round (as in our top vote-getter this time) gets to draw an original pin-up to be published in a future issue of Invincible.

Your deadline is now Monday, October 29 @ 3 PM (EST).

Please note the new time. Use it to your advantage. The deadline for judging (we’re trying!) and voting will follow suit.

If you’ve figured out how to use the CBR server, you know the procedure. If you haven’t (tsk-tsk), be nice to Brandon Hanvey because he’s the one to help you. As usual, please dont’ forget the subject line, thumbnails, etc.

This is the round that separates the Squidmen from the shrimpy boys and puts us on the road to the Final Four.

I hate seafood but I’m looking forward to some tasty pages from you guys this week!

Best of luck, 

J.