Contest winner

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After much agonizing and asking for second opinions, I've selected Jason Chalker's poster as the grand prize winner:



My thanks to everyone who participated. The entries were really outstanding.

Stanley Kubrick's Lord of the Rings, Starring the Beatles

Here are all of the entries for this month's art contest with the most recent entries at the top. I'm having a bit of trouble picking a winner - - I've asked three people for their thoughts and all three picked a different entry. So, please help me out and tell me which one you like the most. Non-anonymous comments, please.



Joe D!. (He also put together a remix of Sgt. Pepper and Lux Aeterna from The Two Towers.)



Shane Parker.




Pauline Acalin.



Glenn G. Amspaugh.



Kristin Haffey.



Jason Chalker.




Helder Silva.



Dean Reeves.




Dean Reeves.




Carlos Melgares.



Cormac McEvoy.



Shane Parker.




Chris Furniss.



Tim Lemire.



Mike Groves.

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Stanley Kubrick's Lord of the Rings, Starring the Beatles

Four more outstanding entries in this month's art contest, which has a huge prize. I'm not sure why I originally picked midnight tonight as the deadline. So, I'm giving everyone until 8:00 p.m. California time this Sunday, January 2.


Jason Chalker.




Helder Silva.



Dean Reeves.



Carlos Melgares.

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Stanley Kubrick's Lord of the Rings, Starring the Beatles

Three more terrific entries for this month's art contest, which has a huge prize.


Dean Reeves.



Cormac McEvoy.



Shane Parker.

Here's the other entries to date:


Chris Furniss.



Tim Lemire.



Mike Groves.

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Music beg/giveaway

UPDATE: Kyle and Doc No! were randomly selected and have been contacted. Thanks everyone.

I'm desperately in need of new music. So, let's have a contest. Post in the comments the title and artist of two relatively recent songs you really like. Include your email so I can contact you if you win.

Songs I've liked lately:

"Put It Back Down" and "Spectacular" by Seymour Bits
"Bang Bang Bang" by Mark Ronson
"Indestructible" by Robyn
"Gotta Do" by Quentin Harris
"Fancy Footwork" by Chromeo
"Wolf Like Me" by TV on the Radio

I'll send a copy of the Threadless book to two random winners.

UPDATE: Speaking of music, Martin Brown just posted his top 100 of 2010 as four downloads.

Stanley Kubrick's Lord of the Rings, Starring the Beatles

Chris Furniss's submission for this month's art contest.

Keep those entries coming, there's a great prize.

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Stanley Kubrick's Lord of the Rings, Starring the Beatles

Tim Lemire's submission for this month's art contest. See also: Mad Men in 1969.

Keep those entries coming, there's a great prize.

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Stanley Kubrick's Lord of the Rings, Starring the Beatles

Mike Groves starts off this month's art contest with a bang. He has several very cheap prints on sale at Etsy, including Zombie Bert. (But his site and store are both NSFW.)

Keep those entries coming, there's a great prize.

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Art Contest: Stanley Kubrick's Lord of the Rings, starring The Beatles

Once upon a time, The Beatles were interested in starring in a live-action version of The Lord of the Rings with Paul McCartney as Frodo Baggins, Ringo Starr as Sam Gamgee, George Harrison as Gandalf, and John Lennon as Gollum. They asked Stanley Kubrick to direct, but he declined (according to Wikipedia), or Tolkien killed the idea (according to Peter Jackson).

Now it's your turn to change history. Create a movie poster, or concept art, or custom toy, or any other work of art for Stanley Kubrick's Lord of the Rings, starring The Beatles.

This contest is open worldwide. Enter as many times as you like - - just email me a url or jpeg (jstruan at gmail), and make sure you include your name and website for credit. The submission deadline is 8:00 p.m. California time Sunday, January 2, 2011.

And the prize?

Best work of art will win a $75 store credit to Tenacious Toys, which has custom toys 3A Toys, kidrobot toys, and more:





And, two t-shirts of your choice from Split Reason, which has a huge selection of t-shirts to choose from:




Like last time, I'll send a gift from Threadless to any particularly deserving runner ups.

And if you're talking yourself out of competing, remember, it's not the worst thing in the world to create a work of art that'll spread virally throughout the intenet.

Calvin and Hobbes art contest: The winners

First, let me once again thank the sponsors of this contest. If you're looking for a costume for yourself, your children, or your pets, then please check out the huge selection at Costumes Inc., which has costumes for every shape and size:







And if you love classic literature, then you should definitely check out the t-shirts at Out of Print Clothing:





There were so many wonderful entries, and Charles Santoso's contribution will be my wallpaper for the foreseeable future, but I have to give the nod to Timothy Lim and Mark Pellegrini. Their homages to the Twilight Zone, Spider-Man, and Batman were all wonderful and quickly spread throughout the internet.





Thanks so much to everyone who participated. I hope to have another contest soon. I also hope to send out some Threadless store credits to runners up. Unfortunately, the option to buy credits hasn't yet been reactivated at the store. With any luck, I'll be able to start sending some out very soon.