The Contest round 1 (Patreon)

I mentioned in a previous post that I had held a contest on Instagram, I needed a third (and maybe fourth) gun toting comic book heroine to round out a flash set with Motoko and Judge Anderson.

First I asked for entries. Some were who I was already leaning towards (Tank Girl) and some were villains who I liked for the spot (Mystique). I didn’t want a mainstream character but I knew if I opened it up to suggestions I would get plenty, but I also got a lot of new-to-me characters.

So here’s who the suggested contestants were, and if I used them and why not if I didn’t:

• Tank Girl used. My fav going in.
• Mystique used. Wound up being my favorite by the end.
• Deunan unused. Too similar to Motoko.
• Gunslinger Girl used. New to me.
• Domino used.
• Faye Valentine used. Cowboy Beebop has been a manga.
• Aeon Flux unused. Has only technically been a comic book.
• Lara Croft unused. More comics than Aeon, but still much more of a video game/movie icon.
• Lady Bloodstone used. New to me.
• Danger Girl unused. Too overtly sexual. New to me, a well designed character, but I didn’t see the point of doing a pin up of a heroine who is already a walking pin up.
• Ghost used. New to me.
• Lady Mechanik used. New to me.

12 entrants, 4 rejected, for an even 8. I decided on bracket voting, so multiples of 4 are best and this worked great.

Round 1

I put up 4 head to heads so people could vote on them, and the winners go on to round 2. I put Tank Girl vs. Gunslinger Girl, Domino vs. Faye Valentine, Mystique vs. Lady Mechanik, and Elsa Bloodstone vs. Ghost.

Here’s the results:

(Please do not notice that I accidentally used Danger Girl on this board instead of Gunslinger Girl!)

So eliminated are: Gunslinger Girl, Elsa Bloodstone, Faye Valentine, and Lady Mechanik.

Continuing to round 2 are Mystique, Ghost, Domino, and Tank Girl.

I’m going to post this much now before the Patreon app crashes and I lose all of this, lol.