I thought it would be a closely matched first contest of the third round and this time I was on the money. Just 20 votes separated the two. Really happy…

Okay, I think its definitely time for a post MakingOf launch poll. I know the site still has a long way to go in terms of development, but I’ve tried to cater for those who want a bit more progress before they have their say.

Personally, as a fan of Nat, as a fan of film, as someone who still has modest film making ambitions…this is like the perfect storm…although, wait, the perfect storm was bad wasn’t it? So this is more like the perfect orgasm!

After the jump we have the poll results for Natalie Big Read story.
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So I forgot to do this yesterday. Probably because it mostly feels like an exercise in futility. Yup, yet another crappy Amazon week I’m afraid. I’m not even going to include a recommendation this week. Instead I want to mention the new comic strip competition again.

As mentioned last week, the np.comic is coming back – I wrote the script today. For every $5 donation, your name goes into the hat once, and every month we’ll do a draw. The winner will get to guide the second comic that we do every month. You can simply suggest an idea, insert yourself or loved ones into it, or even write the whole damn thing and upstage me.

Currently we’ve only got one name in that hat (twice – thanks Bryan!). So right now, a mere $10 donation would result in a 50% shot of doing your own np.comic. And a 100% shot at winning my heart.

Okay, time to kick off the third round of our epic Red Carpet Appearances Battle. We have just 16 appearances left and today are, to these eyes, two appearances that…

I like to have a new graphic for each new round of the competition and so far Rachel has been up to the challenge. This one might be a bit…

Silversurfer is back to fill our fanart needs. This time taking inspiration from the past (Leon) and the present (the new MakingOf gallery): 1440x900 1280x1024

We finally got around to modifying the picture of the week feature. It's now album of the week, which means we'll have 3 or 4 images in rotation, with all…

Okay, I hereby bring an end to the second round of the Red Carpet Pic Battle. Because of the three-way display, I can't do the normal snapshot of results. Instead…