A few weeks back, we announced the biggest giveaway weâve ever done here at Limited Paper. After clearing up a brief bit of confusion regarding the various ways that readers could enter said giveaway, we were off and runningâ¦and holy crap, did you guys respond: our Drew Struzanâs Creature From The Black Lagoon giveaway resulted in almost four times as many entries as weâve ever received on a Limited Paper giveaway up until now. We were really excited to get the winner announcedâ¦and then the week from hell struck.Read on to find out who won that Drew Struzan Creature From The Black Lagoon, where you can buy one if you were part of the other 99.7% who entered, what took us so damn long, and what you can look forward to this week in Limited Paper. Itâs all after the jump, folks.OK, so, yes, I know: youâve been waiting for this one, andâbelieve it or notâIâve been waiting to write it up. After the past few weeks, October is poised to be remembered as âThe Worst Goddamn Month We Experienced in All of 2012â (and, yes, October will retain that title even if the Mayan-predicted Apocalypse really does go down in December; at this point, weâd welcome a full-blown reboot of humanity)! Far as I can tell, âRemake Feverâ spread all the way from Hollywood to God, who decided heâd produce his very own retelling of the âStory of Jobâ starringâ¦me: nearly constant internet connectivity issues, unexpected bills, tedious personal crapâvirtually everything except an alien invasion got in the way of me getting this writeup to you in a timely manner this week, soâ¦my apologies.But thatâs all over now. We can now reveal who won our biggest-ever giveaway, a Drew Struzan Creature From The Black Lagoon produced all the way back in 2001 (weâre guessing the winner wasnât able to shell out for one of those $5k originals that went on sale at the Mondo Gallery last week, so this oughtta be a nice consolation prize). Before we get to that massively anticlimactic moment, thoughâand it will be anticlimactic to all but one of youâletâs talk a little bit about how this contest played out.Things got off to a somewhat rocky start, admittedly: in an effort to keep things interesting and provide several different options for those that wished to enter, I got a little ahead of myself in drawing up the rules for entering. This was immediately pointed out by several polite (and several not-so-polite) readers, and their feedback helped us reboot the rules within a few hours of the contest going live. From that point on, the rules for entering were simple: all anyone had to do was send us an email, but if they felt like flexing their creative muscles they were also free to design a Limited Paper logo, sketch their own version of the Creature, or send in photos proving that they already had a Universal Monsters tattoo (we were not, as some people seemed to think, telling people to get tattoos for a chance to win a poster).First off, letâs take a look at some of the Creature sketches sent in by Limited Paper readers (as always, weâre going to stick to first names and last initials, but if you wanna take credit for your art and link to this article on Facebook or Twitter or whatever, go right on ahead). Letâs start with my favorite, which belonged to Matt K. :Hereâs another trio, drawn by (from left to right) Blain H., Alex W., and E. Francis K.:And hereâs the next three, from Mara M., Steve F., and Kyle K.:Hmmm. I could be wrong, but I think Kyle K. may have misunderstood the instructions. Still, though, it was an entry that inspired much laughter here at Limited Paper HQ, so, what the hell: weâre including it. Next up, Tim C., Cameron L., and Ian G.:Nowâ¦some of you might be saying to yourselves, âHey, nowâone of these looks somewhat familiarâ, and youâd be right: one of these was previously featured (as a print available for purchase) in an earlier edition of Limited Paper, and was submitted here by the artist himself. Weâll let you figure out which one it is, just because we know how much you love a good mystery. And, finally, weâve got this trio of Creature designs from Max W., Keith K., and David H.:Alright, kids, thatâs about enough of that. As you can see, more than a few of our responses calling for sketches resulted inâ¦well, not-sketches: in these cases, Keith K. turned in a photo of would-be Republican Presidential candidate Mitt âTo Stare Into My Eyes Is to Stare Into The Void Itselfâ Romney, while David H. turned in a photo thatâ¦.well, it just makes ya shake your head in wonder that Lohan was ever hittable, doesnât it? Cocaineâs a helluva drug.Moving on, letâs take a look at the Limited Paper logos we received, some of which are incredibly cool. Letâs start off with our favorite, whichâas it turns outâwas the first one that got turned in, from Limited Paper reader Hector L.:Iâm not a particular big fan of the Saw movies (well, not Saws 2 through 14âor whatever they got up toâat any rate) but we did like the creepiness. Future reference for anyone entering a Limited Paper contest that involves submitting a design of your own: we will always be more partial to creepiness than anything else, even artistic talentâ¦which isnât to say that Hectorâs isnât well-produced! Anyway, letâs move along to the next three logos, designed by Adam K. (whose entry reminds me of Rick Santorum for some odd reason), Edward B., and Josh B.:Next up, we had logos submitted by a true UK celebrity, Adam R.W. (better known by his stage name, âFistyâ), a dude who apparently jacked the background for his logo from Google Images, Mike F. (what, you thought we wouldnât know?!), andâlast but not leastâRyan R. (who I have nothing smart-ass to say about):Phew. This is getting exhausting. Letâs say we just skip to the winner, eh? Because many of you were wondering (and by âwonderingâ I mean âseemingly having complete mental breakdowns via email while trying to figure out how this relatively simple process was going to workâ), I figured youâd like to know the incredibly scientific process by which we selected the winner.Hereâs what happened: a buddy of mine was over on Monday, and when he arrived I opened up my laptop, logged into the contestâs email account, andâwithout explaining what was going onâI told him to randomly pick one of the emails in that folder. All of the entries were sitting in one folder, all of them had the exact same subject line, and this buddy gives not a single shit about my poster-related shenanigans. There was some brief hemming and hawing (Q: âYou just want me toâ¦pick one?â A: âYes.â Q: âAt random?â A: âNo, I want you to evaluate each of the people who sent these emails based on the good that they have done during their livesâgiving to charities, building orphanages, and so onâand then I want you to pick one that youâd be willing to live with, permanently. Youâre getting married.â Q: âHuh?!â A: âJust f-cking pick one, dudeâ), but after a few seconds our heroic volunteer stabbed his finger at the screen and landed on a name.As it turned out, this person was A) a girl (one of only twenty who entered; I went back and counted later outta curiosity), and B) one of the people who didnât âgo the extra mileâ with her submission: just a name, an address, an age, and the correct subject line. As promised, thatâs all it took for JoAnn M. to win our contest (if youâre wondering, yes, she was also the only JoAnn who entered our contest). Sheâll be notified while this articleâs being assembled by the Collider Publication Team). Congrats to her!Now, I knew this part was going to be anticlimacticâwith that many entries and only one prize to go around, how could it not be?âso Iâve gone ahead and made an executive decision here, totally last minute: Iâm also going to be sending something to both Hector L. (who designed the creepy logo above) and Matt K. (who designed that Creature sketch we singled out). Iâll need to figure out something for you guysâto be perfectly honest, I donât know what itâll be yet, but itâll be something cool, and youâll be notified via email by the time this runs about all thisâbut I canât imagine anyoneâll freak out if I hook up these two for turning in some truly impressive work, right? And yâknow what? I bet their entries would look good together:Yup. Oh, and one more thing: if youâve been following along with this contest from the beginning, youâll recall that we kicked this whole thing off by walking you through a brief history of how this particular Struzan piece came to be, and in that article we linked to the eBay pages where Tony Calvertâwhose Hollywood on Paper commissioned the Struzan piece in the first placeâwas selling his remaining copies. After reading what we wrote in that article, Tony dropped Limited Paper a line and wanted us to let everyone know that he still has several of the Struzan Creature posters remaining (some of which are autographed by the filmâs leads in addition to Struzan), and that he can be reached by anyone wishing to purchase one of those prints via DrewsCreature@Gmail.com (letâs hope thereâs not some poor sap named Drew Screature out there whoâs hoping to get signed up for Gmail). Tonyâs a real sweetheart, and willing to answer whatever questions potential buyers may have, so donât hesitate to drop him a line! Once these are gone, theyâre goneâ¦so if you didnât already blow through your monthly poster allowance at the Mondo Universal Monsters show last week, Iâd strongly suggest dropping him a line.Thanks so much to all who entered, and many apologies to the hundreds of you that didnât manage to score something during this giveaway. As you know, we do these things pretty regularly here at Limited Paper, so if you didnât win on this one (or any of the other ones weâve done), all I can say is: keep plugging away. Ooh, wait! There is one other thing I can say: my associates and I were so impressed with the entries we got from those who designed Limited Paper logos, Iâve decided that weâre going to make that the goal for the next giveaway (whatever it may be). On that one, Iâll be bringing on a panel of âexpertsâ to help pick, and Iâll be publishing their thoughts on the results: why they picked the logo they did, why theyâd agree to take the time to get involved in such a frivolous activity, etc. So, if ya wanna get started on your entry for the next giveaway, thereâs a pretty big head-start for ya.And that does it for now, folks! This week in Limited Paper, weâre going to be catching up with a few releases we missed last week, looking ahead to one of the coolest-looking gallery shows weâve seen in some time, andâif the stars alignâwe may have a pretty kick-ass interview for you. Congrats once again to our winners (if you havenât checked your email lately, get in there and see whatâs what, folks), and good luck to everyone on the next one: I have a feeling the competitionâs gonna be stiff!As always, if youâre an artist or gallery with artwork youâd like to see featured on Limited Paper (or if youâre just some lucky bastard who happened to overhear a bit of poster-related gossip while standing in the bushes outside Martin Ansinâs house) we wanna hear from you! Email Limited Paper directly at LimitedPaper@gmail.com, and be sure that youâre following us on Twitter via @LimitedPaper for ongoing commentary, news updates, giveaways, and more!
Limited Paper: The Winner of Our CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON Giveaway...Revealed!
Our winner of the Drew Struzan CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON poster giveaway is finally revealed! Struzan's 2001 poster recently went for $5,000.