The only writing of McFarlane's that I'm interested in reading is his signature on the notice of bankruptcy that one of his companies turned in recently.

Going through the list, I pity poor Lea Hernandez, who may be a very good writer but was pitted against Alan Moore. Most extreme voting differential I saw in the whole thing—she was swallowed more completely than crumbs that fall in his prehensile beard.

From my personal perspective, I'm miffed that they pitted Grant Morrison against Gail Simone. How's a girl supposed to choose???

(I chose Gail, because I figured she needed the votes.)

I wasn't familiar with Terry Moore, but I voted anyway just to vote against McFarland.

Oh, you know it'll come down to Alan Moore vs Frank Miller. I only wish Brian K Vaughn was in another bracket so he could make it to the final 4.

Because I personally believe thatMoore and Miller have really dropped off their quality of late, while everything that BKV writes now is on my hold list, and I always look forward to them.

Bendis, Ellis, Gaiman, and Morrison all have firm shots.

Was Miller even winning his round? IIRC, he was doing worse than I expected.

Hm, I've just assumed that Gaiman would take the whole thing. Particularly when, at some point in the next month, someone posts a link on a Gaiman fansite.

Forgot about Gaiman, he could really screw up the curve.

Hm, I've just assumed that Gaiman would take the whole thing. Particularly when, at some point in the next month, someone posts a link on a Gaiman fansite.

He was actually losing his opening round race when I checked, though it was pretty early in the running. I do think he's the most deserving of all the writers I'm familiar with on the list, although Moore's not far behind.

Considering how well McFarlane was doing, I doubt the voters are primarily Vertigo-type readers.

He was actually losing his opening round race when I checked, though it was pretty early in the running. I do think he's the most deserving of all the writers I'm familiar with on the list, although Moore's not far behind.

He was ahead when I voted, by a fair margin.

Can't remember who he was up against, though.

The cult of Moore is, I believe, larger than the cult of Gaiman, with enough crossover to suck votes away from Gaiman in the event of a Moore v. Gaiman match.

I think Gaiman's the better writer, but I think Moore's the better comic book writer.

Huh. From Newsarama:

"In one of the quickest 'now you see it, now you don’t' yet, followed by a couple 'these aren’t the droids you’re looking for' (ahhh, geeky references), it appears that the writer of Marvel’s upcoming Ultimate Hulk vs. Wolverine will be Lost co-creator and writer, Damon Lindelof. The news, which was originally supposed to be revealed in a mainstream outlet (reportedly USA Today, as early as this Friday) popped up in a quick blurb on wizarduniverse.com, which was taken down shortly after 3:00pm. Threads about Lindelof writing the miniseries which sprung up on Millarworld and the Bendis Board were deleted quickly."