Christmas Card Competition Winner Revealed

Posted by Shadow on December 22, 2004 @ 11:34

The winnerof the 2004 Iron Maiden Christmas card competition, Michael Weldon, has been announced in the latest issue of the Fan Club Magazine, which also contains a special booklet by the Neighbor of the Beast team.

Picture courtesy of notb.org

Update: Iron Maiden.com has posted a gallery with lots of other submitted cards here

18 Comments

Maiden Maniac said:

Sorry, but i think it sucks.

#8820, December 22, 2004 @ 13:41

Manhunter said:

eddie doesn't get a gift himself !!

nice drawing, couldn't have done it myself...

note: think eddie should have been wearing a santa-suite... would have been cool !

#8821, December 22, 2004 @ 15:31

dogigniter said:

Rubbish! Seeing what was on offer, they chose one of the worse ones.

#8822, December 22, 2004 @ 18:20

The Saint said:

Where can we see more of the entries submitted ?

I kinda like the one that won.

Cheers

#8823, December 22, 2004 @ 19:31

Djaser said:

It's allright but perhaps a little bit to cartoonish.

#8824, December 22, 2004 @ 20:00

The_7th_Son said:

I dislike it. I would have sooner chosen tap_legion's entry.

I havent actually received my FC mag yet, been waiting!! Anybody else in the UK had theirs yet?

#8825, December 22, 2004 @ 21:02

where_eddie_dares said:

its ok but eddies only got 8 fingers!?

#8826, December 23, 2004 @ 04:19

Anonymous said:

why hasn't my dad got a gift so he nicks bruce's ha ha

#8827, December 23, 2004 @ 14:26

The_7th_Son said:

I am glad to see tap's is on there!! I think that tap's was the best out of the lot. Must have been one of the runners up surely.

#8828, December 23, 2004 @ 14:53

Maiden Maniac said:

> I am glad to see tap's is on there!! I think that tap's was the best out of the lot. Must have been one of the runners up surely.

He should have won , Damn fanclub

#8829, December 23, 2004 @ 18:35

SinisterMinisterX said:

When Tap's card is reduced to that size, it's hard to see how really good it is. So I'll admit the possibility that some of the other entries may in fact be better than they look in that gallery. But this would only apply in a minority of cases - most of them, including the winner, are obviously terrible and too cartoony.

It's usually my opinion that it's not fair for me to criticize someone else's work unless I think I could do better myself. But in this case, I feel comfortable criticizing most of these drawings because I can honestly say that if I drew that badly, I wouldn't be crazy enough to turn it in for the contest. I have too much respect for my fellow Maiden fans to subject them to bad artwork. If only others were so considerate...

#8830, December 23, 2004 @ 18:35

The Saint said:

Which one is Tap's one ? There's no such name on the page IM.com has put up.

Cheers

#8831, December 23, 2004 @ 23:55

The_7th_Son said:

With the name Tommy Pons, it is 3rd from the bottom on the right hand side.

Actually i'll just post the pic ![](http://www.ironmaiden.com/xmas/thumb_Tommy_Pons_Xmas_6x9.jpg)

Thar we go matey!

#8832, December 24, 2004 @ 01:04

Tap_Legion said:

7th : Man , thanks for all the support....**Really !**...Its making me start to think about really doing more Eddies...

I see that the $20 I sent you got there ok.....



Funny , cause basically , I entered the contest simply in the hopes of winning an "Early Days" Sanctuary t-shirt , Now I have to pay for one...lol

#8833, December 24, 2004 @ 05:10

Scream for me Stockholm said:

this cartoony pics win again... Tap_Legion's card was way way better than this one, in my eyes a clear winner.

#8834, December 24, 2004 @ 10:31

The_7th_Son said:

> 7th : Man , thanks for all the support....**Really !**...Its making me start to think about really doing more Eddies...

I see that the $20 I sent you got there ok.....



Funny , cause basically , I entered the contest simply in the hopes of winning an "Early Days"  Sanctuary t-shirt , Now I have to pay for one...lol



It isnt only me who admires your art! Good luck, look forward to seeing more!

#8835, December 24, 2004 @ 17:16

Anonymous said:

Actually I like this one more than the winner one:
![](http://www.ironmaiden.com/xmas/thumb_anders_guttormsen.jpg)

#8836, December 26, 2004 @ 07:52

The Saint said:

Edited the main news a bit, so that we have a good pic.

Cheers

#8837, January 6, 2005 @ 18:04