[Batman]

Fair warning . . . with their smaller voting pool, I don't see any reason these showdowns need to be left open a full week. As long as I get around to writing up the next four over the weekend, I anticipate closing the first four and starting up the next set first thing Monday.

I'll probably give an extra day to any that are tied.

[Batman]

Round one is complete! Here is the updated bracket:



I think this is a great elite eight. It's a shame that Mazzucchelli and Kane couldn't both go to round two, but that's the way the brackets fell. But other than that, wow. What an amazing group of artists.

The top four seeds are all still in it, but five, six, and seven were all upset. I think that the top seed that's going to face the biggest challenge in the second round is Jim Lee. Bob Kane has a lot more support than I would have expected.

That race is also particularly interesting because it matches up the first Batman artist with the most popular Batman artist right now.

I'll get the second round races up tonight.

[Batman]

All right, with Lucky's votes, all of the leaders in the second round have at least a two-vote lead. I'll give it till mornig for any last minute votes, and if none of the races are tied up by then, we'll start the semi-finals.

If the current leaders can maintain their leads, the semi-finals will be Frank Miller vs. Jim Aparo and Jim Lee vs. Neal Adams.

[Batman]

Almost forgot to post updated brackets. Here you go:

[Batman]

Updated brackets once again: