Maksim!

Over at I Own The World, the Big Fur Hat asked me to judge IOTW's annual agitprop competition: PUK AWARD SEMI-FINALISTS.

In a word, amazeballz.

Really great stuff. I hate that liberal feel good crap, "you are all winners!," but there was more than one who deserved the crown. The importance of the message was a consideration that I took into account as well. The Meesh art was particularly biting :).... but this is an election year and that is the fight. And I mean knock-down-drag-out-save-the-free-world fight.

In a just world, these artists/illustrators would be influencing the culture and media in a much wider, far larger national arena, but the culture is under siege given the low state of the world. These talented readers are guerrilla fighters in the information battle-space. Hey, it's what we do. And their talents were never so desperately needed. If I had the dough, I'd be running these posters on the back of Time, Newsweak, Rolling Stone, etc.

The winner is this brilliant submission on the Dem slave party.

Maksim – Nominated by Mary Jane Anklestraps

Maksim – Nominated by Mary Jane Anklestraps

Bingo!

OMGFor America – Nominated by The Looking Spoon

This one was just too delicious:

TerrellAfterMath – Nominated by The Looking Spoon

lml!

wolverine – nominated by BigFurHat

I hate this bastid. Few realize what a force for evil he is. Even Darth is in awe of Satan's right hand.

Maksim – Nominated by Frosteetoes

UPDATE: Cool award badge.

Comments

[Maksim Maksimovich]

Thank you so very much. Winning the PUK award is quite an honor, but having my work recognized by a true warrior like Pamela Geller is more than I could have ever hoped for.
Thanks again, Maksim

[juniper]

This is from the UK sugar plantations:
http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2012/01/black-socialist-mp-makes-another-racist.html

"Politics graduate Jade Knight, 25, told yesterday how she approached Ms Abbott about the chances of work after recognising her at a branch of Boots in London’s Piccadilly.

"I went downstairs and found Ms Abbott and said I hoped she didn’t mind me asking her, but if there was any kind of work I could do for her, I would love the opportunity.‘She said, “You’d be better off working for a white Conservative. You’re a black conservative, you don’t do the black thing.” I couldn’t believe she had said it. "

[Pamela Geller]

Actually, I didn't laud you enough, Maksim. The body of your work is revolutionary. Brilliant!

You deserve the award, PUK of the Year, or sumpin purtier than that :)

Preservation of Freedom Award: Illustrator of the Year

[jclady]

Congrats to Maksim!

Excellent choice, Pamela! This year's entries were all awesome and I don't envy the job you had to pick just one winner.

[The Looking Spoon]

Maksim absolutely deserved it. The second I saw and read that poster I knew it was going to win.

Of all the pieces that made it to the finals from me/OMG (I run TLS and am a partner at OMG), I had the highest hopes for the 99% piece to make it to the end. So I'm beyond happy with the results!

Thanks to iOTW and Pamela for this high honor :-)

P.S.
Unfortunately, the link to the image (as you can see) is broken! OMG for America is preparing to go live and some backend work with the host broke the link. Anyone interested in seeing what made Pamela say "Bingo" can go to http://www.thelookingspoon.com/tlsimages/blog/2011/the_real_99_percent.jpg

[KKKK]

osama-obama msut lsoe the 2012 elections. we cannot have another 365*4 years of slavery.