May 9, 2005, Somerdale, NJ – The Dakuwaka Productions “Helios Fan Art Contest” has come to a close and due to the overwhelming response the judges decided to select two additional winners and include the art of all four in the pages of the upcoming Helios #4.
Readers were encouraged to send drawings of their favorite characters with a chance to win prizes for those drawings deemed the best by the panel of judges that included the series creative team of Mike Penny, Jason Rand and Gabe Pena.
Originally, one lucky First Prize winner was to see their work published on a full page in the upcoming Helios #4. This person would also receive a copy of the Helios Limited Edition Preview #1 signed by the creative team of Mike Penny, Jason Rand and Gabe Pena, a piece of original art from Helios #1, a Helios/Dakuwaka t-shirt and mini-posters featuring the artwork from the covers to issues #2-#5.
The Second Prize winner was to receive a copy of the Helios Limited Edition Preview #1 signed by the creative team of Mike Penny, Jason Rand and Gabe Pena and mini-posters featuring the artwork from the covers to issues #2-#5.
Now, along with these two prizes, Third and Fourth Place prizes have been added and the Second, Third and Fourth Place finishers will each get to see their art featured at one-quarter of a page size along with the full page for the First Prize winner’s art in the upcoming Helios #4.
“The contest was such a rousing success and the art so well done that we decided it was best to add a few additional prizes,” said Dakuwaka Productions president and Helios co-creator Mike Penny. “I thought it would be nice to display the Second Place winner’s art along with the other runner-ups in the comic. At least that way, they get rewarded for their hard work and get their art shown in Helios. We’re so happy with the response and we just want to say thanks to everyone that participated.”
The contest winners are:
First Place: Gibson Quarter – Toronto, Canada
Second Place: John Palmer – Bellwood, Illinois
Third Place: Craig Salen – Melbourne, Australia
Fourth Place: Kell Forbes – Bowmanville, Canada
To learn more about Helios and Dakuwaka Productions, log onto their web site: www.dakuwaka.com.
About Dakuwaka Productions:
Located in Somerdale, New Jersey, Dakuwaka Productions is the publishing home for the political superhero thriller, Helios. The bi-monthly shipping title is the brainchild of Mike Penny and Jason Rand. Helios is planned as a finite series of 30 issues published as individual mini-series. More information on Dakuwaka can be found on their web site: www.dakuwaka.com.
