First things first: I was on 88.9fm, wmcx.com, today at 5pm.  It was a ton of fun.  I’ll post some audio soon.

THEN, I rocked over at Brewster’s, in Bradley Beach.  I’ll post photos soon.

Okay, onto business: The winner of the Eric Ginsberg & The New Originals art/logo contest is…::drum roll::…Len Peralta!

Len is the co-host of JawboneRadio and the genius behind Monster-by-Mail, Jonathan Coulton’s Visual Thing-A-Week, Zombie Alphabet and 700 Hobos Project. He has submitted this winning logo and jumped through a few hoops at my behest to make some accompanying art for later use.

Much thanks to everyone who entered! The 1st, 2nd and 3rd runners up (as voted on by The New Originals) were, in order: Chandra Jade, Jessica and Katie Biese.

ALL excellent submissions, and wonderful artists, and I thank them sincerely for their wonderful efforts (each having turned in multiple submissions) .

Len has won…well…recognition from you, for one thing. He and I have worked out a licensing agreement that is mutually beneficial so, should I make money selling items with the logo, he gets his fair share. So, um, I suppose I should make some stuff for you all to buy, so he can get his due…or something. Stickers and T-shirts in the summer, I promise (I don’t really promise). In the meantime, seriously, go buy a monster.

So, um, yeah…see you Monday night in New Brunswick?

…will be formally announced in a day or two.  The band and I picked it out.  Now I just need to see if I can get some customizations done on it before I unleash it to the world.

A VERY sincere thank you to everyone who submitted.  At the end of the day, there were a LOT that I would happily pick, and honestly debated trying to use more than one.  However, for marketing/branding purposes, I really need to pick one and put it on everything.

Keep an eye out.  I’ll post soon.

So, in non-logo-related news, the Asbury Park Press article (mentioned in my previous post) has been pushed back to next Friday, which is great, ’cause it’s closer to area dates that I’m playing.  And in logo-related news, more anonymous logos (from a different anonymous submitter):

Two submissions from Jessica just hit my in-box. Thanks, Jessica! Comment, y’all.  Got ideas of your own? Enter the contest!

Here’s a third batch from Chandra Jade. Drop a comment and let me know what you think.

Len Peralta, of Jawbone Radio, Monster by Mail and Jonathan Coulton’s VTAW fame, has submitted these two entries for the Eric Ginsberg and The New Originals art/logo contest. I think I’m gonna poop myself with excitement. Comment, people! And buy a monster from Len!

NOTE: Len and I have exchanged e-mails to the tune of “something belongs in the black space in the top right corner of the first image.”  We can’t figure out what, though.  Your suggestions?

More from Chandra Jade (with even more on the way).  Click here for contest details and enter!

The result of some feedback and some fresh ideas, here is a second round of submissions from Ms. Katie Biese.

Perhaps something I ought to mention: I sincerely appreciate most of these logos being one color (’cause printing one color merch is way cheaper, and stamping the logo on stuff is easier when it’s B+W). That said, the only color rules to the contest are that the logo should be one color with a different color background (and even that isn’t such a hard-set rule), and though I’ve been getting a lot of black logo on white background, if you create something that really only comes through (or you feel comes through better) in another chromatic variation, go for it!

This next submitter asked to remain Anonymous. No sweat. I realize something, though, that is probably my fault for not saying so (as I’ve received a few submissions like this): it’s “The”, not “the”. Grammar be damned, that’s what I’m looking for. Y’all better be commenting on this stuff! I need your feedback! To enter the contest, click here for details.

Aviva used Marnie Mitchell-Lister pop-art of a Derek Gross photo to make what is more of a flyer that she has deemed a goofy thrown-together bit. I’m definitely going for more of a text thing, which she quickly realized, but I sincerely appreciate the image and look forward to more!