midpollo week IV

Welcome to Midpollo Week 2020!

Join us in this celebration of the World’s Finest Couple, aka Midnighter and Apollo! You can create fanart, graphics, fanfics, playlists... 

Hello Anon! 

We’re really glad to have you with us to celebrate the relationship between Apollo and The Midnighter! This is definitely not a silly question, and deserves some clarification for those who may not have had an opportunity to read every book the characters have appeared in (a difficult task these days, with some books having been out of print for over a decade). To recap, this year’s themes for Midpollo Week are: 

Days 1, 2 and 3 - Wildstorm

Days 4, 5 and 6 - DC Comics

Day 7 - The Wild Storm

The above themes are based on the different “versions” of Apollo and The Midnighter that have existed since their creation. Here is a quick summary of how they differ: 

Wildstorm Wildstorm Days refer to Apollo and Mid’s original design and creation by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch under the company, Wildstorm Publishing. In 1999, the characters were introduced into the Wildstorm Universe as members of Stormwatch (and later, The Authority). In this universe, Midpollo are a married and out couple with a daughter. A example of this version of Apollo & Midnighter can be found HERE and HERE.

DC Comics DC Comics Days represent a blend of a few different iterations of Midpollo. In 2010, Wildstorm was officially bought/acquired by DC Comics, and all the storylines and versions of the characters from that universe were “rebooted” to better fit within the DC Universe. This resulted in a complete retconn to Apollo and Midnighter, both visually and in their stories. Their depictions continued to be tweaked through New52 and Rebirth eras of DC Comics, and can be (roughly) broken down as such: Stormwatch Vol 2 (the now infamous chinspike era), Midnighter Vol 2 (the standalone comic by Steve Orlando), and Midnighter and Apollo (A continuation of Orlando’s vision for Midpollo). An Example of the latter can be found HERE and HERE.

The Wild Storm The day dedicated to The Wild Storm is specifically focused on the most recent reinvention of The Midnighter and Apollo, which can be found in the comic series by the same name. In this book (written by original creator, Warren Ellis), many characters from the Wildstorm Universe’s Stormwatch and The Authority have been re-imagined with all new backstories and visuals. This iteration of Midpollo actually bears more similarity to their original story concept than they do to their DC Comics counterparts. Perhaps the most noticeable difference is their visual representation. In The Wild Storm, Apollo and Midnighter are BIPOC. You can see an example of this version of the couple HERE and HERE 

I hope all this helps you better understand the intention of the Midpollo Week themed days! Thank you again for your excitement and involvement, we can’t wait to see what everyone produces to celebrate our favorite couple!

We're happy to announce we're back this year for our 4th edition!

Our first fan event happened in 2016, in hopes to promote the release of the Midnighter and Apollo mini series. The second and third editions happened in 2017 and 2018, with the goal to celebrate the World's Finest Couple, as well as encourage fan creators to produce more content.

Midpollo Week 2020 is October 18th to 24th. 

You are invited to create fanart, fanfictions, edits, fanmixes, etc.! 

What can you do / rules

Create any type of content: fanart, fanfictions, edits, fanmixes, etc.

Don’t steal other people’s edits/art!

This is meant to be a safe event, so we kindly ask you to only participate if you DO NOT ship abuse/inc*st/ped*philia.

Tag #midpolloweek within the first 5 tags. If your post doesn’t show up in the tags or if we accidentally miss it, please message us! Everything will be reblogged here, as long as it follows the rules.

If you use Instagram, feel free to tag @lgbtincomics_ in your stories or feed! We’d love to share your content there as well.

Themes and Prompts

This year’s challenge is divided into Themes and Prompts. Each day has a theme, and the prompts can be used for any day, in any order and/or quantity! You also don’t have to follow them, they’re here just to help you with ideas.

Themes

Days 1, 2 and 3 - Wildstorm

Days 4, 5 and 6 - DC Comics

Day 7 - The Wild Storm

Prompts

Palettes / Pastels / Black and White / Lyrics / Quotes / Retro / Cowboys / Love Languages / Costume Swap / Rainbows / Zodiac / Tarot / Team-ups 

Winner

While this isn’t meant to feel like a competition, we will choose a post to be featured in @lgbtincomics’ spotlight (desktop theme). The winning post will also be this blog’s pinned post once the event ends, and it will stay there until next year’s event!