You know what? I love giving things away. I think it's fun, especially this time of year. You know what else I love? JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It's a contender for my favorite manga of all time and I think it's criminal how little it's known here in the US which has prompted this contest. What's at stake? What are the rules? Read below.

The Contest
Design your own stand and draw yourself with it. At contests end, the best submission will be selected and the creator wins the entire collection of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure manga that has been released in the US thus far. Runner-ups will get the first volume.

What's a Stand?
A Stand is a supernatural ability in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In a nutshell, it's like a physical manifestation or a person's spirit and they all have unique abilities and appearances. For more detail check the link below and go to the "Stand section at the bottom of the page. For whatever reason I can't link directly to it.

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You can also search JoJo's Bizarre Adventure on Youtube to see some vids of Stands in action. You can also Google names of some of the listed names to see references.

The Rules
-Create a Stand and draw a picture of yourself with it.
-Describe your Stand's abilities in the image description
-Give your Stand a name. Stands are named after bands, albums, songs, or any other kind of music reference.
-Though Stands are typically humanoid in appearance they can technically look like almost anything so there are no limits to what your Stand can look like.
-Pictures will be judged primarily on originality of the look and ability of the Stand as well as the overall quality of the illustration.

The Prize
-The winner gets: Volumes 1-13 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as localized and published by Viz media under the Shonen Jump Advanced line.

-The first six runner-ups get: Volume 1 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as localized and published by Viz media under the Shonen Jump Advanced line.

-After a winner is picked, prizes will be mailed out as soon as possible. All expenses including shipping will be paid for by me.

The Deadline
-Just upload your submission to your gallery and send me a message with the link.
-The deadline is New Years Day for now. It may be slightly extended if enough people express interest but need a bit more time.

So there you go. Get those creative juices flowing. Even if you've never read JoJo it only takes a little knowledge to participate in this contest. It's almost better if you've never read the series since this is a golden opportunity to check out one of the greatest manga of all time.

And for anybody questioning the legitimacy on this contest I can't really do much more than give my word that I am dead serious about the prizes and will reward people who participate. Besides, what do you lose for trying? If you don't believe me, feel free to ask the people in the following link if I'm serious or not.

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Good luck guys and have fun.