Happy New Year, y’all! I’m making a change to how the Lousies are chosen, and this is the perfect day to inflict reveal it!

The previous voting scheme, in which the number of comments was treated as a proxy for cover popularity/infamy, was naturally inexact; plus, it forced anyone who wanted to “vote” to come up with something to say about that cover.

But now, at the bottom of all posts in the “Covers” category, there’s a simple ballot to check:

I’ll include the twelve most voted covers from each month in the quarterly semi-finals.

Let freedom ring!

(Yes, this will show on the older cover posts too — there’s no way to limit to just those going forward.)