An astounding 154 nominees received at least one vote, but in the end, only 3 will go into the Hall this year, the fewest since 2018. And in an interesting twist, all three new members are bondage artists, each with vastly different techniques, but all of them very deserving of induction.
The leading vote-getter with 10 votes was the legendary French artist Joseph Farrel, whose artwork is so famous it was the subject of a coffee table book in 2015. Truly one of the greatest BDSM artists of all time now finally gets his rightful place in our Hall.
Contemporary artist Jucundus has really only been in the public eye since the mid to late 2010s, but his outstanding 3D art wowed the voting committee members, who elected him in only his third year on the ballot. He fell a vote short in 2022 but surged into the winner's circle this year with 9 votes.
Rounding out this year's class is comic book artist Silvio Dante, a friend of this site who was a semi-regular poster at one time, although he hasn't been heard from in a few years. It was Dante who donated his final unpublished story to the GIMP in 2013 and we gave him a month-long showcase at the top of the forum. No doubt his extreme artwork brought him a few more fans here. He received 8 votes, pushing him past the others and into the Hall of Fame at last. The 3 new artists bring the total number of artists in the Hall to 15, with now 42 members in all.
And once again, we had a number of candidates who just missed out, falling just a single vote short. For the second straight year, producer David F. Friedman, bondage director Bill Majors and bondage performer Sharon Montgomery were within a single vote of getting in. All in all, for 7 nominees it was close but no cigar. Better luck next year.
Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the final results of this year's voting.
Ralphus, Bring Out the GIMP moderator
2023 GIMP Hall of Fame final voting
