I love the bold lettering and the strong cartoon design! But I do feel the image itself is a little to "on the nose" for me. I'm trying to think: what have people NOT seen before?
#17 -- WOW! You've really hit on something here... very cool!
A thought--Could we somehow make the "little guy" in the letter 'M' stand out more? I didn't see him the first time around. Also, any other color choices for "Paskell"? Also, could I see it without the shadow?
Dear aldeano, I am VERY excited by your designs, as you can probably guess because you are my top 3 rankings!
A few more tweaks would really help bring it home.
#16: Could we make "Mark" red (and the red dot too). Now, could there also be a VERY THIN black outline around the letter "M" because I think it would subtly make the "little man" pop out. Also what do you think about some tiny dots below the "head" -- they would be the "shirt buttons" on the shirt! Do you see it??? (BTW, I hope it is OK to give you these suggestions...it's my first time having a logo designed for myself.)
(You see, in #24 the first thing I see is a "check mark". That's why we should try the entire letter red to unify the "body".)
But I think we should keep the stars yellow...they look cool.
And--in very small capital letters, could we put the word E N T E R TA I N M E N T below Mark Paskell? I'd love to see what it looks like.