I am not dead or gone either...but work has me buried these days.
The contest is still open too, I just need one more entry to really make it a contest, to give the people something to vote on. So, once I get that entry (and I could use some advertising help with this) I can set up the voting again and get some very much needed new art into the default art pack that ships with DC.
So, don't give up hope just yet. =)