2003 SQUIDDY WINNERS--COMPLETE RESULTS
And for the detail-oriented, here is the long form of the 2003 Squiddy
Winners. Please note that vote totals for creators and books that went
through run-off voting are those from the run-off round and not the
original round of Squiddy voting. Categories that were decided in the run-
off round of voting are marked with an "*".
CREATOR CATEGORIES
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*BEST WRITER
18--Brian Michael Bendis
17--Kurt Busiek
6--Grant Morrison
4--Ed Brubaker, Geoff Johns
3--Peter David, Warren Ellis, Alan Moore, Christopher Priest, Greg Rucka,
J. Michael Straczynski, Bill Willingham
2--Chuck Austen, Mike Carey, Brian K. Vaughn
1--Tony Bedard, Joe Casey, Tom DeFalco, Gilbert Hernandez, Joe Kelly, Mark
Millar, Scott Morse, Stephan Pastis, Dave Sim, Micah Wright
BEST PENCILLER
9--George Perez
5--John Cassaday
4--Darwyn Cooke, Phil Jimenez
3--Ed Benes, Michael Lark, Salvador Larroca, Frank Quitely
2--Joe Bennett, Phil Foglio, Jim Lee, Sean Phillips, J.H. Williams III
1--Michael Allred, Mark Buckingham, Charles Burns, Darby Conley, Ed
Coutts,
Steve Epting, Gary Frank, Juanjo Guarnido, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Maguire,
Mike
McKone, Dustin Nguyen, Dave Sim, Posy Simmonds, Don Simpson, Cameron
Stewart
BEST CARTOONIST
6--Kyle Baker
5--Frank Cho
3--John Byrne, Darby Conley, Dave Sim, Mark Smylie
2--Evan Dorkin, Phil Foglio, Jimmy Gownley, David Mack, Jim Mahfood, Carla
Speed McNeil, Jeff Smith
1--Scott Adams, Miki Aihara, Berkeley Breathed, Eddie Campbell, Kosuke
Fujishima, Paul Grist, Bill Holbrook, Peter Kuper, Scott Morse, Todd
Nauck,
Stan Sakai, Ariel Schrag, No Award
*BEST INKER
14--Mick Gray
10--Art Thibert
4--Jerry Ordway
3--Gerhard
3--Scott Hanna, Michael Lark, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Rubenstein
2--Cameron Stewart
1--Charles Burns, Richard Friend, Cory Hamscher, Mark Heike, Jaime
Hernandez, Klaus Janson, Andy Lanning, Danny Miki, Al Milgrom, Rodney
Ramos, P. Craig Russell, Tim Townsend, Scott Williams
BEST PAINTER
13--Alex Ross
6--J.G. Jones
5--Alex Maleev
4--Scott Hampton, David Mack
3--Mark Smylie
1--Juanjo Guardino, Jose Ladronn, Clint Langley, Alvaro Lopez, Mike
Mayhew,
Christopher Moeller, Scott Morse, Barron Story, Matt Wagner
BEST LETTERER
16--Todd Klein
8--Dave Sim
3--Bill Oakley, Richard Starkings
2--Bob Lappan, Tom Orzechowski
1--Ellie DeVille, Tom Frame, Sean Konot, Ken Lopez, Arvid Nelson, Clem
Robbins, John Workman, Thom Zahler
*BEST COLORIST
13--Laura DePuy Martin
11--Matthew Hollingsworth
3--Laura Allred, Richard Isanove, Lee Loughridge, Paul Mounts, Tom Smith,
Chris Sotomoyer
2--Chris Bachalo, Moose Baumann
1--Dave Baron, Ben Dimagmaliw, Phil Elliott, Juanjo Guarnido, Lysa
Hawkins,
Patricia Mulvihill, Dave Stewart
INELIGIBLE
Liquid (Not an individual creator)
Terrence & Isabel Marks (Not an individual creator)
*BEST CREATIVE TEAM
17--Busiek/Perez/Smith (JLA/Avengers)
12--Straczynski/Frank (Supreme Power)
5--Brubaker/Phillips (Sleeper), Moore/Williams/Gray (Promethea)
4--Giffen/deMatteis/Maguire/Rubinstein (Formerly Known as the Justice
League), Sim/Gerhard (Cerebus)
3--Simone/Benes/Lei (Birds of Prey)
2--Bendis/Gaydos (Alias), Bendis/Maleev (Daredevil), Black/Heike
(Femforce), Brubaker/Stewart (Catwoman), Casey/Nguyen/Friend/Mayor
(Wildcats 3.0), Ellis/Cassaday (Planetary), Vaughan/Guerra (Y: The Last
Man)
1--Bendis/Bagley (Ultimate Spider-Man), Brubaker/Rucka/Lark (Gotham
Central), Busiek/Pacheco (Arrowsmith), Diggle/Jock (The Losers),
Hersh/Paley (The Hots), Kelly/Mahnke/Nguyen (JLA),
Loeb/McGuiness/Vines/Stewart/Starkings (Superman/Batman), Millar/Hitch
(The
Ultimates), Milligan/Allred (X-Statix)
INELIGIBLE
Los Bros Hernandez (No known work as team in 2003)
BEST COVER ARTIST
8--George Perez
6--Brian Bolland
4--David Mack, Josh Middleton
2--Adi Granov, Adam Hughes, Dave Johnson, Salvador Larroca, Dustin Nguyen,
Carlos Pacheco, J.H. Williams III
1--Charles Burns, John Cassaday, Ed Coutts, Duncan Fegredo, Rian Hughes,
James Jean, Kevin Maguire, Mike Mayhew, Scott McKowen, John Romita, Carlos
Segura, Brian Stelfreeze, Matt Wagner, Andi Watson, Brian Wood
INELIGIBLE
Rian Hughes/Dustin Nguyen (Not an individual creator)
BEST EDITOR
16--Tom Brevoort
3--Karen Berger, Mike Carlin, Matt Idelson, Joe Quesada
2--Ben Abernathy, Scott Dunbier, Mike Marts, Jamie Rich
1--Alan Barnes, Shelly Bond, Will Dennis, Joan Hilty, Diana Schutz, Steve
Wacker, No Award
BEST POLITICAL CARTOONIST
7--Garry Trudeau ("Doonesbury")
4--Wiley Miller ("Non Sequitur"), Tom Tomorrow ("This Modern World")
3--Aaron McGruder ("The Boondocks"), Dave Sim ("Cerebus"), Tom Toles
(Washington Post)
2--Steve Bell (Guardian Unlimited), Ruben Bolling ("Tom the Dancing Bug"),
Cox & Forkum (www.coxandforkum.com), David Rees ("Get Your War On")
1--Gary Brookins (Richmond Times-Dispatch), Mike Luckovich (Atlanta
Journal-Constitution), J.J. McCullough (www.filibustercartoons.com), Steve
Sack (Minneapolis Star-Tribune), No Award
BOOK AND STORY CATEGORIES
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BEST SHORT STORY
6--Gotham Central #11 ("Daydreams and Believers")
4--Lucifer #41 ("Sisters of Mercy")
3--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #168 ("Urban Legend"), Conan #0
("Conan the Legend")
2--Autobiographix ("The Day I Met Richard Nixon"), Batman Adventures #11
("Questions That Begin With a Queue"), Global Frequency #6 ("The Run"),
Lies and Lying Liars Who Tell Them ("The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus"),
New
X-Men #146 ("Planet X, Part 1"), Planetary #17 ("Opak-Re"), Stormwatch:
Team Achilles #8 ("The Winter War"), Supreme Power #3 ("Coming Out")
1--Amelia Rules! #9 ("Joy and Wonder"), Astro City: Local Heroes #2
("Shining Armor"), Autobiographix ("I Have Lost My Sense of Humor"), Boox
(Sept. 14, 2003) ("Fox News Channel vs. Al Franken"), Catwoman #20 ("Wild
Ride Part One: Other Cats"), Common Grounds #3, Femforce #119 ("The
Missing
Masque"), Girl Spy, JSA #55 ("Be Good for Goodness' Sake"), New X-Men #147
("Magneto Superior"), Punisher #23 ("Squid"), Star Wars Jedi ("Dooku"),
Ultimate X-Men #40 ("New Mutants Part 1")
INELIGIBLE
Planetary #18 (Not released in 2003)
BEST COMICS NOVELLA
11--Fables: The Last Castle
6--Zatanna: Everyday Magic
4--JLA: Welcome to the Work Week
3--My Uncle Jeff
2--Switchblade Honey
1--Alan Moore's "The Courtyard", Batman/Joker: Switch, Blacksad: Somewhere
Within the Shadows, Brit, Demo #1 ("NYC"), Metamorphosis, Superman: Blood
of My Ancestors, The Iron Wagon, The Many Worlds Of Tesla Strong, Treasury
of Victorian Murder: Beast of Chicago, War Story: Condors
INELIGIBLE
JLA: Liberty and Justice (Too long)
Orbiter (Too long)
Superman: Red Son #1 (Not a single story)
*BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
12--Orbiter
7--JLA: Liberty and Justice
5--Blankets
3--Lost at Sea
2--Buddha: Kapilavatsu, Sgt. Rock Between Hell and a Hard Place
1--The Barefoot Serpent, The Life Eaters, Same Difference & Other Stories,
No Award
INELIGIBLE
Human Target: Final Cut (First published in 2002)
Sandman: Endless Nights (Anthology)
Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia (First published in 2002)
BEST MULTI-PART STORY
6--Supergirl #75-80 ("Many Happy Returns")
5--Alias #24-28 ("Purple"), Superman: Red Son #1-3
4--JLA/Avengers #1-4, Supreme Power #1-6 ("Contact")
2--1602 #1-8, Fantastic Four #68-71 ("Unthinkable"), Gotham Central #6-10
("Half a Life"), JSA #46-51 "Princes of Darkness"), New X-Men #146-150
("Planet X"), Powers #25-30 ("The Sellouts"), Y The Last Man #11-17 ("One
Small Step")
1--2000AD Progs 1350-1358 ("Strontium Dog: The Tax Dodge"), Captain Marvel
("Crazy Like a Fox"), Catwoman #17-19 ("No Easy Way Down"), Catwoman
#20-24
("Wild Ride"), Daredevil #51-55 ("Echo: Vision Quest"), JLA #84-89 ("Trial
by Fire"), Love & Rockets #1-10 (Maggie storyline), New X-Men #134-138
("Riot at Xaviers"), Punisher #33-37 ("Confederacy of Dunces"), Queen &
Country #13-15 ("Operation: Blackwall"), The Crew ("Big Trouble in Little
Mogadishu")
INELIGIBLE
Uncanny X-Men #410-412 "Hope" (First published in 2002)
*BEST ONGOING SERIES
15--Lucifer
9--Supreme Power
8--Alias
3--Birds of Prey, Finder, Gotham Central, Sleeper, Y: The Last Man
2--Catwoman, The Crew, Daredevil, For Better or For Worse, Queen &
Country,
Spider--Girl, The Ultimates
1--Batman, Black Hole, Captain Marvel, Cerebus, Fables, Fantastic Four,
Femforce, Girl Genius, Green Arrow, Hot Gimmick, JSA, Love Hina, New X--
Men, Planetary, Promethea, Stray Bullets, Superman/Batman, The Flash,
Usagi
Yojimbo, Weapon X, Wildcats 3.0, Young Justice
BEST NEW SERIES
11--Supreme Power
6--Losers
5--Teen Titans
3--Sleeper
2--El Cazador, Conan, The Crew, Fallen Angel, HERO, Runaways
1--Bear, Demo, Hot Gimmick, The Hots, Human Target, Invincible, Love
Fights, Mystique, New Mutants, Plastic Man, Sentinel, Superman/Batman,
Wanted, No Award
BEST LIMITED SERIES
13--JLA/Avengers
11--Formerly Known as the Justice League
7--Smax
5--1602
4--Arrowsmith, Global Frequency
2--Artesia Afire, Sammy: Tourist Trap
1--100%, Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, Born, Cinnamon: El Ciclo, League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen V2, Noble Causes: Distant Relatives, Puffed, Red,
Superman: Birthright
INELIGIBLE
Supreme Power (Ongoing series)
*BEST REPRINT COLLECTION
18--Fables: Animal Farm
6--Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams
3--Krazy & Ignatz 1929--1930
2--Challengers Of The Unknown Archives V1, The Complete Far Side,
Essential
Tomb of Dracula V1, Golden Age Spectre Archives V1, Jimmy Olsen Adventures
by Jack Kirby, Joss Whedon's Fray, Maxx V1, Persepolis Ultimate
Spider-Man:
Irresponsible
1--Animal Man V3, Daredevil/Elektra: Love & War, Finder: Dream Sequence,
Golden Age Greats Spotlight V1, Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset, Herobear and the
Kid, Literary Life, Lucifer: The Divine Comedy, Queen & Country: Operation
Blackwall, Sleeper: Out in the Cold, Supergirl Archives V2, Thor Legends:
Walt Simonson V2, Ultimate Daredevil & Elektra, Ultimate X-Men: Ultimate
War, Uncanny X-Men: Hope, Wildcats 3.0: Brand Building, X-Force: Famous,
Mutant and Mortal
INELIGIBLE
The Losers: Ante Up (First published in 2004)
New Teen Titans: Judas Contract (Not first published in 2003)
Rex Mundi: Guardian of the Temple (First published in 2004)
BEST COMICS ANTHOLOGY
9--Sandman: Endless Nights
6--2000AD
3--Gotham Knights, Tom Strong's Terrific Tales
2--Autobiographix, Drawn & Quarterly V5, The Matrix Comics, Mythology: DC
Comics Art of Alex Ross, Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Guide
1--Digital Webbing Presents, Femforce #119, In Search of Monkeysuit, New
Thing V2: Secrets, Shonen Jump, Tales of the Vampires
*BEST COMIC STRIP
21--Get Fuzzy
9--The Boondocks
6--Dilbert
3--Non Sequitur, Opus
2--9 Chickweed Lane, For Better or for Worse, Judge Dredd, Liberty Meadows
1--Apartment 3-G, Doonesbury, Fisher, Foxtrot, Frazz, If..., Mutts, Nemi,
On the Fastrack, Pearls Before Swine, Zits
BEST WEB COMIC
9--PVP (www.pvponline.com)
5--Pibgorn (www.comics.com/comics/pibgorn)
3--Kevin & Kell (www.kevinandkell.com)
No Award
2--MegaTokyo (www.megatokyo.com)
Sluggy Freelance (www.sluggy.com)
1--College Roomies From Hell (www.crfh.net)
Day by Day (www.daybydaycartoon.com)
Elf Only Inn (elfonlyinn.keenspace.com)
Femme Noir (www.supernaturalcrime.com)
Get Your War On (www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war.html)
GPF (www.gpf--comics.com)
It's Walky! (www.itswalky.com)
Man-Man (manmancomics.keenspace.com)
Mitch in Wonderland (www.mitchinwonderland.com)
Penny Arcade (www.penny--arcade.com)
Red Meat (www.redmeat.com)
Sabrina Online (www.sabrina-online.com)
Scary Go Round (www.scarygoround.com)
Something Positive (www.somethingpositive.net)
Uncanny X-Sprites
Zebra Girl (zebragirl.keenspot.com)
OTHER CATEGORIES
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BEST COMPANY/IMPRINT
15--DC Comics
9--Marvel Comics
6--DC/Vertigo, Oni
4--DC/WildStorm, Marvel/Max
2--Bongo Comics, DC/America's Best, Fantagraphics, Plan Nine Publishing,
No
Award
1--AC Comics, Drawn & Quarterly , Image, Viz
BEST CHARACTER
6--Batman
4--Judge Dredd
3--The Flash (Wally West), Holden Carver (Sleeper), Jessica Jones (Alias),
Lucifer, Nick Fury (1602)
2--Bucky Katt (Get Fuzzy), Mark Milton (Supreme Power), Nick Fury,
Ultimate
Spider-Man
1--Amelia (Amelia Rules!), Aquaman, Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (Girl Genius),
Catwoman, Clare (Lucky Cow), Deadpool (Agent X), Glynhial (Elf Life),
Green
Arrow, Grimlock (Transformers), Guy Gardner, Hatsumi (Hot Gimmick), Jaeger
(Finder), Jeriven (My Faith in Frankie), John Constantine (Hellblazer),
Juggernaut, Justice (The Crew), Manitou Raven (JLA), Mavis (Supernatural
Law), Ms. Misery (Sleeper), Oracle (Birds of Prey), Power Girl (JSA), Sage
(X-Treme X-Men), Spider-Man, Supergirl, Tara Chace (Queen & Country),
Usagi
Yojimbo, Zatanna
BEST CHARACTER TEAM
8--Justice Society of America
6--Justice League
5--Birds of Prey
4--Queen & Country (Cast of)
3--Fables (Cast of), Formerly Known as the Justice League, The Losers
2--B.P.R.D., Fantastic Four, Get Fuzzy (Cast of), Planetary, Runaways
(Cast
of), Wildcats, X-Men, X-Statix
1--Femforce, Forlorn Funnies #4 (Cast of), GI Joe, Girl Genius (Cast of),
Transformers (Cast of), Ultimate X-Men, Ultimates, Usagi Yojimbo (Cast
of),
Weapon X, X-Treme X-Men, No Award
BEST COMICS-RELATED ADAPTATION
15-X2: X-Men United (Movie)
8-American Splendor (Movie)
7-Smallville (TV)
6-Justice League (TV)
3-No Award, Static Shock (TV), Corto Maltese: Sous le signe du capricorne
(DVD)
1-Fortress of Solitude (Book), Hulk (Movie), XIII (Game)
INELIGIBLE
Road to Perdition (Movie) (First released in 2002)
BEST COMICS-RELATED MERCHANDISE
10--Hulk Hands toy
5--No Award
2--Batman & Nightwing poster
1--Green Lantern Kingdom Come action figure, Guy Gardner action figure,
Red
Arrow Kingdom Come action figure, Spider-Man Socks, Unicron Transformers
Armada action figure, Wonder Woman Kingdom Come action figure, X-Women
United Lithograph
BEST COMICS PUBLICATION
6--Wizard
5--Heroes & Monsters: Unofficial Guide to LoEG
3--Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, Alter Ego, The
Comics Journal
2--Comics International, Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore, Jack Kirby
Collector, No Award
1--Comic Book Artist, Comic Book Marketplace, Write Now
BEST FOCUSED COMICS WEB SITE
8--The X-Axis (www.thexaxis.com)
6--Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics (www.dcindexes.com)
4--DC Comics (www.dccomics.com)
2--For Better or For Worse (www.fborfw.com)
Marvel Chronology Project (www.chronologyproject.com)
Marvel Masterworks Resource Page
(www.marvelmasterworks.freeservers.com )
Titans Tower (www.titanstower.com)
1--Batman Begins (www.batman-on-film.com/b5news.html)
Dixonverse Message Board (www.dixonverse.net)
Femforce Femfans (www.femforce-femfans.com)
GeorgePerez.com (www.georgeperez.com)
Guerrilla Comics (www.guerrilla-comics.com)
John Byrne Forum (www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/248951)
Millarworld.biz (www.millarworld.biz)
Mysteries & Conundrums
(www.comicworldnews.com/index.cgi?column=mysteries)
Superman Through the Ages (www.superman.ws)
The Comics Journal (www.tcj.com)
Tony Isabella Board (www.comicscommunity.com/boards/tony/)
Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe (www.dcuguide.com)
X-Fan (www.x-mencomics.com/xfan)
No Award
INELIGIBLE
Newsarama (General, not focused comics website)
BEST GENERAL COMICS WEB SITE
8--Newsarama (www.newsarama.com)
6--Comic Book Resources (www.cbr.cc)
Pulse (www.comicon.com/pulse)
4--Comixfan (www.comixfan.com)
Grand Comics Database (www.comics.org)
Jess Nevins' Annotations
(www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/annos.html)
3--Digital Webbing (www.digitalwebbing.com)
Toothwatch (www.toothwatch.co.uk)
2--Comics Continuum (www.comicscontinuum.com)
Don Markstein's Toonopedia (www.toonopedia.com)
1--411 Comics (www.411mania.com/comics)
Comics I Don't Understand (www.comicsidontunderstand.com)
Fanboy Rampage (fanboyrampage.blogspot.com)
Journalista (www.tcj.com/journalista)
NCRL (www.comiclist.com)
Ninth Art (www.ninthart.com)
Sequential Tart (www.sequentialtart.com)
Silver Bullet Comicbooks (www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com)
No Award
INELIGIBLE
Comicworld.com (No site at URL. No evidence of site during 2003)
Comics Worth Reading (Squiddy admins ineligible for Squiddies)
BEST COMICS JOURNALIST
11--Rich Johnston
6--Paul O'Brien
5--Mark Evanier
3--Jennifer Contino, R.C. Harvey, No Award
2--Dez Skinn, Heidi MacDonald, James Sime
1--Dirk Deppey, Eric J. Moreels, Jonah Weiland, Michael Dean, Tony Whitt
INELIGIBLE
Johanna Draper Carlson (Squiddy admins ineligible for Squiddies)
BEST COMICS REVIEWER
30-Paul O'Brien
3--Dave Van Domelen, Hannibal Tabu, Laura Gjovaag
2--Jason Pomeranz, Randy Lander, Tony Isabella
1--Brian E. Wilkinson, Randy Jackson, Tom Spurgeon
INELIGIBLE
Johanna Draper Carlson (Squiddy admins ineligible for Squiddies)
RAC-SPECIFIC CATEGORIES
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FAVORITE RAC'ER (NON-CREATOR)
25--Paul O'Brien
12--George Grattan
10--Marc-Oliver Frisch
5--Jim Connick, Tom Galloway, Bob Hughes, Charles LePage, George Rodd
4--Loren Di Iorio, Michael Pastor, Mike Peterson
3--Eric J. Moreels
2--Blackgard
2--"Brain Death", Mike Chary, Donnacha De Long, Brian Doyle, Graeme, Ralf
Haring, Sherwood Harrington, Laura M. Parkinson, Ronniecat, Mike Schiffer,
Dave Van Domelen
1--badthingus, J.D. Baldwin, Jim Caldwell, Todd Tamanend Clark, Chris
Clarke, DD Degg, Carl Fink, GI Trekker, Laura Gjovaag, GusNYT, Janus, Kate
the Short, Matches Malone, Samy Merchi, Jason Michael, Mikel Midnight,
Hannibal Tabu, R. Tang, Sidne Gail Ward
INELIGIBLE
David Allen (No known RAC* posts in 2003)
Johanna Draper Carlson (Squiddy admins ineligible for Squiddies)
Carl Henderson (Squiddy admins ineligible for Squiddies)
FAVORITE RAC'ER (CREATOR)
40--Kurt Busiek
27--Gail Simone
11--J. Michael Straczynski
10--Tom Brevoort, Mark Evanier
9--Fabian Nicieza
7--Tony Isabella
6--Brooke McEldowney
2--Brian/beefies
1--Guy Gilchrist, Bill Holbrook, Richard Pini
INELIGIBLE
Peter David (No posts to RAC* in 2003)
Tom Galloway (Not a comics creator)
Christopher Priest (No posts to RAC* in 2003)
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