This is the final pseudo-nominee list for the 2004 Squiddy Awards. The
pseudo-nominee list is a list of all the creators, books, merchandise,
etc.
which have so far received AT LEAST ONE VOTE in the Squiddy awards
balloting.
THIS IS NOT THE BALLOT!
THIS IS NOT THE BALLOT!
THIS IS NOT THE BALLOT!
Pardon the redundant redundancy, but we've received well over a TWENTY
ballots to date where people just cut and paste from the first Pseudo-
Nominee List. Really--this isn't the ballot. Please remember--if you send
in
a vote that can't be sorted for counting, we are going to throw it out. If
you've voted, and you don't see who/what you voted for here that might be
why. Feel free to send in a properly formatted ballot.
However, copies of the ballot have been posted to all appropriate RAC*
newsgroups. You can also get a copy via Google Groups at:
http://tinyurl.com/a2zzw
Please note that you are NOT limited to voting only for entries on this
list; you may vote for ANY eligible comic/story/creator/etc.
The purpose of the pseudo-nominee list is to:
1) provide an informal list of "nominations" for voters who would like
their
memory jogged (although voters are encouraged to consider others not
already
listed as well; the names on the "pseudo-nominee" lists are in no way the
only ones you can vote for),
2) point out votes we've determined to be ineligible, and to ask for your
help in determining whether other votes are eligible or not. Some votes
that
have been marked as "Ineligible" or "Questionable" will possibly have
their
status changed after discussion on rec.arts.comics.misc. If you are
concerned about any such vote, please follow this thread on RAC.misc. If
something you've voted for was declared ineligible, feel free to send a
vote
change to <votes2004@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ( votes2004 [at] squiddies.org ).
Copies of the ballot have been posted to all appropriate RAC* newsgroups.
You can also get a copy via Google Groups at:
All vote confirmation emails for ballots received to date should have gone
out, so please let us know if you have voted and have not received one.
If you need a ballot and can not find one elsewhere, email us at
<questions2004@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ( questions [at] squiddies.org ).
For more information about the Squiddy Awards, check out the Squiddies'
website at www.squiddies.org
Voting runs through Friday, May 13th, 2005.
BEST COMICS WRITER
Kyle Baker
Brian Michael Bendis
Ed Brubaker
Kurt Busiek
Eddie Campbell
Andy Diggle
Chuck Dixon
Warren Ellis
Garth Ennis
James Heffron
Josh Howard
Geoff Johns
Kazu Kibui****
Robert Kirkman
Jeph Loeb
Leo Magna
Alan Moore
Grant Morrison
Steve Niles
Michael Avon Oeming
Priest
Stan Sakai
Gail Simone
Dan Slott
J. Michael Straczynski
Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins)
Brian K. Vaughan
Mark Waid
Christina Weir
Joss Whedon
BEST COMICS PENCILLER
Kyle Baker
Mark Buckingham
Sergio Cariello
John Cassaday
Frank Cho
Matthew Clark
Amanda Conner
Darwyn Cooke
Andrea DiVito
Alan Davis
Dub
Tommy Lee Edwards
Gary Frank
James Heffron
Bryan Hitch
Josh Howard
Matt Howarth
Phil Jimenez
Kazu Kibui****
Salvador Larroca
Leo Magna
Jim Mahfood
Alex Maleev
David Mazzuchelli
Rags Morales
Jerry Ordway
Paul Pelletier
George Perez
Frank Quitely
Scott Roberts
Luke Ross
Tim Sale
Posy Simmonds
Steve Skroce
Ethan Van Sciver
Chris Weston
J.H. Williams III
BEST COMICS CARTOONIST
Scott Adams
Kyle Baker
Eddie Campbell
Frank Cho
Chynna Clugston-Major
Darby Conley
Amanda Conner
Darwyn Cooke
Geoff Darrow
Tania Del Rio
Will Eisner
Brian Fies
Phil Foglio
Scott Kurtz
Fuji****ma Kyousuke
Jim Mahfood
Michael Oeming
Eric Powell
Scott Roberts
Stan Sakai
Dave Sim
Jeff Smith
Colin Upton
Sean Wang
BEST COMICS INKER
Jim Amash
Michael Bair
John Cassaday
Keith Champagne
Frank Cho
John Dell
Andrea DiVito
Mark Farmer
Jamie Grant
Mick Gray
Jaime Hernandez
Josh Howard
Frazer Irving
Klaus Janson
Leo Magna
Danny Miki
Jerry Ordway
Jimmy Palmiotti
Ande Parks
Dan Parsons
Andrew Pepoy
Rick Remender
Peter Repovski
Stan Sakai
Bill Sienkiewicz
Ray Snyder
Art Thibert
Tim Townsend
Scott Williams
BEST COMICS PAINTER
Kyle Baker
John M. Burns
Eddie Campbell
Gabrielle Dell'Otto
Greg Horn
James Jean
J.G. Jones
David Mack
Christopher Moeller
Eric Powell
Esad Ribic
Paolo Rivera
Alex Ross
Ashley Wood
J.K. Woodward
BEST COMICS LETTERER
Pat Brosseau
Eddie Campbell
John Costanza
Ed Duke****re
Chris Eliopoulos
Jared Fletcher
Todd Frame
Greg Gatlin
Randy Gentile
Jason Hanley
Jim Keplinger
Todd Klein
Dave Lanphear
Bob Lappan
Ken Lopez
Tom Orzechowski
Charles Pritchett
Stan Sakai
Dave Sim
BEST COMICS COLORIST
Kyle Baker
Eddie Campbell
Bill Crabtree
Chad Fidler
Steven Griffin
Rick Hiltbrunner
Josh Howard
John Kalisz
Scott A. Keating
Jason Keith
Michelle Madsen
Laura Martin
Justin Ponsor
Pamela Rambo
Alex Sinclair
James Sinclair
Tom Smith
Dave Stewart
Laura Villari
INELIGIBLE: WildStorm FX (votes must be for a person; not a studio)
BEST COMICS CREATIVE TEAM
Bendis/Maleev (Daredevil)
Bendis/Oeming (Powers)
Busiek/Nord/Thomas/Yeates/Stewart (Conan)
Carey/Liew/Hempel/Costanza (My Faith in Frankie)
Claremont/Davis (Uncanny X-Men)
Ellis/Cassaday (Planetary)
Ellis/Weston (Ministry of Space)
Foglio/Foglio/Smith (Girl Genius)
Heffron/Lahotch (Territory 51)
Johns/Van Sciver (Green Lantern: Rebirth)
Kirkman/Ottley (Invincible)
Luna Brothers (Ultra)
Marz/Ross/Keith
Metzler/Morales
Moore/Williams/Gray (Promethea)
Morgan/Parlov/Sienkiewicz (Black Widow)
Morrison/Quitely (We3)
Niles/Templesmith
Oeming/DiVito/Villari
Official Handbooks of The Marvel Universe writing team
Ostrander/Duursema/Parsons (Star Wars Republic)
Priest/Bennett/Jadson (Captain America & the Falcon)
Straczynski/Frank (Supreme Power)
Vaughan/Guerra (Y the Last Man)
Waid/Kitson (Legion of Super-Heroes)
Whedon/Cassaday/Martin (Astoni****ng X-Men)
QUESTIONABLE: Winslade/Chuckry (no writer specified)
BEST COMICS COVER ARTIST
Brian Bolland
Tim Bradstreet
Eddie Campbell
John Cassaday
Jim Cheung
Frank Cho
Steve Epting
Adi Granov
James Heffron
Greg Horn
Josh Howard
Adam Hughes
James Jean
Jock
Dave Johnson
Kazu Kibui****
Greg Land
Salvador Larroca
Jim Lee
Scott McKowen
Take**** Miyazawa
Tony Moore
Rags Morales
George Perez
Frank Quitely
Scott Roberts
Alex Ross
Seth
Ryan Sook
Ben Templesmith
Ethan Van Sciver
Brian Wood
BEST COMICS EDITOR
Scott Allie
Axel Alonso
Karen Berger
Tom Brevoort
Joey Cavalieri
Ed Duke****re
Joan Hilty
Ralph Macchio
Mike Marts
Maureen McTigue
Stephan Nelson
Tom Palmer, Jr.
Jim Resnowski
Jamie S. Rich
Diana Schutz
Kris Simons
Seth Tobocman
Peter Tomasi
Steve Wacker
INELIGIBLE: Julius Schwartz (no comics edited in 2004)
BEST POLITICAL CARTOONIST
Steve Bell
Jim Borgman
Aaron McGruder
Chris Muir
Pat Oliphant
Ted Rall
Ann Telnaes
Mike Thompson (Detroit Free Press)
Tom Toles
G.B. Trudeau
Wiley
No Award
BEST COMICS SHORT STORY
Batman Adventures #10
Catwoman #32
Conan #9
Daisy Kutter: The Last Train
Demo: Breaking Up
Ex Machina #1
Family Reunion
Frank Ironwine
The Goon #9
The Goon #10
Gotham Central #25
Human Target #10
Monolith #2
Plastic Man #7
Plastic Man #10
Rabbithead
Radioactive Man #9
She-Hulk #4
Thor #85
Young Ancient One #1 (Epic Anthology)
QUESTIONABLE: "Abominable" (where is this from?)
BEST COMICS NOVELLA
Batman: The Order of Beasts
Couriers 3
Identity Crisis #5
Legion of Super-Heroes #1
Owly: The Way Home
Punisher: The End
Road to Perdition 2
Superman: Secret Identity #3
Tales from the Bully Pulpit
Tomb Raider: Arabian Nights
No Award
INELIGIBLE: The Walking Dead Volume 1
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
Angel Fire
Buddha: Devadatta Volume 3
Carnet de Voyage
John Law: Dead Man Walking
Lovecraft
Marvel Encyclopedia: Fantastic Four
Mighty Love
Spaghetti Western
The White Elephant
INELIGIBLE: Daisy Kutter (reprint collection)
INELIGIBLE: The Plot (not yet published)
INELIGIBLE: Sgt. Rock: Between Hell & a Hard Place (first published in
2003)
INELIGIBLE: Tex (first published in English in 2005)
INELIGIBLE: Sandman: Endless Nights (first published in 2003)
BEST COMICS MULTI-PART STORY
Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Past
Birds of Prey (Hero Hunters)
Birds of Prey #62-67 (Sensei & Student)
Dead@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fables #26-30 (March of the Wooden Soldiers)
Fallen Angel #15-18 (Hurley-Burley)
Gotham Central #19-22 (Unresolved)
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Identity Crisis
JLA: Another Nail #1-3
JSA: Black Reign
Love & Rockets #1-10 (Maggie storyline)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1-12
Planetary #19-20 (Mystery in Space/Rendezvous)
Plastic Man #1-6
Supreme Power #7-12
Territory 51
Thor #80-85 (Ragnarok)
The Walking Dead #1-6
Warlock #1-4
We3 #1-3
Wolverine: Enemy of the State
INELIGIBLE: Klarion #1 (not published in 2004)
BEST COMICS ONGOING SERIES
Astoni****ng X-Men
Birds of Prey
Bone
Conan
Daredevil
Dead@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ex Machina
Finder
The Flash
Girl Genius
The Goon
Gotham Central
Hawkman
Hot Gimmick
Human Target
Invincible
JSA
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
Plastic Man
The Punisher
Runaways
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
She-Hulk
Street Angel
Supreme Power
Thor
Uncanny X-Men
Usagi Yojimbo
The Walking Dead
World War 3 Illustrated
Y the Last Man
BEST MANGA SERIES
Battle Royale
Buddha
Gantz
Ghost in the Shell
Gold Digger
Hot Gimmick
Oh My Goddess!
Phoenix
Rave Master
Spyboy: Final Exam
Yu-Gi-Oh
No Award
BEST NEW COMICS SERIES
Astoni****ng X-Men
Cable/Deadpool
Conan
Daisy Kutter
Ex Machina
Hard Time
JLA: Classified
Legion of Super-Heroes
Manhunter
Marvel Team-Up
The Monolith
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
Or Else
Othello
The Pulse
She-Hulk
Small Gods
Street Angel
Swamp Thing
Territory 51
INELIGIBLE: Armor X (started in 2005)
INELIGIBLE: Mora (started in 2005)
INELIGIBLE: Plastic Man (started in 2003)
INELIGIBLE: The Walking Dead (started in 2003)
BEST COMICS LIMITED SERIES
1602
Burglar Bill
Daisy Kutter
DC Comics Presents (Julius Schwartz tribute)
DC: New Frontier
Deep Sleeper
Demo
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Identity Crisis
JLA: Another Nail
Madrox
Samurai: Heaven and Earth
Seaguy
Superman: Secret Identity
Ultimate Nightmare
Ultra
We3
X-Men: The End Book One
INELIGIBLE: Iron Ghost - started in 2005
BEST COMICS REPRINT COLLECTION
Age of Bronze: Sacrifice
All-Star Comics Archives Volume 10
Blacksad 2
Bone: One Volume Edition
Catwoman: Nine Lives of a Feline Fatale
Complete Peanuts 1950-1952
Crisis on Multiple Earths volume 3
Formerly Known as the Justice League
Golden Age Sandman Archives
Hush Volume 2
Jimmy Olsen Adventures Volume 2
Mage: The Hero Discovered
Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide to Comics
Spirit Archives Volume 14
Spirit Archives Volume 15
Superman: Red Son
Superman: Secret Identity
Thor Legends: Walt Simonson Book 3
The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye
Will Eisner's John Law
QUESTIONABLE: Mystery in Space Archive (anyone know what this is?)
INELIGIBLE: Essential X-Men Volume 4 (first published in 2001)
INELIGIBLE: Infinity Gauntlet (not first released in 2004)
INELIGIBLE: Marvel Essentials (non-specific)
INELIGIBLE: Peanuts (non-specific)
BEST COMICS ANTHOLOGY
2000AD
ATP Presents
Bizarro Comics
DC Comics Presents
Dead@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rough Cut
Digital Webbing Presents
Epic Anthology
Flight
Metal Hurlant
Rosetta 2
Super Manga Blast
Tales from the Inner Sanctum
Tales of the Vampires
Western Tales of Terror
World War 3 Illustrated
INELIGIBLE: Flight Volume 2 (published in 2005)
INELIGIBLE: Project Superior (published in 2005)
INELIGIBLE: JLA Classified (does not meet ballot definition of
“anthology”)
BEST COMIC STRIP
9 Chickweed Lane
The Boondocks
Dilbert
Doonesbury
Frazz
Get Fuzzy
If...
Liberty Meadows
Non Sequitur
Pearls Before Swine
PvP
Rose Is Rose
Spider-Man
Way Lay
Zippy the Pinhead
Zits
BEST WEB COMIC
Angst Technology (www.inktank.com/AT/index.cfm)
Athena Voltaire (www.athenavoltaire.com)
Bunny (www.frozenreality.co.uk/comic/bunny)
Count Your Sheep (www.countyoursheep.com)
Ctrl-Alt-Delete (www.ctrlaltdel-online.com)
Diesel Sweeties (www.dieselsweetiescom)
Fur-Piled (www.liondogworks.com/fur-piled.html)
Gun Street Girl (www.graphicsmash.com/series.php?name=gsg)
Hotel Fred (www.hotelfred.com)
Irregular Webcomic (www.irregularwebcomic.net)
It's Walky (www.itswalky.com)
Mom's Cancer (www.momscancer.com)
Penny Arcade (www.penny-arcade.com)
PvP (www.pvponline.com)
Rolling With The Punches (www.rwtpv2.com)
Sluggy Freelance (www.sluggy.com)
Something Positive (www.somethingpositive.net)
You'll Have That (www.vipercomics.com/webComics/yht/)
No Award
BEST COMICS COMPANY/IMPRINT
Across the Pond Studios
Dark Horse
DC Comics
Fantagraphics
Humanoids
IDW Publi****ng
Image Comics
Lawdog Comics
Marvel Comics
Oni Press
Prism Comics
Rebellion
Slave Labor
Vertigo/DC
Viper Comics
Viz
WildStorm/DC
No Award
BEST COMICS CHARACTER
Agatha Clay/Heterodyne (Girl Genius)
Ant-Man
Aquaman
Batman
Bucky Katt
Catwoman
Christopher Chance (Human Target)
Conan
Daisy Kutter
Daredevil
Deathstroke
Falcon
Frank Ironwine
Frankenstein Mobster
The Goon
Green Lantern
Hawkeye
Hawkman
Husky (Fur-Piled)
Jade
Jessica Jones
Judge Dredd
Juggernaut
Nana (Othello)
Nara Kilday (Dead@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
)
Oracle
Plastic Man
Reed Richards
Savage Dragon
Shatterstar
She-Hulk
Spider-Man
Tom Strong
Usagi Yojimbo
Wolverine
QUESTIONABLE: Green Lantern (which Green Lantern?)
BEST COMICS CHARACTER TEAM
Animal Weapon Three (We3)
Birds of Prey
Captain America & the Falcon
Dykes to Watch Out For (cast of)
Ex Machina (cast of)
Fables (cast of)
Fur-Piled (cast of)
Hot Gimmick (cast of)
Justice League
JSA
Legion of Super-Heroes
Love & Rockets (cast of)
Love Fights (cast of)
Patty Cake (cast of)
Runaways
Super Buddies (FKATJL cast)
Supreme Power (cast of)
The Teen Team (Invincible)
Teen Titans
Thor & the Odinpower
X-Men
BEST COMICS-RELATED ADAPTATION
The Incredibles
Justice League Unlimited cartoon
The Punisher
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Smallville
Spider-Man 2
No Award
INELIGIBLE: Dawn of the Dead
BEST COMICS-RELATED MERCHANDISE
DC Direct Catwoman Hush action figure
DC Direct Colossal Boy action figure
Marvel Legends Daredevil
Marvel Legends Hawkeye
Miracleman statue (Randy Bowen)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle socks
No Award
BEST COMICS PUBLICATION
Alter Ego
Best of the Legion Outpost
Comic Book Artist
Comic Book Marketplace
The Comics Journal
DC Encyclopedia
International Journal of Comic Art
Jack Kirby Collector
Modern Masters
Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide to Comics
Scoula di Fumetto
Wizard
No Award
BEST FOCUSED COMICS WEBSITE
2000AD Online (www.2000adonline.com)
Aquaman website (www.eskimo.com/~tegan/aqua/)
Comiclist.com
The Comics Journal (www.tcj.com)
Crazy Mary (www.whoiscrazymary.com)
DC Comics (www.dccomics.com)
Fred Hembeck (www.hembeck.com)
GeoffJohns.com
Legion World (www.legionworld.net)
Marvel Universe Appendix (www.marvunapp.com)
Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics (www.dcindexes.com)
Mom's Cancer (www.momscancer.com)
Neil Gaiman (www.neilgaiman.com)
PaperFilms (paperfilms.com)
POVonline.com
Superman Through the Ages (www.stta.nu)
The Unofficial DC Comics Index Series (www.dcuguide.com)
The X-Axis
INELIGIBLE: Comic Book Resources (general, not focused)
INELIGIBLE: Newsarama (general, not focused)
BEST GENERAL COMICS WEBSITE
AFnews (www.afnews.info/afnews)
Comic Book Resources (www.cbr.cc)
The Comics Re****ter (www.comicsre****ter.com)
Comic World News (www.comicworldnews.com)
Comixfan (www.comixfan.com)
Digital Webbing Presents
Grand Comic Book Database (www.comics.org)
HeroRealm (www.herorealm.com)
Newsarama (www.newsarama.com)
Ninth Art (www.ninthart.com)
The Pulse (www.comicon.com/pulse)
Silver Bullet Comic Books (www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com)
Toonzone (www.toonzone.com)
INELIGIBLE: Boingboing.net (not comic book website)
INELIGIBLE: Fark.com (not comic book website)
BEST COMICS BLOG
The Beat (www.comicon.com/thebeat)
Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog
Brainster's Blog (brainster.blogspot.com)
ComicBoards (www.comicboards.com)
The Comics Re****ter (www.comicsre****ter.com)
Fanboy Rampage! (fanboyrampage.blogspot.com)
Fred Sez (www.hembeck.com/FredSez.htm)
Gelattometti (gelatometti2.blogspot.com)
The Great Curve (www.thegreatcurve.net)
News From ME (www.newsfromme.com)
PeterDavid.net
Popp'd (poppd.blogspot.com)
Spari d'inchiostro (sparidinchiostro.splinder.com)
Thought Balloons (thoughtballoons.blogspot.com)
Wholly Barbarian Blues (joekeatinge.blogspot.com)
No Award
INELIGIBLE: Newsarama (not a blog)
INELIGIBLE: Comics Worth Reading (Squiddies Admin)
BEST COMICS JOURNALIST
Jennifer M. Contino
Michael Dean
Warren Ellis
Mark Evanier
Rich Johnston
Heidi MacDonald
Blair Marnell
Michael May
Eric J. Moreels
Paul O'Brien
Tom Spurgeon
Robert Taylor
No Award
BEST COMICS REVIEWER
Bob Agamemnon
Chris Allen
Alan David Doane
Robin Fisher
Tony Isabella
Randy Lander
Sean Maher
Michael May
Alex Ness
Paul O'Brien
Tom Spurgeon
Robert Taylor
Dave Van Domelen
David Welsh
Brian Wilkinson
No Award
INELIGIBLE: Johanna Draper Carlson (Squiddies Admin)
INELIGIBLE: Randy Lander/Don MacPherson (Not a single person)
FAVORITE RAC'ER (NON-CREATOR)
AntEGM111@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Black Guardian
Bobcat
Mike Chary
Jim Connick
D.D. Degg
Loren Di Iorio
Brian Doyle
Emerald Samurai
Marc-Oliver Frisch
Tom Galloway
George Grattan
Ralf Haring
Sherwood Harrington
Jeremy Henderson
Bob Hughes
Ken from Chicago
Charles LePage
Nathan P. Mahney
Eric J. Moreels
Paul O'Brien
Mike Peterson
John Phamlore
ronniecat
Lee K. Seitz
Hannibal Tabu
Dave Van Domelen
Jon J. Yeager
QUESTIONABLE: Dirk Deppey (Anyone know of posts from him in 2004?)
INELIGIBLE: Johanna Draper Carlson (Squiddies Admin)
INELIGIBLE: Justin Gray (creator)
FAVORITE RAC'ER (CREATOR)
Tom Brevoort
Kurt Busiek
Peter David
Mark Evanier
Brian Fies
Brooke McEldowney
Fabian Nicieza
Gail Simone
Walter Simonson
J. Michael Straczynski
No Award
INELIGIBLE: Josh Howard (No RAC postings found in 2004)
INELIGIBLE: Kazu Kibui**** (No RAC postings found in 2004)
Somewhat Pissed-Off Random text from "Scott Pakin's Automatic Complaint-
Letter Generator" at: http://www.pakin.org/complaint
If I didn't think the Squiddy Awards Admin Team would dress up its profit
motive in the cloak of selfless altruism, I wouldn't say that if it wanted
to, it could engage in an endless round of finger pointing. It could
stultify art and retard the enjoyment and adoration of the beautiful. And
it
could hoodoo us. We must doubtlessly not allow the Squiddy Awards Admin
Team
to do any of these. The Squiddy Awards Admin Team wants all of us to
believe
that society is supposed to be lenient towards litigious couch potatoes.
That's why it sponsors brainwa****ng in the schools, brainwa****ng by the
government, brainwa****ng statements made to us by politicians,
entertainers,
and s****ts stars, and brainwa****ng by the big advertisers and the news
media.
--
Carl Henderson © 2005 Carl Henderson
jch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
in the 2004 Squiddies--voting runs through Friday 5/13/05.
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