Comic Book Awards Almanac
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1997 Good Taste Awards(for books published in 1996)59 Voters (not all categories had 59 votes cast)
Key:
Best Writer
10 Dave McKean (Cages #9-10) 10 Seth (Palookaville #8-9, It's A Good Life...) 9 David Lapham (Stray Bullets #8-12) 8 Dan Clowes (EightBall #16-17) 8 James Sturm (Revival) Best Artist
12 Jason Lutes (Berlin #1-2) 12 Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library #7) 8 Jim Woodring (Jim #6, Frank #1) 6 Charles Burns (Black Hole #3) 3 Dave Cooper (Suckle, Zero Zero) Best Cartoonist
14 Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library #7) 11 Dave Cooper (Suckle, Zero Zero) 9 David Lapham (Stray Bullets #8-10) 7 Chester Brown (Underwater #5-8) Best Publisher
16 Drawn & Quarterly 8 Fantagraphics 7 Kitchen Sink Press 6 Vertigo Best Continuing Series
13 Palookaville #8-9, by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly) 10 Black Hole #3, by Charles Burns (Kitchen Sink) 9 EightBall #16-17, by Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics) 6 Pickle #8-9, by Dylan Horrocks (Black Eye) Best New Series
12 Land of Nod #1-2, by Stephens (Black Eye) 8 Frank #1, by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics) 7 Nowhere #1, by Drechsler (Drawn & Quarterly) 2 Sands #1-2, by Hart (Black Eye) Best Finite Series
15 Cages #9-10, by Dave McKean (Kitchen Sink) 9 Gon #1-4, by Masashi Tanaka (DC/Paradox) 5 Flex Mentallo #1-4, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC/Vertigo) 4 Dear Julia #1-2, by Biggs (Black Eye) 4 New Love #1-2, by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics) Best Mini-Comic
8 Deceased Corpse, by various 7 Manya (Vagabond Press) 3 Deep Girl, by Bordeaux 3 Jape, by Bieri Best Anthology
10 Batman: Black and White (DC) 9 Action Girl #6-9 (Slave Labor) 5 Zero Zero #8-14 (Fantagraphics) 2 Buzz Buzz #1 (Horse) Best Short Piece
9 "Dylan & Donovan", by Tomine, Optic Nerve #3 9 "Gentlemanhog", by Jim Woodring, Frank #1 9 "Jack London", by Jessica Abel, Artbabe #5 8 "Matthew 16:13-17:9", by Brown, Underwater #7 3 "Gynecology", by Dan Clowes (Eightball #17) Best Single Issue
11 Berlin #1, by Jason Lutes (Black Eye) 10 Artbabe #5, by Jessica Abel 8 Drawn & Quarterly #5, by various (Drawn & Quarterly) 6 Frank #1, by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics) 3 Black Hole #3, by Charles Burns (Kitchen Sink) Best Ongoing Serialized Story
10 "Bob Richardson", by Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets #50 9 "Ghost World", by Dan Clowes, Eightball #16-17 9 "Matthew", by Brown, Underwater #5-8 8 "A Death in the Family", by Joe Chiappetta, Silly Daddy #10-11 Best One Shot
11 Seven Miles a Second, by Wojnarowicz and Romberger (DC/Vertigo) 7 American Splendor: Comic-Con Comics, by Harvey Pekar, Zabel, and Gilbert, (Dark Horse) 5 Buzz Buzz, by various (Horse Press) 3 Giant THB Parade, by Pope and Stephens (Horse Press) Best Original Graphic Novel
11 King of Persia, by Holcombe (Accordion) 6 Fax From Sarajevo, by Kubert (Dark Horse) 4 Worst Thing I've ever Done, by Rall (NBM) 3 Invasion of the Mind Sappers, by Swain (Fantagraphics) Best Reprint Collection
11 It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken, by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly) 10 Calvin & Hobbes: It's A Magical World, by Bill Watterson (Andrews & McMeel) 8 Stray Bullets Vol 1: Innonence of Nihilism, by David Lapham (El Capitan) 7 Gon #1-4, by Masashi Tanaka (DC/Paradox) 2 Chester Square, by Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics) Best Strip
13 This Modern World, by Tom Tomorrow 10 Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, by Ben Katchor 6 Zippy, by Griffith 4 For Better or For Worse, by Lynn Johnston Best Guilty Pleasure
9 Bone #22-26, by Jeff Smith (Image) 8 Preacher, by Garth Ennis and Dillon (DC/Vertigo) 8 Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1-5, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse) 7 Stray Bullets #7-11, by David Lapham (El Capitan) 6 Girl Crazy #1-3, by Gilbert Hernandez (Dark Horse) Best Publication About Comics
20 Send Info 4 Indy Magazine #13-15 2 Art of the Comic Book, by R.C. Harvey (Univ. Press of Mississippi) 1 Destroy All Comics #4-5 0 Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels, by Roger Sabin (Phaidon) Best Comix@world.std.com Mailing List Poster
26 Mark Nevins 24 Charles Hatfield 24 Arthur Van Kruining 11 Denise Voskuil |