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2000 Squiddy Awards


Compilers: (admin@squiddies.org) Johanna Draper Carlson & Carl Henderson, with technical assistance from Todd Verbeek

Total ballots: 144

[No Award] indicates that the voter thought there was noone/nothing deserving an award in that category during the year.

BEST WRITER

30: Alan Moore
16: Brian Michael Bendis
14: Warren Ellis
11: Christopher Priest, Kurt Busiek
7: Garth Ennis
6: Mark Millar
4: J. Michael Straczynski
3: Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Paul Jenkins
2: Chuck Dixon, Dave Sim, Eddie Campbell, Fabian Nicieza, Linda Medley, Mark 
Waid, Mike Carey, Peter David, Terry Moore
1: Alex Robinson, Andi Watson, Batton Lash, Brian Azzarello, Chris Claremont, 
David Mack, Eric Shanower, Grant Morrison, Howard Mackie, James Robinson, Joe 
Sacco, John Kovalic, John Porcellino, John Wagner, Mike Mignola


BEST PENCILLER

19: George Perez
14: Bryan Hitch, J.H. Williams III
9: John Cassaday
7: Gene Ha
7: P. Craig Russell
4: Alan Davis, Gary Frank
3: Carla Speed McNeil, Darick Robertson, Dave Sim, Eric Shanower, Frank 
Quitely, Jeff Moy, Phil Jimenez
2: Andy Kubert, Brent Anderson, Jeff Smith, John Byrne, Mark Bagley, Peter 
Snejbjerg, Stephen Sadowski
1: Adam Kubert, Andi Watson, Chris Ware, Dale Eaglesham, Damion Scott, Dave 
Cooper, Eduardo Risso, Jackson Guice, Jae Lee, Joe Quesada, John Romita, Jr., 
Juan Gimenez, Michael Lark, Paul Chadwick, Paul Smith, Peter Gross, Rick 
Veitch, Ryan Sook, Sal Velluto, Salvador Larocca, Sean Chen, Steve Conley, 
Steve Dillon, Terry Moore, Ty Templeton, Walt Simonson, Zander Cannon


BEST INKER

13: Mick Gray, Paul Neary
8: Al Vey, Jimmy Palmiotti
7: Gerhard
6: Mark Farmer, Wade Von Grawbadger
5: Gene Ha
4: Stan Sakai, Zander Cannon
3: Al Milgrom, Andy Lanning, Bob Almond, Karl Story, Scott Hanna, Tom Palmer
2: Art Thibert, Cory Carani, Drew Geraci, Gilbert Hernandez, Kevin Nowlan, 
Mike Allred, P. Craig Russell, Rachel Dodson, Terry Austin
1: Al Gordon, Bud Larosa, D-Tron, Don Hillsman, Eric Shanower, Guy Davis, Joe 
Pimentel, John Costanza, John Floyd, Mark Heike, Mark Pennington, Michael 
Bair, Rob Hunter, Robert Campanella, Robin Riggs, Rodney Ramos, Stephanie 
Gladden, No Award


BEST PAINTER

39: Alex Ross
15: David Mack
11: Glenn Fabry
6: Charles Vess
5: Andrew Robinson, Dan Brereton, Jose Ladronn
4: Greg Horn, Joe Jusko, Tony Harris
3: Phil Hale
2: Ariel Olivetti, Christopher Moeller, Eddie Campbell, Jose Villarrubia, Mark 
Smylie, Sam Kieth
1: Brian Stelfreeze, Jill Thompson, John Byrne, Massimo Frezatto, Phil 
Winslade, Scott Hampton, Steve Purcell, Yslaire, No Award


BEST LETTERER

34: Todd Klein
27: Dave Sim
11: Comicraft
9: Chris Eliopoulos, John Workman
5: Tom Orzechowski
4: John Costanza, Richard Starkings
3: Ken Bruzenak, Stan Sakai
2: David Mack, William Oakley
1: Bill O'Neill, Clem Robbins, Dreamer Design, John Byrne, Ken Lopez, Kitof, 
No Award


BEST COLORIST
 
47: Laura Depuy
10: Chris Ware
8: Laura Allred
7: Jose Villarrubia
6: Steve Oliff
4: Lynn Varley, Tom McCraw
3: Liquid! Graphics
2: Carla Feeny, Gregory Wright, Jeromy Cox, John Kalisz, Pamela Rambo, Pat 
Garrahy, Richard Isanove
1: Alex Sinclair, Andrew Crossley, Dan Kemp, James Sinclair, Matt 
Hollingsworth, Sherilyn von Valkenberg, Tom Luth, Tom Smith, No Award 
    
    
BEST CREATIVE TEAM

15: Ellis/Cassaday/Depuy (Planetary)
    Moore/Williams/Gray (Promethea)
13: Busiek/Perez/Vey/Smith (Avengers)
12: Moore/Ha/Cannon/Sinclair/Klein (Top Ten)
9: Ennis/Dillon (Preacher)
7: Bendis/Oeming/Garrahy (Powers)
   Millar/Quitely (Authority)
   Priest/Velluto/Almond (Black Panther)
4: Azzarello/Risso (100 Bullets)
   Busiek/Immonen/Von Grawbadger/Cox (Shockrockets)
3: Aragones/Evanier/Sakai/Luth (Groo, Space Circus)
   Jenkins/Lee (Sentry)
2: Bendis/Bagley (Ultimate Spider-Man)
   Dixon/Guice (Birds of Prey)
   Gossett/Kayl/Coulter/Snakebite (The Red Star)
   Nicieza/Bagley (Thunderbolts)
   Robinson/Snejbjerg (Starman)
   Sim/Gerhard (Cerebus)
   Straczynski/Frank (Midnight Nation)
1: Allred/Allred (Atomics)
   Brubaker/McDaniel/Story (Batman)
   Brubaker/Pleece/Stewart (Deadenders)
   Busiek/Stern/Chen/Hunter (Iron Man)
   Byrne/Palmer/Wright (X-Men: The Hidden Years)
   Casey/Phillips (Wildcats)
   Claremont/Larroca/Townsend (Uncanny X-Men)
   David/Kirk/Riggs (Supergirl)
   Dezago/Wieringo/Stull (Tellos)
   Dupuy/Berberian (Drawn & Quarterly)
   Ennis/McCrea (Hitman)
   Jenkins/Buckingham (Peter Parker, Spider-Man)
   Moore/Sprouse/Gordan (Tom Strong)
   Morrison/Porter/Geraci (JLA)
   Peyer/Morales/Meikis (Hourman)
   Rucka/Martinbrough/Mitchell (Detective Comics)
   Wood/Pugh (Generation X)

        
BEST COVER ARTIST

13: John Cassaday
10: Adam Hughes, Tim Bradstreet
9: Alex Ross
7: Dave Johnson, Glenn Fabry, Phil Jimenez
6: Alan Davis
5: Brian Bolland
4: Andrew Robinson, David Mack. Jae Lee
3: Andi Watson
2: J. Scott Campbell, Michael Kaluta, Rags Morales, Raven Mimura, Sean Chen, 
Stan Sakai, Todd McFarlane
1: Ariel Olivetti, Arthur Adams, Carla Speed McNeil, Dave Dorman, Dave McKean, 
Duncan Fegredo, Elizabeth Watasin, Erik Larsen, Gerhard, J.G. Jones, Jeff 
Matsuda, John Byrne, John McCrea, Jose Ladronn, Juan Giminez, Leonardo Manco, 
Mark Smylie, Mark Texeira, Mike Mignola, Mike Weiringo, Paul Grist, Phillip 
Bond, Salvador Larocca, Terry Dodson, Yukito Koshiro, No Award


BEST EDITOR

47: Tom Brevoort
13: Joe Quesada 
9: Scott Dunbier
8: Axel Alonso
4: Dan Raspler, Heidi MacDonald, No Award
3: Diana Schutz, Jamie S. Rich, Peter Tomasi
2: Denny O'Neil, Eddie Campbell, Gary Groth, Mark Alessi, Scott Allie, Stuart 
Moore
1: Joey Cavalieri, Ralph Macchio, Renae Geerlings, Shelley Bond


BEST POLITICAL CARTOONIST

14: Garry Trudeau
12: Jeff MacNelly
11: Tom Tomorrow
4: Joe Sacco, John Kovalic, No Award, Peter Kuper, Tom Toles
3: Garrick Tremain, Steve Bell
2: Jim Borgman, Mike Luckovitch
1: Aaron McGruder, Herbert Block, John Sherffius, Martin Rowson, Matt (Daily 
Telegraph), Pat Oliphant, Terho Ovaska, Vance Rodewalt


BEST COMICS SHORT STORY

8: Promethea #10 "Sex, Stars & Serpents"
7: Rising Stars #4 "Masques" 
   Starman #73 "Grand Guignol Epilogue"
   Transmetropolitan #40 "Business"
4: Black Panther #27 "An Epidemic Insanity" 
   Lucifer #4 "Born with the Dead" 
   Planetary #12 "Memory Cloud" 
   Planetary #9 "Planet Fiction" 
   Powers #7 "Guest-starring Warren Ellis"
3: Expo 2000 "Trondheim in America" 
   Promethea #6 "The 5 Swell Guys in Firefight on 5th Avenue!"
   Supreme: The Return #6 "New Jack City"
   Top 10 #8 "The Overview"
2: "Last Day in Vietnam" 
   Astounding Space Thrills #2 "The Criminal Code" 
   Harley Quinn #3 "Welcome to the Party!" 
   Oni Press Summer Vacation Supercolor Fun Special "Sticks and Stones"
   Peter Parker: Spider-Man #20 "The Best Medicine" 
   Peter Parker: Spider-Man #26 "Police Story" 
   Promethea #12 "Metaphore" 
   Promethea #8 "Guys and Dolls" 
   Sock Monkey V3 #2
   Stray Bullets #21 "Little Love Tragedy"
1: 100 Bullets #11 "Heartbreak, Sunny Side Up" 
   Astounding Space Thrills #3 "The Craving of Consumorr!" 
   Authority #14 "The Nativity - Part 2 of 4" 
   Batman: Turning Points #5 "Old as the Stars" 
   Cable #88 "Earth Abides" 
   Detective Comics #747 "Happy Birthday Two You" 
   Dork Tower #11 "World of Dorkness" 
   Eddie Campbell's Bacchus #54 "The Move to Straight Street" 
   Elvira #88 "...That Old Get-Up and Glow" 
   Generation X #71 "Four Days 1 of 4" 
   Gotham Knights #11 "Batman's Son" 
   Hey Mister #7 "Eye on the Prize" 
   Marvel Boy #3 "Digital Koncentration Kamp One" 
   Nightwing #52 "Modern Romance" 
   Optic Nerve #7 "Summer Blonde" 
   Orion #5 "Day of Wrath" 
   Preacher #66 "A Hell of a Vision" 
   Promethea #7 "Rocks and Hard Places" 
   Red Sonja: Death In Scarlet #1
   Sleeping Dragons #1
   Spider-Girl #27 "Endgame" 
   Star Wars Tales #6 "Thank the Maker" 
   Strapazin "Midori" 
   Sunburn
   Thunderbolts #39 "Black Hearts"
   Tomorrow Stories #7 "Grooveweb"


BEST COMICS NOVELLA
 
23: Superman & Batman: World's Funnest 
12: JLA: Heaven's Ladder
10: Preacher #66
8: Planetary/Authority: Ruling the World
5: Merv Pumpkinhead, Agent of DREAM, Rose #1, Shazam!: Power of Hope
4: Batman: Ego, No Award
3: Faith: A Fable, Realworlds: Wonder Woman, Superman/Green Lantern: Legend of 
the Green Flame, XXXenophile Vol. 6
2: Astronauts in Trouble: One Shot, One Beer, Hulk 2000, Last Knight, X-Men 
100
1: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ring of Fire, From Cloud 99: Memories part1, JLA 
80-Page Giant #3, Last Lonely Saturday, Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet, 
Peanutbutter & Jeremy, Realworlds: Batman, Realworlds: JLA


BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL  

21: Safe Area Gorazde
17: Pedro & Me
16: Reinventing Comics
7: JLA: League of One
4: Minor Miracles, No Award  
3: Last Day in Vietnam
2: Louis: Red Letter Day
1: Blockade, Monkey vs. Robot, Star Trek: Next Generation: Gorn Crisis    

        
BEST MULTI-PART STORY 

13: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1-6
11: Powers #1-6 "Death of Retro Girl"
7: Age of Bronze #1-9
6: Authority #13-16 "Nativity" 
   Starman #62-73 "Grand Guignol"
5: Black Panther #13-25 "Killmonger Returns"
   Castle Waiting (v2) #1-? "Origin of Sister Peace"
   Preacher #59-66 "Alamo"
4: Black Panther #26-29 "Sturm Und Drung"
   Planetary #1-12 "Who Is the Fourth Man?"
3: 100 Bullets #15-18 "Hang Up on the Hang Low" 
   Acme Novelty Library "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth" 
   JLA #36-41 "World War III" 
   JLA #43-46 "Tower of Babel" 
   Legends of the DC Universe #30-32 "The 18th Letter" 
2: Batman: Dark Victory #1-13
   Hitman #53-60 "Closing Time" 
   Red Star #1-4 "The Battle of Kar Dathra's Gate" 
   Swamp Thing #4-6 "Killing Time" 
   Top 10 #1-12
   Transmetropolitan #34-36 "Gouge Away"
   Ultimate Spider-Man #1-5 "Origin"
   Wolverine #150-153 "Blood Debt"
1: 100 Bullets #12-14 "Parlez Kung Vous" 
   Books of Magic #73-75 "The Closing" 
   Box Office Poison #1-21
   Finder #15-18 "King of the Cats" 
   Fortune & Glory #1-3
   Generation X #67-70 "Come On Die Young"
   Hellblazer #145-150 "Hard Times" 
   Inhumans v. 3 #1-4
   Kabuki Agents: Scarab #1-?
   Louis Riel #1-?
   Nevermen #1-4
   Promethea #1-8
   Reign of Emperor Joker (Emperor Joker #1, Superman #161, Adventures 
      of Superman #583, Man of Steel #105, Action Comics #770)
   Rising Stars #1-8 "Born in Fire" 
   Rising Stars #6-8 "Things Fall Apart" 
   Scary Godmother: Wild About Harry #1-3
   Tellos #1-10
   The Sentry
   The Silver Age
   Usagi Yojimbo#39-45 "Grasscutter II"
   Wildcats #14-19 "Serial Boxes" 
   X-Men: Hidden Years "In the Savage Land"
   No Award 


BEST ONGOING SERIES

13: Black Panther, Planetary
12: Top 10
11: Authority
8: Promethea
7: 100 Bullets, Thunderbolts
4: Age of Bronze, Finder, Rising Stars
3: Castle Waiting, Deadenders, Transmetropolitan
2: Astounding Space Thrills, Birds of Prey, Box Office Poison, Cerebus, Dork 
Tower, Kane, Powers, Preacher, Starman, Strangers in Paradise, Metabarons, Tom 
Strong, Usagi Yojimbo, Young Justice
1:  Arsenic Lullaby, Artesia, Atomics, Black Hole, Blade of the Immortal, 
Books of Magic (v2), Cable, Detective Comics, Femforce, Hitman, Invisibles , 
JSA, Kurt Busiek's Astro City, Nodwick, Orion, Ring of the Nibelung, Robin, 
Supernatural Law, X-Men: The Hidden Years


BEST NEW SERIES 

22: Powers
18: Lucifer
16: Ultimate Spider-Man
11: Jack Staff
8: Orion
7: Harley Quinn, The Red Star
4: No Award
3: Batman: Gotham Knights, Powerpuff Girls, Swamp Thing, The Atomics
2: Deadenders, Section Zero, Ultimate X-Men
1: Astounding Space Thrills, Batgirl, Epoxy, Knights of the Dinner Table: 
Hackmasters of Evernight, Nodwick, The First

        
BEST LIMITED SERIES

27: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
13: Sentry
11: Midnight Nation
8: Shockrockets
7: Breakfast After Noon
6: Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood
5: Marvel: The Lost Generation
4: Punisher
3: Blaze of Glory, Fortune & Glory, Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the 
Authority, Legion Lost, Proposition Player
2: Astronauts in Trouble: Space 1959, Blue Monday: The Kids Are Alright, 
Daredevil: Ninja, Inhumans (vol. 3), Jet, Kin, Marvel Boy, Rose, Sins of Youth
1: Avengers Infinity, Battle Pope, Black Widow, Pablo's Inferno, Robin: Year 
One, Space Circus, Zero Girl


BEST REPRINT BOOK/COLLECTION
 
10: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Lone Wolf & Cub
9: Jimmy Corrigan
8: Clan Apis
7: Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD
5: Little Nemo 1905-1914
4: Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius 2.0, Castle Waiting: The Lucky Road, 
Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four #51-60
3: Essential Avengers #2, Fortune & Glory, Inhumans (Vol. 2), Planetary: All 
Over the World, Spirit Archives Vol. 1, Tales of the Bizarro World
2: Astronauts in Trouble: Space 1959, Avengers Backpack #1, Dreadstar: The 
Price, Green Lantern/Green Arrow HC, Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 10, 
Little Annie Fanny, No Award, Sonovawitch! And Other Tales of Supernatural 
Law, Thunderbolts #39 (Monster edition), Transmetropolitan: The New Scum
1: Bughouse, Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller, Dork Covenant , Essential 
Captain America, Essential Conan, Essential Starchild, Gatecrasher: Ring of 
Fire, Gon on Safari, Here Comes a Candle, Mirror, Window, Plastic Man Archives 
2, Preacher: All Hell's A-Coming, Robert E. Howard's Horror, Spirit Archives 
Vol. 3, The Authority: Under New Management, Wonder Woman Archives 2


BEST ANTHOLOGY

20: Tomorrow Stories
13: America's Best Comics Special #1
6: Drawn & Quarterly #3, No Award
5: Expo 2000, Flinch
4: Jingle Belle's All-Star Holiday Hullabaloo, Knights of the Dinner Table, 
Super Manga Blast
3: Astounding Space Thrills, Eddie Campbell's Bacchus, Streetwise
2: Dark Horse Presents, Gangland, Lenore, Oni Press Summer Vacation Supercolor 
Fun Special, Star Wars Tales
1: Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, Batman Chronicles, Batman: Gotham 
Knights #2, Comix 2000, Dork Tower, Femforce #113, JLA Showcase 80-Page Giant 
#2, Pulp, Simpsons Comics #50


BEST COMIC STRIP

13: Dilbert
8: For Better or For Worse, Liberty Meadows, Mutts
6: Doonesbury, Foxtrot
5: Dork Tower
4: Boondocks, Get Fuzzy, Peanuts, This Modern World (Tom Tomorrow)
3: Robotman, Zits
2: Desperate Times, If..., Rose is Rose, Speed Bump, Zippy the Pinhead    1: 
Alley Oop, Baby Blues, Dykes to Watch Out For, Family Circus, Funky 
Winkerbean, Life in Hell, Maakies, Mister Boffo, Modesty Blaise, No Award, Pop 
Vulture, Raising Duncan, Sherman's Lagoon, Sluggy Freelance, This City


BEST WEB COMIC

29: Zot! Hearts & Minds (www.cbr.cc)
15: Astounding Space Thrills (www.astoundingspacethrills.com)
5: Dork Tower (www.kovalic.com)
   Sluggy Freelance (www.sluggy.com)
4: No Award
3: I Can't Stop Thinking! (www.thecomicreader.com/html/icst/icst.html)    
   Liberty Meadows (www.SunnyFundays.com)
   PvP (www.pvponline.com)
   Ultimate Spider-Man (www.marvel.com/ultimate)
2: Frightening Curves (www.opi8.com/fc.shtml )
   The Crater Kid (www.craterkid.com)
1: Aftermath (www.thehud.com)
   Alice ! (www.alicecomics.com/today.html)
   Electric Sheep (www.e-sheep.com)
   Gilgamesh (www.eddiecampbellcomics.com/gilgamesh/gilgamesh1.html)
   Kevin & Kell (www.herdthinners.com)
   Lethargic Lad Adventures (www.lethargiclad.com)
   Rust (www.popimage.com/rust/index.htm)
   Sabrina Online (www.sabrina-online.com)
   Sinfest (www.sinfest.net)
   Spex and Wally (www.spexandwally.com)
   The Japanese Beetle! (www.wfcomics.com/beetle)
   User Friendly (www.userfriendly.org)


BEST COMPANY/IMPRINT

27: DC Comics
16: Marvel
15: DC/America's Best Comics
12: DC/Wildstorm
10: Marvel Knights
8: DC/Vertigo
5: Top Cow/Joe's Comics
4: Fantagraphics, Gorilla, Oni Press
3: Dark Horse Comics, Drawn & Quarterly, Image
2: AiT/PlaNETlar, Amaze Ink/Slave Labor Graphics, Dark Horse/Maverick, 
Milestone, Top Shelf
1: AC Comics, Cartoon Books, Dancing Elephant Press, Dork Storm Press, 
Humanoids Publishing, No Award, Pantheon Books, Shanda Fantasy Arts, Top Cow


BEST CHARACTER

13: Black Panther
6: Promethea, Everett K. Ross (Black Panther)
5: Batman, Jack Knight (Starman), Jenny Sparks (The Authority), Sentry, Spider 
Jerusalem (Transmetropolitan), Tom Strong
4: Jaeger (Finder)
3: Cerebus, Jimmy Corrigan, Wonder Woman
2: Brian Michael Bendis (Fortune & Glory), Elijah Snow (Planetary), Girl One 
(Top 10), Hitman, Jack Hawksmoor (The Authority), Jennie 2.5 (Channel Zero), 
Lucifer, Magical Witch Girl Bunny (Charm School), Midnighter (The Authority), 
Nightwing, Oracle, Orion, Tefe Holland (Swamp Thing), Thor, No Award
1: Agent Graves (100 Bullets), Alec (Eddie Campbell), Argosy Smith (Astounding 
Space Thrills), Arrowette (Young Justice), Artesia, Aunt May, Bleu (Blue 
Monday), Cannonball, Captain Marvel (Billy Batson), Flash, Gilly the Perky 
Goth (Dork Tower), Harley Quinn, Hawkeye, Hawley Griffin (League of 
Extraordinary Gentlemen), Hellboy, Hexus, the Living Corporation (Marvel Boy), 
Iron Man, Jesse Custer (Preacher), John Constantine, Mavis (Supernatural Law), 
Nikopol (Nikopol Trilogy), Odysseus (Age of Bronze), Phantom Stranger, Poet 
(Rising Stars), Queen Divine Justice (Black Panther), Rogue, Saturn Girl, 
Spectre (Hal Jordan), Spider-Man, Spirit, Superboy, Superman, Ted Knight 
(Starman), The Doctor (The Authority), Theremin (Astounding Space Thrills), 
Usagi Yojimbo, Virginia (Electric Girl)


BEST CHARACTER TEAM 

15: The Authority, Top Ten (cast of)
12: Avengers
11: JSA
8: JLA, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Planetary
6: Thunderbolts, Young Justice
5: Legion of Super-Heroes
4: Black Panther (cast of), Spider Jerusalem & "filthy assistants"
3: Box Office Poison (cast of), X-Men, No Award
2: Bone (cast of), Knights of the Dinner Table, Starman (cast of), Wolff & 
Byrd/Supernatural Law (cast of)
1: The Atomics, Birds of Prey, Breakfast After Noon (cast of), Fantastic Four, 
Femforce, Generation X, Hitman (cast of), Metabarons, Midnight Nation (cast 
of), Quantum & Woody, Specials (from Rising Stars), Titans, Wildcats

         
BEST DRAMATIC ADAPTATION

60: X-Men movie
11: No Award
6: Batman Beyond
6: Static Shock
4: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
3: Witchblade, X-Men: Evolution
2: Sabrina the Teenage Witch
1: Batman Beyond "Out of the Past," Space Travelers


BEST TEXT ADAPTATION 

15: Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here
14: No Award
6: Batman: No Man's Land, Grendel: Past Prime
4: Gamma Quest Trilogy (X-Men/Avengers)
3: Akiko on the Planet Smoo, X-Men: Shadows of the Past
1: Sable


BEST MERCHANDISE ADAPTATION

10: Spider-Man video game
8: No Award
4: Promethea statue, Sandman mini-bookends
3: Bizarro watch, Death Row Marv, Green Lantern Power Battery, 
Hawkman/Hawkwoman action figure set, Shazam! deluxe action figure set, Silent 
Bob action figure
2: Black Widow statue, Delirium soft toy, Doctor Doom statue, Golden Age 
Wonder Woman action figure, Wonder Woman statue
1: Bat-Mite soft toy, Batman Beyond Burger King toys, Batman Masterpiece 
Collection action figure, Bottle City of Kandor, Death Ankh, Flash PVC set, 
Gilly the Perky Goth's Perky Ankh, Golden Age Flash action figure, Golden Age 
GL action figure, Hellblazer action figure, Ignatz statue, JSA PVC set, Kabuki 
Scarab bust, Kaneda action figure, Mr. Miracle/Big Barda action figure set, 
Rogue in X-Men Uniform action figure, Spawn V action figure, Vision bust, 
Wonder Woman Barbie doll


BEST COMICS PUBLICATION

22: Comics Journal
14: Comic Buyers Guide
11: Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Comic Book Artist
10: Comics International
8: Wizard
7: Alter Ego
4: Comicology, No Award
3: Comic Shop News, Comics Retailer
2: Busted (CBLDF Newsletter)
1: Comics Scene 2000, Jack Kirby Collector, Reinventing Comics, Vertigo 
Visions
        

BEST FOCUSED COMICS WEBSITE

14: Warren Ellis Forum (www.delphi.com/ellis)
7: Marvel Chronology Project (www.chronologyproject.com)
   Warren Ellis site (www.warrenellis.com)
6: Avengers Assemble (www.avengersassemble.org)
   DigitalPriest.com (www.digital-priest.com)
5: Grant Morrison (www.grant-morrison.com)
   Jinxworld (www.jinxworld.com)
4: Jess Nevins' Annotations Page
      (www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/annos.html)
   X-Fan (www.fandom.com/x-men)
3: Astounding Space Thrills (www.astoundingspacethrills.com)
2: Andi Watson (www.andiwatson.com)
   Eddie Campbell (www.eddiecampbellcomics.com)
   Legion of Super-Resources (www.idyllmtn.com/rac/dc/lsh/lsh_res.htm)
   No Award
1: Better Batman Bureau (www.weld18.demon.co.uk/Default.htm)
   Dark Horse (www.darkhorse.com)
   DCU Animated (users.ev1.net/~kryptcom/animatrix.html)
   Dixonverse (www.dixonverse.com)
   Encyclopedia Galactica (www.exploremaine.com/~duke)
   Femfans Clubhouse (users.erols.com/psmonsky/club.html)
   Fonts of Wisdom (home.att.net/~lubakmetyk)
   John Byrne (www.acc.umu.se/~alpha/byrne/start.html)
   JSA Appreciation Association
      (clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/thejsaappreciationassociation)
   Mike Grell Page (members.tripod.com/colinhome/grell.htm)
   Mikel Midnight's Golden Age Directory
      (www.best.com/~blaklion/comics.html)
   PvP Online (www.pvponline.com)
   Roger Langridge  (www.hotelfred.com)
   Scott McCloud (www.scottmccloud.com)
   Sugar & Spike Webpage (beam.to/sugarandspike)
   Superman CINEMA (www.deceptions.net/superman/)
   Tellos (www.tellos.com)
   The Comics Journal (tcj.com)
   The Marvel Family Web (shazam.imginc.com)
   Titan's Lair (www.keeffee.com/titans)
   Unoffical Green Arrow Compendium (www.fgi.net/~grnarrow/ga.html)


BEST GENERAL COMICS WEBSITE

33: Comic Book Resources (www.cbr.cc)
25: Newsarama (www.fandom.com/comics)
9: Comicon (www.comicon.com)
7: All the Rage (www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/rage/index1.htm)
6: Comics Continuum (www.comicscontinuum.com)
   Sequential Tart (www.sequentialtart.com)
5: Fandom.com (www.fandom.com)
4: NCRL (www.comiclist.com)
   Savant (www.savantmag.com)
3: Comic Book Galaxy (www.comicbookgalaxy.com)
2: 4-Color Review (www.4colorreview.com)
   Comics Worth Reading (www.comicsworthreading.com)
1: Alvaro's Boards (www.comicboards.com)
   Comic Books Awards Almanac
      (www.enteract.com/~aardy/comics/awards/index.html)
   Jay's Comic Book Compendium (www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/1434/)
   Popimage (www.popimage.com)
   Psycomic (www.psycomic.com)
   Silver Bullet Comics (www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com)
   Slush Factory (www.slushfactory.com)
   No Award


BEST COMICS JOURNALIST  

35: Rich Johnston
11: Michael Doran
7: Paul O'Brien
5: Steven Grant
4: Warren Ellis
3: Matt Brady, Johanna Draper Carlson, Randy Lander, Beau Yarbrough, Dave Van 
Domelen, No Award
2: Michael Dean, Alan David Doane, Ed Mathews, Alex Tam, Maggie Thompson, 
Larry Young
1: Rob Alstetter, Jason Baldwin, Bart Beaty, Brian Domingos, R.C. Harvey, Jim 
"Spooon" Henry, Patrick Keller, John Morrow, Rob Nott, Mike Sangiacomo, J. 
Michael Straczynski, Rick Veitch, Jonah Weiland, Douglas Wolk


FAVORITE RAC'ER (NON-CREATOR)

32: Johanna Draper Carlson
26: Paul O'Brien
17: Dave Van Domelen
15: Sidne Gail Ward
13: Tom Galloway 
11: Carl Henderson, Elayne Riggs, Todd VerBeek
10: Michael Alan Chary
8: Bala Menon, Talon (Rick Sharer)
7: Loren Di Iorio, No Award
6: Owen Erasmus
5: Randy Lander, Kevin Maroney
4: Kate Hahn, Rob Hansen, Matt High, Ralph Mathieu, David W. Stepp
3: Carl Fink, Bennet H. Marks, Alan Travis, Sean Walsh
2: Jerry Boyajian, Adrian Brown, Brad Chamberlain, Chip, Alan David Doane, 
Jacob T. Levy, Jess Nevins, T. Troy McNemar
1: Matt Adler, Joe Ankenbauer, John Bacon, Lia Brown, Consul de Designers, 
Thad A Dora, Forge, Brian Fried, Jim "Spooon" Henry, Sean Kleefeld, Todd 
Kogutt (Scavenger), Ali T. Kokmen, Soleil Lapierre, Laurent Lehmann, Todd 
Luck, De Parker, Rutog, Katie Schwarz, Lee Seitz, Chris Small, Dezmo Steed, 
Alan Stone, Nenad Vidovic, Ed Whitmore, Dwight Williams, Will/Squidly,


FAVORITE RAC'ER (CREATOR)

68: Kurt Busiek 
50: Christopher Priest
19: Tom Brevoort
15: Peter David, Steve Lieber
14: Warren Ellis, Dwayne McDuffie, Fabian Nicieza
9: Mark Evanier
8: Ty Templeton
7: Rich Johnston, Joe Quesada
5: Brian Michael Bendis, Tony Isabella, Erik Larsen
4: Chris Claremont, D. Curtis Johnson, Walt Simonson, No Award 
3: Terry Beatty, Paul Jenkins, Richard Pace, Larry Young
2: Ed Brubake, Jackie Estrada, Lea Hernandez, Scott McCloud, Heidi MacDonald, 
Jeff Moy
1: Steve Conley, Steven Grant, John Kovalic, Richard Pini, Robin Riggs, Ted 
Rall, Greg Rucka