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Compilers: (admin@squiddies.org) Johanna Draper Carlson & Carl Henderson

Best Writer
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GRANT MORRISON 11

Brian K. Vaughan 7
Brian Michael Bendis 5
Dan Slott 5
Joss Whedon 4
Chuck Dixon 3
Gail Simone 3
Garth Ennis 3
J. Michael Straczynski 3
Kurt Busiek 3
Robert Kirkman 3
Warren Ellis 3
Ed Brubaker 2
Geoff Johns 2
Priest 2
Alan Moore 1
Andy Diggle 1
Chris Muir 1
Christina Weir 1
Eddie Campbell 1
Eric Shanower 1
Fabian Nicieza 1
James Heffron 1
Jeph Loeb 1
Josh Howard 1
Kazu Kibuishi 1
Kyle Baker 1
Leo Magna 1
Mark Waid 1
Michael Avon Oeming 1
Peter Milligan 1
Stan Sakai 1
Steve Niles 1
Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins) 1

Best Penciller
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JOHN CASSADAY 10

Alan Davis 6
Frank Cho 4
Frank Quitely 4
Bryan Hitch 3
Gary Frank 3
J.H. Williams III 3
Andrea DiVito 2
Luke Ross 2
Phil Jimenez 2
Rags Morales 2
Steve Skroce 2
Stuart Immonen 2
Tim Sale 2
Alex Maleev 1
Amanda Conner 1
Chris Weston 1
Craig Thompson 1
Darwyn Cooke 1
David Mazzuchelli 1
Dub 1
Eric Shanower 1
Ethan Van Sciver 1
George Perez 1
Guy Davis 1
James Heffron 1
Jerry Ordway 1
Jim Mahfood 1
Josh Howard 1
Kazu Kibuishi 1
Kyle Baker 1
Leo Magna 1
Mark Buckingham 1
Matt Howarth 1
Matthew Clark 1
Paul Pelletier 1
Posy Simmonds 1
Salvador Larroca 1
Scott Roberts 1
Sergio Cariello 1
Steve Rude 1
Tommy Lee Edwards 1
Wendy Pini 1

Best Cartoonist (Tie)
=====================

KYLE BAKER 8
WILL EISNER 8

Darwyn Cooke 7
Frank Cho 5
Darby Conley 4
Scott Kurtz 4
Eric Powell 3
Jeff Smith 3
Phil Foglio 3
Eddie Campbell 2
Kousuke Fujishima 2
Scott Adams 2
Stan Sakai 2
Aaron Williams 1
Amanda Conner 1
Brian Fies 1
Charles Burns 1
Chynna Clugston-Major 1
Colin Upton 1
Dave Sim 1
David Lapham 1
Geoff Darrow 1
James Kochalka 1
Jim Mahfood 1
Michael Oeming 1
Scott Morse 1
Scott Roberts 1
Sean Wang 1
Tania Del Rio 1

Best Inker (Tie)
================

BILL SIENKIEWICZ 6
JOHN CASSADAY 6
SCOTT WILLIAMS 6

Mark Farmer 4
Andrew Pepoy 3
Michael Bair 3
Andrea DiVito 2
Frank Cho 2
Keith Champagne 2
Rick Remender 2
Stan Sakai 2
Tim Townsend 2
Ande Parks 1
Art Thibert 1
Charles Burns 1
Dan Parsons 1
Danny Miki 1
Frazer Irving 1
Jaime Hernandez 1
Jamie Grant 1
Jerry Ordway 1
Jim Amash 1
Jimmy Palmiotti 1
John Dell 1
Josh Howard 1
Klaus Janson 1
Leo Magna 1
Mick Gray 1
Peter Repovski 1
Ray Snyder 1
Steve Leialoha 1
Stuart Immonen 1

Best Painter
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ALEX ROSS 15

David Mack 9
Greg Horn 4
Ashley Wood 3
Gabrielle Dell'Otto 3
J.G. Jones 3
Kyle Baker 3
Eddie Campbell 2
Esad Ribic 2
J.K. Woodward 2
Christopher Moeller 1
Eric Powell 1
James Jean 1
John M. Burns 1
Jose Villarubia 1
Masamune Shirow 1
Paolo Rivera 1

Best Letterer
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CHRIS ELIOPOULOS 12

Dave Sim 7
Todd Klein 7
Ken Lopez 4
Ed Dukeshire 3
John Costanza 3
Bob Lappan 2
Pat Brosseau 2
Randy Gentile 2
Stan Sakai 2
Tom Orzechowski 2
Charles Pritchett 1
Dave Lanphear 1
Eddie Campbell 1
Greg Gatlin 1
Jared Fletcher 1
Jason Hanley 1
Jim Keplinger 1
No Award 1
Todd Frame 1

Best Colorist
=============

LAURA MARTIN 21

Dave Stewart 9
Justin Ponsor 5
Tom Smith 3
Chad Fidler 2
Kyle Baker 2
Rick Hiltbrunner 2
Alex Sinclair 1
Bill Crabtree 1
Eddie Campbell 1
James Sinclair 1
Jason Keith 1
John Kalisz 1
Jose Villarubia 1
Josh Howard 1
Laura Villari 1
Masamune Shirow 1
Michelle Madsen 1
Pamela Rambo 1
Scott A. Keating 1
Steven Griffin 1
INELIGIBLE: WildStorm FX - a studio, not a person

Best Creative Team
==================

MORRISON/QUITELY (WE3) 12

Ellis/Cassaday (Planetary) 6
Whedon/Cassaday/Martin (Astonishing X-Men) 5
Busiek/Nord/Thomas/Yeates/Stewart (Conan) 3
Vaughan/Guerra (Y the Last Man) 3
Bendis/Maleev (Daredevil) 2
Bendis/Oeming (Powers) 2
Johns/Van Sciver (Green Lantern: Rebirth) 2
Luna Brothers (Ultra) 2
Moore/Williams/Gray (Promethea) 2
Oeming/DiVito/Villari 2
Straczynski/Frank (Supreme Power) 2
Busiek/Immonen 1
Carey/Liew/Hempel/Costanza (My Faith in Frankie) 1
Claremont/Davis (Uncanny X-Men) 1
Ellis/Weston (Ministry of Space) 1
Foglio/Foglio/Smith (Girl Genius) 1
Heffron/Lahotch (Territory 51) 1
Kanari/Sato (Kindaichi Case Files) 1
Kelly/Kolins (Avengers mini) 1
Kirkman/Ottley (Invincible) 1
Kochalka/Thompson (Conversation) 1
LaBan/LaBan (Edge City) 1
Marz/Ross/Keith 1
Metzler/Morales 1
Millar/Hitch/Neary/Martin (Ultimates) 1
Morgan/Parlov/Sienkiewicz (Black Widow) 1
Niles/Templesmith 1
Official Handbooks of The Marvel Universe writing team 1
Ostrander/Duursema/Parsons (Star Wars Republic) 1
Priest/Bennett/Jadson (Captain America & the Falcon) 1
Waid/Kitson (Legion of Super-Heroes) 1
Winslade/Chuckry - ? 1

Best Cover Artist
=================

JAMES JEAN 9

Adam Hughes 8
Brian Bolland 4
Greg Land 4
John Cassaday 4
Alex Ross 3
Dave Johnson 3
Frank Quitely 3
Frank Cho 2
George Perez 2
Jim Lee 2
Tim Bradstreet 2
Adi Granov 1
Ben Templesmith 1
Billy Tucci 1
Brian Wood 1
Eddie Campbell 1
Ethan Van Sciver 1
Greg Horn 1
James Heffron 1
Jim Cheung 1
Jock 1
John Watkiss 1
Josh Howard 1
Kazu Kibuishi 1
Michael Turner 1
Rags Morales 1
Ryan Sook 1
Salvador Larroca 1
Scott McKowen 1
Scott Roberts 1
Seth 1
Steve Epting 1
Takeshi Miyazawa 1
Tony Moore 1

Best Editor
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TOM BREVOORT 12

Karen Berger 7
Diana Schutz 4
Steve Wacker 4
Axel Alonso 3
Peter Tomasi 3
Ralph Macchio 3
Jamie S. Rich 2
Scott Allie 2
Stephan Nelson 2
Tom Palmer, Jr. 2
Ed Dukeshire 1
James Lucas Jones 1
Jim Resnowski 1
Joan Hilty 1
Joey Cavalieri 1
Kim Thompson 1
Kris Simons 1
Maureen McTigue 1
Mike Marts 1
Seth Tobocman 1
INELIGIBLE: Julius Schwartz - no comics edited in 2004

Best Political Cartoonist
=========================

G.B. TRUDEAU 8

No Award 7
Aaron McGruder 4
Pat Oliphant 4
Chris Muir 3
Ted Rall 3
Tom Toles 3
Ann Telnaes 2
Mike Thompson (Detroit Free Press) 2
Steve Bell 2
Wiley 2
Jim Borgman 1
Jimmy Margulies 1
Tom Tomorrow 1

Best Comics Short Story
=======================

SHE-HULK #4 "WEB OF LIES" 11

Catwoman #32 4
Human Target #10 3
Plastic Man #10 3
Gotham Central #25 2
Plastic Man #7 2
Radioactive Man #9 2
The Goon #10 2
The Goon #9 2
Thor #85 2
Young Ancient One #1 (Epic Anthology) 2
"Abominable" - ? 1
Azumanga Daioh 4 p 89-112 1
Batman Adventures #10 1
Conan #9 1
Daisy Kutter: The Last Train 1
Demo: Breaking Up 1
Ex Machina #1 1
Family Reunion 1
Frank Ironwine 1
Monolith #2 1
Promethea #31 1
Rabbithead 1
Tom Strong #27 1

Comics Novella
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PUNISHER: THE END 10
Legion of Super-Heroes #1 5
Superman: Secret Identity #3 4
Tomb Raider: Arabian Nights 4
Batman: The Order of Beasts 3
Identity Crisis #5 2
No Award 2
Owly: The Way Home 2
Conversation #1 1
Couriers 3 1
Making Rain 1
Plastic Man #7 1
Road to Perdition 2 1
Stuff of Dreams #2 1
Superman: Secret Identity #4 1
Tales from the Bully Pulpit 1
INELIGIBLE: The Walking Dead Volume 1

Best Original Graphic Novel
===========================

LOVECRAFT 5

No Award 3
Buddha Volume 3: Devadatta 2
Carnet de Voyage 2
Angel Fire 1
Climate 1
Elfquest: Searcher & the Sword 1
John Law: Dead Man Walking 1
Kare Kano 9 1
Marvel Encyclopedia: Fantastic Four 1
Mighty Love 1
Scott Pilgrim 1
Spaghetti Western 1
The Originals 1
The White Elephant 1
Tiempos Finales 1
INELIGIBLE: Daisy Kutter - reprint collection
INELIGIBLE: The Plot - not yet published
INELIGIBLE: Sgt. Rock: Between Hell & a Hard Place - first published 2003
INELIGIBLE: Tex - first published in English 2005
INELIGIBLE: Sandman: Endless NIghts - first published 2003

Best Comics Multi-Part Story
============================

WE3 #1-3 12

Fallen Angel #15-18 (Hurley-Burley) 4
Fables #26-30 (March of the Wooden Soldiers) 3
Supreme Power #7-12 3
Warlock #1-4 3
Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Past 2
Birds of Prey #62-67 (Sensei & Student) 2
JSA: Black Reign 2
Planetary #19-20 (Mystery in Space/Rendezvous) 2
Thor #80-85 (Ragnarok) 2
Wolverine: Enemy of the State 2
Birds of Prey (Hero Hunters) 1
DC: The New Frontier #1-6 1
Dead@17 1
Fantastic Four #509-511 (Hereafter) 1
Gotham Central #12-15 (Soft Targets) 1
Gotham Central #19-22 (Unresolved) 1
Gotham Central #23-25 (Corrigan) 1
Green Lantern: Rebirth 1
Identity Crisis 1
JLA: Another Nail #1-3 1
Love & Rockets #1-10 (Maggie storyline) 1
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1-12 1
Plastic Man #1-6 1
She-Hulk #5-6 (The Big Picture) 1
Superman: Secret Identity #1-4 1
Territory 51 1
The Walking Dead #1-6 1
Wanted 1
INELIGIBLE: Klarion #1 - not published in 2004

Best Comics Ongoing Series
==========================

JSA 6

Astonishing X-Men 5
Y the Last Man 5
Birds of Prey 4
The Walking Dead 4
Bone 3
Ex Machina 3
Finder 3
Gotham Central 3
Human Target 3
Conan 2
Girl Genius 2
Runaways 2
She-Hulk 2
Supreme Power 2
The Flash 2
The Goon 2
Thor 2
A Distant Soil 1
Daredevil 1
Dead@17 1
Dilbert 1
Hawkman 1
Hot Gimmick 1
Invincible 1
Iron Wok Jan 1
Kare Kano 1
Legion of Super-Heroes 1
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe 1
Palooka-Ville 1
Plastic Man 1
Sabrina the Teenage Witch 1
Street Angel 1
The Punisher 1
Uncanny X-Men 1
Usagi Yojimbo 1
World War 3 Illustrated 1

Best Manga Series
=================

NO AWARD 6

Battle Royale 2
Buddha 2
Gantz 2
Ghost in the Shell 2
Gold Digger 2
Spyboy: Final Exam 2
Yu-Gi-Oh 2
Hikaru no Go 1
Hot Gimmick 1
Iron Wok Jan 1
Oh My Goddess! 1
Phoenix 1
Planetes 1
Rave Master 1
Warrior Nun Areala 1

Best New Comics Series
======================

SHE-HULK 10

Astonishing X-Men 9
Ex Machina 7
Legion of Super-Heroes 5
Conan 4
The Pulse 3
Daisy Kutter 2
Manhunter 2
Marvel Team-Up 2
Othello 2
Street Angel 2
Bleach 1
Brewster Rocket: Space Guy! 1
Cable/Deadpool 1
District X 1
Hard Time 1
JLA: Classified 1
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe 1
Or Else 1
Scott Pilgrim 1
Small Gods 1
Steve Rude's The Moth 1
Swamp Thing 1
Territory 51 1
The Monolith 1
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
==========================

DC: NEW FRONTIER 12

We3 11
Identity Crisis 8
Superman: Secret Identity 6
1602 6
Green Lantern: Rebirth 3
Demo 2
Ultimate Nightmare 2
Black Hole 1
Burglar Bill 1
Daisy Kutter 1
DC Comics Presents (Julius Schwartz tribute) 1
Deep Sleeper 1
JLA: Another Nail 1
Madrox 1
Samurai: Heaven and Earth 1
Seaguy 1
Thor: Son of Asgard 1
Ultra 1
X-Men: The End Book One 1
INELIGIBLE: Iron Ghost - started in 2005
INELIGIBLE: Ultimates

Best Comics Reprint Book
========================

COMPLETE PEANUTS 1950-1952 8

Bone: One Volume Edition 7
Formerly Known as the Justice League 4
Superman: Red Son 4
Age of Bronze: Sacrifice 3
Blacksad 2 2
Catwoman: Nine Lives of a Feline Fatale 2
Mage: The Hero Discovered 2
The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye 2
Thor Legends: Walt Simonson Book 3 2
All-Star Comics Archives Volume 10 1
Amelia Rules: What Makes You Happy 1
American Elf 1
Battle Angel Alita 5 1
Crisis on Multiple Earths volume 3 1
Elfquest Archive #1 1
Golden Age Sandman Archives 1
Human Target: Living in Amerika 1
Hush Volume 2 1
Jimmy Olsen Adventures Volume 2 1
No Award 1
Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide to Comics 1
Spirit Archives Volume 14 1
Spirit Archives Volume 15 1
Superman: Secret Identity 1
Will Eisner's John Law 1
INELIGIBLE: Essential X-Men Volume 4 - first published in 2001
INELIGIBLE: Infinity Gauntlet - not released in 2004
INELIGIBLE: Marvel Essentials - non-specific
INELIGIBLE: Mystery in Space Archive - unknown product

Best Comics Anthology
=====================

FLIGHT 8

2000AD 6
Tales of the Vampires 5
Bizarro Comics 4
Epic Anthology 3
Metal Hurlant 3
Digital Webbing Presents 2
McSweeney's Volume 13 2
No Award 2
Super Manga Blast 2
Western Tales of Terror 2
Animerica Extra 1
ATP Presents 1
DC Comics Presents 1
Dead@17: Rough Cut 1
Owly: The Way Home 1
Rosetta 2 1
Tales from the Inner Sanctum 1
World War 3 Illustrated 1
INELIGIBLE: Flight Volume 2 - published in 2005
INELIGIBLE: JLA Classified - not anthology per ballot defenition
INELIGIBLE: More CBLDF Comics - unknown item
INELIGIBLE: Project Superior - published in 2005

Best Comic Strip
================

GET FUZZY 9

Dilbert 7
The Boondocks 6
Liberty Meadows 4
PvP 4
Rose Is Rose 4
9 Chickweed Lane 3
Doonesbury 3
Frazz 2
Mutts 2
Foxtrot 1
If... 1
Nemi 1
No Award 1
Non Sequitur 1
Pearls Before Swine 1
Spider-Man 1
Way Lay 1
Zippy the Pinhead 1
Zits 1

Best Web Comic
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PvP (www.pvponline.com) 8

Athena Voltaire (www.athenavoltaire.com) 6
No Award 5
Mom's Cancer (www.momscancer.com) 3
Penny Arcade (www.penny-arcade.com) 3
Day by Day (www.daybydaycartoon.com) 2
Gun Street Girl (www.graphicsmash.com/series.php?name=gsg) 2
Hotel Fred (www.hotelfred.com) 2
Irregular Webcomic (www.irregularwebcomic.net) 2
Something Positive (www.somethingpositive.net) 2
You'll Have That (www.vipercomics.com/webComics/yht/) 2
American Elf (www.americanelf.com) 1
Angst Technology (www.inktank.com/AT/index.cfm) 1
Bunny (www.frozenreality.co.uk/comic/bunny) 1
College Roomies From Hell!!! (www.crfh.net) 1
Count Your Sheep (www.countyoursheep.com) 1
Ctrl-Alt-Delete (www.ctrlaltdel-online.com) 1
Diesel Sweeties (www.dieselsweetiescom) 1
Femme Noir (www.supernaturalcrime.com) 1
Fur-Piled (www.liondogworks.com/fur-piled.html) 1
It's Walky (www.itswalky.com) 1
Nodwick (www.nodwick.com) 1
Piled Higher and Deeper 1
Queen of Wands (www.queenofwands.net) 1
Rolling With The Punches (www.rwtpv2.com) 1
Sluggy Freelance (www.sluggy.com) 1
The Order of the Stick (www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript) 1
Unshelved (www.overduemedia.com) 1

Best Company/Imprint
====================

DC COMICS 25

Marvel Comics 10
Vertigo/DC 7
No Award 4
Oni Press 4
Image Comics 3
IDW Publishing 2
Across the Pond Studios 1
ADV Manga 1
Bongo 1
Dark Horse 1
Fantagraphics 1
Humanoids 1
Lawdog Comics 1
Prism Comics 1
Rebellion 1
Slave Labor 1
Viper Comics 1
Viz 1
WildStorm/DC 1

Best Character
==============

USAGI YOJIMBO 4

Bucky Katt 3
Catwoman 3
Frank Ironwine 3
Nana (Othello) 3
Oracle 3
She-Hulk 3
Spider-Man 3
Agatha Clay Heterodyne (Girl Genius) 2
Batman 2
Christopher Chance (Human Target) 2
Conan 2
Daisy Kutter 2
Daredevil 2
Falcon 2
Judge Dredd 2
Wolverine 2
Ant-Man 1
Aquaman 1
Awesome Andy 1
Blue Beetle 1
Deathstroke 1
Frankenstein Mobster 1
Frankie (The Goon) 1
Green Lantern 1
Hawkeye 1
Hawkman 1
Husky (Fur-Piled) 1
Jade 1
Jessica Jones 1
Juggernaut 1
Mary Marvel 1
Mitchell Hundred (Ex Machina) 1
Mr. Monster 1
Nara Kilday (Dead@17) 1
Plastic Man 1
Reed Richards 1
Savage Dragon 1
Scott Pilgrim 1
Seaguy 1
Shatterstar 1
The Goon 1
Tom Strong 1
Wonder Woman 1

Best Character Team
===================

RUNAWAYS 8

JSA 7
X-Men 6
Birds of Prey 5
Super Buddies (FKATJL cast) 4
Legion of Super-Heroes 3
Teen Titans 3
Dykes to Watch Out For (cast of) 2
Ex Machina (cast of) 2
Fables (cast of) 2
Justice League 2
Love & Rockets (cast of) 2
Supreme Power (cast of) 2
Age of Bronze (cast of) 1
Animal Weapon Three (We3) 1
Azumanga Daioh (cast of) 1
Captain America & the Falcon 1
Dilbert (cast of) 1
Fur-Piled (cast of) 1
Heroes Anonymous 1
Hot Gimmick (cast of) 1
Iron Wok Jan (cast of) 1
Love Fights (cast of) 1
Patty Cake (cast of) 1
The Teen Team (Invincible) 1
The Ultimates 1
INELIGIBLE: Thor & the Odinpower

Best Adaptation
===============

The Incredibles 14

Spider-Man 2 13
Justice League Unlimited cartoon 9
No Award 4
The Punisher 4
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2
Smallville 2
INELIGIBLE: Dawn of the Dead

Best Merchandise
================

NO AWARD 9

DC Direct Catwoman Hush action figure 3
Miracleman statue (Randy Bowen) 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle socks 2
Blankets soundtrack 1
DC Direct Colossal Boy action figure 1
Heroclix Kingdom Come figures 1
Marvel Legends Daredevil 1
Marvel Legends Hawkeye 1
Transformers Energon Omega Supreme action figure 1

Best Comics-Related Publication
===============================

THE COMICS JOURNAL 9

Comic Book Artist 8
Alter Ego 5
Jack Kirby Collector 5
No Award 5
Wizard 5
DC Encyclopedia 3
Scoula di Fumetto 2
Best of the Legion Outpost 1
Comic Art 1
Comic Book Marketplace 1
Comic Buyer's Guide 1
International Journal of Comic Art 1
Modern Masters 1
Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide to Comics 1

Best Comics Focused Website
===========================

THE X-AXIS 6

2000AD Online (www.2000adonline.com) 5
DC Comics (www.dccomics.com) 4
Fred Hembeck (www.hembeck.com) 4
POVonline.com 4
Mom's Cancer (www.momscancer.com) 3
Neil Gaiman (www.neilgaiman.com) 3
The Comics Journal (www.tcj.com) 3
Comiclist.com 2
GeoffJohns.com 2
Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics (www.dcindexes.com) 2
No Award 2
Superman Through the Ages (www.stta.nu) 2
Aquaman website (www.eskimo.com/~tegan/aqua/) 1
Crazy Mary (www.whoiscrazymary.com) 1
For Better or For Worse (www.fbofw.com) 1
Legion World (www.legionworld.net) 1
Marvel Universe Appendix (www.marvunapp.com) 1
PaperFilms (paperfilms.com) 1
Superman Is a Dick (www.superdickery.com) 1
Supernatural Crime (www.supernaturalcrime.com) 1
The Unofficial DC Comics Index Series (www.dcuguide.com) 1
INELIGIBLE: Comic Book Resources - general, not focused
INELIGIBLE: Newsarama - general, not focused

Best Comics General Website
===========================

NEWSARAMA (www.newsarama.com) 18

Silver Bullet Comic Books (www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com) 13
Grand Comic Book Database (www.comics.org) 12
Comic Book Resources (www.cbr.cc) 7
Ninth Art (www.ninthart.com) 3
The Comics Reporter (www.comicsreporter.com) 3
AFnews (www.afnews.info/afnews) 1
Comic World News (www.comicworldnews.com) 1
Comics Nexus (www.comicsnexus.com) 1
Comixfan (www.comixfan.com) 1
Digital Webbing Presents 1
Don Markstein's Toonopedia (www.toonopedia.com) 1
HeroRealm (www.herorealm.com) 1
Sequential Tart (www.sequentialtart.com) 1
The Pulse (www.comicon.com/pulse) 1
Toonzone (www.toonzone.com) 1
INELIGIBLE: Boingboing.net - not comic book website 1
INELIGIBLE: Fark.com - not comic book website 1

BEST COMICS BLOG (tie)
================

FANBOY RAMPAGE! (fanboyrampage.blogspot.com) 7
PETERDAVID.NET 7

News From ME (www.newsfromme.com) 6
The Comics Reporter (www.comicsreporter.com) 4
The Great Curve (www.thegreatcurve.net) 4
No Award 3
Popp'd (poppd.blogspot.com) 3
Wholly Barbarian Blues (joekeatinge.blogspot.com) 3
The Beat (www.comicon.com/thebeat) 2
Thought Balloons (thoughtballoons.blogspot.com) 2
Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog 1
Brainster's Blog (brainster.blogspot.com) 1
Fred Sez (www.hembeck.com/FredSez.htm) 1
Gelattometti (gelatometti2.blogspot.com) 1
Postmodern Barney (postmodernbarney.com) 1
Spari d'inchiostro (sparidinchiostro.splinder.com) 1
INELIGIBLE: ComicBoards - not a blog
INELIGIBLE: Comics Worth Reading - Squiddies admin
INELIGIBLE: Newsarama - not a blog

Best Comics Journalist
======================

BLAIR MARNELL 24

Mark Evanier 7
Tom Spurgeon 6
No Award 5
Paul O'Brien 5
Rich Johnston 3
Heidi MacDonald 2
Warren Ellis 2
Christopher Butcher 1
Clifford Meth 1
Eric J. Moreels 1
Hannibal Tabu 1
Jennifer M. Contino 1
Michael Dean 1
Michael May 1
Robert Taylor 1
Steven Grant 1

Best Comics Reviewer
====================

PAUL O'BRIEN 15

Tony Isabella 8
Bob Agamemnon 4
Dave Van Domelen 4
Sean Maher 3
Michael May 2
No Award 2
Randy Lander 2
Tom Spurgeon 2
Alan David Doane 1
Alex Ness 1
Brian Wilkinson 1
Chris Allen 1
David Welsh 1
Hannibal Tabu 1
Robert Taylor 1
Robin Fisher 1
Tim Turnip 1
INELIGIBLE: Johanna Draper Carlson - Squiddies admin
INELIGIBLE: Randy Lander/Don MacPherson - not a single person

Favorite RAC'er (Non-Creator)
=============================
PAUL O'BRIEN 19
TOM GALLOWAY 10
MARC-OLIVER FRISCH 9

Mike Peterson 6
Charles LePage 5
George Grattan 5
Ken from Chicago 5
ronniecat 5
Jon J. Yeager 4
Emerald Samurai 3
Hannibal Tabu 3
Jeremy Henderson 3
AntEGM...@aol.com 2
Bob Hughes 2
Brian Doyle 2
D.D. Degg 2
Dave Van Domelen 2
Loren Di Iorio 2
Mike Chary 2
Bobcat 1
Daibhid Ceannaideach 1
Eric J. Moreels 1
James Schee 1
Jim Connick 1
John Phamlore 1
Lawrence Watt-Evans 1
Lee K. Seitz 1
Michael Schiffer 1
Nathan P. Mahney 1
No Award 1
Ralf Haring 1
Sherwood Harrington 1
The Black Guardian 1
Dirk Deppey - eligible?
INELIGIBLE: Johanna Draper Carlson - Squiddies admin
INELIGIBLE: Justin Gray - creator

Favorite RAC'er (Creator)
=========================

KURT BUSIEK 31
GAIL SIMONE 17
FABIAN NICIEZA 14

Tom Brevoort 11
Mark Evanier 9
Brooke McEldowney 6
Brian Fies 4
Walter Simonson 4
J. Michael Straczynski 3
Peter David 2
Richard Pini 2
Craig Boldman 1
No Award 1
Priest - eligible?
Rick Stromoski - eligible?
INELIGIBLE: Josh Howard - no postings found in 2004
INELIGIBLE: Kazu Kibuishi - no postings found in 2004