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Comic Book Awards Almanac
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Results of the 1990 R.A.C Comics Awards Poll (votes taken and compiled by mathews@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Ryan Mathews)) Total number of voters : 101 -- Favorite artist: 14 Bill Sienkiewicz 9 Dave Sim 8 Jim Lee 8 Steve Rude 5 Simon Bisley 5 Alan Davis 5 Dave McKean 4 Gerhard 4 Todd MacFarlane 3 Arthur Adams 3 John Byrne 3 Adam Hughes Tied with 2 : Brian Bolland, Geof Darrow, Colleen Doran, Kelley Jones, Dale Keown, Ron Lim, Mike Mignola, George Perez, P. Craig Russell, Masamune Shirow Tied with 1 : Sergio Aragones, Carl Barks, Mark Bagely, Donna Barr, Paul Chadwick, Ben Edlund, Dave Gibbons, Keith Giffen, Jackson Guice, Scott Hampton, Gilbert Hernandez, Sam Jones, Daerick Gross, Klaus Janson, Malcolm Jones III, Dan Jurgens, Gil Kane, Sam Kieth, Eric Larsen, Rick Leonardi, Angel Medina, Hayao Miyazaki, John J. Muth, Eric Shanower, Walt Simonson, Stan Sakai, Curt Swan, Bryan Talbot, John Totleben, Tom Verre, Charles Vess, Adam Warren, Bill Watterson -- Favorite writer: 31 Neil Gaiman 21 Dave Sim 17 Peter David 9 Alan Moore 6 Grant Morrison 4 Tom & Mary Bierbaum 4 Keith Giffen 3 Scott McCloud Tied with 2 : Peter Bagge, Donna Barr, Chris Claremont, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Frank Miller, Doug Moench, Masamune Shirow, Walt Simonson Tied with 1 : Kyle Baker, Carl Barks, John Byrne, J.M. DeMatteis, Larry Hama, Yokinobu Hoshino, Gerard Jones, Jim Starlin, Mark Verheiden, Martin Wagner -- Favorite creative team: 27 Dave Sim/Gerhard 10 Alan Moore/Bill Sienkiewicz 8 Chris Claremont/Jim Lee[/Tom Orzechowski] 5 Peter David/Dale Keown[/Bob McLeod] 5 Keith Giffen/Tom & Mary Bierbaum[/Al Gordon] 5 Grant Morrison/Richard Case[/Nyberg] 4 Neil Gaiman/Kelley Jones[/Sam Dringenberg] Tied with 2 : Mike Baron/Steve Rude, Peter David/Angel Medina, Mark Evanier/Sergio Aragones, Neil Gaiman/Charles Vess, Keith Giffen/J.M. DeMatteis[/Adam Hughes], Frank Miller/Dave Gibbons, Milligan/Pennington[/Bachalo], Marv Wolfman/George Perez Tied with 1 : Terry Austin/Art Adams, John Byrne/John Romita Jr, Cowan/O'Neil, J.M.DeMatteis/McManus, Simon Furman/Andrew Wildman, Neil Gaiman/Buckingham, Neil Gaiman/Dave McKean, Dave Gibbons/Steve Rude/Karl Kesel, Alan Grant/Norm Breyfogle, Hedden/McWeeney, Los Bros. Hernandez, Gerald Jones/Eduardo Barreto, Dave Louapre/Dan Sweetman, Pat Mills/Kevin O'Neill, Doug Moench/Paul Gulacy/Terry Austin/Steve Oliff/John Costanza, Doug Moench/Joe Phillips/Bob Dvorak, Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons, Fabian Niceza/Mark Bagely, Ordway/Janke/Stern (Superman writers), Toren Smith/Adam Warren, Jim Starlin/Ron Lim, Roger Stern/Dave Hoover/Scott Hanna, Tim Vigil/Quin, Willingham/Leeke/Chen -- Favorite limited series, 12 or fewer issues: 13 Big Numbers 12 World's Finest 7 Hard Boiled 7 Lobo 7 Robin 5 Atlantis Chronicles 5 Dirty Pair: A Plague of Angels 4 Books of Magic 4 Give Me Liberty 4 Wild Cards 3 Foolkiller 3 Thanos Quest 3 The Vampire Lestat 2 Aliens vs. Predator 2 Bratpack 2 The Magic Flute 2 Starstruck Tied with 1 : A1, Appleseed Book 3, Breathtaker, Cages, Critical Mass, The Crow, Damage Control 2, Deathlok, Dominion, The Elsewhere Prince, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, The Hobbit, Horobi part one, Invaders from Home, Meta-4, The Nazz, Ring of Niebelung, Nomad, Southern Squadron, Tapping the Vein, 2001 Nights, XXXenophile -- Favorite established continuing series: 26 Cerebus 26 Sandman 12 Legion of Super-Heroes 7 Incredible Hulk 6 Uncanny X-Men 6 Zot! 4 Doom Patrol 3 Justice League Europe 3 Love and Rockets Tied with 2 : Amazing Spider-Man, Groo the Wanderer, Hawk & Dove, Outlanders, Silver Surfer Tied with 1 : Akira, Animal Man, Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children, Desert Peach, Dreadstar, Eightball, Fantastic Four, Faust, Flaming Carrot Comics, Flash, Freak Brothers, Hepcats, Iron Man, Legends of the Dark Knight, Miracleman, Mr. Miracle, Roachmill, Stinz, The Tick, 2000 A.D., Xenozoic Tales, Yummy Fur -- Favorite new continuing series: 15 Shade the Changing Man 9 Knights of Pendragon 8 Green Lantern 6 Spider-Man 5 Hawkworld 4 New Warriors 3 Fringe 3 Hate 3 Namor 2 Justice League Quarterly 2 Mighty Mouse 2 Rhudiprrt, Prince of Fur Tied with 1 : Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Comics, Cat Claw, Cat and Mouse, Classics Illustrated, Demon, Drawn & Quarterly, Original Dick Tracy, Original Dick Tracy Comic Album, Dirty Plotte, Elfquest: Kings of the Broken Circle, The Eye of Mongombo, Ghost Rider, Huntress, Jazz Age Chronicles, Junior Carrot Patrol, Ms. Tree, Nightbreed, Stalkers, Who's Who -- The winner isn't a surprise, though Sandman taking 3 of the top 4 is. It should be noted that the Legion of Super-Heroes retcon would have been listed, had not the creators of that book failed to give the story an overall title, thus disqualifying it. Favorite within series: 27 Jaka's Story (Cerebus) 14 A Doll's House (Sandman) 11 Season of Mists (Sandman) 8 Dream Country (Sandman) 5 Prey (Legends of the Dark Knight) 4 Trial of James T. Kirk (Star Trek) 3 The Earth Stories (Zot!) 3 The Extremist Vector (JLE) 3 Girl's School from Heck (Excalibur) Tied with 2 : Armor Wars II (Iron Man), Dark Knight Dark City (Batman), The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy (Usagi Yojimbo), Gothic (Legends of the Dark Knight), Torment (Spider-Man), X-Tinction Agenda Tied with 1 : Cosmic Squish Principle (She-Hulk), The Family Man (Hellblazer), Like-a-Looks (Cerebus), Love and Rockets (Love and Rockets), Necropolis (2000 A.D.), Poison River (Love and Rockets), Titans Hunt (New Titans), Trial of Marc Spector (Moon Knight) -- Comeback Award for most improved book: 18 Uncanny X-Men 12 Incredible Hulk 8 Fantastic Four Tied with 2 : Captain America, Daredevil, Doom Patrol, Iron Man, Legends of the Dark Knight, Legion of Super-Heroes, Sandman, Silver Surfer, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Zot! Tied with 1 : Adventures of Superman, Animal Man, Baker Street, Batman, Crisis, The Desert Peach, Excalibur, Fish Police, Green Lantern, Hawk & Dove, Hellblazer, Legends of the Dark Knight, Miracleman, New Titans, Nexus, Puma Blues, She-Hulk, Star Trek, Superman -- Favorite character: 9 Death (Sandman) 6 Cerebus 6 Dream (Sandman) 6 Kitty Pryde 5 The Hulk 4 Spider-Man 3 Concrete 3 John Constantine 3 Marshall Law 3 Matt Murdock (Daredevil) 3 Jenny (Zot!) Tied with 2 : Buddy Baker (Animal Man), Batman, Hal Jordan, Magneto, Wolverine Tied with 1 : The American, Bacchus (Deadface), Badger, Beanish (Tales of the Beanworld), Woody Bernstein (Zot!), Buddy Bradley (Hate), Chester Brown (Yummy Fur), Captain America, Changeling, Cyclops, Deunan (Appleseed), Dove, Tim Drake (Robin), Elektra, Faust, Reid Fleming, Forge (X-Men), Guy Gardner, Heraclio (Love and Rockets), Hopey (Love and Rockets), Jaka (Cerebus), Jubilee (X-Men), Judge Dredd, Princess Kahm (Outlanders), Kei (Dirty Pair), Tenzil Kem (Legion of Super-Heroes), Lobo, The Lone Goat (Usagi Yojimbo), Lucifer (Sandman), Willoughby Kipling (Doom Patrol), Kate Mclellan (Knights of Pendragon), Mickey Mouse, Mr. Nobody, Mister X, Mo (Dykes to Watch Out For), Nausicaa, Omaha, Pa Perkins (Polly and Her Pals), Ron Post (Those Annoying Post Brothers), Franklin Richards, Rick (Cerebus), The Roach (Cerebus), Roachmill, Rogue, Pfirsich Rommel (Desert Peach), She-Hulk, Stinz, Speedball, Superman, Mrs. Thatcher (Cerebus), Thor, The Tick, Usagi Yojimbo, Wally West -- Favorite team of characters: 22 Legion of Super-Heroes 11 Doom Patrol 7 X-Men 6 Fantastic Four 6 Justice League America 5 The Endless (Sandman) 5 Excalibur 4 Elementals 3 Hawk and Dove 3 Justice League Europe 3 The cast of Desert Peach 3 The cast of Zot! 2 L.E.G.I.O.N. 2 New Warriors Tied with 1 : A.B.C Warriors, Aliens, Avengers, The Beans (Tales of the Beanworld), Boom'r Band (Tales of the Beanworld), The Buldaggers (Savage Henry), Chow Sol'jers (Tales of the Beanworld), The Dirty Pair, The Extremists (JLE), Hero Alliance, Justice League International, The Inferior Five, Lord Julius's Like-a-Looks (Cerebus), The Miracle Family (Miracleman), The New Titans, Silver Surfer/The Impossible Man, Space Barbarians (Outland), Suicide Squad, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Wolfriders, Wolveroach/Elrod, X-Factor -- Favorite graphic novel: 13 Why I Hate Saturn 12 Elektra Lives Again 4 Epicurus the Sage 4 Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth 4 Wolverine: Bloodlust 2 Arkham Asylum 2 Batman: Digital Justice 2 Gregory Tied with one : Bride of the Demon, Enemy Ace: A War Idyll, Excalibur: Weird War III, Flash Special, Grimjack: The Demon Wars, Marshal Law: Kingdom of the Blind, Moby Dick (Classics Illustrated), Night is the Enemy, Triumph and Torment, Wilderness -- Favorite reprint volume: 10 Sandman: A Doll's House 8 Swamp Thing: Love and Death 5 Cerebus: Jaka's Story 5 V for Vendetta 4 Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes 4 Concrete: Complete Short Stories 3 Classics of Western Literature (Bloom County) 3 Horsebrush & Other Stories (Stinz) 2 The Compleat Alec 2 Ed the Happy Clown 2 Marvel Masterworks #13 (FF 21-30 + Ann. 1) 2 The Spirit Casebook Tied with 1 : Adventures of Luther Arkwright, Akira, Carl Barks Library vol VI, Carl Barks library vol. X, Blueberry, The Bradleys, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Cartoon History of the World, Daredevil: Marked for Death, DC Classic Editions: Batman 1, Deadface: Immortality Isn't Forever, The Death of Kraven the Hunter, Dick Tracy Casebook, Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men, Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told, The Flying Buttress (Terry and the Pirates), The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told, Havok & Wolverine : Meltdown, Hellblazer vol. 3, Li'l Nemo in Slumberland vol. 2, Li'l Nemo in Slumberland vol. 3, Outlanders vol. 1, Mai the Psychic Girl, Marvel Masterworks #15 - The Silver Surfer, Marshall Law, Miracleman Book Two, My Crowd (Charles Addams), Prince Valiant, Recycled Doonesbury, Silver Surfer (#1-7), Spider-Man: The Death of Jean DeWolff, Stinz, Superman Archives, Tales of the Beanworld, Tank Girl, The Tick Omnibus, Watchmen (re-release), Weirdos from Another Planet -- Favorite comic strip or newspaper cartoon: 61 Calvin and Hobbes 41 Doonesbury 10 Foxtrot 5 The Far Side 5 Robotman 3 For Better or For Worse 3 Peanuts Tied with 1 : Arlo and Janis, Batman, Brenda Starr, Dilbert, Ernie, Ernie Pook's Comeek, The Fusco Brothers, Garfield, Life in Hell, Ophelia and Jake, Outland, Rose is Rose, Syvia -- Favorite political cartoonist: 29 G.B. Trudeau (Doonesbury) 19 Tom Toles (Buffalo News) 4 Patrick Oliphant (UPI) 3 Berke Breathed 3 Jules Feiffer (Village Voice) 3 Jeff MacNelly (Chicago Tribune) Tied with 2 : Aislin (Montreal Gazette), Jim Borgman (Cincinnati Enquirer), Bill Day (Detroit Free Press), Mike Peters (Dayton Daily News), Mark Alan Stamaty (Washingtoon) Tied with 1 : Tony Auth (Philadelphia Enquirer), Steve Bell (If..., UK Guardian), Matt Groening, Nicole Hollander, Bruce MacKinnon (Halifax Mail-Star), Pat Ohman, Kari Suomalainen, John Trevor (Albuquerque Journal), Bill Watterson -- Former shoo-in Moriarty, after tying last year, finally gives up the ghost and drops to third (much to his delight, I suspect :-) ). Oh, and some jerk named Ryan Mathews, who didn't get a single vote last year, is tied for seventh. Favorite R.A.C'er: 25 Peter David 23 Jayembee 20 Moriarty 10 Jim Drew 9 Martin Terman 7 Kenneth Arromdee 6 Chris Jarocha-Ernst 6 Ryan Mathews 6 Kitty Pryde 5 The Rev. Mom 4 Dani Zweig 3 Enrique Conty 3 Bob "Omega" Mosley 2 Milo D. Cooper 2 Dan'l Danehy-Oakes 2 Paul Estin 2 Connie "Fuzzy" Hirsch Tied with 1 : David Alas, Clay Bond, John Bullough, Kevin Chen, Justin du Coeur, Damian Cugley, Jym Dyer, Tom Galloway, Mike Godwin, Ted Faber, Rod Johnson, "The net.lurkers", James D. Nicoll, Papa Sm00sh, Paulo A. Pereira, Phil Pfeiffer, Jim Pruyne, Michael Rawdon, Elisabeth Riba, Col. G.L. Sicherman |