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1995 Rec.Arts.Comics.* Squiddy Awards
 For Comics / Comix / Sequential Art
 Compiler: Francis Uy (francis_uy@yahoo)

Total number of voters: 145

COMICS WRITER OF 1995

19      Kurt Busiek
13      Neil Gaiman
12      Mark Waid
12      John Ney Rieber
10      James Robinson
06      Peter David
06      Don Rosa
06      Alan Moore
04      Wendy Pini
04      Christopher Priest
03      Roger Stern
03      Grant Morrison
03      David Lapham

02 Votes:       Warren Ellis, Terry Moore, Richard Pini, Karl Kesel,
Evan Dorkin, Dan Clowes

01 Votes:       Tony Isabella, Tony Bedard, Tom Peyer, Tom McCraw, Roger
Leloup, Peter Milligan, Paul Jenkins, Mike Mignola, Matt Wagner, Marv
Wolfman, Mark Millar, Mark Evanier, Kyle Baker, Keith Giffen, John
Ostrander, Joellyn Auklandus, Jim Woodring, J. M. Dematteis, Ivan Velez,
Jr., Howard Cruse, Gerard Ashworth, Frank Miller, Evan Skolnick,
Elizabeth Hand, Dylan Horrocks, Dwayne McDuffie, Donna Barr
Dave Sim, Bill Watterson

COMICS PENCILLER OF 1995

12      Michael Zulli
11      Jeff Moy
08      Humberto Ramos
08      Chris Bachalo
06      Steve Blevins
04      Tony Harris
04      Tom Mandrake
04      Brent Anderson
03      Peter Gross
03      Mike Parobeck
03      John Byrne
03      Gary Frank
03      Don Rosa
03      Charles Vess
03      Alan Davis

02 Votes:       Travis Charest, Tom Grummett, Stuart Immonen, Sergio
Aragones, Sam Keith, Rob Walton, Peter Snejbjerg, Paul Pelletier, Mike
Allred, Kelley Jones, Eddie Campbell, Dan Jurgens, Brandon McKinney

01 Vote:        Ty Templeton, Tim Sale, Terry Moore, Steve Rude, Steve
Dillon, Steve A. Gallacci, Seth, Richard Case, Phil Winslade, Phil
Jiminez, Peter Bagge, Paul Smith, Paul Pope, Paul Anderson, Patrick
Zircher, Mike Mignola, Mike Deodata, M. D. Bright, John Romita Jr., Joe
Madureira, Joe Linsner, Jim Balent, Jeff Smith, Galen Showman, Erik
Larsen, Eddy Newell, David Mack, Darick Robertson, Colleen Doran, Bill
Watterson, Bernard Chang, Angel Medina, Alex Ross

COMICS INKER OF 1995

13      W. C. Carani
09      Wade Von Grawbadger
09      Gerhard
07      Terry Austin
05      Terry Beatty
05      Mark Farmer
04      Ron Boyd
04      Mike Mignola
04      Frank Miller
04      Dick Giordano
04      Brett Breeding
03      Peter Gross
03      Mark Buckingham
03      Kevin Nowlan
03      Don Rosa

02 Votes:       Todd McFarlane, Karl Kesel, John Byrne, Charles Vess,
Charles Barnett, Andrew Pepoy

01 Vote:        Troy Hubbs, Tom Mandrake, Tim Sale, Terry Moore, Scott
Williams, Scott Hanna, Rick Burchett, Rich Faber, Peter Snejbjerg, Paul
Pope, Mike Deodata, Mike DeCarlo, Laura Allred, Kathryn Bolinger, Joseph
Rubinstein, Jay Stephens, Howard Cruse, Doug Hazlewood, Craig Taillefer,
Chris Ware, Charles Burns, Cam Smith, Brent Anderson, Bob Wiacek, Alex
Garner, Al Williamson

COMICS PAINTER OF 1995

50      Alex Ross
12      Dave McKean
06      Tony Harris
04      Michael Zulli
04      Jerry Ordway
03      John Bolton
03      Dan Brereton

02 Votes:       Masamune Shirow, Joseph Michael Linsner, Jon J. Muth,
Glen Fabry

01 Vote:        William Van Horn, Teddy Kristiansen, Susan Daigle-Leach,
Steve Rude, Mike Kaluta, Kent Williams, Jacques de Loustal, Greg
Spalenka, Don Lawrence, Dave Cooper, Cliff & Terese Nielsen, Brian
Stelfreeze, Bill Sienkiewicz

COMICS LETTERER OF 1995

37      Todd Klein
21      Richard Starkings (ComiCraft)
15      Dave Sim
06      Tom Orzechowski
05      John Costanza

02 Votes:       Stan Sakai, Pat Brosseau, Lorina Mapa, John Workman,
Bill Oakley

01 Vote:        Willie Schubert, Steve Dutro, R. Crumb, Kurt Hathaway,
Ken Bruzenak, Johnathon Babcock, John Byrne, Gaspar, Gary Kato, Dave
Cooper, Dan Clowes, Chuck Maly, Chris Eliopoulos

COMICS COLORIST OF 1995

26      Tom McCraw
10      Steve Oliff (Olyoptics)
10      Digital Chameleon
07      Laura Allred
05      Suzanne Dechnik
04      Trisha Mulvihill
04      Susan Daigle-Leach
04      Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh
04      Daniel Vozzo
03      Steve Buccellato (Electric Crayon)
03      Greg Wright
03      Angus McKie

02 Votes:       Tom Luth, Marie Javins, Joe Rosas

01 Vote:        Tara Blomquist, Steve Mattsson, Rueben Rude, Pat
Brousseau, Ominous Press, Mike Meyer, Miguelano Prado, Linda Medley,
Julie Doucet, Joe Chiodo, Jim Woodring's wife, Gloria Vasquez, Glenn
Whitmore, Colin Chan, Chris Ware, Brian Haberlin, Android Images,
Adrienne Roy

COMICS CREATIVE TEAM OF 1995

12      Robinson/Harris/Von Grawbadger/et al. (Starman)
11      Peyer/McCraw/Moy/Carani (LSH)
10      Waid/Ramos (Impulse)
09      Busiek/Anderson/Ross/et al. (Astro City)
08      Moore/Campbell (From Hell)
08      Gaiman/Zulli (Sandman)
07      Wendy & Richard Pini
06      Sim/Gerhard (Cerebus)
05      Rieber/Gross/et al (Books of Magic)
05      Ostrander/Mandrake (Spectre)
05      Aragones/Evanier/Sakai/Luth (Groo)
04      Peyer/McCraw/Moy/Moder (LSH)
03      Wagner/Seagle/Davis (Sandman Mystery Theater)

02 Votes:       Lansdale/Truman/et al. (Lone Ranger), Gaiman/McKean

01 Vote:        Winkler/Kelly, Waid/Peyer/Moy,
Skolnick/Zircher/Pepoy/Rosas, Sherman/Cohen (Strange Attractors),
Rieber/Snejbjerg (Books of Magic), Puckett/Parobeck/Burchett (Batman
Adventures), Pini/McKinney/Beatty/Dechnik, Pekar/Sacco,
Ostrander/Pini/Fujitake/Barnett (ElfQuest: Jink), Moy/Carani (LSH),
Moore/McFarlane/Capullo (Spawn), Moench/Jones/Beatty (Batman),
Miller/Gibbons/McKie (Martha Washington), Miller/Darrow (Big Guy &
Rusty), McKinney/Beatty, Loeb/Sale, Kesel/Immonen/Marzan/et al (Adv
Superman), Kesel/Grummett/Hazelwood, Kesel/Grummett/Breeding,
Isabella/Newell (Black Lightning), Hand/Witcover/Crespo/Parks (Anima),
Francq/van Hamme, Ellis/Deodata, Dylan Horocks, Davis/Farmer,
Byrne/Webb, Allred/Allred (Madman), ?/et al. (New Titans)

COMICS COVER ARTIST OF 1995

28      Alex Ross
14      Jerry Ordway
12      Alan Davis
11      Dave McKean
08      Glenn Fabry
06      Wendy Pini
06      Tony Harris
05      Charles Vess
05      Brian Bolland
04      Don Rosa
04      Dave Dorman
03      Chris Ware
03      Brian Stelfreeze

02 Votes:       Mike Kaluta, John Byrne

01 Vote:        Travis Charest, Stuart Immonen, Steve Blevins, Stephen
Hughes, Sim & Gerhard, Rick Veitch, Phil Phimanez, Patrick Zircher,
Miran Kim, Kevin Kobasic, Jeff Moy, Humberto Ramos, George Perez, Gavin
Wilson & Richard Bruning, Gary Frank, Frank Miller, Chris Bachalo, Bruce
Timm, Brandon McKinney, Art Spiegelman

COMICS EDITOR OF 1995

18      K. C. Carlson
14      Karen Berger
08      Richard Pini
06      Julie Rottenberg
05      Mike Carlin
05      Brian Augustyn
05      Archie Goodwin
04      Sarah Dyer
04      Joey Cavalieri
04      Gary Groth
04      Dwayne McDuffie
04      Bobbie Chase
03      Jim Shooter
03      Bob Schreck

02 Votes:       Stuart Moore, Joe Pruett, Diana Shutz

01 Vote:        Trish Ledoux, Tom Brevoort, Scott Peterson, Ruben Diaz,
Mike McAvennie, Mike Gold, Lee Salem, Kim Thompson, Jordan Gorfinkel,
John Leonard Clark, Jesse Hurricane Berdinka, Dennis O'Neill, Dan
Raspler, Chris Oliveros, Chris Duffy, Byron Erickson, Bob Harras, Alisa
Kwitney

*****

COMICS STORY OF 1995

15      Playgrounds (Books of Magic)
10      White Triangle Saga (LSH)
09      The Wake (Sandman)
07      Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck
06      Future Tense (LSH/Superboy)
06      Dead Heat (Flash/Impulse)
04      Terminal Velocity (Flash)
04      Sins of the Child (Starman)
03      Sins of the Father (Starman)
03      ElfQuest: Shards
03      Critical Mass (Hellblazer)

02 Votes:       Mothers & Daughters (Cerebus), Hourman (Sandman Mystery
Theatre), ElfQuest: Jink, Death of Farley (For Better or For Worse),
Black Lightning #1-5, Batman Adventures #33

01 Votes:       World Engine, Wildstorm Rising, Where Angels Fear To
Tread (Green Arrow), Watery Grave (Superboy), Ups & Downs (Desert Peach
#24), The Outcast, The Kindly Ones (Sandman), The Charicaturist
(Eightball #15), Tale of One Bad Rat, Swamp Dog (Swamp Thing), Superman
#525, Strangers in Paradise #1-9, Star Wars: Dark Empire II, River Run
(Swamp Thing), Palestine, One Nation Under Doom (Marvel 2099), Meltdown
(New Titans), Maximum Clonage (SpiderMan), Lone Ranger & Tonto, Kurt
Busiek's Astro City #4, Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1 "In Dreams",
Jasper's Warp (X-Men Archives: Captain Britain), Jar of Fools, It's a
Good Life If You Don't Weaken (Palookaville), I Dream of You (Strangers
in Paradise), Grendel Tales: Devils Choices, Franka: De Dertiende
Letter, ElfQuest: Hidden Years, Dream Nails Trilogy, Den Sorte Doed,
Darkseid vs. Galactus: The Hunger, Car Boy (zerozero), Bring me the head
of Boba Fett (Instant Piano), Big Fat Kill (Sin City), Amazing SpiderMan
#400, Akiko on the Planet Smoo, Adventures of Superman #525, Adventures
of Gideon Stargrave (Invisibles), AKA Goldfish, 13 Years Ago: Five
Friends (Starman #11)

ONGOING COMIC SERIES OF 1995

15      Starman
12      Books of Magic
11      Sandman
10      Legion of Super-Heroes
07      Flash
05      Invisibles
05      ElfQuest: Hidden Years
04      Legionnaires
04      ElfQuest: Shards
03      Strangers in Paradise
03      Spectre
03      Sandman Mystery Theatre

02 Votes:       Uncle Scrooge, Thieves & Kings, Swamp Thing, Superboy,
Stray Bullets, Pickle, New Warriors, Icon, Hellblazer, Groo, Cerebus,
Bone, Acme Novelty Library

01 Votes:       Action Girl, Weird Stress Kittens, Walt Disney's Comics
& Stories, Untold Tales of SpiderMan, The Jam, THB, Sovereign Seven,
Scud the Disposable Assassin, Preacher, Oz Squad, New Titans, Magnus
Robot Fighter, Madman, Love & Rockets, Kane, Incredible Hulk, From Hell,
Franka, Excalibur, Doonesbury, Desert Peach, Damage, Batman Adventures,
Batman, Anima, Adventures of Superman

NEW COMIC SERIES OF 1995

37      Kurt Busiek's Astro City
24      Impulse
10      Stray Bullets
06      Replacement God
05      Untold Tales of SpiderMan
05      Preacher
05      Power of Shazam
04      Ragmop

02 Votes:       Sovereign Seven, Seekers Into The Mystery, Optic Nerve

01 Votes:       X-Files, Weapon Zero, Walt Disney Giant, Tales from the
Bog, Superman Man of Tomorrow, Scarlet Thunder, Mixed Media, Manga
Vizion, Jaguar God, Groo, Fantastic Four 2099, Extreme Justice, Eddie
Campbell's Bacchus, Dawn, Book of Ballads & Sagas, Black Hole, Bacchus

LIMITED COMIC SERIES OF 1995

10      From Hell
08      X-Men Archives: Captain Britain
08      ElfQuest: Kahvi
07      Underworld Unleashed
05      Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck
05      Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo DaVinci
04      Superman/Aliens
04      Jar of Fools
03      Wonder Years (Tales of the Marvels)
03      Vigilante
03      Nexus: Wages of Sin
03      Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm & Such
03      Elfquest: Jink
03      Egypt

02 Votes:       Tale of One Bad Rat, Sin City: The Big Fat Kill, Ruins,
Lone Ranger & Tonto, Last Avengers Story, Gunsmith Cats, Goddess, Druid,
Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot, Batman/Manbat

01 Votes:       Youngblood, Wolf & Red, Wandering Star, Velocity,
Starjammers, Star Wars: River of Chaos, SpiderMan: The Lost Years,
Solstice, Skrull Kill Krew, PunX, Palestine, Mask: The Hunt for Green
October, Legend of Mother Sarah, Lady Death: Between Heaven & Hell,
Industrial Gothic, Hellboy, Guardians of Metropolis, Ghost in the Shell,
Dragon: Blood & Guts, Dirty Pair: Fatal but not Serious, Book of Ballads
& Sagas, Black September, Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey, Battlestar
Galactica, Armed & Dangerous, Adolf, AKA Goldfish

MOST IMPROVED COMIC SERIES OF 1995

16      Captain America
11      Excalibur
09      WildC.A.T.s
06      Wonder Woman
06      Legionnaires
05      Swamp Thing
05      Legion of Super-Heroes
04      Doctor Strange
04      Books of Magic
04      Batman
03      Sandman
03      Hellblazer
03      Green Lantern
03      Flash
03      ElfQuest: Hidden Years
03      Action Girl

02 Votes:       Walt Disney's Comics & Stories, New Warriors, Green
Arrow, Doom 2099, Cerebus

01 Votes:       Very Vicky, Usagi Yojimbo, Superboy, Spawn, Solar Man of
the Atom, Sandman Mystery Theater, R.E.B.E.L.S, Power of Shazam, Oh My
Goddess!, Maxx, Invisibles, Hate, For Better or For Worse, ElfQuest:
Rebels, ElfQuest: New Blood, Dark Horse Presents, Dame Darcy, Catwoman

COMIC SINGLE ISSUE OF 1995

13      Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1 "In Dreams"
10      Impulse #3
08      Black Lightning #5
06      Sandman #72
05      Sandman #73
05      Invisibles #12 "Best Man Fall"
03      Legionnaires Annual #2
03      Flash #100

02 Votes:       Starman #4, Oh My Goddess! Love Potion #9, Legionnaires
#23 "Girls Night Out", Kurt Busiek's Astro City #2 "The Scoop",
Hellblazer #97, Eightball #15, Book of Ballads & Sagas #1

01 Votes:       Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #601, Walt Disney's
Comics & Stories #600, Walt Disney Giant #1, Uncle Scrooge #295, Uncle
Scrooge #294, Tales of the Fehnnik, Swamp Thing #159 "Swamp Dog", Swamp
Thing #153, Superman/Toyman #1, Stray Bullets #6, Stray Bullets #2,
Strangers in Paradise #7, Starman #6, Starman #11, SpiderMan/Batman:
Dangerous Minds, Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man, Simpsons Halloween
Special, Preacher #1, Optic Nerve, New Warriors #60, Magnus Robot
Fighter #59, Legion of SuperHeroes #70, Kurt Busiek's Astro City #4
"Talismans", Jimmy Corrigan #5, Invisibles #11, Impulse #9, Impulse #5,
Icon #30 "Funeral of Buck Wild", Icon #25, Icon #24, Guy Gardner Warrior
#29, Grendel Tales: Devil's Choices #3, From Hell #7, Flash Gordon #1,
ElfQuest: Shards #10, ElfQuest: Hidden Years #22 "Inheritance",
ElfQuest: Hidden Years #21, Dork #3, Dirty Plotte #9, Desert Peach #24,
Books of Magic #18, Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1, Bacchus Color
Special, Babylon 5 # 11, Avengers: The Crossing, Anima # 11, Action Girl
#3

GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 1995

16      Stuck Rubber Baby
10      Big Book of Conspiracies
06      Sandman Midnight Theatre
03      Big Book of Death

02 Votes:       Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix,
Minimum Wage, Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Special, Green
Lantern/Silver Surfer, Gon, Carl Barks Library in Color Donald Duck
Adventures, Batman: Dark Allegiances

01 Votes:       Superman: At Earth's End., SpiderMan 2099 meets
SpiderMan, Renfield, Jar of Fools, ElfQuest: Rogue's Challenge,
Elementals: Ghost of a Chance, Confessions of a Cereal Eater, Big Book
of Weirdos, Batman: Vengeance of Bane II: The Redemption, Batman: The
Ultimate Evil, Batman/SpiderMan, Adolf

REPRINT COLLECTION OF 1995

14      Tale of One Bad Rat
10      Golden Age
09      Hepcats: Snowblind part 1
08      Starman: Sins of the Father
07      Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway
06      Bone: volume 3 (includes ineligible votes for volume 2)
05      Sandman: Worlds' End
03      Madman Adventures
02      Aquaman: Time & Tide

01 Votes:       Yellow Kid, Terminal Velocity, Superman: Eradication!,
Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey, Starchild, Shi: Way of the Warrior,
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind perfect collection, Maison Ikkoku volume
2, Love & Rockets: Poison River, John Byrne's Danger Unlimited: The
Phoenix Agenda, Hellboy: Wolves of St. August, Flash: Terminal Velocity,
EC Album: volume 2 Weird Fantasy, Desert Peach: Beginnings, Concrete :
Fragile Creatures, Classic Star Wars: volume 2 "The Rebel Storm", Carl
Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck, Carl Barks Library in Color
Donald Duck Adventures, Books of Magic: Bindings, Big City, Angela,
Adolf, 32 Stories

*****

DAILY COMIC STRIP OF 1995

50      Calvin & Hobbes
28      Dilbert
08      For Better or For Worse
06      Fox Trot
05      Doonesbury
04      Robotman
02      Rose is Rose
02      Over the Hedge

01 Votes:       Zippy, Sherman's Lagoon, Sally Forth, Peanuts, Luann,
Kevin & Kell, If..., Fisher, Baby Blues

WEEKLY COMIC STRIP OF 1995

12      Life in Hell
07      Outland
06      This Modern World
04      Tom the Dancing Bug
04      Lynda Barry
04      Dykes to Watch Out For
04      Bumpkin Buzz
03      Prince Valiant
02      Wolff & Byrd
02      Oddville
02      Cow Boy

01 Votes:       Zippy, Alec

SINGLE PANEL CARTOON OF 1995

17      Far Side
08      Bizarro
05      Non Sequitur
05      Mr. Boffo
03      Family Circus
02      Speed Bump
02      Committed

01 Votes:       very funny...., That's Jake, Life in Hell, Horrorscope,
Close to Home

POLITICAL CARTOONIST OF 1995

17      Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury)
08      Tom Tomorrow (This Modern World)
04      Tom Toles
04      Oliphant
02      Tony Auth (Philadelphia Inquirer)
02      Ted Rall
02      Steve Bell

01 Votes:       Walt Handelsman, Terho Ovaska, Richard Wright, Mike
Peters, Matt Wuerker, MacNeely, Josh Beutel, Jos Collignon (De
Volkskrant), Jim Borgman, Jeff MacNeally, Jeff Danziger, Doug Marlette,
Don Wright, David Horsey (Seattle PI), Bruce MacKinnon (Chronicle
Herald), Bill Day (Detroit Free Press), Aislin, ? Carlson (Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel)

COMIC STRIP COLLECTION OF 1995

23      Calvin & Hobbes: Tenth Anniversary Book
14      Dilbert: It's Obvious You Won't Survive By Your Wits Alone
09      Dilbert: Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mailboy

01 Votes:       Wolff & Byrd: Case Files vol.1, Wildly FoxTrot, Giles 1995,
Fox Trot: Take Me To Your Mall, Enormously Foxtrot, Doonesbury: Flashbacks,
Doonesbury: 25th Anniversary Collection, Contract with Troubletown, Classic
Star Wars: volume 2 "The Rebel Storm", All the Rules Have Changed

*****

COMICS COMPANY/IMPRINT OF 1995

44      DC Comics
13      Vertigo
10      Warp Graphics
09      Milestone
09      Dark Horse
05      Jukebox
04      Marlowe & Company
04      Gladstone
03      Slave Labor Graphics
03      Image
03      Fantagraphics
03      Drawn & Quarterly
03      Caliber

02 Votes:       Paradox Press, Planet Lucy, Kitchen Sink Press

01 Votes:       WildStorm  , Viz, Valiant, Stakhano, Sirius, Legend,
Crusade Comics, Chaos, Broadway, Antarctic Press, Andrews & McMeel,
Abstract Studio

COMICS CHARACTER OF 1995

11      Impulse
09      Jack Knight (Starman)
08      Flash
06      Rocket
06      Molly (Books of Magic)
05      Scrooge McDuck
04      Tim Hunter
03      SpiderMan
03      Nausicaa
03      John Constantine
03      Dream (Sandman)

02 Votes:       Ultra Boy, Magnus Robot Fighter, Hulk, Gates, Dian
Belmont, Brainiac 5, Barbatos, Action Girl

01 Votes:       Zatanna, XS, Winslow, The Shade, Superman, Superboy,
Strongbow, Storm, Stinz, Starman, Skywise, Shadowman, Scud, Saturn Girl,
Samaritan, Preacher, Pete Wisdom, Nightfall, Midge Xypher, Mickey Mouse,
Mary Marvel, Lusiphur (Poison Elves), King Mob, Katchoo, Karate Kid,
Justice, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, John Henry Irons (Steel), Jink,
Jimmy Corrigan, Jessie Quick, Jay Garrick (Flash), January Jones,
Hobbes, Hob Gadling, HR, Groo, Grifter   , Goldfish (AKA Goldfish),
Galactus, Franka, Fire, Emily Tuttle (Mask), Edwin Alva, Dwight (Sin
City), Deadface, Cutter, Cerebus, Cable, Buddy Bradley, Buck Godot,
Blink, Bitchy Bitch, Batman, Bacchus, Asami (Sanctuary), Anima, Alice
(Ragmop)

COMICS CHARACTER TEAM OF 1995

48      Legion of Super-Heroes
08      Invisibles
06      Disney Ducks
06      Blood Syndicate
05      Wolf Riders (ElfQuest)
05      WildC.A.T.s
05      Excalibur
04      Sam & Max
03      Eltingville Comics ... Club
03      Milk & Cheese

02 Votes:       Rebels (ElfQuest), Marvel Family (Shazam), Justice
League Task Force , Honor Guard (Astro City), Generation X

01 Votes:       X-Men, Weird Stress Kittens, Weapon Zero, Shadow
Cabinet, PunX, Pantheon (Hulk), Next Men, New Warriors, New Titans,
Justice League of America, Icon & Rocket, Guy Gardner: Warrior, Gunsmith
Cats, Gen13, Fox Mulder & Dana Scully, Fantastic Four 2099, Fantastic
Four, Explorers, ClanDestine, Avengers

COMICS CHARACTER CAST OF 1995

13      Books of Magic
12      Kurt Busiek's Astro City
12      Flash
08      Sandman
06      Starman
06      Bone
05      Carl Barks Ducks
04      Superboy
04      Incredible Hulk
03      Untold Tales of SpiderMan
03      Savage Dragon
03      Sandman Mystery Theater
03      Preacher
03      ElfQuest: Shards

02 Votes:       Superman, Stray Bullets, Spectre, Ray, Hepcats,
Elfquest: Hidden Years, ElfQuest

01 Votes:       Visitor, The Jam, THB, Strangers In Paradise, SpiderMan,
Sovereign Seven, Robin, Ragmop, Power of Shazam, Pickle, Nofret & co.,
Maison Ikkoku, Love & Rockets, Legion of Super-Heroes, Lady Death,
Invisibles, Harvey Bullock, Doonesbury, Desert Peach, Cerebus, Buck
Godot: Zap Gun For Hire, Batman, Aquaman, Adventures of Batman & Robin,
Action Girl

OTHER-MEDIA COMICS ADAPTATION OF 1995

20      Tick cartoon
12      Batman & Robin Adventures cartoon
07      Lois & Clark TV show
06      Maxx cartoon
05      Batman Forever movie
04      Incredible Hulk: What Savage Beast novel
03      Tank Girl movie
03      ElfQuest: A Gift of Her Own story book
03      Batman: The Ultimate Evil novel

02 Votes:       Superman action figures, SpiderMan cartoon, Spawn action
figures, Milk & Cheese Zippo lighter, Judge Dredd movie, ElfQuest: The
Quest Begins novel

01 Votes:       X-Men cartoon, Iron Man cartoon, Batman & Robin
Adventures animation program

COMICS LETTER COLUMN OF 1995

13      Lost in the Stars (Starman)
12      Greetings from Astro City
11      Groo Grams
10      Invisible Ink
09      Aardvark Comment (Cerebus)
04      Maxx Traxx
03      Fin Addicts (Savage Dragon)
03      Blam! (Sin City)

02 Votes:       Speed Reading (Flash), Preacher, Letters in the Sand
(Sandman), Grendel Tales

01 Votes:       Words of Prey (Hawkman), Tempered Steel (Superman:
TMOS), Spawning Ground (Spawn), Primal Force, Lunatic Ravings of a Group
... (Stray Bullets), John Byrne's Next Men, Jink Ink, Impulse, Icon, Guy
Gardner: Warrior, ElfQuest: Rebels, Der Kauz (Desert Peach), Comics
Journal, Comics Comments (Walt Disney's Comics & Stories), Books of
Magic, Batman Adventures

*****

COMICS PUBLICATION OF 1995

25      Comic Buyers' Guide
11      Comics Journal
11      Comic Shop News
07      Indy Magazine
06      Overstreet's FAN
05      Previews
04      Wizard
04      Hero Illustrated

02 Votes:       Jack Kirby Collector , Comics International

01 Votes:       ZozoLala, Seriejournalen, Pro-Motion by Brian
Saner-Lamken, New Comics Release List, NAFS(k)uriren, Gladstone Gazette,
Direct Currents, Dark Horse Insider, Comicscrypt newsletter

COMICS JOURNALIST OF 1995

21      Peter David
09      Mark Evanier
03      Tony Isabella
03      Maggie Thompson
03      Jeff Mason
03      Gary Groth

02 Votes:       Ward Batty, Paul Zeus Grant, Elayne Wechsler-Chaput,
Craig Shutt, Cliff Biggers, Cat Yronwode

01 Votes:       Todd McFarlane, Robert Fiore, Rich Johnston, Phil Hall,
Olof Siverbo, Les Daniels, John Morrow, John Clark, Johanna Draper, Dave
Sim

ONLINE COMICS FORUM OF 1995

25      rec.arts.comics.misc
24      rec.arts.comics.dc.universe
09      rec.arts.comics.info
08      Equest-L
07      rec.arts.comics.alternative
06      rec.arts.comics.dc.lsh
06      LSH-L
03      Disney Comics mailing list

02 Votes:       rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe,
rec.arts.comics.elfquest, rec.arts.comics.dc.vertigo,
rec.arts.comics.creative, rec.arts.comics.*, Valiant Visions, Dakota-L,
CompuServe Comics/Animation Forum, Comix-L (comix@world.std.com)

01 Votes:       rec.arts.comics.strips, rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks,
alt.comics.classic, OzFurry mailing list, New Warriors mailing list,
Kryptonian Cybernet mailing list, GEnie Comics Roundtable, DC Comics
Online, ComicBookNet, #elfquest

COMICS WEB SITE OF 1995

09      http://www.elfquest.com
06      http://www.nuke.com (Hero Illustrated)
06      http://nspace.cts.com/html/Comics/Twilight/ (Alan Moore)
05      http://www.unitedmedia.com/ (The Comic Strip)
05      http://www.holycow.com/dreaming/ (The Dreaming - Neil Gaiman)
05      http://www.dhorse.com (Dark Horse Online)
05      http://www.actwin.com/csn/ (Comic Shop News)
04      http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/disney-comics/
04      http://www.redweb.com/wraithspace (WraithSpace)
03      http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~m-blase/x-page.html (Uncanny X-Page)
03      http://www.ms.uky.edu/~sykes/kc (Kryptonian Cybernet)

02:     http://www.csos.orst.edu/~djwilli/lsh.html (LSH)
        http://www.cris.com/~Scotth/cmxdex.html (Scott Hollifield)
        http://challenge.tiac.net/users/jamiese/ (JSE's Page O' Stuff)
        http://bronze.ucs.indiana.edu/~mfragass/altinfo.html (Alt Comics)

01:     http://www.teleport.com/~ennead/ampersand (Kippil)
        http://www.sojourn.com/~dh5251/web/ (Ancient Brain Parts)
        http://www.peak.org/~djwilli/lsh
        http://www.mordor.com/thehop/kirby/ (Jack Kirby Collector)
        http://www.mnsinc.com/hyworth/comics/ (Comic Book Central)
        http://www.infi.net/~heck/ (Gates of Heck)
        http://www.hype.com (Hype! Cafe)
        http://www.eden.com/hepcats/
        http://www.cs.wku.edu/~barnejd/lnh/lnh.html (Legion of Net.Heroes)
        http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/brad/pe/p.elves.html (Poison Elves)
        http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/ha09/superpets
        http://www.aloha.com/~randym/action_figures/
        http://smash.mgz.com (Smash Magazine)
        http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/MeerkatMeade
        http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm/indy.html (Indy Magazine)
        http://gateway.lads.com/~bpolitte/valiant/ (Valiant Comics Library)
        http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~canevit/jsa.html (Justice Society)
        ??? (that gallery that one guy's got of his collection)
        ??? (Comics Online)

RAC'ER (ONLINE CONTRIBUTOR) OF 1995

48      Elayne Wechsler-Chaput
22      Christopher Priest
19      Dave Van Domelen
15      Mike Chary
14      Tom Galloway
12      Johanna Draper
12      Jim Smith
12      Elmo (Greg Morrow)
09      Kurt Busiek
07      Mark Evanier
05      Yngvar Folling
05      Troy McNemar, Esq.
05      Peter David
05      Marty Kuhn
05      Jim Cowling
04      Paul O'Brien
04      Joanna Sandsmark
04      David R. Henry

03 Votes:       Scott Hollifield, Marc Singer, Lev Kalman, Katie Schwarz,
Glenn Carnagey, Francis Uy, Ennead, Dorinda Hartmann, David Goldfarb

02 Votes:       Warren Ellis, Steven Grant, Patman, Mike Knauer, Matthew
High, Katherine Weizel, Jeff Sykes, Evan Dorkin, Colonel Calamity,
Abhijit Khale

01 Votes:       Tony Hogan, Tom Vincent, Technomage, Susan Crites, Sigma
Seven, Sidne Gail Ward, Sarah Dyer (Alilena), Roger Stern, Rodrigo
Baeza, Rich Johnston, Paul Zeus Grant, Paul Jenkins, Mike Hall, Michael
R. Grabois, Martha Thomases, Lee Salen, Lance Smith, Kris Overstreet,
John Holbrook, Jimmy Johnson (Arl n Jan), Jeff McCoskey, Jacob W
Michaels, J. T. Conner, Greg Zywicki, Derek Santos, David Gerstein, Dave
Eppley, Danny Sichel, Christine Louise Schooley, Charlie Ball, Carl
Fink, Bill Amend, Augie De Blieck, Jr., Arthur De Wolf, Abhay Khosla