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1996 Rec.arts.comics Squiddy Awards
Compiler: francis_uy@yahoo (Francis Uy)

Total number of valid votes: 209

        COMICS WRITER OF 1996

35      KURT BUSIEK
17      Mark Waid
16      Grant Morrison
13      Garth Ennis
10      Alan Moore
09      John Callahan
08      Warren Ellis
08      James Robinson
06      John Ney Rieber
05      Wendy Pini
05      Christopher Priest
04      Roger Stern, Peter David, Karl Kesel, John Ostrander
03      Richard Pini, John Byrne, Bebe Williams

02 votes        Neil Gaiman, Mark Oakley, Mark Evanier, Larry Hama, Jim
Woodring, Garry Trudeau

01 votes        Terry Moore, Seth, Scott Lobdell, Rumiko Takahashi, Paul
Chadwick, Moebius, Mike Mignola, Matt Wayne, Marv Wolfman, Mark Crilley,
Kathryn Bolinger, Jon Lewis, Joellyn Auklandus, Jhonen Vasquez, Jeph
Loeb, Jeff Smith, Hiroaki Samura, Gary St. Lawrence, Gary Spencer
Millidge, Frank Miller, Fabian Nicieza, Eric Stephenson, Donna Barr,
David Quinn, Dan Clowes


        COMICS PENCILLER OF 1996

13      PHIL JIMENEZ
09      Steve Blevins
09      Jeff Moy
08      Steve Rude
07      Brent Anderson
06      Tony Harris, Humberto Ramos, Chris Bachalo
05      Stuart Immonen, Steve Dillon, John Byrne, Gary Frank
04      Wendy Pini, Mike Mignola, Jim Lee
03      Paul Smith, Paul Chadwick, Hiroaki Samura, Chris Ware, Alan Davis

02 votes        Tom Mandrake, Tom Grummett, Sergio Aragones, Paul Grist,
Michael Zulli, John McCrea, J. Scott Campbell, Colleen Doran, Charles
Vess

01 votes        Ty Templeton, Tim Vigil, Tim Truman, Tim Sale, Tim
Perkins, Terry Moore, Teri Wood, Ted McKeever, Steve Yeowell, Stan
Sakai, Scott McDaniel, Sal Buscema, Rumiko Takahashi, Rob Liefeld,
Philip Hester, Peter Gross, Patrick Zircher, Pat Oliffe, P. Craig
Russell, Mike Deodato Jr, Michael Lark, Michael Allred, Mark Oakley,
Mark Millar, Mark Crilley, Lynn Johnston, Larry Marder, Kieron Dwyer,
Joseph Michael Linsner, John Romita Jr, Jeff Smith, Howard Porter, Greg
Horn, Gary Erskine, Frank Quitely, Dave Sim, Dan Jurgens, Cary Nord,
Carlos Pacheco, Brett Booth, Bebe Williams, Art Adams, Aron Wiesenfeld,
Adam Warren, Adam Pollina, Adam Kubert


        COMICS INKER OF 1996

11      WC CARANI
09      George Perez
08      Gerhard
07      Wade Von Grawbadger
06      Mark Farmer
05      Wendy Pini, Mark Buckingham, John Byrne
04      Terry Austin, Kevin Nowlan, Jose Marzan Jr, Cam Smith
03      Todd McFarlane, Ron Boyd, Brett Breeding, Al Williamson

02 votes        Wayne Faucher, Terry Beatty, Ted McKeever, Karl Story,
John Nyberg, Joe Madureira, Jeff Smith, Frank Miller, Daniel Shelton, Al
Vey

01 votes        W Blyberg, Troy Hubbs, Tom Ryder, Tom Palmer, Tom
Buckingham, Tim Townsend, Tim Sale, Terry Moore, Stan Sakai, Sergio
Aragones, Scott Williams, Scott McRae, Rumiko Takahashi, Romeo Tanghal,
Richard Case, Richard Bennet, Paul Pope, Mike Mignola, Matt Wagner, Matt
Howarth, Masashi Tanaka, Mark Crilley, Larry Rodman, Kathryn Bolinger,
Karl Kesel, Josef Rubenstein, John Stokes, Jim Woodring, Jim Madureira,
Jerry Bracca, Jay Stephens, Dick Giordano, Dave Lapham, Dave Johnson,
Dave Gibbons, Dave Cooper, D-Tron, Craig Taillefer, Chris Cross, Charles
Vess, Bon Weick, Bebe Williams, Barry Windsor-Smith, Andrew Pepoy, Ande
Parks


        COMICS PAINTER OF 1996

109     ALEX ROSS       (no, that's not a typo!)
07      Wendy Pini
06      Dave McKean
04      Steve Rude
03      Jon J Muth
03      Glenn Fabry
03      Dan Brereton
02      Sam Keith, Rumiko Takahashi, John Byrne, Charles Vess

01 votes        Tony Harris, Tony Fitzpatrick, Tom Luth, Scott Williams,
Peter Kuper, Peter Doherty, Miran Kim, Kurt Ross, Kathryn Bolinger,
Joseph Michael Linsner, John Ridgway, Jerry Ordway, Jason Pearson


        COMICS LETTERER OF 1996

37      RICHARD STARKINGS/COMICRAFT
24      Todd Klein
21      Dave Sim
07      John Costanza
06      Lorina Mapa
05      Stan Sakai
05      Pat Brosseau
04      Tom Orzechowski
03      Willie Schubert, Gaspar, David Lanphear
02      Pat Prentice, Ken Bruzenak, Dave Gibbons, Clem Robbins, Chris Ware

01 votes        Vickie Williams, Roxanne Starr, Rick Parker, Patrick
McDonnell, Mike Conley, Mark Crilley, Kurt Ross, Jeannine Crowell, Chris
Eliopoluis


        COMICS COLORIST OF 1996

31      TOM MCCRAW
11      Atomic Paintbrush
09      Digital Chameleon
07      Olyoptics
06      Matt Hollingsworth
05      Marie Javins
05      Barry Windsor Smith
04      Tom Luth, Chris Ware, Carla Feeny
03      Trish Mulvihill, Steve Buccellato, Kathryn Bolinger, James Sinclair

02 votes        Tom Vincent, Tom Orzechowski, Tatjana Wood, Suzanne
Dechnik, Joe Chiodo, Jeremy Cox, Gregory Wright, Daniel Vozzo, Adrienne
Roy

01 votes        Steve Oliff, Sherilyn van Valkenburgh, Roberta Tewes,
Nathan Kane, Michael Luck, Matt Webb, Mary Woodring, Lovern Kindzerski,
Julia Lacquement, Jason Pearson, Isabelle Rabarot, Gloria Vasquez, Glenn
Whitmore, Gene D'angelo, Christie Scheele, Chris Chelenor, Bernie
Mireault


        COMICS CREATIVE TEAM OF 1996

18      BUSIEK/ANDERSON/ROSS/ET AL (ASTRO CITY)
17      Waid/Ross (Kingdom Come)
16      Stern/McCraw/Moy/Carani/et al (Legionnaires)
13      Ennis/Dillon/et al (Preacher)
08      Robinson/Harris/et al (Starman)
07      Sim/Gerhard (Cerebus)
06      Wendy & Richard Pini (Elfquest)
06      Auklandus/Blevins/Shelton/Mapa (ElfQuest)
05      Peyer/McCraw/Moder/Boyd/et al (Legion of Super-Heroes)
05      Ostrander/Mandrake (Spectre)
04      Robinson/Smith (Leave It To Chance)
04      Morrison/Quitely (Flex Mentallo)

03 votes        Waid/Ramos (Impulse), Moore/Campbell (From Hell),
Mignola/Sinclair (Hellboy), Lobdell/Bachalo/Buckingham (Generation X),
David/Frank/et al (Hulk), Busiek/Olliffe/Vey/et al (Untold Tales)

02 votes        Rieber/Gross/et al (Books of Magic), Motter/Lark
(Terminal City), McKinnon/Wiley (Sleaze Castle), Loeb/Sale (Batman),
Chris Ware, Aragones/Evanier/et al (Groo)

01 votes        Wildstorm Studios, Waid/Garney, Waid/Augustyn,
Wagner/Seagle/Davis (Sandman Mystery Theatre), Velez/Larocca (Ghost
Rider), Vatine/Blanchard/Rueda/Rabarot (Star Wars), St. Lawrence/Kraus,
Skolnick/Zircher/Pepoy (New Warriors), Nizzi/Villa (Tex Willer),
Morrison/Jiminez (Invisibles), Moore/Charest/Johnson (WildCATs),
Messner-Loebs/Deodato, Mattson/Kesel/Pelletier/et al (Superboy),
Liefeld/Loeb/Sibal, Larsen/Eliopoulos/Rude/Eichorn (Savage Dragon),
Kelly/McGuinness (Deadpool), Kaminski/Williams (Scare Tactics),
Jurgens/Perez, John Byrne (New Gods), Jenkins/Phillips (Hellblazer),
Harkins/Barral/Braccia/Mapa (Elquest Rogue's Curse), Hama/Kubert/et al
(Wolverine), Ennis/McCrea, Busiek/Olliffe/Williamson, Blevins/Shelton
(Elfquest Kahvi), Bebe Williams (Art Comic)


        COMICS COVER ARTIST OF 1996

52      ALEX ROSS
15      Glenn Fabry
12      Dave McKean
09      Wendy Pini
08      Tony Harris
06      Gavin Wilson & Richard Bruning
05      Jerry Ordway
05      Chris Ware
04      Alan Davis
03      Hiroaki Samura
03      Alan Davis & Mark Farmer

02 votes        Sergio Aragones, Paul Smith, Mark Crilley, Joe
Madureira, Jeff Moy, Bill Sienkiewicz, Barry Blair & Colin Chan

01 votes        Whilce Portacio, Walter Simonson, Ty Templeton, Tom
Mandrake, Tim Sale, Sean Phillips, Rumiko Takahashi, Phil Jimenez, Peter
Gross, Mitsuaki Hashimoto, Mike Mignola, Mike Kaluta, Michael Golden,
Matt Wagner, M Gerald Delaney, Lee Moder, Kurt Ross, Kelley Jones,
Joseph Michael Linsner, Jose Luiz Garcia-Lopez, John Byrne, Jim Lee,
George Perez, Geoff Darrow, Gary Spencer Millidge, Dave Sim & Gerhard,
Dan Jurgens, Curt Swan, Claudio Castellini, Chris Bachalo, Carlos
Pacheco, Alex Horley, Adam Warren


        COMICS EDITOR OF 1996

17      KC CARLSON
15      Fabian Nicieza
12      Tom Brevoort
12      Richard Pini
11      Mark Gruenwald
08      Stuart Moore
08      Karen Berger
06      Brian Augustyn
05      Diana Schutz
05      Dan Raspler
04      Mike Carlin
04      Archie Goodwin
03      Sarah Dyer, Gary Groth, Dwayne McDuffie

02 votes        Stan Lee, Shelly Roeberg, Paul Kupperberg, Bobbie Chase,
Bob Harras, [no editor]

01 votes        Toshifumi Yoshida, Ruben Diaz, Peter Tomasi, Michael
Vrana, Matt Groening, Lou Stathis, Lee Salem, Kim Thompson, Kevin
Dooley, Joey Cavelieri, Jim Pruett, Jessica Abel, Elin Winkler, DK
Thorslund, Chris Duffy, Byron Erickson

*****
My changes this year confused some people, so let me restate: Astro City,
 JLA, all of Heroes Reborn, etc, count as Ongoing Series, not New or Limited.
 Those three categories are mutually exclusive, as are the awards for Single
 Comic (0-64 page original), Graphic Novel (65+ page original), and TPB
 Collection (reprint).

        BEST STORY OF 1996

38      KINGDOM COME
06      Think Like a Mountain (Concrete)
06      Dinner at Eight (Astro City v1 #6)
05      From Hell
05      Batman/Captain America
04      Johnny the Homicidal Maniac #1-6

03 votes        Where is Astra? (Astro City v2 #2-3), Until the End of
the World (Preacher #8-17), That Yellow Bastard (Sin City), Strangers In
Paradise, Man Without a Country (Captain America), Jack London (Artbabe
#5), House of Fun (Invisibles), Flex Mentallo, Fatal Five (LSH/L*),
Entropy in the UK (Invisibles #17-19), Dreamtime (Elfquest)

02 votes        The Mist (SMT #37-40), Tempest (Sandman #75),
Strangehaven, Shards (Elfquest), Sand & Stars (Starman #20-23), Rogue's
Curse (Elfquest), Nose Nipple (Raunchy Roach), Goldie Factor (The
Dreaming), Emerald Vi (LSH/L*), Big Tex (Acme Novelty Library)

01 votes        Wolverine #102, Welcome to Astro City (Astro City v2
#1), Wake The Devil (Hellboy), Terminal City, Ten Thousand Bullets
(Hitman), Strange Case of Molly O'Dare, Stormwatch #40, Starman #27,
Spawn #50, Sins of The Father (Starman), Shounen Sunday (Ranma 1/2),
Seven Miles a Second, Scarlet Thunder #1-4, Revelations (Spider-Man),
Return of Blood Syndicate (Icon), Ray #25, Pryde & Wisdom, Onslaught
(X-Men), New Blood (Legionnaires #43), Metropolis Now! (LSH #85),
Meltdown (New Titans), Love & Rockets #50, Long Halloween (Batman),
London Burning (Excalibur #96-100), Leave It To Chance #1-4, Last
Temptation of Jack (Invisibles #23), Kahvi (Elfquest), It's A Good Life
if You Don't Weaken (Palookaville), Hidden Years (Elfquest), Hell & Back
(Starman), Haunting of America (Spectre), Ghost In The Shell, Further
Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, Freebooters (Storyteller), Final
Night, End of Swamp Thing, Dragonslayer (Bone), Destroyer Duck/Savage
Dragon, Dead Heat (Flash/Impulse), Crusaders (Preacher), Bone, Blood
Brothers (Spider-Man)03, Blade of the Immortal: Genius, Blade of the
Immortal: Conquest, Ascension (A Distant Soil), All in the Family
(Preacher), Akiko, Adolf


        ONGOING SERIES OF 1996

20      KURT BUSIEK'S ASTRO CITY
19      Legionnaires
16      Preacher
08      Books of Magic
08      Acme Novelty Library
07      Starman
07      Invisibles
05      Strangers In Paradise
05      Elfquest: Hidden Years
04      Untold Tales of Spider-Man, Thieves & Kings, Flash

03 votes        Uncanny X-Men, Supreme, Spectre, Sandman Mystery
Theater, Legion of Super-Heroes, Elfquest: Shards, Elfquest

02 votes        Stray Bullets, Stormwatch, Sanctuary, Ranma 1/2, Nexus,
Maison Ikkoku, Kane, Icon, Hellboy, Gold Digger, Aquaman

01 votes        Wonder Woman, Wolverine, Wandering Star, Usagi Yojimbo,
Superboy & the Ravers, Spawn, Sleaze Castle, Sin City, Simpsons Comics,
Scud the Disposable Assassin, Sandman Mystery Theatre, Sandman, Raunchy
Roach, Power of Shazam, Nightwing, New Warriors, Naughty Bits, Maxx,
Love & Rockets, Leave It To Chance, Kevin & Kell, Hellblazer, Hate,
Green Goblin, Ghost Rider, ESPers, Doonesbury, Dilbert, Bone, Black
Hole, Batman, Avengers (pre-Heroes Reborn), Art Comics, Amazing
Spider-Man, A Distant Soil


        NEW SERIES OF 1996

27      LEAVE IT TO CHANCE
15      Hitman
12      Akiko
10      Supergirl
10      Barry Windsor Smith Storyteller
08      Ninjak v2

03 votes        X-O Manowar v2, ElfQuest: Wild Hunt, Elfquest:
Dreamtime, Deadpool, Berlin, Aztek

02 votes        Scare Tactics, Reality Check, Raunchy Roach, Nightwing,
House Of Secrets, Cyberella, Copybook Tales, Age of Heroes

01 votes        Tommy, Superman Adventures, Six Degrees, Land of Nod,
Inu-yasha (Shounen Sunday), Ghost Ship, Fleener, Elfquest: Rogue's
Curse, Elektra, DV8, Dreaming, Dear Julia, Challengers of the Unknown,
Blade of the Immortal, Big Bang, All New Exiles, A Touch of Silver


        LIMITED SERIES OF 1996

66      KINGDOM COME
11      Flex Mentallo
06      Elfquest: Kahvi
06      Batman: Black & White
05      Terminal City
04      Batman: Long Halloween
04      Batman/Grendel II
03      Further Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix, From Hell, Body Bags

02 votes        Whoa, Nellie, Thrillkiller, The System, Tempest,
Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives, Pryde and Wisdom, Onslaught, Heroes, Final
Night, Elfquest: Jink, Concrete: Think Like a Mountain, Chiaroscuro,
Black Lamb

01 votes        X-Men: Clan Destine, Wise Son: White Wolf, Vigilante,
Ultragirl, Total Justice, Time Breakers, Storm, Spider-Man: Redemption,
Kabuki: Masks of the Noh, Johnny the Homicidal Manaic, Indiana Jones &
the Sargasso Pirates, Gon, Ghost Ship, ElfQuest: Rebels, Elfquest: Proof
Positive, Dominion Conflict 1: No More Noise, Dawn, Cavewoman: Rain,
Captain Marvel, Buck Godot, Battle of the Century


        SINGLE COMIC OF 1996

16      BATMAN/CAPTAIN AMERICA
07      Astro City v2 #1
06      Sandman #75
05      Seven Miles a Second
05      Astro City v1 #6
04      Kingdom Come #4

03 votes        Spider-Boy #1, Savage Dragon/Destroyer Duck #1, Sandman
#74, Preacher #18, Legionnaires #36, Kingdom Come #1, Elfquest:
Wavedancers Special #1, Elfquest: Hidden Years #29, Elfquest #6, Astro
City v2 #1/2

02 votes        X-Men Meets Star Trek, Wolverine #102, Untold Tales of
Spider-Man Annual '96, Swamp Thing #165, Superman's Metropolis, Starman
Annual '96, Starman #27, Starman #17, Ray #25, Nightwing #1,
Legionnaires #43, Kingdom Come #2, Invisibles #25, Farewell Moonshadow,
Elfquest #4, Doonesbury 12 Nov 96, Copybook Tales #1, Blade of the
Immortal: Criminal, Acme Novelty Library #7, Acme Novelty Library #6

01 votes        X-O Manowar #4, X-O Manowar #1, X-Men: Clan Destine #1,
WildCATs #28, THB Parade, Supreme #42, Stormwatch #40, Spider-Man #75,
Spider-Boy #2, Spectre #50, Sovereign Seven Annual#1, Sin City: Silent
Night, Savage Dragon #31, Preacher #20, Preacher #16, Onslaught:
Epilogue, One Life Furnished in Early Moorcock, New Warriors #75, Love
and Rockets #50, Legionnaires #40, Legionnaires #38, Legionnaires #37,
Legion of Super-Heroes #85, Legion of Super-Heroes #78, Kingdom Come #3,
Jim #6, Invisibles #20, Incredible Hulk #446, Impulse #20, Heroes #2,
Green Goblin #13, Ghost Ship #1, Gen 13 #13, Flex Mentallo #4, Excalibur
#103, Elfquest #3, DV8 #2, Distant Sons, Cerebus #214, Captain America
#1, Astro City v2 #2, Adventure Strip Digest #4, Acme Novelty Library #5


        GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 1996

18      FAX FROM SARAJEVO
10      Superman: Wedding Album

01 votes        Verdilak, The Suit, Magician's Village, King of Persia,
Gon Again, Dog Moon, Batman/Deadman, Adolf


        REPRINT COLLECTION OF 1996

20      WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE MAN OF TOMMORROW?
13      Astro City: Life in the Big City
10      Cowboy Wally Show
09      Strangers In Paradise: I Dream of You
08      Stray Bullets: Innocence of Nihilism
07      Essential Spider-Man
06      Preacher: Until the End of the World
05      Preacher: Gone to Texas
04      Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #6

02 votes        Sleaze Castle: Directors Cut #0, Legion of Super-Heroes
Archives #7, Jar of Fools, Essential X-Men, Bone Reader, Batman: Dark
Knight 10th Anniversary, Art Adams Creature Features

01 votes        X-Men Visionaries II, Wildstorm Rising, Thor:
Worldengine, Superman: Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite, Strange
Attractors: Chaos Jitterbug, Simpsons Comics Strike Back, Sandman:
Kindly Ones, Rhudiprrt, Prince of Fur, Ranma 1/2 Memorial Book, Poison
Elves: Traumatic Dogs, Mutant Massacre, Mr. Monser: Origins, Mighty
Cartoon Heroes #0, Lt. Blueberry, Life of the Party, Legion of Super
Heroes Archives #5, Kane: Rabbit Hunt, Kane: Greetings from New Eden,
Icon: A Hero's Welcome, Flash Archives #1, Essential Wolverine, Daddy's
Girl, Concrete: Original Series, Collected Thieves & Kings v1, Cavewoman
(First Series), Captain America: Operation Rebirth, Battle Angel Alita:
Angel of Death, Batman: Haunted Knight, AKA Goldfish, Age of Reptiles

*****

        DAILY STRIP OF 1996

65      DILBERT
15      FoxTrot
13      For Better Or For Worse
12      Doonesbury
05      Kevin & Kell
04      Peanuts
03      Raunchy Roach, Over the Hedge, Mutts

02      Zippy, Sherman's Lagoon, If..., Funky Winkerbean, BC, Art Comics

01 votes        Willy 'n Ethel, Sylvia, Sigmund, Rose is Rose, Robotman,
One Big Happy, Mallard Fillmore, Garfield, Fred Bassett, Between
Friends, Augusta, Alley Oop, 9 Chickweed Lane


        WEEKLY STRIP OF 1996

14      LIFE IN HELL
05      Dykes to Watch Out For
05      Ernie Pook's Comeek
04      Tom the Dancing Bug
04      This Modern World
03      Wolff & Byrd
02      The City by Derf
02      Bad Publicity

01 votes        Underworld, The Fringe, Story Minute, Rhymes with
Orange, Red Meat, Prince Valiant (Sunday series), Phantom (Sunday
series), Pfeiffer, NOO Greak Kollum, Mutts, Millenium Basin, Cow-Boy,
Adventures of Aaron, Acme Comics


        SINGLE PANEL OF 1996

19      BIZARRO
16      Non Sequitur
11      Callahan
06      Family Circus
03      Closer To Home
02      Pluggers
02      Mister Boffo

01 votes        Ziggy, Speedbump, Real Life Adventures, Mixed Media,
Lost Consonants, Life in Hell, Kat & Carlyle, Iggy, Horrorscope, Doctor
Fun, Abductee


        POLITICAL CARTOONIST OF 1996

31      GARRY TRUDEAU (DOONESBURY)
12      Tom Toles
06      Jeff MacNelly (Chicago Tribune)
05      Tom Tomorrow (This Modern World)
04      Steve Bell
02      Ted Rall
02      Jules Feiffer

01 votes        Tim Menees (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Terho Ovaska,
Serge Chapleau (La Presse), Ron Tandberg (Melbourne Age), Pat Oliphant,
Mike Luckovich, Martelte, Kal, Jos Collignon (de Volkskrant), Jim
Borgman, Jeff Knight, Hugh Haynie, Herblock, Doug Martelette, David
Horsey (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), Carlson (Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel), Cam (Regina Leader Post), Calvin Grondahl (Standard
Examiner), Bruce MacKinnon (Halifax Chronicle-Herald), Bill Day (Detroit
Free Press), Benson, Asay (Asay's View)


        STRIP COLLECTION OF 1996

12      CALVIN & HOBBES: IT'S A MAGICAL WORLD
11      Calvin & Hobbes: There's Treasure Everywhere
10      Dilbert: Fugitive from the Cubicle Police
09      Dilbert Principle
04      Virtual Doonesbury
03      Outland: One Last Little Peak
02      Walt Kelly's Pogo volume 1
02      Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out For
02      Mutts
02      Dilbert: Still Pumped From Using The Mouse

01 votes        Wolff & Byrd: Fright Court, University 2, Underworld 2,
This Modern World: Wrath of Sparky, The Worst Thing I've Ever Done,
Oddsville, Grimmy: Friends don't let friends own cats!, Gone with the
Kudzu, Fox Trot: At least this place sells T-Shirts, For Better or For
Worse: Death of Farley, Doonesbury: What a Long Strange Trip

*****

        COMPANY/IMPRINT OF 1996

54      DC
31      Homage
13      DC Vertigo
12      Warp Graphics
09      Fantagraphics
06      Acclaim Valiant
06      Acclaim
04      Milestone
04      Marvel
04      Dark Horse
03      I-Box

02 votes        Slave Labor Amaze Ink, Marvel X-Men, Marlowe & Company,
Dark Horse Legend, Antarctic Press, Andrews & McMeel

01 votes        WCG, Verotik, Tapestry, Studio Proteus, Sirius,
Shoukakukan, North Star, London Nights, Kitchen Sink, Gladstone, Drawn &
Quarterly, DC Paradox, DC Helix, Creator's Syndicate, Cartoon Books,
Bongo, Black Eye, Big Bang


        CHARACTER OF 1996

13      TOMMY MONAGHAN (HITMAN)
07      Jesse Custer (Preacher)
06      Wally West (Flash)
05      Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
05      Impulse
05      Chance Falconer (Leave it to Chance)
04      Superman (including Kingdom Come)
04      Raquel Ervin (Rocket)

03 votes        Supreme, King Mob (from Invisibles), Jack Knight
(Starman), Gates (from LSH), Dilbert

02 votes        Usagi Yojimbo, Tim Hunter, Supergirl, Storm, Steel,
Spectre, Saturn Girl, Pike (Elfquest), Nightwing, Molly O'Reilly (from
Books of Magic), Mike the Parademon, Manji (Blade of the Immortal),
Madman, Jack Hawksmoor (Stormwatch), Flex Mentallo, Ferro, Ember,
Cerebus, Captain America, Ben Reilly (Spider-Man)

01 votes        Wonder Woman, Wesley Dodds, Treestump, Teir, Tao, Swamp
Thing, Spawn, Spark, Snoopy, Skywise, Sixpack (from Hitman), Shade, Scud
the Disposable Assassin, Scarlet Witch, Savage Dragon, Sandman, Saint of
Killers (from Preacher), Ruthie (from One Big Happy), Rogue, Rayek,
Raunchy Roach, Quinton (from Thieves & Kings), Quimby The Mouse, Phoney
Bone, Pete Wisdom, Panda (from Body Bags), Onslaught, Nightfall
(Elfquest), Maxine Manchester (Ladytron), Matter Eater Lad, Marv (Sin
City), Maggie Chascarillo, Lucky Luke, Lobo, Leonard the Duck, Koko, Kim
Rosenthal, Katchoo (from Strangers in Paradise), Kamandi, Jink, Jimmy
Corrigan, Jim Crow (from Invisibles), Jenny Sparks, Jack in the Box
(from Astro City), Hourman, Hoon, Hibiki Ryouga, Hellboy, Hal Jordan,
Green Goblin, Freefall, Frank, Fire, Faust, Eno Camoni (from Duplex),
Drub (Elfquest), Dilbert's boss, Dian Belmont, Denny (Ninjak), Death,
Daredevil, Cosmic Boy, Concrete, Captain Marvel (Shazam), Calvin, Buddy
Bradley, Brainiac 5, Big Fish in Sky, Ben Grimm (The Thing), Beeba (from
Akiko), Aztek, Ayla Ranzz, Astra, Arseface, Amy Racecar


        CHARACTER TEAM OF 1996

42      LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
10      Justice League of America
08      cast of Preacher
07      Stormwatch
07      Invisibles
06      Gen13
05      Wolfriders
05      Furst Family (from Astro City)
04      X-Men, WildCATs, cast of Starman
03      Wesley Dodds & Dian Belmont, Kevin & Kell, Fantastic Four, Excalibur

02 votes        New Warriors, Dilbert & Dogbert, cast of Strangers In
Paradise, cast of Scud The Disposable Assassin, cast of Elfquest: Wild
Hunt, cast of Astro City, Batman & Captain America

01 votes        X-Factor, Watchmen, Tug & Buster, Thunderbolts, Teen
Titans, Superboy & the Ravers, Rubel & Varkias (from Thieves & Kings),
Rebels (Elfquest), R.E.B.E.L.S., Quimbies The Mouse, Marvel Family,
Legion of Infinity, Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, ESPers, Double
Impact, Dirty Pair, Cyberforce, Chot, Yun, Suntop, cast of Terminal
City, cast of Superman, cast of Stray Bullets, cast of Ranma 1/2, cast
of Ragmop, cast of Maison Ikkoku, cast of Impulse, cast of Icon, cast of
Flash, cast of Elfquest: Rogues Curse, cast of Elfquest, cast of
Doonesbury, cast of Dilbert, cast of Copybook Tales, cast of Body Bags,
cast of Akiko, Bureau of Paranormal Defense & Research (Hellboy),
Bradleys (from Hate), Bones, Batman & Robin, Avengers (pre-HR), Avengers
(HR), 469th Half Track Support & Gravedigging


        COMICS ADAPTATION OF 1996

24      SUPERMAN ANIMATED SERIES
16      Tick Animated Series
07      "Bizarro Jerry" Seinfeld episode
05      Lois & Clark TV show
05      Ghost in the Shell movie
04      Spider-Man Animated Series
04      Dilbert Principle

03 votes        Last Son of Krypton (Superman pilot), Fushigi Yuugi TV
anime, Cutter model kit

02 votes        X-Men Spaghettios, X-Men Animated Series, Total Justice
action figures, Phantom movie

01 votes        Widowmaker action figure, Total Justice Green Lantern
figure, Spawn action figures, Shade's Diary, Perdida Durango, Ninja High
School RPG, Naughty Bits action figure, Maxx action figure, Marvel
Superheroes video game, Jason Vader action figure, How to Draw Comic
Book Heroes and Villains software, Happy Noodle Boy web movie,
Dilbert/Dogbert dolls, DC Animated Heroes CD-ROM, Aquaman action figure


        LETTER COLUMN OF 1996

20      GREETINGS FROM ASTRO CITY
12      Gone to Texas (Preacher)
11      Invisible Ink
10      Concrete: Think Like a Mountain
09      Elf Addressed
08      Lost in the Stars (Starman)
06      BLAM (Sin City)
03      Groo Grams
03      Aardvark Comment (Cerebus)

02 votes        X-Mail, Spectre, Spawning Ground, Omnicomments
(Legionnaires), Oh, So? (Comic Buyers Guide), Jinx, Impulse, Hate,
Grendel Tales, Eightball

01 votes        Thought Patterns (Professor X), Stray Bullets,
Strangers in Paradise, Slacker, Ninjak, Nightwing, Naughty Bits, Junk
Mail (Simpsons), Green Mail, Fin Addicts (Savage Dragon), Deathreats
(Poison Elves), Deadpool, Comics Journal, Az You Like It (Azrael),
Amalgam Books, Akiko, Acme Novelty Library


        CONVENTION OF 1996

19      SAN DIEGO COMICON
12      Chicago Comicon
04      Mid-Ohio Con
03      Motor City Comic Con
03      Small Press Expo

02 votes        UKCAC, Oz-Con (Melbourne), Newcastle International Comic
Art Festival, LA Con III, Heroes Con

01 votes        the one closest to my house, Stayman, Oakland Wondercon,
Independent Comics Expo, Dynamic Forces (NYC), Arisia, Alternative Press
Expo


        PUBLICATION OF 1996

23      COMICS JOURNAL
16      Comic Buyers' Guide
14      Wizard
09      Comic Book Heroes by Jones & Jacobs
08      Overstreet's FAN
08      Comic Shop News
05      Comics International
05      Comic Book Net
03      Animerica
02      Jack Kirby Collector
02      indy Magazine

01 votes        Zozolala, Zentertainment, Previews, Kryptonian Cybernet,
Inks, Hogan's Alley, COMMunications, Comic Speedline


        JOURNALIST OF 1996

21      PETER DAVID
12      Mark Evanier
06      Warren Ellis
05      Tony Isabella
04      Fabian Nicieza
03      Scott McCloud
03      Gary Groth
02      Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones
02      Tom Spurgeon

01 votes        Robin Snyder, Rob Allstetter, RC Harvey, Ray Mescallo,
Matt High, Maggie Thompson, Les Daniels, Lea Hernandez, Jeff Mason,
Harry Knowles, Greg Stump, Gary St. Lawrence, Frederik J Schodt, Craig
Shutt, Charles Hatfield, Bart Beatty


        WEB SITE OF 1996

18      HTTP://WWW.CCSE.NET/~ncrl/ (NEW COMICS RELEASE LIST)
11      http://www.mania.com (Smash magazine)
11      http://www.eyescream.com/callahan
10      http://www.elfquest.com
10      http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/WarrenEllis/ (Smoke Damage)
06      http://aaa.wraithspace.com (Glenn Carnagey)
06      http://comics.envisionww.com (Jonah Weiland)
05      http://www.epix.net/~lbmgmd/glc/glcorps.html (Green Lantern)
04      http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~m-blase/x-page.html (X-Men)
04      http://www.dhorse.com (Dark Horse)
04      http://members.aol.com/ComicBkNet (Comic Book Net)
03      news:rec.arts.comics.*
03      http://www.idyllmtn.com/archives/lsh-l (LSH mailing list)
03      http://www.artcomic.com/secondindex.html (Art Comic)

02      mailto:Equest-L@elfquest.com (Elfquest mailing list)
02      http://www.spumco.com
02      http://www.sigma.net/spiderman
02      http://www.mindspring.com/~jdhudnall/ (Halloween A-Go-Go)
02      http://www.geocities.com/Area51/3445/ (Team Oracle)
02      http://soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~jei/anipike/ (Anime Turnpike)
02      http://iczer1.usacomputers.net/~ranma/ranma.html
02      http://dub-www-svc-10.compuserve.com/kkhome.html (Kevin & Kell)

01      news:rec.arts.comics.strips
01      news:rec.arts.comics.misc
01      news:rec.arts.comics.lsh
01      news:rec.arts.comics.dc.universe
01      http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~ampcon/ (Jack Kirby)
01      http://www.stus.com
01      http://www.sojourn.com/~dh5251/web/ (Ancient Brain Parts)
01      http://www.sigma.net/capt_am/index.htm
01      http://www.servtech.com/public/cernovog/Toons.html
01      http://www.sdgweb.com/~sci-fi/coolnews.html (Ain't It Cool)
01      http://www.ocsonline.com/~bjourdain (Golden Age Batman)
01      http://www.mcs.net/~dvoskuil/hepcats/ (Hepcats)
01      http://www.mcgill.ca/~mordru/ (Mission Monitor Board)
01      http://www.lm.com/~fiasco/ (Fiasco Comics)
01      http://www.lemoncustard.com
01      http://www.kuai.se/~alvortiz/external/smb/ (Spider-Man)
01      http://www.jimwoodring.com
01      http://www.interactive.net/~thehop/kirby
01      http://www.idyllmtn.com/rac/dc/lsh/lsh_res.html
01      http://www.holycow.com/dreaming/ (Neil Gaiman)
01      http://www.grove.ufl.edu/~jrm (Jeff Mason)
01      http://www.goldenfrog.com/ch/
01      http://members.tripod.com/~comics_faq/ (Frankie's rac* FAQs)
01      http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/4234/common.html (Common People)
01      http://www.gdma.com
01      http://www.dccomics.com
01      http://www.cris.com/~scotth/cmxdex.html
01      http://www.concentric.net/~Bbickel/bj.html (Comics I Don't Understand)
01      http://www.compulink.co.uk/~recombo-dna-lab/comix.htm
01      http://www.ccse.net/~ncrl/legion.html (LSH Chat Report)
01      http://www.boneville.com
01      http://www.auburn.edu/~ogwynca/NEXUS/nexus.html
01      http://verbeekt.cit.hope.edu/BeeksBooks/
01      http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~wald/watchmen-index.html
01      http://members.aol.com/waltgrogan/marvelfamily.htm (Shazam)
01      http://lab.housing.fsu.edu/titans/ (Titans Lair)


        RACer (Online Contributor) of 1996

46      ELAYNE WECHSLER-CHAPUT
23      Mike Chary
19      Elmo (Greg Morrow)
17      Kurt Busiek
15      Christopher Priest
12      Dave van Domelen
08      Randy Lander
08      Donald MacPherson
07      Tom Galloway
07      Paul O'Brien
05      Rich Johnston
05      Marty Kuhn

04 votes        Tony Isabella, Sidne Gail Ward, Matthew High (AP), Mark
Evanier, Johanna Draper, Jim Smith, Katharine Weizel (the Short),
Francis Uy, Bizarro/Mazerki (Aaron Mojo)

03 votes        Tom Brevoort, T Troy McNemar, Peter David, Kevin J
Maroney, Jim Cowling, Hosun Lee (Vorpal Bunny), Abhay Khosla

02 votes        Todd Verbeek, Ted Rall, Steven Grant, Scott Hollifield,
Richard Pini, Martha Thomases, Marilee Stephens, Lee Salem, Layla Voll,
Joanna Sandsmark, Jeremy Billones, David Goldfarb, D Scott Doty,
Christian Viola, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Bebe Williams

01 votes        Yngvar Folling, Windy T Wise, Wiley Miller, Whitney,
Ulti-Matt, Tannhauser, Stu Rees, Steven Chaput, Steve Rowe, Sigma Seven,
Sarah Harrison, Rogers Cadenhead, Rich Adams, Patrick O'Duffy, Patman,
Pat D O'Neill, Nathan Sanders, Mike Knauer, Michael Grabois, Melsteve,
Marie Javins, Maricat, Mari Hersh-Tudor, Leah Adezio, Kid York (Scott
Lobdell), Katie Schwartz, Joseph Nebus, John Callahan, Joellyn Auklandus,
Jinci, Jhohen Vasquez, Jess Nevins, Jeff McCoskey, Jeff Mason, Jeff Manson,
Glenn Carnagey, Gary St. Lawrence, Fairlight, Enigmatic C., Dug (Paul
Duggan), Doug Rockstead, Denise Voskuil, David Stepp, David Henry, Dave
Eppley, damon crumpler, ComicBkNet, Cian O'Conner, Charlie Ball, Charles
LePage, Carl Fink, Brucha Meyers, Brooke McEldowney, Bob Kennedy, Bob
Ingersoll, Bob Heer, Angel of Death, Andrew Melbourne,
Andrew Arnold, Alik Widge, Aardy R. DeVarque