Comic Book Awards Almanac
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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. 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