Full list of Comics Awards 2003

Buddy · 26 May, 2003, 04:24:59 PM

THE RESULTS of the
NATIONAL COMICS AWARDS 2003

COMICS INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR
COMIC OF THE YEAR

1 2000AD
2 The Dandy
3 Warhammer Monthly
4 The Ultimates
5 The Beano
6 Dredd Megazine
7 League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
8 Fables
9 New X Men
10 Daredevil

11 100 Bullets
12 Batman
13 Hellblazer
14 Alias
15 Lucifer
16 Three Days In Europe
17 Y The Last Man
18 Amazing Spider-Man
19 The Filth
20 Ultimate X Men

BORDERS BOOKS AWARD FOR
GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR

1 Daemonifuge (Kev Walker & Jim Campbell) ? Black Library Press
2 League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
3 Rosemary?s Backpack (Drew Gilbert & Antony Johnston)
4 Thirty Days Of Night (Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith)
5 The Ultimates Vol One
6 Dark Knight Strikes Again/Back/DK2
7 Catwoman ? Selinas Big Score
8 Fables - Legends In Exile
9 Redeemer (Pat Mills, Debbie Gallagher, Wayne Reynolds)
10 After The Snooter (Eddie Campbell)

SFX MAGAZINE AWARD FOR
BEST COMIC-BASED FILM or TV

1 Spider-Man
2 Daredevil
3 X Men 2
4 Smallville
5 Road To Perdition
6 Blade II
7 Justice League
8 American Splendor
9 Birds Of Prey
10 Dan Dare Pilot Of The Future

KNOCKABOUT AWARD FOR
BEST SELF-PUBLISHED OR INDEPENDENT COMIC

1 Jack Staff by Paul Grist
2 Zarjaz
3 Fred The Clown
4 The Girly Comic
5 Miranda
6 Oddcases
7 Strangehaven
8 Thirty Days Of Night
9 Bone
10 Devilchild

BEST NEW COMIC
1 Y The Last Man (DC Vertigo Comics)
2 Fables
3 Jack Staff
4 Three Days In Europe
5 The Filth
6 Lady Constantine
7 Courtney Crumrin
8 Pop London
9 League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol 2
10 Dredd v Aliens

TRIPWIRE AWARD FOR
BEST NEW TALENT
1 Andy Diggle (writer Lady Constantine (DC), Snow Tiger (2000AD))
2 Karl Richardson
3 Simon Spurrier
4 Andy Clarke
5 Antony Johnston
6 Fraser Irving
7 Brian K Vaughan
8 Jai Sen
9 Dom Reardon
10 Bruce Jones

BULLETPROOF COMICS AWARD FOR
BEST ONLINE STRIP

1 Fred The Clown (Roger Langridge)
2 Oddcases
3 Nowhere Girl
4 Red Meat
5 Bash St Kids
6 Juniper Crescent
7 PVP
8 Astounding Space Thrills
9 Death Takes A Holiday
10 Miffy (Borderline)

DIAMOND PREVIEWS AWARD FOR
BEST SPECIALIST MAGAZINE OR WEBSITE

1 Comics International
2 2000adonline.com
3 Borderline
4 Ninth Art
5 Tripwire
6 Black Library
7 Beanotown
8 Newsarama
9 Silver Bullet Comics
10 Sequential Tart

BEST SUPPORTING CHARACTER
1 Big Yellow Dog (from Blinky, in The Dandy, by Nick Brennan)
2 Gnasher
3 Ukko The Dwarf
4 Wulf Sternhammer
5 Scabbs (Kal Jerico)
6 Chief Judge Hershey
7 Chesters Aliens
8 Jekyll/Hyde (LOEG)
9 Joe Pineapples
10 Beryl The Peril?s Dad

BEST CHARACTER
1 Judge Dredd (2000AD)
2 Blinky (Dandy)
3 John Constantine
4 Batman
5 Kal Jerico
6 Nikolai Dante
7 Spider-Man
8 Wolverine
9 Desperate Dan
10 Slaine

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
1 John Wagner
2 Stan Lee
3 Alan Moore
4 Will Eisner
5 Pat Mills
6 Rich Johnston
7 Carlos Ezquerra
8 Frank Miller
9 John Buscema
10 Alan Grant

INCOGNITO COMICS AWARD FOR
BEST ARTIST EVER
1 Jack Kirby
2 Carlos Ezquerra
3 Brian Bolland
4 Dave Gibbons
5 Colin Macneil
6 Will Eisner
7 Mike McMahon
8 Simon Bisley
9 Bryan Talbot
10 John Buscema

ACE COMICS AWARD FOR
BEST ARTIST NOW
1 Bryan Hitch
2 Henry Flint
3 Jock
4 Nick Brennan
5 Fraser Irving
6 Frank Quitely
7 Jim Lee
8 Karl Richardson
9 Steve Dillon
10 Carlos Ezquerra

RED ROUTE AWARD FOR
BEST WRITER EVER
1 Alan Moore
2 John Wagner
3 Grant Morrison
4 Stan Lee
5 Dan Abnett
6 Neil Gaiman
7 Alan Grant
8 Frank Miller
9 Gordon Rennie
10 Pat Mills

BEST WRITER NOW
1 Dan Abnett
2 John Wagner
3 Grant Morrison
4 Alan Moore
5 Brian Michael Bendis
6 Mark Millar
7 Garth Ennis
8 Mike Carey
9 Gordon Rennie
10 Andy Diggle

I'm sure ximoc.co.uk will be in the mix next year (yeah right!!)

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petemaskreplica · 26 May, 2003, 07:34:32 PM

next year all other comics will be swept aside by the might of Cosmic Ray!

Trout · 26 May, 2003, 07:37:29 PM

Well, Pete, I hope someone sweeps Dan Abnett aside.

(Damn, and I managed to keep quiet on that subject all morning...)

- Trout

Tu-plang · 26 May, 2003, 08:21:17 PM

Who draws the line in the new talent section? How long do you have to be around before you are no longer 'new' talent? I remember Andy Clarke doing Nikolai Dante in 1998! And this must be Frazer's 3rd year at least in this section.

Frazer, what is your secret of eteranl youth?

Tu-plang · 26 May, 2003, 08:29:01 PM

Oh, and well done to 2000AD, Diggle and Dredd!

DavidXBrunt · 26 May, 2003, 08:30:53 PM

And wasn't Bruce Jones writing horror comics back in the 70's?

GermanAndy · 26 May, 2003, 08:50:16 PM

"And wasn't Bruce Jones writing horror comics back in the 70's?

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Of course he was :-) He wrote stuff for Eerie, Creepy and Vampirella, then Twisted Tales for Pacific, I think, Somerset Holmes and other stuff. He should be in the Comeback Section *g

Abnett is best writer now? Huh? Or is this rather the category of most prolific writer now? His output is astounding, but surely in a solid, dependable way, not in the I-can?t-wait-to-read-his-next way.

DavidXBrunt · 26 May, 2003, 09:58:53 PM

I suspect it's readers of 'Legion of Superheroes' that voted for him, rather than 2k readers.

I suspect the category of 'New talent' could be fairly renames 'Talent that has just become known to a wide section of readers within the last 12 months' but regardless of number of votes shouldn't the people doing the tally reject people like Bruce Jones and Frazer Irving (talented as the both be) on the grounds that they aren't new talent?

Natsan · 27 May, 2003, 02:33:02 AM

There was a big cheer(at least from our corner) when Devilchild appeared on the shortlist for Best Self-Published/Indy Comic.
Many thanks to any 2000AD boarders who voted for me/Devilchild!

Natalie

Demon Chicken · 28 May, 2003, 04:59:55 AM

Right, if 2konline is second, that means lots of people voted for it. That means lots of poeple lookat it. That means where are all these people, and are they really all that scared of us?

Devons Daddy · 28 May, 2003, 08:57:30 AM

well done all.
WAKE.great to see you receive the recognition you deserve. next year NUMBER 1.
overall great to see 2K and its creators so well represented.excellent.

Oddboy · 28 May, 2003, 03:57:05 PM

Demon Chicken - or it could be the other way around....

2K online is 2nd, that means we all voted for it.
That means there were very few voters in total (200-300?)

Matt · 28 May, 2003, 04:10:11 PM

What I love about the results (apart from the well deserved 2K awards) is how the Dandy has pissed on every other comic bar 2000AD. Imagine, you're a big fish in the states, writing for some incredibly huge publishing house on one of their prestige superhero titles, you take your work very seriously and want to make your mark on the character. You've got thousands, if not millions of fans worldwide, people queue for hours at convetions for your autograph and you get beaten by a cow-pie eating cowboy! C'mon Dandy!

The Monarch · 28 May, 2003, 07:40:14 PM

our board only came in second?!?