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I really wouldn't worry too much about whether something qualifies or not - you don't need to check someone's passport and comics contracts, if it seems reasonable then nominate it, I think they just want to make sure there aren't too many obviously ineligible entries.

Also no need to make a single nomination in each category, this isn't like the Eagles in which you have to nominate one - throw them a list of what you think were good British comics this year and they'll work through them:

http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2012/the-british-comic-awards-are-go/#comment-274281

Humm... in the context of The New Deadwardians and Resident Alien what's a 'creative team' - letterers and colourists too? Editors?

New Deadwardians is published by Vertigo and the contract there isn't completely creator-owned (it's complex), but again I wouldn't worry too much about it (I'm pretty sure something won't be thrown out for having a Canadian letterer) - if it seems to qualify then nominate it and let the judges decide.

Going to have a nice long thing about what to nominate- as I'm not sure what category 2000AD falls into, here.

From the phrasing they seem to be angling the Best Comic towards stories within an anthology, but if you want to nominate 2000AD then why not? If it doesn't qualify then they'll just not add it to their shortlist.

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Life is drokking fantastic because my friend attended an equality and discrimination meeting, pointed out a problem with the lead float in the gay pride even under discussion and now, somehow, will be pulling the float (shaped like a boat - suggestions to call it the Tug Boat didn't get greenlit) along the street dressed as a sailor. I will be attending the event with his wife and son, and a video camera. I'm leaving this note here so I don't think this is all a wonderful dream.

They're going by a pretty strict definition of "British Comic"; has to be an all-Brit creative team to qualify:

Nominees for the British Comic Awards must be the work of a wholly British* creative team, and the rights to such work should belong either to creators or a UK publisher. If you aren't entirely sure if something qualifies, suggest it to us anyway and the committee will debate it.

* Where we refer to British we're referring to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Which excludes anything with Carlos Ezquerra on art for a start.  (And leaves me in the rather bewildering position of wondering whether Judge Dredd qualifies as British under these rules.  Does his co-creator credit render it ineligible?)

It also excludes John Wagner, who was born in the USA... So that means Dredd, Strontium Dog and Robo-Hunter (co-created with José Ferrer) are all excluded!

I'd imagine they'd allow a non-Wagner/Ezquerra Dredd, as long as it has British creators.

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I asked Richard Bruton about it on the FP blog and he reckons just throw it and let them worry about it, as far as he is concerned Nikolai Dante would be eligible under Best Comic and Best Book:

http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2012/the-british-comic-awards-are-go/#comment-274279

Now I have to work out what and who I want to nominate...

I see you've stopped using the spellchecker.

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Constitution.org has a selection of writings on the subject, the first on the list being the intriguingly titled "Let's Toss For It" which is one way of doing it, but I fear all the public schoolboys would win, due to their years of playing Soggy Biscuit:

http://constitution.org/elec/sortition.htm

So it is encouraging that a random idea I had, has already been proposed and debated. So I feel much more confident in this.

Soggy Biscuit must be an urban legend; you wouldn't want to lose, but winning isn't any great testament to your sexual prowess either. The analogy of jury service is interesting; not just in terms of how members are selected, but because (as indicated above) jurors aren't expected to become instant authorities on the facts they're asked to assess- they're offered testimony from experts and given guidance by the presiding Judge.

I refer you to the great organ of truth that is Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soggy_biscuit

Thing is though, once it is out there as an idea someone will have given it a go and let's be honest, rugby players have done worse. There are definitely people online who have been present when a game was player - although no one ever admits to having been involved (no, tell a lie).

Sortition (thanks Soap) has one final thing going for it; it finds a solution to Billy Connolly's decree that the desire to become a politician should automatically bar you from ever becoming one.

Indeed. It is a mental aberration that should lead long-term incarceration.

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I'm not sure if this is allowed (over to you foxy) but it certainly isn't cricket.

I'm seeing a lot of link appear on social media for GetGlue's Dredd page where users can register an interest in seeing the film, or some such Internet bobbins:

http://getglue.com/movies/dredd/pete_travis/

2000AD is the new bogroll!

FTFY

Thankfully, I had the bus more or less to myself on the way home.

Even though it was crowded when you got on.

Would the self-contained bit not discount multipart 2000AD stories?

The key there seems to be "short stories from anthologies" - the self-contained bit could refer to a storyline within a series.

So if we consider everything from prog 1750 onwards as eligible:

http://2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1750

You could have:

• Indigo Prime: "Everything and More"
• Low Life: "The Deal"
• Ampney Crucis Investigates: "The English Assassin"
• Angel Zero
• Indigo Prime: "Anthropocalypse"
• Absalom: "Ghosts of London"
• Grey Area, except for the most recent story
• Nikolai Dante: "The Wedding of Jena Makarov"
• Age of the Wolf: "She is Legend"
• Flesh: "Midnight Cowboys"
• The Zaucer of Zilk

also possibly bit of Day of Chaos too... although I suspect Strontium Dog wouldn't count.

Otherwise it'd be odd to have a category that excludes a lot of the best British comic stories. Although it might be a lot would be eligible under Best Book as that includes collected editions - Cradlegrave and Insurrection would count, the former almost definitely being a dead cert for one of my nominations.

Anyway, yes the Best Comic is something I'd need to doublecheck with them to work out what does and doesn't count. Unless Vicky comes on and clarifies it for us.

Comics are shit these days and only fit for children in head injury wards.

The Best Comic is an interesting one:

The Best Comic award is open to short-form, self-contained stories published between 1st September 2011 and 31st August 2012.

This category may include one-off stories, single issues of ongoing series, graphic novellas, short stories from anthologies and web-comic strips.

This would tend to suggest they aren't looking for 2000AD or Strip to be nominated there (I assume Strip counts even though it is published in Bosnia) but the stories within it, which should make for more interesting and relevant results.

I also like the way the Young People's Award, will be selected by actual young people - none of us old farts trying to second guess what would appeal.