2005 Corries - The Comics Winners

[Brandon Hanvey]

The Comics
The Winners

1. Favorite Company/Publisher:
DC Comics (59 votes)

Runners Up:
Marvel Comics (47 votes)
Image (17 votes)

2. Favorite Single Issue:
Seven Soldiers #0 (DC) (44 votes)

Runners Up:
Ultimate Spiderman Annual #1 (Marvel) (36 votes)
Spectacular Spider-Man #27 (Marvel) (11 votes)

3. Favorite Story:
The Young Avengers #1-6 "Sidekicks" (Marvel) (47 votes)

Runners Up:
Seven Soldiers (DC) (28 votes)
Green Lantern: Rebirth (DC) (25 votes)

4. Favorite Continuing Series:
Runaways (Marvel) (49 votes)

Runners Up:
Y The Last Man (Veritgo/DC) (37 votes)
Daredevil (Marvel) (21 votes)

5. Favorite Limited/Mini Series:
Villains United (DC) (33 votes)

Runners Up:
WE3 (Vertigo/DC) (32 votes)
GLA (Marvel) (29 votes)
Lions, Tigers and Bears (Image) (22 votes)

6. Favorite New Series:
Young Avengers (Marvel) (59 votes)

Runners Up:
Fell (Image) (22 votes)
JLA Classified (DC) (15 votes)
Green Lantern (DC) (9 votes)

7. Comic Most Deserving of More Attention:
Runaways (Marvel) (59 votes)

Runners Up:
Birds of Prey (DC) (36 votes)
Cable & Deadpool (Marvel) (20 votes)

8. Favorite Original Graphic Novel/Trade Album:
John Constantine, Hellblazer: All His Engines (Vertigo/DC) (26 votes)

Runners Up:
Tricked (Top Shelf) (17 votes)
The Plot (W. W. Norton & Company) (9 votes)
Lone and Level Sands (Archaia Studios Press) (3 votes)

9. Favorite Reprinted Collection/Trade Album:
Runaways Volume 1 Hardcover (Marvel) (44 votes)

Runners Up:
Showcase Presents Superman Volume 1 (DC) (38 votes)
Grimjack Volume 1 (IDW) (9 votes)

10. Favorite U.S. Edition of Foreign Material:
Tie: Battle Royale (Tokyopop) & XIII (Alias) (16 votes)

Runner Up:
Lady Snowblood (Dark Horse) (11 votes)

11. Favorite Comics Cover/Book Design:
We3 (Veritgo/DC) (43 votes)

Runners Up:
Infinite Crisis #1 (DC) (41 votes)
Justice (DC) (23 votes)

12. Favorite Online Comic:
PvP (31 votes)

Runners Up:
Penny Arcade (26 votes)
Year One (10 votes)

13. Favorite Newspaper Comic Strip:
Boondocks (33 votes)

Runners Up:
Get Fuzzy (32 votes)
Doonesbury (13 votes)

14. Favorite Comics Periodical and/or Book:
Wizard (38 votes)

Runners Up:
Alter Ego (18 votes)
Back Issue (10 votes)

15. Favorite Writer:
Brian K. Vaughan (51 votes)

Runners Up:
Grant Morrison (39 votes)
Gail Simone (35 votes)

16. Favorite Artist:
John Cassady (67 votes)

Runners Up:
Bryan Hitch (26 votes)
Ethan Van Sciver (15 votes)

17. Favorite Writer/Artist:
Darwyn Cooke (42 votes)

Runners Up:
Kyle Baker (23 votes)
Stan Sakai (17 votes)
Eric Powell (16 votes)

18. Favorite Inker:
Scott Hanna (30 votes)

Runners Up:
Mark Farmer (25 votes)
Mark Campos (8 votes)

19. Favorite Colorist:
Laura Martin (37 votes)

Runners Up:
Dave Stewart. (24 votes)
Frank D'Armata (17 votes)

20. Favorite Letterer:
Richard Starkings (23 votes)

Runners Up:
Todd Klein (22 votes)
Chris Eliopoulos (21 votes)

21. Favorite Cover Artist:
Alex Ross (41 votes)

Runners Up:
George Perez (34 votes)
James Jean (24 votes)
Tony Harris (17 votes)

22. Favorite Talent Deserving Wider Attention:
Dan Slott (64 votes)

Runners Up:
Cameron Stewart (21 votes)
Mike Bullock (20 votes)

[Brandon Hanvey]

Feel free to comment on this year's winners. But please keep it civil.

[mattbib]

Darn! Marvel was robbed again! Congrats, DC fans! :)

Glad to see such strong support for Runaways and Young Avengers, not to mention BKV and Dan Slott.

[Joe Rice]

As per usual, a real head-scratching combination of good stuff and dopey stuff.

[Deathstroke]

1. Favorite Company/Publisher:
DC Comics (59 votes)


YAAAY!


3. Favorite Story:
The Young Avengers #1-6 "Sidekicks" (Marvel) (47 votes)

It was good, and I like that they introduced Cassie Lang with superpowers.


4. Favorite Continuing Series:
Runaways (Marvel) (49 votes)

Surprising to me because I've thought this second series was a bit down from the first series.


5. Favorite Miniseries:
Lions, Tigers and Bears (Image) (22 votes)

This should've won!
7. Comic Most Deserving of More Attention:
Runaways (Marvel) (59 votes)

Birds of Prey (DC) (36 votes)

The series is deserving of more attention even if I think it's lesser to the first series. And Birds of Prey definitely deserves more attention.


13. Favorite Newspaper Comic Strip:
Boondocks (33 votes)

Great to see this one win, though my favorite is For Better Or For Worse.


14. Favorite Comics Periodical and/or Book:

Where's the Love for Comics Buyer's Guide?


17. Favorite Writer/Artist:

Stan Sakai (17 votes)

The man who brought me back to "funny animals."


22. Favorite Talent Deserving Wider Attention:

Mike Bullock (20 votes)

No offense to anyone else, but I really loved Lions, Tigers & Bears so I was hoping to see him pull off the win.

[Paradox]

Joe Rice sees dichotomy:

As per usual, a real head-scratching combination of good stuff and dopey stuff.

Doesn't sound so head-scratching to me. A lot of our pull lists are the same kinda combo.

[Ryan K]

Alex Robinson wuz robbed!

[Valmore]

As per usual, a real head-scratching combination of good stuff and dopey stuff.

Fortunately, it looks like most of the dopey stuff ended up at the bottom, which is a good thing. Though Kenzer and Company is still the best comic book company around.

[Gaz]

Wow, a new series, with new characters, that us net geeks embraced!
*waves little Homer-style Young Avengers flag*
Kinda sad that Invincible wasn't even shortlisted, but most of the winners that I recognise deserve it, and the more contested ones, like writer and series deserving of more attention were the ones which were toss-ups for me.

[TommyV]

As per usual, a real head-scratching combination of good stuff and dopey stuff.

I can't seem to figure out where the "dopey stuff" is on this list....can you enlighten us, Comic Book Guy?

[Joe Rice]

I can't seem to figure out where the "dopey stuff" is on this list....can you enlighten us, Comic Book Guy?

It's maybe not so much "dopey" as in previous years when really terrible stuff won, but it's a case of "good" winning out over "great." I mean, almost everything nominated was good. But some "greats" didn't win.

[Paul McEnery]

It's maybe not so much "dopey" as in previous years when really terrible stuff won, but it's a case of "good" winning out over "great." I mean, almost everything nominated was good. But some "greats" didn't win.
Oh I don't know.

7 Soldiers isn't done yet, or isn't one series, or I don't know. So that makes sense.

And Gail's got skin in the game round here, so that makes sense.

It's how Brian K. Vaughn beat both Gail and Grant that beats me.

Split vote, that's my guess.

(No dis to Vaughn: but that's a good not great if you ask me.)

[Brandon Hanvey]

Brian K. Vaughan won last year as well.


2004 Results:
13. Favorite Writer:
Brian K. Vaughan (50 votes)

Runners Up:
Geoff Johns (29 votes)
Joss Whedon (26 votes)

[TommyV]

Oh I don't know.

7 Soldiers isn't done yet, or isn't one series, or I don't know. So that makes sense.

And Gail's got skin in the game round here, so that makes sense.

It's how Brian K. Vaughn beat both Gail and Grant that beats me.

Split vote, that's my guess.

(No dis to Vaughn: but that's a good not great if you ask me.)
The fact that Brian, Grant and Gail are all represented here is fantastic. All three are top-notch writers, and each have a unique style. It's heartening to see results like these.

[pennywisdom]

Congrats to all winners!

I feel inspired to start reading Runaways.

[Gaz]

Congrats to all winners!

I feel inspired to start reading Runaways.
START?!!! Why aren't you reading it NOW?! As in RIGHT NOW, as long as you're not reading She-Hulk, Invincible, or Spider-Girl instead!

[pennywisdom]

START?!!! Why aren't you reading it NOW?! As in RIGHT NOW, as long as you're not reading She-Hulk, Invincible, or Spider-Girl instead!
Well, RIGHT now I'm reading and replying to your post. See, you're preventing me from enjoying Runaways.

[Sleeper]

The lettering is tight! Seriously, one point separating all three spots is intense.

[d newton]

Runners Up: Infinite Crisis #1 (DC) (41 votes)
Which cover won - the Perez one or the Lee one?

[Brandon Hanvey]

Which cover won - the Perez one or the Lee one?

When nominating, most people did not specify which cover so we left it that way.

[JeffreyWKramer]

It's how Brian K. Vaughn beat both Gail and Grant that beats me.

Split vote, that's my guess.

(No dis to Vaughn: but that's a good not great if you ask me.)
I can't speak for others, but for me, the overall quality of what I read from Vaughan was even higher than that from Grant. It's that simple. Much as I love Grant Morrison's writing, I consider Vaughan to have been a more solid writer this year. Especially in terms of dialogue.

Now, next year, if ALL-STAR SUPERMAN continues like the first issue, may well be a whole 'nother story.

[Converge]

I could be wrong on this but I'm pretty sure We3 was from the end of 2004, not 2005.

[Dreadstar]

I could be wrong on this but I'm pretty sure We3 was from the end of 2004, not 2005.

The last issue came out after the last Corries last October-November, so it's eligible. There are a number of things that can seemingly span that last year-this year eligibility every year.

[cactusmaac]

Oh I don't know.

7 Soldiers isn't done yet, or isn't one series, or I don't know. So that makes sense.

And Gail's got skin in the game round here, so that makes sense.

It's how Brian K. Vaughn beat both Gail and Grant that beats me.

Split vote, that's my guess.

(No dis to Vaughn: but that's a good not great if you ask me.)

Runaways fanboys and fangirls.

I'm just glad there were 9 people who possessed the good taste to vote for Grimjack Vol 1.

[Mike Bullock]

Thanks to everyone who voted for Lions, Tigers and Bears for mini series and me for deserving wider attention. Maybe if it was "Talent Deserving Wider Psychiatric Attention" I might have won. ;)

[Deathstroke]

Thanks to everyone who voted for Lions, Tigers and Bears for mini series and me for deserving wider attention. Maybe if it was "Talent Deserving Wider Psychiatric Attention" I might have won. ;)

No problem Mike, you deserved it!

[stealthwise]

I voted Vaughan because I'm reading everything he writes, which he does at a consistently high level of quality.

You've got two teen superhero books that are distinct from one another, an excellent speculative fiction book that's probably the most original take on the "last man on Earth" book and the superb political/superhero comic that shocks and enthralls in Ex Machina. Not to mention the stupidest story of all time, "What if the Black Panther was white?" in What Huh? :)

[Reggie Swats]

I'm just surprised Bendis and Johns got left off the runners-up list. Much as I like Morrison and Simone, it seems wrong to keep Bendis, especially, off this list when he's been having one of the more spectacular years in history for any comic writer.

[Watchman]

12. Favorite Online Comic:
PvP (31 votes)

Runners Up:
Penny Arcade (26 votes)
Year One (10 votes)

Year One? What's that? URL? :confused:

[Brandon Hanvey]

Year One? What's that? URL? :confused:

http://yearone.spiderspawn.com/

[Allen Klingelhoets]

Lions, tigers and Bears did pretty well in runner up positions. Pretty good for mini seriesa. I was also happy to see Mike Bullock get some votes for new writer.