The Vertigo Awards (CBR Edition)

[Jack Zodiac]

Alright, kids. Vertigo has published a whole lot of great books, and most of those books get ignored in most fan awards because they're overshadowed by the superhero genre. So here, among ourselves, we'll start throwing some names out for some of our favorite books and heroes and in a few days, I'll compile the four most nominated in each category, and we'll hold our own poll.

So now, what's your:

Favorite Current Ongoing

Favorite Current Mini-series

Favorite Completed Ongoing

Favorite Completed One-shot or Mini-series

Favorite Original Graphic Novel

Favorite Hero

Favorite Heroine

Favorite Supporting Male Character

Favorite Supporting Female Character

Favorite Male Villain

Favorite Female Villain

Favorite Writer

Favorite Penciller

Favorite Inker

Favorite Colorist

Favorite Letterer

Favorite Cover Artist

If you guys can think of anything else we should add, by all means, suggest them. Everyone nominate only one for each category and in a while, I'll compile them and we'll hold a poll via PMs. I'll nominate mine later tonight. The rest of you, get cracking!

[DonC]

So now, what's your:

Favorite Current Ongoing - Fables

Favorite Current Mini-series -

Favorite Completed Ongoing - Preacher

Favorite Completed One-shot or Mini-series - Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall

Favorite Hero - Jesse Custer

Favorite Heroine - Snow White

Favorite Supporting Male Character - Prince Charming

Favorite Supporting Female Character - Rose Red

Favorite Male Villain - Mutant Cockroaches

Favorite Female Villain -

Favorite Writer - Bill Willingham

Favorite Penciller - Tony Moore

Favorite Inker -

Favorite Colorist - Trish Mulvihill (does she still color 100 Bullets?)

Favorite Letterer -

Favorite Cover Artist - James Jean

I'll try to remember to fill in the rest later.

[Mr. Palmer]

Favorite Current Ongoing: DMZ

Favorite Current Mini-series: The Other Side

Favorite Completed Ongoing: Swamp Thing (Vol.4)

Favorite Completed One-shot or Mini-series: American Freak Tales of the Un-Men

Favorite Hero: Adam Chamberlain (American Virgin)

Favorite Heroine: Zee (DMZ)

Favorite Supporting Male Character: Kevin (Exterminators)

Favorite Supporting Female Character: Ruth (Loveless)

Favorite Male Villain: Colonel Silas Redd (Loveless)

Favorite Female Villain: N/A

Favorite Writer: Simon Oliver (Exterminators)

Favorite Penciller: Becky Cloonan (American Virgin)

Favorite Inker: N/A

Favorite Colorist: N/A

Favorite Letterer: N/A

Favorite Cover Artist: Liam Sharp (Testament)

[MikeK]

So now, what's your:

Favorite Current Ongoing: DMZ

Favorite Current Mini-series The Other Side

Favorite Completed Ongoing: Transmetropolitan

Favorite Hero: Spider

Favorite Heroine: Snow White

Favorite Writer: Bill Willingham

Favorite Penciller: Darick Robertson

Favorite Cover Artist: James Jean

[dancj]

Bear in mind that I'm a TPB man, so Loveless, DMZ, Testament etc are out of the running and I've only read one TPB of Exterminators, which has potential, but hasn't grabbed me enough yet...

Favorite Current Ongoing - Fables

Favorite Completed Ongoing - Swamp Thing (The Alan Moore/Rick Veitch/Mark Millar one - not the recent tripe)

Favorite Completed One-shot or Mini-series - The Human Target

Favorite Hero - Is this all time or current? Spider Jerusalem or Bugby depending on that.

Favorite Heroine - Crazy Jane

Favorite Supporting Male Character - Cassidy

Favorite Male Villain - Herr Starr

Favorite Writer - All Time or current? Either Alan Moore or Bill Willingham

Favorite Penciller - Eduardo Risso

Favorite Inker - John Tottleben (if allowed)

Favorite Cover Artist - James Jean

[Ryan K]

Favorite Current Ongoing Fables

Favorite Current Mini-series

Favorite Completed Ongoing Sandman

Favorite Completed One-shot or Mini-series Sandman: Endless Nights

Favorite Hero Morpheus

Favorite Heroine Snow White

Favorite Supporting Male Character Flycatcher

Favorite Supporting Female Character Channon Yarrow

Favorite Male Villain Allfather D'Aronique

Favorite Female Villain Custer's Grandmother

Favorite Writer Neil Gaiman

Favorite Penciller Mark Buckingham

Favorite Inker

Favorite Colorist

Favorite Letterer

Favorite Cover Artist Dave McKean

[Jack Zodiac]

Is this all time or current? Spider Jerusalem or Bugby depending on that.

Let's say, for the creator/character categories, we'll go with all-time instead of current.

Favorite Inker - John Tottleben (if allowed)

Sure, why wouldn't he be? Also, if you want to, you can vote for him for favorite cover artist, too. No reason to limit an artist like Totleben when he doesn't limit himself.

Keep 'em comin', guys. Once we get about two pages of nominations, I'll shut down, tally, and we'll start voting.

[Mr. Palmer]

What about a category for OGN?

[Indigo Al]

[QUOTE=Jack Zodiac]

So now, what's your:

Favorite Current Ongoing - Y The Last Man

Favorite Current Mini-series - n/a

Favorite Completed Ongoing - Sandman; Invisibles is first runner up

Favorite Completed One-shot or Mini-series - Rogan Gosh: Star of the East

Favorite Hero - Morpheus

Favorite Heroine - Kit Ryan (Hellblazer)

Favorite Supporting Male Character - Lord Fanny

Favorite Supporting Female Character - Lord Fanny

Favorite Male Villain - Desire

Favorite Female Villain - Desire

Favorite Writer - I'm going to have to go with Gaiman here, the obvious fan fave, and I'd give Grant Morrison a close second.

Favorite Penciller

Favorite Inker - TBD

Favorite Colorist - TBD

Favorite Letterer - TBD

Favorite Cover Artist - The cover artists on Black Orchid



I will change and ammend these later...

[Mr. Palmer]

Favorite Completed Ongoing - Swamp Thing (The Alan Moore/Rick Veitch/Mark Millar one - not the recent tripe)

Them's fighting words, ya know... ;)

[stealthwise]

Favorite Current Ongoing - Y the Last man

Favorite Current Mini-series - There aren't really any... the Other Side is actually a maxi-series (and, well, I thought it stunk).

Favorite Completed Ongoing - Sandman

Favorite Completed One-shot or Mini-series - WE3

Favorite Hero - Spider Jerusalem

Favorite Heroine - Tulip

Favorite Supporting Male Character - Cassidy

Favorite Supporting Female Character - Death

Favorite Male Villain - Herr Starr

Favorite Female Villain - Victoria from Y

Favorite Writer - Garth Ennis

Favorite Penciller - Darick Robertson

Favorite Inker - I have no idea

Favorite Colorist - Again, no idea

Favorite Letterer - Todd Klein

Favorite Cover Artist - James Jean

This seems weird... shouldn't we have done nominations by PMs and then voted publicly?

[MrBeebs37]

Favorite Current Ongoing: 100 Bullets

Favorite Current Mini-series: American Splendor, for lack of a better choice more than anything else.

Favorite Completed Ongoing: Sandman or The Human Target

Favorite Completed One-shot or Mini-series: Enigma or The Filth

Favorite Hero: Shade, the Changing Man or John Constantine

Favorite Heroine: Death (Sandman)

Favorite Supporting Male Character: Matthew the crow (Sandman)

Favorite Supporting Female Character: Kit (Hellblazer)

Favorite Male Villain: Herr Star

Favorite Female Villain: Alter (Y the Last Man)

Favorite Writer: Brian Azzarello or Peter Milligan

Favorite Penciller: Chris Buchallo (Shade, The Witching Hour, Death, etc.)

Favorite Inker:

Favorite Colorist:

Favorite Letterer:

Favorite Cover Artist: Dave McKean (Sandman, Black Orchid, The Dreaming, etc.)

[Jack Zodiac]

What about a category for OGN?

Completely glazed over that one.

Alright, guys, if you can, cast an extra nomination for favorite original graphic novel.

[Jack Zodiac]

Favorite Current Mini-series - There aren't really any... the Other Side is actually a maxi-series (and, well, I thought it stunk).

Good point, there really isn't much going on aside from American Splendor and The Other Side. How about we count recently finished mini-series as "current?"

This seems weird... shouldn't we have done nominations by PMs and then voted publicly?

Yeah, probably, but I've already fucked this up by naming this the Awards thread instead of the nomination thread... so, yeah.

[Colin Campbell]

Favorite Current Ongoing - Fables

Favorite Current Mini-series -

Favorite Completed Ongoing - Sandman

Favorite Completed One-shot or Mini-series - Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall

Favorite Hero - Boy Blue

Favorite Heroine - Snow White

Favorite Supporting Male Character - Ampersand (Y Last Man)

Favorite Supporting Female Character - Rose Red

Favorite Male Villain - Mr Revise (Jack of Fables)

Favorite Female Villain - Snow Queen

Favorite Writer - Bill Willingham

Favorite Penciller - Mark Buckingham

Favorite Inker - Steve Leialoha

Favorite Colorist -

Favorite Letterer -

Favorite Cover Artist - James Jean