2008 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards
The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards is an annual award voted on by web cartoonists themselves, much like the Academy Awards. The nominations ballots for the 8th annual award cover webcomics active in 2007 and were emailed to pre-registered voters by 2008-01-07 with voting closing on 2008-01-23,[1]. Nominations were announced on 2008-02-03[2] with voting on those finalists to commence on 2008-02-08 with a live ceremony for the winners to be hosted by MegaCon on 2008-03-08.[3] and in an online ceremony.
The 26 categories from 2007 have been reduced to 18 for 2008, with divisions for art and writing.[4]
Outstanding Newcomer
- Bear and Kitten by Andy and Angie
- Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran
- Pictures for Sad Children by John Campbell
- The Dreamer by Lora Innes
- The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton
Outstanding Comic
- Achewood by Chris Onstaad
- Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio
- Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
- Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch
- The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton
Outstanding Artist
- Aaron Diaz of Dresden Codak
- Dylan Meconis of Family Man
- Nicholas Gurewitch of The Perry Bible Fellowship
- Phil Foglio of Girl Genius
- Sarah Ellerton of The Phoenix Requiem
- Tracy J Butler of Lackadaisy
Outstanding Layout
- Atland by Nate Piekos
- Copper by Kazu Kibuishi
- Dresden Codak by Aaron Diaz
- Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
- The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton
Outstanding Use of Color
- Dresden Codak by Aaron Diaz
- Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio
- Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
- Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik
- Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch
- The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton
Outstanding Black and White Art
- Crowfeathers by Amy "SageBrush" Watson
- Digger by Ursula Vernon
- Lackadaisy by Tracy J Butler
- Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran
- The Adventures of Dr. McNinja by Chris Hastings (and Kent Archer)
- Three Panel Soul by Ian McConville & Matt Boyd
Outstanding Photographic Comic
- A Softer World by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau
- Alien Loves Predator by Bernie Hou
- Dark Red by Lynn French and Joanna McKenzie
- Legostar Galactica by D.M. Jeftinija
- Twisted Kaiju Theater by Sean McGuinness
Outstanding Character Rendering
- Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
- Lackadaisy by Tracy J Butler
- Scary Go Round by John Allison
- The Dreamland Chronicles by Scott Christian Sava
- The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton
Outstanding Environment Design
- Atland by Nate Piekos
- Dresden Codak by Aaron Diaz
- Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio
- Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
- The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton
Outstanding Website Design
- Atland by Nate Piekos
- Lackadaisy by Tracy J Butler
- Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran
- PvP by Scott Kurtz
Outstanding Use of The Medium
- Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens
- Dresden Codak by Aaron Diaz
- Dreamland Chronicles by Scott Christian Sava
- VG Cats by Scott Ramsoomair
- XKCD by Randall Munroe
Outstanding Writer
- Chris Onstaad of Achewood
- Kaja and Phil Foglio of Girl Genius
- Spike of Templar, Arizona
- Sarah Ellerton of The Phoenix Requiem
- Tom Siddell of Gunnerkrigg Court
Outstanding Character Writing
- Achewood by Chris Onstaad
- Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio
- Lackadaisy by Tracy J Butler
- Questionable Content by J. Jacques
- Templar, Arizona by Spike
- The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton
Outstanding Long Form Comic
- Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio
- Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
- Templar, Arizona by Spike
- The Order of the Stick by Rich Burlew
- The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton
Outstanding Short Form Comic
- Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik
- Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch
- Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida
- Three Panel Soul by Ian McConville & Matt Boyd
- XKCD by Randall Munroe
Outstanding Single Panel Comic
- The Book of Biff by Chris Hallbeck
- Bunny by H. Davies
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weiner
- Savage Chickens by Doug Savage
- XKCD by Randall Munroe
Outstanding Comedic Comic
- Beaver and Steve by James Turner
- Dinosaur Comics by Ryan North
- Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik
- The Order of the Stick by Rich Burlew
- XKCD by Randall Munroe
Outstanding Dramatic Comic
- Crowfeathers by Amy "SageBrush" Watson
- Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
- The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton
References
- ^ MHPayne. "Nomination Round Begins Monday, Jan. 7th". comicgenesis.com. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
- ^ "The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards - 2008 Finalists". ccawards.com. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "MegaCon Convention - News". MegaCon. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
- ^ "Web Cartoonists' Choice Award Categories". ccawards.com. Retrieved 2008-01-27.