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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 and closed those submissions on 2008-01-23[1]. The nominees were announced on 2008-02-03[2], and voting on those finalists had commenced on 2008-02-08.

Voting ended on 2008-03-08, and the winners were announced in a live ceremony, hosted by MegaCon on 2008-03-08.[3]. The ceremony was presented by The Committee's Live Presentation Director of Ceremonies, Mark Mekkes[4], accompanying him was Tim “JT” Shea and Scott Gallatin, which were covering the event for their podcast, The Gigcast, a popular webcomic-themed podcast[5]. The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards had an online ceremony as well. Including the talent of several artists, each presentation was designed as a separate webcomic strip, announcing the nominees and winner, for each category[6][7].

There are 18 categories for the 2008 awards, with divisions for art and writing,[8]. The total categories for 2008 were reduced from the 26 that had been present in the 2007 awards, primarily due to the Committee dropping the "genre categories" from the list. The Committee's 2008 Chairman, Frank "Damonk" Cormier, had stated, on The Webcomic Beacon, that the Committee had received a high amount of feedback to limit the categories. When people were voting on the 2007 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards, they were also asked what new genres, or categories, they thought should be included. Cormier explained, "We had a lot of people voting for 'no new genres', in fact, 'abolish the genres completely'." [9]

Outstanding Comic

Presented by Dylan Meconis of Quirky Bird

Outstanding Newcomer

Presented by Sheryl Schopfer of Deer Me

Outstanding Artist

Presented by Sergio Torres of Naivety Incarnate

Outstanding Layout

Presented by David McGuire

  • Copper by Kazu Kibuishi - Winner
  • Atland by Nate Piekos
  • Dresden Codak by Aaron Diaz
  • Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
  • The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton

Outstanding Use of Color

Presented by Dominique Ferland

Outstanding Black and White Art

Presented by Bryant Paul Johnson of Tragi-Comix

Outstanding Photographic Comic

Presented by Kane Lynch of Myth and Madness

Outstanding Character Rendering

Presented by Fesworks of The Shifter Archive

Outstanding Environment Design

Presented by Adam Holwerda of Empty Headbox

  • Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio - Winner
  • Atland by Nate Piekos
  • Dresden Codak by Aaron Diaz
  • Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
  • The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton

Outstanding Website Design

Presented by Vladimir Bazan Estrada of Ihooky

  • Lackadaisy by Tracy J Butler - Winner
  • Atland by Nate Piekos
  • Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran
  • PvP by Scott Kurtz

Outstanding Use of The Medium

Presented by John Campbell of Pictures for Sad Children

Outstanding Writer

Presented by Tony Piro of Calamities of Nature

Outstanding Character Writing

Presented by Lee Bretschneider of Wheelchair Romeo

  • Templar, Arizona by Spike - Winner
  • Achewood by Chris Onstaad
  • Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio
  • Lackadaisy by Tracy J Butler
  • Questionable Content by J. Jacques
  • The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton

Outstanding Long Form Comic

Presented by Jonathon Dalton

  • The Order of the Stick by Rich Burlew - Winner
  • Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio
  • Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
  • Templar, Arizona by Spike
  • The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton

Outstanding Short Form Comic

Presented by Brian Brown of Bellen!

  • Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch - Winner
  • Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik
  • Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida
  • Three Panel Soul by Ian McConville & Matt Boyd
  • XKCD by Randall Munroe

Outstanding Single Panel Comic

Presented by John Cob

Outstanding Comedic Comic

Presented by Bryan Chojnowski of Muffin Time

Outstanding Dramatic Comic

Presented by Mike May of Stock Footage

  • Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell - Winner
  • Crowfeathers by Amy "SageBrush" Watson
  • The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton


References

  1. ^ MHPayne. "Nomination Round Begins Monday, Jan. 7th". comicgenesis.com. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  2. ^ "The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards - 2008 Finalists". ccawards.com. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  3. ^ "MegaCon Convention - News". MegaCon. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  4. ^ "Web Cartoonists Choice Awards - Committee". ccawards.com. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  5. ^ "The Gigcast - 2008 Web Cartoonists Choice Awards". gigcast.nightgig.com. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  6. ^ "Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards - The Big 4". ccawards.com. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  7. ^ "Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards - The Fab 14". ccawards.com. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  8. ^ "Web Cartoonists' Choice Award Categories". ccawards.com. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  9. ^ "Episode 5: The WCCAs". webcomicbeacon.com. Retrieved 2008-01-06.

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