Best Penciler
19: George Pérez
14: Bryan Hitch; J.H. Williams III
9: John Cassaday
7: Gene Ha; P. Craig Russell
4: Alan Davis; Gary Frank
3: Carla Speed McNeil; Darick Robertson; Dave Sim; Eric Shanower; Frank Quitely; Jeff Moy; Phil Jimenez
2: Andy Kubert; Brent Anderson; Jeff Smith; John Byrne; Mark Bagley; Peter Snejbjerg; Stephen Sadowski
1: Adam Kubert; Andi Watson; Chris Ware; Dale Eaglesham; Damion Scott; Dave Cooper; Eduardo Risso; Jackson Guice; Jae Lee; Joe Quesada; John Romita, Jr.; Juan Gimenez; Michael Lark; Paul Chadwick; Paul Smith; Peter Gross; Rick Veitch; Ryan Sook; Sal Velluto; Salvador Larocca; Sean Chen; Steve Conley; Steve Dillon; Terry Moore; Ty Templeton; Walt Simonson; Zander Cannon
Best Inker
13: Mick Gray; Paul Neary
8: Al Vey; Jimmy Palmiotti
7: Gerhard
6: Mark Farmer; Wade Von Grawbadger
5: Gene Ha
4: Stan Sakai; Zander Cannon
3: Al Milgrom; Andy Lanning; Bob Almond; Karl Story; Scott Hanna; Tom Palmer
2: Art Thibert; Cory Carani; Drew Geraci; Gilbert Hernandez; Kevin Nowlan; Mike Allred; P. Craig Russell; Rachel Dodson; Terry Austin
1: Al Gordon; Bud Larosa; D-Tron; Don Hillsman; Eric Shanower; Guy Davis; Joe Pimentel; John Costanza; John Floyd; Mark Heike; Mark Pennington; Michael Bair; Rob Hunter; Robert Campanella; Robin Riggs; Rodney Ramos; Stephanie Gladden; no award
Best Painter
39: Alex Ross
15: David Mack
11: Glenn Fabry
6: Charles Vess
5: Andrew Robinson; Dan Brereton; Jose Ladronn
4: Greg Horn; Joe Jusko; Tony Harris
3: Phil Hale
2: Ariel Olivetti; Christopher Moeller; Eddie Campbell; Jose Villarrubia; Mark Smylie; Sam Kieth
1: Brian Stelfreeze; Jill Thompson; John Byrne; Massimo Frezatto; Phil Winslade; Scott Hampton; Steve Purcell; Yslaire; no award
Best Letterer
34: Todd Klein
27: Dave Sim
11: Comicraft
9: Chris Eliopoulos; John Workman
5: Tom Orzechowski
4: John Costanza; Richard Starkings
3: Ken Bruzenak; Stan Sakai
2: David Mack; William Oakley
1: Bill O'Neill; Clem Robbins; Dreamer Design; John Byrne; Ken Lopez; Kitof; no award
Best Colorist
47: Laura DePuy
10: Chris Ware
8: Laura Allred
7: Jose Villarrubia
6: Steve Oliff
4: Lynn Varley; Tom McCraw
3: Liquid! Graphics
2: Carla Feeny; Gregory Wright; Jeromy Cox; John Kalisz; Pamela Rambo; Pat Garrahy; Richard Isanove
1: Alex Sinclair; Andrew Crossley; Dan Kemp; James Sinclair; Matt Hollingsworth; Sherilyn von Valkenberg; Tom Luth; Tom Smith; no award
Best Creative Team
15: Ellis/Cassaday/DePuy (Planetary); Moore/Williams/Gray (Promethea)
13: Busiek/Perez/Vey/Smith (Avengers)
12: Moore/Ha/Cannon/Sinclair/Klein (Top 10)
9: Ennis/Dillon (Preacher)
7: Bendis/Oeming/Garrahy (Powers); Millar/Quitely (Authority); Priest/Velluto/Almond (Black Panther)
4: Azzarello/Risso (100 Bullets); Busiek/Immonen/Von Grawbadger/Cox (Shockrockets)
3: Aragones/Evanier/Sakai/Luth (Groo, Space Circus); Jenkins/Lee (Sentry)
2: Bendis/Bagley (Ultimate Spider-Man);
Dixon/Guice (Birds of Prey);
Gossett/Kayl/Coulter/Snakebite (The Red Star);
Nicieza/Bagley (Thunderbolts);
Robinson/Snejbjerg (Starman);
Sim/Gerhard (Cerebus);
Straczynski/Frank (Midnight Nation)
1: Allred/Allred (Atomics);
Brubaker/McDaniel/Story (Batman);
Brubaker/Pleece/Stewart (Deadenders);
Busiek/Stern/Chen/Hunter (Iron Man);
Byrne/Palmer/Wright (X-Men: The Hidden Years);
Casey/Phillips (Wildcats);
Claremont/Larroca/Townsend (Uncanny X-Men);
David/Kirk/Riggs (Supergirl);
Dezago/Wieringo/Stull (Tellos);
DuPuy/Berberian (Drawn & Quarterly);
Ennis/McCrea (Hitman);
Jenkins/Buckingham (Peter Parker: Spider-Man);
Moore/Sprouse/Gordan (Tom Strong);
Morrison/Porter/Geraci (JLA);
Peyer/Morales/Meikis (Hourman);
Rucka/Martinbrough/Mitchell (Detective Comics);
Wood/Pugh (Generation X)
Best Cover Artist
13: John Cassaday
10: Adam Hughes; Tim Bradstreet
9: Alex Ross
7: Dave Johnson; Glenn Fabry; Phil Jimenez
6: Alan Davis
5: Brian Bolland
4: Andrew Robinson; David Mack; Jae Lee
3: Andi Watson
2: J. Scott Campbell; Michael Kaluta; Rags Morales; Raven Mimura; Sean Chen; Stan Sakai; Todd McFarlane
1: Ariel Olivetti; Arthur Adams; Carla Speed McNeil; Dave Dorman; Dave McKean; Duncan Fegredo; Elizabeth Watasin; Erik Larsen; Gerhard; J.G. Jones; Jeff Matsuda; John Byrne; John McCrea; Jose Ladronn; Juan Giminez; Leonardo Manco; Mark Smylie; Mark Texeira; Mike Mignola; Mike Weiringo; Paul Grist; Phillip Bond; Salvador Larocca; Terry Dodson; Yukito Koshiro; no award
Best Editor
47: Tom Brevoort
13: Joe Quesada
9: Scott Dunbier
8: Axel Alonso
4: Dan Raspler; Heidi MacDonald; no award
3: Diana Schutz; Jamie S. Rich; Peter Tomasi
2: Denny O'Neil; Eddie Campbell; Gary Groth; Mark Alessi; Scott Allie; Stuart Moore
1: Joey Cavalieri; Ralph Macchio; Renae Geerlings; Shelley Bond
Best Political Cartoonist
14: Garry Trudeau
12: Jeff MacNelly
11: Tom Tomorrow
4: Joe Sacco; John Kovalic; Peter Kuper; Tom Toles; no award
3: Garrick Tremain; Steve Bell
2: Jim Borgman; Mike Luckovitch
1: Aaron McGruder; Herbert Block; John Sherffius; Martin Rowson; Matt (Daily Telegraph); Pat Oliphant; Terho Ovaska; Vance Rodewalt
Best Comics Novella
23: Superman & Batman: World's Funnest Comics
12: JLA: Heaven's Ladder
10: Preacher #66
8: Planetary/Authority: Ruling the World
5: Merv Pumpkinhead: Agent of DREAM; Rose #1; Shazam!: Power of Hope
4: Batman: Ego; no award
3: Faith: A Fable; Realworlds: Wonder Woman; Superman/Green Lantern: Legend of the Green Flame; XXXenophile Vol. 6
2: Astronauts in Trouble: One Shot, One Beer; Hulk 2000; The Last Knight; X-Men #100
1: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ring of Fire; From Cloud 99: Memories part 1; JLA 80-Page Giant #3; Last Lonely Saturday; Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet; Peanutbutter & Jeremy; Realworlds: Batman; Realworlds: JLA
Best Original Graphic Novel
21: Safe Area Gorazde
17: Pedro & Me
16: Reinventing Comics
7: JLA: League of One
4: Minor Miracles; no award
3: Last Day in Vietnam
2: Louis: Red Letter Day
1: Blockade; Monkey vs. Robot; Star Trek - The Next Generation: Gorn Crisis
Best Multi-Part Story
13: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1-6
11: Powers #1-6 "Death of Retro Girl"
7: Age of Bronze #1-9
6: Authority #13-16 "Nativity";
Starman #62-73 "Grand Guignol"
5: Black Panther #13-25 "Killmonger Returns";
Castle Waiting (v2) #1-? "Origin of Sister Peace";
Preacher #59-66 "Alamo"
4: Black Panther #26-29 "Sturm Und Drung";
Planetary #1-12 "Who Is the Fourth Man?"
3: 100 Bullets #15-18 "Hang Up on the Hang Low";
Acme Novelty Library "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth";
JLA #36-41 "World War III";
JLA #43-46 "Tower of Babel";
Legends of the DC Universe #30-32 "The 18th Letter"
2: Batman: Dark Victory #1-13;
Hitman #53-60 "Closing Time";
Red Star #1-4 "The Battle of Kar Dathra's Gate";
Swamp Thing #4-6 "Killing Time";
Top 10 #1-12;
Transmetropolitan #34-36 "Gouge Away";
Ultimate Spider-Man #1-5 "Origin";
Wolverine #150-153 "Blood Debt"
1: 100 Bullets #12-14 "Parlez Kung Vous";
Books of Magic #73-75 "The Closing";
Box Office Poison #1-21;
Finder #15-18 "King of the Cats";
Fortune & Glory #1-3;
Generation X #67-70 "Come On Die Young";
Hellblazer #145-150 "Hard Times";
Inhumans vol. 3 #1-4;
Kabuki Agents: Scarab #1-?;
Louis Riel #1-?;
Nevermen #1-4;
Promethea #1-8;
Reign of Emperor Joker (Emperor Joker #1, Superman #161, Adventures of Superman #583, Man of Steel
#105, Action Comics #770);
Rising Stars #1-8 "Born in Fire";
Rising Stars #6-8 "Things Fall Apart";
Scary Godmother: Wild About Harry #1-3;
Tellos #1-10;
The Sentry;
The Silver Age;
Usagi Yojimbo #39-45 "Grasscutter II";
Wildcats #14-19 "Serial Boxes";
X-Men: Hidden Years "In the Savage Land";
no award
Best Ongoing Series
13: Black Panther; Planetary
12: Top 10
11: Authority
8: Promethea
7: 100 Bullets; Thunderbolts
4: Age of Bronze; Finder; Rising Stars
3: Castle Waiting; Deadenders; Transmetropolitan
2: Astounding Space Thrills; Birds of Prey; Box Office Poison; Cerebus; Dork Tower; Kane; Powers; Preacher; Starman; Strangers in Paradise; Metabarons; Tom Strong; Usagi Yojimbo; Young Justice
1: Arsenic Lullaby; Artesia; Atomics; Black Hole; Blade of the Immortal; Books of Magic (v2); Cable; Detective Comics; Femforce; Hitman; Invisibles; JSA; Kurt Busiek's Astro City; Nodwick; Orion; Ring of the Nibelung; Robin; Supernatural Law; X-Men: The Hidden Years
Best New Series
22: Powers
18: Lucifer
16: Ultimate Spider-Man
11: Jack Staff
8: Orion
7: Harley Quinn; The Red Star
4: no award
3: Batman: Gotham Knights; Powerpuff Girls; Swamp Thing; The Atomics
2: Deadenders; Section Zero; Ultimate X-Men
1: Astounding Space Thrills; Batgirl; Epoxy; Knights of the Dinner Table: Hackmasters of Evernight; Nodwick; The First
Best Limited Series
27: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
13: Sentry
11: Midnight Nation
8: Shockrockets
7: Breakfast After Noon
6: Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood
5: Marvel: The Lost Generation
4: Punisher
3: Blaze of Glory; Fortune & Glory; Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority; Legion Lost; Proposition Player
2: Astronauts in Trouble: Space 1959; Blue Monday: The Kids Are Alright; Daredevil: Ninja; Inhumans (vol. 3); Jet; Kin; Marvel Boy; Rose; Sins of Youth
1: Avengers Infinity; Battle Pope; Black Widow; Pablo's Inferno; Robin: Year One; Space Circus; Zero Girl
Best Reprint Book/Collection
10: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Lone Wolf & Cub
9: Jimmy Corrigan
8: Clan Apis
7: Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD
5: Little Nemo 1905-1914
4: Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius 2.0; Castle Waiting: The Lucky Road; Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four #51-60
3: Essential Avengers #2; Fortune & Glory; Inhumans (Vol. 2); Planetary: All Over the World; Spirit Archives Vol. 1; Tales of the Bizarro World
2: Astronauts in Trouble: Space 1959; Avengers Backpack #1; Dreadstar: The Price; Green Lantern/Green Arrow HC; Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 10; Little Annie Fanny; Sonovawitch! and Other Tales of Supernatural Law; Thunderbolts #39 (Monster edition); Transmetropolitan: The New Scum; no award
1: Bughouse; Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller; Dork Covenant ; Essential Captain America; Essential Conan; Essential Starchild; Gatecrasher: Ring of Fire; Gon on Safari; Here Comes a Candle; Mirror; Window; Plastic Man Archives Vol. 2; Preacher: All Hell's A-Coming; Robert E. Howard's Horror; Spirit Archives Vol. 3; The Authority: Under New Management; Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 2
Best Anthology
20: Tomorrow Stories
13: America's Best Comics Special #1
6: Drawn & Quarterly #3; no award
5: Expo 2000; Flinch
4: Jingle Belle's All-Star Holiday Hullabaloo; Knights of the Dinner Table; Super Manga Blast
3: Astounding Space Thrills; Eddie Campbell's Bacchus; Streetwise
2: Dark Horse Presents; Gangland; Lenore; Oni Press Summer Vacation Supercolor Fun Special; Star Wars Tales
1: Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror; Batman Chronicles; Batman: Gotham Knights #2; Comix 2000; Dork Tower; Femforce #113; JLA Showcase 80-Page Giant #2; Pulp; Simpsons Comics #50
Best Comic Strip
13: Dilbert
8: For Better or For Worse; Liberty Meadows; Mutts
6: Doonesbury; Foxtrot
5: Dork Tower
4: Boondocks; Get Fuzzy; Peanuts; This Modern World (Tom Tomorrow)
3: Robotman; Zits
2: Desperate Times; If...; Rose is Rose; Speed Bump; Zippy the Pinhead
1: Alley Oop; Baby Blues; Dykes to Watch Out For; Family Circus; Funky Winkerbean; Life in Hell; Maakies; Mister Boffo; Modesty Blaise; Pop Vulture; Raising Duncan; Sherman's Lagoon; Sluggy Freelance; This City; no award
Best Web Comic
29: Zot! Hearts & Minds
15: Astounding Space Thrills
5: Dork Tower;
Sluggy Freelance
4: no award
3: I Can't Stop Thinking!;
Liberty Meadows;
PvP;
Ultimate Spider-Man
2: Frightening Curves;
The Crater Kid
1: Aftermath;
Alice!;
Electric Sheep;
Gilgamesh;
Kevin & Kell;
Lethargic Lad Adventures;
Rust;
Sabrina Online;
Sinfest;
Spex and Wally;
The Japanese Beetle!;
User Friendly
Best Chararacter
13: Black Panther
6: Promethea; Everett K. Ross (Black Panther)
5: Batman; Jack Knight (Starman); Jenny Sparks (The Authority); Sentry; Spider Jerusalem (Transmetropolitan); Tom Strong
4: Jaeger (Finder)
3: Cerebus; Jimmy Corrigan; Wonder Woman
2: Brian Michael Bendis (Fortune & Glory); Elijah Snow (Planetary); Girl One (Top 10); Hitman; Jack Hawksmoor (The Authority); Jennie 2.5 (Channel Zero); Lucifer; Magical Witch Girl Bunny (Charm School); Midnighter (The Authority); Nightwing; Oracle; Orion; Tefe Holland (Swamp Thing); Thor; no award
1: Agent Graves (100 Bullets); Alec (Eddie Campbell); Argosy Smith (Astounding Space Thrills); Arrowette (Young Justice); Artesia; Aunt May; Bleu (Blue Monday); Cannonball; Captain Marvel (Billy Batson); Flash; Gilly the Perky Goth (Dork Tower); Harley Quinn; Hawkeye; Hawley Griffin (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen); Hellboy; Hexus, the Living Corporation (Marvel Boy); Iron Man; Jesse Custer (Preacher); John Constantine; Mavis (Supernatural Law); Nikopol (Nikopol Trilogy); Odysseus (Age of Bronze); Phantom Stranger; Poet (Rising Stars); Queen Divine Justice (Black Panther); Rogue; Saturn Girl; Spectre (Hal Jordan); Spider-Man; Spirit; Superboy; Superman; Ted Knight (Starman); The Doctor (The Authority); Theremin (Astounding Space Thrills); Usagi Yojimbo; Virginia (Electric Girl)
Best Character Team
15: The Authority; Top 10 (cast)
12: Avengers
11: JSA
8: JLA; League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Planetary
6: Thunderbolts; Young Justice
5: Legion of Super-Heroes
4: Black Panther (cast); Spider Jerusalem and "filthy assistants"
3: Box Office Poison (cast); X-Men; no award
2: Bone (cast); Knights of the Dinner Table; Starman (cast); Wolff & Byrd/Supernatural Law (cast)
1: The Atomics; Birds of Prey; Breakfast After Noon (cast); Fantastic Four; Femforce; Generation X; Hitman (cast); Metabarons; Midnight Nation (cast); Quantum & Woody; Specials (from Rising Stars); Titans; Wildcats
Best Dramatic Adaptation
60: X-Men movie
11: no award
6: Batman Beyond; Static Shock
4: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
3: Witchblade; X-Men: Evolution
2: Sabrina the Teenage Witch
1: Batman Beyond "Out of the Past"; Space Travelers
Best Text Adaptation
15: Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here
14: no award
6: Batman: No Man's Land; Grendel: Past Prime
4: Gamma Quest Trilogy (X-Men/Avengers)
3: Akiko on the Planet Smoo; X-Men: Shadows of the Past
1: Sable
Best Merchandise Adapation
10: Spider-Man video game
8: no award
4: Promethea statue; Sandman mini-bookends
3: Bizarro watch; Death Row Marv; Green Lantern Power Battery; Hawkman/Hawkwoman action figure set; Shazam! deluxe action figure set; Silent Bob action figure
2: Black Widow statue; Delirium soft toy; Doctor Doom statue; Golden Age Wonder Woman action figure; Wonder Woman statue
1: Bat-Mite soft toy; Batman Beyond Burger King toys; Batman Masterpiece Collection action figure; Bottle City of Kandor; Death Ankh; Flash PVC set; Gilly the Perky Goth's Perky Ankh; Golden Age Flash action figure; Golden Age GL action figure; Hellblazer action figure; Ignatz statue; JSA PVC set; Kabuki Scarab bust; Kaneda action figure; Mr. Miracle/Big Barda action figure set; Rogue in X-Men Uniform action figure; Spawn V action figure; Vision bust; Wonder Woman Barbie doll
Best Comics Publication
22: The Comics Journal
14: Comic Buyers Guide
11: Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay; Comic Book Artist
10: Comics International
8: Wizard
7: Alter Ego
4: Comicology; no award
3: Comic Shop News; Comics Retailer
2: Busted (CBLDF Newsletter)
1: Comics Scene 2000; Jack Kirby Collector; Reinventing Comics; Vertigo Visions
Best Focused Comics Web Site
14: Warren Ellis Forum
7: Marvel Chronology Project;
Warren Ellis site
6: Avengers Assemble;
DigitalPriest.com
5: Grant Morrison;
Jinxworld
4: Jess Nevins' Annotations Page;
X-Fan
3: Astounding Space Thrills
2: Andi Watson;
Eddie Campbell;
Legion of Super-Resources;
no award
1: Better Batman Bureau;
The Comics Journal;
Dark Horse;
DCU Animated;
Dixonverse;
Encyclopedia Galactica;
Femfans Clubhouse;
Fonts of Wisdom;
John Byrne;
JSA Appreciation Association;
The Marvel Family Web;
Mike Grell Page;
Mikel Midnight's Golden Age Directory;
PvP Online;
Roger Langridge;
Scott McCloud;
Sugar & Spike Webpage;
Superman CINEMA;
Tellos;
Titan's Lair;
Unoffical Green Arrow Compendium
Best General Comics Web Site
33: Comic Book Resources
25: Newsarama
9: Comicon
7: All the Rage
6: Comics Continuum;
Sequential Tart
5: Fandom.com
4: NCRL;
Savant
3: Comic Book Galaxy
2: 4-Color Review;
Comics Worth Reading
1: Alvaro's Boards;
Comic Books Awards Almanac;
Jay's Comic Book Compendium;
Popimage;
Psycomic;
Silver Bullet Comics;
Slush Factory;
no award
Best Comics Journalist
35: Rich Johnston
11: Michael Doran
7: Paul O'Brien
5: Steven Grant
4: Warren Ellis
3: Matt Brady; Johanna Draper Carlson; Randy Lander; Beau Yarbrough; Dave Van Domelen; no award
2: Michael Dean; Alan David Doane; Ed Mathews; Alex Tam; Maggie Thompson; Larry Young
1: Rob Alstetter; Jason Baldwin; Bart Beaty; Brian Domingos; R.C. Harvey; Jim "Spooon" Henry; Patrick Keller; John Morrow; Rob Nott; Mike Sangiacomo; J. Michael Straczynski; Rick Veitch; Jonah Weiland; Douglas Wolk
Favorite R.A.C-er (Creators): (voters are invited to choose three)
68: Kurt Busiek
50: Christopher Priest
19: Tom Brevoort
15: Peter David; Steve Lieber
14: Warren Ellis; Dwayne McDuffie; Fabian Nicieza
9: Mark Evanier
8: Ty Templeton
7: Rich Johnston; Joe Quesada
5: Brian Michael Bendis; Tony Isabella; Erik Larsen
4: Chris Claremont; D. Curtis Johnson; Walt Simonson; no award
3: Terry Beatty; Paul Jenkins; Richard Pace; Larry Young
2: Ed Brubaker; Jackie Estrada; Lea Hernandez; Scott McCloud; Heidi MacDonald; Jeff Moy
1: Steve Conley; Steven Grant; John Kovalic; Richard Pini; Robin Riggs; Ted Rall; Greg Rucka