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2002 Squiddy Awards

Creator Categories

Best Comics Writer of 2002
18: Brian Michael Bendis
7: Geoff Johns, Alan Moore
5: John Wagner
4: Mike Carey, Peter David, Christopher Priest, Brian K. Vaughan
3: Darby Conley
2: Carla Speed McNeil, Grant Morrison, Kevin Smith
1: Chuck Austen, Chester Brown, Ed Brubaker, John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Jay Hosler, David Lapham, Batton Lash, A. David Lewis, Jeph Loeb, Dave McKean, Mike Mignola, Peter Milligan, Myatt Murphy, Greg Rucka, Dave Sim, Dan Slott, Mark Stanley, Mark Waid, Andi Watson, Brian Wood, Micah Wright

Best Comics Penciler of 2002
8: J.H. Williams III
6: Bryan Hitch
5: Timothy Truman
4: John Cassaday
3: Alan Davis, Phil Foglio
2: Mark Bagley, M.D. Bright, Carlos Ezquerra, Henry Flint, Min S. Ku, Salvador Larroca, Alex Maleev, Eric Shanower, Andi Watson
1: Art Adams, Chris Bachalo, John Byrne, Chynna Clugston-Major, Darby Conley, Darwyn Cooke, Jason Copland, Jan Duursema, Dale Eaglesham, Tom Grummett, Pia Guerra, Gene Ha, Phil Hester, Bill Holbrook, Jay Hosler, Stuart Immonen, Fraser Irving, Georges Jeanty, Phil Jimenez, Staz Johnson, Leonard Kirk, Greg Land, Michael Lark, Tim Levins, Brooke McEldowney, Mike Mignola, Rags Morales, Carlos Pacheco, Frank Quitely, Budd Root, Steve Rude, P. Craig Russell, Tim Sale, Dave Sim, Walt Simonson, Mark Texiera, Sal Velluto, Leinil Yu

Best Comics Inker of 2002
7: Bob Almond, Mark Farmer
5: Timothy Truman
4: Henry Flint, P. Craig Russell
2: Gerhard, Mick Gray, Sam Keith, Michael Lark, Art Thibert, Tim Townsend, Scott Williams, No Award
1: Michael Bair, Terry Beatty, Charles Burns, John Byrne, Cory Carani, Chynna Clugston-Major, Mike DeCarlo, Will Eisner, Richard Friend, Drew Geraci, Manuel Gutierrez, Mark Heike, Karl Kesel, Scott Koblish, Steve Leialoha, Alex Maleev, Carla Speed McNeil, Darren Merinuk, Mike Mignola, Danny Miki, Paul Neary, Andy Owens, Jimmy Palmiotti, Mark Pennington, Mike Perkins, Paul Pope, Stan Sakai, Bob Smith, Dexter Vines, Andi Watson, Kent Williams

Best Comics Painter of 2002
14: Alex Ross
5: David Mack, Leonardo Manco, J.H. Williams III
3: Brian Bolland, John Burns, Greg Horn, Phil Noto, Matt Wagner
2: Jane Irwin, James Jean, Ash Wood
1: John Byrne, Travis Charest, Simon Davis, Carlos Ezquerra, Juan Gimenez, Mark Harrison, Dave Johnson, Christopher Moeller, Scott Morse, John J. Muth, Glen Orbik, Brian Stelfreeze, Ben Templesmith, No Award

Best Comics Letterer of 2002
19: Todd Klein
10: Dave Sim
7: Tom Frame
5: Tom Orzechowski
3: Chris Eliopoulos, John Workman
2: Kurt Hathaway, Richard Starkings
1: Wes Abbott, John Byrne, Dan Cooney, John Costanza, Jenna Garcia, Paul Grist, Jaime Hernandez, Dave Lanphear, Bill Oakley, Stan Sakai, Larry Young, Thom Zahler, No Award

Best Comics Colorist of 2002
14: Laura DePuy Martin
4: Chris Blythe, Tom McCraw
3: Matt Hollingsworth, Richard Isanove, Patricia Mulvihill
2: Laura Allred, Moose Baumann, Jeromy Cox, John Kalisz, Terrence Marks, Paul Mounts, Peter Pantazis, Alex Sinclair, Tom Smith, Chris Sotomayor
1: Jordan Crane, Ben Digmaliw, John Higgins, Jason Keith, Lovern Kindzierski, Tom Luth, Guy Major, Kevin O'Neill, Pam Rambo, Wilson Ramos, Dave Stewart, Dave Tanguay, Tyson Wengler, David Yurkovich, No Award

Best Comics Creative Team of 2002
5: Los Bros Hernandez (Love & Rockets), Millar/Hitch/Currie (The Ultimates), Milligan/Allred/Allred (X-Statix), Moore/Williams/Gray/Cox/Klein (Promethea)
4: David/Nauck (Young Justice), Wagner/Ezquerra (Judge Dredd)
3: Bendis/Bagley/Thibert (Ultimate Spider-Man), David/Cross/Sotomayor (Captain Marvel), Foglio/Foglio/McNabb (Girl Genius), Moore/O'Neill (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), Vaughn/Guerra (Y The Last Man)
2: Bendis/Oeming/Pantazis (Powers), Claremont/Larroca/Liquid!/Orzechowski (X-Treme X-Men), Johns/Kolins/Hazlewood (The Flash), Priest/Velluto/Almond (Black Panther), Sim/Gerhard (Cerebus), Simonson/Wiacek/Workman (Orion), Spears/G. (Teenagers from Mars), Wagner/Irving (2000AD), Waid/Guice/DePuy (Ruse)
1: Azzarello/Risso/Johnson (100 Bullets), Bendis/Maleev (Daredevil), Brubaker/Rucka/Lark/et.al (Gotham Central), Carey/Gross/Ormston/Kelly (Lucifer), Cooke/Bone (Tangled Web #11), Diggle/Jock (Lenny Zero), Gilchrist/Gilchrist (Nancy), Johns/Goyer/Kirk (JSA), Johns/Robinson/Morales/Bair (Hawkman), Lee/Byrne/Austin/Sinclair (JIST Robin), Lewis/Copland/Quiring/et. al. (Mortal Coils), Millar/Bachalo (Ultimate War), Murphy/Dalrymple (Fade From Blue), Rucka/Fernandez (Queen & Country), Slott/Ku (Justice League Adventures), Vankin/Fisher (Vertigo Pop Tokyo), Yurkovich/Pinchley (Altercations)

Best Comics Cover Artist of 2002
14: Kaare Andrews
12: Brian Bolland
5: Matt Wagner
4: J.G. Jones
3: Adam Hughes, Dave Johnson, Salvador Larroca
2: Tim Bradstreet, Frank Cho, Phil Moy, Phil Noto, Kevin O'Neill, Carlos Segura, J.H. Williams III
1: Chester Brown, John Byrne, Eddie Campbell, Mark Crilley, Seth Fisher, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, James Jean, Clint Langley, Jim Lee, Mike Mayhew, Mike Mignola, Phil Morrissey, Cliff Robinson, Greg Staples, Maria Sundqvist, Andi Watson, No Award

Best Comics Editor of 2002
12: Axel Alonso
11: Tom Brevoort
8: Jamie S. Rich
5: Karen Berger, Matt Smith (Tharg)
3: Ralph Macchio, Bob Schreck, Steve Wacker
2: Alan Barnes, Eddie Berganza, Mike Marts, Jeff Mason, Dan Raspler
1: Scott Allie, Shelly Bond, Mike Carlin, Mark Chiarello, Bob Greenberger, Andrew Helfer, John Layman, Heidi McDonald, Peter Tomasi, Larry Young

Best Political Cartoonist of 2002
8: Aaron McGruder (The Boondocks)
6: No Award
5: Tom Toles (The Washington Post)
4: Steve Bell (The Guardian), Tom Tomorrow aka Dan Perkins (This Modern World)
3: Ruben Bolling (Tom The Dancing Bug), Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury)
2: Jim Borgman (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
1: Clay Bennett (The Christian Science Monitor), Gary Brookins (The Richmond Times-Dispatch), Johnny Hart (B.C.), Al Jaffee (Mad Magazine), Peter Kuper (Topsy Turvy), Tom Lubbock (The Independent), Doug Marlette (Newsday), Pat Oliphant, Terho Ovaska, Ted Rall (Universal Press Syndicate)

Book and Story Categories

Best Comics Short Story of 2002
3: Fantastic Four #60 ("Inside Out"), Transmetropolitan (#60 "One More Time"), Y: The Last Man #1 ("Unmanned")
2: 2000AD #1280 ("Judge Dredd: Leaving Rowdy"), 2000AD #1319 ("Judge Dredd: After Hours"), Automatic Kafka #4 ("L'il Folks"), Captain Marvel #2 ("Shock Absorber"), Dork Tower #18 ("Understanding Gamers"), Justice League Adventures #13 ("Local Hero"), September 11 ("This is Information"), Ultimate Spider-Man #28 ("Sidetracked"), No Award
1: 2000AD ("Judge Dredd: Bad Manners"), 9-11: Emergency Relief ("Untitled" by Jessica Abel), Avengers #56 ("Lo, There Shall Come... an Accounting"), Avengers #62 ("Broken Hearts"), Collier's v2 #1 ("Dennis Cote' was Bad & Good"), Femforce #116 ("Tara"), Fred the Clown #4 ("The Shoulders of Giants"), Global Frequency #1 ("Bombhead"), Lab Rats #1 ("Game Space"), Lost Tales of Erin ("A Father's Challenge"), Love & Rockets #5 ("Bay of Threes"), Love & Rockets #6 ("30,000 Hours to Kill"), Lucifer #28 ("Breaking and Entering"), Marvel Double Shot #2 ("The Roots of All Evil"), Midnight, Mass. #2 ("The Edge of Civilization Part One"), Mortal Coils #1 ("Disembodiment"), Oni Press Color Special 2002 ("The Operation"), September 11 ("America's Pastime"), September 11 ("The Job"), September 11 ("There Were Tears in Her Eyes"), Spider-Man's Tangled Web #11 ("Open All Night"), Spider-Man's Tangled Web #12 ("I Was a Teenage Frog-Man"), Spider-Man's Tangled Web #14 ("The Last Shoot"), Star Wars Tales #11 ("Ghost"), Superman: Man of Steel #129 ("You Can't Be Everywhere At Once"), Supernatural Law #35 ("Words Can't Do IT Justice"), The Filth #3 ("Structures and Ultrastructures"), X-Treme X-Men #19 ("Passages")

Best Comics Novella of 2002
6: Ultimate Spider-Man Special #1
5: Orion #25 ("The Children of the Pact")
4: Lucifer: Nirvana, The Pro
3: The Amazing Screw-On Head, Dumped, Hulk: The End, War Story: J for Jenny
2: Red Star: Run Makita Run
1: Blue Monday: Lovecats, JLA: Shogun of Steel, Just Imagine Stan Lee's Robin, Max Hamm: Fairy Tale Detective, Murder Mysteries, Nightwing #75 ("Judgment Day"), Saiko & Lavender Spooktacular Special #1, Stray Bullets #26 ("Wild Strawberries Can't be Broken"), The Stuff of Dreams, Valentine #8 ("Red Rain Part 2"), Will Eisner's Sundiata, No Award

Best Original Graphic Novel of 2002
15: JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice
4: Catwoman: Selina's Big Score, King David, Sparks: An Urban Fairytale
3: Creature Tech, No Award
2: Bigg Time, Human Target: Final Cut, Lucifer: The Furies, Phoenix: A Tale of the Future, Tales of the Slayers
1: Baja, Blood Song, Courageous Princess 3: Kingdom of Leptia, Louis: The Clown's Last Words, Rosemary's Backpack, Stylish Vittles: I Met a Girl, Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia

Best Multi-Part Story of 2002
6: Black Panther #41-45 ("Enemy of the State II"), Y: The Last Man #1-5 ("Unmanned")
5: Fables #1-5 ("Legends in Exile")
3: 2000AD #1322-1325 ("Nikolai Dante: Hell and High Water"), Daredevil #32-37 ("Out"), Finder #23-29 ("Dream Sequence")
2: 100 Bullets #31-36 ("The Counterfifth Detective"), 2000 AD #1300-1306 ("The V.C.'s: Peace Day"), League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume 2, Lucifer #29-32 ("Inferno"), New X-Men #118-126 ("Imperial"), Noble Causes #1-4 ("Who Killed Race Noble?"), Skinwalker #1-4, Transmetropolitan #55-57 ("Headlong")
1: Black Panther #46-47 ("Saddles Ablaze"), Black Panther #48-49 ("Death of the Black Panther"), Black Panther #50-56 ("Black and White"), Cerebus #282-? ("Chasing YHWH"), Edge City March 18-30 ("Passover"), Get Fuzzy August 2002 ("Judge Judy"), Girl Genius #4-8 ("Castle Wulfenbach"), Hawkman #5-6 ("Slings and Arrows"), JLA #69-75 ("Obsidian Age"), JSA #33-37 ("Stealing Thunder"), Lab Rats #4-6 ("Tomorrow Was a Long Time Ago..."), Lone Wolf & Cub, Powers #15-20 ("Supergroup"), Sandwalk Adventures #1-5, Star Wars #42-45 ("Rite of Passage"), Supergirl #69-74, Superman ? ("Ending Battle"), Thor #50-? ("Lord of Asgard"), Titans #45-46 ("Ghost Dance"), Ultimate Spider-Man #29-32, Ultimate X-Men #16-19 ("World Tour"), Ultimates #1-4, Valentine #7-8 ("Red Rain"), X-Force #125-128 ("Death of Edie Sawyer"), X-Treme X-Men #10-17 ("Invasion from Dimension X"), X-Treme X-Men: X-Pose #1-2, Zero Girl: Full Circle #1-5

Best Comics Series of 2002
7: Lucifer
4: Black Panther, X-Statix
3: Finder, Get Fuzzy, Green Arrow, Judge Dredd, Promethea, Queen & Country, The Ultimates, Ultimate Spider-Man
2: Alias, Amelia Rules!, Daredevil, Justice League Adventures, Love & Rockets, Powers, Stray Bullets, Young Justice
1: 100 Bullets, Action Comics, Age of Bronze, Akiko, Batman, Catwoman, Cerebus, Femforce, Girl Genius, Hawkman, JSA, Lab Rats, Leave It to Chance, Lone Wolf & Cub, Luba, New X-Men, Nikolai Dante, Patty Cake & Friends, Sojourn, Supernatural Law, Thieves & Kings, Thor, Tom Strong, Transmetropolitan, Uncanny X-Men, Valentine, X-Treme X-Men

Best New Comics Series of 2002
15: Y: The Last Man
10: Fables, Hawkman
8: The Ultimates
4: Gotham Central
3: Captain Marvel, Eddie Campbell's Egomania
2: Agent X, Halo & Sprocket, Rex Mundi, X-Statix
1: 21 Down, Aquaman, Captain America, Fade From Blue, Global Frequency, Lab Rats, Mortal Coils, Paradigm, Stormwatch: Team Achilles, The Power Company, Way of the Rat, Wildcats Version 3.0

Best Limited Comics Series of 2002
6: Apache Skies
5: 100%, The Hood, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume 2
4: Midnight, Mass.
3: Killraven, Mekanix, Sandwalk Adventures, Slow News Day
2: Batman: Family, Global Frequency, Hellblazer Special: Lady Constantine, Hellboy: The Third Wish, Midnight Nation, Teenagers from Mars
1: Altercations, Black Hole, Deadline, Futurama/Simpsons, Green Lantern: Evil's Might, Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset, Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero, Louis Riel, Marvel Icons: Chamber, Masters of the Universe, Origin, Sandman Presents: The Thessaliad, Skinwalker, Superman: Day of Doom, The Thing: Freakshow, Transformers: The War Within, Two Over Ten, Vertigo Pop: London, Vertigo Pop: Tokyo, Zero Girl: Full Circle

Best Reprint Book/Collection of 2002
5: Absolute Authority
4: Green Arrow: Quiver
3: Doom Patrol Archives, Essential Ant-Man
2: Amazing Spider-Man: Revelations, Amy Unbounded: Belondweg Blossoming, Crisis on Multiple Earths, Daredevil: Parts of a Hole, Daredevil: Underboss, Krazy & Ignatz Complete 1927-28, Marshall Law: Fear and Loathing, Sugar & Spike #1 Replica Edition, White Death
1: After the Snooter, All-Star Archives Volume 8, Annotated Mantooth, Beg the Question, Black Panther: Enemy of the State, Bone: Treasure Hunters, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Daredevil Vol. 2 HC, Dark Knight Strikes Again, Desert Peach: Seven Peaches, Edge #9, Enemy Ace Archives, Essential Daredevil, Five Star Stories #1, GI Joe Volume 4, Jack Staff: Yesterday's Heroes, Liberty Meadows Eden, Lucifer: A Dalliance With The Damned, Men of Mystery #37, One! Hundred! Demons!, Piled Higher & Deeper, Promethea Volume 3, PVP Hat Trick, Ring of the Nieblung, Shazam! Family Annual, Strontium Dog: Portrait of a Mutant, Summer of Love, The Complete Copybook Tales, The Cursed Earth, X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee

Best Anthology of 2002
11: September 11 (DC/Dark Horse/Image/Chaos)
6: 2000AD, 9-11: Emergency Relief (Alternative Comics)
4: Tom Strong's Terrific Tales
3: EXPO 2002
2: The Comics Journal Special Edition Summer 2002, No Award
1: Aku Ankka (Finnish Donald Duck weekly), Altercations, Digital Webbing Presents, Edge, Femforce #115, Love & Rockets, Metabarons: Alpha/Omega, Oni Press Color Special 2002, Pulp, Reveal, Smallville, Tales of the Slayers, Tomorrow Stories, Ultimate Spider-Man Special, Viz Comic, World Class Comics #1, Worlds Apart, X-Men Unlimited

Best Comic Strip of 2002
10: The Boondocks (Aaron McGruder)
8: Dilbert (Scott Adams)
6: For Better or For Worse (Lynn Johnston), Get Fuzzy (Darby Conley)
5: Mutts (Pat McDonnell)
4: Judge Dredd
3: Doonesbury (Garry Trudeau), Foxtrot (Bill Amend)
2: Dork Tower (John Kovalic), If (Steve Bell), Story Minute (Carol Lay), Zits (Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman), No Award
1: Amazing Spider-Man (Stan Lee & Larry Lieber), Bullpen Bits (Chris Giarusso), Frazz (Jef Mallett), Garfield (Jim Davis), On the Fastrack (Bill Holbrook), One Big Happy (Rick Detorie), Pathetic Geek Stories (Maria Schneider), Piranha Club (Bud Grace), Rose Is Rose (Pat Brady)

Best Web Comic of 2002
5: Gravers (www.opi8.com)
4: PvP (www.pvponline.com), No Award
3: Kevin and Kell (www.herdthinners.com)
3: Knights of the Dinner Table (www.kenzerco.com)
3: Pibgorn (www.comics.com/comics/pibgorn)
2: Penny Arcade (www.penny-arcade.com)
1: The Adventures of Dan (taodan.keenspace.com)
1: Brother Matthew (www.rexmundi.net)
1: College Roomies From Hell (www.crfh.net)
1: Crater Kid (www.craterkid.com)
1: Death Takes a Holiday (www.nextcomics.com)
1: Delta Thrives (www.e-sheep.com/delta)
1: Dr. Fun (www.ibiblio.org/Dave/drfun.html)
1: Eagle DNA (eagledna.keenspace.com)
1: The Hand We're Dealt (www.opi8.com)
1: It's Walky! (www.itswalky.com)
1: Monkey Man (www.moviepoopshoot.com/monkeyman/)
1: Morning Improv (www.scottmccloud.com)
1: Nowhere Girl (www.nowheregirl.com)
1: Pulling (www.smallstoriesonline.com)
1: Red Meat (www.redmeat.com)
1: Same Difference (www.smallstoriesonline.com)
1: Sinfest (www.sinfest.net)
1: Sluggy Freelance (www.sluggy.com)
1: Something Positive (www.somethingpositive.net)
1: Soul Less (24.ninthart.com/rich)
1: Terranauts (www.adventurestrips.com)
1: WIGU (www.wigu.com)
1: The World is Our Icebox (www.flyingcar.com)

Other Categories

Best Company or Imprint of 2002
18: DC Comics
15: Marvel Comics
8: Oni Press
7: DC/Vertigo
5: DC/America's Best Comics
4: CrossGen
3: Fantagraphics, Rebellion
2: AiT/PlanetLar, DC/Wildstorm, Dork Storm Press, Top Shelf
1: Aardvark-Vanaheim, AC Comics, Active Synapse, Bongo Comics, Eddie Campbell Comics, Image Comics, Plan Nine Publishing, Red Eye Press, No Award

Best Comics Chararacter of 2002
6: Judge Dredd
4: Daredeveil, Spider Jerusalem (Transmetropolitan)
3: Agatha Clay (Girl Genius), "Happy Pants" Panther (Black Panther), Usagi Yojimbo
2: Bucky (Get Fuzzy), Catwoman, Manitou Raven (JLA), Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Tom Strong, Ultimate Spider-Man
1: Arsenal, Arwyn (Sojourn), Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (Girl Genius), Bigby Wolf (Fables), Black Panther, Cerebus, Cub, Dana Valentine (Valentine), Dr. Juliette Burber (9 Chickweed Lane), Drusilla (Pibgorn), Edie Sawyer (X-Force), Everett Ross (Black Panther), Gaudium (Lucifer), Hal Jordan, Hawkman, Hellblazer, Jade, Jennifer (My Monkey's Name Is Jennifer), Jessica Jones (Alias), Juggernaut, Kara Zor-El (Supergirl), Kasper Cole (Black Panther), Kevin Dewclaw (Kevin & Kell), Kitty Pryde, Loo (Little White Mouse), Luba (Love & Rockets), Lucky Ducky (Tom the Dancing Bug), Mara (Sandwalk Adventures), Mavis (Supernatural Law), Millie Mudd (Ozy & Millie), Mr. Terrific, Nikolai Dante, Orion, Penny Century (Love & Rockets), Popo the Monkey (Way of the Rat), Roy (Love & Rockets), Satchel (Get Fuzzy), Sgt. Fury, Starfire (The Titans), Storm, Superman, Superman (Lab Rats), Wally West (The Flash), Wonder Woman, Xorn (New X-Men)

Best Comics Character Team of 2002
6: JSA (Justice Society of America), The Ultimates
5: X-Statix, Young Justice
4: Amelia Rules! (cast of), Get Fuzzy (cast of)
3: Birds of Prey, New X-Men, Queen & Country (cast of), The V.C.s
2: Love & Rockets (cast of), Planetary, The Legion of Super-Heroes, Thunderbolts, X-Treme X-Men
1: Black Panther (cast of), College Roomies from Hell (cast of), Daredevil (cast of), Diggers sisters (Gold Digger), Doom Patrol, Exiles, Fade From Blue (cast of), Fantastic Four, Femforce, Girl Genius (cast of), Howling Commandos, JLA, Kevin & Kell Dewclaw (Kevin & Kell), Lab Rats, Lone Wolf & Cub (cast of), Patty Cake (cast of), Powerpuff Girls (cast of), Strangers in Paradise (cast of), The Establishment, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Resistance, The Titans, Wolff & Byrd (Supernatural Law), X-Force/X-Factor, X-Men

Best Comics-Related Story (TV/Film/Performance) of 2002
29: Spider-Man (Live Action Motion Picture, Columbia Pictures)
11: Smallville (Live Action TV Series, WB)
8: Road to Perdition (Live Action Motion Picture, DreamWorks)
6: Birds of Prey (Live Action TV Series, WB)
4: No Award
3: Justice League (Animated TV Series, Cartoon Network)
2: X-Men: Evolution (Animated TV Series, Kids WB)
1: Dan Dare (Animated TV Series, BBC)

Best Comics-Related Story (Print) of 2002
10: No Award
4: "Alien Conqueror Captured in Suburbs" (Astro City ad)
2: Akiko and the Intergalactic Zoo, Judge Dredd D20 Role-Playing Game
1: Elektra & Wolverine: The Redeemer, Smallville: Strange Visitors, Spider-Man (film novelization)

Best Comics-Related Merchandise of 2002
6: Streaky the Supercat soft toy
5: Freedom Force PC game, Spider-Man movie DVD set, No Award
3: Jimmy Corrigan lunch box
2: Foundry Hammerstein miniature, Sugar & Spike soft toys
1: Aquaman statue, Blue Monday button set, Captain America shield, Cyclops statue, Futurama Horrible Gelatinous Blob Squishy Toy, John Stewart action figure, Judge Dredd action figure, Marvel HeroClix, Mordru action figure, Owlman action figure, Phantom Lady action figure, Public Domain: A Channel Zero Designbook, Spider-Man bobblehead, Spider-Man bust, Spider-Man Lego, Streaky/Krypto/Superboy/Supergirl action figure set, Wonder Woman maquette

Best Comics Publication of 2002
12: Comic Book Artist
7: The Comics Journal
5: Eddie Campbell's Egomania, Wizard
4: Alter Ego, Comics Buyer's Guide, Jack Kirby Collector, Tripwire
3: Curt Swan: A Life in Comics
2: Comic Wars, No Award
1: Comic Book Marketplace, Comics & Games Retailer

Best Focused Comics Web Site of 2002
8: Mark Evanier's POV Online (povonline.com)
7: The X-Axis (www.thexaxis.com)
6: 2000AD Online (www.2000adonline.com)
6: Digital Priest.com (www.digital-priest.com)
6: Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics (www.dcindexes.com)
4: DC Comics (www.dccomics.com)
4: X-Fan (www.x-mencomics.com/xfan)
3: Peter David (www.peterdavid.net)
2: CrossGen's Comics on the Web (www.comicsontheweb.com)
2: Jess Nevins's Annotations (www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/annos.html)
2: Notes on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen V2 (www.geocities.com/jessnevins/league4.html)
2: Rex Mundi (www.rexmundi.net)
2: Warren Ellis (www.warrenellis.com)
1: Art of Jim Lee (groups.msn.com/artofjimlee)
1: Brian Wood forum (forums.delphiforums.com/ChannelZero)
1: Comic Book Awards Almanac (www.enteract.com/~aardy/comics/awards/)
1: Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonist Index (cagle.slate.msn.com)
1: Dilbert (www.dilbert.com)
1: Eddie Campbell Comics (www.eddiecampbellcomics.com)
1: Femforce-Femfans (www.femforce-femfans.com)
1: Grant Morrison (www.grant-morrison.com)
1: Hellboy (www.hellboy.com)
1: Oni Press (www.onipress.com)
1: Superman Homepage (www.supermanhomepage.com)
1: Superman Through the Ages (www.stta.nu)
1: Unofficial John Byrne fan site (www.acc.umu.se/~alpha/byrne/start.html)

Best General Comics Web Site of 2002
16: Newsarama (www.newsarama.com)
8: Pulse (www.comicon.com/pulse)
7: Comic Book Resources (www.comicbookresources.com)
7: Grand Comics Database (www.comics.org)
6: Comicon.com (www.comicon.com)
4: Comics Worth Reading (www.comicsworthreading.com)
4: The Fourth Rail (www.thefourthrail.com)
4: Ninth Art (www.ninthart.com)
3: Comics I Don't Understand (www.comicsidontunderstand.com)
2: Journalista (www.tcj.com/journalista)
2: Sequential Tart (www.sequentialtart.com)
1: Borderline (www.borderlinemagazine.co.uk)
1: Comics Continuum (www.comicscontinuum.com)
1: Digital Webbing (www.digitalwebbing.com)
1: Slush Factory (www.slushfactory.com)

Best Comics Journalist of 2002
20: Rich Johnston
9: Paul O'Brien
6: Johanna Draper Carlson
5: Heidi MacDonald
3: David Bishop, Matt Brady, Jen Contino
2: Mark Evanier, Rob Schmidt, No Award
1: Michael Dean, Dirk Deppey, R.C. Harvey, Tony Isabella, Joel Meadows, Eric J. Moreels, Calvin Reid

Favorite R.A.C-er of 2002 (Non-Creators): (voters are invited to choose three)
24: Johanna Draper Carlson
19: Paul O'Brien
12: Carl Henderson

8: Tom Galloway (tyg)
5: Mike Chary, Sachem Orenda Clark, Todd Tamanend Clark, X Tecumseh Clark, Dave Van Domelen, No Award
4: Ronniecat
3: George Grattan, Mike Peterson, Doug Tonks
2: Jerry Boyajian (jayembee), Ralf Haring, Charles LePage, Jeff Meyer (Moriarty), Tue Sorensen
1: Joe Ankenbauer, Adrian Brown, Jim Caldwell, Jim Connick, Loren Di Iorio, Jym Dyer, Carl Fink, Marc-Oliver Frisch, Graeme, Franklin Harris, Jeremy Henderson, Eoghann Irving, ATKokmen, Samy Merchi, Eric J. Moreels, Jess Nevins, Eric Northcutt, Michael Schiffer, Hal Shipman, Col. G. L. Sicherman, Andrew Stephenson, Hannibal Tabu (The Operative)

Favorite R.A.C-er of 2002 (Creators): (voters are invited to choose three)
38: Kurt Busiek
21: Christopher Priest
12: Gail Simone

9: Erik Larsen
7: Peter David
6: Ian Boothby, Walter Simonson
5: Mark Evanier, Rob Schmidt, No Award
4: Brooke McEldowney, Ty Templeton
3: Tom Breevort, Fabian Nicieza
2: Bob Almond, Lea Hernandez, Dwayne McDuffie
1: Terry Beatty, Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Yungbluth

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