VOTING PERIOD EXTENDED--SEE ANNOUNCEMENT

This is the first pseudo-nominee list for the 2004 Squiddy Awards. The
pseudo-nominee list is a list of all the creators, books, merchandise, etc.
which have so far received AT LEAST ONE VOTE in the Squiddy awards
balloting.

THIS IS NOT THE BALLOT!

You are NOT limited to voting only for entries on this list; you may vote
for ANY eligible comic/story/creator/etc.

The purpose of the pseudo-nominee list is to:

1) provide an informal list of "nominations" for voters who would like their
memory jogged (although voters are encouraged to consider others not already
listed as well; the names on the "pseudo-nominee" lists are in no way the
only ones you can vote for),

2) point out votes we've determined to be ineligible, and to ask for your
help in determining whether other votes are eligible or not. Some votes that
have been marked as "Ineligible" or "Questionable" will possibly have their
status changed after discussion on RAC.misc. If you are concerned about any
such vote, please follow this thread on RAC.misc.

Copies of the ballot have been posted to all appropriate RAC* newsgroups.
You can also get a copy via Google Groups at:

All vote confirmation emails for ballots received to date should have gone
out, so please let us know if you have voted and have not received one.

If you need a ballot and can not find one elsewhere, email us at
<questions2...@squiddies.org> (questions[at]squiddies.org).

For more information about the Squiddy Awards, check out the Squiddies'
website at www.squiddies.org

BEST COMICS WRITER
Brian Michael Bendis
Ed Brubaker
Kurt Busiek
Eddie Campbell
Andy Diggle
Chuck Dixon
Warren Ellis
James Heffron
Josh Howard
Geoff Johns
Kazu Kibuishi
Robert Kirkman
Grant Morrison
Priest
Dan Slott
J. Michael Straczynski
Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins)
Brian K. Vaughan
Joss Whedon

BEST COMICS PENCILLER
Kyle Baker
Sergio Cariello
John Cassaday
Frank Cho
Alan Davis
Tommy Lee Edwards
Gary Frank
James Heffron
Josh Howard
Matt Howarth
Phil Jimenez
Kazu Kibuishi
Alex Maleev
Rags Morales
Jerry Ordway
Luke Ross
Tim Sale
Posy Simmonds
Steve Skroce
Ethan Van Sciver
Chris Weston

BEST COMICS CARTOONIST
Scott Adams
Kyle Baker
Eddie Campbell
Frank Cho
Darby Conley
Darwyn Cooke
Geoff Darrow
Will Eisner
Scott Kurtz
Eric Powell
Stan Sakai
Dave Sim
Jeff Smith
Tania - ?
Sean Wang

BEST COMICS INKER
Jim Amash
Michael Bair
John Cassaday
Keith Champagne
Jamie Grant
Jaime Hernandez
Josh Howard
Jerry Ordway
Dan Parsons
Andrew Pepoy
Rick Remender
Bill Sienkiewicz
Tim Townsend
Scott Williams

BEST COMICS PAINTER
Kyle Baker
Eddie Campbell
Greg Horn
J.G. Jones
David Mack
Paolo Rivera
Alex Ross
Ashley Wood
J.K. Woodward

BEST COMICS LETTERER
Eddie Campbell
John Costanza
Ed Dukeshire
Chris Eliopoulos
Jared Fletcher
Greg Gatlin
Todd Klein
Bob Lappan
Ken Lopez
Charles Pritchett
Dave Sim

BEST COMICS COLORIST
Kyle Baker
Eddie Campbell
Chad Fidler
Rick Hiltbrunner
Josh Howard
John Kalisz
Jason Keith
Laura Martin
Justin Ponsor
Alex Sinclair
James Sinclair
Tom Smith
Dave Stewart
   INELIGIBLE: WildStorm FX (votes must be for a person; not a studio)

BEST COMICS CREATIVE TEAM
Bendis/Maleev (Daredevil)
Bendis/Oeming (Powers)
Carey/Liew/Hempel/Costanza (My Faith in Frankie)
Claremont/Davis (Uncanny X-Men)
Ellis/Cassaday (Planetary)
Ellis/Weston (Ministry of Space)
Heffron/Lahotch (Territory 51)
Johns/Van Sciver (Green Lantern: Rebirth)
Luna Brothers (Ultra)
Morrison/Quitely (We3)
Ostrander/Duursema/Parsons (Star Wars Republic)
Vaughan/Guerra (Y the Last Man)

BEST COMICS COVER ARTIST
Eddie Campbell
John Cassaday
James Heffron
Greg Horn
Josh Howard
Adam Hughes
James Jean
Jock
Kazu Kibuishi
Greg Land
Jim Lee
Rags Morales
Alex Ross
Seth
Ethan Van Sciver
Brian Wood

BEST COMICS EDITOR
Scott Allie
Tom Brevoort
Joey Cavalieri
Ed Dukeshire
Joan Hilty
Ralph Macchio
Stephan Nelson
Jim Resnowski
Diana Schutz
Julius Schwartz
Peter Tomasi
Steve Wacker

BEST POLITICAL CARTOONIST
No Award
Steve Bell
Pat Oliphant
Ted Rall
Ann Telnaes
Mike Thompson (Detroit Free Press)
G.B. Trudeau
Wiley

BEST COMICS SHORT STORY
Catwoman #32
Daisy Kutter: The Last Train
Demo: Breaking Up
Plastic Man #7 (“Driving the Gorilla Woozy”)
Human Target #10
Plastic Man #10
Rabbithead
She-Hulk #4
Young Ancient One #1 (Epic Anthology)

BEST COMICS NOVELLA
Batman: The Order of Beasts
Couriers 3
Identity Crisis #5
Owly: The Way Home
Punisher: The End
Superman: Secret Identity #3
Tomb Raider: Arabian Nights

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
Carnet de Voyage
Lovecraft
The Plot
Sgt. Rock: Between Hell & a Hard Place
Spaghetti Western
The White Elephant
   INELIGIBLE: Daisy Kutter

BEST COMICS MULTI-PART STORY
Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Past
Dead@17
Fallen Angel #15-18 (Hurley-Burley)
Gotham Central #19-22 (Unresolved)
Green Lantern: Rebirth
JSA: Black Reign
Love & Rockets #1-10 (Maggie storyline)
Plastic Man #1-6
Territory 51
The Walking Dead #1-6
Warlock #1-4
We3 #1-3
Wolverine: Enemy of the State

BEST COMICS ONGOING SERIES
Astonishing X-Men
Birds of Prey
Bone
Daredevil
Dead@17
Ex Machina
Finder
The Flash
The Goon
Hot Gimmick
JSA
Plastic Man
Runaways
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
She-Hulk
Street Angel
Supreme Power
Uncanny X-Men
The Walking Dead
Y the Last Man

BEST MANGA SERIES
Gantz
Ghost in the Shell
Hot Gimmick
Spyboy: Final Exam
Yu-Gi-Oh

BEST NEW COMICS SERIES
Astonishing X-Men
Cable/Deadpool
Conan
Daisy Kutter
Ex Machina
Marvel Team-Up
Or Else
Othello
The Pulse
She-Hulk
Street Angel
Swamp Thing
Territory 51
The Walking Dead
   INELIGIBLE: Armor X (started in 2005)

BEST COMICS LIMITED SERIES
1602
Burglar Bill
Daisy Kutter
DC Comics Presents (Julius Schwartz tribute)
DC: New Frontier
Deep Sleeper
Demo
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Identity Crisis
Superman: Secret Identity
Ultimate Nightmare
We3
   INELIGIBLE: Iron Ghost (started in 2005)

BEST COMICS REPRINT COLLECTION
All-Star Comics Archives Volume 10
Bone: One Volume Edition
Catwoman: Nine Lives of a Feline Fatale
Complete Peanuts 1950-1952
Crisis on Multiple Earths volume 3
Formerly Known as the Justice League
Hush Volume 2
Jimmy Olsen Adventures, Vol. 2
Infinity Gauntlet
Marvel Essentials
Peanuts (Fantagraphics)
Superman: Red Son
Will Eisner's John Law

BEST COMICS ANTHOLOGY
2000AD
ATP Presents
Bizarro Comics
Dead@17: Rough Cut
Digital Webbing Presents
Flight
JLA Classified
Metal Hurlant
Rosetta 2
Tales of the Vampires
Western Tales of Terror

BEST COMIC STRIP
Boondocks
Dilbert
Doonesbury
Frazz
Get Fuzzy
If...
Liberty Meadows
PvP

BEST WEB COMIC  
No Award
Athena Voltaire (www.athenavoltaire.com)
Count Your Sheep (www.countyoursheep.com)
Diesel Sweeties (www.dieselsweeties.com)
Gun Street Girl (www.graphicsmash.com/series.php?name=gsg)
Irregular Webcomic (www.irregularwebcomic.net)
Penny Arcade (www.penny-arcade.com)
PvP (www.pvponline.com)
Sluggy Freelance (www.sluggy.com)
Something Positive (www.somethingpositive.net)
You'll Have That (www.vipercomics.com/webComics/yht/)

BEST COMICS COMPANY/IMPRINT
Across the Pond Studios
Dark Horse
DC Comics
Fantagraphics
Image Comics
Lawdog Comics
Marvel Comics
Vertigo/DC
Viper Comics
Viz
WildStorm/DC

BEST COMICS CHARACTER
Bucky Katt
Catwoman
Daisy Kutter
Daredevil
Falcon
Frank Ironwine
Frankenstein Mobster
Green Lantern
Hawkeye
Nana (Othello)
Nara Kilday
Plastic Man
Savage Dragon
Shatterstar
Usagi Yojimbo
Wolverine

BEST COMICS CHARACTER TEAM
Birds of Prey
Dykes to Watch Out For (cast of)
Ex Machina (cast of)
Fables (cast of)
Hot Gimmick (cast of)
Justice League
JSA
Love & Rockets (cast of)
Runaways
Super Buddies (FKATJL cast)
The Teen Team (Invincible)
X-Men

BEST COMICS-RELATED ADAPTATION
The Incredibles
Justice League Unlimited cartoon
The Punisher
Spider-Man 2

BEST COMICS-RELATED MERCHANDISE
DC Direct Catwoman Hush action figure
Marvel Legends Daredevil
Marvel Legends Hawkeye
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle socks

BEST COMICS PUBLICATION
Alter Ego
Comic Book Artist
The Comics Journal
DC Encyclopedia
Jack Kirby Collector
International Journal of Comic Art
Wizard

BEST FOCUSED COMICS WEBSITE
2000AD Online (www.2000adonline.com)
Aquaman website (www.eskimo.com/~tegan/aqua/)
The Comics Journal (www.tcj.com)
Crazy Mary (www.whoiscrazymary.com)
DC Comics (www.dccomics.com)
GeoffJohns.com
Superman Through the Ages (www.stta.nu)
The X-Axis
INELIGIBLE: Comic Book Resources - general, not focused
INELIGIBLE: Newsarama - general, not focused

BEST GENERAL COMICS WEBSITE
Afnews (www.afnews.info)
The Comics Reporter (www.comicsreporter.com)
Digital Webbing Presents
Grand Comic Book Database (www.comics.org)
Newsarama (www.newsarama.com)
Ninth Art (www.ninthart.com)
Silver Bullet Comic Books (www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com)
Toonzone (www.toonzone.com)
   INELIGIBLE: Fark.com (not comic book website)

BEST COMICS BLOG
No Award
The Comics Reporter (www.comicsreporter.com)
Fanboy Rampage! (fanboyrampage.blogspot.com)
The Great Curve (www.thegreatcurve.net)
News From Me (www.newsfromme.com)
PeterDavid.net (www.peterdavid.net)
Wholly Barbarian Blues (joekeatinge.blogspot.com)
Spari d'inchiostro (sparidinchiostro.splinder.com)
    INELIGIBLE: Comics Worth Reading (www.comicsworthreading.com)

BEST COMICS JOURNALIST
No Award
Michael Dean
Warren Ellis
Mark Evanier
Rich Johnston
Blair Marnell
Paul O'Brien
Tom Spurgeon

BEST COMICS REVIEWER
Bob Agamemnon
Chris Allen
Alan David Doane
Tony Isabella
Randy Lander
Sean Maher
Michael May
Alex Ness
Paul O'Brien
Tom Spurgeon
Dave Van Domelen
David Welsh
   INELIGIBLE: Johanna Draper Carlson (Squiddies Admin)
   INELIGIBLE: Randy Lander/Don MacPherson (Not a single person)

FAVORITE RAC'ER (NON-CREATOR)
The Black Guardian
D. J. Degg
Loren Di Iorio
Marc-Oliver Frisch
Tom Galloway
George Grattan
Ken from Chicago
Charles LePage
Nathan P. Mahney
Paul O'Brien
Mike Peterson
ronniecat
Lee K. Seitz
Dave Van Domelen
   INELIGIBLE: Johanna Draper Carlson (Squiddies Admin)

FAVORITE RAC'ER (CREATOR)  
Tom Brevoort
Kurt Busiek
Mark Evanier
Brooke McEldowney
Fabian Nicieza
Gail Simone
   INELIGIBLE: Brian Fies (No RAC postings found in 2004)
   INELIGIBLE: Josh Howard (No RAC postings found in 2004)
   INELIGIBLE: Kazu Kibuishi (No RAC postings found in 2004)

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