Hello hello,
We're getting close to the end of the year and that means we're getting close to Cappie time. So here are the rules:
There are 26 categories. Anyone who is a member of the Captain Comics message board is allowed to submit nominations. You many nominate up to two entries for each category, but you do not have to nominate something for every category (in other words, you can nominate 0, 1 or 2 per category). Contributions will only be considered for the calendar year 2011, though there is some flexibility for items that came out in late 2010 and may have been cover-dated for 2011 and for mini-series which continued over from the previous year.
The categories are:
Best Writer
Best Artist
Most Underrated Writer
Most Underrated Artist
Best Self-Contained Story (Single Issue or One-Shot)
Best Story Arc
Best Limited Series
Best Ongoing Series
Best New Title
Most Underrated Title
Best Original Graphic Novel
Best Web Comic
Best Reprint or Archive
Best Male Character
Best Female Character
Best Villain
Best New Character
Best Supporting Character
Best Team
Biggest Surprise (in-story)
Best Cover
Best Single Panel
Best Fight Scene
Best Character Recovery
Best Superhero Story in Another Media
RIP Award (for fictional characters)
A few quick notes:
I'm sure there will be a lot of competition for Best New Series. Traditionally, the voters considered new series rather than relaunches but it's up to you as nominators and voters to decide if something qualifies as new.
Nominations for Best Cover and Best Single Panel should include a picture, or at least a link to a picture.
When we expanded to 26 categories, I mentioned that I may eventually drop 1 or 2 in order to rein things in a little. At this point, I'm considering discontinuing the RIP Award after this year. Looking at the history of the award, every character but one has either been brought back or reintroduced with a replacement/alternate dimension doppelganger, etc. Feel free to offer an unofficial "yes, keep it" or "no, don't bother" vote for the RIP Award.
I'll keep the nominations open for at least a week. So get them in by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.
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Here is the Cappies 2011 Memory Box for those who want to jog their memories a little.
You might also want to check the weekly comics lists posted in the blogs section.
Best Writer – Mark Waid, Scott Snyder
Best Artist – Marcos Martin, Francis Manapul
Most Underrated Writer – Stan Sakai, Chris Roberson
Most Underrated Artist – Mike Allred, Stan Sakai
Best Self-Contained Story (Single Issue or One-Shot) – Aquaman #1, Usagi Yojimbo #141 “200 Buddhas”
Best Story Arc – The James Gordon Jr. storyline in Detective Comics by Scott Snyder and artists
Best Limited Series – Kevin Keller (four issues in Veronica, Archie Comics), Princeless (Action Lab Comics)
Best Ongoing Series – Daredevil, The Flash
Best New Title – Princeless, Demon Knights
Most Underrated Title – Usagi Yojimbo, iZombie
Best Original Graphic Novel – Batman: Noel, Habibi by Craig Thompson
Best Web Comic – Let’s Be Friends Again, Hark! A Vagrant
Best Reprint or Archive – Marvel Firsts – The 1960s, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "Race to Death Valley" (Vol. 1)
Best Male Character – Aquaman, Kevin Keller
Best Female Character – Batwoman, Mera
Best Villain – James Gordon, Jr.
Best New Character - Princess Adrienne (Princeless), Miles Morales (Ultimate Spider-Man)
Best Supporting Character – Mera, J. Jonah Jameson
Best Team – Justice League, Bat Family
Biggest Surprise (in-story) – Barbara Gordon walking again
Best Cover – Daredevil #7
Best Single Panel - Daredevil kisses the bride in Daredevil #1
Best Fight Scene – Barbara Gordon and James Gordon, Jr.
Best Character Recovery – Aquaman, Mera
Best Superhero Story in Another Media – The final episode of The Brave and The Bold (Mitefall), Captain America film
RIP Award (for fictional characters) – Oracle
Cappies 2011 Nominations
Best Writer: Jonathan Hickman, Geoff Johns
Best Artist: Carlos Pacheco, Ivan Reis
Most Underrated Writer: Marjorie Liu (X-23)
Most Underrated Artist: Mike Perkins (The Stand)
Best Self-Contained Story: Uncanny X-Men #534 Point One, War of the Green Lanterns Aftermath
Best Story Arc: “Spider-Island” (Amazing Spider-Man and related titles), “Three” (Fantastic Four)
Best Limited Series: The Red Wing (Image), Rocketeer Adventures (IDW)
Best Ongoing Series: Amazing Spider-Man, American Vampire
Best New Title: Aquaman, Batgirl
Most Underrated Title: Avengers Academy, The Stand
Best Original Graphic Novel: New Teen Titans: Games
Best Web Comic: Garfield Minus Garfield, xkcd
Best Reprint or Archive: Captain Canuck: The Complete Edition
Best Male Character: Spider-Man, Wolverine
Best Female Character: Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Gwen (iZombie)
Best Villain: Atrocitus, Baron Zemo
Best New Character: Kirby Freeman (Kirby Genesis)
Best Supporting Character: Alex Power (Fantastic Four/FF), Mary Jane Watson (Amazing Spider-Man)
Best Team: Avengers Academy, Uncanny X-Force
Biggest Surprise: Colossus becomes the new Juggernaut (Uncanny X-Men #543), Spider-Man joins the Fantastic Four’s Future Foundation (FF #1)
Best Cover: Infinite Horizon #5, The Red Wing #4
Best Single Panel/Splash Page:
Best Fight Scene: Daken vs. X-23 (X-23 #8), Shang-Chi vs. the Bride of Nine Spiders (Spider-Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #2)
Best Character Recovery: Aquaman, Wonder Woman
Best Superhero Story in Another Media: Captain America movie
RIP Award (for fictional characters): Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Jamie Madrox
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I've got to think about my nominations. Doc and Chris nominated a lot of the same things I would have nominated.
Best Writer- Scott Snyder, Geoff Johns
Best Artist- Ivan Reiss, Paola Rivera
Most Underrated Writer Cullen Bunn (Sixth Gun), Kyle Higgins (Nightwing, Deathstroke)
Most Underrated Artist- Brian Hurtt (Sixth Gun)
Best Self-Contained Story (Single Issue or One-Shot)- Secret Avengers #16, Invincible Iron Man #500
Best Story Arc- War of the Green Lanterns
Best Limited Series- Criminal: Last of the Innocent
Best Ongoing Series- Invincible Iron Man, Batman
Best New Title- Daredevil, Nightwing
Most Underrated Title- Iron Man 2.0, Sixth Gun
Best Original Graphic Novel- Batman: Noel
Best Reprint or Archive- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimate Collection
Best Male Character- Daredevil, Nightwing
Best Female Character- Mera
Best Villain- Palmer Addley (Iron Man 2.0), Nobody (Batman & Robin)
Best New Character- Court of Owls (Batman)
Best Supporting Character- Carlie Cooper (Amazing Spider-man), Foggy Nelson
Best Team- Secret Avengers
Biggest Surprise (in-story)- The return of Kaine (Amazing Spider-man)
Best Fight Scene- Daredevil vs Bruiser (Daredevil #6)
Best Superhero Story in Another Media- X-men First Class
Best Cover- Daredevil #4
Zatanna #10
C'mon, I KNOW other folks have noms.
I have until next Tuesday or Wednesday.
I'm adding a couple to my list:
For Best Superhero Story in Another Media, I'm adding the novel After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn. It doesn't stand a chance against all of the movies, but it's at least worth a shout out to one of our Wild Cards writers.
And for Best Single Panel or Splash Page, I'm adding Johnny Storm standing up to the hordes of the Negative Zone from Fantastic Four #587. Though the panel on the next page of him being overwhelmed by those same hordes, is equally awesome. (edit: sorry, I couldn't figure out how to crop the image to include only the single panel).
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