Comic Buyer's Guide Awards, wtf?

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From the DC website, pretty predictable results, with one exception (bolded by me):

The May issue of Comics Buyer's Guide features the annual CBG Fan Awards, with DC Comics being named "Favorite Publisher" for the eighth consecutive year.

Many other DC talents and projects were honored as well, with DC winning in nearly every category.

DC congratulates all the winners, and thank the Comics Buyer's Guide readers who participated in the voting. DC's winners are:

Favorite Comics Story:
• IDENTITY CRISIS

Favorite Writer:
• Geoff Johns (THE FLASH, GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH, JSA, TEEN TITANS)

Favorite Penciller:
• Jim Lee (SUPERMAN)

Favorite Inker:
• Scott Williams (SUPERMAN)

Favorite Comic Book:
• JSA

Favorite Graphic Novel or Album:
• THE ORIGINALS, written and illustrated by Dave Gibbons

Favorite Colorist:
• Laura Martin (SUPERMAN/BATMAN, PLANETARY, I AM LEGION)

Favorite Cover Artist:
• Alex Ross (SUPERMAN: STRENGTH, SPACE GHOST, ASTRO CITY)

Favorite Letterer:
• Richard Starkings and Comicraft (SUPERMAN/BATMAN, CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME, ASTRO CITY)

Favorite Character:
• Batman

Huk-L, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

The only rationale I can think of to explain this is that all the X/Spider/Bat/Super books split the vote.

Huk-L, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I get the idea that the fan establishment (if such a thing exists, and if my experience of it (rec.arts.comics, reading CBG occasionally) is typical) is generally pro-DC, and JSA has always been a treat for people who know their history. So, not that surprising.

Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

And CBG is strictly analog, no? So that probably ages their readership some.

Huk-L, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

CBG readers are all gumming their cereal while peering at the paper through bifocals, this makes perfect sense

kit, Thursday, 24 March 2005 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)


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