Every 12 months the regular customers at Paradox get their chance to vote for their favourites of the year from a list of nominations decided by the members of the Paradox Comic Group. Because nobody thought up a catchy name we went with Paradox "Oscars" instead!
We now present the winners for 2009:
Best Ongoing Title: Detective Comics
Also nominated: Captain America, Invincible Iron Man, Northlanders
Best Mini Series: Blackest Night
Also nominated: Incognito, Locke & Key: Head Games, Wednesday Comics
Best New Title: Batman & Robin
Also nominated: Chew, Secret Warriors, The Unwritten
Best Writer: Geoff Johns
Also nominated: Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka
Best Artist: J.H. Williams III
Also nominated: Olivier Coipel, Frank Quitely, Ivan Reis
Best Cover Artist: John Cassaday
Also nominated: Boo Cook, Alex Ross, J.H. Williams III
Most Promising Talent: Boo Cook
Also nominated: Marian Churchland, Marko Djurdjevic, Ben Stenbeck
Best Original Graphic Novel: Asterios Polyp
Also: Dark Entries, Grandville, The Hunter
Best Adaptation: Watchmen
Also: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Green Lanter: First Flight, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Best Merchandise: Blackest Night rings
Also nominated: FCUK Superhero T-Shirts, Graphitti Designs T-Shirts, Marvel Figurines
Best Publisher: DC
Also nominated: Avatar, Image, Marvel
Best Main Character: Batman (Dick Grayson)
Also nominated: Batwoman, Green Lantern, Thor
Best Supporting Character: Robin (Damian Wayne)
Also nominated: Amadeus Cho, Black Widow, Phobos
Best Villain: Alice (Detective Comics)
Also nominated: Chief Red Crow, Loki, Norman Osborn
Disappointment Of The Year: $3.99 Price Point
We now present the winners for 2009:
Best Ongoing Title: Detective Comics
Also nominated: Captain America, Invincible Iron Man, Northlanders
Best Mini Series: Blackest Night
Also nominated: Incognito, Locke & Key: Head Games, Wednesday Comics
Best New Title: Batman & Robin
Also nominated: Chew, Secret Warriors, The Unwritten
Best Writer: Geoff Johns
Also nominated: Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka
Best Artist: J.H. Williams III
Also nominated: Olivier Coipel, Frank Quitely, Ivan Reis
Best Cover Artist: John Cassaday
Also nominated: Boo Cook, Alex Ross, J.H. Williams III
Most Promising Talent: Boo Cook
Also nominated: Marian Churchland, Marko Djurdjevic, Ben Stenbeck
Best Original Graphic Novel: Asterios Polyp
Also: Dark Entries, Grandville, The Hunter
Best Adaptation: Watchmen
Also: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Green Lanter: First Flight, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Best Merchandise: Blackest Night rings
Also nominated: FCUK Superhero T-Shirts, Graphitti Designs T-Shirts, Marvel Figurines
Best Publisher: DC
Also nominated: Avatar, Image, Marvel
Best Main Character: Batman (Dick Grayson)
Also nominated: Batwoman, Green Lantern, Thor
Best Supporting Character: Robin (Damian Wayne)
Also nominated: Amadeus Cho, Black Widow, Phobos
Best Villain: Alice (Detective Comics)
Also nominated: Chief Red Crow, Loki, Norman Osborn
Disappointment Of The Year: $3.99 Price Point
Also nominated: Dark Reign, Late Books, Ultimatum
Best Website: Comic Book Resources
Also nominated: Bleeding Cool, Newsarama, The Beat
Most Looking Forward To In 2010: Bristol Comic Expo
Click here for the 2008 winners and here for the 2007 winners.
4 comments:
Honoured to be nominated, sirs!
Some really great choices in there, guys! I'm getting ready to start posting my best of the year list next week, and I see a bit of overlap.
How about calling them the Paradoscars or Paradoxars?
Hard to argue with a lot of those choices, although Unwritten would have gotten the nod from me for best new series. Interesting to see the switch from Marvel-centric last year to DC-dominated this year. Is that discrepancy reflected in store sales figures as well or is DC riding a few strong titles while Marvel has the overall stronger line, as the estimated monthly Top 300 sales figures seem to reflect?
Also, just curious, do you guys sell manga in the store? That would make for an interesting new category next year, although Pluto would have run away with that category this year.
I can't personally comment on instore sales figures, but there has been a shift of allegiance towards DC this year. No one's abandoned Marvel, but I think Dark Reign just got stale fast in a lot of people's eyes.
Again, I can't comment on Manga sales (Andy??) but it's never really a format that the guys who write here (myself included) have gone for. We're too old-fashioned I guess!
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