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22nd Annual Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards (2004)

(For work done in 2003)

Favorite Publisher
DC 46.38%
Marvel 23.19%
CrossGen 12.56%
Image 2.66%
Dark Horse 1.93%
Gemstone 1.45%
Aardvark-Vanaheim 1.23%
Oni 1.20%
SSS Comics 0.97%
Bongo 0.72%
Fantagraphics 0.72%
IDW 0.72%
AiT/PlanetLar 0.48%
Claypool 0.48%
Sirius 0.48%
[Others] 4.83%

Favorite Editor
Axel Alonso 13.71%
Tom Brevoort 10.70%
Joe Quesada 8.03%
Peter Tomasi 7.36%
Bob Schreck 5.02%
Ralph Macchio 4.68%
Eddie Berganza 3.68%
Joan Hilty 3.65%
Shelly Bond 3.34%
Mike Carlin 2.68%
Karen Berger 2.65%
Mike Marts 2.34%
Diana Schutz 2.05%
John Clark 2.03%
Scott Allie 2.01%
Scott Dunbier 1.67%
Joey Cavalieri 1.34%
Matt Idelson 1.08%
James Lucas Jones 1.05%
Will Dennis 1.01%
[Others] 20.07%

Favorite Writer
Brian Michael Bendis 17.80%
Geoff Johns 7.56%
Tony Bedard 6.34%
Mark Waid 5.61%
Kurt Busiek 5.12%
Alan Moore 4.63%
Neil Gaiman 4.39%
Peter David 4.15%
Jeph Loeb 3.66%
J. Michael Straczynski 3.17%
Warren Ellis 2.93%
Chuck Dixon 2.20%
Bill Willingham 1.95%
Brian K. Vaughan 1.93%
Greg Rucka 1.71%
Don Rosa 1.24%
Judd Winick 1.22%
[Others] 24.57%

Favorite Penciller
George Perez 15.75%
Jim Lee 8.75%
Greg Land 7.00%
Colleen Doran 3.75%
John Romita, Jr. 3.73%
Mark Bagley 2.50%
Rags Morales 2.25%
Paul Pelletier 2.21%
Don Rosa 1.75%
John Cassaday 1.73%
Andrea DiVito 1.50%
Bryan Hitch 1.49%
Alan Davis 1.27%
Ed Benes 1.25%
Alex Maleev 1.23%
Michael Lark 1.21%
Eduardo Risso 1.08%
J.H. Williams III 1.06%
John Byrne 1.04%
Mike Wieringo 1.02%
Tim Sale 1.01%
[Others] 37.51%

Favorite Inker
Scott Williams 7.23%
Scott Hanna 3.92%
Michael Bair 3.64%
Terry Austin 3.61%
Colleen Doran 3.31%
Karl Kesel 3.04%
Art Thibert 3.02%
Steve Leialoha 3.01%
George Perez 2.74%
Jay Leistan 2.70%
Jimmy Palmiotti 2.13%
Drew Geraci 2.11%
Mark Farmer 2.09%
Mick Gray 2.07%
Dave Meikis 1.81%
John Dell 1.80%
Paul Neary 1.78%
Gerhard 1.51%
Adam Dekraker 1.49%
Ande Parks 1.47%
Alex Lei 1.46%
Matt Ryan 1.44%
Tom Palmer 1.41%
[Others] 40.96%

Favorite Letterer
Richard Starkings & Comicraft 19.06%
Todd Klein 15.68%
Dave Sim 9.70%
David Lamphear 8.03%
Chris Eliopoulous 5.02%
John Workman 4.01%
Bill Oakley 2.68%
Tom Orzechowski 2.65%
John Costanza 2.34%
Clam Robbins 2.06%
Randy Gentile 2.06%
Stan Sakai 2.02%
Troy Peteri 2.01%
Colleen Doran 1.67%
Ken Lopez 1.65%
Bob Lappan 1.34%
Cory Petit 1.32%
Ken Bruzenak 1.31%
[Others] 15.72%

Favorite Colorist
Laura DePuy Martin 15.59%
Dave Stewart 7.12%
Justin Ponsor 5.08%
Tom Smith 5.08%
John Kalisz 4.07%
Alex Sinclair 2.71%
Susan Daigle-Leach 2.40%
Jeromy Cox 2.37%
Paul Mounts 2.34%
Udon Studios 2.03%
Laura Allred 1.69%
Chris Sotomayor 1.45%
Colleen Doran 1.42%
Lee Loughridge 1.41%
Daniel Vozzo 1.39%
Gregory Wright 1.38%
Guy Major 1.36%
Liquid 1.34%
Hi-Fi Colour Design 1.33%
Richard Isanove 1.31%
James Sinclair 1.30%
Laura Villari 1.29%
Rob Schwager 1.25%
[Others] 31.19%

Favorite Comic Book
JSA 7.82%
Negation 6.11%
Fables 5.13%
Fantastic Four 4.67%
Ultimate Spider-man 4.65%
Batman 4.16%
A Distant Soil 2.93%
Daredevil 2.20%
Powers 2.20%
Amazing Spider-man 1.96%
Y: The Last Man 1.96%
Incredible Hulk 1.75%
Gotham Central 1.73%
Sojourn 1.71%
Promethea 1.68%
Cerebus 1.51%
Uncle Scrooge 1.49%
Supreme Power 1.47%
The Ultimates 1.45%
Teen Titans 1.42%
[Others] 42.05%

Favorite Character
Batman 14.29%
Spider-man 9.36%
Superman 5.91%
Daredevil 3.94%
Captain America 2.96%
Cerebus 2.25%
Flash 2.23%
Green Arrow 2.21%
Thing 2.20%
Uncle Scrooge 1.97%
Arwyn (Sojourn) 1.75%
Hellboy 1.72%
Sephie (Meridian) 1.70%
Hulk 1.51%
Obregon Kane (Negation) 1.48%
Jessica Jones (Alias) 1.45%
Captain Marvel (DC) 1.25%
Usagi Yojimbo 1.23%
Tom Strong 1.21%
[Others] 39.41%

Favorite Cover Artist
Alex Ross 15.66%
George Perez 6.82%
Jim Lee 4.80%
Brian Bolland 4.29%
Adam Hughes 4.06%
Colleen Doran 4.04%
Greg Horn 3.03%
Michael Turner 3.01%
Greg Land 2.78%
Dave Johnson 2.27%
Don Rosa 1.77%
Matt Wagner 1.55%
John Cassaday 1.52%
Paul Pelletier 1.49%
Frank Cho 1.30%
Art Adams 1.27%
J.G. Jones 1.26%
David Mack 1.23%
[Others] 37.88%