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1997 Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards

(only those receiving 10 or more votes are listed)
(Number of voters: ~2000)

Favorite Editor:
Mark Gruenwald  87 (tie)
Dennis O'Neil           87 (tie)
Mike Carlin             70
Archie Goodwin  64
Karen Berger            57
Bob Harras              46
KC Carlson              30
Bobbie Chase            21
Joey Cavalieri          19
Paul Kupperberg 17
Bob Schreck             17
Diana Schutz            17
Fabian Nicieza  15
Kevin Dooley            13
Brian Augustyn  12
Leonard (John) Clark    12

Favorite Comic Book:
Kurt Busiek's Astro City        130
Starman                 70
Preacher                        46
Strangers in Paradise   26
Bone                            25
The Power of Shazam     24
Cerebus                 20
Legionnaires                    19
Untold Tales of Spider-Man      19
Batman                  18
Incredible Hulk         18
Sandman Mystery Theatre 18
Uncanny X-Men           17
Books of Magic          16
Flash                           16
Spawn                           15
Supergirl                       15
Superman                        15
Fantastic Four                  14
JLA                             14
Legion of Super-Heroes  14
Spectre                 13
Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller        12
Uncle Scrooge Adventures        12
Batman & Robin Adventures       11
Uncle Scrooge           10

Favorite Comic-Book Story:
Kingdom Come (Kingdom Come 1-4) 143
Onslaught (multiple titles)                     31
Welcome to the Big City (KBAC v. 2 #1)  25
Sin City: That Yellow Bastard (SC:TYB 1-6)      21
The Wedding Album (Superman: TWA)       20
The Nearness of You (KBAC 1/2)          19
Sand and Stars (Starman 20-23)          18
Batman and Captain America (B/CA)               17
The Tempest (Sandman 75)                        15
Final Night (Final Night 1-4)                   11
Everyday Life (KBAC v. 2 #2-3)          10
Sins of the Child (Starman 15-16)               10

Favorite Writer:
Mark Waid               148
Kurt Busiek             130
Peter David             105
James Robinson  101
Garth Ennis             71
Alan Moore              34
Frank Miller            29
Neil Gaiman             23
Grant Morrison  22
John Byrne              19
Chuck Dixon             16
Terry Moore             14
Jeff Smith              13
Don Rosa                12
John Ostrander  11
Karl Kesel              10
Scott Lobdell           10
Jerry Ordway            10

Favorite Penciller:
John Byrne              64
Tony Harris             35
Frank Miller            35
Jim Lee         33
Gary Frank              31
Barry Windsor-Smith     24
Brent Anderson  22
Mark Schultz            18
Adam Hughes             16
Stuart Immonen  16
George Perez            16
Humberto Ramos  16
Don Rosa                16
Steve Rude              16
Tom Mandrake    15
Kelley Jones            14
Chris Bachalo           13
Jeff Moy                13
Pat Block               12
Alan Davis              12
Mike Mignola            12
Curt Swan               12
Steve Dillon            11
Joe Madureira           11
John Romita, Jr.        11
Michael Zulli           11
Greg Capullo            10
Travis Charest  10
Mike Deodato Jr.        10
Dan Jurgens             10
Dave Sim                10

Favorite Inker:
Terry Austin            54
Wade von Grawbadger     36
Mark Farmer             35
George Perez            33
Scott Williams          30
Jimmy Palmiotti 29
Todd McFarlane  28
D-Tron                  23
Frank Miller            21
Kevin Nowlan            21
Gerhard         20
Cam Smith               20
Tom Palmer              19
Will Blyberg            18
Al Williamson           18
Scott Hanna             17
W.C. Carani             16
Bill Sienkiewicz        16
Pat Block               15
John Byrne              15
John Beatty             12
Mike Manley             12
Joe Rubinstein  12
Rick Burchett           11
Alex Garner             11
Ron Boyd                10
John Dell               10
Jeff Smith              10

Favorite Colorist:
Gregory Wright  54
Tom McCraw              51
Steve Oliff & Olyoptics 40
Lovern Kindzierski & Digital Chameleon  37
Laura Allred            36
Patricia Mulvihill      28
Barry Windsor-Smith     27
Wildstorm FX (Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner)      25
Alex Sinclair           23
Glenn Whitmore  22
Matt Hollingsworth      17
Susan Daigle-Leach      14
Tom Luth                14
Marie Severin           14
Lynn Varley             14
Gene d'Angelo   13
Steve Buccellato & Electric Crayon              12
Gloria Vasquez  12
James Sinclair  11
Carla Feeny             10

Favorite Painter:
Alex Ross               585
Joe Jusko               22
Glenn Fabry             20
Dave McKean             15
Jerry Ordway            15
Dave Dorman             12
Dan Brereton            11
Jon J. Muth             10
Mark Texiera            10

Favorite Cover Artist:
Alex Ross               240
Glenn Fabry             66
Jerry Ordway            55
Brian Bolland           49
Tony Harris             35
Dave McKean             27
Carl Barks              19
Adam Hughes             17
Jim Lee         17
Alan Davis              14
John Byrne              13
Mike Mignola            13
Walt Simonson   12
Kelley Jones            11
Steve Rude              11
Miran Kim               10
George Perez            10

Favorite Letterer:
Richard Starkings & Comicraft   154
Todd Klein                              127
John Costanza                   52
Tom Orzechowski                 48
Dave Sim                                42
John Workman                    28
Stan Sakai                              23
Chris Eliopoulos                        19
Pat Brousseau                   16
Ken Bruzenak                            13
Bill Oakley                             10

Favorite Original Graphic Novel/Album:
Batman/Captain America          119
Fax From Sarajevo                       102
Kingdom Come                    38
Batman/Deadman: Death and Glory 22
Superman: The Wedding Album     19
Joker: The Devil's Advocate             17
Stuck Rubber Baby                       16

Favorite Reprint Graphic Novel/Album:
KBAC: Life in the Big City                      55
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 10th Anniversary                46
Flash Archives vol. 1                           20
Sandman: The Wake                               20
Strangers in Paradis: I Dream of You    20
Preacher: Gone to Texas                 19
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives vol. 6  17
The Carl Barks Library                  16
Sandman: The Kindly Ones                        16
Stray Bullets: Innocence of Nihilism            16
Bone vol. 3: Eyes of the Storm          15
Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color               14
Essential Spider-Man                            13
Poison Elves: Requiem for an Elf                13
Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck                10

Favorite Limited Series:
Kingdom Come                    441
Sin City: That Yellow Bastard           42
Concrete: Think Like a Mountain 22
Final Night                             22
Hellboy: Wake the Devil         22
Batman: Black and White         19
Terminal City                           17
DC vs. Marvel/Marvel vs. DC             14
Death: The Time of Your Life            14
From Hell                               14
Amalgam                         11
Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 1         10

Favorite Character:
Batman                          98
Superman                                73
Starman (Jack Knight)           61
Spider-Man                              39
Uncle Scrooge McDuck            29
Flash                                   28
Hellboy                         20
Fone Bone                               19
Hulk                                    19
Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)           18
Cerebus                         17
Spawn                                   16
Spectre                         14
Wolverine                               14
Captain America                 13
Concrete                                13
Daredevil                               13
Nightwing                               13
Impulse                         11
Katchoo (Strangers in Paradise) 10
Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo)  10