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2000 Good Taste Awards

Best Writer

10 Moore, Alan (The Birth Caul, ABC Comics)
7 Lutes, Jason (Berlin #5-6)
6 Ware, Chris (Acme Novelty Library #11-13)
5 Simmonds, Posy (Gemma Bovery)
4 Brubaker, Ed (Scene of the Crime, The Fall)
3 Katchor, Ben (The Jew Of New York, The Cardboard Valise)

Best Artist

12 Ware, Chris (Acme Novelty Library #11-13)
8 Campbell, Eddie (Bacchus, "Alec", The Birth Caul, From Hell)
7 B., David (L'Ascension du Haut-Mal v. 4, L'Association)
5 Hernandez, Jaime (Penny Century #4-5)

3 Burns, Charles (Black Hole #6)

Best Cartoonist

8 Ware, Chris (Acme Novelty Library #11-13)
5 B., David (L'Ascension du Haut-Mal v. 4, L'Association)
5 Cooper, Dave (Weasel #1)
4 Millionaire, Tony (Sock Monkey Volume 2 #1-2, Maakies)
3 Crane, Jordan (Non, The Last Lonely Saturday Night)
3 Kochalka, James (Magic Boy)
3 Seth (Palookaville #13)
3 Thompson, Craig (Goodbye Chunky Rice)
0 Clowes, Dan (Eightball #20)

Talent Deserving Wider Recognition

8 McEown, Pat (Weasel, Hellboy Jr., etc.)
7 Ott, Thomas (Zero Zero, Comix 200)
6 Dupuy et Berberian (Un temps de chien)
4 B., David (L'Ascension du Haut-Mal v. 4, L'Association)
3 Blutch (Blotch, Fluide Glaciale)

Best Publisher

13 Top Shelf
9 Fantagraphics
7 L'Association
3 Highwater Books
1 Drawn & Quarterly

Best Continuing Series

16 Acme Novelty Library #11-13 (Chris Ware, Fantagraphics)
10 Berlin #5-6 (Jason Lutes, Drawn & Quarterly)
5 Nowhere #5 (Dreschler, Drawn & Quarterly)
2 Eightball #20 (Dan Clowes, Fantagraphics)
1 Black Hole #6 (Burns, Fantagraphics)
0 Penny Century #4-5 (Jaime Hernandez, Fantagraphics)

Best New Series

16 Weasel #1 (Cooper, Fantagraphics)
5 Top 10 #1-5 (Moore/Ha, ABC)
3 Death & Candy (Max Andersson, Fantagraphics)
2 Tomorrow Stories #1-4 (Moore et al, ABC)
2 YEAH! (Bagge/Hernandez, DC)
1 Lemon Kids #1 (Weissman, Alternative)
1 Tom Strong #1-5 (Moore/Sprouse, ABC)

Best Finite Series

10 The Extended Dream of Mr. D. #2-3 (Max, Drawn & Quarterly)
8 Louis Riel #1-2 (Brown, Drawn & Quarterly)
6 Heavy Liquid (Pope, DC/Vertigo)
6 Scene of the Crime #1-4 (Brubaker/Lark, DC/Vertigo)
4 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1-4 (Moore/O'Neill, ABC)

Best Mini-Comic

9 Fireball (Ralph)
8 The Last Lonely Saturday (Crane)
5 Maaikes Mafazinetje
2 Angry Youth Comics (Johnny Ryan)
2 Double Cross (Consiglio)

Best Web-Published Comic

15 "Exercises In Style" (Madden) http://www.indymagazine.com/indyworld/comics/style.shtml
3 "Vodvil" (Crane) http://www.thecomicstore.com/merchant/vodvilpage.htm
2 "Crazy Boss" (Martin) http://www.markmartin.net/comix/crazy/bigboss1.html
2 "The Dark Hotel : A Blues For Drago Drugilovic" (Callahan/Spain/Sacco) http://www.salon.com/comics/dark/3/reg/index.html
2 "Filler" (Havrilesky/Colon) http://www.suck.com
1 "Leisure Town" (Farnon) http://www.leisuretown.com

Best Foreign Language Comic

9 L'Ascension du Haut-Mal v. 4 (David B., L'Association)
3 Blotch (Blutch, Fluide Glaciale)
3 El Santos Y El Peyote en La Atlantida (Jis and Trino)
1 Les Aventures d'Hergé (Boucquet/Fromental/Stanislas)
1 Un temps de chien (Dupuy and Berberian, Humanos)

Best Anthology

8 SPX 99 (Small Press Expo)
6 Jetlag (Actus Tragicus)
6 Non #4 (Red Ink)
5 Wind (Bries)
4 Lapin (L'Association)

Best Short Piece

12 "Cluttered, Like My Head" (Dorkin, Dork #7)
7 "The Hook" (Ott, Zero Zero #25)
4 "Pet Theory" (Moore/Nowlan, Tomorrow Stories #3)
4 "The Trumpets They Played" (Columbia, Blab #10)
3 "Shell Game" (Ralph, Non #4)
0 "The Unbearableness Of Being Light" (Moore/Nowlan, Tomorrow Stories #2)

Best Single Issue of an Ongoing Series

16 Acme Novelty Library #13 (Ware, Fantagraphics)
9 Weasel #1 (Cooper, Fantagraphics)
2 Eightball # 20 (Clowes, Fantagraphics)
1 Blab #10 (Fantagraphics)
1 Keyhole #6 (Haspiel/Neufeld, Top Shelf)

Best Ongoing Serialized Story

9 "Jimmy Corrigan" (Ware, Acme Novelty Library #11-13)
8 "Berlin" (Lutes, Berlin #5-6)
5 "L'Ascension du Haut-Mal" (David B., L'Ascension du Haut Mal)
5 "Clyde Fans" (Seth, Palookaville #13)
4 "Summer Of Love" (Dreschler, Nowhere #5)
2 "David Boring" (Clowes, Eightball #20)

Best One Shot

10 The Birth Caul (Moore/Campbell, Eddie Campbell Comics)
9 Tales of the Great Unspoken (Augenblick, Top Shelf)
6 Fred The Clown (Langridge, Les Cartoonists Dangereux)
4 American Splendour : Terminal (Pekar et al, Dark Horse)
3 Humphrey Osmond, Psychedelic Pioneer (Collier, D&Q)

Best Graphic Novel

12 From Hell (Moore/Campbell, Eddie Campbell Comics)
9 Cave-In (Ralph, Highwater Books)
6 Goodbye Chunky Rice (Thompson, Top Shelf)
3 L'Ascension du Haut-Mal v. 4 (David B., L'Association)
3 The Jew of New York (Katchor, Pantheon)

Best Reprint Collection

6 Hey Mister: Celebrity Roast (Sickman-Garner, Top Shelf)
6 Krazy Kat : The Comic Art Of George Herriman
6 Plastic Man Archives (Cole, DC)
5 The Best Of Bittercomix, Vol.1 (Dog & Botes, Westhampton House)
4 Daydream Lullabies: A Billy Dogma Experience (Haspiel, Top Shelf)
4 Yesh -- Mutts IV (McDonnel, Andrews McMeel)
2 El Borbah (Burns, Fantagraphics)

Best Strip

10 Story Minute (Lay)
7 Mutts (McDonnell)
6 Peanuts (Schulz)
5 Acme Novelty Library (Ware)
1 Cardboard Valise (Katchor)

Best Guilty Pleasure

7 Top 10 #1-5 (Moore/Ha, ABC)
6 Forever People (Kirby, DC)
5 Stray Bullets #17-20 (Lapham, El Captian)
4 Bone # 35-37 (Smith, Cartoon)
4 Tomorrow Stories #1-4 (Moore et al, ABC)
2 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1-4 (Moore/O'Neill, ABC)
2 Tom Strong #1-5 (Moore/Sprouse, ABC)
0 Essential Fantastic Four Vol 2 (Lee/Kirby, Marvel)

Best Production Design

11 Acme Novelty Library # 11-13 (Fantagraphics)
8 Cave-In (Highwater)
6 The Jew Of New York (Pantheon)
5 Non #4 (Red Ink)
4 Goodbye Chunky Rice (Top Shelf)

The Comics Journal Prize For Best Publication About Comics
(Since it had previously won this category 5 times in a row, we took the Comics Journal out of the running this year and named the category after it.)

11 The Imp #3 (Raeburn) 6 9e Art
4 International Journal of Cartoon Art (John Lent, ed.)
2 Comic Book Artist
2 From Maus To Now : Comix, Essays, Graphics and Scraps (Art Spiegelman, Raw Books)
1 Du9 -- http://www.pipo.com/du9/

Best [comicx@] Poster

8 Robert Boyd
5 Sam Henderson
5 Charles Hatfield
3 Bart Beaty
3 Eric Reynolds
3 Jordan Crane
3 Paul Gravett
3 Dean Haspiel