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1997 Good Taste Awards

(for books published in 1996)

59 Voters (not all categories had 59 votes cast) Key:

    # votes Person or item voted for

Best Writer

    14 Alan Moore (From Hell #9-10, Wildcats #26-32, Supreme #41-43)
    10 Dave McKean (Cages #9-10)
    10 Seth (Palookaville #8-9, It's A Good Life...)
    9 David Lapham (Stray Bullets #8-12)
    8 Dan Clowes (EightBall #16-17)
    8 James Sturm (Revival)

Best Artist

    17 Baru (Drawn and Quarterly #5, A Suivre #223
    12 Jason Lutes (Berlin #1-2)
    12 Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library #7)
    8 Jim Woodring (Jim #6, Frank #1)
    6 Charles Burns (Black Hole #3)
    3 Dave Cooper (Suckle, Zero Zero)

Best Cartoonist

    16 Seth (Palookaville #8-9, It's A Good Life...)
    14 Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library #7)
    11 Dave Cooper (Suckle, Zero Zero)
    9 David Lapham (Stray Bullets #8-10)
    7 Chester Brown (Underwater #5-8)

Best Publisher

    20 Black Eye
    16 Drawn & Quarterly
    8 Fantagraphics
    7 Kitchen Sink Press
    6 Vertigo

Best Continuing Series

    16 Acme Novelty Library #7, by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
    13 Palookaville #8-9, by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
    10 Black Hole #3, by Charles Burns (Kitchen Sink)
    9 EightBall #16-17, by Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics)
    6 Pickle #8-9, by Dylan Horrocks (Black Eye)

Best New Series

    24 Berlin #1-2, by Jason Lutes (Black Eye)
    12 Land of Nod #1-2, by Stephens (Black Eye)
    8 Frank #1, by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
    7 Nowhere #1, by Drechsler (Drawn & Quarterly)
    2 Sands #1-2, by Hart (Black Eye)

Best Finite Series

    19 From Hell #9-10, by Alan Moore and Campbell (Kitchen Sink)
    15 Cages #9-10, by Dave McKean (Kitchen Sink)
    9 Gon #1-4, by Masashi Tanaka (DC/Paradox)
    5 Flex Mentallo #1-4, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC/Vertigo)
    4 Dear Julia #1-2, by Biggs (Black Eye)
    4 New Love #1-2, by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)

Best Mini-Comic

    15 Death of Antisocialman, by Lockley and Matt Feazell
    8 Deceased Corpse, by various
    7 Manya (Vagabond Press)
    3 Deep Girl, by Bordeaux
    3 Jape, by Bieri

Best Anthology

    28 Drawn and Quarerly #5 (Drawn & Quarterly)
    10 Batman: Black and White (DC)
    9 Action Girl #6-9 (Slave Labor)
    5 Zero Zero #8-14 (Fantagraphics)
    2 Buzz Buzz #1 (Horse)

Best Short Piece

    14 "Chelo's Burden", by Gilbert Hernandez, Love & Rockets #50
    9 "Dylan & Donovan", by Tomine, Optic Nerve #3
    9 "Gentlemanhog", by Jim Woodring, Frank #1
    9 "Jack London", by Jessica Abel, Artbabe #5
    8 "Matthew 16:13-17:9", by Brown, Underwater #7
    3 "Gynecology", by Dan Clowes (Eightball #17)

Best Single Issue

    17 Acme Novelty Library #7, by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
    11 Berlin #1, by Jason Lutes (Black Eye)
    10 Artbabe #5, by Jessica Abel
    8 Drawn & Quarterly #5, by various (Drawn & Quarterly)
    6 Frank #1, by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
    3 Black Hole #3, by Charles Burns (Kitchen Sink)

Best Ongoing Serialized Story

    17 "It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken", by Seth, Palookaville #8-9
    10 "Bob Richardson", by Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets #50
    9 "Ghost World", by Dan Clowes, Eightball #16-17
    9 "Matthew", by Brown, Underwater #5-8
    8 "A Death in the Family", by Joe Chiappetta, Silly Daddy #10-11

Best One Shot

    24 Revival, by James Sturm (Bear Bones)
    11 Seven Miles a Second, by Wojnarowicz and Romberger (DC/Vertigo)
    7 American Splendor: Comic-Con Comics, by Harvey Pekar, Zabel, and Gilbert, (Dark Horse)
    5 Buzz Buzz, by various (Horse Press)
    3 Giant THB Parade, by Pope and Stephens (Horse Press)

Best Original Graphic Novel

    16 Suckle: The Status of Basil, by Cooper (Fantagraphics)
    11 King of Persia, by Holcombe (Accordion)
    6 Fax From Sarajevo, by Kubert (Dark Horse)
    4 Worst Thing I've ever Done, by Rall (NBM)
    3 Invasion of the Mind Sappers, by Swain (Fantagraphics)

Best Reprint Collection

    15 Daddy's Girl, by Drechsler (Fantagraphics)
    11 It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken, by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
    10 Calvin & Hobbes: It's A Magical World, by Bill Watterson (Andrews & McMeel)
    8 Stray Bullets Vol 1: Innonence of Nihilism, by David Lapham (El Capitan)
    7 Gon #1-4, by Masashi Tanaka (DC/Paradox)
    2 Chester Square, by Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)

Best Strip

    16 Dilbert, by Scott Adams
    13 This Modern World, by Tom Tomorrow
    10 Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, by Ben Katchor
    6 Zippy, by Griffith
    4 For Better or For Worse, by Lynn Johnston

Best Guilty Pleasure

    10 Batman: Black and White #1-4, by various (DC)
    9 Bone #22-26, by Jeff Smith (Image)
    8 Preacher, by Garth Ennis and Dillon (DC/Vertigo)
    8 Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1-5, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
    7 Stray Bullets #7-11, by David Lapham (El Capitan)
    6 Girl Crazy #1-3, by Gilbert Hernandez (Dark Horse)

Best Publication About Comics

    30 Comics Journal #183-190
    20 Send Info
    4 Indy Magazine #13-15
    2 Art of the Comic Book, by R.C. Harvey (Univ. Press of Mississippi)
    1 Destroy All Comics #4-5
    0 Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels, by Roger Sabin (Phaidon)

Best Comix@world.std.com Mailing List Poster

    45 Bart Beaty
    26 Mark Nevins
    24 Charles Hatfield
    24 Arthur Van Kruining
    11 Denise Voskuil