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1994 Thunderbolt Awards


(Winners are in bold and are marked with an asterisk)

Best Writer

  • Kurt Busiek
  • Peter David
  • Neil Gaiman *
  • James Robinson
  • Mark Waid

Best Penciller

  • Alan Davis *
  • Gary Frank
  • Tom Grummett *
  • Terry Moore
  • Jeff Smith *

Best Inker

  • Rick Burchett
  • Mark Farmer
  • Dick Giordano *
  • Terry Moore
  • Jeff Smith

Best Colorist

  • Steve Buccellato/Electric Crayon
  • Foodhammer!
  • Lovern Kindzierski/Digital Chameleon
  • Tom McCraw
  • Steve Oliff/Olyoptics *

Best Letterer

  • John Constanza
  • Todd Klein *
  • Tom Orzechowski *
  • Dave Sim
  • Richard Starkings/Comicraft
  • John Workman

Best Painter

  • Gary Cody
  • Glenn Fabry
  • Dave McKean
  • John J Muth
  • Alex Ross *
  • Brian Stelfreeze
  • Michael Zulli

Best Editor

  • Karen Berger
  • Mike Carlin
  • Bobbie Chase
  • Dwayne McDuffie *
  • Matt Wayne

Best New Series

  • Aquaman
  • ClanDestine
  • Starman *
  • Strangers in Paradise
  • Superboy

Most Improved Series

  • Flash
  • Legion of Super-Heroes *
  • Poison Elves
  • Swamp Thing

Best Continuing Series

  • Bone
  • Flash
  • Incredible Hulk
  • Sandman *
  • Strangers in Paradise

Best Limited Series

  • Danger Unlimited
  • The Golden Age
  • Marvels *
  • Sachs and Violens
  • Strangers in Paradise

Best Single Issue

  • Action Comics #700, "Swan Song"
  • Books of Magic #4, "Lost Causes"
  • Incredible Hulk #420, "Let Darkness Come"
  • Legion of Super-Heroes #61, "Borrowed Time!" *
  • Xombi #6, "Resurrection"

Best Graphic Novel

  • The Ballad of Doctor Richardson
  • Batman Adventures: Mad Love *
  • Big Book of Urban Legends
  • Mr. Punch
  • Power of Shazam
  • Rogan Gosh
  • Tales of Suspense

Best Story Arc

  • "The End of an Era" (L*, Valor, LSH) *
  • "Family Reunion" (ClanDestine #1-4)
  • "The Kindly Ones" (Sandman #57-present)
  • "Terminal Velocity" (Flash #95-100)
  • "Worlds Collide" (select Milestone and Superman books)

Best Reprint/Collection

  • Brief Lives
  • The Complete Bone Adventures: Volume Two
  • Death: The High Cost of Living
  • Marvels *
  • Strangers in Paradise

Best Character

  • Dream
  • Firearm
  • Flash
  • Hulk *
  • Phil Sheldon
  • Starman
  • Static

Best Team Of Characters

  • Blood Syndicate
  • ClanDestine
  • The Endless
  • Legion of Super-Heroes *
  • Next Men

Best Humor Comic Strip

  • Bumpkin Buzz
  • Calvin and Hobbes *
  • Dilbert
  • Doonesbury
  • The Far Side
  • Fox Trot

Best Narrative Comic Strip

  • Apartment 3-G
  • For Better or For Worse *
  • Prince Valiant
  • The Spirit
  • Wolff and Byrd, Counsellors of the Macabre