Bleeding Cool Fan Award Nominees Announced for 2012
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BLEEDING
COOL FAN AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR 2012
Bleeding Cool, the premiere
source for breaking news and gossip in the comic book industry (www.bleedingcool.com),
announced today the nominees for the second annual Bleeding Cool Fan Awards, to
be voted on by the website’s extensive fan community and awarded during the
Phoenix Comicon in two weeks. Selected
by site founder Rich Johnston and a committee of industry professionals, the
nominees for the twenty award categories reflect the website’s most trending
topics spanning the first half of 2012, a mixture of topics that range from the
industry-shaping to the most controversial and sensational.
Voting is open to the
public. To cast a vote, comic fans are
encouraged to visit the following website:
Each voter can cast their
ballot twice, once each over two different methods. The website allows viewers
to select their preferred nominee individually, and also contains a separate
link for those viewers to log onto Twitter as a second opportunity to
vote. The deadline for voting will be
Tuesday, May 22nd. Winners
will be awarded at Phoenix Comicon on Friday, May 25th, at 6:00pm in
the convention hall’s Room 132BC.
The list of categories and
nominees include:
BEST MONTHLY(-ISH)
COMIC OF 2012 SO FAR
Prophet
Journey into
Mystery
Supurbia
Amazing
Spider-Man
Ferals
BEST COMIC
WRITER OF 2012 SO FAR
Brandon Graham
Dan Slott
Kieron Gillen
Scott Snyder
David Lapham
BEST COMIC
ARTIST OF 2012 SO FAR
JH Williams III
Chris Bachalo
James Stokoe
Sara Pichelli
Ivan Reis
BEST GRAPHIC
NOVEL OR SIMILAR OF 2012 SO FAR
The Vicar
Woman by Emma Rendell
Queen Crab by Jimmy Palmiotti and Artiz Eiguren
Jerusalem by Guy Delisle
Mouse Guard
HC FCBD by David Petersen and friends
Goliath by Tom Gauld
BEST
PUBLISHER OF 2012 SO FAR
Image
Kickstarter
Avatar
Boom
DC Comics
BEST SWIPE
OF THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS
Frank Quitely's Madman
strip (in 20th Anniversary Monster) /
Oor Wullie
Paola Di Clement's Nathan
Never and Jim Lee's Batman
Rorschach Statue and Strutting Leo
X-O Manowar and Reporters Without Borders
Fallen Angel and Ruby Rocket
BEST
RELAUNCHED COMIC OF THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS
Wolverine and
the X-Men
Daredevil
Batgirl
Animal Man
Prophet
STUPIDEST
CONTROVERSY OF THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS
Black Ultimate Spider-Man
Gay Ultimate Spider-Man
Claims of Jack Kirby Having No Screen Credit on Avengers When He Actually Did
Wonder Woman's Pants
Captain Marvel's Short Hair
THE PRO WHO
SHOULD REALLY STAY OFF THE INTERNET
Ales Kot
Frank Miller
John Byrne
Steve Wacker
Larry of Larry's Comics
BEST COMICS
SELF PROMOTION OF THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS
Sam Humphries
Mark Millar
Renae De Liz
Rich Johnston
Alex De Campi
WORST
PORTRAYAL OF AN ESTABLISHED COMIC CHARACTER IN THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS
Batman in Batman:
Odyssey
Starfire in Red
Hood and the Outlaws
Captain America in Avengers
Vs. X-Men
Harley Quinn in Suicide
Squad
Batgirl in Batgirl
RACIST,
SEXIST OR HOMOPHOBIC COMIC OF THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS
Holy Terror
Red Hood and the
Outlaws
Catwoman
Voodoo
Lady Death
GUILTY
PLEASURE OF THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS
Frank Miller's Holy
Terror
Grimm's Fairy
Tales
Crossed
Deathstroke #9
Avengers Vs.
X-Men
BEST FIGHT
SCENE OF THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS
Maggie Chascarillo and Valerie The Frogmouth - Love and Rockets: New Stories #4
Sinister Six Vs The Avengers in Amazing Spider-Man
Bruce Wayne Vs The Owls in Batman
Shang Chi, Sharon Carter and Captain America in Secret Avengers #18
The Remains of The Twelve Vs The Naked Dynamic Man
BEST SEX
SCENE OF THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS
Saga #1 and the TV Headed Shagging Robots
Catwoman #1 and #2
The Last of
the Greats #3 with Oprah Winfrey
Ferals #1
Namor and Emma Frost in Uncanny X-Men #10
BEST FEUD OF
THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS
Glenn Danzig and Henry Rollins - Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever
Steve Wacker and The Internet
Scott Lobdell and Ron Marz
Mark Waid and Phil Boyle
DC Panelists and San Diego Batgirl
MOST
ANTICIPATED COMIC FOR THE REST OF 2012
Jupiter's
Children
Happy
Phonogram 3
League Of
Extraordinary Gentlemen Century 2009
Fashion Beast
MOST
ANTICIPATED BITCHNG ABOUT A COMIC FOR THE REST 2012
Before
Watchmen
Brian Bendis' X-Men
Scott Lobdell's Superman
Whatever the Hell They Do to the Marvel Universe at the
End of AVX
The DC Comics Zero Issues In September
COMIC MOST
LIKELY TO NEED DEFENDING BY THE CBLDF IN THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS
Wayward Girls
League Of
Extraordinary Gentlemen Century 2009
The Complete
Works Of Milo Manara
Random manga with twelve year olds having sex with
tentacles
Crossed
COMIC-BASED
FILM/TV OF THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS THAT WE COULD WATCH WITHOUT SHAME
X-Men: First
Class
The Avengers
The Walking
Dead
DC Nation Shorts
Captain
America
