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The ballots are up to nominate comics that appeared in 2007 for the 26th Annual "Comic Buyers Guide Fan Awards." (Thanks VikingSpawn )
Here are the categories:
Favorite Comic-Book Editor
Favorite Comic-Book Writer
Favorite Comic-Book Penciller
Favorite Comic-Book Inker
Favorite Comic-Book Colorist
Favorite Comic-Book Letterer
Favorite Comic-Book Artist
Favorite Comic-Book Story (arc or individal issue)
Favorite Comic Book (series or mini-series)
Favorite Original Graphic Novel or Album (no reprints)
Favorite Comic-Book Character
Favorite Comic-Book Publishing Company
Cast your votes here . . . as many times as you want!
Steve, please note the text on both the announcement page and the ballot:
Please, only one set of votes per name and legitimate street address or P.O. Box. We will not use your personal information for anything other than determining voter eligibility. If you do not follow these instructions, all your votes will be thrown out.
You can vote in as many *categories* as you like, but only one ballot.
Can I suggest it would be helpful to provide Dojo members with a handy list of candidates, sort of like the League of Women Voters do to help voters get it right:
Favorite Editor: Diana Schutz
etc.
Favorite Comic-Book Story: I believe the Usagi story eligible for 2007 would be the beginning of the current story arc. In issue 103 it is titled "The Darkness and the Soul." It this correct?
Please, only one set of votes per name and legitimate street address or P.O. Box. We will not use your personal information for anything other than determining voter eligibility. If you do not follow these instructions, all your votes will be thrown out.
You can vote in as many *categories* as you like, but only one ballot.
Shadowfax
In the voting ballot page, there aren't any boxes to enter any info regarding a "street address or p.o. box info" though. ???
VikingSpawn wrote:
They probably cut and pasted that info from last year's voting instructions maybe.
Or maybe they are keeping track by the voter's computer's address, or through a tracking cookie.
Shadowfax wrote:Can I suggest it would be helpful to provide Dojo members with a handy list of candidates, sort of like the League of Women Voters do to help voters get it right:
Brent Frankenhoff wrote:Feel free to mention our nominating ballot on other websites and link back to this thread, but we ask those websites or posters to not give potential voters a list of what creators and projects they should vote for and which they should avoid. Such detailed listings amount to a request for ballot box stuffing. As ever, ballot box stuffing will result in discarding the ballots in question. This is a democratic process with everyone free to pick their favorites, not ones that they're told to vote for. Soliciting votes is allowed, but filling in the blanks for potential voters is not.
We are not supposed to tell everyone who or what to vote for, but considering the nature of this forum, I thought Stan Sakai or Usagi Yojimbo fit very nicely in almost every catagory. I have to admit that it was close between Sergio and Stan or Groo and Usagi, but Usagi yojimbo won out for my votes. (Sorry VikingSpawn )
Shadowfax wrote:Favorite Editor: Diana Schutz
That seemed like a sure bet for me.
Favorite Comic-Book Story: I personally picked "Fever Dream" as my choice for obvious (to me) reasons. Not to mention, I find it hard to choose between episodes of multi-part stories. I also considered "The Killer" as a potential choice, but the existance of an alternate ending to the story made it seem kind of inappropriate.
Shadowfax wrote:Can I suggest it would be helpful to provide Dojo members with a handy list of candidates, sort of like the League of Women Voters do to help voters get it right:
Favorite Editor: Diana Schutz
etc.
Shadowfax
There's also the "Wizard Fan Awards" where Diana Schutz is nominated for "Favorite Comic Book Editor" too.
Here's the link to the Wizard voting page and her category is in box number 10:
Rock the vote! (it might help to vote from different computers since they only count one per "IP" address) Not sure if deleting cookies and voting again works.
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