Live from various corners of the globe...It's the DAILIES AWARDS

[salad_barbarian]

Posted both here and on NOSCANS.
It’s time for the first (hopefully annual) DAILIES AWARDS. Who are you wearing, everyone? Come on inside and see some great work done in comics and if your favorite won!



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Most Original Idea
The nominees are
Batman is lost in time, by Grant Morrison
Wednesday Comics
Doom and Dracula ON THE MOON

And the winner is: Wednesday Comics

Most Unsubtle Subtext
The nominees are
Avengers Annual - Tied up Clint
Patrick Cleese (Wonder Woman #41)
Anything Ragdoll says

And the winner is: Anything Ragdoll says

Best Use of Continuity
The nominees are
Brain-Bombs in Wolverine: Weapon X, by Jason Aaron
Incredible Hercules, by Pak & Van Lente (continuity with mythology)
Assigning a second ring bearer for each Lantern Corp in Blackest Night
Booster Gold
Doctor Who: Cold Blooded War
Nods to Vic/Hel team-ups in Tec's Question back-up

And the winner is: Incredible Hercules, by Pak & Van Lente (continuity with mythology)

Most Creative Use of Powers
The nominees are
Rogue-using-all-the-powers-of-the-Young-X-Men in uncanny X-Men #517
Mogo's ecosphere
Basically everything in Dark X-Men

And the winner is: Mogo's ecosphere

Hell Yeah-Moment of The Year - For teen and adult comics
The nominees are
Captain America's shield vs. Norman's face
Emp trounces Irremovisistible in "The Wench With A Million Sighs", by Adam Warren
Dick Grayson appears as Batman to face Scarecrow
Bart Allen says "boo" in Legion of 3 Worlds
Herc & Cho releasing each other at the same moment (Incredible Herc #140)
Secret Six #14: Scandal takes the venom and fights the hell out of Grendel, only to have Wondy waltz in and unceremoniously snap his neck
Hank kicks the missile in S.W.O.R.D. #4

And the winner is: Captain America's shield vs. Norman's face

Heck Yeah-Moment of The Year - For all ages titles
The nominees are
Pet Avengers Assemble!
Fastball Special: Luke Cage variant from MA Avengers #39

And the winner is: Pet Avengers Assemble

Most Life Affirming Title - as opposed to GrimmDark for teens and adults
The nominees are
Batgirl
Beasts of Burden
Pluto
Nomad: Girl Without A World

And the winner is: Batgirl

Warm and Fuzzy -most life affirming title for all ages
The nominees are
Tiny Titans
Pet Avengers

And the winner is: Tiny Titans

Best Sound Effect of The Year
The nominees are
"Nurple". Thor versus Herc, Incredible Hercules

And the winner is unsurprisingly
"Nurple". Thor versus Herc, Incredible Hercules

Best Action Sequence
The nominees are
The entire last issue of Legion of 3 Worlds
Red Lantern Guy Gardner and all related scenes

And the winner is Red Lantern Guy Gardner and all related scenes

Best Non-Traced Likeness to Actor
The nominees are
Norman Osborn / Tommy Lee Jones
Gregory Stark/Daniel Craig, in Ultimate Comics Avengers, by Carlos Pacheco Wilford
Brimley is Shunsaku Ban
James Barnes is Clint Eastwood! by Butch Guice in Captain America: Who Will Wield The Shield

And the winner is: Norman Osborn / Tommy Lee Jones

Think of The Children: Best (non-creepy) visual depiction of pre-adolescent children
The nominees are
Danielle Cage in Spider-man's 601 back-up. Done by Joe Quesada
Tiny Titans
Danielle Cage in New Avengers
Magic Trixie
Runaways
Lian Harper

And the winner is: Lian Harper

Best New Costume - both new characters and revamps
The nominees are
Black Lantern Wonder Woman
Sinestro as White Lantern, in Blackest Night by Geoff Johns & EVS
The Question, by Cully Hamner
Batgirl
Robin
WaspPym
Iris West as Impulse
Cully Hamner's Huntress

And the winner is: Black Lantern Wonder Woman

Best New Character
The nominees are
Simon Valentine
Larfleeze
Rage Kitty
Jeanette SS
Achilles
Iris as Impulse
Unit from S.W.O.R.D.

And the winner is: Larfleeze

Best Character Resurrection
The nominees are
Incredible Hercules - Zeus
Mockingbird
Kon-El
Batgirl
Bottle city of Kandor
Impulse
Nate Grey in Dark X-Men

And the winner is: A tie between Incredible Hercules - Zeus and Kon-El

Character We'd Like to See in More Titles
The nominees are
Hercules
Ragdoll
Misfit
Xavin
Oracle
Beast Boy
The Question

And the winner is: The Question

Wolverine of the Year - most over-used character
The nominees are
Deadpool
Norman Osborn
Magog
Hal Jordan
Damian Wayne

And the winner is: Deadpool

Biggest Non-Event
The nominees are
Final Crisis
Genocide
Batman: Battle For the Cowl
Timestorm

And the winner is: Final Crisis

Worst Retcon
The nominees are
The whole Chameleon/Spidey's roommate fiasco
Flash's childhood sucked
Tony Stark's memory loss
The Origin of Black Canary
Barry Allen as the source of the Speed Force
Jason Todd's got a dark childhood secret
The removal of Diana Trevor from Wonder Woman's origin story
Jason Todd is evil, always has been
Jason Todd is a closet ginger

And the winner is: The whole Chameleon/Spidey's roommate fiasco

Plot Hole of The Year
The nominees are
Dick Grayson using a Lazurus Pit TWICE in one day after fighting Tim Drake over using one less than a year ago
Barbara Gordon's wards
Where the hell is Cass Cain

And the winner is: Where the hell is Cass Cain

Meme Inspiring Moment
The nominees are
I am an Avenger Ads
Thank You, Magic Hand
Lex Luthor saying "No. S'mine."
CRY for JUSTICE
Black Lantern redesigns

And the winner is: I am an Avenger Ads

A Promise Fulfilled Award -for a long awaited series or event
The nominees are
Punisher - Frankencastle
R.E.B.E.L.S.
Blackest Night, all titles
Batwoman
The Great Ten by Tony Bedard
Nee and Hel talk about Vic's death

And the winner is: Batwoman

Most Unexpected Plot Twist - SPOILER ALERT
The nominees are
Blackest Night - Sinestro, White Lantern
That axe and Ares head in WW
That Blackest Night Wonder Woman would be all about Batman
Magneto getting Kitty

And the winner is: Blackest Night - Sinestro, White Lantern

Best Reveal
The nominees are
Deputy Lanterns
Scarecrow as yellow lantern
Huntress' new costume in 'Tec
Nekron, Blackest Night

And the winner is: A tie between Deputy Lanterns andScarecrow as yellow lantern.

Worst Kept Secret of the Year – a really really non-surprising twist
The nominees are
Twilight is Angel
Peter Parker is unemployed
Jason Todd was the Batman with guns
Cap wasn't dead/Steve Rogers Return/Bucky keeping the shield, revealed in Dark Avengers Annual #1 before Captain America Reborn even finished
Dick Grayson becomes Batman
Nekron, Blackest Night
The death of Batman

And the winner is: Dick Grayson becomes Batman

Most Dearly Departed -Good books that were canceled this past year.
The nominees are
S.W.O.R.D
Marvel Adventures Avengers
Captain Britain & MI: 13
Runaways
Catwoman
Birds of Prey
Agents of Atlas
Phonogram
Madman Atomic Comics
Michael Green's run on Superman/Batman
Blue Beetle

And the winner is: Blue Beetle

Best Title Resurrection
The nominees are
Power Girl
Batgirl

And the winner is: Power Girl

Biggest Purchase Regret
The nominees are
New Warriors
Young X-Men
Runaways #11
Moon Knight
Nation X #3
Cry for Justice
Justice League 80-Page Giant #1.
Oracle's mini
Titans
Last Days of Animal Man
Univeral War One

And the winner is: Cry for Justice

You Look Familiar – Artist with the most indistinguishable faces
The nominees are
Liefeld, Deadpool #900
Ethan Van Sciver
Jim Cheung
LAAAAAND
Ed Benes

And the winner is: LAAAAAND

Nothing Works That Way Artwork Award
The nominees are
promo image/cover for May's Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis miniseries by Kaare Andrews

And the winner is unsurprisingly
promo image/cover for May's Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis miniseries by Kaare Andrews

Most Improvement shown by an Artist or Writer
The nominees are
Tony Bedard
Tony Daniel
Sean McKeever

And the winner is: Sean McKeever

The Green Manties -for largest amount of male fanservice.
The nominees are
Secret Six

And the winner is unsurprisingly
Secret Six

The Power Window -for largest amount of female fanservice
The nominees are
Empowered
Ivan Reis Star Sapphire costume
Power Girl, by Palmiotti, Grey and Connor
Anything by Ed Benes
Venus, Agents of Atlas

And the winner is: Power Girl, by Palmiotti, Grey and Connor

The Best Fanservice Award
The nominees are
Power Girl
The Star Sapphire Costumes
Maidman
Nicola Scott
Gail Simone

And the winner is: Atie between Power Girl and Gail Simone

A Life Less Ordinary – The positive portrayal of LGBTQ, differently abled, non-majority ethnicities and cultures
The nominees are
Shatterstar is proud to be gay
The Great Ten
Bat-Woman in Detective Comics
The Question

And the winner is: Bat-Woman in Detective Comics

Most Diverse Cast
The nominees are
Green Lantern Corps
The Great Ten
Blackest Night
Guardians of the Galaxy
R.E.B.E.L.S.

And the winner is: Green Lantern Corps

Most Promising New Creator
The nominees are
Bryan Q. Miller
Francis Manapul

And the winner is: Francis Manapul

Writer Who Made It Work – Made the best of a forced situation
The nominees are
Gail Simone
Dwayne McDuffie's run on Justice League
The Blackest Night tie-in issues of R.E.B.E.L.S.

And the winner is: Gail Simone

Best Artist
The nominees are
Jill Thompson
Naoki Urasawa
Amanda Conner
JH Williams
Nicola Scott
Ramon Bachs
Cully Hamner
Dustin Nguyen

And the winner is: Amanda Conner

Best Writer
The nominees are
Gail Simone
Naoki Urasawa
Jimmy Palmiotti
DNA
Chris Yost
Kieron Gillen

And the winner is: Gail Simone

Best Comic of the Year You Probably Haven’t Heard Of.
The nominees are
Chew
Whatever Happened To The World's Fastest Man, by Dave West & Marleen Lowe, by Accent UK
R.E.B.E.L.S.
Dynamo 5, writer Jay Faerber and artist Mahmud A. Asrar
Phonogram: The Singles Club
The Sword, by the Luna Brothers

And the winner is: R.E.B.E.L.S.

Best "Foreign" Book -Euro/Asian comic
The nominees are
Bokurano: Ours
Daffodil
Pluto
xxxHolic, CLAMP

And the winner is: xxxHolic, CLAMP

Best Independent Book
The nominees are
Empowered
Chew
Phonogram: The Singles Club
Irredeemable

And the winner is: Empowered

Best Comic About Real Life
The nominees are
Barack the Barbarian
... Which unfortunately we don't see as being about Real Life or that kind of issues so the winner is
Larfleeze


Best DC Book
The nominees are
Batgirl
Secret Six, by Gail Simone
Power Girl
Detective Comics
The Great Ten

And the winner is: Secret Six, by Gail Simone

Best Marvel Book
The nominees are
Mighty Avengers
S.W.O.R.D
Captain Britain & MI:13, by Paul Cornell
Fantastic Four
The Incredible Hercules

And the winner is: The Incredible Hercules

Best All Ages Book
The nominees are
Pet Avengers
Billy Batson and the Power of Shazam
Magic Trixie
Superfriends
Tiny Titans

And the winner is: Tiny Titans

Comic We'd Spend Our Last $5 on.
The nominees are
The Secret Six
Ex Machina
Detective Comics
Jaime~Blue Beetle

And the winner is: A tie between The Secret Six and Jaime~Blue Beetle

and last but far from least:
The Lifetime Achievement Award – An Award for a life time’s contribution to comics for those who have passed on or retired from comics
The nominees are
Osamu Tezuka
John Ostrander
Denny O'Neil
George Tuska

And the winner is: John Ostrander


In memoriam: Creators who have passed away the past year
MIKE WEIRINGO, MICHAEL TURNER, FRANK SPRINGER, FRANK BORTH, JEFF NYS, GEORGE TUSKA, JOE ROSEN, IRVING TURNER, SHEL DORF, BILL RITCHIE, JACQUES MARTIN, BARRY BLAIR.



Congratulations to all the winners.
Did it go as you thought it would and/or you glad/sad/mad/other about it? Is there amongst the winners something you hadn't seen before and plan on buying even? Tell us below and have fun.

And for legality:

Comments

[benicio127]

I think the only issue I had with the dailies is that there may not have been enough time to vote and/or nominate.

Next time, it would be good to have the posts be some kind of sticky that remains at the top of the comm so people don't forget.

Otherwise, you guys did an awesome job! Yay.

[salad_barbarian]

Yeah I'm to blame for that. I didn't think through how long people would need.

[benicio127]

No worries! At least we know for next time. :-)

[sir_mikael]

I'm also to blame btw.

We're not aware how to do sticky posts, if that even exists, but we got some good suggestions to make for instance a post with a nominee we'd like to see win and put in a clearly visible reminder that the voting is still open and a link to it. So that's a way of doing it at least.

Thank you and yay!