From: [o--b--t] at [ix.netcom.com] (Michael R. Grabois)
Subject: [FLASHBACK] Ten years ago: the 1986 CBG awards
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 96 15:01:20 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info

Continuing my look through back issues of CBG before getting rid of them,
here's the 1986 CBG awards, as voted on by the readers. All comics with a
1986 cover date were eligible, which explains the presence of some 1985
miniseries or stories that ran into 1986. Vote tallies are in [brackets], and
I only listed the top 10 in each category.

Were there RAC awards back then? It'd be interesting to compare them, if they
still exist.

FAVORITE COMIC BOOK STORY
1. Batman: The Dark Knight 1-4 [533]
2. Daredevil 227-233 [236]
3. Watchmen [188]
4. Superman 423/Action 583 ("What ever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?")
	[139]
5. X-Men 210-213/X-Factor 9-11/Thor 373/New Mutants 46/Power Pack 27/
	Daredevil 238 (Mutant Massacre) [136]
6. Swamp Thing 53 (Swamp Thing invades Gotham City) [115]
7. Man of Steel 1-6 [101]
8. Crisis on Infinite Earths [58]
9. Batman 400 [52]
10. New Mutants 45 [53]

FAVORITE LIMITED COMIC BOOK SERIES
1. Batman: the Dark Knight [944]
2. Watchmen [660]
3. Man of Steel [407]
4. Legends [224]
5. Elektra: Assassin [118]
6. Mage [76]
6. Punisher [76]
8. Crisis on Infinite Earths [61]
9. Aquaman [48]
10. The Shadow [34]

FAVORITE COLORIST
1. Lynn Varley [622]
2. Tom Ziuko [273]
3. Tatjana Wood [266]
4. Glynis Oliver [212]
5. Adrienne Roy [186]
6. Carl Gafford [142]
7. Christie Max Scheele [127]
8. Matt Wagner [103]
9. John Higgins [96]
10. Les Dorscheid [86]

FAVORITE COVER ARTIST
1. George Perez [444]
2. Bill Sienkiewicz [416]
3. Arthur Adams [381]
4. John Byrne [294]
5. Dave Stevens [188]
6. Frank Miller [106]
7. Walter Simonson [86]
8. Mike Zeck [72]
9. Barry Windsor-Smith [66]
10. Steve Lightle [64]

FAVORITE GRAPHIC NOVEL (includes new and reprint)
1. Daredevil: Love and War [527]
2. The Dark Knight [478]
3. Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky [197]
4. Grendel: Devil by the Deed [157]
5. Robotech the Graphic Novel, Genesis: Robotech [124]
6. Alien Legion: A Grey Day to Die [81]
7. Dracula: A Symphony in Moonlight and Murder [79]
8. Demon with a Glass Hand [77]
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [70]
10. Time2: the Epiphany [64]

FAVORITE WRITER
1. Alan Moore [876]
2. Frank Miller [796]
3. Chris Claremont [266]
4. John Byrne [176]
5. Marv Wolfman [164]
6. Roy and Dann Thomas [89]
7. Mike Baron [63]
8. Matt Wagner [58]
9. Louise Simonson [57]
10. Paul Levitz [56]

FAVORITE LETTERER
1. John Costanza [733]
2. Tom Orzechowski [350]
3. Ken Bruzenak [281]
4. John Workman [271]
5. Jim Novak [124]
6. Joe Rosen [117]
7. Bob Lappan [95]
8. Todd Klein [84]
9. Bob Pinaha [79]
10. Dave Gibbons [75]

FAVORITE COMIC BOOK (title)
1. Swamp Thing [395]
2. Uncanny X-Men [356]
3. Batman [127]
4. Legion of Super-Heroes/Tales of the LSH [116]
5. Superman [101]
6. New Teen Titans/Tales of the Teen Titans [93]
7. X-Factor [89]
8. Daredevil [82]
9. Avengers [79]
10. Watchmen [73]

FAVORITE CHARACTER
1. Batman [680]
2. Wolverine [287]
3. Superman [178]
4. Rorschach (Watchmen) [136]
5. Spider-Man [122]
6. Swamp Thing [96]
7. 'Mazing Man [49]
8. Daredevil [46]
9. Cerebus [44]
10. Groo [44]

FAVORITE INKER
1. Terry Austin [724]
2. Karl Kesel [348]
3. Klaus Janson [231]
4. Dick Giordano [188]
5. Tom Palmer [94]
6. Jerry Ordway [90]
7. John Totleben [84]
8. Mike DeCarlo [66]
8. Bruce D. Patterson [66]
10. Romeo Tanghal [65]

FAVORITE PENCILLER
1. John Byrne [647]
2. George Perez [510]
3. Arthur Adams [246]
4. Frank Miller [244]
5. Bill Sienkiewicz [114]
6. Steve Rude [112]
7. David Mazzuchelli [85]
8. Dave Gibbons [67]
9. Todd McFarlane [60]
10. Alan Davis [59]

FAVORITE DIRECT-SALES ONLY TITLE (Phil Seuling Award)
1. Watchmen [272]
2. New Teen Titans [238]
3. Infinity Inc. [183]
4. Power Pack [159]
5. Batman: the Dark Knight [151]
6. Legion of Super-Heroes [149]
7. Cerebus [92]
8. Nexus [85]
9. Vigilante [71]
10. Mage [62]

FAVORITE PUBLICATION ABOUT COMICS
1. Amazing Heroes [1022]
2. Comics Journal [245]
3. Marvel Age [243]
4. Comics Feature [224]
5. Comics Interview [100]
6. Comic Book Price Guide [79]
7. Four Color Magazine [61]
8. Comics Collector [43]
9. DC Releases [30]
10. <none>

FAVORITE EDITOR
1. Denny O'Neil [389]
2. Mark Gruenwald [296]
3. Karen Berger [253]
4. Marv Wolfman [217]
5. Ann Nocenti [210]
6. Mike Gold [164]
7. Jim Shooter [163]
8. Andy Helfer [151]
9. Dick Giordano [131]
10. Roy Thomas [113]

A look at who voted:
Most common age: 15
Age that had same number above and below it: 18
Arithmetical average: 20.7
Gender:	Males: 3017
	Females: 191
	No answer: 166



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