Monday, December 21, 2009

2008 Webcomic Readers Choice Awards Announced

A console of admired board called the winners afterwards accepted voting predominately narrowed anniversary chic to the top 5 finalists. Interestingly a amount of accolade winners were not the top vote getters as the board in several categories airy the accepted sentiment.

Best Art went to Sarah Ellerton, the biographer and artisan of Phoenix Requiem. Best Writing went to Michael Wakcher for Circle Versus Square. Best Design was awarded to Elle Connelly by Indigo Kelleigh. Best Protagonist went to Dr. McNinja from The Adventures of Dr. McNinja by Chris Hastings. Best Antagonist went to Dr. Horatio Synn from Johnny Saturn accounting by Scott Story and Benita Story. The Best New Comic was Trying Human by Emy Bitner. Finally, the Author Congeniality Award went to Krishna Sadasivam the columnist of PC Weenies.

A absolute of 139 nominations were fabricated and voted aloft in the seven categories. Thousands of votes were accustomed and archival afore the board took their turn.

The WCRCA’s are an awards for webcomics and are advised for readers to accord their opinions on what they feel are their favorites in the assorted categories. It aswell seeks to animate readership and acknowledgment to non-mainstream webcomics with a focus on new and altered webcomics.

The affecting console of board were Philip M. Hofer aswell accepted as Frumph who is a writer, programmer, and architect of the webcomic website that organized the awards Frumph’s News, List, Ratings and Reviews, J.T. Shea, the host of The Gigacast account webcomic podcast and architect of NightGig Studios, Kurt Sasso, host for Two Guys Talkin’ Webcomics, and Frumph.NET agents reviewer, Steve Hamaker colorist of the Bone clear atypical alternation by Jeff Smith, architect of the atypical Fish N Chips, and aswell a contributor to several of the Flight anthologies and finally, John Hernadez, architect of the webcomic host, The Rampage Network.

“There were a lot of absolutely boxy choices for the WCRCA’s,” said adjudicator Kurt Sasso. Sasso went on to say, “To anticipate that one vote can change an absolute chic is a lot to crop on. Which is why we absolutely discussed any choices we had at abundant length. I anticipate we managed and abstruse from these awards. As continued as readers new and old get to see some comics that they ability not accept apparent before, again I’m blessed to accept accustomed them a broader selection.”

Given the amount and array of nominees, absolute accessible votes casting and the celebrated anticipation panel, this accolade is destined to become one of the a lot of celebrated in webcomic community.
For all inquiries acquaintance Philip Hofer at Philip@frumph.net.

Contact :
Adam Zuckerman
Frumph.NET
Lancaster, CA
(818)-610-8118
adzuckerman@gmail.com http://www.frumph.net

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