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Comic Scene Announces Its Awards Winners
Celebrating A Year In The Industry
Scottish comic magazine Comic Scene has been running its latest awards since last year and here’s its winners. Congratulations to all the winners in bold…
BEST UK COMIC
6 Battle/Action 7.2%
5 Commando 7.6%
4 Monster Fun 9.7%
3 Quantum 11%
2 The Phoenix 16.8%
1 2000AD 47.6%
BEST US COMIC
6 Big Game 3.5%
5 Human Target 7.8%
4 Miracleman 14.9%
3 Conan The Barbarian 22.5%
2 Detective Comics 24.6%
1 SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN 26.7%
BEST CROWDFUNDER – The winner of Best Crowdfunder gets a £100 ComicScene Grant
6 Thunder Child 2 4.2%
5 Shadow Over Innsmouth 5.5%
4 The Bogie Man 5.6%
3 Bolt 01 Annual 5.9%
2 Ian Gibson’s Lifeboat 5.9%
1 GOOD OMENS 63.5% – £100 grant winner
BEST INDIE COMIC -The Top 3 winners receive a £100 grant from ComicScene
22 Quindrie Press Collection 0.9%
21 Boxes 1.3%
20 Hard Switch 1.5%
19 Fast Times In Comic Book Editing 1.6%
18 Art of Professor Elemental 2%
17/16 Alsation Cages / Downlands 2.5%
15 Spectrum 2 – 3.6%
14/13/12 Abyssal Albion / Change A WIP Anthology / Cosmic Debris 4%
11 Panharmonion Chronicles: Times of London 4.2%
10 Plainer Jane 4.3%
9 The Berg 5.7%
8 First Men On Mars 5.9%
7/6 The Kissing Gate / Sentinel 6.4%
5 Saga of the Shield Maiden 6.8%
4 Claudia Christian’s Dark Legacies 7%
3 Killtopia 7.7% – £100 grant winner
2 Pride Summer Special 8.6% – £100 grant winner
1 THE 77 – 9.2% – £100 grant winner
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
5 Monica 9.1%
4 Lion and the Eagle 13.2%
3 Ducks 18.9%
2 Ian Gibson’s Lifeboat 26.9%
1 LONDON GOTHIC 32%
BEST COMIC COLLECTION UK
6 Diceman 5.8%
5 Mick McMahon Apex Edition 10.3%
4 Robo Hunter 12.4%
3 The Tomorrow People 17.6%
2 Best of 2000AD 25.9%
1 THE DALEKS 28%
BEST COMIC COLLECTION US
5 Starhenge Vol 1 9.6%
4 DC Golden Age Vol 1 (Folio Society) 15.1%
3 Wonder Woman Amazonia 21.1%
2 Love and Rockets Collection 22.4%
1 SPIDER-MAN 2099 OMNIBUS 31.8%
BEST MANGA
7 Dandadan 3.3%
6 Radiant 5.7%
5 Rooster Fighter 6.3%
4 Animal Crossing Animal Diaries 14.4%
3 Apple Black 16%
2 One Piece 26.2%
1 CHAINSAW MAN 28.1%
BEST YOUNG GRAPHIC NOVEL
7 Parachute Club 4.2%
6 Mega Robo Club 4.9%
5 Superman Harvests of Youth 11.6%
4 Cryptid Club 11.9%
3 Bunny Vs Monkey 13%
2 2000AD Regened 27.1%
1 ASTERIX AND THE WHITE IRIS 27.3%
BEST WEB COMIC
6 Runa the Comic 6.6%
5 Last Dimension 9%
4 Alien Heart 10%
3 Nap Comix 10.4%
2 Aces Weekly 15.7%
1 HEARTSTOPPER 48.3%
A huge success story from web to TV series to fastest selling graphic novel ever in the UK this shows comics may have changed but are alive, well, thriving and making hearts race faster!
COMIC CREATOR OF 2023
9 Elsa Charretier
8 Ram V 6.8%
7 James Tynion IV 6.9%
6 Al Ewing 8.6%
5 Sean Philips 8.7%
4 Tom King 9.9%
3 Mark Millar 12.7%
2 Fiona Staples 17.8%
1 GARTH ENNIS 22.5%
Garth was a popular choice, particularly because of his work on the surprising return of Battle Action is a five issue mini series and collected annual in 2024.
BEST NEW TALENT – Best New Talent wins a £100 grant from ComicScene
7 Grayham Puttock 5.8%
6 Ian Stopforth 6.1%
5 Paul Spence 11%
4 Shanti Rai 13.8%
3 Andrew Sawyers 14.4%
2 Gustaffo Vargas 14.8%
1 ZOE THOROGOOD 34.1%
Many of the new talents listed here have been around for a while but it shows it takes time to become known as a well established comic creator. Zoe is the real deal. A touch of Philip Bond meets Manga art style she writes and draws remarkably well. We love her work as do you.
BEST COMIC ADAPTATION
7 The Flash 1.3%
6 The Marvels 1.8%
5 One Piece 5.2%
4 The Boys 13.8%
3 Into the Spiderverse 18.1%
2 Doctor Who Star Beast 18.9%
1 SANDMAN 40.9%
BEST COMIC EVENT
6 Shortbox Fair 5.2%
5 Nice Comic Fair 10.9%
4 Commando Swap Meet 12.4%
3 Lakes International Comic Arts Festival 15.9%
2 Lawless 19.9%
1 THOUGHT BUBBLE 35.7%
No surprises on the top three this year, with Thought Bubble triumphant after a great 2023 Con.
BEST COMIC MEDIA
24 CROK 0.5%
23/22/21/20 Bear Alley / Boys Adventure Blog / Comics Unlimited / Redeye 1%
19 Comics Unlimited 1.7%
18 Battling Britons 2.1%
17 Brewgooders 2.4%
16 Hibernia 2.5%
15 Comics For The Apocalypse 2.6%
14/13 Comic Boom / Panel Border 3.8%
12 Place To Hang Your Cape 4.1%
11 Geek Culture Reviews 4.4%
10 Tripwire 4.5%
9 Rusty Staples 4.7%
8 Awesome Comics Podcast 5.3%
7 Mega City Book Club 5.7%
6 Broken Frontier 7.2%
5 ECBT 2000AD 7.3%
4 Comic Book News 7.5%
3 Down The Tubes 8.6%
2 ComicScene 8.7%
1 COMICON 9.8%
Well done to ComiCon, knocking ComicScene into second place – mumble, grumble, curses! Those pesky kids….
Most Entertaining On Social Media
10 Paul Gravett 3.8%
9 Matt Garvey 6.8%
8 Andy Yates 7.3%
7 Heather Antos 7.8%
6 Lew Stinger 8.8%
5 David Roach 9.2%
4 CPUK 10.1%
3 Rob Williams 11.2%
2 Whyt Manga 11.8%
1 GAIL SIMONE 23.2%
BEST RETAIL OUTLET
14 Gnash Comics 1.8%
13/12/11 Close Encounters / Destination Venus / Jam Bookstore 2.1%
10 Place In Space 3.4%
9 Page 45 3.5%
8 Dave’s Comics 4.7%
7 Gobsmack Comics 5%
6 Travelling Man 5.7%
5 Ace Comics 6.5%
4 OK Comics 7%
3 Gosh Comics 10.5%
Joint 1st – LITTLE SHOP OF HEROES 15.5%
Joint 1st FORBIDDEN PLANET / FORBIDDEN PLANET INTERNATIONAL 30%
BEST COMIC MEMORY OF 2023
5 Return of Mike Dorey in Cadman 9.6%
4 Bolt 01 Annual 12.6%
3 Treasury of British Comics Annual 23%
2 Dredd v RoboHunter 26.1%
1 Molly Ostertag standing up for diversity at NYCC against Scholastic
BEST COMIC OF ALL TIME
10 Moebius Airtight Garage 1.6%
9 Sweet Tooth 1.7%
8 Saga 3%
7 Commando 3,7%
6 Preacher 3.8%
5/4 Dragonball / Daredevil Born Again 5.2%
3 Beano 6.3%
2 2000AD 21.9%
1 SANDMAN 47.5%
BEST COMIC CHARACTER OF ALL TIME
7 Captain Britain 3.1%
6 Superman 6.2%
5 Halo Jones 8.1%
4/3 Constantine / Judge Dredd 17.7%
2 Batman 20.7%
1 SPIDER-MAN 26.5%
BEST WRITER OF ALL TIME
7 Pat Mills 3.3%
6/5 Frank Miller / Garth Ennis 3.4%
4 John Wagner 7%
3 Stan Lee 10.4%
2 Alan Moore 17.4%
1 NEIL GAIMAN 55.1%
BEST COMIC ARTIST OF ALL TIME
12 Cam Kennedy 2.9%
11 Wally Wood 3.1%
10 Mike McMahon 4%
9 Bernie Wrightson 5.1%
8 Jim Lee 6.3%
7 Ian Kennedy 6.5%
6 Neal Adams 7.2%
5/4 Brian Bolland / Dave Gibbons 9.5%
3 Moebius 11%
2 Carlos Ezquerra 12.4%
1 JACK KIRBY 22.5%
BEST COMIC ADAPTATION OF ALL TIME
6 Superman 1978 12.6%
5 Batman 1989 13%
4 Judge Dredd 2012 14.4%
3 The Watchmen 17.8%
2 The Boys 20%
1 BATMAN DARK KNIGHT (Chris Nolan) 22.2%
BEST COMIC MEMORY OF ALL TIME
10 Winning Commando 1 on ebay 1.7%
9 Action Getting Banned 4.3%
8 2000AD Prog 1 6.1%
7 Alan Moore / Davis Captain Britain Page 1 6.6%
6 Dredd Cursed Earth 9.6%
5 Dredd Gaze Into The Fist of Dredd 10.1%
4 Dredd Apocalypse War 10.7%
3 First Appearance of Galactus in Fantastic Four 12.6%
2 V For Vendetta in Warrior 16.4%
1 READING MANGA FOR THE FIRST TIME 21.8%
