EP 47 - THE 2015 VAULTY AWARDS: WINNERS
* ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2015:
- Joelle Jones [Lady Killer, Brides of Helheim, Mockingbird: S.H.I.E.L.D. 1-shot]
- Babs Tarr [Batgirl]
- Skottie Young [Rocket Raccoon, I Hate Fairyland, Giant Sized Little Marvel AvX, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard vol 3]
- Gabriel Rodriguez [Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, Onyx]
* BEST TWEEN / YOUNG ADULT COMIC OF 2015:
- Nimona [Noelle Stevenson]
- Gotham Academy [Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl, Michele Assarasakorn (Msassyk), Serge LaPointe, Mingjue Helen Chen]
- Oddly Normal [Otis Frampton]
- Lumberjanes [Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Brooke Allen, Carey Pietsch]
* BEST KIDS / ALL-AGES COMIC OF 2015:
- Trixie Dynamite [Ben Schwartz, Mauro Reifschneider, Alexander Ragsac, Emiliano Urdinola, Christian Cerda, Jason Enos, Alfredo Regueiro, Abdolcadir Federico, Kurt Hathaway]
- Chewbacca [Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto]
- Atomic Robo [Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener]
- Power Up [Kate Leth, Matt Cummings]
* BEST CAMEO OF 2015:
- Eric Stevenson (Airboy) [James Robinson, Greg Hinkle]
- Exclamation-Point Soos (Howard The Duck #1) [Chip Zdarsky, Joe Quinones, Rico Renzi]
- Dr Strange (Howard The Duck) [Chip Zdarsky, Joe Quinones, Rico Renzi, Paolo Rivera, Rachelle Rosenberg]
- Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky (Sex Criminals #13) [Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky]
* THE TOO-SEXY-FOR-THEIR-SHIRT AWARD FOR THE CHARACTER WITH THE MOST SEX APPEAL IN A COMIC IN 2015:
- Doctor Aphra (Darth Vader) [Kieron Gillen, Salvador Larocca, Edgar Delgado]
- Suzie (Sex Criminals) [Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky, Becka Kinzie]
- Angela (Angela: Asgard’s Assassin) [Marguerite Bennett, Kieron Gillen, Phil Jiminez, Romulo Fajardo Jr]
- Gambit (Star Lord & Kitty Pryde) [Sam Humphries, Alti Firmansyah, Jessica Kholinne]
* BEST NEW-TO-YOU COMIC THAT YOU READ THIS YEAR (must have been originally published prior to 2015):
- The Wicked + The Divine [Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson] (2014)
- Sweet Tooth [Jeff Lemire, José Villarrubia] (2009)
- Hellboy [Mike Mignola, John Byrne, Dave Stewart, Matt Hollingsworth] (1994)
- Dr Strange: The Oath [Brian K Vaughan, Marcos Martin, Javier Rodríguez] (2007)
* THE I-LOVE-YOU-MAN AWARD FOR BEST RECOMMENDATION TO YOU BY CRACKING THE VAULT IN 2015:
- Lumberjanes [Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Brooke Allen, Carey Pietsch]
- 1872 [Gerry Duggan, Nik Virella, Lee Loughridge]
- Gotham Academy [Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl, Michele Assarasakorn (Msassyk), Serge LaPointe, Mingjue Helen Chen]
- Wild’s End [Dan Abnett, I.N.J. Culbard]
- Howard The Human [Skottie Young, Jim Mahfood, Justin Stewart]
- Airboy [James Robinson, Greg Hinkle]
- The Fade Out [Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Elizabeth Breitweiser]
- The Dying & The Dead [John Hickman, Ryan Bodenhiem, Michael Garland]
- Atomic Robo [Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener]
- Rumble [John Arcudi, James Harren, Dave Stewart]
- Lackadaisy [Tracy J Butler]
- JL8 [Yale Stewart]
* BEST ANIMAL IN A COMIC IN 2015:
(x2) - Tippy Toe (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) [Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Rico Renzi]
- Ghus (Saga) [Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples]
- Howard T. Duck (Howard The Duck) [Chip Zdarsky, Joe Quinones, Rico Renzi]
* BEST COMIC-BASED MOVIE OR TV SHOW IN 2015:
(x2) - Jessica Jones: Season 1
- Avengers 2: Age of Ultron
- The Flash: Season 1
* THE WTF MOMENT OF 2015:
- The Wicked + The Divine #11 [Kieron Gillen, Jaime McKelvie, Matt Wilson]
- We Stand On Guard [Brian K Vaughan, Steve Skroce, Matt Hollingsworth]
- Airboy [Greg Hinkle, James Robinson]
- Crossed. All of Crossed. [Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows, Juanmar, Greg Waller]
* THE FLOW-MY-TEARS AWARD FOR SADDEST MOMENT IN A COMIC IN 2015:
- Tara (The Wicked + The Divine #13) [Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson]
- The Brand (Saga #29) [Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples]
- Descender #1 [Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen]
- Babylon & Balloon (East of West #15) [Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin Jr]
* BEST NEW ONGOING SERIES FROM 2015:
- Bitch Planet [Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine DeLandro, Robert Wilson IV, Chris Peter]
- Howard The Duck [Chip Zdarsky, Joe Quinones, Rico Renzi]
- I Hate Fairyland [Skottie Young, Jean-Francois Beaulieu]
- DC Comics: Bombshells [Marguerite Bennett, Marguerite Sauvage, Laura Braga, Stephen Mooney, Ted Naifeh, Wendy Broome, Garry Brown, Doug Garbark, Mirka Andolfo, Bilquis Evely, Marc Deering, Ming Doyle, Sandy Jarrell, Maria Laura Sanapo, Kelly Fitzpatrick]
- The Vision [Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire]
* BEST LIMITED SERIES OF 2015:
- Lady Killer [Joelle Jones, Jamie S Rich, Laura Allred]
- Star Lord & Kitty Pryde [Sam Humphries, Alti Firmansyah, Jessica Kholinne]
- Princess Leia [Mark Waid, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson]
- Lando [Charles Soule, Alex Maleev, Paul Mounts]
- Airboy [James Robinson, Greg Hinkle]
* BOOK THAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST IN 2015:
- Injection [Declan Shalvey, Warren Ellis, Jordie Bellaire]
- Black Canary [Brenden Fletcher, Annie Wu, Lee Loughridge, Pia Guerra, Sandy Jarrell]
- Birthright [Joshua Williamson, Andrei Bressan, Adriano Honorato Lucas]
- Captain America [Nick Spencer, Daniel Acuna, Paul Renaud]
* MOST RELEVANT COMIC OF 2015:
(x2) - The Private Eye [Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, Muntsa Vicente]
- Wild’s End [Dan Abnett, I.N.J. Culbard]
- The Vision [Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire]
* THE SLOW BURN AWARD FOR 2015:
- Wayward [Jim Zub, Steve Cummings, Tamra Bonvillain, Zack Davisson, John Rauch]
* WRITER OF THE YEAR 2015:
(x2) - Chip Zdarsky [Kaptara, Howard The Duck, Jughead, Sex Criminals]
- Ed Brubaker [Velvet, The Fade Out, Criminal]
- Kieron Gillen [The Wicked + The Divine, Darth Vader, Angela: Asgard’s Assassin, 1602 Witch Hunter Angela, Phonogram, Siege, Mercury Heat, Uber]
* COMIC OF THE YEAR 2015:
- The Private Eye [Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, Muntsa Vicente]
- Saga [Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples]
- Star Wars [Jason Aaron, John Cassaday, Stuart Immonen, Laura Martin, Simone Bianchi, Justin Ponsor]
- Sex Criminals [Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky, Becka Kinzie]
