EP 90 - THE 2016 VAULTY AWARDS: WINNERS
* PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR 2016:
Amy: Image Comics
Tony: Image Comics
Patty: Marvel Comics
Listener’s Choice: Image Comics
* ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2016:
P: Mike Del Mundo [Weirdworld, The Vision (covers)]
A: Skottie Young [I Hate Fairyland]
T: Fiona Staples [Saga]
LC: Greg Tocchini [Low]
* Honorable Mention: Nicola Scott [Black Magick, Wonder Woman]
* BEST ANIMAL IN A COMIC IN 2016:
T: Jonathan The Actual Wolverine (All-New Wolverine) [Tom Taylor, Marcio Takara, Jordan Boyd, Mat Lopes, Nik Virela, Michael Garland, Scott Hanna, Ig Guarra, Walden Wong, John Rauch, Bob Wiacek, Victor Olazaba]
A: Sandor (Animosity) [Marguerite Bennett, Rafael de Latorre, Rob Schwager]
P: Howard T. Duck (Howard The Duck) [Chip Zdarsky, Joe Quinones, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Marc Deering, Joe Rivera, Jordan Gibson, Rico Renzi, Kevin Maguire, Paolo Rivera]
LC: Lying Cat (Saga) [Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples]
* BEST COMIC-BASED TV SHOW IN 2016:
A: Agent Carter: Season 2
P: Luke Cage: Season 1
T: Daredevil: Season 2
LC: The Flash: Season 2
* BEST ANNUAL, ONE-SHOT, OR ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL, OF 2016:
P: How to Talk to Girls at Parties [Neil Gaiman, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba]
A: The Wicked + The Divine 1831 [Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans]
T: Love is Love [Marc Andreyko, Joe Kelly, Victor Santos, Rafael Albuquerque, Jim Zub, Vivian Ng, Paul Dini, Bill Morrison, Robert Stanley, Joshua Fialkov, Gabriel Bautista, Teddy Tenenbaum, Mike Huddleston, Judd Winick, Jeff Jensen, David López, Tee Franklin, Carla Speed McNeil, Kaare Andrews, Sina Grace, Daniel Beals, David Lafuente, Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, Emma Vieceli, Christina Strain, Jeff King, Steve Pugh, Quinton Winter, Rob Williams, Mike Dowling, Marc Guggenheim, Brent Peeples, Chris Sotomayor, Grant Morrison, Jesús Merino, Eddie Gorodetsky, Jesus Alonso Iglesias, Devon T.W. Morales, Rags Morales, Gabriel Cassata, David Drake, Pedro Villora, José Villarrubia, Robert Venditti, Brad Walker, Andrew Dalhouse, Amanda Deibert, Cat Staggs, Scott Snyder, Jock, Jeff Dixon, Karl Slominski, Gail Simone, Jim Calafiore, Justin Zimmerman, Robbi Rodriguez, Dave Justus, Travis Moore, Michael E. Wiggam, Mark Millar, Gene Kowalski, Brad Simpson, Patton Oswalt, Brandon Peterson, Joe Harris, Pete Woods, Christian Gossett, Iain McCaig, David Avallone, Dave Acosta, Scott Lope, Stephen Sadowski, Dan Shadian, Morgan Valentine Spurlock, Kieron Dwyer, Taran Killam, Barry Crain, Giulia Brusco, Mark Badger, John Ross Bowie, Tom Feister, Chris Miskiewicz, Simon Fraser, Nyambi Nyambi, Jason Shawn Alexander, J.R. Rand, Jon Sommariva, Leonardo Ito, Brad Meltzer, Chris Eliopoulos, Drew Draege, Guillermo Mogorrón, Justin Hall, Emma Houxbois, Alejandra Gutiérrez, Brian Michael Bendis, Olivia Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming, Taki Soma, Steve Foxe, Isaac Goodhart, K. Michael Russell, Ben Raab, T-Rex Jones, Bo Bradshaw, Dan DiDio, Carlos D'Anda, Tony Bedard, Karl Moline, Mike Carey, Craig T. Hamilton, Tom Taylor, Emily Smith, Michael Garland, Ivan Brandon, Paul Reinwand, Jonathan Hickman, Matthew Rosenberg, Amancay Nahuelpan, Tyler Boss, Dave Crosland, Paul Azaceta, Rachel Richey, Francis Manapul, Sterling Gates, Matthew Clark, Michael Atiyeh, Brian Buccellato, Toni Infante, Fernando Blanco, Marc Bernardin, Marcial Toledano, Paul Jenkins, Robert Hack, Tamra Bonvillain, Liam Sharpe, Lovern Kindzierski, Jason Inman, Ashley Victoria Robinson, Nick Robles, Joshua Yehl, Austin James, Guillem March, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen Byrne, William Shakespeare, Mike McKone, William Seward Burroughs, Joseph Michael Linsner, Mark Buckingham, Ivan Reis, Tom King, Mitch Gerads, James Asmus, Ming Doyle, James Tynion IV, Molly Ostertag, Marguerite Bennett, Ana Murillo, Chris Ryall, Andrew Griffith, Priscilla Tramontano, Jay Edidin, Sophia Foster-Dimino, Joshua Dysart, Gary Erskine, Yel Zamor, Jennie Wood, Jeff McComsey, David Macho, Jesús Saiz, Jeff Krell, Tim Seeley, Mark Englert, Van Jensen, Alvaro Ortiz, Bart A. Thompson, Kevin Richardson, Chuck Kim, Phil Jimenez, Jordan Boyd, Jeff Parker, Greg Fox, Donna Barr, Michael Carlin, Pedro Rodriguez, Brenna Davis, Ross Fisher, Yildiray Cinar, Christos N. Gage, Ruth Gage, Andrei Bressan, Stephane Roux, Patch Zircher, Brennan Wagner, Al Ewing, Lee Garbett, Antonio Fabela, Jason Aaron, Jason Latour, Paige Braddock, Lilah Sturges, John Lucas, Michael E. Wiggam, James Robinson, Sagar Forniés, T. Chick McClure, Mary Jo Smith, Steve Orlando, Iain Laurie, Harry Saxon, Christopher Golden, Peter Bergting, Dan Jurgens, Alé Garza, Kurtis Wiebe, Troy Nixey, Matt Bomer, Cully Hamner, Giulia Brusco, Alejandro Arbona, Wilfredo Torres, Matt Wagner, Dan Schkade, Jeffrey Burandt, Sean Von Gorman, Paul Mounts, Dan Parent, J. K. Rowling, Jim Lee, Mark Chiarello, Shawn C. Martinbrough, Adriano Honorato Lucas, G. Willow Wilson, Max Vento, Billy Tucci, Hi-Fi, Elayne Riggs, Robin Riggs, David Mack, Christina Rossetti, P. Craig Russell, David Sexton, Lovern Kindzierski, Philip S. Tan, Elmer Santos, George Pérez, Karl Kesel, Laura Allred, C.S. Morse, Vicente Cifuentes, Kieron Gillen, Sarah Gordon, Cecil Castellucci, Mirka Andolfo, Damon Lindelof, Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto, Ed Luce]
LC: DC Universe Rebirth #1 [Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Gary Frank, Phil Jimenez, Brad Anderson, Jason Wright, Joe Prado, Hi-Fi, Matt Santorelli, Gabriel A. Eltaeb]
* BEST COMIC-BASED MOVIE IN 2016:
T: Captain America: Civil War
A: Captain America: Civil War
P: Captain America: Civil War
LC: Captain America: Civil War
* WRITER OF THE YEAR 2016:
A: Greg Rucka [Wonder Woman, Black Magick, Stumptown, Lazarus, Dragon Age: Magekiller]
P: Nick Spencer [Captain America: Sam Wilson, The Astonishing Ant-Man, The Fix]
T: Greg Rucka [Wonder Woman, Black Magick, Stumptown, Lazarus, Dragon Age: Magekiller]
LC: Rick Remender [Black Science, Low, Seven to Eternity, Tokyo Ghost, Devolution, Deadly Class, Captain America]
* Honorable Mentions: Dan Slott [Silver Surfer, The Amazing Spider-Man], Kelly Sue DeConnick [Bitch Planet, Pretty Deadly], Marguerite Bennett [Angela: Queen of Hel, DC Comics: Bombshells, Insexts, Red Sonja, Animosity, Josie & The Pussycats, WW 75th Anniversary Special, Fresh Romance], Ryan North [The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Jughead], & Jason Aaron [Doctor Strange, The Mighty Thor, Star Wars, Southern Bastards, The Goddamned]
* BREAKTHROUGH CREATOR OF 2016:
P: Tom King [The Vision, Batman, The Omega Men, Sheriff of Babylon, Grayson]
A: Gerard Way [editor: Young Animal, writer: Doom Patrol, Shade The Changing Girl, Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye]
T: Brittney L. Williams [Patsy Walker: AKA Hellcat, Goldie Vance]
LC: Matt Kindt [Dept H, Ether, Past Aways, Divinity II, Divinity III, 4001AD, Ninjak, Rai]
* SERIES WITH THE BEST COVERS IN 2016:
T: Monstress [Sana Takeda]
P: Island [Simon Roy, Lin Visel, Malachi Ward, Matt Sheean, Michael DeForge, Johnnie Christmas, Marian Churchland, Fil Barlow]
A: Scarlet Witch [David Aja, Jordie Bellaire]
LC: Saga [Fiona Staples]
* BEST LIMITED SERIES OF 2016:
A: The Vision [Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire]
P: Superman: American Alien [Max Landis, Nick Dragotta, Matthew Clark, Tommy Lee Edwards, Doc Shaner, Joelle Jones, Mark Buckingham, Jae Lee, Steve Dillon, Francis Manapul, Jonathan Case, Jock, Alex Guim, Rob Schwager, Rico Renzi, José Villarrubia, June Chung, Rod Reis, Lee Loughridge]
T: The Vision [Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire]
LC: Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [James Tynion IV, Freddie E. Williams II, Jeremy Colwell]
* BEST TWEEN / YOUNG ADULT COMIC OF 2016:
P: Goldie Vance [Hope Larson, Brittney L. Williams, Sarah Stern]
A: Lumberjanes [Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters, Carey Pietsch, Ayme Sotuyo, Maarta Laiho]
T: Joyride [Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Marcus To, Irma Kniivila]
LC: Goldie Vance [Hope Larson, Brittney L. Williams, Sarah Stern]
* BEST SUPERHERO COMIC OF 2016:
T: Wonder Woman [Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, Liam Sharp, Bilquis Evely, Romulo Fajardo Jr, Laura Martin]
P: Silver Surfer [Dan Slott, Mike Allred, Laura Allred]
A: Wonder Woman [Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, Liam Sharp, Bilquis Evely, Romulo Fajardo Jr, Laura Martin]
LC: The Vision [Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire]
* BEST MOMENT OF SQUEEE IN COMICS IN 2016:
A: Peter Sings to Robot Kitty Pryde (Star-Lord & Kitty Pryde #3) [Sam Humphries, Alti Firmansyah, Jessica Kholinne]
T: Debut of Jonathan The Actual Wolverine (All-New Wolverine #7) [Tom Taylor, Marcio Takara, Jordan Boyd]
P: Persephone Appears (The Wicked + The Divine #18) [Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson, Dee Cunniffe]
LC: Cyclops (Death of X) [Jeff Lemire, Charles Soule, Aaron Kuder, Morry Jay Hollowell]
* BEST NEW-TO-YOU COMIC THAT YOU READ THIS YEAR (must have been originally published prior to 2016):
P: Arrowsmith [Kurt Busiek, Carlos Pacheco, Jesús Merino, Alex Sinclair] (2003)
A: Kingdom Come [Mark Waid, Alex Ross] (1996)
T: Rachel Rising [Terry Moore] (2011)
LC: East of West [Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin Jr] (2013)
* BEST KIDS / ALL-AGES COMIC OF 2016:
T: Above The Clouds [Melissa Pagluica]
P: Bird Boy [Anne Szabla]
A: Space Battle Lunchtime [Natalie Riess]
LC: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic [Christina Rice, Agnes Garbowska, Ted Anderson, Brenda Hickey, Katie Cook, Andy Price, Thomas Zahler, AMF, Lauren J. Perry, Heather Breckel]
* THE I-LOVE-YOU-MAN AWARD FOR BEST RECOMMENDATION TO YOU BY SOMEONE FROM CRACKING THE VAULT IN 2016:
A: Pretty Deadly (recommended by Tony) [Emma Rios, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Jordie Bellaire]
Rebels (recommended by Patty) [Brian Wood, Tristan Jones, Ariela Kristantina, Andrea Mutti, Matt Woodson, Jordie Bellaire]
& The Vision (recommended by Jake) [Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire]
T: DC Comics: Bombshells (recommended by Amy) [Marguerite Bennett, Marguerite Sauvage, Laura Braga, Stephen Mooney, Ted Naifeh, Wendy Broome, Garry Brown, Doug Garbark, Mirka Andolfo, Ming Doyle, Bilquis Evely, Marc Deering, Sandy Jarrell, Maria Laura Sanapo, Kelly Fitzpatrick]
& The Vision (recommended by Patty & Jake) [Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire]
P: Supergirl: Being Super (recommended by Tony) [Mariko Tamaki, Joelle Jones, Kelly Fitzpatrick]
LC: Paper Girls (recommended by we all) [Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson]
* THE ZDARSKY AWARD FOR FUNNIEST COMIC OF 2016:
T: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 / Howard the Duck #6 – “Animal House” [Ryan North, Chip Zdarsky, Erica Henderson, Joe Quinones, Rico Renzi, Marc Deering, Joe Rivera, Jordan Gibson]
P: Howard The Duck [Chip Zdarsky, Joe Quinones, Marc Deering, Kevin Maguire, Joe Rivera, Paolo Manuel Rivera, Jordan Gibson, Christopher Hastings, Danilo S. Beyruth, Tamra Bonvillain, Veronica Fish, Rick Magyar, Goran Sudžuka]
A: Patsy Walker: AKA Hellcat [Kate Leth, Brittney L. Williams, Megan M. Wilson]
LC: Giant Days [John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar, Liz Fleming]
* BEST COMICS VILLAIN OF 2016:
T: Brian Michael Bendis (writer: Civil War II)
P: Shalla-Bal (Silver Surfer) [Dan Slott, Mike Allred, Laura Allred]
A: Ananke (The Wicked + The Divine) [Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson]
LC: The Horsemen (East of West) [Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin Jr]
* BEST NEW ONGOING SERIES OF 2016:
P: Ether [Matt Kindt, David Rubin]
A: Wonder Woman [Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, Liam Sharp, Bilquis Evely, Romulo Fajardo Jr, Laura Martin]
T: Motor Girl [Terry Moore]
LC: Ether [Matt Kindt, David Rubin]
* COLORIST OF THE YEAR 2016:
P: Mike del Mundo & Marco D'Alfonso [Weirdworld]
T: Matt Wilson [Paper Girls, The Mighty Thor, The Wicked + The Divine, Black Widow, Cry Havoc, Phonogram, Captain Marvel]
A: Hwei Lim [Mirror]
LC: Matt Wilson [Paper Girls, The Mighty Thor, The Wicked + The Divine, Black Widow, Cry Havoc, Phonogram, Captain Marvel]
* THE FLOW-MY-TEARS AWARD FOR SADDEST MOMENT IN COMICS IN 2016:
T: Saga #38 [Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples]
P: The Vision #12 [Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire]
A: Saga #38 [Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples]
LC: Saga #38 [Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples]
* COMIC OF THE YEAR 2016:
P: The Vision [Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire)
T: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl [Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Rico Renzi]
A: The Vision [Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire]
LC: East of West [Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin Jr.]
