Breakout Creator

Brock: (What? None? Come on Brock...)
Kip: Jason Aaron (Scalped)
Aaron: John Rogers (Blue Beetle)
Michael: Matt Fraction (Casanova, The Order)
Phil: Fred Van Lente (Action Philosophers, Incredible Herc)
Sam: Jonathan Hickman (Nightly News, Pax Romana)


Breakout Character

Brock: Amadeus Cho (Incredible Hulk)
Kip: Iron Fist (Iron Fist)
Aaron: The Order (The Order)
Michael: Iron Man
Phil: Booster Gold (Booster Gold, 52)
Sam: Danny Rand (Iron Fist)


Best Small Publisher/Publisher Book

Brock: Dynamite (BROOOOOOCK!!!!)
Kip: Fall of Cthulhu (Boom!)
Aaron: Nexus (Dark Horse)
Michael: Maintenance (Oni Press)
Phil: Maintenance (Oni Press)
Sam: Fall of Cthulhu (Boom!)


Biggest/Most Controversial Comics News Story

Brock: Cable and Deadpool Canceled
Kip: Death of Captain America
Aaron: Spirit Movie
Michael: Death of Captain America
Phil: Death of Captain America
Sam: Death of Captain America
Honorable Metion: The JLA Movie


Biggest Disappointment (Besides Countdown)

Brock: Ultimates vol. 3 (Marvel)
Kip: Brad Meltzer's Justice League (especially his part in Lightning Saga as well as terms like "Reddy" and the relationship between Red Arrow and Hawk Girl. Boring soap opera trash). (DC)
Aaron: No more Morrison or Gage
Michael: One More Day (Marvel)
Phil: Spider-man in general. (Marvel)
Sam: DC Relaunches
Honorable Mentions: Lighting Saga and Runaways.


Worst Countdown Moment

Brock: The time when I was going to drop it about 6 weeks into it and didn't... followed by the best Countdown moment: When I finally dropped it about 20 weeks into it!
Kip: The Challengers touring the multiverse in search of Ray Palmer and getting nowhere and forcing the reader to go nowhere with them.
Aaron: First 6 issues of Countdown sold poorly on eBay.
Michael: Challengers going nowhere.
Phil: We get that Piper is gay. Let it go.
Sam: DC editorial revealing that Ray Palmer will be found in the main Countdown pages, making the Search for Ray Palmer books bad and useless.


Best Single Issue

Brock: Cable & Deadpool #36 (Marvel) - Deadpool vs. Taskmaster. Funniest issue of the year, period.
Kip: All-Star Superman #6 (DC) "Funeral in Smallville". The issue is both poignant and quirky at the same time. A melancholy tale that deals with loss and the chance of having one more day with the one's you love.
Aaron: Spirit #6
Michael: Detective Comics #833
Phil: Casanova #7 (Image)
Sam: Sinestro Corp War Special: Sinestro Corp War Part 1 (DC)


Best Cover

Brock: Cable and Deadpool #47 (Marvel)
Kip: Scalped #1 (Vertigo)
Aaron: None! No prize!
Michael: 52 #40 (DC)
Phil: Blade #12 (Marvel)
Sam: Green Lantern #23 (DC)


Best Storyline/Story Arc

Brock: Planet/World War Hulk
Kip: Sinestro Corp War
Aaron: Coward> (Criminal #1-#5)
Michael: Sinestro Corp War
Phil: Sinestro Corp War
Sam: Batman of All Nations (Batman #667-#669)


Best Limited Series/Graphic Novel

Brock: DEADPOOL/GLI - SUMMER FUN #1 (Marvel)
Kip: The Dark Tower: The Gun Slinger Born (Marvel)
Aaron: Tales of the Unexpected backup (DC)
Michael: Justice (DC)
Phil: Nightly News (Image)
Sam: MODOK's 11 (Marvel)
Honorable Mention: Dr. Strange: The Oath (Marvel)


Alternative (non-superhero) Book

Brock: Fell/Criminal (Warren Ellis/Ed Brubaker)
Kip: Casanova (Matt Fraction)
Aaron: Usagi Yojimbo
Michael: Atomic Robo (Brain Celvinger)
Phil: Casanova (Matt Fraction)
Sam: Criminal (Ed Brubaker)


Moment of the Year

Brock: Daredevil's wife pushing the innocent bystander in front of the subway... wow
Kip: Death of Captain America (Captain America #25)
Aaron: End of Ralph Dibney's story. (52 #52)
Michael: Elektra and the Skulls (New Avengers #31)
Phil: Skrull reveal (New Avengers #31)
Sam: Elektra is a Skrull (New Avengers #31)
Honorable Mention: Sobek eats Osiris. (52 #44)


Most Anticipated of 2008

Brock: Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #3 (Marvel)
Kip: The Skrull Invasion in the Marvel Universe
Aaron: Final Crisis
Michael: Final Crisis
Phil: Final Crisis
Sam: Skrullocaust


Best Artist

Brock: Ben Templesmith (Fell)
Kip: J.H. Williams III (Batman #667 - 669)
Aaron: Jordi Bernet (Jonah Hex)
Michael: J.H. Williams III (Batman #667 - 669)
Phil: Dale Eaglesham (JSA)
Sam: Marko Djurdjevic (Marvel Covers)


Best Writer

Brock: Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Daredevil, Uncanny X-Men, Iron Fist, Criminal)
Kip: Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Daredevil, Uncanny X-Men, Iron Fist, Criminal) and Geoff Johns (Green Lantern, JSA, and Booster Gold)
Aaron: Christos Gage (Stormwatch, Wildstorm Armageddon, Iron Man Annual)
Michael: Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Daredevil, Uncanny X-Men, Iron Fist, Criminal)
Phil: Geoff Johns (Booster Gold, Green Lantern, JSA)
Sam: Geoff Johns (Booster Gold, Green Lantern, JSA)


Book of the Year

Brock: Cable/Deadpool (Fabian Nicieza)
Kip: Scalped (Jason Aaron and R.M. Guéra)
Aaron: (Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely)
Michael: Green Lantern (Geoff Johns and various)
Phil: Booster Gold (Geoff Johns and Dan Jurgens)
Sam: JSA (Geoff Johns, Dale Eaglesham and Ruy Jose)