THE RESULTS of the NATIONAL COMICS AWARDS 2003
Voted for by comic readers in the UK. Ballot form included in Comic Festival programme, Tripwire magazine, Borderline magazine, 2000AD comic, The Dandy, Warhammer monthly and on the website comicfestival.co.uk

The Awards were presented at ceremony at Comic Festival Bristol, Friday May 23 2003.

COMICS INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR
COMIC OF THE YEAR


1 2000AD
2 The Dandy
3 Warhammer Monthly
4 The Ultimates
5 The Beano
6 Dredd Megazine
7 League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
8 Fables
9 New X Men
10 Daredevil
11 100 Bullets
12 Batman
13 Hellblazer
14 Alias
15 Lucifer
16 Three Days In Europe
17 Y The Last Man
18 Amazing Spider-Man
19 The Filth
20 Ultimate X Men

BORDERS BOOKS AWARD FOR
GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR

1 Daemonifuge (Kev Walker & Jim Campbell) - Black Library Press
2 League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
3 Rosemary's Backpack (Drew Gilbert & Antony Johnston)
4 Thirty Days Of Night (Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith)
5 The Ultimates Vol One
6 Dark Knight Strikes Again/Back/DK2
7 Catwoman - Selina's Big Score
8 Fables - Legends In Exile
9 Redeemer (Pat Mills, Debbie Gallagher, Wayne Reynolds)
10 After The Snooter (Eddie Campbell)

SFX MAGAZINE AWARD FOR
BEST COMIC-BASED FILM or TV

1 Spider-Man
2 Daredevil
3 X Men 2
4 Smallville
5 Road To Perdition
6 Blade II
7 Justice League
8 American Splendor
9 Birds Of Prey
10 Dan Dare Pilot Of The Future

KNOCKABOUT AWARD FOR
BEST SELF-PUBLISHED OR INDEPENDENT COMIC

1 Jack Staff by Paul Grist
2 Zarjaz
3 Fred The Clown
4 The Girly Comic
5 Miranda
6 Oddcases
7 Strangehaven
8 Thirty Days Of Night
9 Bone
10 Devilchild

BEST NEW COMIC
1 Y The Last Man (DC Vertigo Comics)
2 Fables
3 Jack Staff
4 Three Days In Europe
5 The Filth
6 Lady Constantine
7 Courtney Crumrin
8 Pop London
9 League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol 2
10 Dredd v Aliens

TRIPWIRE AWARD FOR
BEST NEW TALENT

1 Andy Diggle (writer Lady Constantine (DC), Snow Tiger (2000AD))
2 Karl Richardson
3 Simon Spurrier
4 Andy Clarke
5 Antony Johnston
6 Fraser Irving
7 Brian K Vaughan
8 Jai Sen
9 Dom Reardon
10 Bruce Jones



BULLETPROOF COMICS AWARD FOR
BEST ONLINE STRIP

1 Fred The Clown (Roger Langridge)
2 Oddcases
3 Nowhere Girl
4 Red Meat
5 Bash St Kids
6 Juniper Crescent
7 PVP
8 Astounding Space Thrills
9 Death Takes A Holiday
10 Miffy (Borderline)


DIAMOND PREVIEWS AWARD FOR
BEST SPECIALIST MAGAZINE OR WEBSITE

1 Comics International
2 2000adonline.com
3 Borderline
4 Ninth Art
5 Tripwire
6 Black Library
7 Beanotown
8 Newsarama
9 Silver Bullet Comics
10 Sequential Tart


BEST SUPPORTING CHARACTER

1 Big Yellow Dog (from Blinky, in The Dandy, by Nick Brennan)
2 Gnasher
3 Ukko The Dwarf
4 Wulf Sternhammer
5 Scabbs (Kal Jerico)
6 Chief Judge Hershey
7 Chesters Aliens
8 Jekyll/Hyde (LOEG)
9 Joe Pineapples
10 Beryl The Peril‚s Dad


BEST CHARACTER

1 Judge Dredd (2000AD)
2 Blinky (Dandy)
3 John Constantine
4 Batman
5 Kal Jerico
6 Nikolai Dante
7 Spider-Man
8 Wolverine
9 Desperate Dan
10 Slaine

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

1 John Wagner
2 Stan Lee
3 Alan Moore
4 Will Eisner
5 Pat Mills
6 Rich Johnston
7 Carlos Ezquerra
8 Frank Miller
9 John Buscema
10 Alan Grant

INCOGNITO COMICS AWARD FOR
BEST ARTIST EVER

1 Jack Kirby
2 Carlos Ezquerra
3 Brian Bolland
4 Dave Gibbons
5 Colin Macneil
6 Will Eisner
7 Mike McMahon
8 Simon Bisley
9 Bryan Talbot
10 John Buscema

ACE COMICS AWARD FOR
BEST ARTIST NOW

1 Bryan Hitch
2 Henry Flint
3 Jock
4 Nick Brennan
5 Fraser Irving
6 Frank Quitely
7 Jim Lee
8 Karl Richardson
9 Steve Dillon
10 Carlos Ezquerra

RED ROUTE AWARD FOR
BEST WRITER EVER

1 Alan Moore
2 John Wagner
3 Grant Morrison
4 Stan Lee
5 Dan Abnett
6 Neil Gaiman
7 Alan Grant
8 Frank Miller
9 Gordon Rennie
10 Pat Mills

BEST WRITER NOW

1 Dan Abnett
2 John Wagner
3 Grant Morrison
4 Alan Moore
5 Brian Michael Bendis
6 Mark Millar
7 Garth Ennis
8 Mike Carey
9 Gordon Rennie
10 Andy Diggle