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2003 SQUIDDY AWARDS RUN-OFF VOTING--3 DAYS ONLY!

This year, we've ended up with eight ties in the final Squiddy
results. Rather than just listing two (or three) winners for each tied
category, Johanna and I have decided to try something different this
year: a tie-breaker round of voting.

Here's the rules:

1) You may ONLY vote for one of the tied comics/creators.
2) Voting will run for ONLY 72 hours--from Tuesday, 18 May 2004
through Thursday, 20 May 2004
3) You do not have to have voted in the original voting to participate
in the run-off.
4) If you voted for one of the run-off candidates in the original
balloting, you are not required to vote for the same candidate here.
5) Once you have submitted your run-off ballot, that's final;
no vote changes.
6) To vote place an "X" by your choice for the winner among the
run-off candidates (as shown below).
7) To abstain in a category, simply do not place an "X" next to
either candidate.
8) Other applicable standard Squiddy voting rules apply (as listed
below the ballot).
9) Run-off candidates are listed in alphabetical order.

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2003 REC.ARTS.COMICS AWARDS RUN-OFF BALLOT

Please read both the voting instruction and award category descriptions
in the previous section before voting. PLEASE SEND BALLOT AS PLAIN TEXT.

EXAMPLE VOTE
E: Candidate One.......................:
E: Candidate Two.......................: X

BEST WRITER
W: Brian Michael Bendis................:
W: Kurt Busiek.........................:

BEST INKER
I: Mick Gray...........................:
I: Art Thibert.........................:

BEST COLORIST
C: Matt Hollingsworth..................:
C: Laura Martin (nee DePuy)............:

BEST CREATIVE TEAM
T: Busiek/Perez/Smith (JLA/Avengers)...:
T: Straczynski/Frank (Supreme Power)...:

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
N: JLA: Liberty and Justice............:
N: Orbiter.............................:

BEST ONGOING COMICS SERIES
O: Alias...............................:
O: Lucifer.............................:
O: Supreme Power.......................:

BEST REPRINT COLLECTION
R: Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams....:
R: Fables: Animal Farm.................:

BEST COMIC STRIP
S: The Boondocks.......................:
S: Get Fuzzy...........................:

PLEASE DISABLE YOUR SPAMBLOCKS BEFORE VOTING.
SEND VOTES TO: <votes@squiddies.org>

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SUBMITTING VOTES: Votes must be emailed to <votes@squiddies.org> (note
that this is a .ORG address, not .COM or .NET).

VOTE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Vote acknowledgements will be sent when your
ballot has been determined to be authentic. If you do not receive an
acknowledgment within 72 hours, send e-mail to <questions@squiddies.org>
to see if it was received. Ballots from bouncing email addresses will
not be counted.

SPAMBLOCKS: Although we would prefer if you could disable your
spamblocks before voting, we will accept votes from addresses containing
spamblocks. We will do our best to interpret any spamblocked "reply-to"
addresses, but if the administrators can't figure it out, we will have
to throw out you ballot, and you won't get an acknowledgement. So watch
for your vote ack. If you don't get one in a few days, contact
<admin@squiddies.org>.

FORMAT: Please TURN OFF any html-encoding in your email client before
voting. Squiddy ballots are read and sorted by computer and can not be
easily processed when submitted with HTML tags.

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Filter chaff random text courtesy of Progress Quest Interactive Random
Role-Playing Story Generator at: http://terror.snm-hgkz.ch/pq/

My friend Branidd the mighty Eel Man and I were merrily on our way. Little
did I know that my Cambric Burlap vest, a nice piece of armor, would be put
to a test soon Hours later I arrived at the lake, only to be greeted by
Centaurs. They were only wearing Faded Patched Pleathers, but the sheer
numbers made them a dangerous force. The vile beasts attacked mercilessly,
some even wielding Vicious Vorpal Shivs! One of them nearly stabbed Branidd
in the back, but being a Hunter Strangler he swiftly dodged the attack.
Only magic can save us now!", I said, and began casting Cone of Annoyance
XXIV. The effect was a deadly one. With one swift chop Branidd decapitated
the last three of the things. "Not bad for a Eel Man, huh?", he said, and
victory was ours.

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Carl Henderson © 2004 Carl Henderson
jch@carlhenderson.net