A post from my old Marvel blog detailing the winners of the 2007 “Golden Loeb Awards” which I was running at the blog. This gives some insight into what the then-current Marvel fandom was responding well to.
GOLDEN LOEB AWARDS- The Winners!
April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General
They’re here at last! We’ve tallied up all of the many, many votes, and now we’ve got for you the winners of the 2007 GOLDEN LOEB AWARDS, as chosen by you, the readers of this blog. There were a couple of hard-fought races along the way, where the results veered back-and-forth as the voting went on. And there were a number of write-ins that did fairly well. But now the day is done, Marveldom has spoken–so it’s time to get to the results!
BEST WRITER
Ed Brubaker
RUNNER UP: Brian Michael Bendis
Write-ins included: Mike Carey, Warren Ellis, Joss Whedon
BEST PENCILLER:
John Cassaday
RUNNER UP: Steve McNiven
Write-ins included: David Aja (with the largest write-in vote in any category), Sean Chen, Salvador Larroca, Ariel Olivetti, Ron Garney, Mark Bagley, Pablo Raimondi, Mike Deodato, Stuart Immonen
BEST INKER – TIE!
Dexter Vines and Klaus Janson
Write-ins included: Bill Reinhold, Wade Von Grawbadger
BEST COLORIST
Laura Martin
RUNNER UP: Frank D’Amarta
Write-ins included: Val Staples, Dave McCaig, Christina Strain, Matt Milla, Justin Ponsor, Matt Hollingsworth
BEST LETTERER
Chris Eliopoulos
RUNNER UP: Richard Starkings
BEST COVER ARTIST
Marko Djurdjevic
RUNNER UP: Steve Epting
Write-ins included: Adi Granov, Ron Garney, Greg Horn, David Aja, Stuart Immonen, Greg Land, Art Adams, Travis Charest
BEST SINGLE ISSUE
Captain America #25 (the top vote-getter in any category, by far)
RUNNER UP: X-Men #200
Write ins included: too many to mention.
BEST STORY ARC
“The Death of the Dream, Act One” – Captain America #25-30
RUNNER UP: “Messiah Complex” – Assorted X-titles
Write-ins included: “The Last Iron Fist Story” – Immortal Iron Fist #1-6
BEST NEW SERIES
Avengers: Initiative
RUNNER UP: The Order (this was a see-saw race right up to the last five hours, when A;TI pulled ahead)
Write-ins included: Nova
BEST SERIES
Immortal Iron Fist (by ONE vote!)
RUNNER UP: Captain America
Write-ins included: Cable & Deadpool, X-Men, X-Factor, Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Punisher MAX
BEST LIMITED SERIES
World War Hulk
RUNNER UP: Annihilation: Conquest: Starlord
Write-ins included: SVTU: MODOK’s 11, World War Hulk X-Men, Silver Surfer: Requiem, Sub-Mariner, Silent War, Omega the Unknown, Fallen Son, Battlin’ Jack Murdock
BEST COLLECTED EDITION
Captain America Omnibus
RUNNER UP: Annihilation
Write-ins included: Essential Fantastic Four Volume 3, Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales #1-10, Amazing Fantasy Omnibus
BEST CHARACTER 2007:
Captain America
RUNNER UP: Cyclops
Write-ins included: Iceman, Molly Hayes, Thor, Iron Fist, Anthem, Irredeemable Ant-Man, Star-Lord, Orson Randall, Daredevil, Winter soldier, Punisher
BEST VILLAIN 2007
Red Skull
RUNNER UP: The Hood
Write-ins included: Kingpin, Iron Man, Norman Osborn, MODOK, Aleksander Lukin, Barracude, Joe Quesada
BEST TEAM 2007:
New Avengers
RUNNER UP: The Astonishing X-Men
Write-ins included: X-Factor, Fantastic Four, The Order, The Thunderbolts, X-Men, Agents of Atlas, GLI, The Illuminati
BEST CLIFFHANGER 2007:
Captain America #25
RUNNER UP: New Avengers #31
Write-ins included: Nova #4, Sensational Spider-Man #41, Amazing Spider-Man #541, Astonsihing X-Men #22
BEST SPLASH PAGE 2007:
Ultimates 2 #13 (Ultimates Vs. Asgard)
RUNNER UP: Astonishing X-Men #23 (Cyke cuts loose)
BADASS MOMENT OF THE YEAR 2007:
Death Of Captain America (Captain America #25)
RUNNER UP: Cyclops’ Awesome Plan (Astonishing X-Men #23)
Write-ins included: Bucky kicks RAID ass (Captain America #32), Iron Man movie trailer, Mephisto eliminates Spidey’s marriage (Amazing Spider-Man #545), Spidey/Kingpin fight (Amazing Spider-Man #542), Thor fights Iron Man (Thor #3) , Venom eats a guy’s arm (Thunderbolts #119),
Congratulations to all the winners!
More later.
Tom B
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