PopGunReviews First Annual Comic Awards

Publisher/Imprint of the Year: Marvel Comics, for their monumental, timely and important sociopolitical experiment, Civil War; for turning that experiment into the single most exciting reason for being a comic book geek in 2006; and for allowing me to live out my dreams of finally immersing myself in the virtual world of my heroes in the classic superhero videogame, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Writer of the Year: Brian K. Vaughn (Runaways, Dr. Strange: The Oath, Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Pride of Baghdad)

Artist of the Year: Ashley Wood (Zombies vs. Robots, Popbot, Lore, Metal Gear Solid, Doomed, Sencilla Finale)

Editor of the Year: Tom Brevoort (Civil War, New Avengers)

Book of the Year: The Nightly News

Ongoing Regular Series: Y: The Last Man

Single Issue: The Nightly News #1

Maxiseries: Civil War saga (Civil War, Frontline, The Return, et al)

Limited (Mini) Series: The Nightly News

New Series: The Nightly News

Graphic Novel: Lost Girls

Reissue: Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays

Anthology: Solo

Humor: Plastic Man

One-Shot: Caveman Robot

Design: Acme Anthology Library

Online Comic: Penny Arcade

Cartoonist: Chris Ware, Acme Anthology Library

Cover Artist: Alex Ross, Justice; Justice Society of America

Inker: Steve Leialoha, Fables

Colorist: Laura Martin, Astonishing X-Men

Serial Comic Strip: User Friendly, J.D. Frazer

Single-Issue Cover: Giant-Size Wolverine #1