2008 WCCA Winners Announced

The 2008 WCCAs were announced today — Phil and Kaja Foglio won Outstanding Comic for Girl Genius while webcomics veteran Meredith Gran won Outstanding Newcomer for her new webcomic Octopus Pie.  The Foglios took three total WCCAs this year, but Tracy Butler was a big winner too taking home 4 WCCAs for her work on Lackadaisy

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OUTSTANDING COMIC FINALISTS:  Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio 

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER FINALISTS: Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran

OUTSTANDING ARTIST FINALISTS:  Tracy J Butler of Lackadaisy

OUTSTANDING WRITER FINALISTS:   Kaja and Phil Foglio of Girl Genius

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER WRITING FINALISTS: Templar, Arizona by Spike

OUTSTANDING LONG FORM COMIC FINALISTS: The Order of the Stick by Rich Burlew

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMIC FINALISTS:  Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch

OUTSTANDING SINGLE PANEL COMIC FINALISTS: XKCD by Randall Munroe

OUTSTANDING COMEDIC COMIC FINALISTS: Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik

OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC COMIC FINALISTS: Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell

OUTSTANDING LAYOUT FINALISTS: Copper by Kazu Kibuishi

OUTSTANDING USE OF COLOR FINALISTS:  Dresden Codak by Aaron Diaz

OUTSTANDING BLACK AND WHITE ART FINALISTS:  Lackadaisy by Tracy J Butler

OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHIC COMIC FINALISTS:  A Softer World by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER RENDERING FINALISTS: Lackadaisy by Tracy J Butler

OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT DESIGN FINALISTS:  Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio

OUTSTANDING WEBSITE DESIGN FINALISTS:  Lackadaisy by Tracy J Butler

OUTSTANDING USE OF THE MEDIUM FINALISTS: Dresden Codak by Aaron Diaz

Xaviar Xerexes

Wandering webcomic ronin. Created Comixpedia (2002-2005) and ComixTalk (2006-2012; 2016-?). Made a lot of unfinished comics and novels.