Some Hugo nomination thoughts

[redneckotaku]

We are starting Hugo Season with nominations being due in a couple of months. Since the next few weeks are going to be pretty busy for me at work, I thought this would probably be the best time to give some animation/comics related nominees for Hugos. Going to start with BDP: Long Form and Short Form, Graphic Novel and some of the others

Comments

[bovil]

Based on previous decisions, I believe Batwoman would be ineligible for the 2011 award if the last issue of the series published in 2009.

[redneckotaku]

That is something I thought. I will edit it from the post unless I hear something tomorrow.

[cherylmmorgan]

This is complicated. According to the Comic Book Database, Detective #859 and #860, which are both part of the Batwoman Elegy collection, have cover dates of January 2010 and February 2010 respectively. Given the way that the comics industry works, I'm pretty sure that both will have been in the stores in 2009. But Hugo eligibility is generally based on the date on the work, not on when you could buy it.

Hello, Kevin...

[kevin_standlee]

Cheryl is right. The key element is this piece of the WSFS Constitution:3.2.5: Publication date, or cover date in the case of a dated periodical, takes precedence over copyright date.
Thus it's the cover date that matters, not the on-sale or copyright date.

[pete_wisdom]

BDP: Short Form
1. Pilot episode of AMC's "The Walking Dead"/"Days Gone Bye"...great presentation and somewhat a bit depressed the first season was only six episodes long and that the second (albeit longer) season doesn't come out until October...

2. Doctor Who: "The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang" -- Gee, let's see how many episodes of Doctor Who make it as contenders in this category. Oh, I dunno, may be quite a few if the ones that nominate strong have their way...

3. Fringe: "Over There, Parts 1 & 2" -- Okay, I'm a bit biased towards Fringe somewhat. I think an episode of Fringe (or was it Lost?) made it as one of the main nominees last year, and as an action/adventure sci-fi show dealing with parallel universes this is pretty much right up the appropriate alley for the Hugos. Plus, it's got Leonard Nimoy in a guest-starring role, so there's some points in that favour. Probably not an outright contender to win the category...nomination, maybe, but winner...probably not...

BDP: Long Form1. Kick-Ass - Same reasoning for