War Rocket Ajax #26: The 75th Annual Gordie Awards For the Best (and Worst) of 2011! [Podcast] By Chris Sims & Matt Wilson ComicsAlliance’s podcast is back for our first show of 2012, and we’re kicking things off by handing out some awards for the standouts of the last year. But unlike other awards, The 75th Annual War Rocket Ajax Gordie Awards aren’t just celebrating the best and worst — they’re based on categories sent in by our listeners! And you can listen to the whole show right here at ComicsAlliance! For this week’s episode, Chris and Matt put out the call to our loyal listeners to suggest categories for us to award, and even after narrowing them down to their favorites, they were still left with a grand total of 34 awards to give out!  Best Hobo Name of 2011 Best New Series That Wasn’t Daredevil Best Grant Morrison Comic Worst Grant Morrison Comic Best Dracula Comic of 2011 Worst Retcon of 2011 Worst Thing Laura Hudson Did To Chris Best Inclusion of Chris Sims in a Comic Lifetime Ban of the Year Best Hater  Worst Hater  Best Example of Superheroic Arrogance or Jerkish and Rude Behavior Worst Horribly Reductive Female Character Best Penis-Related Comics Gaffe Best Depiction of Those Who Follow the Dark CarnivalMost Johnsian Moment In a Geoff Johns Comic Favorite Pro Wrestling Moment of the Year Most Johnsian Moment In a Geoff Johns Comic Favorite Pro Wrestling Moment of the Year Best Use of a Character You Hate Worst Use of a Character You Love Best Wrestling Match of the Year Worst New Place Where You Ate Barbecue of 2011 Best New Place Where You Ate Barbecue of 2011 The Bag of Salt Memorial Award for Most Surreal Ajax Moment Best Video Game From 2 Years Ago Best Co-Host Named Matt Best Reason To Finally Let Ken On The Show Best Use of Superman (Jerk Edition) Best Use of Superman (Non-Jerk Edition) Best Inadvertent Reveal of Our Political Views During a Podcast Worst Single Line of Dialogue in a Work of Fiction Strangest Comic of 2011 Best Use of Unorthodox Weaponry Worst Writer, Artist or Team on a Normally Good Book Best Use of a Wrestler or Luchador The War Rocket Ajax Intercontinental Championship We are back in the iTunes Store! Click here to find ComicsAlliance Presents War Rocket Ajax in iTunes, where you can subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoy the show! Thanks for bearing with us while we sorted everything out!You can also stream the show using the player above, or download it in MP3 format from WarRocketAjax.com.
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War Rocket Ajax #26: The 75th Annual Gordie Awards For the Best (and Worst) of 2011! [Podcast]

By Chris Sims & Matt Wilson

ComicsAlliance’s podcast is back for our first show of 2012, and we’re kicking things off by handing out some awards for the standouts of the last year. But unlike other awards, The 75th Annual War Rocket Ajax Gordie Awards aren’t just celebrating the best and worst — they’re based on categories sent in by our listeners! And you can listen to the whole show right here at ComicsAlliance!

For this week’s episode, Chris and Matt put out the call to our loyal listeners to suggest categories for us to award, and even after narrowing them down to their favorites, they were still left with a grand total of 34 awards to give out! 

  1. Best Hobo Name of 2011
  2. Best New Series That Wasn’t Daredevil
  3. Best Grant Morrison Comic
  4. Worst Grant Morrison Comic
  5. Best Dracula Comic of 2011
  6. Worst Retcon of 2011
  7. Worst Thing Laura Hudson Did To Chris
  8. Best Inclusion of Chris Sims in a Comic
  9. Lifetime Ban of the Year
  10. Best Hater 
  11. Worst Hater 
  12. Best Example of Superheroic Arrogance or Jerkish and Rude Behavior
  13. Worst Horribly Reductive Female Character
  14. Best Penis-Related Comics Gaffe
  15. Best Depiction of Those Who Follow the Dark Carnival
  16. Most Johnsian Moment In a Geoff Johns Comic
  17. Favorite Pro Wrestling Moment of the Year
  18. Most Johnsian Moment In a Geoff Johns Comic
  19. Favorite Pro Wrestling Moment of the Year
  20. Best Use of a Character You Hate
  21. Worst Use of a Character You Love
  22. Best Wrestling Match of the Year
  23. Worst New Place Where You Ate Barbecue of 2011
  24. Best New Place Where You Ate Barbecue of 2011
  25. The Bag of Salt Memorial Award for Most Surreal Ajax Moment
  26. Best Video Game From 2 Years Ago
  27. Best Co-Host Named Matt
  28. Best Reason To Finally Let Ken On The Show
  29. Best Use of Superman (Jerk Edition)
  30. Best Use of Superman (Non-Jerk Edition)
  31. Best Inadvertent Reveal of Our Political Views During a Podcast
  32. Worst Single Line of Dialogue in a Work of Fiction
  33. Strangest Comic of 2011
  34. Best Use of Unorthodox Weaponry
  35. Worst Writer, Artist or Team on a Normally Good Book
  36. Best Use of a Wrestler or Luchador
  37. The War Rocket Ajax Intercontinental Championship

We are back in the iTunes Store! Click here to find ComicsAlliance Presents War Rocket Ajax in iTunes, where you can subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoy the show! Thanks for bearing with us while we sorted everything out!

You can also stream the show using the player above, or download it in MP3 format from WarRocketAjax.com.

Source: comicsalliance.com