Squiddy Awards
Encyclopedia
The Squiddy Awards, also known as The Squiddies, were the annual awards given by the participants in the Usenet
newsgroup
rec.arts.comics through 2004. The awards are named after the humorous typo "Suicide Squid". The awards cover a wide variety of areas, including Best Writer, Penciller, Cartoonist, Inker, Painter, and Letterer, along with a number of more frivolous categories, such as 'Worst Scientific Mistake' or 'Character you'd like to make out with'. The awards had been awarded yearly since the mid-1980s, when they were known as the Rec.Arts.Comics Awards, and claimed to be the longest-running online comic awards.
The award was renamed the Squiddies in 1992. The awards process consists of a single round of voting except for the 2003 awards, when a runoff round was conducted to break ties among the top vote-getters in certain categories. Normally, all eligible entries' vote totals are published in the official results; consequently, claims are sometimes made that a comic has been "nominated" for a Squiddy when it actually received a single vote.
A poll for 2005 material was conducted in early 2006, but the results were never posted. Apparently, no poll was conducted for 2006 material.
character accidentally created in April 1991 when Mitsuhiro Sakai, intending to ask about recent occurrences in the comic Suicide Squad
, accidentally substituted an I for an A in "Squad", resulting in the typo "Suicide Squid". Many regular posters comically responded with earnest and elaborate accounts of what was going on in the non-existent "Suicide Squid" comic.
Usenet
Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system. It developed from the general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name.Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979 and it was established in 1980...
newsgroup
Newsgroup
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rec.arts.comics through 2004. The awards are named after the humorous typo "Suicide Squid". The awards cover a wide variety of areas, including Best Writer, Penciller, Cartoonist, Inker, Painter, and Letterer, along with a number of more frivolous categories, such as 'Worst Scientific Mistake' or 'Character you'd like to make out with'. The awards had been awarded yearly since the mid-1980s, when they were known as the Rec.Arts.Comics Awards, and claimed to be the longest-running online comic awards.
The award was renamed the Squiddies in 1992. The awards process consists of a single round of voting except for the 2003 awards, when a runoff round was conducted to break ties among the top vote-getters in certain categories. Normally, all eligible entries' vote totals are published in the official results; consequently, claims are sometimes made that a comic has been "nominated" for a Squiddy when it actually received a single vote.
A poll for 2005 material was conducted in early 2006, but the results were never posted. Apparently, no poll was conducted for 2006 material.
Origin of name
Suicide Squid is an in-jokeIn-joke
An in-joke, also known as an inside joke or in joke, is a joke whose humour is clear only to people who are in a particular social group, occupation, or other community of common understanding...
character accidentally created in April 1991 when Mitsuhiro Sakai, intending to ask about recent occurrences in the comic Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad, also known as Task Force X , is a name for two fictional organizations in the DC Comics Universe. The first version debuted in The Brave and the Bold #25 , and the second in Legends #3...
, accidentally substituted an I for an A in "Squad", resulting in the typo "Suicide Squid". Many regular posters comically responded with earnest and elaborate accounts of what was going on in the non-existent "Suicide Squid" comic.
External links
- Suicide Squid statistics and background for ChampionsChampions (role-playing game)Champions is a role-playing game published by Hero Games that is designed to simulate and function in a four-color superhero comic book world. It was created by George MacDonald, Steve Peterson, Bruce Harlick, and Ray Greer....
/Hero SystemHero SystemThe Hero System is a generic role-playing game system that developed from the superhero RPG Champions. It is used as the underlying mechanics of other Hero Games role-playing games such as Dark Champions, Fantasy Hero, Star Hero, and Pulp Hero...