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16 years ago
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The recently announced winners of this year's Ursa Major Awards spurs many questions:
Why was Avatar even nominated in its category? (It's not a bad film, but the Na'vi are far more alien than they are anthro. Sure, they've evolved from a catlike monkey of some sort, but humans have evolved from apes, so what's the difference?)
How could three top-of-the-line webcomics lose out to a strip of lesser quality?
How the blazes could Lackadaisy lose to anybody!?
Is it even possible for any short story fiction to be nominated if it isn't a gay fantasy? (They weren't all such, but the larger number were.)
How could books like Mice Templar: Destiny, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, and Bryan Talbot's Grandville have been ignored and not nominated for awards?
The Ursas are what they are, but I think it's time for a different Award to be initiated, one run by a juried panel that will look at judging entrants with a far more critical eye, and award according to a work's merits rather than its popularity.
Why was Avatar even nominated in its category? (It's not a bad film, but the Na'vi are far more alien than they are anthro. Sure, they've evolved from a catlike monkey of some sort, but humans have evolved from apes, so what's the difference?)
How could three top-of-the-line webcomics lose out to a strip of lesser quality?
How the blazes could Lackadaisy lose to anybody!?
Is it even possible for any short story fiction to be nominated if it isn't a gay fantasy? (They weren't all such, but the larger number were.)
How could books like Mice Templar: Destiny, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, and Bryan Talbot's Grandville have been ignored and not nominated for awards?
The Ursas are what they are, but I think it's time for a different Award to be initiated, one run by a juried panel that will look at judging entrants with a far more critical eye, and award according to a work's merits rather than its popularity.
