{"id":2338,"date":"2013-12-30T20:24:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2013-12-31T01:09:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T01:09:32","slug":"the-homies-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2338","title":{"rendered":"The Homies 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re one day off the end of 2013, and our next episode (coming this weekend) feature our review of 2013. Those of you who heard last year’s Christmas special (which is all of you who’ve ever heard an episode of the show, I imagine, as it’s still our most-downloaded episode) will know that this means that we’re going to be awarding House to Astonish\u2019s own awards \u2013 the Homies \u2013 in a variety of categories. As with last year, we want YOU<\/strong> to help \u2013 Paul and I are each going to select our winners in the following categories, but we\u2019re also going to read out what our listeners think on the next episode. So check out the categories below, and let us know who or what you think deserves to take home each gong!<\/p>\n

BEST NEW<\/strong> SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one\u2019s pretty self-explanatory \u2013 any comic whose first issue was published between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013 is eligible. What new series got your attention the most this year?<\/p>\n

BEST ACTUALLY NEW SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one\u2019s a little less self-explanatory \u2013 what series, again first published between 1 January and date of broadcast, did you think was best, with the proviso that it has to be something where the property wasn\u2019t in existence prior to the start of 2013. We\u2019re counting re-use of titles as well as concepts, so Hellboy in Hell, Young Avengers <\/em>or Batman ’66<\/em> wouldn\u2019t be eligible, but (for example) Sex Criminals<\/em> would.<\/p>\n

MOST WANTED<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is for the comic, series or graphic novel that saw print this year which you\u2019d want to see more of, whether that be a book that was cancelled before its time, a one-shot or mini that just begs for a follow-up, or an OGN that you\u2019d love to see a sequel to.<\/p>\n

MOST PLEASANT SURPRISE<\/strong><\/p>\n

It may have seemed unappealing when you read about it online, and those preview pages may have looked unremarkable, but when you finally got the winner of this category in your hands you were ready to eat your words. What comic, series or graphic novel did you find yourself enjoying much more than you thought you would?<\/p>\n

STIFF DRINK AWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n

This award will go to the comic or graphic novel that most made us gasp with surprise \u2013 an unexpected plot twist, a daring cliffhanger or a shocking denouement will stand a book in good stead here.<\/p>\n

THE BILL ODDIE SPRINGWATCH AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT
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Here we\u2019re looking for the comics creator whom you think is the one we should all be observing closely in 2014 – they may have had a good year in 2013, but they’re someone whom you believe is only going to go from strength to strength.<\/p>\n

THE GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS AWARD FOR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
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What move did a comics company or creator make this calendar year that made you glad you didn’t have to work with them? Wonky management edicts, prima donna creators and tales of publisher woes are what we’re looking for here.<\/p>\n

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is exactly what it says \u2013 which creator, creative team or publisher really knocked it out of the park this year?<\/p>\n

Let us have your picks in the comments thread below, before midnight (your local time) on 3 January. Only ONE NOMINATION per category, please – any that say “oh, I just couldn’t decide, so here are two, or three, or five suggestions” will be disregarded in relation to that category. Please also let us have a bit of info on your thinking on each one \u2013 we\u2019ll read out a range of the responses on our big end-of-year show. Happy nominating!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re one day off the end of 2013, and our next episode (coming this weekend) feature our review of 2013. Those of you who heard last year’s Christmas special (which is all of you who’ve ever heard an episode of the show, I imagine, as it’s still our most-downloaded episode) will know that this means […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2338"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2340,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions\/2340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}