Nominated for Ursa Major Awards! Fuck yeah!

by Alex F. Vance on 16. Mar, 2009 in Blog, Heathen City

Ladies and gentlemen,

I’m surprisingly proud to announce that Heathen City has been nominated for the Ursa Major Awards, in the category Best Comic Book. While the Ursa Majors aren’t in the same league as the Huga or Nebula in sci-​​fi or the Eisners and Angoulêmes for comics — it’s still pretty fucking cool.
Not to put too fine a point on it (and foregoing my usual and legendary modesty):
We fucking want it.
The artists worked their butts off, as did the FurPlanet printmonkeys who toiled tirelessly to produce enough to satisfy the punters way back at AC ’08. And I helped too, y’know.
So here’s what we need from you guys.
  1. Check out the list of nominees (we’re on there, look): http://www.ursamajorawards​.org/Voting.htm
  2. Get an enrollment key using the If you have not yet enrolled field here: http://www.ursamajorawards​.org/nominations/​
  3. Ignore the e-​​mail they send you. It currently contains links for Nominations, which are already closed.
  4. Copy and paste the contents of this page into a new e-​​mail: http://www.ursamajorawards​.org/Ballot2008.txt
  5. Make sure you fill in the items at the top:
    1. The registration key that was e-​​mailed to you
    2. Your name or pseudonym
    3. Your country of origin
  6. Vote. You can cast up to three votes in each of the categories, with 1 being the highest vote, 2 being the second and 3 the third. Under Best Comic book, you’ll find our pleasant little homespun.
  7. Your fingers will at this point itch to give Heathen City a 1. While you should of course be honest in your voting, this instinct is probably one you’ll want to go with.
  8. Oh, you can vote in the other categories as well. Kevin Frane, Kyell Gold, K. M. Hirosaki and Blotch are getting my votes, FYI.
  9. Make sure the subject is UMA 2008 official ballot, and send the whole shebang to UMA2008-ballot@ursamajorawards​.org.
  10. Profit.
Go on now, brave souls. You could make us very happy by casting a vote — and happy creative people are productive creative people. You want HC #2, don’t you? We’ll work harder, faster and more exciting if you all chip in to get us a pretty, shiny award!
- Alex F. Vance McShillington

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  • Am I allowed to vote? :3

  • Yes plz :)

  • Do we need to chain you up and flog you to get issue 2 done? Or would that be more of a distraction ;P

  • We're going to chain him up and flog him anyway...

  • Do your worst! Afterward I'll just soothe my welted body by rolling around in a bath filled with sketch and WIP pages... Paper cuts, yes. Satisfaction also.

  • Try not to bleed on them is all we ask.

  • bp_python

    is it just me, or did the categories get oddly nominated to allow the best 3 to be in separate competition instead of in the same category? weird and sad...


    Some of those categories are pretty bunk. I think you and the crew are a shoe in.

  • Fingers crossed -- best way to make sure, though, is to cast your vote! Iacta that alea, man :)

  • bp_python

    oh, I voted. I voted GOOD. Sadly, I could find little else of interest in ALL of the offerings. It felt like I was voting for the bollywood academy awards, and had not seen any of the movies save 4 of them (out of 50).

  • Dude!


    I totally suck for completely flaking on that piece for your second issue. >_< I COULD NOT get it to look right. Tried so hard I nearly gave myself an embalism.


    Still, no excuse for me going so silent on you. :\ I'm really sorry for that. If I can do anything to make up for that, let me know, please.

  • Hey man, apology accepted. I've been there myself, and I don't hold it against you. Any chance I could get a peek at some of your attempts?


    And regarding making it up to me -- hey, I'm sure we'll work something out ;p

  • Are you sure you'll be producing and not snorting coke off the ass crack of cheap whores or perhaps even young boys? I mean, a award like this means CELEBRATION!

  • I promise nothing!

  • Can we have the party on a yacht in international waters so much of what we do at the party is 'legal'?

  • Good thinking, soldier!


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU

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