Penny and Aggie Nominated For A WCCA

The Web Cartoonists' Choice Award nominees started going up last Monday, with a misspelled logo (seen here) and asterisked code in place of an ad banner (geez, guys, are you trying not to be taken seriously?). One of the nominees for "Outstanding Romantic Comic" was Penny and Aggie.

I want this award. I admit that freely. Do Gisele and I deserve one?

I never really thought of Penny and Aggie as a "romantic comic," exactly-- it covers all the emotions of adolescence, not just the romantic ones. But you can make a case that it is, and the category is as close to what P&A is as any of the categories in the WCCA.

Last year, I was a member of the WCCA committee, and we discussed, sometimes energetically, what did and didn't qualify as a romantic comic. All agreed that except in extraordinary cases, the WCCAs should reflect the will of the voters. This year, there are no extraordinary cases of which I'm aware, and so the decision is up to all webcartoonists. So, webcartoonists, please consider Penny and Aggie, as well as all of the other nominees for Best Romantic Comic. And vote responsibly.

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