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The Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, ('''WCCA''') are annual awards in which online Cartoonists nominate and select outstanding Webcomic s. The awards have been held since 2001, and were featured in a '' New York Times '' column on webcomics in 2005.1 The WCCA represent a form of peer recognition, with voting rights granted only to creators working on online webcomics.2 Winners of awards receive an individualized web banner for their site, although in 2007 a live presentation is being made for the first time at MegaCon .3 In 2003, 2005 and 2006 the awards were presented in an online ceremony depicted in comic strip form and involving a number of creators. The WCCA were started by Scott Maddix and Mark Mekkes in 2000, with the first awards made in 2001. Mekkes noted his motivation as being to "create a webcomic award process that would do the most to help the webcomic community and encourage creators to strive toward greatness." Mekkes set up a committee to run the awards, initially known as the Cartoonists' Choice Awards, assuming the position of chairman, a role he still holds today. '' Silver Bullets '' has described the committee as "an independent organization dedicated to the promotion and recognition of online comics and their creators."4 However, committee member Lewis Powell5 has criticised the awards as being "horribly mismanaged, they are not well organized and they don't do what they are supposed to".6 Although there are numerous categories, a fact the ''New York Times'' criticised in 2005, noting that at 26 there "were too many award categories", no comic has managed to win an award every year since the award's inception. In fact, only '' Megatokyo '' has received a nomination every year. The comic strip to have achieved the most awards is the now-defunct '' Mac Hall '' with 9 followed by '' Chopping Block '' and '' The Perry Bible Fellowship '' which have received 8 awards, and '' Penny Arcade '' and '' Count Your Sheep '' which have won 7 awards. The 2006 awards saw problems with both the nominations and the ceremony. Eric Millikin's '' Fetus-X '' was ruled ineligible by the committee as a candidate for "Best Romance Comic",7 and the award ceremony found itself delayed due to technical issues, and was not ready until five days after the winners had been announced.89 NOTES AND REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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