Nominated for Ursa Major Awards! Fuck yeah!

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