Ursa Major Awards 2020 Announcement

[Hlaoroo]

And the winner of Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip is...

Housepets! Of course. Was there ever any doubt?

Congrats once again to Rick!

Watch the video with all the announcements here!

[Amazee Dayzee]

Great job on the win Rick! Just keep on doing what you are doing!

[Nathan Kerbonaut]

Congrats Rick, you've earned it

[Cesco]

Awesome! Congrats for the deserved win, Rick!

[Amazee Dayzee]

It's crazy to believe that ever since its debut that "Housepets!" has won the Ursa Major Award consecutively until 2018. Kind of sad that " Carry On" broke the momentum.

[trekkie]

Congratulations on a well-deserved win, Rick!

[NHWestoN]

Alright, Rick's World wins AGAIN!! Congrattz, Rick, you deserve it and thanks for all the laughs, tears, and Hmmmmmms!

[Amazee Dayzee]

I am hoping that we get many more hmmmmmms from the comic in the future.

[Dogglar]

"The outcome was never really in doubt"

Bro congratulations

[NHWestoN]

I believe the operative term here is "YAY!!! Congratz and well-deserved, yer honor - looking forward to enjoying the art an stories that'll win you the 2021 award.

[Amazee Dayzee]

Because Rick managed to win again and has all of these accomplishments I am hoping that he NEVER ends the comic. ^_^

[Gbr23]

How come I didn't know there was a forum topic about the win until now!?! Anyway...

First of all, congrats to Rick and the HP! team for the win, the 10th UMA. It's easy to say, not as easy to accomplish. And well, there's a reason why HP keeps dominating this category, sure it's because it has a lot of fans/readers, but if we look beyond that, is why it has so many supporters. And the answer is pretty simple, it's because it's good. And the 2019 year is a very good example, Rick keeps taking the comic new places nobody even imagines, and I'm talking about the whole Marion arc. It took the comic a completely new direction, with fresh new characters and it set up a new arc that since the whole cosmic D&D finished, the comic didn't had. And of course, next to a great plot you have top notch dialogue and incredible art, Housepets! is more than a fair winner.

Now I'm gonna go in a little opinion piece. Apologies if it doesn't belong in this topic. So I have a comic and it was nominated for the Ursa Majors as well, obviously it didn't win (not even close) but this isn't about that. In a moment I asked myself, is it even fair for other creators and artists that Housepets still gets nominated? There's no competition when HP! is on the category. And, then again this is my opinion, the answer is yes. If they are the best, there's no valid reason to keep them from competing. And maybe more important than that, Housepets it's a motivation for other comics/artists/creators to get better, HP! is a reference of excellence. What I'm trying to say is I hope Rick doesn't pulls HP! from the awards any time soon, it may motivate someone to tell an even greater story.

I'm not saying me. But what I'm saying is that go read my webcomic Friends You Are Stuck With. Yup, shameless self promotion. Once again, congrats to Rick and the HP Team. And by HP team I mean the forum moderators, you're a big part of why this community is so good.

[Amazee Dayzee]

I do agree that is why Rick and this comic keeps reading. He keeps on exceeding everybody's expectations just when you think he can't go any farther.

[NHWestoN]

Kinda dumb question but I'll risk asking it. Rick's won so very many awards. Has he gotten any since Housepets! went on hiatus?
He does a lot else and i wonder what other recognitions he's earned.

[Amazee Dayzee]

I am sure that he would had to have some other awards because he does other comics besides Housepets!. However I only pay attention to Housepets! so I honestly couldn't tell you if anything else he worked on won anything.

[Hlaoroo]

Rick actually has so many Ursa Majors now that he's not accepting them any more. He wants to make sure others get their time in the spotlight too. It's really sweet of him. ^^

[NHWestoN]

To paraphrase Judy Hopps, "Yes, yes it is." And I didn't know that - what a humble guy!
Thanks, Hla ... as always.

[Amazee Dayzee]

So I was right in that it wasn't just Housepets! that had gotten awards in the past and his other works have also. Maybe if I am not focusing on much else since I am all over the place currently I might dip into one of his other stories.

[GingaDensetsuAleu]

If you do, try to remember that Rick is an adult artist who also makes a child-friendly comic and not the other way around. It gave me whiplash dipping into "The Final Days of the White Flower II" straight from "Housepets."

[Amazee Dayzee]

That is probably one reason in general most likely that I will probably give anything else a pass then because I'm not sure I could take reading anything that is sexual. Not just from Rick though but in general I can't do it as it kind of an issue I have. I know 100% that it comes across as me being a prude though but I am not into anything explicit like that.

[GingaDensetsuAleu]

Well, not just that, but it's kind of violent at times. The space dragon has a tendancy to squeeze crew members until they stop being alive and their insides spray everywhere.

His other comics are relatively clean as far as I've seen, though still not as clean as Housepets. I'd say PG-13 instead of PG. I admit however I haven't read most of them all the way through, as his website broke.

[Amazee Dayzee]

I am fine with violence but not about anything that is seriously sexual because I tend to shy away from that as it makes me uncomfortable sometimes. I am fine with kissing and cuddling though and I feel like my aversion to actual sex is from me being an asexual.

[NHWestoN]

I've never read any of Rick's other works except for A & H Club. At my age and my stage, eyesight like everything else in my physiology is something of a rationed commodity, I'm afraid.

Sorry to hear about his website crashing. Technnnnoo - and i just now had a keyboard failure so I had to interrupt this sentence and change the batteries (gotta get more AAAs).

What was I gonna say? .... oh ... yeah ....TECHNOLOGY IS TREACHEROUS !!

[Amazee Dayzee]

You better be careful with what you say about technology and griping about it and how it can cause a lot more issues than you would want. When AI takes over they might not be kind to people who disparaged it and want revenge. I know for sure when that happens I am probably gonna get executed.

[NHWestoN]

Valid advice ... although, when they do take over, I don't expect them to be kind to anything flesh coated (like people).

Unless, of course, as I happen to suspect, they're morons. Then all bets are off.

[Amazee Dayzee]

Some of them might be a bit dim but they will learn and continue to get smarter. The ones that are already smart are gonna be the ones that take over and try to eradicate humanity.