XKCD “Time” Wins Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
I'm torn about this.<p>On one hand, "Time" managed to engage in real time a very large audience, spawned it's own micro-culture, and kept everyone interested for weeks. It was truly an innovative use of the medium.<p>On the other hand, the story doesn't read well in retrospective. Check all the comments here complaining - trolling aside, it doesn't translate very well into any other medium. I doubt even its fans would watch it again in real time and feel half the interest they did at first. Contrast with "Saga" (the 2nd place), which you can re-read several times and still enjoy it.<p>"Time" was a one-time work - if you didn't catch it back then, now it's too late. The story (IMHO) is average at best, but the delivery was incredible. I think the judges favored medium and delivery over content, and I'm not decided on whether I agree with that.