XKCD “Time” Wins Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
I'm torn about this.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.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."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.