Suicide Squad - Squiddy Awards

Squiddy Awards

The Squiddy Awards, given by the members of the rec.arts.comics newsgroup on Usenet, ultimately derive their name from the Suicide Squad comic book. The name originated April 1991, when a regular poster to rec.arts.comics typoed "i" for "a," and other posters—seeing an opportunity for humor—went into great detail about what was going on in the (non-existent) Suicide Squid comic title. The self-destructive cephalopod is often seen on official rec.arts.comics t-shirts at conventions.

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