For a bit now we’ve had a little tradition around here, a way to look back at the past year’s art and spotlight some relevant characters. I run a few polls on SubscribeStar, while also running some numbers to come up with a few awards to hand out. First, we have the popular vote results:

And now we get to the stat-based awards. Each category here is based on appearances from the year, specifically the SubscribeStar posts. This means some of these winners may not make sense for non-Subscribers, as it’s based on content that may be months away from going public. Most of these awards are based purely on their number of appearances, but I’ll mention when that’s not the case. In the past we did awards for the most appearances in One-Shots or Asks, but I decided to drop those categories this year. Instead we just have a handful of winners.

This reward spotlights the characters (male and female) who returned after the longest absence. Charlotte’s comeback pic, which you get a preview of here, won’t be public for a while yet. She was a last-minute winner of the female half of this twofer reward. On the male side, both Mello and Near made return pics this year, with their last appearances being a mutual debut in a very old commission. Since Mello’s return Ask happened after Near’s, by default that gave him the edge for the longest gap return between them.

This one surprised me a bit, as I hadn’t realized how much I’d drawn Sero since his debut in the U.A. Wall series. Part of why he snuck up on me is one of his appearances being an anon-type situation, but both he and Al had four pics this year, tying. Only a bit of Al’s content has gone public currently, but it’s fun to see him win this award since his brother won it last year.

Seiko got a lot of love in the polls this year, too, and it’s not hard to see why. I’m quite fond of her, so even though I was slow to draw her initially it doesn’t shock me that I ended up using her a fair bit once she got into the Studio. I’m sure we’ll be seeing plenty of Seiko in 2026 as well.

We had a tie in this category this year, and just barely. Goku was the winner of this award last year, and it’s not hard to see how he keeps coming ahead. Besides being popular in his own right, he’s one of a handful of characters I’ll default to for a top when one’s needed in Asks or the like, and he also had some appearances in different forms this year. Yuji tying with him is actually a bit of a miracle, as he doesn’t have the same advantages. He has appeared often as a partner for different folks in Asks, however, and he’s also had a lot of commission appearances this year, including in the Hot Yoga comic.

Speaking of ties, we had a bit of a shocker here with the ladies, too. Bulma had two ongoing comics that helped to bolster her numbers, while Kanamori’s comic wrapped and Butt Witch’s had very few updates. Still, we got a three-way tie here. Last year Kanamori was the Newcomer of the Year, but I mentioned then that she actually had the most appearances overall as well. With her taking the Newcomer spot, however, Butt Witch took this award last year, which lead to them doing a pic together. With that history, it’s a bit fun to see them both come out as winners this year, and alongside a woman they’ve both worked with in the past, too.

Last year we began a new tradition, which is to have a sort-of “wrapped” final tally of some stats for our Studio performers. This year I’ve added a fan vote element, where several categories are decided by votes instead of statistics. Let’s go through the poll results first:

And now we get to the stat-based awards. Each category here is based on appearances from the year, using the SubscribeStar calendar (opposed to the public one).

First, we had no winner for the most One-Shot appearances this year so we’ll look at who the most Character Ask appearances in 2024:

Now, we’ll look at our Comeback Performers of 2024. This is the male and female performers who had the longest gaps between their returns this year and their last previous appearances:

Next is the Male Newcomer of 2024, the male performer who had the most appearances out of everyone who debuted this year:

And the equivalent Female Newcomer of 2024. This year, our Female Newcomer actually had the most appearances overall for the women, but since I do pics based on these categories it was decided to keep her in this spot:

And now, drumroll, our Male Performer of 2024. This is the male performer who had the most overall appearances this year:

And finally our Female Performer of 2024. She technically came in behind Kanamori, like I said before, but she had the most appearances of female performers who didn’t debut this year:

A new thing here, but I’m trying out a sort of “wrapped” year end celebration. The data for these awards is based on the SubscribeStar calendar year, not the public one.

First up, the category for the most One-Shot appearances in 2024 which was a four-way tie this year:

Next is the category for the most Character Ask appearances in 2023, which was also a tie:

Next is the Comeback Performer of 2023. The award goes to whomever had the longest gap between their last appearance, and their return this year:

Next is the Male Newcomer award, which goes to the male character with the most appearances who debuted this year:

And the Female Newcomer, who had the most appearances out of the women who debuted this year:

And now, finally, the Male Performer of 2023, who is the male with the most appearances overall in 2024:

And the Female Performer of 2023, the female with the most overall appearances in 2024: