Described as "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" meets Monty Python, humor site DeadBrain.com hits the ground running in 2005 by winning seven Satire Awards. An industry leader in the mockery of news, entertainment, politics and sports, DeadBrain.com has been compared favorably to The Onion, and prominently featured on sites such as HowardStern.com, BuzzFlash.com, TownHall.com, and Google News.
(PRWEB) January 18, 2005 -- The satirical news, politics and pop culture website DeadBrain.com (http://www.DeadBrain.com) won "Best Established Site" and six other top honors in The Satire Awards (http://www.TheSatireAwards.com), a competition for humor websites, with a membership of over 75 organizations in the US and abroad.
"It's a tremendous honor, and we're exceedingly grateful," said DeadBrain.com Editor Allen Voivod. "2004 was all work and no play at DeadBrain headquarters and in our satellite contributor bureaus. Now that we've won, I think we can all agree half-day Fridays are off the table if we want a repeat performance."
The Satire Awards recognize outstanding achievement in a variety of categories. "Basically, we're the 'Hot or Not' of the satire world," said Creu, one of the competition's two founders - and who prefers, like Cher and Prince before him, to go by a single monosyllabic name. Creu congratulated DeadBrain.com and the other winners on "doing an absolutely awesome job on their sites and their writing."
Most often compared in slant and style to The Onion, DeadBrain.com also won for Best Overall Article, Most Believable Article, Best Celebrity Article, Best Presidential Article, Best Sports Article, and Best Related Picture.
The DeadBrain brand started in the UK in 2001, and DeadBrain.com (the US Edition) launched in 2003. Voivod was tapped to helm the US site after writing "The Rumsfeld Diaries," a series of articles lampooning US/Iraq relations, conservative political players and liberal conspiracy theorists, for the British site. A publication deal for that series is in the works.
The Satire Awards were founded by people "who have always been interested in reading great satire articles." As for those who take life too seriously to read quality satire on the Internet, Creu said "They need to take a step back…and leave the rest of us alone to have a good time."
Voivod applauded the efforts of Creu and company in reaching out to the online satire community. "They get it," he said. "They understand the sacred responsibility to ferret out hypocrisy - left, right, center, or entirely off the board - and to point it out in a comedic manner. Adieu."
Here is a list of DeadBrain.com's winning articles:
Best Overall Story: "Ralph Nader Ends Campaign by Attacking Netzero's "Candidate Zero" for Lying About Free Internet Access," by Allen Voivod (http://www.deadbrain.com/politics/article_2004_11_02_4352.php)
Most Believable:
"Thousands Trampled in Rush to Apply for Jobs at Shanghai Hooters," by Greg Kuhl
(http://www.deadbrain.com/news/article_2004_10_29_3046.php)
Best Celebrity:
"When Our Favorite Couples Call It Quits" (from The Ex-Files), by The Cosmic Detective
(http://www.deadbrain.com/entertainment/article_2004_10_06_2726.php)
Best Presidential:
"Ten Reasons You Absolutely SHOULD NOT Vote in the Presidential Election," by Allen and Lani Voivod
(http://www.deadbrain.com/politics/article_2004_11_01_4800.php)
Best Sports:
"The Red Sox, Game Five, and a Lapsed Catholic's Extra-Inning Nod to God" (from American Midol), by Lani Voivod
(http://www.deadbrain.com/sport/article_2004_10_19_4116.php)
Best Related Picture:
"Ralph Nader Becomes "Ralphie Nizzle the Corvair Slayer" to Attract Black Vote," by Lani Voivod, with article by Elliott McMillan
(http://www.deadbrain.com/politics/article_2004_09_09_4854.php)
And receiving 2nd Place in the Members Choice Awards for Best Current Events Story:
"Ridge Announces "Code Green" Status for Smallest Nebraska Town," by Phinneas Zoquo
(http://www.deadbrain.com/news/article_2004_11_09_0315.php)
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