I'm no expert, either, but Carry On is definitely "in the style of a newspaper comic strip" to my eyes, despite its ongoing story, and often has a gag per strip, which is another hint. I don't see why the demise of newspapers need change this, though it might be confusing to those who never read them. Conversely, other works that are classified as graphic stories, while often retaining panels, tend to have a full-page presentation, many going well beyond a "Sunday-style" expanded layout or eschewing frames - and gags - completely.
As for whether it's any good, that's always going to be a personal decision. It handily beat at least one other comic that tried to promote its own nomination (Friends You Are Stuck With), but came reasonably close to being beaten by those which didn't (Foxes in Love, whose score was only 25% lower, and the perennial Freefall, which was 1/3 lower).
Clearly Duncan & Eddie is popular, at least within a certain group. But it was not nominated, and indeed not even recommended for last year (though it was for 2020). There is no sign that the possibility of going for an Ursa Major has been brought up by the artist, or to them. Perhaps if there were a larger number of disinterested people making nominations, it might get in, but in practice you have to want it to win it.
I don't think I remember seeing it before you mentioned it - I read Out-Of-Placers, DMFA, Learn to Live and TwoKinds, as well as the varied comics of InfinityDoom and GrimArt. I think OOP at least deserves an award (it established yinglets as a character species), but it won't get one unless it's nominated next time, and that probably won't happen unless the author asks for it.
Of course, should the ALAA wish, they could make an endorsement through the ALAA Choice Award. But they might hesitate do so for such comic strips, which by their nature tend to have another chance to win (as we have seen this year with both Carry On and the long-running graphic story Shine, which were nominated and had significant support in prior years).
I'm no expert, either, but Carry On is definitely "in the style of a newspaper comic strip" to my eyes, despite its ongoing story, and often has a gag per strip, which is another hint. I don't see why the demise of newspapers need change this, though it might be confusing to those who never read them. Conversely, other works that are classified as graphic stories, while often retaining panels, tend to have a full-page presentation, many going well beyond a "Sunday-style" expanded layout or eschewing frames - and gags - completely.
As for whether it's any good, that's always going to be a personal decision. It handily beat at least one other comic that tried to promote its own nomination (Friends You Are Stuck With), but came reasonably close to being beaten by those which didn't (Foxes in Love, whose score was only 25% lower, and the perennial Freefall, which was 1/3 lower).
Clearly Duncan & Eddie is popular, at least within a certain group. But it was not nominated, and indeed not even recommended for last year (though it was for 2020). There is no sign that the possibility of going for an Ursa Major has been brought up by the artist, or to them. Perhaps if there were a larger number of disinterested people making nominations, it might get in, but in practice you have to want it to win it.
I don't think I remember seeing it before you mentioned it - I read Out-Of-Placers, DMFA, Learn to Live and TwoKinds, as well as the varied comics of InfinityDoom and GrimArt. I think OOP at least deserves an award (it established yinglets as a character species), but it won't get one unless it's nominated next time, and that probably won't happen unless the author asks for it.
Of course, should the ALAA wish, they could make an endorsement through the ALAA Choice Award. But they might hesitate do so for such comic strips, which by their nature tend to have another chance to win (as we have seen this year with both Carry On and the long-running graphic story Shine, which were nominated and had significant support in prior years).