The Soxaholix
 "Get Your War On meets Boston Dirt Dogs meets Sons of Sam Horn" | |
Type of site | Webcomic/Blog |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hart Brachen (h.b.) |
| Created by | Hart Brachen (h.b.) |
| URL | http://www.soxaholix.com |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | March 30, 2004 |
| Current status | Concluded, as of December 18, 2016 |
The Soxaholix is a
Readership averaged 1,600 visitors per day in 2005 with sometimes as many as 12,000 readers in a single day.
History
 | This section relies largely or entirely upon a single source. (December 2015) ) |
Hart Brachen, a pseudonym to cover the author's true identity, grew up in
One of the first entries included a discussion of blogger
With the sustained success of the Boston Red Sox since 2004, a strip based upon failure, sadness and schadenfreude might have been expected to wither away. Not so. Despite considering a "retirement" or hiatus from the strip after the successful 2013 season, the author continues to post pithy entries nearly every weekday. (With rare exceptions- marked by life-changing events or outrageous fortune—weekend strips are rare). During the 2013 season, in the interest of his (or her) sanity, the author also announced that henceforth there would be no strip on a Friday when the Red Sox were under .500 in wins and losses.
In November 2014, Brachen announced that he was bringing The Soxaholix to an end. Among his own comments on retiring The Soxaholix, he invited the fans to contribute ideas on how to keep the community alive since the strip concluded.
Format
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Style
The
Awards and recognition
- Blogdom's Best: Boston Red Sox - named the best Red Sox-related blog by Deadspin.[4]
- 2005 Webby Worthy Selection - awarded to sites and teams demonstrating a standard of excellence and outstanding caliber of work.[5]
- 2005 South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival Finalist - "Best Blog".[6]
- 2005 Bloggie Awards Finalist - "Best Non-Weblog Content of a Weblog Site".[7]
See also
- Get your war on
References
- ^ a b c d Fatsis, Stefan (2005-10-11). "It's Not Ovah, Though It's Ovah". The Wall Street Journal. pp. D8. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
- National Public Radio. 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
- ^ Hart Brachen. "About The Soxaholix". The Soxaholix. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
- ^ "Blogdom's Best: Boston Red Sox". Deadspin. 2005-10-13. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
- ^ "9th Annual Webby Awards Official Honoree Selections". Webby Awards. 2005. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
- ^ "2005 Web Awards Finalists". south by southwest, inc. 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-02-05. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
- ^ "Fifth Annual Weblog Awards". Bloggies. 2005. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
