Well, somebody likes Chuck Austen: The Humane Society of the United States has announced the winners of the 18th annual Genesis Awards. In the category of Artistic Achievement, the winner is X-Men Unlimited (first series) for the story "Can They Suffer?" by Chuck Austen (I'm not digging up the issue number):

"For expanding the signature X-Men message of empathy toward living beings from this planet and beyond to include the most abused species of all -- animals, whose suffering the heroic and popular X-Men will not tolerate!"