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Thursday, August 20, 2026

I Reads You Juniors: August 2026 - UPDATE #34

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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NEWS:

DC STUDIOS - From Variety:  HBO Max's DC Studio's original series, "Lanterns," has had 9.3 milllion viewers during its first three days of availability.  This is the best debut for a DC Studios series and the fifth highest HBO Max debut.

MARVEL - From THRMarvel Studios has finally revealed the cast of its "X-Men" reboot (or at least some of it) at Disney's "D23 2026."  The movie will star Sadie Sink ("Jean Grey"), Kit Connor ("Cyclops"), Christopher Abbott ("Prof. X"), Samara Weaving ("Emma Frost"), Inde Navarrette ("Rogue"), and Maya Boyd ("Storm").  Adam Driver is also among the cast as the villain, "Mr. Sinister," with the film landing a release date of May 5, 2028.

DC COMICS - From DCBlog:  Writer Kami Garcia and artist Gabriel Picolo say good buy to their "Teen Titans" young adult graphic novel series, which began with 2019's "Teen Titans: Raven."  The final installment is "Teen Titans: Together," which is currently out.

MARVEL - From Marvel:  The world of Star Wars and the world of Marvel Comics will come together for the first time.  They will do so in the five-issue comic book miniseries, "Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles."  Filmmaker Kevin Smith will write and artist David Marquez will draw the comic book.  "Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles #1" will launch in January 2027.

DC COMICS - From AIPT:  This September (2026), DC Comics is celebrating the 100th birthday of comics legend, Joe Kubert (September 19, 1926), with the release of three special collections.  One of them is "DC Special #5 Facsimile Edition."  Published in October 1969, "DC Special #5" was a comic book that reprinted several of Kubert's stories.  The other two celebratory publications are "Joe Kubert: 100 Years – A Life in Covers #1" and "Sgt. Rock by Joe Kubert: Deluxe Edition."  Kubert died August 12, 2012.

AWARDS - From CriticsChoice:  The winners at the 2026 / 6th Annual Choice Super Awards have been announced.  DC Studios' "Superman" family picks up three awards.  "Superman" (2025) is "Best Superhero Movie."  It's star, David Corenswet, wins "Best Actor in a Superhero Movie.Milly Alcock wins "Best Actress in a Superhero Movie" for "Supergirl" (2026).  According to the "Critics Choice" website, the "Critics Choice Super Awards honor "the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both television and movies, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action."

MARVEL STUDIOS - From Deadline:  The site is reporting that actress Samara Weaving ("Ready or Not" movies) has been cast as "Emma Frost" in Marvel Studios' "X-Men" reboot.

MARVEL - From ComicsBeatMarvel Comics is launching a new Spider-Woman series from writer Dan Watters and artist Andrea Broccardo.  "Spider-Woman #1" arrives in comic shops this November.

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JULY 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Abrams for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  American Mythology for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Comics! The Magazine for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute Batman #22" for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Superman" for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Devil's Due for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Drawn & Quarterly for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Heavy Metal Magazine for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Ignition Press for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics Todd McFarlane titles for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Iron Age Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Armageddon" for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Queen in Black" titles for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Massive for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Midnight Factory for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Part-Time Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rae Media for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion/2000 AD for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rekcah for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Red 5 Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rocketship for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Ruptura Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Scholastic for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  SHP for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Source Point Press for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Storm King Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Warrant and Hoffman for July 2026
From BleedingCool:  Wise Acre Comics for July 2026

AUGUST 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  American Mythology for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  AMP for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Asylum Press for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics Books for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Harper Alley for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Heavy Metal for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Ignition Press for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Invader Comics for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Armageddon" titles for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "X-Men DNX" titles for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Queen in Black" titles for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "What If" titles for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Massive for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Midnight Factory for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Reckah for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rae Media for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  SHP Comics for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Titan Publishing for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Udon Entertainment for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for August 2026
From BleedingCool:  Z2 for August 2026

SEPTEMBER 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Abrams for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  American Mythology for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Antartic Press for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Battle Quest Comics for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Wonder Woman Wonder War" titles for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Devil's Due Studios for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics Books for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  HarperAlley for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Ignition Press for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Avengers Armageddon" titles for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Doctor Strange" related titles for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Queen in Black" titles for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "X-Men DNX" titles for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion Comics for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Red 23 for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rekcah Comics for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Udon Entertainment for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for September 2026
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for September 2026

OCTOBER 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  American Mythology for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for October 206
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Hexagon for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Ignition Press for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon Universe" titles for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics' "Spawn" titles for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "DNX X-Men/Fantastic Four" titles for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Mythos Comics for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Penthouse Comics for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  2000AD / Rebellion for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Udon Entertainment for October 2026
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for October 2026

NOVEMBER 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for November 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "DNX" titles for November 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Midnight" titles for November 2026
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for November 2026

DECEMBER 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:

APRIL 2027 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics omnibus, deluxe, and other big book editions for April 2027

MAY 2027 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics omnibus, deluxe, and other big book editions for May 2027

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Friday, July 25, 2025

Manga Legend Junji Ito Inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame

JUNJI ITO INDUCTED INTO THE WILL EISNER COMIC AWARDS HALL OF FAME AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2025

San Francisco, CA — VIZ Media proudly celebrates legendary manga creator Junji Ito, who today was officially inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame at San Diego Comic-Con 2025. This honor cements Ito’s status among the world’s greatest horror storytellers, whose unnerving, masterful works have captivated millions and redefined the boundaries of the genre.

With over 10 million books sold worldwide, Ito is one of the most successful and influential manga artists in the U.S. and beyond. Hailed as “the Stephen King of Japan,” his works frequently appear on The New York Times Best Sellers list and dominate BookScan’s top graphic novel rankings.

For more than four decades, Ito has conjured unnerving tales that transform the familiar into the grotesque, the cosmic, and the deeply unsettling. From his manga debut Tomie, the beautiful and regenerative girl whose presence drives those around her to madness and violence, Gyo, a nightmarish vision of a world overrun by reeking, walking fish corpses, to the inescapable spiral curse of Uzumaki—now adapted into an anime series available digitally via Amazon Prime Video, Google, Apple TV app (U.S. and Canada), and Fandango at Home (U.S.)—his stories have thrilled and haunted generations of readers.

Ito is a four-time Eisner Award winner and in 2022 became the first international creator to win Best Writer/Artist, for his chilling masterpiece, Remina. Ito’s works are recognized for their signature slow-burn dread and deeply disturbing imagery. With this new Hall of Fame honor,  Junji Ito continues to expand the possibilities of horror, securing his place in the pantheon of comic book legends.

Coming this fall, Moan: Junji Ito Story Collection (October 7, 2025), features six eerie new tales that reinforce his legacy as one of horror’s most inventive voices.

Praise for Junji Ito’s Work:

“Junji Ito is visually arresting and insanely scary.” — The New York Times

“Gruesome and unexpected.” — The Washington Post

“Genius.” — NPR Here and Now

“Beautiful but terrifying.” — TeenVOGUE

“Equal parts gruesome and gorgeous.” – Otaku USA


About Junji Ito:
Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987, and he is now recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists in the horror genre. His long-form masterpieces include Gyo, No Longer Human, Tomie, and Uzumaki, and his short stories have been collected into volumes such as Alley, Deserter, Shiver, Smashed, The Liminal Zone, and several more, all available from VIZ Media. Ito’s professional memoir, Uncanny: The Origins of Fear, details the influences and experiences that led to his becoming a horror manga artist.

He is a four-time Eisner Award winner. In 2019 his collection Frankenstein won in the “Best Adaptation from Another Medium” category, and in 2021 he was awarded “Best Writer/Artist,” while Remina received the award for “Best U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia).” Lovesickness won “Best U.S. Edition” in 2022.

His titles have been adapted into live-action films and anime. The Netflix series Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre is based on his short stories, and Uzumaki has inspired an anime miniseries.

Junji Ito portrait credit: © Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc.

Personal message from Junji Ito: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH2rE0NTdkI

About VIZ Media:
Wherever manga and anime fans are, we are! VIZ Media is No. 1 in Japanese pop culture, introducing fans to what’s now, new, and next. Home to the world’s most influential and groundbreaking storytellers and artists, who today drive multiple industries from publishing and animation to film and gaming. If it’s big in Japan, you can find it at VIZ.

VIZ Media is proudly certified as a Most Loved Workplace® in America and Inc Magazine’s Best Workplace. For more information on VIZ Media visit: https://www.viz.com/ Keep up with all the action on VIZ Media’s social media platforms for more exciting updates.

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Saturday, February 9, 2019

Barnes & Noble Announces 2018 Discovery Award Finalists

Barnes & Noble Announces Finalists for the 28th Annual Discover Awards

Winners to be Announced at a Special Ceremony in New York City on Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Prize Pool for Winning Writers and Finalists is More Than $100,000 with Winners Receiving a Year of Promotion from Barnes & Noble

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the world’s largest retail bookseller, announced the six finalists for its prestigious 2018 Discover Awards.

The Discover Great New Writers program, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2015, recognizes great fiction and nonfiction books from authors at the start of their careers. Since its debut, the program has introduced readers to nearly 1,900 extraordinary literary talents, many of whom have gone on to become household names, including Matthew Desmond, Anthony Doerr, Elizabeth Gilbert, Zadie Smith, Cheryl Strayed, Colson Whitehead and many more.

The six winners of the Discover Great New Writers Awards will share a cash prize totaling $105,000 and will be announced on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at a private awards ceremony in New York City. The top winners in each category, fiction and nonfiction, will receive a $30,000 prize and a full year of promotion from Barnes & Noble. Second-place finalists will receive $15,000 each, and third-place finalists $7,500 each.

The finalists for the 2018 Discover Great New Writers Awards are:

Fiction:

Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth (Harper) – A beautifully written, classic story of brothers and revenge, injustice and honor, set in 1880s Australia.

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza (SJP for Hogarth) –At once intimate and epic, this is an unforgettable story of family and identity, past and present, choices and consequences, home and the outside world.

There There by Tommy Orange (Knopf) –Tommy Orange writes about the lives of Urban Native Americans with force and velocity, digging deep into narratives that balance between painful and profound.

Nonfiction:

American Prison by Shane Bauer (Penguin Press) – A ground-breaking inside investigation into the private prison industry and the forces that drive it, told by a journalist who was legitimately hired under his own name with no background check.

Educated by Tara Westover (Random House) – A searing story of growing up off the grid, which becomes an inspirational story of a young woman who saves her own life through her love of books and learning.

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon (Scribner) – An insightful, fearless, and often very funny story of weight, identity, art, friendship, and family that explores what a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception does to a black body, a black family, and a nation.

Books by the finalists can be purchased at all Barnes & Noble stores nationwide and online at www.bn.com/discover.

The Judges

Two panels of distinguished judges selected the finalists and will also select the winners.

Serving as this year’s fiction judges are:

Paulette Jiles is a novelist, poet, and memoirist. She is the author of Cousins, a memoir, and the novels Enemy Women, Stormy Weather, The Color of Lightning, Lighthouse Island, and News of the World. She lives on a ranch near San Antonio, TX.

Helen Simonson is the New York Times bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand (a 2010 Discover Great New Writers selection) and The Summer Before the War. She was born in England and spent her teenage years in a small village near Rye, in East Sussex. A graduate of the London School of Economics with an MFA from Stony Brook Southampton, she is a former travel advertising executive who has lived in America for the last three decades.

Jess Walter is the author of eight books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Beautiful Ruins, the National Book Award finalist The Zero, the Edgar Award-winning Citizen Vince, and the national bestseller The Financial Lives of the Poet. His work has been published in 32 languages and his short fiction has won a Pushcart Prize and appeared three times in The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology. He lives in Spokane, Washington, with his family.

This year’s nonfiction judges are:

Mira Jacob is the author of the graphic memoir Good Talk, forthcoming from One World/Random House in March 2019. Her acclaimed debut novel The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing was also a 2014 selection of the Discover Great New Writers program. Her recent work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Vogue, and BuzzFeed among other outlets.

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc is a journalist who is best known for her 2003 nonfiction book Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship among many other awards and fellowships, she will be the Elias Ghanem Chair at the Black Mountain Institute of the University of Nevada Las Vegas starting in February 2019.

Beth Macy is the author of the widely-acclaimed and bestselling books Truevine and Factory Man. Based in Roanoke, Virginia for three decades, her reporting has won more than a dozen national awards, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard.

Books by the judges can be purchased at all Barnes & Noble stores nationwide and online at www.bn.com/discover.


The Discover Awards
Since 1990, the Discover Great New Writers program has connected readers with incredible, unforgettable stories which they may have otherwise missed. In addition to helping customers find their next great read, the program has helped many emerging authors find their audience.

The Discover program's selection committee is comprised of Barnes & Noble booksellers from across the company and around the country. They are voracious readers who meet weekly throughout the year to look for compelling voices, extraordinary writing and indelible stories from literary talents at the start of their careers.

Fifty-two books were handpicked for the program in 2018 from the more than 1,000 submissions from publishers of all sizes, and from these, the judges select the shortlist and the winners of the Discover Awards in 2018.

Past winners of the annual Discover Great New Writers Award include: Patty Yumi Cottrell for Sorry to Disrupt the Peace and Jessica Bruder for Nomadland (both 2017); Matthew Desmond for Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City and Abby Geni for The Lightkeepers (both 2016); Mia Alvar for In the Country: Stories and Jill Leovy for Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America (both 2015); Evie Wyld for All the Birds, Singing (2014); Anthony Marra for A Constellation of Vital Phenomena and Justin St. Germain for Son of a Gun (both 2013); Cheryl Strayed for Wild and Amanda Coplin for The Orchardist (both 2012); Joshua Ferris for Then We Came to the End (2007); Ben Fountain for Brief Encounters with Che Guevara (2006); Alison Smith for Name All the Animals (2004); Anthony Doerr for The Shell Collector (2002); Hampton Sides for Ghost Soldiers (2001); Elizabeth McCracken for The Giant’s House (1996); and Chang-Rae Lee for Native Speaker (1995).

For more information on the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers program, customers should visit www.bn.com/discover or ask one of the knowledgeable booksellers at any Barnes & Noble store nationwide.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) is the world’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 630 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). The Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store (www.nook.com) features digital books, periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.

General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained by visiting the Company's corporate website at www.barnesandnobleinc.com.

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Sunday, July 23, 2017

2017 Eisner Award Winners Announced (Complete List) - "Saga" Leads with Four Awards

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, also simply know as the “Eisner Awards,” are awards annually given for creative achievement in American comic books. The awards are named for pioneering comic book writer, artist, and publisher, Will Eisner. Some consider the Eisner Awards to be the preeminent awards that honor American comic books, even referring to the awards as “the Oscars of comic books” (which is so obviously ridiculous).

The Eisner Awards also include the Comic Industry's Hall of Fame. The Eisner Awards are associated with the annual Comic-Con International convention held in San Diego, California, in July. The Eisner Awards have been given annually since 1988, with the exception of 1990.

The 2017 Eisner Award nominations were announced Tuesday, May 2, 2017. The winners were announced Friday, July 21, 2017 at a gala ceremony held during San Diego Comic-Con International 2017.

The 2017 Eisner Awards judging panel consisted of Alan Campbell, Rob Clough, Jamie Newbold, Robert Moses Peaslee, Dawn Rutherford, and Martha Thomases.

Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Winners 2017:

Best Short Story
“Good Boy,” by Tom King and David Finch, in Batman Annual #1 (DC)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot
Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)

Best Continuing Series
Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Limited Series
The Vision, by Tom King and Gabriel Walta (Marvel)

Best New Series
Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston (Dark Horse)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)
Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, by Ben Clanton (Tundra)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)
Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel)

Best Humor Publication
Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie)

Best Anthology
Love Is Love, edited by Sarah Gaydos and Jamie S. Rich (IDW/DC)

Best Reality-Based Work
March (Book Three), by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf)

Best Graphic Album—New
Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson (DC Comics)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Demon, by Jason Shiga (First Second)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Moebius Library: The World of Edena, by Jean “Moebius” Giraud et al. (Dark Horse)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew (Pantheon)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)
Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)
The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, edited by Trina Robbins, Gary Groth, and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)

Best Writer
Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Saga (Image)

Best Writer/Artist
Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Jill Thompson, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC); Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)
Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)

Best Coloring
Matt Wilson, Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord (Marvel)

Best Lettering
Todd Klein, Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC); Black Hammer (Dark Horse)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
The A.V. Club comics coverage, including Comics Panel, Back Issues, and Big Issues, by Oliver Sava et al., www.avclub.com

Best Comics-Related Book
Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White, by Michael Tisserand (Harper)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work
Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation, by Carolyn Cocca (Bloomsbury)

Best Publication Design
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, designed by Sonny Liew (Pantheon)

Best Webcomic
Bird Boy, by Anne Szabla

Best Digital Comic
Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)

Hall of Fame:

Judges’ Choices:
Milt Gross
H. G. Peter
Antonio Prohias
Dori Seda

Inductees:
Gilbert Hernandez
Jaime Hernandez
George Pérez
Walt Simonson
Jim Starlin

Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award:
Anne Szabla

Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing:
Jack Kirby, William Messner-Loebs

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award:
Mark Andreyko, Joe Ferrara

Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award:
Comicazi: Robert Howard, David Lockwood, Michael Burke, Somerville, MA


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Sunday, May 7, 2017

2017 Eisner Award Nominations Announced - Complete List of Nominees

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, also simply know as the “Eisner Awards,” are awards annually given for creative achievement in American comic books.  The awards are named for pioneering comic book writer, artist, and publisher, Will Eisner.  Some consider the Eisner Awards to be the preeminent awards that honor American comic books, even referring to the awards as “the Oscars of comic books” (which is so obviously ridiculous).

The Eisner Awards also include the Comic Industry's Hall of Fame.  The Eisner Awards are associated with the annual Comic-Con International convention held in San Diego, California, in July.  The Eisner Awards have been given annually since 1988, with the exception of 1990.

The 2017 Eisner Award nominations were announced Tuesday, May 2, 2017.  The winners will be announced Friday, July 21, 2017 at a gala ceremony held during Comic-Con International 2017.

The 2017 Eisner Awards judging panel consists of Alan Campbell, Rob Clough, Jamie Newbold, Robert Moses Peaslee, Dawn Rutherford, and Martha Thomases.

2017 Eisner Award Nominees:

Best Short Story

  •    “The Comics Wedding of the Century,” by Simon Hanselmann, in We Told You So: Comics as Art (Fantagraphics)
  •     “The Dark Nothing,” by Jordan Crane, in Uptight #5 (Fantagraphics)
  •     “Good Boy,” by Tom King and David Finch, in Batman Annual #1 (DC)
  •     “Monday,” by W. Maxwell Prince and John Amor, in One Week in the Library (Image) 
  •     “Mostly Saturn,” by Michael DeForge, in Island Magazine #8 (Image)
  •     “Shrine of the Monkey God!” by Kim Deitch, in Kramers Ergot 9 (Fantagraphics)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

  •     Babybel Wax Bodysuit, by Eric Kostiuk Williams (Retrofit/Big Planet)
  •     Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
  •     Blammo #9, by Noah Van Sciver (Kilgore Books)
  •     Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
  •     Sir Alfred #3, by Tim Hensley (Pigeon Press)
  •     Your Black Friend, by Ben Passmore (Silver Sprocket)

Best Continuing Series

  •     Astro City, by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC)
  •     Kill or Be Killed, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
  •     The Mighty Thor, by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman (Marvel)
  •     Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image)
  •     Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Limited Series

  •     Archangel, by William Gibson, Michael St. John Smith, Butch Guice, and Tom Palmer (IDW)
  •     Briggs Land, by Brian Wood and Mack Chater (Dark Horse)
  •     Han Solo, by Marjorie Liu and Mark Brooks (Marvel)
  •     Kim and Kim, by Magdalene Visaggio and Eva Cabrera (Black Mask)
  •     The Vision, by Tom King and Gabriel Walta (Marvel)

Best New Series

  •     Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston (Dark Horse)
  •     Clean Room, by Gail Simone and Jon Davis-Hunt (Vertigo/DC)
  •     Deathstroke: Rebirth, by Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, et al. (DC)
  •     Faith, by Jody Houser, Pere Pérez, and Marguerite Sauvage (Valiant)
  •     Mockingbird, by Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk (Marvel)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

  •     Ape and Armadillo Take Over the World, by James Sturm (Toon)
  •     Burt’s Way Home, by John Martz (Koyama)
  •     The Creeps, Book 2: The Trolls Will Feast! by Chris Schweizer (Abrams)
  •     I’m Grumpy (My First Comics), by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random
  •     House Books for Young Readers)
  •     Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, by Ben Clanton (Tundra)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

  •     The Drawing Lesson, by Mark Crilley (Watson-Guptill)
  •     Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)
  •     Hilda and the Stone Forest, by Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books)
  •     Rikki, adapted by Norm Harper and Matthew Foltz-Gray (Karate Petshop)
  •     Science Comics: Dinosaurs, by MK Reed and Joe Flood (First Second)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

  •     Bad Machinery, vol. 5: The Case of the Fire Inside, by John Allison (Oni)
  •     Batgirl, by Hope Larson and Rafael Albuquerque (DC)
  •     Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie)
  •     Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
  •     Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars, by Jessica Abel (Papercutz/Super Genius)
  •     The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel)

Best Humor Publication

  •     The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp, by Lee Marrs (Marrs Books)
  •     Hot Dog Taste Test, by Lisa Hanawalt (Drawn & Quarterly)
  •     Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie)
  •     Man, I Hate Cursive, by Jim Benton (Andrews McMeel)
  •     Yuge! 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel)

Best Anthology

  •     Baltic Comics Anthology š! #26: dADa, edited by David Schilter and Sanita Muizniece (kuš!)
  •     Island Magazine, edited by Brandon Graham and Emma Rios (Image)
  •     Kramers Ergot 9, edited by Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics)
  •     Love Is Love, edited by Sarah Gaydos and Jamie S. Rich (IDW/DC)
  •     Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists, edited by Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics)

Best Reality-Based Work

  •     Dark Night: A True Batman Story, by Paul Dini and Eduardo Risso (Vertigo/DC)
  •     Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo, by Sandrine Revel (NBM)
  •     March (Book Three), by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
  •     Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir, by Tom Hart (St. Martin’s)
  •     Tetris: The Games People Play, by Box Brown (First Second)

Best Graphic Album—New

  •     The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
  •     Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash, by Dave McKean (Dark Horse)
  •     Exits, by Daryl Seitchik (Koyama)
  •     Mooncop, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
  •     Patience, by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
  •     Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson (DC Comics)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

  •     Demon, by Jason Shiga (First Second)
  •     Incomplete Works, by Dylan Horrocks (Alternative)
  •     Last Look, by Charles Burns (Pantheon)
  •     Meat Cake Bible, by Dame Darcy (Fantagraphics)
  •     Megg and Mog in Amsterdam and Other Stories, by Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics)
  •     She’s Not into Poetry, by Tom Hart (Alternative)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

  •     Equinoxes, by Cyril Pedrosa, translated by Joe Johnson (NBM)
  •     Irmina, by Barbara Yelin, translated by Michael Waaler (SelfMadeHero)
  •     Love: The Lion, by Frédéric Brémaud and Federico Bertolucci (Magnetic)
  •     Moebius Library: The World of Edena, by Jean “Moebius” Giraud et al. (Dark Horse)
  •     Wrinkles, by Paco Roca, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

  •     The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
  •     Goodnight Punpun, vols. 1–4, by Inio Asano, translated by JN PRoductions (VIZ Media)
  •     orange: The Complete Collection, vols. 1–2, by Ichigo Takano, translated by Amber Tamosaitis, adaptation by Shannon Fay (Seven Seas)
  •     The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime, by Toshio Ban and Tezuka Productions, translated by Frederik L. Schodt (Stone Bridge Press)
  •     Princess Jellyfish, vols. 1–3 by Akiko Higashimura, translated by Sarah Alys Lindholm (Kodansha)
  •     Wandering Island, vol. 1, by Kenji Tsuruta, translated by Dana Lewis (Dark Horse)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)

  •     Almost Completely Baxter: New and Selected Blurtings, by Glen Baxter (NYR Comics)
  •     Barnaby, vol. 3, by Crockett Johnson, edited by Philip Nel and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
  •     Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
  •     The Realist Cartoons, edited by Paul Krassner and Ethan Persoff (Fantagraphics)
  •     Walt & Skeezix 1931–1932, by Frank King, edited by Jeet Heer and Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)

  •     The Complete Neat Stuff, by Peter Bagge, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
  •     The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, edited by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)
  •     Fables and Funnies, by Walt Kelly, compiled by David W. Tosh (Dark Horse)
  •     Trump: The Complete Collection, by Harvey Kurtzman et al., edited by Denis Kitchen and John Lind (Dark Horse)
  •     U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories, by Sam Glanzman, edited by Drew Ford (Dover)

Best Writer

  •     Ed Brubaker, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image)
  •     Kurt Busiek, Astro City (Vertigo/DC)
  •     Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird (Marvel)
  •     Max Landis, Green Valley (Image/Skybound), Superman: American Alien (DC)
  •     Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Descender, Plutona (Image); Bloodshot Reborn (Valiant)
  •     Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Saga (Image)

Best Writer/Artist

  •     Jessica Abel, Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars (Papercutz/Super Genius)
  •     Box Brown, Tetris: The Games People Play (First Second)
  •     Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly)
  •     Tom Hart, Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir (St. Martin’s)
  •     Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

  •     Mark Brooks, Han Solo (Marvel)
  •     Dan Mora, Klaus (BOOM!)
  •     Greg Ruth, Indeh (Grand Central Publishing)
  •     Francois Schuiten, The Theory of the Grain of Sand (IDW)
  •     Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
  •     Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther (Marvel)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

  •     Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Lion (Magnetic)
  •     Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly)
  •     Manuele Fior, 5,000 km per Second (Fantagraphics)
  •     Dave McKean, Black Dog (Dark Horse)
  •     Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
  •     Jill Thompson, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC); Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)

  •     Mike Del Mundo, Avengers, Carnage, Mosaic, The Vision (Marvel)
  •     David Mack, Abe Sapien, BPRD Hell on Earth, Fight Club 2, Hellboy and the BPRD 1953 (Dark Horse)
  •     Sean Phillips, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed (Image)
  •     Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
  •     Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Best Coloring

  •     Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Green Valley (Image/Skybound)
  •     Elizabeth Breitweiser, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image); Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta (Image/Skybound)
  •     Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)
  •     Laura Martin, Wonder Woman (DC); Ragnorak (IDW); Black Panther (Marvel)
  •     Matt Wilson, Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord (Marvel)

Best Lettering

  •     Dan Clowes, Patience (Fantagraphics)
  •     Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly)
  •     Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly)
  •     Nick Hayes, Woody Guthrie (Abrams)
  •     Todd Klein, Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC); Black Hammer (Dark Horse)
  •     Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

  •     The A.V. Club comics coverage, including Comics Panel, Back Issues, and Big Issues, by Oliver Sava et al., www.avclub.com
  •     Comic Riffs blog, by Michael Cavna and David Betancourt, www.washingtonpost.com/new/comic-riffs/
  •     Critical Chips, edited by Zainab Akhtar (Comics & Cola)
  •     PanelPatter.com, edited by Rob McMonigal
  •     WomenWriteAboutComics.com, edited by Megan Purdy and Claire Napier

Best Comics-Related Book

  •     blanc et noir: takeshi obata illustrations, by Takeshi Obata (VIZ Media)
  •     Ditko Unleashed: An American Hero, by Florentino Flórez and Frédéric Manzano (IDW/Editions Déesse)
  •     Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White, by Michael Tisserand (Harper)
  •     The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood, vol. 1, edited by Bhob Stewart and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)
  •     More Heroes of the Comics, by Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

  •     Brighter Than You Think: Ten Short Works by Alan Moore, with essays by Marc Sobel (Uncivilized)
  •     Forging the Past: Set and the Art of Memory, by Daniel Marrone (University Press of Mississippi)
  •     Frank Miller’s Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism, by Paul Young (Rutgers University Press)
  •     Pioneering Cartoonists of Color, by Tim Jackson (University Press of Mississippi)
  •     Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation, by Carolyn Cocca (Bloomsbury)

Best Publication Design

  •     The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, designed by Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
  •     The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, designed by Keeli McCarthy (Fantagraphics)
  •     Frank in the Third Dimension, designed by Jacob Covey, 3D conversions by Charles Barnard (Fantagraphics)
  •     The Realist Cartoons, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
  •     Si Lewen’s Parade: An Artist’s Odyssey, designed by Art Spiegelman (Abrams)

Best Webcomic

  •     Bird Boy, by Anne Szabla, http://bird-boy.com
  •     Deja Brew, by Taneka Stotts and Sara DuVall (Stela.com)
  •     Jaeger, by Ibrahim Moustafa (Stela.com)
  •     The Middle Age, by Steve Conley, steveconley.com/the-middle-age
  •     On Beauty, by Christina Tran,  sodelightful.com/comics/beauty/

Best Digital Comic

  •     Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
  •     Edison Rex, by Chris Roberson and Dennis Culver (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
  •     Helm, by Jehanzeb Hasan and Mauricio Caballero, www.crookshaw.com/helm/
  •     On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden, www.onasunbeam.com
  •     Universe!, by Albert Monteys (Panel Syndicate)


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Judges Select Gross, Peter, Prohias, and Seda for Eisner Hall of Fame

Voters Will Select 4 More Inductees

Comic-Con International has announced that the Eisner Awards judges have selected four individuals to automatically be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame for 2017. These inductees are Milt Gross (early newspaper cartoonist known for such strips as Count Screwloose of Tooloose, Nize Baby, and That's My Pop!), H. G. Peter (original Wonder Woman artist), Antonio Prohias (creator of MAD’s “Spy vs. Spy”), and Dori Seda (pioneering autobiographical underground cartoonist). In most years, the judges select only two automatic inductees, but an exception was made this year as part of the Will Eisner centennial celebration (Eisner would have turned 100 on March 6).

The judges have also chosen 17 nominees from which voters will select 4 to be inducted in the Hall of Fame this summer. These nominees are Peter Bagge, Howard Cruse, Steve Englehart, Justin Green, Roberta Gregory, Bill Griffith, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Francoise Mouly, Jackie Ormes, George Pérez, P. Craig Russell, Posy Simmonds, Walt Simonson, Jim Starlin, Rumiko Takahashi, and Garry Trudeau.

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Sunday, September 27, 2015

2015 Harvey Award Winners Announced; Dark Horse, Fiona Staples Lead the Pack

The Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art.  The Harvey Awards are named in honor of the late comic book creator, editor, and publisher, Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry's most innovative talents.  Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by creators - those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit, or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field. They are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals.

The 2015 Harvey Awards were presented, Saturday, September 26, 2015 in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the 2015 Baltimore Comic-Con (September 25-27, 2015).  This is the tenth year for the Harvey Awards in Baltimore, MD.

The 2015 Harvey Awards winners:

BEST LETTERER
Jack Morelli, AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE, Archie Comic Publications

BEST COLORIST
Dave Stewart, HELLBOY IN HELL, Dark Horse Comics

BEST SYNDICATED STRIP or PANEL
DICK TRACY, Joe Staton and Mike Curtis, Tribune Media Services

BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK
THE PRIVATE EYE, Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente, panelsyndicate.com

BEST AMERICAN EDITION of FOREIGN MATERIAL
BLACKSAD: AMARILLO, Dark Horse

BEST INKER
Danny Miki, BATMAN, DC Comics

BEST NEW SERIES
SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Image Comics

MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT
Chad Lambert, "KILL ME" FROM DARK HORSE PRESENTS, Dark Horse Comics

SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS
Chip Zdarsky, SEX CRIMINALS, Image Comics

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC PUBLICATION FOR YOUNGER READERS
LUMBERJANES, BOOM! Box (BOOM! Studios)

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED
MOUSE GUARD: BALDWIN THE BRAVE AND OTHER TALES HC, Archaia/BOOM!

BEST ANTHOLOGY
DARK HORSE PRESENTS, Dark Horse Comics

BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT
STERANKO NICK FURY AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. ARTIST'S EDITION, IDW

BEST COVER ARTIST
Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, or JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE ULTIMATE VISUAL HISTORY, Andrew Farago, Insight Editions

SPECIAL AWARD for EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM, Andrew Carl, Josh O'Neill, and Chris Stevens, Locust Moon Press

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM ORIGINAL
JIM HENSON'S THE MUSICAL MONSTERS OF TURKEY HOLLOW, Archaia/BOOM! Studios

BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
SAGA, Image Comics

BEST WRITER
Mark Waid, DAREDEVIL, Marvel Comics

BEST ARTIST
Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics

BEST CARTOONIST
Terry Moore, RACHEL RISING, Abstract Studios

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
"Breaking Out", DARK HORSE PRESENTS #35, Dark Horse Comics

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Friday, July 17, 2015

2015 Harvey Award Nominees Announced for Over 20 Categories

2015 Harvey Awards Nominees Announced

Visit www.harveyawards.org for Ballots & Submission Details

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - The 2015 Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot, presented by the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry's most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. They will be presented September 26, 2015 in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con.

Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by creators - those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit, or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field. They are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. Thank you to all that have already participated by submitting a nomination ballot. Final ballots are due to the Harvey Awards by Monday, August 31, 2015. Full submission instructions can be found on the final ballot.

Voting is open to anyone professionally involved in a creative capacity within the comics field. Final ballots are available at www.harveyawards.org. Those who prefer paper ballots may e-mail harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com.

This will be the tenth year for the Harvey Awards in Baltimore, MD. Look for more details soon as to how you can attend the Harvey Awards dinner.

This year's Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 25-27, 2015. The ceremony and banquet for the 2015 Harvey Awards will be held Saturday night, September 26th.

Without further delay, the 2014 Harvey Award Nominees:

BEST LETTERER
____ Aubrey Aiese, LUMBERJANES, BOOM! Box (BOOM! Studios)
____ Deron Bennett, HACKTIVIST, Archaia Black Label (BOOM! Studios)
____ Ed Dukeshire, THE WOODS, BOOM! Studios
____ Jack Morelli, AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE, Archie Comic Publications
____ Josh Reed, DAMSELS IN EXCESS, Aspen

BEST COLORIST
____ Elizabeth Breitweiser, VELVET, Image Comics
____ Jordie Bellaire, MOON KNIGHT, Marvel Comics
____ Laura Martin, ARMOR HUNTERS, Valiant Entertainment
____ Dave Stewart, HELLBOY IN HELL, Dark Horse Comics
____ Matthew Wilson, THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, Image Comics

BEST SYNDICATED STRIP or PANEL
____ DICK TRACY, Joe Staton and Mike Curtis, Tribune Media Services
____ DILBERT, Scott Adams, Universal Uclick
____ FOX TROT, Bill Amend, Universal Uclick
____ GET FUZZY, Darby Conley, Universal Uclick
____ MUTTS, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate

BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK
____ ALBERT THE ALIEN, Trevor Mueller and Gabriel Bautista, albertthealien.com
____ BATTLEPUG, Mike Norton, battlepug.com
____ GIRLS WITH SLINGSHOTS, Danielle Corsetto, girlswithslingshots.com
____ SPACE MULLET, Daniel Warren Johnson, space-mullet.com
____ THE PRIVATE EYE, Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente, panelsyndicate.com

BEST AMERICAN EDITION of FOREIGN MATERIAL
____ BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS, Drawn & Quarterly
____ BLACKSAD: AMARILLO, Dark Horse
____ CORTO MALTESE: UNDER THE SIGN OF CAPRICORN, EuroComics/IDW
____ THE COLLECTOR, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
____ THE KILLER OMNIBUS VOL. 2, Archaia/BOOM! Studios

BEST INKER
____ Roger Langridge, JIM HENSON'S THE MUSICAL MONSTERS OF TURKEY HOLLOW, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
____ Danny Miki, BATMAN, DC Comics
____ Mark Pennington, ARMOR HUNTERS: BLOODSHOT, Valiant Entertainment
____ Joe Rivera, THE VALIANT, Valiant Entertainment
____ Wade Von Grawbadger, ALL NEW X-MEN, Marvel Comics

BEST NEW SERIES
____ BITCH PLANET, Image Comics
____ LUMBERJANES, BOOM! Box (BOOM! Studios)
____ MS. MARVEL, Marvel Comics
____ SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Image Comics
____ THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, Image Comics

MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT
____ Steve Bryant, ATHENA VOLTAIRE COMPENDIUM, Dark Horse Comics
____ Daniel Warren Johnson, GHOST FLEET, Dark Horse Comics
____ Chad Lambert, "KILL ME" FROM DARK HORSE PRESENTS, Dark Horse Comics
____ Babs Tarr, BATGIRL, DC Comics
____ Jen Van Meter, THE DEATH-DEFYING DOCTOR MIRAGE, Valiant Entertainment

SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS
____ James Asmus, QUANTUM AND WOODY, Valiant Entertainment
____ James Asmus & Fred Van Lente, THE DELINQUENTS, Valiant Entertainment
____ Ryan Browne, GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS, Image Comics
____ Fred Van Lente, ARCHER AND ARMSTRONG, Valiant Entertainment
____ Chip Zdarsky, SEX CRIMINALS, Image Comics

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC PUBLICATION FOR YOUNGER READERS
____ JIM HENSON'S THE MUSICAL MONSTERS OF TURKEY HOLLOW, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
____ LUMBERJANES, BOOM! Box (BOOM! Studios)
____ SISTERS, Scholastic-Graphix
____ SPONGEBOB COMICS, United Plankton Pictures
____ THIS ONE SUMMER, First Second Books

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED
____ HIT: 1955 TP, BOOM! Studios
____ MOUSE GUARD: BALDWIN THE BRAVE AND OTHER TALES HC, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
____ RAI VOL. 1: WELCOME TO NEW JAPAN TP, Valiant Entertainment
____ SIX-GUN GORILLA TP, BOOM! Studios
____ THE LOVE BUNGLERS, Fantagraphics

BEST ANTHOLOGY
____ DARK HORSE PRESENTS, Dark Horse Comics
____ IN THE DARK: A HORROR ANTHOLOGY, IDW
____ LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM, Locust Moon Press
____ MASTERFUL MARKS: CARTOONISTS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD, Simon & Schuster
____ WILD OCEAN, Fulcrum Publishing

BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT
____ HARVEY KURTZMAN'S JUNGLE BOOK: ESSENTIAL KURTZMAN VOLUME 1, Kitchen Sink Books/Dark Horse Books
____ STERANKO NICK FURY AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. ARTIST'S EDITION, IDW
____ THE COMPLETE QUANTUM AND WOODY CLASSIC OMNIBUS, Valiant Entertainment
____ VALIANT MASTERS: H.A.R.D. CORPS VOL. 1 - SEARCH & DESTROY, Valiant Entertainment
____ WALT DISNEY DONALD DUCK AND UNCLE SCROOGE: THE SON OF THE SUN (DON ROSA LIBRARY VOL. 1), Fantagraphics

BEST COVER ARTIST
____ Mike Del Mundo, ELEKTRA, Marvel Comics
____ Francesco Francavilla, AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE, Archie Comic Publications
____ Jenny Frison, REVIVAL, Image Comics
____ Chris Samnee, DAREDEVIL, Marvel Comics
____ Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, or JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION
____ BACK ISSUES, Comic Pop
____ COMIC BOOK CREATOR, TwoMorrows Publications
____ HEROES OF THE COMICS: PORTRAITS OF THE LEGENDS OF COMIC BOOKS, Drew Friedman, Fantagraphics
____ MASTERFUL MARKS: CARTOONISTS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD, Monte Beauchamp, Simon & Schuster
____ TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE ULTIMATE VISUAL HISTORY, Andrew Farago, Insight Editions

SPECIAL AWARD for EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
 ____ ARMOR HUNTERS, Josh Johns and Warren Simons, Valiant Entertainment
____ HARVEY KURTZMAN'S JUNGLE BOOK: ESSENTIAL KURTZMAN VOLUME 1, John Lind and Philip R. Simon, Kitchen Sink Books/Dark Horse Books
____ LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM, Andrew Carl, Josh O'Neill, and Chris Stevens, Locust Moon Press
____ JIM HENSON'S THE MUSICAL MONSTERS OF TURKEY HOLLOW, Scott Newman, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
____ THE VALIANT, Kyle Andrukiewicz and Warren Simons, Valiant Entertainment

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM ORIGINAL
 ____ ATHENA VOLTAIRE COMPENDIUM, Dark Horse Comics
____ JIM HENSON'S THE MUSICAL MONSTERS OF TURKEY HOLLOW, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
____ SECONDS, Ballantine Books
____ THE WRENCHIES, First Second Books
____ THIS ONE SUMMER, First Second Books

BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
____ AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE, Archie Comic Publications
____ DAREDEVIL, Marvel Comics
____ SAGA, Image Comics
____ SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Image Comics
____ THE VALIANT, Valiant Entertainment

BEST WRITER
____ Jason Aaron, SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Image Comics
____ Jen Van Meter, THE DEATH-DEFYING DOCTOR MIRAGE, Valiant Entertainment
____ Brian K. Vaughan, SAGA, Image Comics
____ Mark Waid, DAREDEVIL, Marvel Comics
____ G. Willow Wilson, MS. MARVEL, Marvel Comics

BEST ARTIST
____ Clayton Crain, RAI, Valiant Entertainment
____ Roberto de la Torre, THE DEATH-DEFYING DOCTOR MIRAGE, Valiant Entertainment
____ Chris Samnee, DAREDEVIL, Marvel Comics
____ Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics
____ Jillian Tamaki, THIS ONE SUMMER, First Second Books

BEST CARTOONIST
____ Steve Bryant, ATHENA VOLTAIRE COMPENDIUM, Dark Horse Comics
____ Howard Chaykin, BLOODSHOT #25, Valiant Entertainment
____ Farel Dalrymple, THE WRENCHIES, First Second Books
____ Terry Moore, RACHEL RISING, Abstract Studios
____ Dan Parent, KEVIN KELLER, Archie Comic Publications
____ Andy Runton, X-O MANOWAR #25, Valiant Entertainment

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
____ ARMOR HUNTERS #1, Valiant Entertainment
____ "Breaking Out", DARK HORSE PRESENTS #35, Dark Horse Comics
____ JIM HENSON'S THE STORYTELLER: WITCHES #4, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
____ MULTIVERSITY: PAX AMERICANA, DC Comics
____ RAI #1, Valiant Entertainment

Congratulations to all of the nominees! If you know a nominee, please pass on the good news using email, Facebook, and Twitter.

Please submit any corrections to harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com. We try our best to list nominees correctly, and want to know if there is an error.

The Harvey Committee and the Baltimore Comic-Con will make every effort to contact all nominees. If you are a nominee and you do not hear from us by July 25, 2015, please contact us at harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com. We would love to discuss your involvement in the ceremony and the Baltimore Comic-Con.

For additional information about Harvey Kurtzman and the Harvey Awards, visit www.harveyawards.org or http://www.facebook.com/theharveyawards.

2015 Eisner Award winners are here.

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Sunday, July 12, 2015

2015 Eisner Award Winners - Complete List; "Lumberjanes" and "Little Nemo" Big Winners

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, also simply know as the “Eisner Awards,” are awards annually given for creative achievement in American comic books.  The awards are named for pioneering comic book writer, artist, and publisher, Will Eisner.  Some consider the Eisner Awards to be the preeminent awards that honor American comic books, even referring to the awards as “the Oscars of comic books.”

The Eisner Awards also include the Comic Industry's Hall of Fame.  The Eisner Awards are associated with the annual Comic-Con International convention held in San Diego, California, in July.  The Eisner Awards have been given annually since 1988, with the exception of 1990.

The 2015 Eisner Award winners were announced Friday, July 10, 2015 at a gala ceremony held during San Diego Comic-Con International (2015).

The 2015 Eisner Awards judging panel:
Carr D’Angelo – comics retailer: Earth-2 Comics, Los Angeles
Richard Graham – librarian at University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sean Howe – author Marvel Comics: The Untold Story
Susan Kirtley – academic/scholar at Portland State University)
Ron McFee – a Comic-Con International volunteer
Maggie Thompson – writer/editor, best known for her work on the Comics Buyers Guide

2015 EISNER AWARDS Winners:

Best Short Story
“When the Darkness Presses,” by Emily Carroll, http://emcarroll.com/comics/darkness/ (link is external)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, by Evan Dorkin & Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)

Best Continuing Series
Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Limited Series
Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, by Eric Shanower & Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)

Best New Series
Lumberjanes, by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7)
The Zoo Box, by Ariel Cohn & Aron Nels Steinke (First Second)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12)
El Deafo, by Cece Bell (Amulet/Abrams)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
Lumberjanes, by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)

Best Humor Publication
The Complete Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson (Andrews McMeel)

Best Digital/Web Comic
The Private Eye by Brian Vaughan & Marcos Martin http://panelsyndicate.com/ (link is external)

Best Anthology
Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, edited by Josh O’Neill, Andrew Carl, & Chris Stevens (Locust Moon)

Best Reality-Based Work
Hip Hop Family Tree, vol. 2, by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album—New
This One Summer, by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (First Second)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Through the Woods, by Emily Carroll (McElderry Books)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)
Winsor McCay’s Complete Little Nemo, edited by Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)
Steranko Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Blacksad: Amarillo, by Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
Showa 1939–1943 and Showa 1944–1953: A History of Japan, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Writer
Gene Luen Yang, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Dark Horse); The Shadow Hero (First Second)

Best Writer/Artist
Raina Telgemeier, Sisters (Graphix/Scholastic)

Best Penciller/Inker
Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
J. H. Williams III, The Sandman: Overture (Vertigo/DC)

Best Cover Artist
Darwyn Cooke, "DC Comics Darwyn Cooke Month Variant Covers" (DC)

Best Coloring
Dave Stewart, Hellboy in Hell, BPRD, Abe Sapien, Baltimore, Lobster Johnson, Witchfinder, Shaolin Cowboy, Aliens: Fire and Stone, DHP (Dark Horse)

Best Lettering
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: The Artist (Dark Horse)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
Comics Alliance, edited by Andy Khouri, Caleb Goellner, Andrew Wheeler, & Joe Hughes, www.comicsalliance.com (link is external)

Best Comics-Related Book
Genius Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth, vol. 3, by Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell (IDW/LOAC)

Best Scholarly/Academic Work
Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews, edited by Sarah Lightman (McFarland)

Best Publication Design
Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, designed by Jim Rugg (Locust Moon)


The Eisner Awards judges previously selected two individuals to automatically be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame for 2015. Those inductees were Marjorie ”Marge” Henderson Buell (creator of Little Lulu) and Bill Woggon (creator of Katy Keene).

The judges also chosen 13 nominees from which voters were to select 4 to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this summer. The 4 selected are John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Denis Kitchen, Frank Miller.

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