The Stumptown Awards were given out at the like-named festival on Saturday night, and we haven’t checked twitter or Facebook for the evidence of hijinks but hopefully Beat reporter Jen Vaughn, who was on the scene, will have all the dish in her report. We do know the eremont was hosted by Bobby “Fatboy” Roberts and winner were chosen on a public ballot. Here is the very fine bunch of winners:
Best Artist
Emily Carroll, His Face All Red
Best Writer
Aaron Renier, The Unsinkable Walker Bean
Best Cartoonist
Bryan Lee O’Malley, Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour
Best Letterer
Johnny Ryan, Prison Pit #2
Best Colorist
Emily Carroll, His Face All Red
Best Publication Design
Michael DeForge, Spotting Deer
Best Anthology
Studygroup 12 #4, edited by Zack Soto
Best Small Press
“I Want You #2” by Lisa Hanawalt
Best New Talent
Michael DeForge
Reader’s Choice
Pang, the Wandering Shaolin Monk by Ben Costa
Director’s Choice
The Sixth Gun, by Brian Hurtt and Cullen Bunn, published by Oni Press
The awards were sculpted by Leslie Levings of Beastlies.com, with shelves provided by Lavrans Mathiesen, a Portland woodworker.