The nominees have been announced for the Shel Dorf Awards 2012. The awards nominate a lot of the usual incredibly talented suspects, with books like Daredevil, Batman and Walking Dead all receiving multiple nominations. The best news here, though, is that both Heidi MacDonald and Henry Barajas have been nominated for Comics Blogger of the year! Which means 1/3 of all good comic book journalism is to be found right here on The Beat! I believe this means Heidi will now be defending her victory from 2011. If Henry beats her, will he be fired? Could be interesting.
Couple that with a nomination for occasional Beat contributor Rich Johnston, and basically you have confirmation that The Beat would be the best comic book website of all time, if only it weren’t for my ruinous contributions. Congratulations to all the nominees – now go vote! The Beat must win! I may be showing some bias right now. Here are your nominees:
Writer of the Year
Penciler of the Year
Inker of the Year
Colorist of the Year
Editor of the Year
Cover Artist of the Year
Letterer of the Year
Mini Series of the Year
- Avengers Vs. X-Men
- Deadworld War Of The Dead
- Star Trek TNG / Doctor Who: Assimilation
- Legend of Oz: The Wicked West
Original Graphic Novel of the Year
Web Comic of the Year
- Axe Cop by Malachai Nicolle and Ethan Nicolle
- Battlepug by Mike Norton
- Disappointing Monsters by Daniel Bradford & Owen Mackinder
- Gronk by Katie Cook
- Retail Sunshine by Phil Machi
Syndicated Print Strip of the Year
Comic To Multi-Media Adaption of the Year
Comic Blogger of the Year
- Rich Johnston Bleeding Cool News
- Heidi MacDonald The Beat
- Henry Barajas
- L. Vincent Poupard Yahoo
- Decapitated Dan
- Michael Hamersky Michael Hamersky On Comics
Continuing Series of the Year
Self Published Comic of the Year
- Arsenic Lullaby by Douglas Paszkiewicz
- Bob Howard, Plumber of the Unknown by Rafael Nieves and Dan Doughterty
- Rachel Rising by Terry Moore
- Rainbow In The Dark by Comfort Love & Adam Withers
- Red Angel by Erin Pyne & Russ Leach
Kids’ Comic of the Year
Are you Team Heidi? Team Henry? Will this rivalry lead to an all-out BLOG WAR? Only one can win!
I don’t stand a chance against Heidi! I’m Romney in this race. Besides, you’re a way better blogger then me, Steve.
“Scrappy underdog Henry Barajas admitted today that he faces an unhill battle, if he’s going to topple Shel Dorf Award titan Heidi MacDonald, but pledged to continue fighting for justice.”
For best blogger my vote goes to underdog HENRY BARAJAS (sorry , Heidi). Writer and Artist along with Mini Series of the year goes to the same man, Sean Murphy for his ‘Punk Rock Jesus’. Penciler would be Steve Pugh, Cover Artist, Chris Samnee, ‘Underwater Welder’, Syndicated Strip to Gary Trudeau for ‘Doonesbury’, Continuing Series to Brian K. Vaughan for ‘Saga’, Self Published to Doug for ‘Arsenic Lullaby’ and Kid’s Comic to Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming for ‘Takio’. (Henry Barajas, ‘Arsenic Lullaby’ and ‘Underwater Welder’; at least I picked three that were also on your lists.)
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