Annie Award noms
These came out yesterday, but it took us forever to find A full list of nominees. Highlights:
Best Animated Feature
* Cars - Pixar Animation Studios
* Happy Feet - Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with...
Mark Siegel on ‘American Born Chinese’ sales
ICv2 has a nice interview with Mark Siegel, which looks at the metrics of how getting a book nominated for a major award affects sales:
The first list that came out in May...
National Book Awards report
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE lost out at the National Book Awards to M.T. Anderson's The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party, but Anderson gave a shout out...
Fall 2006 Xeric winners announced
The fall Xeric Grant recipients have been announced! As is normal, several of them resist easy googling -- one shares the name of a famous Beat poet; one seems to be a much lauded...
American Anime Awards debut at NY Comic-Con
The New York Comic-Con just got their own awards, and they are brand new AND they spotlight ANIME. PR details:
The New York Comic Con today announced that it will host the first-ever American Anime...
Cartooners winning awards: Jean, Cho
James Jean has won the Best Artist award at the World Fantasy Con. You can see the complete list of winners and nominees here.
Lifetime Achievement:
John Crowley
Stephen Fabian
Novel: Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore...
16 animated films eligible for Oscar
The list of animated films eligible for the Best Animated Film Oscar has been released, and 16 films are potential nominees:
The list includes lots of movies with talking critters: Disney's "The Wild," DreamWorks Animation's...
2007 Glyph Awards call for submissions
Held for the first time this year, the 2007 Glyph Awards, honoring the best in black comic books and creators, have announced the judges for the 2007 competition and an industry-wide call for...
Iranian cartoonist wins Serbian award
Comics bring the world together:
An Iranian cartoonist won the second award of the Belgrade "Golden Smile" Cartoon competition in Serbia.The Iranian cartoonist, Shahrokh Heydari stood second in the 5th biannual cartoon exhibition of Serbia...
2006 Ignatz Award Winners
It was a little hard reporting, as we were also MCing, but thanks to Douglas Wolk, here are the winners. Congrats to all!
Outstanding Artist
Tony Millionaire, Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics Books)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
Black Hole by...
Gene Yang reax
Via SFGATe, Gene Yang's reaction to AMERICAN BORN CHINESE's historic National Book Award nomination:
"I'm in shock," said Yang, who missed the call from his agent about the news Tuesday night because he was...
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE nabs NBA nom
Wow. Gene Yang's AMERICAN BORN CHINESE, published by First Second, has scored a National Book Award nomination in the YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE category. These awards are extremely prestigious -- a win for Yang would...
