Tag: Awards
URGENT REMINDER! Deadline for Harvey Awards is TONIGHT at midnight
The FINAL deadline for Harvey voting is TONIGHT. You can vote online, or mail or fax in in your paper ballot.
Why a graphic novel probably can't win the Newbery Award
The Newbery Award is the gold standard for children's books; it's awarded to one book each year (along with a handufl of Honor books) and signifies the level of excellence that such past winners as A Wrinkle in Time, Sarah, Plain and Tall and The Graveyard Book imply.
2012 Ignatz nominees announced
The nominees for this year's Ignatz Awards, to be presented Saturday, September 15th at the Small Press Expo, have been announced. As usual, it's an eclectic mix spotlighting some outstanding work from off the beaten path—Inés Estrada— and some from mainstream publishers—My Friend Dahmer.
SDCC 12: New, shorter Eisner Awards are a delight
Whether it was the dropped categories or just fairy magic, the Eisner Awards came in at a trim 2 1/4 hours last night, an awards show running time that would fit comfortably on Nickelodeon or Spike.
Russ Manning Award Spotlight: Dave Wachter
The fifth nominee for this year's Russ Manning Award is Dave Wachter, the artist for Night of 1000 Wolves, That Hellbound Train, and several other less-ominous sounding comics.
Russ Manning Award Spotlight: Teagan Gavet
Teagan Gavet is the fourth of the nominees for this year's Russ Manning Award, for her work on the original graphic novel Nordgard: On Thin Ice
Russ Manning Award Spotlight: Tyler Crook
The third nominee for this year's Russ Manning award is Tyler Crook! Artist for Petrograd and B.P.R.D, amongst others.
Russ Manning Award Spotlight: Martin Coccolo
Our spotlight of the five artists nominated for this year's Russ Manning Award shifts across to Uruguay's Martin Coccolo, who draws cowboys and monsters. Yay!
Russ Manning Award Spotlight: Craig Cermak
The Russ Manning Awards Draw Closer. Here's a quick rundown of nominee Craig Cernak
Final Xeric Grant winners announced
The final round of Xeric Grant winners have been announced, and as usual it's a great line-up. Nothing like going out with a bang. $74,510 was awarded to these cartoonists to publish and market their work.
Annual Harvey Awards head scratch
Sigh. The Harvey Awards.
Well there was no Nascar Racer nominated multiple times, but when an issue of Zorro is nominated for best story and Jaime Hernandez's "The Love Bunglers" isn't...well, you lose some faith in your fellow humans.
