The nominations for the 2009 Friends of Lulu Awards, honoring the people, projects and characters who most promoted female participation in comics have just been announced. Voting details are here. Voting is open via email until October 19th, with winners being announced in November.
Kim Yale Award for Best New Talent
(must have first published work within the last three years)
Kate Beaton, Hark, A Vagrant
Liz Baillie, My Brain Hurts
Mariko Tamaki, Skim
Madeline Rosca, Hollow Fields
Kathryn Immonen, Hellcat
Sabrina Jones, Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography
Tracy White, Traced
Lulu of The Year
(awards the creator/s, book, or other project whole work best exemplifies Friends of Lulu’s mission)
Shaenon K. Garrity, Skin Horse
Lynda Barry, What It Is
Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots
Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole
Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, Skim
Terry Moore, Echo
Jessica Abel, Life Sucks, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures
Woman of Distinction
(nominees work in the comic industry in non-creator roles such as editing, publishing, reporting, or retail)
Joanne Carter Siegel, widow of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel
Gina Gagliano, Marketing Associate at First Second Books
Jackie Estrada, Eisner Committee & Exhibit A Press
Francoise Mouly, Editorial Director of Toon Books
Mimi Cruz, owner of Night Flight Comics
Leah Adezio Award For Best Kid-Friendly Work
Korgi, Christian Slade
Sardine in Outer Space, Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar
Gary the Pirate, Scott Christian Sava
Rapunzel’s Revenge, Shannon, Dean & Nathan Hale)
Stinky, Eleanor Davis
Tiny Titans, Art Baltazar
Hereville, Barry Deutsch
The Female Cartoonists And Comic Book Writer’s Hall Of Fame
(formerly, The Female Cartoonists Hall Of Fame)
CLAMP, Chobits, Kobato, Cardcaptor Sakura, and many many more
Tove Jansson, Moomin
Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket
Gail Simone, Wonder Woman, Secret Six, Birds of Prey
Best Female Character
Monica Villarreal, Wapsi Square by Paul Taylor
Kimberly “Skim” Keiko Cameron, Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
Rapunzel, Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon, Dean, and Nathan Hale
Barbara Thorson, I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly & JM Ken Niimura
Mirka, Hereville by Barry Deutsch
Melanie, Melody by Ilias Kyriazis
Julie Martin, Echo by Terry Moore
This year’s nominations were chosen by a panel. Members of the panel include:
Brigid Alverson – writer, editor, columnist, and blogger
Jennifer Babcock – comic book historian and creator
Abby Denson – writer, cartoonist, and teacher
Cheryl Lynn Eaton – blogger and writer
Chris Eberle – comics retailer
Karen Green – academic librarian and columnist
Robert Randle – purchasing assistant manager, Diamond Distributors
Yay! Gary the Pirate was nominated for Best Kid-Friendly Work!
Tracy Bailey’s work is just outstanding on this book!
Please check it out. And thanks for the nom.
NOM NOM!
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Hurray for Kate Beaton! Love that strip.
Holy cow, that’s a lot of talent — especially in the Kim Yale category. I can’t even begin to try and imagine voting for just one person there.
I have to compliment the Friends of Lulu on their awards process. Easily understandable categories, a fair number of nominees per category, no attempts to inflate the numbers of nominees and winners by subdividing categories, and males are nominated too. The nominees and winners can be proud.
SRS
Happy for the people mentioned and in the voting, but still for a FoLuLu, still soooo many (particularly women creators and other women in the biz) not being mentioned sucks! :(
Well, that’s an honor, right there. Thank you, Lulu!