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Katz and DeForge win the 2018 Cartoonist Studio Prize

04/03/2018 10:15 am by Heidi MacDonald Leave a Comment

Katz and DeForge win the 2018 Cartoonist Studio Prize

The winners of the sixth annual Cartoonist Studio Prize (presented by Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies) have been announced. Keren Katz won in the print category for The Academic Hour(Secret Acres),an unsettling tale of an unusual school drawn in Katz’ wispy, evocative art.

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: Awards, cartoonsit studio prize, Keren Katz, Michael DeForge

FIBD Angoulême Day 3 & 4: Attendance was up at a very good show

01/31/2018 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

FIBD Angoulême Day 3 & 4: Attendance was up at a very good show

FIBD #45 is just a memory now but it seems to be a pleasant one for most people who attended. The hanging out and eating wonderful three hour dinners was just fine, as usual, but the show had none of the mortifying faux pas of the past few years and serious things were taken seriously. […]

Filed Under: Top News, World Comics Tagged With: angoulême, Awards, fibd 2018, French comics, Naoki Urasawa, osamu tezuka, Sonny Liew

ComicsPRO Announces Nominees for Comic Industry Awards

01/18/2018 8:16 pm by Todd Allen

ComicsPRO Announces Nominees for Comic Industry Awards

ComicsPro has announced it’s nominees for its Industry Awards and also its first Unsung Hero Award for the recently departed Dave Hawksworth. ComicsPRO, the trade association for comics specialty retailers, proudly announces the nominees for its annual Comic Industry Awards. The awards honor those people who are or have been the best at what they […]

Filed Under: Awards, Retailing Tagged With: Awards, comicspro

‘My Favorite Thing Is Monsters’ wins PW Crtics Poll PLUS here are some of the top comics for 2018

12/22/2017 10:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

‘My Favorite Thing Is Monsters’ wins PW Crtics Poll PLUS here are some of the top comics for 2018

A couple of links of note from Publishers Weekly: The annual Critics Poll results have been announced and to the shock of no one Emil Ferris’s ‘My Favorite Thing Is Monsters’ was #1. We’ve written and talked and been amazed by this book all year and it shows just how far the graphic novel business […]

Filed Under: Awards, Graphic Novels Tagged With: 2018 comics, Awards, emil ferris, everything is flammable, gabrille bell, my favorite thing is monsters

#FreeNseRamon: Cartoonists Rally Behind Imprisoned Political Activist

11/07/2017 7:00 pm by Andrea Ayres

#FreeNseRamon: Cartoonists Rally Behind Imprisoned Political Activist

Political cartoonist and activist Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé has spent over fifty days in detention following his arrest on September 16 in the West African country of Equatorial Guinea. Ebalé was detained as part of the governments recent crackdown on artists who have been critical of government officials. On November 4, the Association for American Editorial Cartoonists […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: #FreeNseRamon, activism, Awards, News

Five Finalists for Dwayne McDuffie Award For Diversity In Comics Announced

02/16/2017 10:30 am by Heidi MacDonald

Five Finalists for Dwayne McDuffie Award For Diversity In Comics Announced

After a vigorous round of judging, the five finalists for the Dwayne McDuffie Award For Diversity In Comics have been revealed (I was one of the judges) and they are: Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels Shaft: Imitation of Life by David Walker and Dietrich Smith   Amazing Forest by Ulises Farinas, Erick Freitas and more […]

Filed Under: Awards, Diversity, Top News Tagged With: Awards, Top News

Friday’s the deadline for Random House’s High School Creative Writing Contest – including graphic novels

01/31/2017 1:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Friday’s the deadline for Random House’s High School Creative Writing Contest – including graphic novels

Every year, Random house holds a Creative Writing Contest for NYC High School Seniors. Among the categories, graphic novels. Rules for entry in the link. The context is for NYC high school seniors only. But Friday is the deadline! if you were on the fence get it together. Literary compositions are judged by their technical […]

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: Awards, NYC, Random House

“Paysage après la bataille” wins top prize at Angoulême

01/30/2017 9:30 am by Heidi MacDonald

“Paysage après la bataille” wins top prize at Angoulême

The Fauves, the official awards of the Angoulême Comics Festival were handed out over the weekend and there was no mockery or satire, only awards for comics. Thanksthe lord for small favors. The complete list can be found at ToutenBD, but I’ve adapted their list with English translations where possible or appropriate. Philippe de Pierpont […]

Filed Under: Awards, Top News, World Comics Tagged With: angoulême, angoulême 2017, Awards, Éric Lambé, Paysage après la bataille, Philippe de Pierpont, Top News

Gene Yang and the March Trilogy team are voted the 2016 Comics Industry People of the Year

01/06/2017 12:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Gene Yang and the March Trilogy team are voted the 2016 Comics Industry People of the Year

For the sixth year in a row, The Beat is proud to present the Comics Industry Person of the Year, as chosen by voters in our annual creator survey: Gene Luen Yang. The the Team of the year: Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.

Filed Under: Awards, First Second, Top News, Top Shelf Tagged With: Andrew Aydin, Awards, Brandon Graham, C. Spike Trotman, comics industry person of the year, Dan DiDio, Emma Rios, First Second, Gene Luen Yang, Geoff Johns, Nate Powell, person of the year 2017, Raina Telgemeier, Rep John Lewis, Top News, Top Shelf

March Book Three tops the annual PW Graphic Novel Critics Poll

12/22/2016 1:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

March Book Three tops the annual PW Graphic Novel Critics Poll

Continuing its “march” to end of year accolades, (sorry) March Book Three topped the annual PW Graphic Novel Critics Poll. Rosalie Lightning came in second and Teh Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, How to tSurvive in the North, One Hundred Nights of Hero and Irmina were all tied for thirrd. There are about 40 […]

Filed Under: Awards, Top News, Top Shelf Tagged With: Andrew Aydin, Awards, march book three, Nate Powell, pw critic's poll, Rep John Lewis, Top News, Top Shelf

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