13 Panels from TCAF in audio and the heartbreaking Doug Wright Awards
Jamie Coville has, as always, recorded the best of the panels from TCAF, including a shocking number in which I participated. YOU can hear...
San Diego Comic-Con and Lionsgate maybe brewing up some kind of major awards show
Yesterday Deadline got a hot tip that Comic-Con International (which puts on SDCC) and Lionsgate -- already thick as thieves over Comic-Con HQ...
Tex Minos wins 2015 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has presented the 2015 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship to Sheridan College animation major Tex Minos, who has a...
Ignatz Awards submissions close on June 7th
More awards! The Ignatz awards, presented at the Small Press Expo to outstanding indie comics, are now accepting submissions, with a June 7th deadline....
Harvey Award Nomination ballots are due TODAY!
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Voting for the Harvey Award nominations ends tonight at midnight, PDT. To be clear that 11:59 PM PDT.
The nominating ballot ca be found...
Five cartoonists nominated for this year’s Reuben Award
This week the nominees for the Cartoonists of the Year, aka THE Reuben, presented yearly by the National Cartoonists Society, were announced and they...
Russ Manning Award submissions are now open
The Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award is presented annually to a talented new artist, and submissions have opened with a May 27 deadline. All...
Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids’ Comics shortlist announced
The honoring of good comics in memory of Dwayne McDuffie continues with the announcement of the shortlist for the second annual McDuffie Awards for Kids...
Andre the Giant and Concrete Park lead 2016 Glyph Award nominees
This year's Glyph Award Nominees, honoring the best comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. It's a [articularly strong slate of nominees this year, with such acclaimed books as Andre the Giant, Ghetto Brother, Concrete Park and Tephlon Funk well recognized.
2016 Doug Wright Award nominations announced; Simpkins inducted into Hall of Fame
More awards! This time for Canadian comics. The nominations for The Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning, have just announced their finalists and they...
Unflattening wins Lynd Ward Prize
Nick Sousanis's Unflattening, a theoritcal treatise on the use of visual storytelling, has won the 2016 Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year....
2016 Eisner Nominations: women receive a record 61 nominations
The nominations are out! This year's Eisners are a pretty diverse bunch, and this year's panel REALLY broke away from thye Marvel/DC axis, with Fantagraphics and...
