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...
Jack Ohman wins the 2016Pulitzer Prize for Editorial cartooning
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced yesterday – Hamilton won one, along with the hearts of everyone, everywhere– and the winner in the editorial cartooning...
Boulet and Carol Tyler win 2016 Cartoonist Studio Prizes
Oh but look! Slate's Cartoonist Studio Prize 2016 winners for 2016 have just been announced and they are Boulet and Carol Tyler.
Tyler won for...
Riad Sattouf’s The Arab of the Future wins LA Times Book Prize
The LA Times Book Festival rolled out over the weekend, and the annual prized were given and in the graphic novel category the...
Here are all the Society of Illustrators/MoCCA award winners
In addition to spotlighting indie comics from all over, the MoCCA Festival and Society of Illustrators hand out many awards. Here's a list of...
And the Eisner Awards submission deadline is Friday, March 18
While we're wrapping up awards, this Friday, March 18th is the deadline for submitting your work to the Eisner Awards. All details in this...
2016 Harvey Award Nominations are open
Ladies and gentlemen, start your voting blocs! The Harveys are voted on by creators including those who "write, draw, ink, color, letter, design, edit, or...
DINK is coming to Denver and it’s got the DINKie awards
Denver is getting its very own acronymed CAF now: DINK (Denver Independent Comic & Art Expo); it's organized by artist/podcaster/Denver Comic Con co-founder Charlie LaGreca. This...
Slate announces Cartoonist Studio Prize short lists
Slate's Cartoonist Studio Prize selects 10 comics each in the print and digital categories, and the 2016 short lists have just been announced. As usual its a...
LA Times Book Prizes graphic novel nominations announced
The LA Times Book Prizes have been around for a while but added a graphic novel category only recently. Since then, its nominees have...
