Adam Zyglis wins Pulitzer Prize for Cartooning
The Pulitzers, awarded for excellence in journalism, were announced yesterday, and the winner for cartooning was Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News. Finalists were...
The Love Bunglers by Jaime Hernandez wins LA Times Book Prize
The LA Times Book Prizes were awarded over the weekend and the graphic novel prize went to The Love Bunglers by Jaime Hernandez. This is fitting since the story, although denied a ton of traditional comics awards, is actually a timeless masterpiece. And as the Times put it, Hernandez is "one of Southern California’s signature artists," with his work exploring so many aspects of SoCal life, from Latino culture to punk culture. Bravo.
NCS announces Reuben Award Divisional Nominees
And, following the announcement that Roz Chast, Hilary Price and Stephen Pastis were up for THE Reuben, the nominees in the divisional awards have...
Hugo Awards Finalists Announced: The Graphic Novel Nominees, Without The Drama
Here are this year's nominees, along with the voting results from last year. (The Hugos release the data every year, giving an interesting peek...
2015 Glyph Award nominees announced, led by Matty’s Rocket
The nominees for this year's Glyph Awards, recognizing the best in comics made by, for, and about Black people in 2014, have just been...
2015 Hugo Award Finalists Announced: Where There Is Voting, Politics Are Sure To Follow
One of the privileges of attending WorldCon, the World Science Fiction Convention, is that you get to nominate and vote for the Hugo Awards....
2015 Doug Wright Award finalists led by Bunjevac, Tamakis, DeForge, Jacobs
It's time for the annual nominations in Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning. The finalists, representing the best in Canadian cartooning, are chosen by a judging...
Harvey Award nomination ballots are out—here’s how you vote
Awards seasons continues to barrel along, with the announcement that Harvey Awards nomination ballet is online and available. Nominations are for work published in...
UN announces “Gender Equality: Picture It!” comics competition for Europe
Diversity is taking over the world! The UN Women, a department aimed at gender quality around the world, the European Commission, the Belgian Development...
Roz Chast wins National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Autobiography
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Roz Chast had an incredible 2014 as her book Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? topped best seller list, garnered award nominations left...
Slate’s Cartoonist Studio Prize nominees announced
Slate and the Center for Cartoon Studies have teams up for the third annual Cartoonist Studio Prize nominees. Awards and a $1,000 prize are...
Los Angeles Times Book Prize graphic novel nominees announced
Awards season is barreling along now. And here are the nominees for the LA Times Book Prizes, which added a graphic novel category several years back. It's a prestigious literary prize, and the winners over the years—Duncan the Wonder Dog, Finder, Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life among them—have definitely lived up to the billing. This year's five books chosen include what I would almost call the usual suspects for 2014:
