Awards Deadlines Ahoy: The Eisners and the Ignatzes
A couple of awards season notes.
* Monday March 17 is the deadline for Eisner Award submissions! Don't drink too much Guinness and forget. Details...
Jen Sorensen wins the Herblock Prize
Jen Sorenson has become the first woman to win the Herblock Prize, awarded each year to an editorial cartoonist “to encourage editorial cartooning as...
ComicsPRO 2014: Eric Stephenson and Julius Schwartz win Industry Appreciation Awards
The 2014 ComicsPRO meeting wrapped up on Saturday and retailer/reporter Matt Price has, as always, a fine recap of what went on. Among...
The nerdiest and weirdest moments at the Oscars
Well, the 2014 Oscars are history and the offensive Seth MacFarlane hosting era has been replaced by the bland Ellen Degeneres hosting era. In...
Graphic novel finalists announced for the 2013 L.A. Times Book Prize
The LA Times Book Prizes are among the most distinguished to have their own comics category, and the nominees are always worth a close...
Hasen, Moldoff and Evans voted into Eisner Hall of Fame
The Will Eisner Comic Awards judges have selected three comics creators for automatic inclusion into the Hall of Fame and a slate of 14...
Librarians Love All Kinds of Graphic Novels!: 2014 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
Since 2007, the Young Adult Library Services Association, part of the American Library Association, has been selecting the best graphic novels for teens.
The list...
Grand Prix winner Bill Watterson and the rest of the 2014 Angoulême Official Prizes
The Official Prizes of the 41st Festival International de la Bande Desinée were handed out in Sunday at 4pm. The big news was Bill...
Librarians Love Graphic Novels! Numerous Titles Win Awards!
Every January, the American Library Association holds their Mid-Winter Meeting. Tradition dictates that it be held in a frigid clime, so Philadelphia was chosen. ...
Angoulême 2014 : Bill Watterson, Katsuhiro Otomo and Alan Moore are the finalists for the...
Well, it looks like I picked a good year for my first ever visit to the Angoulême comics festival, because this year is already...
Just the nerd cetagories in the 2014 Oscar nominattons
Just in case you didn't get up to see Thor announce this year's Academy Award nominations—Inside Llewyn Davis wuz robbed!—here's a cheat sheet to...
