Reminder! Eisner Award voting ends June 12th!
The deadline for voting in the Eisner Awards is WEDNESDAY June 12 at MIDNIGHT PDT. There are no paper ballots this year, only online....
2013 Joe Shuster Award nominees announced
More Canadian cartooning awards? Yes indeed. The ninth annual Joe Shuster Awards, honoring Canadian comics in multiple categories, have just been announced and it...
DC profiles: Karen Berger and Jeff Robinov
Kremlinologist alert!
§ Dave Itzkoff profiles Karen Berger, now departed from Vertigo, and the changing face of risk-taking at DC. Of course everyone will be...
Film adaptation of Julie Maroh’s Blue is the Warmest Color wins Palme d’Or
The Cannes FIlm Festival wrapped up over the weekend, and the winner of the Palme 'dOr—the grand prize for all the films at the...
Crane and Kirkman share the Reuben Award; Ware, Chast, Wrightson win
The annual Reuben Awards were handed out on Saturday Night, and the top award, known as the Reuben for cartoonist of the year, ws...
Gerber and Rosa get the Finger Award
The winners of the Bill Finger Award for 2013 have been announced and they are Steve Gerber and Don Rosa. The award was created...
Archie’s Kevin Keller wins GLAAD award
Archie's ongoing Kevin Keller comic won Outstanding Comic Book at the GLAAD Media Awards, presented Saturday evening in San Francisco. The book beat out...
2013 Doug Wright Award winners
Last night's 9th annual Doug Wright Awards, honoring the best in Canadian comics past and present, unspooled with the following winners:
Best Book: The Song...
New award alert! The 9th Art Award announced
As we've been noting, literary awards for graphic novels are becoming more common everywhere, and here's a new one: The 9th Art Award. The prize is a joint venture between Graphic Scotland and the Edinburgh International Book Festival and will be presented this August at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
2013 Stumptown Award Winners
The Stumptown Comic Art Awards were handed out Saturday in Portland and via Jen Vaughn's twitter feed and Johanna Draper Carlson here are the...
Cherry-picking the Eisner nominations: 5 comics you NEED
Okay, I put my hand up: I feel inordinately and stupidly pleased when comics I've loved and enjoyed are nominated for awards, particularly those...
Harkham’s Everything Together wins LA Times Book Prize
The winners of the 2013 LA Times Book Prizes have been announced and :
Sammy Harkham's Everything Together: Collected Stories (PictureBox) won, beating out Alison Bechdel, Leela Corman Spaim Rodriguez and even Chris Ware.
