2012 SPACE Prize winners announced
It looks like award season for comics is in full swing, and here's another prize announcement: The 2012 SPACE PRizes, given to the best...
Spain, Meskin enter the Eisner Award Hall of Fame
Preliminary voting is in on this year's Eisner Award Hall of Fame and the judges have selected Mort Meskin and Spain Rodriguez for automatic inclusion.
Willem wins grand Prix at Angoulême amongst some muttering
Despite an attempt to liven things up with a more actually influential cartoonist winning the Grand Prix at Angoulême, 72 year old Dutch cartoonist...
Graphic novels recognized by ALA awards and YALSA
The early award season for books is here, and earlier this week the American Library association handed out a slew of literary awards. As has been the recent trend, several graphic novels were recognized among the pictureless books:
Slate and CCS announce finalists for inaugural Cartoonist Studio Prize
The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies have teamed up for a new cartooning honor: The Cartoonist Studio Prizes. There are two categories—Best Graphac Novel and Best Web Comic—with 10 finalists in each category. Winners will each receive a $1,000 prize
Glyph Comic Awards entry deadline nears: January 31
Johanna Draper Carlson wrote to remind us that the entry deadline for the Glyph Comic Awards is January 31. The Glyph Comic Awards recognize the best comics made by, for, and about people of color. Carlson is one of the judges this year. Entry guidelines:
ComicsPRO announced Industry Appreciation Award nominees
Retailing advocacy group ComicsPRO has announced their annual Industry Appreciation Award nominees which salute "those who have been simply the best at what they...
Batwoman, Kevin Keller etc get GLAAD Award nominations
The 2013 GLAAD Award nominees recognizing media for outstanding images of the LGBT community have been unveiled and they are:
OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK
Astonishing X-Men by...
Eleanor Davis wins Gold Medal from Society of Illustrators
The Society of Illustrators has announced medalists in their Sequential/Series, Institutional, Uncommissioned, and Moving Image categories. SoI doesn't really give awards in comics, but the Sequential/Series category covers work that requires more than one image, so it's mostly comics.
Mary and Bryan Talbot win Costa Award for biography
A nice capstone for a year of graphic novel triumph as Dotter of Her Fathers Eyes by Mary and Bryan Talbot has won the Costa Award for best biography. The Costa is a respected UK literary prize, and the Talbots win is emblematic of wider acceptance, says the Guardian
SAILOR TWAIN hyped on the Today Show
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Is no place safe from comics? Authors David Baldacci (Absolute Power) and Gillian...
2013 Eisner judges named: Cavna, Hatfield, Healy, Monnin, Santoro, and Smith
The six 2013 Eisner Award judges have been named, and as these things go, the panel may have a sliiiiightly indie slant, with Charles...
