Awards

The final round of Xeric Grant winners have been announced, and as usual it's a great line-up. Nothing like going out with a bang. $74,510 was awarded to these cartoonists to publish and market their work.

Sigh. The Harvey Awards. Well there was no Nascar Racer nominated multiple times, but when an issue of Zorro is nominated for best story and Jaime Hernandez's "The Love Bunglers" isn't...well, you lose some faith in your fellow humans.

It's time for the 2012 Harvey Awards voting. Get your ballot at http://www.harveyawards.org. Ballots are due on August 17th and the awards are given out at the Baltimore Comic-Con on September 8th. The nominations list follows. (I guess Nick Bradshaw must not be getting any love for his Army of Darkness run back from ~'04-'05, since he's nominated for "MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT.)"

It's time for the 2012 Harvey Awards voting. Get your ballot at http://www.harveyawards.org. Ballots are due on August 17th and the awards are given out at the Baltimore Comic-Con on September 8th. The nominations list follows. (I guess Nick Bradshaw must not be getting any love for his Army of Darkness run back from ~'04-'05, since he's nominated for "MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT.)"

Via PR, some info on this year's Eisner Award ceremony, including the fact that the event will start one half-hour earlier than usual, at 8 pm, meaning the ceremony should wrap up before 11 pm. Presenters include Jonathan Ross, whose making out with Neil Gaiman a few years provided perhaps the best Eisner ceremony moment ever. This year's fest is being sponsored by Syfy, meaning we'll probably see the stars of some Syfy show presenting an award or two.

The nominees for this year's Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailing award have been revealed and they are as follows:

Tally ho and chocks away to a new awards ceremony celebrating British comics! God Save The Queen!

The nominees for this year's Russ Manning Award—a sort of "most promising newcomer" for artists—have been announced and they are:

On today's list of Birthday Honours, writer Grant Morrison has been awarded an MBE for his services to Batman.

Frank Doyle—a prolific writer for Archie—and Steve Skeates, a busy comics writers of the '70s, have won the Finger Award, which honors two writers, one living, one deceased, whose contributions to the comics medium have been underappreciated. Two great choices. The awards will be presented during this year's Eisner Awards.

Every two years, the Max und Moritz Preis Gala takes place at the International Comics Salon in Erlangen, Germany. Who won? Who was nominated? And what was Marc-Oliver Frisch's involvement?

We all know (or should know!) how important Will Eisner was to the comics artform. Something an increasing number of people know is how important libraries are to getting more and more people to read comics and graphic novels. So it makes sense that a Graphic Novel Prize for Libraries would be named for Eisner.