2009 Winter Xeric Winners
The Xeric Foundation has announced its most recent grant recipients. A total of $25,031 was awarded for six comic book projects.
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Golden Globes wrap-up
It all went according to the script: Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor for DARK KNIGHT, WALL*E won for Best Animated Film and in...
Movie award roundup
With the Golden Globes taking place this weekend and the Oscar® nominations due shortly, it's time to look at where the nerd and animated...
Shuster Award blog updated
Canadians! They look just like us. They act very much like us. But they are not us. They are Canadians. You may find this...
Nick Mag’s first Comics Awards
Nickelodeon Magazine has announced the nominees for its first ever Comics Awards. Now through Dec. 31, kids can vote online at http://www.nickmag.com/comicsawards or by...
Stan accorded great cultural honor
As you have probably heard, Stan Lee was recently presented with a 2008 National Medal of Arts at the White House, a prestigious...
Canadian literary awards still don’t like pictures
New scandal: The SKIM snub.
The ruckus started last week when Chester Brown and Seth wrote an open letter to the Canadian Governor General Literary...
Eisner judges named
Retailer Amanda Emmert (née Fisher), librarian Mike Pawuk, Diamond Books sales manager John Shableski, cartoonist/educator Ben Towle, and editor/critic Andrew Wheeler comprise this year's...
Lunching with the stars
We're still not quite sure HOW we found ourselves sitting yesterday on a dais eating spinach with Ed Harris, Amy Adams, and Marcia Gay...
Funny old world
Not too much posting today because, frankly, I'm emotionally drained after the last few days. Happy, but drained. In addition, I'm giving out an...
OCHRE ELLIPSE wins Isotope Minicomics award
We are very remiss in not reporting yesterday that Jonas Madden-Connor's OCHRE ELLIPSE #2 has won the prestigious Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics,...
THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY wins International Horror Guild Award!
Woot! I'm proud to announce that THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY Volume 1 (which I edited) won a 2008 International Horror Guild Award for Best Illustrated...
