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...
An Oscar for Gary?
Variety laments the continuing outrage of the Academy snubbing performances in superhero-esque films. but maybe this year the pain will end.
Oscar's biases are nothing...
Scream Awards tap superhero zeitgeist
Spike TV's Scream Awards, taped last night, is the biggest nerdlebrity gathering of the year this side of San Diego. The LA Times's Geoff...
Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics DEADLINE is nigh!
James Sime, owner of Isotope, the comic book lounge, tells us that there are only seven days left to submit mini-comics for the 2008...
Ignatz winners: Best Debut Comic
Apparently all the Ignatz winner lists out there have left off the Debut Prize winner, probably because the nominees weren't part of the original...
2008 Ignatz Award winners
Outstanding Artist
Laura Park, Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream (self-published)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
Papercutter #7, edited by Greg Means and Galen Longstreth (Tugboat Press)
Outstanding Graphic...
