First time Stumptown Trophy nominees
A new festival prize for indie comics has been announced, and will be handed out at this weekend's Stumptown Comics Fest:
The trophies are ready...
2007 Ignatz Award Nominees
SPX news is heating up and we can't wait! The Ignatz Award Nominees have just been announced, and for added bonus, above are David...
Masie Kukoc Award nominees
The second annual Masie Kukoc A hitherto unknown (aka "new") award for mini-comics will be handed out at this years Stumptown ComicsFest:
The Maisie Kukoc...
McCloud wins Quill Award
We managed to not post this until now. McCloud's MAKING COMICS won in the graphic novel category. Cormac McCarthy won for his SF-tinged THE...
2007 Harvey Award winners
As reported by Beat operative Torsten Adair: Subject to verification. Above, Walter Simonson, Kyle Baker, Dean Haspiel and Jeff Newelt at the ceremony. Photo...
Scream 2007 gives kudos to gore, comics
While any award that recognizes "most memorable mutilation" and includes Michael Bay as best director must be viewed with caution, at least SCREAM 2007...
BOW-WOW wins prize
IN non-comickal newsw from cartooners, Mark Newgarden tells us:
BOW-WOW BUGS A BUG by Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash has just won the first...
2007 Doug Wright Award Winners
The Doug Wright Awards for the best in Canadian cartooning were presented last night, and the winners are:
Best Book: Joe Ollman, This Will All...
Jonathan Ross loves to masturbate
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Life-changing Eisner performance now up on YouTube. Link via Neil Gaiman's Web Elf.
LA Times on Friends of Lulu Awards
Sheigh Crabtree is there:
Despite a grim convention room backdrop, Friends of Lulu organizers did what they could to personalize the scene. A cold lemonade...
Scribe award winners
The debut of the Scribe Awards, a kudo given to members of the media tie-in-writing community (be nice now!) we're given out at Comic-Con:
The...