The wave of promising young female cartoonists that we've all been seeing change the face of comics got a bit of an endorsement with the release of this year's nominees for the Russ Manning the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award.
The Manning Award, as it's commonly know, is presented every year at the San Diego Comic-Con as part of the Eisner Awards to "a comics artist who, early in his or her career, shows a superior knowledge and ability in the art of creating comics."
The 2016 nominees are:
§ Nice art: Brett Booth's design for the new Wally West. More concept art for Donna Troy and other Teen Titans here.
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§ 61-year-old JK Simmons gets...
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Sattouf is a master cartoonist who manages to depict one of the most traumatic episodes of his youth in a way that doesn’t shy from its seriousness, yet simultaneously manages to genuinely surprise with moments of laugh-out-loud humour
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