Tag: Awards

Roz Chast continues her dominance of the end-of-year best graphic novel lists, by topping Amazon's list of the best graphic novels of the year. The books are selected by the Amazon editorial team, led by Sara Nelson, and ranked in order of sales (which is pretty interesting in and of itself.) Chast's book, a painful yet humorous look at the end of her parent's life—has already won the first Kirkus Award for non fiction, and been named to PW's Best Books list, and I suspect we may see it on a few more lists before the year is done. As of the moment, it's Amazon's #1 book in the "Parenting & Relationships > Aging Parents" category. So there.

The preliminary list is here. To say some critical darlings are missing would be an understatement. However some excellent reader favorites are well represented. But you can still write in—the top five write ins will be added to a list of final nominees.

The British Comic Awards have announced their short list of nominees and that the great Posy Simmonds will be inducted into the hall of fame. The nominees were selected by the BCA Committee based on suggestions from the public and winners will be chosen by a panel consisting of Jonathan Entwistle, Jessica Hynes. Danny John-Jules (yes The Cat from Red Dwarf!), Jonathan Ross and Suzy Varty. Winners will be announced November 15th at Thought Bubble.

In our cartoonists getting plaudits corner this week, Roz Chast has made the five book short list for the National Books Awards for her exemplary Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? which deals with the twilight years of her hilarious, annoying and lovable parents. She is entered in the non-fiction category and it is the first adultcomic, and only the third graphic novel over all to ever make the NBA lists. The entire category:

by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson -- One of my favorite events at New York Comic Con was the Thursday night tribute and presentation to Irwin Hasen, 96 years old. Irwin has been drawing comics since 1940 beginning at Harry A. Chesler’s shop and then going on to DC drawing The Green Hornet, The Flash, Wonder Woman, the Green Lantern and creating Wildcat. Irwin then went on to co-create the long-running newspaper strip Dondi. Irwin is much loved and revered in the comics community and it was a poignant moment for all of us there to see him honored.

Tom Spurgeon has a partial, social-media assembled list of the winners of the 2014 Stumptown Awards which were apparently given out at the Rose City Comic Fest. The Stumptown Awards were formerly given out at the Stumptown Festival, which went south because of disorganization, and if anything speaks of disorganization and not-feelin'-it-any-more it's not announcing the winners of your award to the world by even the TUESDAY following your ceremony.

We're live blogging the 2014 18th Annual Ignatz Awards—there's a palpable buzz in the air as not only the traditional pagentry of the awards...

Pen Center USA has presented its 24th annual Literary Awards and Mimi Pond won the award for Graphic Literature Outstanding Body of Work,...

Michael Cavna has details on the winners of this year's Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning presented by the Cartoonists Rights Network International. The...

The 2014 Ignatz Awards have announced their nominations. As usual with this indie-comics focused award the nominees are an eclectic bunch, maybe even more...

Industry professionals may cast the votes in the 2014 Harvey Awards -- no time stamp is mentioned but I'd hurry up and get it...

When Randall Munroe finished "Time," a hugely vast comic which unfurled as one giant image over the next 123 days, I felt certain this...