Tag: Awards
Tex Minos wins 2015 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has presented the 2015 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship to Sheridan College animation major Tex Minos, who has a tumblr here.
He was chosen from over 100 applicants for the...
Ignatz Awards submissions close on June 7th
More awards! The Ignatz awards, presented at the Small Press Expo to outstanding indie comics, are now accepting submissions, with a June 7th deadline. More info here but the basics are below:
Categories are:
• Outstanding...
Harvey Award Nomination ballots are due TODAY!
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Voting for the Harvey Award nominations ends tonight at midnight, PDT. To be clear that 11:59 PM PDT.
The nominating ballot ca be found here. Nominations are chosen bu comics professionals, and if you...
Five cartoonists nominated for this year’s Reuben Award
This week the nominees for the Cartoonists of the Year, aka THE Reuben, presented yearly by the National Cartoonists Society, were announced and they are:
Lynda Barry
Stephan Pastis
Hilary Price
Michael Ramirez
Mark...
Russ Manning Award submissions are now open
The Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award is presented annually to a talented new artist, and submissions have opened with a May 27 deadline. All the details are in the link, but here are the...
Andre the Giant and Concrete Park lead 2016 Glyph Award nominees
This year's Glyph Award Nominees, honoring the best comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. It's a [articularly strong slate of nominees this year, with such acclaimed books as Andre the Giant, Ghetto Brother, Concrete Park and Tephlon Funk well recognized.
2016 Eisner Nominations: women receive a record 61 nominations
The nominations are out! This year's Eisners are a pretty diverse bunch, and this year's panel REALLY broke away from thye Marvel/DC axis, with Fantagraphics and Image getting the most nominations. ONly a handful of books...
Jack Ohman wins the 2016Pulitzer Prize for Editorial cartooning
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced yesterday – Hamilton won one, along with the hearts of everyone, everywhere– and the winner in the editorial cartooning category was Jack Ohman of The Sacramento Bee, the Beat's...
Boulet and Carol Tyler win 2016 Cartoonist Studio Prizes
Oh but look! Slate's Cartoonist Studio Prize 2016 winners for 2016 have just been announced and they are Boulet and Carol Tyler.
Tyler won for Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father,...
Riad Sattouf’s The Arab of the Future wins LA Times Book Prize
The LA Times Book Festival rolled out over the weekend, and the annual prized were given and in the graphic novel category the winner was Riad Sattouf and The Arab of the Future:...
Here are all the Society of Illustrators/MoCCA award winners
In addition to spotlighting indie comics from all over, the MoCCA Festival and Society of Illustrators hand out many awards. Here's a list of who won what:
Thew festival prize is the MoCCA Arts...
LA Times Book Prizes graphic novel nominations announced
The LA Times Book Prizes have been around for a while but added a graphic novel category only recently. Since then, its nominees have reflected some of the finest, most thought provoking work being...
