Glyph Awards nominees announced

Rich Watson has announced the nominees in the second annual Glyph Comic Awards, honoring the best in black comics and creators.  The awards ceremony will be held at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) on May 18-19 at Temple University’s Anderson Hall in Philadelphia.  Besides Rich, the other judges will be Johanna Draper Carlson, Pam Noles, Calvin Reid and Hannibal Tabu.

There is one fan-based award for favorite black comic in a poll to be posted at the ECBACC website for the month of March.  Fans can write in their choice or select from the following nominees:

Black Panther: The Bride, Reginald Hudlin, Scot Eaton & Klaus Janson

Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre, Will Pfeifer & Cliff Chiang

Firestorm #28-32, Stuart Moore, Jamal Igle & Keith Champagne

New Avengers #22, Brian Michael Bendis & Leinil Francis Yu

Storm, Eric Jerome Dickey, David Yardin & Lan Medina and Jay Leisten & Sean Parsons

The nominees for the 2007 Glyph Comics Awards are:

Story of the Year

The American Way, John Ridley, Georges Jeanty & Karl Story

Bluesman Vol. 3, Rob Vollmar & Pablo Callejo

Day 8, Damian Duffy & John Jennings

Earthlight Vol. 1, Stuart Moore & Christopher Schons

Stagger Lee, Derek McCulloch & Shepherd Hendrix

Best Writer

Damian Duffy, Day 8

Derek McCulloch, Stagger Lee

Stuart Moore, Earthlight Vol. 1

John Ridley, The American Way

Rob Vollmar, Bluesman Vol. 3

Best Artist

Kyle Baker, The Bakers

Shepherd Hendrix, Stagger Lee

Jamal Igle, Firestorm

Georges Jeanty, The American Way

Christopher Schons, Earthlight Vol. 1

Best Male Character

Infidel, Astro City: Samaritan

Lem Taylor, Bluesman Vol. 3

Mr. Jenkins, Day 8

New American, The American Way

Stagger Lee, Stagger Lee

Best Female Character

Amo Tanzer, Lucifer’s Garden of Verses: Between the Devil and Miles Davis

Evelyn Prescott, Stagger Lee

Ororo, Storm

Sahara, Elephantmen

Thomasina Lindo, Welcome to Tranquility

Rising Star Award

Darryl Hughes & Monique MacNaughton, GAAK

Mark Page, Kana’s Island

Felipe Smith, MBQ

Spike, Templar, Arizona

Masheka Wood, What Masheka Did

Best Reprint Publication

Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda, First Second

Krazy & Ignatz 1937-38, Fantagraphics

Nat Turner Encore Edition Vol. 1, Kyle Baker Publishing

Never Made to Last: Stories of Suburban Folklore, Ourobor Books

Tokyo Tribes Vol. 5, TokyoPop

Best Cover

52 Week 14, J.G. Jones

The American Way #2, Georges Jeanty, Karl Story & Randy Mayor

Firestorm #23, Brian Stelfreeze

Stagger Lee, Shepherd Hendrix

Storm #1, Mike Mayhew

Best Comic Strip

Candorville, Darrin Bell

The K Chronicles, Keith Knight

Templar, Arizona, Spike

(th)Ink, Keith Knight

Watch Your Head, Cory Thomas