Andrew Wheeler Named Eisner Award Judge

ComicMix’s own Andrew Wheeler has been named a judge for the 2009 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The five-person panel will select the nominees, who are then voted on by eligible members of the comics industry.

The 2009 judges are:

• Amanda Emmert, owner of Muse Comics & Games in Missoula, Mont., and communications coordinator for ComicsPRO

• Mike Pawuk, teen-services public librarian for the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Parma, Ohio

• John Shableski, a sales manager for Diamond Book Distributors

• Ben Towle, cartoonist, educator and creator of Midnight Sun

• Andrew Wheeler, comics reviewer, blogger and former senior editor of the Science Fiction Book Club

As always, the awards will be presented Saturday evening during Comic-Con International in July.