Spectrum 18 award winners: Rebecca Guay and David Palumbo win twice

It’s always nice to see comic artists getting respect in places outside of the clubhouse, and so they were as the eighteenth annual Spectrum awards for excellence in science fiction and fantasy art were chosen Saturday evening. Spectrum is widely considered one of the most influential art awards in the genre.

Comics
Gold: Rebecca Guay for A Flight of Angels
Silver: David Palumbo for Sleep
Silver: Joao Ruas for Fables #96 cover

Concept Art
Gold: Kekai Kotaki for Riven Earth
Silver: Tomaz Jedruszek for Legends of Norrath

Dimensional
Gold: David Meng
Silver: Akihito

Books
Gold David Palumbo for God’s War
Silver: Dan Dos Santos for White Trash Zombie

Advertising
Gold: Ryohei Hase for Narco Americano
Silver: Sam Weber for The Fisherman’s Wife

Editorial
Gold: Andrew Jones for Share One Planet
Silver: Brom for Redd Wing

Institutional
Gold: Richard Anderson for Knight March
Silver: Donato Giancola for Mind Machine

Unpublished
Gold: Rebecca Guay for Pandora
Silver: J. S. Rossbach for White Heat
Silver: Scott Brundage for Tigers Have Striped Skin

Awards were chosen by jury members Nathan Fox, Gregory Manchess, Shena Wolf, Jarrod and Brandon Shiflett, Boris Vallejo, and Julie Bell.

Photos and video of the judging can be seen on the Spectrum website. Congratulations to all the artists!

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