The nominees for the 2008 Web Cartoonists Choice Awards are out, providing a peek at who webcomic creators name as their favorite comics, creators and a variety of other categories. Among some of the nominees: OUTSTANDING COMIC FINALISTS: Achewood by Chris Onstaad Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell Perry…
With the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards on the horizon, ComixTalk has a nice Q&A with WCCA Chairman Frank "Damonk" Cormier on the state of the show and what changes to expect this year. This is the Eighth Annual WCCAs. Looking back at the beginnings what are the big changes if any from the start of…
Registration for the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards has opened once again, providing webcomic creators the opportunity to vote for their favorite comics and creators. Voters must register before Jan. 23, 2008. Winners will be announced at MegaCon on March 8, 2008. For rules regarding eligibility, timelines and a list of ways you can promote the…
This just in from Marv Wolfman: I don’t know too many details or the specific category as I just got the phone call but my book, Homeland: The Illustrated History of the State of Israel has just won the National Jewish Book Award. This is supposed to be the most prestigious of all the Jewish…
Congratulations to Ted Rall on his election as incoming President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists! Rall, shown here officiating at the recent wedding of fellow cartoonists Mikhaela Reid and Makesha Wood, states on his blog that "Never, in the history of the form, has the quality of political cartoons has been as high…
Yesterday in Japan, which I believe is today here, the Hugo Awards (which some of us jokingly refer to as the Eisners of science fiction) were handed out in the first-ever Asian-based World Con, Nippon 2007. Congratulations to all the winners (see below), especially ComicMix friend Patrick Nielsen-Hayden! Novel: Rainbow’s End by Vernor Vinge (Tor)…
Two of our comic friends’ posts follow up on news we reported here earlier on two ongoing contests. Becky Cloonan notes that she was selected as one of the 18 finalists in the first-ever International Manga Awards, first mentioned on ComicMix back on May 25. Way to go, Becky! The winners are listed at the…
On Sunday at San Diego Comic-Con, the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers held a mid-afternoon program where their first Scribe Awards were handed out. Member Andy Mangels played host to a small but enthusiastic crowd as they watched winners in attendance collect their prizes. The association was formed so the best-selling category of fiction…
The 2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award and 2006 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award were presented at the Campbell Conference this past weekend in Kansas City. Each award was voted for by a jury of experts. The Campbell Award, for best science fiction novel, went to Ben Bova’s Titan. The Sturgeon Award, for best science fiction…
One of the science fictional world’s classiest conventions, Readercon, was held this past weekend in the suburbs of Boston, and your intrepid reporter was there. There wasn’t anything much comics-related happening — Readercon famously concentrates on the written word to the excusion of everything else — but two awards were presented over the weekend, which…
The 2007 Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Creator Awards were handed out this weekend and, according to the JSA (get it?) website, here are the winners: Fan Favourite – English: web comics creator Dan Kim (April & May & June, Penny Tibute, Kanami) Fan Favourite – French: Michel Rabagliati (Paul a la Peche) Favourite International (non-Canadian)…
Awards season is loose in comicland and I can already tell you what won’t be getting awards, this year or any other year. Anything that smacks of a licensed property. When I speak of a licensed property, I mean anything like Battlestar Gallactica, or The Phantom, or Buffy, or Conan. Or Star Wars. And,…
