We’ve been vicariously living in Spain for the last few days via Heidi MacDonald, who’s taking in Ficomic (officially the Saló del Còmic de Barcelona), but something she hadn’t had the chance to mention yet was that the Spanish edition of fellow NY-er Howard Cruse’s work Stuck Rubber Baby has won their Best Foregn Comic…
The 2007 Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded and, along with everyone else in comics-land, ComicMix would like to congratulate Walt Handelsman on his award for Editorial Cartooning. Handelsman plies his trade for Newsday, one of the better NYC-area newspapers and the one I used to read back when I was a subway commuter. The other…
Some bits and bobs from here and there, as we try to get caught up on NYC-rainy-day reading: CBR reports on Marvel EIC Joe Quesada’s classy gesture in asking that his name be removed from consideration for an Eagle Award, stating, "While incredibly flattering and an honor to be nominated, I feel that my name…
Because men have so little power in modern life, Spike TV will provide them a safe place to express their opinions this year when they present the first-ever Guy’s Choice Awards. Categories will include Best Asskicker (that’s what it says in the press release), Ballsiest Band, Hottest Girl on the Planet (Saturn Girl is not…
Congratulations to Aaron McGruder and company for garnering Peabody award for the Boondocks cartoon episode "The Return of the King!" The awards committee calls this "An especially daring episode" which "imagines Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reviving from a 32-year ‘coma’ and outraging Americans of all colors and creeds by confronting them with truths that…
Named after Canada’s most famous cartoonist, the Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards nominees have been released. Mr. Shuster, of course, was the co-creator of Superman – the original visual look and feel of fabled Metropolis was based upon Toronto. The winners will be announced at a Satuday, June 9th ceremony at the Holiday…
The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers has announced the nominees for the first annual Scribe Awards, honoring excellence in licensed tie-in writing for books published in 2006. The 2007 Scribe awards will be given out at a ceremony at Comic-Con in San Diego. Their first annual Grandmaster Award, honoring career achievement in the field,…
Next week the most prestigious and longest-running cinema exhibition and distribution trade show kicks off again in Las Vegas, and what would ShoWest be without the beautiful people? Just another trade show, very likely. So they wasted no time in naming Kirsten Dunst their Female Star of the Year and will bestow the honor upon…
For those New Yorkers who missed seeing Alison Bechdel at the New York Comic Con, she reports that she’s in town again today and tomorrow, appearing at National Book Critics Circle award events. Her graphic novel Fun Home has been nominated for one of these awards, and Bechdel reports that "There’s a reading of all…
The first American Anime Awards were handed out at the New Yorker hotel in (where else) New York last Saturday, and by popular demand (Sid Popular sent us an e-mail – and thanks to Steve Allen for that gag!), here are the winners: Best Actor: Vic Mignogna (Fullmetal Alchemist, Macross) Best Anime Theme Song: Rewrite…
The Ain’t It Cool News site has just come out with an "AICN Comics" presentation of its third annual @$$ie Awards, featuring your host Crucifer (the @$$keeper?), above. Categories include Best Single Moment/Single Issue, Best Cover Artist, Best Miniseries/Special/One-Shot, Best Comic Book Character, Best Artist/Art Team, Best Writer, Best Publisher, and Best Ongoing Comic Book…
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…
