Nominations for the PULP ARK Awards are now open and will close January 15th, 2012. The awards are given in conjunction with Pulp Ark, the convention/creators’ conference and the official New Pulp Convention to be held in Batesville, AR, April 20-22, 2012! The Awards are given for excellence in the field of Pulp, including books,…
They were announced this past weekend at the World Fantasy Convention (where else?), held this year in beautiful, sunny San Diego. Since I’ve been a judge for this award (a few years back now; the scars have completely healed), I’ve got a higher regard for the winners, and now I really need to track down…
So, let me get this straight. If the people administering an award are so incompetent that they can’t even manage to communicate effectively with each other, and mangle their own list of nominees, the only way to “preserve the integrity of the award and the judges’ work” is to ask the author you just screwed…
IDW, who publishes several pulp and pulp-inspired books, won four Harvey Awards, presented at the 2011 Baltimore Comic Con. From http://www.idwpublishing.com/: IDW Publishing and its talented team of creators, editors and designers were honored with four prestigious Harvey Awards at the 2011 ceremony in Baltimore on Saturday, August 20th. IDW’s four wins ties as the…
UPDATE 8/21: So much for hotel wi-fi, which also limited our Harvey Awards coverage. A recording of the full Hugo Awards Ceremony is still up at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16783348 Two caveats: there’s a commercial ad that you have to watch before the actual recording, and the ceremony starts some 35 minutes or so into the stream. There…
UPDATE 8/21: What a night. So here are the winners: BEST LETTERER: John Workman, THOR, Marvel Comics BEST COLORIST: Jose Villarrubia, CUBA : MY REVOLUTION, Vertigo/DC Comics BEST SYNDICATED STRIP OR PANEL: DOONESBURY, Garry Trudeau, Universal Press Syndicate BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK: HARK! A VAGRANT, Kate Beaton, http://harkavagrant.com/ (assuming fellow nominee Scott Kurtz, http://www.pvponline.com/, ever…
This is a busy weekend for awards, and the first major awards have just been handed out. The winners of the 2011 Chesley Awards were announced today at Renovation, the WorldCon going on right now in Reno, Nevada. The Chesleys are given by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists each year for excellence…
Pulpfest 2011 has been another rousing success according to reports from many creators attending. The winner of the 2011 Munsey has also been announced. Congratulations to Anthony Tollin of Sanctum Books, the man responsible for reprints of THE SHADOW, THE AVENGER, and THE WHISPERER being available to fans today. For full Pulpfest coverage on the…
The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers presented their 2011 Scribe Awards during Friday’s Comic-Con International Acitivities. The winners announced by co-found Max Allan Collins are: Best General Original Novel: [[[Saving Grace: Tough Love]]] by Nancy Holder Best Speculative Original Novel: [[[Warhammer: Bloodborn: Ulrika the Vampire]]] by Nathan Long Best Adaptation: [[[The Wolfman]]] by Jonathan…
2:40: And that’s the way to end the show! Enjoy the after parties, everybody! 2:35: Best Graphic Album-New: TIE! Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia); Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly) 2:31: Best Graphic Album-Reprint: Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC) 2:28: Best Adaptation from Another Work:…
From Mike Chomko of the PulpFest Organizing Committee- The PulpFest Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the nomination process for the 2011 Munsey Award has been a tremendous success. Twenty-five people were nominated by pulp fans for this year’s award. The final nominee list has been pared down to the following eleven individuals whose…
The annual National Cartoonist Society annual awards were awarded Saturday night. The prestigious Reuben Award for cartoonist of the year went to Richard Thompson for the newspaper strip Cul de Sac. Jill Thompson was selected as best comic book artist for Beasts of Burton, beating out Stan Sakai and Chris Samnee, and Joyce Farmer and…
