Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Our local Eisner nominees (updated with Big Planet Comics entry)

Today we got the nomination list for the Eisner Awards, comicdom's equivalent of the Oscar, but with a real man's name attached to them.
Several local people are nominated, including a ComicsDC contributor. We wish everyone the best of luck, and congratulate them on just being nominated for this prestigious award:


Best Single Issue/One-Shot
  • Mowgli’s Mirror, by Olivier Schrauwen (Retrofit/Big Planet)
Best Short Story

  • "Black Death in America," by Tom King and John Paul Leon, in Vertigo Quarterly: Black (Vertigo/DC)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

  • Little Robot, by Ben Hatke (First Second)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

  • March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
Best Reality-Based Work

  • March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
Best Adaptation from Another Medium

  • Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt, by Rebecca Goldfield, Mike Short, and Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

  • Cartoons for Victory, by Warren Bernard (Fantagraphics)
  • Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi, vols. 1 and 2, edited by Joseph P. Procopio (Picture This/Lost Art Books)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism



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