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

• Comic Riffs blog by Michael Cavna, washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/