Eisner Awards - local winners and Comic Riffs coverage

Here's the local winners:

Best publication for early readers (up to age 8)

"Little Robot," by Ben Hatke (First Second)

Best reality-based work

"March: Book Two," by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)

and here's a couple of Comics Riffs stories:

Comic-Con: 'Overjoyed' Rep. John Lewis wins 'the Oscar of comics' for his civil rights memoir (+ winners' list)

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs  July 23 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/23/comic-con-overjoyed-rep-john-lewis-wins-the-oscar-of-comics-for-his-civil-rights-memoir-winners-list/

Comic-Con: Eisner nominee Tom King turned five months in Iraq into a Vertigo Comics hit

By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs July 21 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/21/comic-con-eisner-nominee-tom-king-turned-five-months-in-iraq-into-a-vertigo-comics-hit/