Comic Book Nominees for "Dwayne McDuffie Award 2019" Announced

Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids' Comics Announces 2019 Shortlist

Kids Read Comics has announced the shortlist for the annual Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids’ Comics, which will be handed out at the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival on June 14, 2019.

The award honors the pioneering comics and animation writer who cofounded Milestone Media and created the teen superhero Static among others. Judges seek out excellent comics aimed at school-aged children and young teens and score the work on four main criteria: Quality, Timelessness, Originality and Diversity.

After reviewing scores of books published in 2018, the judges narrowed the field to a list of ten that showcase today’s amazing variety of comics for young readers: books that cover a wide range of topics from many viewpoints and in distinct voices.

On this year’s shortlist are:

Be Prepared, by Vera Brosgol, sends young Vera, a Russian girl living in an American suburb, to summer camp—Russian summer camp, the only one her single mom can afford and the one where she just might be able to fit in,

The Cardboard Kingdom, by Chad Sell, follows a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary cardboard into fantastical homemade costumes as they explore conflicts with friends, family, and their own identity.

Hidden Witch, by Molly Knox Ostertag, continues the story of Asler, hero of The Witch Boy, as he takes magic lessons from his grandmother and tries to help his non-magical friend Charlie escape from a curse that's trying to attach itself to her.

Last Pick, by Jason Walz, takes readers to an earth overrun by alien invaders, where only those too young, too old, or too "disabled" have been spared from abduction...but maybe the kids last picked can step up and start a revolution.

Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, by Lilah Sturges and polterink, finds the Janes separated during an orienteering outing, thanks to a mysterious compass that others very much want to lay their hands on.

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder, by Nie Jun, introduces Yu'er and her grandpa, who live in a small neighborhood in Beijing that's full of big personalities—with a story around every corner and a hint of magic each day.

Onibi: Diary of a Yokai Ghost Hunter, by Atelier Sento, transports readers to the places where natural and supernatural meet, as it explores some of the lesser-known parts of Japan in a story that is part fantasy and part travelogue.

Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths, by Graham Annable, tells the story of two best friends who are nothing alike—Peter loves their tree and never wants to leave, while Ernesto loves the sky and wants to see it from every place on earth.

The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang, finds Prince Sebastian hiding a secret life―taking Paris by storm wearing fabulous dresses as the Lady Crystallia―and relying on the brilliant young dressmaker Frances, who guards his secret but has dreams of her own.

Sanity & Tallulah, by Molly Brooks, features best friends who live on a dilapidated space station at the end of the galaxy―but when Sanity creates a definitely-illegal-but-impossibly-cute three-headed kitten, the havoc it wreaks may mean the end of their outer space home.

This year, the judges for the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids’ Comics are Faith Roncoroni, a high school English teacher and comics and anime club adviser; Tameshja Brooks, who works at Green Brain Comics, and Nola Pfau, managing editor for Women Write About Comics. They have been assisted by Edith Donnell, a Kids Read Comics cofounder and youth and teen librarian.

The full list of books considered for the award can be found at the end of this a2caf.com post.

Previous years' winners were Hilda and the Black Hound by Luke Pearson, Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova, Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier and The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill.

Nominations for 2019 titles can be made through January 31, 2020 by emailing mcduffiekidsaward@gmail.com.

Kids Read Comics is a Michigan-based nonprofit that hosts the annual Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival in collaboration with the Ann Arbor District Library. A2CAF is a free, weekend event for kids, teens and adults that features over 60 artists and writers and a full slate of interactive programs including many hands-on workshops. Guests at the 2019 show include comics artists and writers Jerry Craft (New Kid), Wendy and Richard Pini (Elfquest), Lucy Knisley (Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos), Raúl the Third (¡Vamos! Let’s Go to The Market!), Judd Winick (Hilo), Joamette Gil (Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology), Ben Hatke (Zita the Spacegirl), and Raina Telgemeier (Share Your Smile).

A2CAF is immediately preceded by A2 Inkubate, a one-day conference for educators and librarians aimed at helping them use comics successfully in their professional settings, and includes cartoonists with whom they can collaborate in advocating for comics.

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Image Comics Announces 2018 Eisner Nomination Digital Sale

IMAGE COMICS CELEBRATES 18 EISNER NOMINATIONS WITH DIGITAL SALE

PORTLAND, OR — In celebration of the 18 Eisner Award-nominated Image titles announced by Comic-Con International last week, the digital editions will be on sale at ComiXology today, May 1st through 14th, 2018. Now fans will be able to stock up on their favorite series and try out these critically acclaimed titles in anticipation of the forthcoming awards night.

FULL LIST OF IMAGE COMICS EISNER 2018 NOMINATIONS:

Best Continuing Series
Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
The Wicked + The Divine, by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie

Best Limited Series
Extremity, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image/Skybound)

Best New Series
Maestros, by Steve Skroce
Redlands, by Jordie Bellaire and Vanesa Del Rey
Royal City, by Jeff Lemire

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

Best Humor Publication
Rock Candy Mountain, by Kyle Starks

Best Adaptation from Another Medium
Beowulf, adapted by Santiago García and David Rubín

Best Writer
Jeff Lemire, Descender (Shared)
Marjorie Liu, Monstress

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
David Rubín, Beowulf (Shared)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Sana Takeda, Monstress

Best Cover Artist
Jorge Corona, No. 1 with a Bullet
Sana Takeda, Monstress

Best Coloring
David Rubín, Beowulf (Shared)
Dave Stewart, Maestros (Shared)

Best Lettering
Clayton Cowles, Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, Redlands, The Wicked + The Divine (Shared)

All professionals in the comic book industry are eligible to vote. The deadline for voting is June 15, 2018. The results of the voting will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 20, 2018 at Comic-Con in San Diego.


ABOUT THE EISNER AWARDS
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are presented under the auspices of Comic-Con, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular artforms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture. Jackie Estrada has been administrator of the Awards since 1990.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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Image Comics Celebrates Five Wins at 2017 Eisner Awards

IMAGE COMICS CONGRATULATES THE EISNER AWARD WINNERS

Image Comics creators honored with five awards

SAN DIEGO, CA — Image Comics is pleased to congratulate all the winners of Friday night’s Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.

New York Times bestselling, multiple award winning writer and co-creator Brian K. Vaughan won Best Writer for his work on SAGA and PAPER GIRLS.

New York Times bestselling, multiple award winning artist and co-creator of SAGA Fiona Staples took home two awards last night for her work on the series—Best Cover Artist and Best Penciler/Inker: Individual or Team.

Matt Wilson was honored with the Best Coloring award for his work on such series as CRY HAVOC, PAPER GIRLS, THE WICKED + THE DIVINE.

The Best Continuing Series award went to SAGA.

The Will Eisner Comic Industry awards are voted on by comics industry members and the awards ceremony is held in conjunction with San Diego Comic-Con International every year.

FULL LIST OF IMAGE COMICS EISNER 2017 NOMINATIONS:

Best Short Story: 

    “Monday,” by W. Maxwell Prince and John Amor (from ONE WEEK IN THE LIBRARY)

    “Mostly Saturn,” by Michael DeForge (from ISLAND #8)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot: 

    CRIMINAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

Best Continuing Series: 

    KILL OR BE KILLED, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips 

    PAPER GIRLS, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang 

    SAGA, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Best Publication for Teens: 

    MONSTRESS, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

Best Anthology: 

    ISLAND MAGAZINE, edited by Brandon Graham and Emma Ríos

Best Writer: 

    Ed Brubaker, for CRIMINAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, KILL OR BE KILLED, VELVET

    Brian K. Vaughan, for PAPER GIRLS, SAGA 

    Max Landis, for GREEN VALLEY (Image/Skybound, shared nomination)

    Jeff Lemire, for DESCENDER, PLUTONA (shared nomination)

Best Best Painter/Multimedia Artist:

    Sana Takeda, for MONSTRESS

Best Penciler/Inker or Penciler/Inker Team:

    Fiona Staples, for SAGA

Best Coloring: 

    Elizabeth Breitweiser, for CRIMINAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, KILL OR BE KILLED, VELVET, OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA (Image/Skybound)

    Jean-Francois Beaulieu, for GREEN VALLEY (Image/Skybound)

    Matt Wilson, for CRY HAVOC, PAPER GIRLS, THE WICKED + THE DIVINE (shared nomination)

Best Cover Artist: 

    Sean Phillips, for CRIMINAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, KILL OR BE KILLED

    Fiona Staples, for SAGA 

    Sana Takeda, for MONSTRESS


ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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Image Comics Celebrates 20 Nominations for 2017 Eisner Awards

EISNERS ANNOUNCE 20 NOMINATIONS FOR IMAGE COMICS

Digital editions of all nominated titles are on sale for a limited time

PORTLAND, OR — Comic-Con International announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2017 last week. Seventeen nominations were for books published by Image Comics, and an additional three nominations were shared with other publishers, bringing the total nominations for Image Comics to twenty. In celebration, digital editions of all nominated titles are on sale at Comixology and ImageComics.com.

FULL LIST OF IMAGE COMICS EISNER 2016 NOMINATIONS

Best Short Story:

• “Monday,” by W. Maxwell Prince and John Amor (from ONE WEEK IN THE LIBRARY)
• “Mostly Saturn,” by Michael DeForge (from ISLAND #8)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot:
CRIMINAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

Best Continuing Series:

• KILL OR BE KILLED, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
• PAPER GIRLS, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang
• SAGA, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Best Publication for Teens:
MONSTRESS, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

Best Anthology:
ISLAND MAGAZINE, edited by Brandon Graham and Emma Ríos

Best Writer:

• Ed Brubaker, for CRIMINAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, KILL OR BE KILLED, VELVET
• Brian K. Vaughan, for PAPER GIRLS, SAGA
• Max Landis, for GREEN VALLEY (Image/Skybound, shared nomination)
• Jeff Lemire, for DESCENDER, PLUTONA (shared nomination)

Best Best Painter/Multimedia Artist:
Sana Takeda, for MONSTRESS

Best Penciler/Inker or Penciler/Inker Team:
Fiona Staples, for SAGA

Best Coloring:

• Elizabeth Breitweiser, for CRIMINAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, KILL OR BE KILLED, VELVET, OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA (Image/Skybound)
• Jean-Francois Beaulieu, for GREEN VALLEY (Image/Skybound)
• Matt Wilson, for CRY HAVOC, PAPER GIRLS, THE WICKED + THE DIVINE (shared nomination)

Best Cover Artist:

• Sean Phillips, for CRIMINAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, KILL OR BE KILLED
• Fiona Staples, for SAGA
• Sana Takeda, for MONSTRESS

In celebration, Image Comics is offering a sale on digital comics for Eisner-nominated series, available on Comixology and ImageComics.com, now through Monday, May 15th, 2017.

Voting for the awards will be open soon at www.eisnervote.com. All professionals in the comic book industry are eligible to vote. The Eisner Awards will be presented at a gala awards ceremony to be held on Friday, July 21st, 2017 at Comic-Con International.


ABOUT THE EISNER AWARDS:
The Eisner Awards are presented under the auspices of Comic-Con International, San Diego, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular artforms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture.
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ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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2016 Harvey Award Winners Announced; "Saga," "Peanuts," "March: Book Two" Among Big Winners

Comic Professionals Honor Peers at the 2016 Harvey Awards Banquet

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND- Comic Professionals came together Saturday night, September 3, 2016 to honor their peers during the presentation of the 2016 Harvey Awards, sponsored by Presenting Sponsors Cards, Comics & Collectibles and the Baltimore Comic-Con; Gold Sponsors BOOM! Studios, Geppi Family Enterprises, LINE Webtoon/DeviantArt; Silver Sponsors Akuna Entertainment, Borderlands Comics and Games, ComicMix, Hakes Americana and Collectibles, Insight Studios Group, Painted Visions Comics, The School for Good and Evil, and Valiant Entertainment; and Gift Bag Sponsors Abrams ComicArts, Action Lab Entertainment, Archie Comic Publications, Book Blaze, BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse Comics, Diamond Select Toys, Hakes Americana and Collectibles, IDW Publishing, PCB Productions, The School for Good and Evil, Skybound, Soho Press, Valiant Entertainment, and Wildside Press. The banquette to honor those nominated and the winners in more than 20 categories was hosted by the Baltimore Comic-Con and Cards, Comics & Collectibles.

Named in honor of Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the field of comics, and is the only industry award both nominated and selected by comic professionals. First awarded in 1988, it is one the industries oldest and most respected awards.
Vivek Tiwary, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fifth Beatle, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, and founder of multi-platform arts and entertainment company Tiwary Entertainment Group, returned to act as host and Master of Ceremonies for this year's event.
Special thanks go to the sponsors who generously donated to the 2016 Harvey Gift Bags, including: Abrams ComicArts, Action Lab Entertainment, Archie Comic Publications, Book Blaze, BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse Comics, Diamond Select Toys, Hakes Americana and Collectibles, IDW Publishing, PCB Productions, The School for Good and Evil, Skybound, Soho Press, Valiant Entertainment, and Wildside Press.

2016 Harvey Award Winners:

Best Letterer: John Workman, RAGNAROK, IDW Publishing

Best Colorist: Laura Allred, SILVER SURFER, Marvel Comics

Best Syndicated Strip or Panel: BLOOM COUNTY, Berkeley Breathed, Universal Uclick

Best Online Comics Work: BATTLEPUG, Mike Norton, battlepug.com

Best American Edition of Foreign Material: Tie:

• TWO BROTHERS, Dark Horse Books
• CORTO MALTESE: BEYOND THE WINDY ISLES, IDW Publishing

Best Inker: Klaus Janson, DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE, DC Comics

Best New Series: PAPER GIRLS, Image Comics

Most Promising New Talent: Tom King, THE VISION, Marvel Comics

Special Award for Humor in Comics: Chip Zdarsky, HOWARD THE DUCK, Marvel Comics

Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers: LUMBERJANES, BOOM! Box/BOOM! Studios

Best Graphic Album Previously Published: THE LESS THAN EPIC ADVENTURES OF TJ AND AMAL, Iron Circus Comics

Special Award for Excellence in Presentation: PEANUTS: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. SCHULZ, Scott Newman, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios

Best Domestic Reprint Project: CRIMSON VOL. 1, BOOM! Studios

Best Cover Artist: Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics

Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: MARCH: BOOK TWO, Top Shelf Productions

Best Anthology: PEANUTS: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. SCHULZ, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios

Best Graphic Album Original: MARCH: BOOK TWO, Top Shelf Productions

Best Continuing or Limited Series: SAGA, Image Comics

Best Writer: Brian K. Vaughan, SAGA, Image Comics

Best Artist: Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics

Best Cartoonist: Stan Sakai, USAGI YOJIMBO

Best Single Issue or Story: PEANUTS: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. SCHULZ, BOOM! Studios

Harvey Kurtzman Hall of Fame Award: Carl Barks, Al Jaffee

Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award: Beth Widera

Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award: Joe Giella

In addition, the Baltimore Comic-Con would like to thank those individuals who presented at this year's award ceremony, including: Keynote speaker Dean Haspiel, Christina Alger, Amy Chu, Katie Cooke, Steve Geppi, Denis Kitchen, Charlie Kochman, Hope Larson, Paul Levitz, Terry Moore, David Petersen, Filip Sablik, Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, Mark Waid, and Dirk Wood. We would also like to thank Mark Wheatley for his contributions to our program guide for the evening and awards ceremony presentation, Jerry Carr for assisting with the awards ceremony presentation, and Glenn Hauman for his "web mastery".

The Baltimore Comic-Con will host the 2017 Harvey Awards for the eleventh year during the 18th annual show, taking place September 22-24, 2017.


About The Baltimore Comic-Con
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 17th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com.

About The Harvey Awards
The Harvey Awards are one of the comic book industry's oldest and most respected awards. With a history of over 25 years, the last 11 in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories. They are the only industry awards nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. For more information, please visit www.harveyawards.org.

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Tickets for 2016 Harvey Awards Gala Now on Sale

Join the Comics Industry at The Harvey Awards

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -Please join us on the evening of Saturday, September 3, 2016 for the Harvey Award Ceremony and participate in an experience like none other in Comic Fandom. You will have an opportunity to see Harvey Awards nominees, along with some of the top talent in the industry. The Harvey Awards ceremony will honor the award recipients and induct two creators into the Harvey Kurtzman Hall of Fame. In addition, The Hero Initiative will present their annual awards.

Harvey Awards tickets are on sale NOW! Tickets to the event, which includes a full cocktail hour (cash bar), full service dinner (featuring a Baltimore Crabcake!), the awards ceremony, and a gift bag, are now available for $125. Tickets are available at our website via credit card at baltimorecomiccon.com/tickets. Please note: tickets will not be available for purchase at the door, so please make your purchase today.

Following a cocktail hour where you can rub elbows with industry professionals and fans alike, this exciting evening will be highlighted by our returning host Vivek J. Tiwary, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, and the founder of multi-platform arts and entertainment company Tiwary Entertainment Group.

Vivek will welcome our presenters to the stage, including comics professional like Amy Chu, Katie Cook, Denis Kitchen, Hope Larson, Terry Moore, David Petersen, Louise and Walter Simonson, Mark Waid, and Dirk Wood.

In addition, you will be witness to the honoring of legendary comics talent being recognized for their contributions to the industry. The Hall of Fame inductees will be Carl Barks and Al Jaffee. From our friends at The Hero Initiative, the 2016 Hero Lifetime Achievement award will be presented to Joe Giella. Please join us in honoring this legendary group.

We are also pleased to present a gift bag to the first 300 attendees purchasing tickets for this comic event of the fall. This year's gift bag is a wonderful collection of books, including such treasures as The Fifth Beatle Collector's Edition from Dark Horse Comics, Ghosts and Girls of Fiction House from IDW Publishing, and The School for Good and Evil. In addition to this wonderful book, expect contributions from other publishers as well, including Abrams ComicArts, Action Lab Entertainment, Inc., Archie Comic Publications, Book Blaze, BOOM! Studios, Diamond Select Toys, Hakes Americana & Collectibles, PCB Productions, Soho Press, Valiant Entertainment, and Wildside Press.

Special thanks to our 2016 sponsors:

Presenting Sponsors: Baltimore Comic-Con, Cards Comics & Collectibles

Gold Sponsors: BOOM! Studios, Geppi Family Enterprises, Line Webtoons & DeviantArt

Silver Sponsors: Akuna Entertainment, Borderlands Comics & Games, ComicMix, Hakes Americana & Collectibles, Insight Studios Group, Painted Visions Comics, The School for Good and Evil, Valiant Entertainment

About The Baltimore Comic-Con
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 17th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com.

About The Harvey Awards
The Harvey Awards are one of the comic book industry's oldest and most respected awards. With a history of over 20 years, the last 11 in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories. They are the only industry awards nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. For more information, please visit www.harveyawards.org.

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2016 Harvey Award Final Ballots Due Midnight, August 8th

2016 Harvey Award Final Ballot Reminder

www.harveyawards.org is Portal for Online Balloting

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - Comics Pros, take note! Ballots for the 2016 Harvey Awards are due by midnight on Monday, August 8th, 2016! The final ballot, presented by the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con, is available for online voting at http://www.harveyawards.org/2016-final-ballot/.

Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry's most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. They will be presented September 3, 2016 in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con.

Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by creators - those who write, draw, ink, color, letter, design, edit, or are involved in the creative aspect of comics. They are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. Thank you to all that have already participated by submitting a final vote ballot submission.

Voting is open to anyone professionally involved in a creative capacity within the comics field.

Now in its fourth year for the Harvey Awards, online voting has extended the reach and scope of the Harvey Awards, resulting in a wonderful final ballot for your final votes!

This will be the eleventh year for the Harvey Awards in Baltimore, MD. Tickets to attend the Harvey Awards dinner are available at http://baltimorecomiccon.com/tickets.
This year's Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 2-4, 2016. The ceremony and banquet for the 2016 Harvey Awards will be held Saturday night, September 3rd.

For additional information about Harvey Kurtzman and the Harvey Awards, visit harveyawards.org.

The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 16th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. With a guest list unequaled in the industry, the Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 25-27, 2015. For more information, please visit the website, Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook pages.

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Al Jaffee to Be Honored at 2016 Baltimore Comic-Con

Al Jaffee to Receive Harvey Kurtzman Hall of Fame Award

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - The Baltimore Comic-Con is September 2-4, 2016 at the Baltimore Convention Center, and will once again host the Harvey Awards on the evening of September 3, 2016. We are privileged to announce the addition of legendary MAD Magazine creator and industry luminary Al Jaffee for a special panel at the Baltimore Comic-Con and bestowal of the Harvey Kurtzman Hall of Fame Award. Mr. Jaffee will be joining us on Saturday, September 2nd. Tickets for the show and awards ceremony are now available.

Al Jaffee, MAD Magazine cartoonist and creator of the celebrated fold-in cover, is a Guinness World Record holder with the longest career of a comics artist (over 73 years!). His early career was spent as an artist for Timely Comics and Atlas Comics, and later again working for Stan Lee again as an editor on Timely's humor and teenage comics, including the Patsy Walker titles. His syndicated strip, Tall Tales, was collected and published by Abrams in 2008, winning the 2009 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist and the Special Award for Humor in Comics. After time spent at MAD Magazine, he followed Harvey Kurtzman to Trump and Humbug, the former of which was recently collected and reprinted by Dark Horse. After both efforts folded, Jaffee returned to MAD Magazine, where he continues to provide fold-in covers to this day.

His work can be most recently be found in Tall Tales from Abrams (2008), the MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 from Chronicle Books (2011) and Al Jaffee's Mad Life by Mary-Lou Weisman (and illustrations by Al Jaffee) from HarperCollins (2010).

Al has received numerous awards that celebrate his long career. He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 2014, and the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2013. He has received the Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society in 2008 as well as their Humor Comic Book Award in 1979. He was also Best Cartoonist in 2001 for his work on MAD Magazine. He has received the Sergio Award from the Comic Art Professional Society and the Inkpot Award at the San Diego Comic-Con.

"This is such a huge honor," said Marc Nathan, promoter of the Baltimore Comic-Con. "Not only to have such a giant among giants of the comics field at the show, but to be able to celebrate his storied career and contributions to the industry at the Harvey Awards ceremony. We're exceptionally proud, and fans won't want to miss his panel Saturday at the show!"

TICKETS
General Admission and VIP Package tickets for Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, as well as the Harvey Awards, are now on sale! Visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com/tickets/ for more information and to purchase your advanced tickets now, and as always, kids 10 and under get into the show free with a paid adult General Admission!

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
While they are available, be sure to take advantage of discount rate arrangements we have made with hotels near the Baltimore Convention Center. For all the details, see: http://baltimorecomiccon.com/about/hotels/

GUARANTEED PARKING
To make parking easy and stress-free, we have partnered with Parking Panda, the nationwide leader in online parking reservations, to allow attendees driving to the show to purchase guaranteed parking near the Baltimore Comic-Con. Click here to book your guaranteed parking spot, or if you need help or have questions, call 800-232-6415.

In the coming weeks, look for more announcements from the Baltimore Comic-Con. We are looking forward to highlighting our guests, the Harvey Awards, industry exclusives, and programming. The latest developments can always be found on our website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages.

Contact Information

Please use the following e-mail addresses to contact the Baltimore Comic-Con:
press@baltimorecomiccon.com - for any general press inquiries or to be added to our PR distribution
promoter@baltimorecomiccon.com - for requesting exhibitor, publisher, and Artist Alley applications
registrar@baltimorecomiccon.com - for inquiries about submitted registrations
harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com- for the Harvey Awards ceremony and banquet
general@baltimorecomiccon.com- for general Baltimore Comic-Con inquiries


About The Baltimore Comic-Con
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 17th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com.

About The Harvey Awards
The Harvey Awards are one of the comic book industry's oldest and most respected awards. With a history of over 20 years, the last 11 in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories. They are the only industry awards nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. For more information, please visit www.harveyawards.org.

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Award Winning Producer and Author Vivek J. Tiwary Returns as Host of the 2016 Harvey Awards

Vivek J. Tiwary Returns to Host the 2016 Harvey Awards

Harvey Awards Dinner & Award Ceremony Tickets Now on Sale

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - On Saturday night, September 3rd, 2016, the comic book industry, including professionals, retailers, and fans, will gather at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore to honor the 2016 Harvey Award Nominees for 2015 comic work and present the Harveys to their recipients. This is an exciting evening, highlighted by our return host Vivek J. Tiwary, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, and the founder of multi-platform arts and entertainment company Tiwary Entertainment Group.

Harvey Awards tickets are on sale NOW! Tickets to the event, which includes full cocktail hour (cash bar), full service dinner (featuring a Baltimore Crabcake!), awards ceremony, and a gift bag, are now available for $125. Tickets are available at our website via credit card at baltimorecomiccon.com/tickets.

Host Vivek J. Tiwary's graphic novel, The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story (Dark Horse Comics), is based on the untold life story of Beatles' manager Brian Epstein. On October 25, 2016, Dark Horse Comics will be publishing a special trade paperback Expanded Edition of The Fifth Beatle, featuring never-before-seen art, essays and more. Written by Tiwary, with art by Andrew C. Robinson and Kyle Baker, it received worldwide critical acclaim and won a number of prestigious literary awards, including two Harvey Awards (Best Original Graphic Novel and Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation) and the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Reality-Based Work. It is a Lambda Literary Finalist for Best LGBT Graphic Novel, an American Library Association Great Graphic Novel for Teens, and has been added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives Permanent Collection. The Fifth Beatle is now being adapted into a multi-part TV event series that has secured unprecedented access to Beatles music. Vivek will be adapting his work for television and serving as executive producer.

Vivek has also just acquired the TV and film rights to Astronaut Academy, the middle-grade graphic novel series from bestselling author-illustrator Dave Roman (Agnes Quill), with plans to turn the books into both a live-action TV series and a film franchise, and talks are underway with writers, networks, and studios to adapt the coming-of-age adventure story set at a fantastical space station school.

Vivek's illustrated Young Adult novel Asha Ascending, with art by the award-winning Sara Richard (My Little Pony, Jem and The Holograms, Ghostbusters) is currently being serialized chapter-by-chapter free at AshaAscending.com. Taking place in a near-future where surgical implants access a virtual Internet, Asha Ascending follows teenage coder Asha Rai as she helps irresponsible party-boy Hal Haven save his mother's life, while they race against an evil faction to unlock the code to immortality.

"Hosting last year's Harvey Awards was the best night of my life in comics," said Tiwary, "I got to introduce beloved luminaries like Jules Feiffer and the late Darwyn Cooke, while honoring the creators of today's most inspiring work. But to quote Al Pacino -- 'I'm just getting warmed up!' See you in Baltimore!"

On Broadway, Tiwary's productions have won a combined 25 Tony Awards. They include such groundbreaking work as Green Day's American Idiot, The Addams Family, A Raisin In The Sun, and Mel Brooks' The Producers. Vivek is currently working with Alanis Morissette and Pulitzer and Tony Award-winner Tom Kitt to adapt Morissette's breakthrough album Jagged Little Pill for Broadway.

Vivek has served on the Board of Directors for Valiant Entertainment, a multi-platform company that boasts the third largest universe of comic book characters and has secured a 5-film deal with Sony Pictures.

Vivek held a number of major label music-industry positions working with artists ranging from Bruce Springsteen to Britney Spears.

In addition to hosting the awards ceremony, Vivek will be speaking on a panel and signing books throughout the weekend at the Baltimore Comic-Con.

Press Contact: Amanda Lundberg, Amanda.Lundberg@42west.net

The Harvey Awards are one of the comic book industry's oldest and most respected awards. The Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories. They are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. Additionally, the Hero Initiative will present 2 awards to outstanding members of the comics community.

The Hero Initiative was established to aid comic creators with a financial safety net when in need of emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. In the years since its inception, the board has created an award to recognize those individuals in the industry that have dedicated their talent over the lifetime of their careers to the comic book community at-large, achieving the status of Hero. Previous recipients include Denis Kitichen, Herb Trimpe, Sal Buscema, John Romita, Joe Kubert, Nick Cardy, Neal Adams, and George Perez. Who will be this year's lifetime Hero?

The Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award will also be presented at the Harvey Awards Banquet. Giordano, who passed away in early 2010, was part of Hero Initiative's Board of Directors. He was also a legendary artist, a guiding force at Charlton Comics and DC Comics for many years, a mentor to his colleagues, and a friend to all who knew him. His legacy epitomizes the caring and commitment Hero Initiative strives to achieve. In his honor, the Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award will recognize one person in comics each year who has demonstrated the generosity and integrity Dick brought to the charity, and to the comic book community at large.

TICKETS
General Admission and VIP Package tickets for Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, as well as the Harvey Awards, are now on sale! Visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com/tickets/ for more information and to purchase your advanced tickets now, and as always, kids 10 and under get into the show free with a paid adult General Admission!

Contact Information

Please use the following e-mail addresses to contact the Baltimore Comic-Con:
press@baltimorecomiccon.com - for any general press inquiries or to be added to our PR distribution
promoter@baltimorecomiccon.com - for requesting exhibitor, publisher, and Artist Alley applications
registrar@baltimorecomiccon.com - for inquiries about submitted registrations
harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com- for the Harvey Awards ceremony and banquet
general@baltimorecomiccon.com- for general Baltimore Comic-Con inquiries


About The Baltimore Comic-Con
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 17th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com.

About The Harvey Awards
The Harvey Awards are one of the comic book industry's oldest and most respected awards. With a history of over 20 years, the last 11 in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories. They are the only industry awards nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. For more information, please visit www.harveyawards.org.

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Dark Horse Comics Celebrates 2016 Eisner Award for Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba

Moon & Bá’s “Two Brothers” Wins Eisner for Best Adaptation

MILWAUKIE, OR — This past Friday, Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá, the Eisner Award–winning and New York Times best-selling duo behind Neil Gaiman's How to Talk to Girls at Parties, received the Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium for their critically acclaimed graphic novel Two Brothers.

Twin brothers Omar and Yaqub may share the same features, but they could not be more different from one another. After a brutally violent exchange between the young boys, Yaqub is sent from his home in Brazil to live with relatives in Lebanon, only to return five years later as a virtual stranger to the parents who bore him, his tensions with Omar unchanged. Family secrets engage the reader in this profoundly resonant story about identity, love, loss, deception, and the dissolution of blood ties.

Dark Horse also celebrated two awards shared with other publishers.

The award for Best Coloring went to Jordie Bellaire, for The Autumnlands, Injection, Plutona, Pretty Deadly, The Surface, They’re Not Like Us, Zero (Image); The X-Files (IDW); The Massive (Dark Horse); and Magneto, Vision (Marvel).

The winner in the Best Digital/Webcomic category was Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology, collected in print by Dark Horse). A costumed teen burglar by the nome d’arte of Bandette and her group of street urchins find equal fun both in skirting and aiding the law. This is the second Eisner for Bandette following a win in 2013.

Artists Colleen Coover (Bandette) and Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer, Brides of Helheim) were the women with the most nominations in a record-breaking year for female creators, with three each. Dark Horse’s Lady Killer, by Jamie S. Rich and Joëlle Jones, was nominated for Best New Series, and Jones was also nominated for Best Penciller/Inker and Best Cover Artist. The book also shared a coloring nod for Laura Allred.

Dark Horse’s other nominees included Harrow County (Best New Series) and Nanjing: The Burning City (Best Graphic Album—New).

Named for acclaimed comics creator Will Eisner, the awards are celebrating their twenty-eighth year of highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels.

Congratulations to all winners and nominees.

Additional praise for Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá’s Two Brothers:

“Beautiful, poignant.” —THE AV CLUB

"...come and see what flavor of genius the Brazilian-based brothers have crafted from the work of Milton Hatoum.” —COMICS BEAT

“Beautifully rendered.” —PASTE MAGAZINE


About Dark Horse

For 30 years, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, the company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X, and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga, and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers.

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2016 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards Announced - Complete Winners List

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, also simply know as the “Eisner Awards,” are awards annually given for creative achievement in American comic books.  The awards are named for pioneering comic book writer, artist, and publisher, Will Eisner.  Some consider the Eisner Awards to be the preeminent awards that honor American comic books, even referring to the awards as “the Oscars of comic books” (which is so obviously ridiculous).

The Eisner Awards also include the Comic Industry's Hall of Fame.  The Eisner Awards are associated with the annual Comic-Con International convention held in San Diego, California, in July.  The Eisner Awards have been given annually since 1988, with the exception of 1990.

The 2016 Eisner Award nominations were announced Tuesday, April 19, 2016.  They winners were revealed Friday, July 22, 2016 at a gala ceremony held during San Diego Comic-Con International 2016.


2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Winners:

Best Continuing Series: Southern Bastards, by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour (Image)

Best Limited Series: The Fade Out, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

Best New Series: Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image)

Best Writer: Jason Aaron, Southern Bastards (Image), Men of Wrath (Marvel Icon), Doctor Strange, Star Wars, Thor (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist: Bill Griffith, Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls (Image)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)

Best Cover Artist: David Aja, Hawkeye, Karnak, Scarlet Witch (Marvel)

Best Coloring: Jordie Bellaire, The Autumnlands, Injection, Plutona, Pretty Deadly, The Surface, They’re Not Like Us, Zero (Image); The X-Files (IDW); The Massive (Dark Horse); Magneto, Vision (Marvel)

Best Lettering: Derf Backderf, Trashed (Abrams)

Best Short Story: “Killing and Dying,” by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #14 (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot: Silver Surfer #11: “Never After,” by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8): Little Robot, by Ben Hatke (First Second)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12): Over the Garden Wall, by Pat McHale, Amalia Levari, and Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios/KaBOOM!)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17): SuperMutant Magic Academy, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Humor Publication: Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Digital/Webcomic: Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)

Best Anthology:Drawn & Quarterly, Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary, Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, edited by Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)

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

Best Graphic Album—New: Ruins, by Peter Kuper (SelfMadeHero)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint: Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson (Harper Teen)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium: Two Brothers, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material: The Realist, by Asaf Hanuka (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia: Showa, 1953–1989: A History of Japan, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tales, edited by Craig Yoe (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)

Best Comics-Related Book: Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America, by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work: The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art, edited by Frances Gateward and John Jennings (Rutgers)

Best Publication Design: The Sandman Gallery Edition, designed by Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios (Graphitti Designs/DC)

Hall of Fame:
Judges’ Choices: Carl Burgos, Tove Jansson
Voters’ Choices: Lynda Barry, Rube Goldberg, Matt Groening, Jacques Tardi

Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Dan Mora

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Matthew Inman

Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing: Richard E. Hughes, Elliot S! Maggin

Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Orbital Comics and Games, London, UK

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Image Comics Celebrates 7 Wins at the 2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

IMAGE COMICS IS PLEASED TO CONGRATULATE THE EISNER AWARD WINNERS

Image Comics creators honored with seven awards

Image Comics is thrilled to congratulate all the winners of last night’s 2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Image Comics creators were honored with seven category award wins.

Jordie Bellaire won Best Coloring for her work on such series as THE AUTUMNLANDS, INJECTION, PLUTONA, PRETTY DEADLY, THE SURFACE, THEY’RE NOT LIKE US, and ZERO among many other titles.

Cliff Chiang took home the Eisner award for Best Penciller/Inker for his work on PAPER GIRLS. The PAPER GIRLS series by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang also won in the Best New Series category.

The Best Painter/Multimedia Artist award went to Dustin Nguyen for his work on DESCENDER.

Jason Aaron was recognized for his work on SOUTHERN BASTARDS with an Eisner win in the category of Best Writer. SOUTHERN BASTARDS by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour also snagged the award for Best Continuing Series.

Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Elizabeth Breitweiser’s THE FADE OUT won the Eisner for Best Limited Series.

The Will Eisner Comic Industry awards are voted on by comics industry members and the awards ceremony is held in conjunction with San Diego Comic-Con International every year.


ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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2016 Harvey Award Nominations - Complete List

2016 Harvey Awards Nominees Announced

Visit www.harveyawards.org for Ballots & Submission Details

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - The 2016 Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot representing the input of the voters, presented by the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry's most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. They will be presented September 3, 2016 in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con.

The Harvey Awards may be voted on exclusively by Comic-Book creators, those who write, draw, ink, color, letter, design, edit, or are otherwise professionally involved in the creative aspect of comics, online or in print. The Harvey Awards are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. Thank you to all that have already participated by submitting a nomination ballot. Final ballots are due to the Harvey Awards by Monday, August 8, 2016. Full submission instructions can be found on the final ballot.

Voting is open to anyone professionally involved in a creative capacity within the comics field. Final ballots are available at www.harveyawards.org. Those who prefer paper ballots may e-mail harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com.

This will be the eleventh year for the Harvey Awards in Baltimore, MD. Look for more details soon as to how you can attend the Harvey Awards dinner.

This year's Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 2-4, 2016. The ceremony and banquet for the 2016 Harvey Awards will be held Saturday night, September 3rd.

Without further delay, the 2015 Harvey Award Nominees:

BEST LETTERER
____ Aubrey Aiese, LUMBERJANES, BOOM! Box/BOOM! Studios

____ Dave Lanphear, DIVINITY, Valiant Entertainment

____ Patricia Martin, WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR, Valiant Entertainment

____ Dave Sharpe, NINJAK, Valiant Entertainment

____ John Workman, RAGNAROK, IDW Publishing

BEST COLORIST
____ Laura Allred, SILVER SURFER, Marvel Comics

____ Ulises Arreola, NINJAK, Valiant Entertainment

____ David Baron, DIVINITY, Valiant Entertainment

____ Jordie Bellaire, INJECTION, Image Comics

____ Laura Martin, RAGNAROK, IDW Publishing

____ Brian Reber, X-O MANOWAR, Valiant Entertainment

BEST SYNDICATED STRIP or PANEL
____ BIZARRO, Dan Piraro, King Features Syndicate

____ BLOOM COUNTY, Berkeley Breathed, Universal Uclick

____ DICK TRACY, Joe Staton and Mike Curtis, Tribune Content Agency

____ MUTTS, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate

____ PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, Stephan Pastis, Universal Uclick

____ PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN, Dana Simpson, Universal Uclick

____ ZIPPY THE PINHEAD, Bill Griffith, King Features Syndicate

BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK
____ ALBERT THE ALIEN, Trevor Mueller and Gabriel Bautista, albertthealien.com

____ BATTLEPUG, Mike Norton, battlepug.com

____ BLOOM COUNTY 2015, Berkeley Breathed, gocomics.com/bloom-county

____ OH JOY SEX TOY, Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, ohjoysextoy.com

____ ZOMBIE BOY, Mark Stokes, zombieboycomics.com

BEST AMERICAN EDITION of FOREIGN MATERIAL
____ CORTO MALTESE: BEYOND THE WINDY ISLES, IDW Publishing

____ ONE PUNCH MAN, Viz

____ THE REALIST, Archaia/BOOM! Studios

____ SHOWA 1953-1989: A HISTORY OF JAPAN, Drawn & Quarterly

____ TWO BROTHERS, Dark Horse Books

BEST INKER
____ Klaus Janson, DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE, DC Comics

____ Seth Mann, NINJAK, Valiant Entertainment

____ Danny Miki, BATMAN, DC Comics

____ Tom Palmer, BLOODSHOT REBORN, Valiant Entertainment

____ Joe Rivera, THE VALIANT, Valiant Entertainment

____ Ryan Winn, DIVINITY, Valiant Entertainment

BEST NEW SERIES
____ ARCHIE, Archie Comics

____ BLOODSHOT REBORN, Valiant Entertainment

____ GIANT DAYS, BOOM! Box/BOOM! Studios

____ PAPER GIRLS, Image Comics

____ THE VISION, Marvel Comics

MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT
____ Raul Allen, WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR, Valiant Entertainment

____ Robert Gill, BOOK OF DEATH, Valiant Entertainment

____ Tom King, THE VISION, Marvel Comics

____ Dan Mora, KLAUS, BOOM! Studios

____ Lissa Treiman, GIANT DAYS, BOOM! Studios

SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS
____ James Asmus, QUANTUM AND WOODY MUST DIE!, Valiant Entertainment

____ Elliott Kalan, UNITY #25, Valiant Entertainment

____ Michael Kupperman, UNITY #25, Valiant Entertainment

____ Rafer Roberts, X-O MANOWAR #38, Valiant Entertainment

____ Fred Van Lente, IVAR, TIMEWALKER, Valiant Entertainment

____ Chip Zdarsky, HOWARD THE DUCK, Marvel Comics

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC PUBLICATION FOR YOUNGER READERS
____ GIANT DAYS, BOOM! Box/BOOM! Studios

____ LUMBERJANES, BOOM! Box/BOOM! Studios

____ THE ONLY LIVING BOY, Bottled Lightning

____ OVER THE GARDEN WALL, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios

____ SPACE DUMPLINS, Scholastic Graphix

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED
____ BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 1: COLORADO TP, Valiant Entertainment

____ DIVINITY DELUXE EDITION HC, Valiant Entertainment

____ IVAR, TIMEWALKER VOL. 1: MAKING HISTORY TP, Valiant Entertainment

____ THE LESS THAN EPIC ADVENTURES OF TJ AND AMAL, Iron Circus Comics

____ NINJAK VOL. 1: WEAPONEER TP, Valiant Entertainment

____ THE VALIANT DELUXE EDITION HC, Valiant Entertainment

SPECIAL AWARD for EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
 ____ BLOODSHOT REBORN, Rian Hughes, Jeff Lemire, Warren Simons, and Kyle Andrukiewicz, Valiant Entertainment

____ BOOK OF DEATH, Tom Muller, Dylan Todd, Warren Simons, and Travis Escarfullery, Valiant Entertainment

____ DIVINITY, Tom Muller, Warren Simons, Dylan Todd, and Matt Kindt, Valiant Entertainment

____ NINJAK, Rian Hughes, Tom Muller, Matt Kindt, Warren Simons, and Tom Brennan, Valiant Entertainment

____ PEANUTS: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. SCHULZ, Scott Newman, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios

____ THE VALIANT, Rian Hughes, Paolo Rivera, Dylan Todd, Warren Simons, and Kyle Andrukiewicz, Valiant Entertainment

BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT
____ ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: THE COMPLETE CLASSIC OMNIBUS HC, Valiant Entertainment

____ CRIMSON VOL. 1, BOOM! Studios

____ QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST & BRIGHT VOL. 1: KLANG TP, Valiant Entertainment

____ QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST & BRIGHT VOL. 2: SWITCH TP, Valiant Entertainment

____ QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST & BRIGHT VOL. 3: AND SO... TP, Valiant Entertainment

BEST COVER ARTIST
____ David Aja, HAWKEYE, Marvel Comics

____ Raul Allen, IVAR, TIMEWALKER, Valiant Entertainment

____ Mike Del Mundo, ELEKTRA, Marvel Comics

____ Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, DIVINITY, Valiant Entertainment

____ David Lafuente, WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR, Valiant Entertainment

____ Lewis LaRosa, NINJAK, Valiant Entertainment

____ Paolo Rivera, THE VALIANT, Valiant Entertainment

____ Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics

____ Matt Taylor, ARCADIA, BOOM! Studios

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, or JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION
____ THE ART OF MOUSE GUARD: 2005-2015, Archaia/BOOM! Studios

____ THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SELF-PUBLISHING COMICS, Random House/Watson Guptill

____ MARCH: BOOK TWO, Top Shelf Productions

____ PEANUTS: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. SCHULZ, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios

____ THE REALIST, Archaia/BOOM! Studios

BEST ANTHOLOGY
____ DARK HORSE PRESENTS, Dark Horse Comics

____ FRESH ROMANCE, Rosy Press

____ ISLAND, Image Comics

____ PEANUTS: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. SCHULZ, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios

____ THE 27 CLUB, A COMIC ANTHOLOGY, Red Stylo Media

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM ORIGINAL
____ CAPTIVE OF FRIENDLY COVE, Fulcrum Publishing

____ FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, Top Shelf/IDW Publishing

____ LONG WALK TO VALHALLA, Archaia/BOOM! Studios

____ MARCH: BOOK TWO, Top Shelf Productions

____ NANJING: THE BURNING CITY, Dark Horse Comics

____ THE NEW DEAL, Dark Horse Books

____ TWO BROTHERS, Dark Horse Books

BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
____ BITCH PLANET, Image Comics

____ BLOODSHOT REBORN, Valiant Entertainment

____ BOOK OF DEATH, Valiant Entertainment

____ DIVINITY, Valiant Entertainment

____ GIANT DAYS, BOOM! Studios/BOOM! Box

____ NINJAK, Valiant Entertainment

____ SAGA, Image Comics

____ SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Image Comics

____ THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL, Marvel Comics

BEST WRITER
____ Jason Aaron, SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Image Comics

____ Jeff Lemire, BLOODSHOT REBORN, Valiant Entertainment

____ Brian K. Vaughan, SAGA, Image Comics

____ Mark Waid, ARCHIE, Archie Comics

____ G. Willow Wilson, MS. MARVEL, Marvel Comics

BEST ARTIST
____ Greg Capullo, BATMAN, DC Comics

____ Jason Latour, SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Image Comics

____ Chris Samnee, DAREDEVIL, Marvel Comics

____ Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics

____ Mico Suayan, BLOODSHOT REBORN, Valiant Entertainment

BEST CARTOONIST
____ Asaf Hanuka, THE REALIST

____ Matt Kindt, UNITY #25

____ Michael Kupperman, UNITY #25

____ Terry Moore, RACHEL RISING

____ Rafer Roberts, X-O MANOWAR #38

____ Stan Sakai, USAGI YOJIMBO

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
____ BLOODSHOT REBORN #1, Valiant Entertainment

____ BOOK OF DEATH #1, Valiant Entertainment

____ PEANUTS: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. SCHULZ, BOOM! Studios

____ SILVER SURFER #11, Marvel Comics

____ THE VALIANT #4, Valiant Entertainment

____ WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #1, Valiant Entertainment


Congratulations to all of the nominees! If you know a nominee, please pass on the good news using email, Facebook, and Twitter.

Please submit any corrections to harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com. We try our best to list nominees correctly, and want to know if there is an error.

The Harvey Committee and the Baltimore Comic-Con will make every effort to contact all nominees. If you are a nominee and you do not hear from us by July 18, please contact us at harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com. We would love to discuss your involvement in the ceremony and the Baltimore Comic-Con.

For additional information about Harvey Kurtzman and the Harvey Awards, visit www.harveyawards.org or http://www.facebook.com/theharveyawards.

Harvey Awards banquet and award ceremony tickets, as well as General Admission and VIP Package tickets for Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for the Baltimore Comic-Con, are now on sale. Visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com/tickets/ for more information and to purchase your advanced tickets now.

The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 17th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. area. With a guest list unequaled in the industry, the Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 2-4, 2016. For more information, please visit the website, Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook pages.

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Second Annula Dwayne McDuffie Awards Goes to "Awkward" by Svetlana Chmakova

Svetlana Chmakova’s AWKWARD Wins Dwayne McDuffie Award

The second annual Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids’ Comics was presented to Svetlana Chmakova’s Awkward at the recent Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival (A2CAF).

Awkward tells a story that is very much of this moment but at the same time ageless—a story about the missteps of middle school, about rivalries and hurt feelings, and about the many twists and turns of friendship. Of the scores of comics from 2015 read by the judges, Chmakova’s book best met the four main criteria for selection: Quality, Timelessness, Originality and Diversity.

Those four values represent core concerns of Kids Read Comics, the nonprofit that sponsors A2CAF and the McDuffie Award. They also fit the man the award was named for. Dwayne McDuffie was a comics and animation writer, a winner of the Humanitas Prize, and the creator of Static, the teenaged superhero who first appeared in 1993, and Static Shock, the animated series based on the comic. McDuffie was an enthusiastic supporter of Kids Read Comics who believed in comics and believed in kids. He shared KRC’s belief that comics can expand young minds and change young lives for the better.

There is no more appropriate name to attach to an award that showcases the incredible variety of outstanding comics currently being created for kids and teens.

In accepting the award on video, Svetlana Chmakova said, “When I heard about the award, I was so happy to see that one of the four judging criteria was diversity. When I create my work, inclusion is something that’s always at the forefront of my mind. And not just because I think it’s actually overdue…but also because I was an immigrant, and I experienced it. I experienced inclusion.” Recapturing what that experience meant to her, she added, “I was a kid and it was so important.”

“While I’m truly, truly thankful to be the recipient of this year’s award,” Chmakova went on to say, “I’m even more thankful that this award exists.”

Judges for this year’s Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids’ Comics were Edith Donnell, a Kids Read Comics cofounder and youth and teen librarian; Andrew Woodrow-Butcher, manager of Little Island Comics, a comic shop exclusively for kids; Eva Volin, a children’s librarian and comics-in-libraries advocate; and Marv Wolfman, a comics and animation writer and editor whose storied career goes back nearly half a century.

The Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival is held annually at the Ann Arbor (Michigan) District Library, and features over fifty artists alley guests ranging from national bestselling authors and award winners—this year including Cece Bell, Kazu Kibuishi, Nathan Hale, Tom Angleberger and Ben Hatke—to teenaged cartoonists and even younger students from local cartooning classes. A2CAF programming focuses largely on hands-on workshops and interactive drawing games, allowing event attendees of all ages and skill levels to participate. The event attracts approximately 3,000 visitors each year.

See Svetlana Chmakova's acceptance speech: https://youtu.be/smeYqRCQqJ4

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Winners Announces for the Comic Book "Inkwell Awards 2016"

Inkwell Awards 2016 Winners Announced

(New Bedford, MA/USA) The Inkwell Awards has released the names of the winners of its ninth annual awards for excellence in the art form of comic book inking. As before, nominees were chosen by a separate and independent nomination committee. Voting via live ballot at the non-profit advocacy’s website ran from April 15-30, 2016. One winner was chosen in each of five categories based on American-based interior comic-book work cover-dated 2015.

Separately, the Inkwells selected internally the two recipients of the annual Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award and the Special Recognition Award (SRA) category. Winners were contacted and some invited guests were present to receive their trophies at North Carolina’s Heroes Con, the host show for the Inkwells, for the sixth live ceremony on Friday, June 17. Winners and nominees are listed below, along with the percentage of vote received, where applicable.

FAVORITE INKER: Joe Prado (24.5%)
(Batman '66 The Lost Episode; Cyborg [DC Comics]). Other nominees: Wade von Grawbadger (23.7), Scott Hanna (22%), Danny Miki (20.4%) and Karl Kesel (9.4%).

MOST-ADAPTABLE INKER: Walden Wong (26.8%)
(Earth 2: World’s End; Justice League Dark [DC]; Wolverines; A-Force [Marvel]).Other nominees: Norm Rapmund (20.2%), Scott Hanna (18.3%), Jonathan Glapion (14.4%), Wade von Grawbadger (12.8%) and Jay Leisten (7.5%).

PROPS (inker deserving of more attention): Wade Von Grawbadger (22.6%)

(All-New Captain America; Spider-Man [Marvel]; Justice League of America; Legends of the Dark Knight [DC]; Astro City [Vertigo/DC]).
Other nominees: Eber Ferreira (20.5%), Danny Miki (13.5%), Juan Vlasco (10.8%), Mark Irwin (9.8%), Jonathan Glapion (9.4%), Stefano Gaudiano (8.4%) and Sean Parsons (5.1%).

S.P.A.M.I. (Small Press and Mainstream Independent): Stefano Gaudiano (37%)

(The Walking Dead, Manifest Destiny [Image]).
 Other nominees: Jordi Tarragona (17.6%), Cliff Rathburn (16.6%), Ryan Winn (16.6%) and Rich Koslowski (12.2%).

ALL-IN-ONE (pencilling and inking together): Jason Fabok (37%)
(Justice League[DC]).
 Other nominees: Fiona Staples (17.7%), Erik Larsen (13.7%), Franchesco Francavilla (9.6%), Terry Moore (8.2%), Paul Gulacy (8.0%) and Ben Dewey (5.8%).
THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD: Vince Colletta. Other nominees: Allen Milgrom, Jack Abel (tie for runner-up), Violet Barclay (aka Valerie Smith), Gary Martin and Dave Simons.

THE JOE SINNOTT HALL OF FAME: Frank Giacoia and Josef Rubenstein. Other nominees: Bob McLeod and Jerry Ordway (tie for runner-up), Dan Adkins, John Beatty and Ernie Chan (aka Chua).

Joe Sinnott, the award’s namesake and first recipient, made a statement in April regarding this year’s inductees:

“I was quite pleased to hear that the Inkwell Awards has selected two very deserving inkers into the Hall of Fame class of 2016: Frank Giacoia and Jose Rubinstein.

Frank was a fabulous inker and a good friend of mine, who left us much too soon. It was always a pleasure meeting up with Frank at shows and spending time with him. Frank’s smooth, thick line graced the pages of virtually every Marvel title. I really enjoyed Frank’s inking over Jack Kirby on Captain America. Like myself, we pretty much inked the Marvel Universe.

Joe is an outstanding inker and portrait artist as well.
I absolutely am honored by the great job he did in capturing my likeness for the cover of the 2nd Annual Joe Sinnott Inking Challenge. I once pencilled a piece that Joe inked for The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Index collection. At that time Joe was doing all these Marvel Universe books and he told me that he had actually worked on more Marvel characters than I had. Joe also did some great background inks on the Superman Vs. Spider-Man Treasury Edition that I inked over John Buscema.

It is wonderful that Frank and Joe are the recipients of the 2016 Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award. These two superb artists make the already great list of Hall of Famers even more elite.

Thank you to the Inkwell’s committee for electing them, and thanks to everyone for their continued support of the Inkwell Awards.

Joe Sinnott

In cooperation with Special Inkwell Ambassador and award-winning author J. David Spurlock, the ceremony kicked off with a special appearance by industry legend Jim Steranko who discussed the artform of comic-book inking, his related experiences in the medium, and its artists, including Joe Sinnott and Frank Giacoia. Inkwell Awards founder and director Bob Almond acted as both ceremony host and presenter, joined by hostess “Ms. Inkwell,” as portrayed by Holly Black. Artist Breno Tamura accepted Joe Prado’s award as a pre-recorded video of Prado’s acceptance speech was played. Guest speaker, artist-writer Mike Grell, spoke for Rubinstein. Writer Todd Dezago spoke for Giacoia, and statements from their respective families, including for Vince Colletta, were read. Silver Inkwell trophies were presented to three nomination committee members who served five years: Michele Witchipoo, Bob Bretall and Johnny B. Gerardy. All acceptance statements from the winners can be found in the “Results” section of the Inkwell Awards' website in the near future.

The Inkwell Awards is the only existing, official 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and promote the art form of comic-book inking, as well as annually recognize and award the best ink artists and their work. The organization is overseen by a committee of industry professionals and assisted by various professional ambassadors and contributors. They sponsor the Dave Simons Inkwell Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Kubert School and host the Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award.

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Once Again... 2016 Harvey Nomination Ballot Deadline is Monday, April 9th

2016 HARVEY NOMINATION BALLOT DEADLINE IS MONDAY

Final Notice -- Nomination Ballots due May 9

The final 3 days for voting in the Harvey Awards are upon us! Here are the key details. Please share this simple information with all your friends!

Who: Comic book, comic strip, webcomic, and graphic novel creators!

What: Final weekend to vote in the Harvey Awards Nomination Ballot! You decide what goes onto the final round! Vote for 1 category, all categories, or anywhere between.

Where: http://harveyawards.org/2016-nomination-ballot/

When: The next 4 days. Ballot deadline is midnight Pacific Time Monday, May 9th!

Why: Your opinion as a creator is respected and desired by your peers! Check Twitter to see how people are voting -- https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=harvey%20awards.

Thanks for your time,
Harvey Awards Committee

About The Harvey Awards
The Harvey Awards are one of the comic book industry's oldest and most respected awards. With a history of over 29 years, the last 10 in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in 22 categories. They are the only industry awards nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals.  For more information, please visit www.harveyawards.org

About The Baltimore Comic-Con
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 17th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area.  With a guest list unequaled in the industry, the Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 2-4, 2016.  For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com.

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Recommending Nominees for the 2016 Harvey Awards? Well, Deadline Approaching

2016 HARVEY NOMINATION BALLOT DEADLINE IS MAY 9

PLEASE VOTE

BALTIMORE, MD -- With just under two weeks before nomination ballots are due, the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con want to ensure all comics professionals have taken the opportunity to submit their recommendations at http://harveyawards.org/2016-nomination-ballot/ for the final Harvey Awards ballot! If you have already voted, THANK YOU -- if you have not, there is still time!

Historically, the bulk of final nominations comes in during the final week leading up to the deadline, so don't feel like it's too late to reach out to the comics community and suggest your work for nomination or submit your own ballot for the works that you feel merit distinction in the industry.

The Harvey Awards honor work published in the 2015 calendar year. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry's most innovative talents, they recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. The 29th Annual Harvey Awards will be presented Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 as part of the Baltimore Comic-Con.

Ballots are due for submission by Monday, May 9th, 2016. 

The Harvey Awards may be voted on exclusively by Comic-Book creators, those who write, draw, ink, color, letter, design, edit, or are otherwise professionally involved in the creative aspect of comics, online or in print. The Harvey Awards are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals.  

Please help us encourage your peers to complete the nomination process by posting the attached "I Voted!" Harvey Awards graphic to your website, blog, and social media sites. Once you submit your nominations, let your peers know by tagging us on Facebook (like us at https://www.facebook.com/theharveyawards) and Twitter (@HarveyAwards hashtag #harveys2016).

The Harveys would not be possible without the generous sponsors of the Awards. Sponsors for the last year's 2015 Harvey Awards included Presenting Sponsors Cards, Comics & Collectibles and the Baltimore Comic-Con; Gold Sponsors BOOM! Studios, Comic WOW!, DC Entertainment, Diamond Comic Distributors, and Geppi's Entertainment Museum; Silver Sponsors Akuna Entertainment, ComicMix, Insight Studios Group, Painted Visions Comics, and Valiant Entertainment; and Gift Bag Sponsors Abrams ComicArts, Archie Comic Publications, Book Blaze, BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse Comics, DC Entertainment, Diamond Select Toys, Dynamite Entertainment, Harper Collins, IDW, Legendary, Popfun Collectibles, Joe Staton/Tribune Media Services, and Valiant Entertainment. 

Companies and individuals interested in sponsoring the 2016 Harvey Awards may do so by contacting us at harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com.

This year's Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 2-4, 2016. The ceremony and banquet for the Harvey Awards will be held Saturday night, September 3rd, 2016. Additional details about the Harvey Awards and the awards ceremony will be released over the next few months.


About The Harvey Awards
The Harvey Awards are one of the comic book industry's oldest and most respected awards. With a history of over 29 years, the last 10 in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in 22 categories. They are the only industry awards nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals.  For more information, please visit www.harveyawards.org

About The Baltimore Comic-Con
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 17th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area.  With a guest list unequaled in the industry, the Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 2-4, 2016.  For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com.

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Humanoids Announces 2016 Eisner Award Nomination for Carita Lupattelli

Carita Lupattelli receives Eisner Nomination

With her first foray into graphic novels, Carita Lupattelli has been nominated in the category of Best Painter in the 2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.

Los Angeles, CA - Italian artist Carita Lupattelli is one of the record 49 women nominated in the 2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Carita was nominated in the category of "Best Painter/Multimedia Artist" for "Izuna" (Humanoids). An accomplished cover artist and illustrator for traditional novels in her home country of Italy, this is Lupattelli’s first work in graphic novels and the first time her work has been available to an English speaking audience.

Izuna (ISBN: 978-1-59465-125-0), written by Saverio Tenuta & Bruno Letizia and drawn by Ms. Lupattelli, is the second series set in the mystical Japanese world originally created by Saverio Tenuta in the global bestselling Legend of the Scarlet Blades (ISBN: 978-1-59465-110-6). Another Izuna book is planned for release in early 2018, as is another spin-off series set in the same universe. Both Legend of the Scarlet Blades and Izuna are available for purchase at comic book stores, book stores and at www.humanoids.com.

Voting for the 2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards is open now through June 17, 2016 to all professionals in the comic book industry. The ballot is available at www.eisnervote.com. The results of the voting will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 22, 2016 at Comic-Con International.

About Humanoids
HUMANOIDS released its first graphic novels over 40 years ago in Paris, France, and has published thousands of titles since, including international bestsellers and iconic series such as The Incal and Barbarella. Based in Hollywood, California, with branches in Paris, London, and Tokyo, Humanoids is currently developing multiple film adaptations of its books, including Bouncer, Metal, I Am Legion, and The Z Word (aka The Zombies That Ate The World).

Twitter: @HumanoidsUK
Facebook: www.facebook.com/humanoidsinc
Website: www.humanoids.com

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Image Comics Celebrates 18 Nominations for 2016 Eisner Awards

THE EISNERS ANNOUNCE 18 NOMINATIONS FOR IMAGE COMICS

In celebration, digital editions of all nominated titles will be on sale for a limited time

Comic-Con International announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2016 this morning. Fourteen nominations were for books published by Image Comics, and an additional four nominations were shared with other publishers, bringing the total nominations for Image Comics to eighteen. In celebration, digital editions of all nominated titles are on sale at Comixology and ImageComics.com.

FULL LIST OF IMAGE COMICS EISNER 2016 NOMINATIONS

Best Continuing Series: 
INVINCIBLE by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, and Cliff Rathburn (Image/Skybound)
SOUTHERN BASTARDS by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour

Best Limited Series:
CHRONONAUTS by Mike Millar and Sean Murphy
THE FADE OUT by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
MINIMUM WAGE: SO MANY BAD DECISIONS by Bob Fingerman

Best New Series:
BITCH PLANET by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro
MONSTRESS by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
PAPER GIRLS by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang

Best Humor Publication:
SEXCASTLE by Kyle Starks

Best Writer:
Ed Brubaker, THE FADE OUT, VELVET, CRIMINAL MAGAZINE
Marjorie Liu, MONSTRESS
Jason Aaron, SOUTHERN BASTARDS (shared nomination)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team:
Cliff Chiang, PAPER GIRLS

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art):
Dustin Nguyen, DESCENDER

Best Cover Artist:
Rafael Albuquerque, HUCK (shared nomination)

Best Coloring:
Elizabeth Breitweiser, THE FADE OUT, CRIMINAL MAGAZINE, OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA, VELVET
John Rauch, THE BEAUTY (shared nomination)
Jordie Bellaire, PRETTY DEADLY, THEY’RE NOT LIKE US, THE SURFACE, INJECTION, THE AUTUMNLANDS, PLUTONA, ZERO (shared nomination)

In celebration, Image Comics is offering a sale on digital comics for Eisner-nominated series, available on Comixology and ImageComics.com, now through April 25th.

Voting for the awards will be open soon at www.eisnervote.com. All professionals in the comic book industry are eligible to vote. The 2016 Eisner Awards will be presented at a gala awards ceremony to be held on Friday, July 22, 2016 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel.


ABOUT THE EISNER AWARDS:
The Eisner Awards are presented under the auspices of Comic-Con International, San Diego, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular artforms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominations Announced

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, also simply know as the “Eisner Awards,” are awards annually given for creative achievement in American comic books.  The awards are named for pioneering comic book writer, artist, and publisher, Will Eisner.  Some consider the Eisner Awards to be the preeminent awards that honor American comic books, even referring to the awards as “the Oscars of comic books” (which is so obviously ridiculous).  A "judging panel" picks the nominees.  Eligible voters that meet certain professional criteria vote on winners.

The Eisner Awards also include the Comic Industry's Hall of Fame.  The Eisner Awards are associated with the annual Comic-Con International convention held in San Diego, California, in July.  The Eisner Awards have been given annually since 1988, with the exception of 1990.

The 2016 Eisner Award nominations were announced Tuesday, April 19, 2016.  They winners will be announced Friday, July 22, 2016 at a gala ceremony held during Comic-Con International 2016.

Of note, 49 women received a record 61 nominations.

The 2016 Eisner Awards judging panel consists of journalist/reviewer Brian Doherty, comics writer/editor Danny Fingeroth, retailer Jason Grazulis (BSI Comics, Metairie, LA), librarian Jason M. Poole (Webster Public Library, Webster, NY), Comic-Con International board member Natalie Powell, and academic/scholar Carol Tilley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

2016 Eisner Award Nominees:

Best Short Story

•     “Black Death in America,” by Tom King and John Paul Leon, in Vertigo Quarterly: Black (Vertigo/DC)
•     “Hand Me Down,” by Kristyna Baczynski, in 24 x 7 (Fanfare Presents)
•     “It’s Going to Be Okay,” by Matthew Inman, in The Oatmeal, theoatmeal.com/comics/plane
•     “Killing and Dying,” by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #14 (Drawn & Quarterly)
•     “Lion and Mouse,” by R. Sikoryak, in Fable Comics (First Second)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

•     A Blanket of Butterflies, by Richard Van Camp and Scott B. Henderson (HighWater Press)
•     I Love This Part, by Tillie Walden (Avery Hill)
•     Mowgli’s Mirror, by Olivier Schrauwen (Retrofit/Big Planet)
•     Pope Hats #4, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse)
•     Silver Surfer #11: “Never After,” by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)

Best Continuing Series

•     Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
•     Giant Days, by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin (BOOM! Studios/BOOM! Box)
•     Invincible, by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, and Cliff Rathburn (Image/Skybound)
•     Silver Surfer, by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)
•     Southern Bastards, by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour (Image)

Best Limited Series

•     Chrononauts, by Mark Millar and Sean Murphy (Image)
•     The Fade Out, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
•     Lady Killer, by Joëlle Jones and Jamie S. Rich (Dark Horse)
•     Minimum Wage: So Many Bad Decisions, by Bob Fingerman (Image)
•     The Spire, by Simon Spurrier and Jeff Stokely (BOOM! Studios)

Best New Series

•     Bitch Planet, by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro (Image)
•     Harrow County, by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook (Dark Horse)
•     Kaijumax, by Zander Cannon (Oni)
•     Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
•     Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image)
•     The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

•     Anna Banana and the Chocolate Explosion, by Dominque Roques and Alexis Dormal (First Second)
•     Little Robot, by Ben Hatke (First Second)
•     The Only Child, by Guojing (Schwartz & Wade)
•     SheHeWe, by Lee Nordling and Meritxell Bosch (Lerner Graphic Universe)
•     Written and Drawn by Henrietta, by Liniers (TOON Books)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

•     Baba Yaga’s Assistant, by Marika McCoola and Emily Carroll (Candlewick)
•     Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War, by Jessica Dee Humphreys, Michel Chikwanine, and Claudia Devila (Kids Can Press)
•     Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor, by Nathan Hale (Abrams Amulet)
•     Over the Garden Wall, by Pat McHale and Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios/KaBOOM!)
•     Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson (Dial Books)
•     Sunny Side Up, by Jennifer Holm and Matthew Holm (Scholastic Graphix)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

•     Awkward, by Svetlana Chmakova (Yen Press)
•     Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, by Don Brown (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
•     March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
•     Moose, by Max de Radiguès (Conundrum)
•     Oyster War, by Ben Towle (Oni)
•     SuperMutant Magic Academy, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Humor Publication

•     Cyanide & Happiness: Stab Factory, by Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker, and Dave McElfatrick (BOOM! Studios/BOOM! Box)
•     Deep Dark Fears, by Fran Krause (Ten Speed Press)
•     Sexcastle, by Kyle Starks (Image)
•     Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
•     UR, by Eric Haven (AdHouse)

Best Digital/Webcomic

•     Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
•     Fresh Romance, edited by Janelle Asselin (Rosy Press/comiXology)
•     The Legend of Wonder Woman, by Renae De Liz (DC Digital)
•     Lighten Up, by Ronald Wimberly (The Nib), thenib.com/lighten-up-4f7f96ca8a7e#.u45ffr3l1
•     These Memories Won’t Last, by Stu Campbell, memories.sutueatsflies.com/

Best Anthology

•     Drawn & Quarterly, Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary, Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, edited by Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
•     Eat More Comics: The Best of the Nib, edited by Matt Bors (The Nib)
•     24 x 7, edited by Dan Berry (Fanfare Presents)
•     Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, vol. 3, edited by David Petersen (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
•     Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, edited by Shannon Watters (BOOM! Studios/KaBOOM!)

Best Reality-Based Work

•     The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978–1984, by Riad Sattouf (Metropolitan Books)
•     Displacement: A Travelogue, by Lucy Knisley (Fantagraphics)
•     Hip Hop Family Tree, Book 3: 1983–1984, by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
•     Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist, by Bill Griffith (Fantagraphics)
•     March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
•     The Story of My Tits, by Jennifer Hayden (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Graphic Album—New

•     Long Walk to Valhalla, by Adam Smith and Matthew Fox (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
•     Nanjing: The Burning City, by Ethan Young (Dark Horse)
•     Ruins, by Peter Kuper (SelfMadeHero)
•     Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen, by Dylan Horrocks (Fantagraphics)
•     The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, by Sydney Padua (Pantheon)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

•     Angry Youth Comics, by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics)
•     Roses in December: A Story of Love and Alzheimer’s, by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers (Kent State University Press)
•     The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal Omnibus, by E. K. Weaver (Iron Circus Comics)
•     Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson (Harper Teen)
•     Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)

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)
•     City of Clowns, by Daniel Alarcón and Sheila Alvarado (Riverhead Books)
•     Ghetto Clown, by John Leguizamo, Christa Cassano, and Shamus Beyale (Abrams ComicArts)
•     Lafcadio Hearn’s “The Faceless Ghost” and Other Macabre Tales from Japan, adapted by Sean Michael Wilson and Michiru Morikawa (Shambhala)
•     Two Brothers, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

•     Alpha . . . Directions, by Jens Harder (Knockabout/Fanfare)
•     The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez (Fantagraphics)
•     A Glance Backward by Pierre Paquet and Tony Sandoval (Magnetic Press)
•     The March of the Crabs, by Arthur de Pins (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
•     The Realist, by Asaf Hanuka (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

•     Assassination Classroom, vols. 2–7, by Yusei Matsui (VIZ)
•     A Bride’s Story, vol. 7, by Kaoru Mori (Yen Press)
•     Master Keaton, vols. 2–4, by Naoki Urasawa, Hokusei Katsushika, and Takashi Nagasaki (VIZ)
•     Showa, 1953–1989: A History of Japan, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
•     A Silent Voice, by Yoshitoki Oima (Kodansha)
•     Sunny, vol. 5, by Taiyo Matsumoto (VIZ)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

•     Beyond Mars, by Jack Williamson and Lee Elias, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/LOAC)
•     Cartoons for Victory, by Warren Bernard (Fantagraphics)
•     The Complete Funky Winkerbean, vol. 4, by Tom Batiuk, edited by Mary Young (Black Squirrel Books)
•     The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
•     Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi, vols. 1 and 2, edited by Joseph V. Procopio (Picture This Press/Lost Art Books)
•     White Boy in Skull Valley, by Garrett Price, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

•     Frank Miller’s Ronin Gallery Edition, edited by Bob Chapman (Graphitti Designs/DC)
•     P. Craig Russell’s Murder Mystery and Other Stories Gallery Edition, edited by Daniel Chabon (Dark Horse)
•     The Puma Blues: The Complete Saga, by Stephen Murphy, Alan Moore, Michael Zulli, Stephen R. Bissette, and Dave Sim, edited by Drew Ford (Dover)
•     Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Don Rosa Library, vols. 3–4, edited by David Gerstein (Fantagraphics)
•     Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tales, edited by Craig Yoe (IDW)

Best Writer

•     Jason Aaron, Southern Bastards (Image), Men of Wrath (Marvel Icon), Doctor Strange, Star Wars, Thor (Marvel)
•     John Allison, Giant Days (BOOM Studios!/BOOM! Box)
•     Ed Brubaker, The Fade Out, Velvet, Criminal Special Edition (Image)
•     Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image)
•     G. Willow Wilson, Ms. Marvel (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist

•     Bill Griffith, Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist (Fantagraphics)
•     Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor (Abrams)
•     Sydney Padua, The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (Pantheon)
•     Ed Piskor, Hip-Hop Family Tree, vol. 3 (Fantagraphics)
•     Noah Van Sciver, Fante Bukowski, Saint Cole (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

•     Michael Allred, Silver Surfer (Marvel); Art Ops (Vertigo/DC)
•     Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls (Image)
•     Erica Henderson, Jughead (Archie), Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Marvel)
•     Joëlle Jones, Lady Killer (Dark Horse), Brides of Helheim (Oni)
•     Nate Powell, March, Book Two (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist

•     Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Tiger and Love: The Fox (Magnetic Press)
•     Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain)
•     Carita Lupattelli, Izuna (Humanoids)
•     Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)
•     Tony Sandoval, A Glance Backward (Magnetic Press)

Best Cover Artist

•     David Aja, Hawkeye, Karnak, Scarlet Witch (Marvel)
•     Rafael Albuquerque, Ei8ht (Dark Horse), Huck (Image)
•     Amanda Conner, Harley Quinn (DC)
•     Joëlle Jones, Lady Killer (Dark Horse), Brides of Helheim (Oni)
•     Ed Piskor, Hip-Hop Family Tree (Fantagraphics)

Best Coloring

•     Laura Allred, Lady Killer (Dark Horse); Silver Surfer (Marvel); Art OPS (Vertigo/DC)
•     Jordie Bellaire, The Autumnlands, Injection, Plutona, Pretty Deadly, The Surface, They’re Not Like Us, Zero (Image); The X-Files (IDW); The Massive (Dark Horse); Magneto, Vision (Marvel)
•     Elizabeth Breitwiser, The Fade Out, Criminal Magazine, Outcast, Velvet (Image)
•     John Rauch, The Beauty (Image); Batman: Arkham Knight, Earth 2: Society (DC); Runaways (Marvel)
•     Dave Stewart, Abe Sapien, BPRD Hell on Earth, Fight Club 2, Frankenstein Underground, Hellboy in Hell, Hellboy and the BPRD, (Dark Horse); Sandman: Overture, Twilight Children (Vertigo/DC), Captain America: White (Marvel), Space Dumplins (Scholastic Graphix)

Best Lettering

•     Derf Backderf, Trashed (Abrams)
•     Steve Dutro, Blood-C, Midnight Society, Plants vs Zombies (Dark Horse)
•     Lucy Knisley, Displacement (Fantagraphics)
•     Troy Little, Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Top Shelf/IDW)
•     Kevin McCloskey, We Dig Worms! (TOON Books)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

•     Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
•     Back Issue, edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows)
•     Comic Riffs blog by Michael Cavna, washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/
•     Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)
•     Jack Kirby Collector, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)

Best Comics-Related Book

•     Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America, by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics)
•     King of the Comics: One Hundred Years of King Features Syndicate, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/LOAC)
•     Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (Abrams ComicArts)
•     Out of Line: The Art of Jules Feiffer, by Martha Fay (Abrams ComicArts)
•     Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel, by Paul Levitz (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

•     The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art, edited by  Frances Gateward and John Jennings (Rutgers)
•     Boys Love Manga and Beyond: History, Culture, and Community in Japan, edited by Mark McLelland et al. (University Press of Mississippi)
•     Graphic Medicine Manifesto, by M. K. Czerwiec et al. (Penn State University Press)
•     Superheroes on World Screens, edited by Rayna Denison and Rachel Mizsei-Ward (University Press of Mississippi)
•     Unflattening, by Nick Sousanis (Harvard University Press)

Best Publication Design

•     Beyond the Surface, designed by Nicolas André, Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, and Camille Pichon (Nobrow)
•     The Eternaut, designed by Tony Ong (Fantagraphics)
•     Eventually Everything Connects, designed by Loris Lora, Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, and Camille Pichon (Nobrow)
•     King of the Comics: One Hundred Years of King Features Syndicate, designed by Dean Mullaney (IDW/LOAC)
•     Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, designed by Chip Kidd (Abrams ComicArts)
•     Sandman Gallery Edition, designed by Graphitti Designs and Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios (Graphitti Designs/DC)

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Comic-Con International announced that the Eisner Awards judges selected two individuals to automatically be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame for 2016.  These inductees are Carl Burgos (Golden Age creator of The Human Torch) and Tove Jansson (cartoonist of the internationally popular “Moomins”).

The judges also chose 14 nominees from which voters will select 4 to be inducted in the Hall of Fame this summer. These nominees are Lynda Barry, Kim Deitch, Rube Goldberg, Edward Gorey, Bill Griffith, Matt Groening, Jack Kamen, Francoise Mouly, George Pérez, Antonio Prohias, P. Craig Russell, Rumiko Takahashi, Jacques Tardi, and Herb Trimpe.