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Jamar Nicholas to Host the Glyph Comic Awards

Author: sbrandford
March 23, 2008


Photo taken by Marc Manley

The Glyph Comics Awards Committee is proud to announce that Jamar Nicholas will return to host this year’s awards ceremony at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) in Philadelphia.

Nicholas, a Philly native, is best known for his hip hop comic strip Detective Boogaloo, as well as his autobiographical series The Jamar Chronicles. In 2007 he hosted the Awards for the first time, delighting the audience with his unique brand of humor while serving as emcee of the evening’s entertainment, which also included performances by spoken word/rap artists Grayson Board, Randy Moore, and Brother G.

“I’m very excited about having the opportunity to host the 2008 Glyph awards, and am honored to be asked,” says Nicholas. “I had a great time hosting last year’s awards, and to have it take place in such a historic institution as the African American Museum makes it even greater.”

“We really couldn’t ask for a better host,” says Committee Chair Rich Watson. “Jamar’s local, he’s a cartoonist himself, and he’s funnier than anybody hosting this thing has a right to be, so we hope to have him as our go-to guy for a long, long time.”

The Awards ceremony is free and open to the public and will be held Friday, May 16 at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, the night before the full day of the ECBACC convention, which will be held the next day, Saturday, May 17, at Temple University’s Anderson Hall.

The Committee also wishes to remind everyone that the poll for the Fan Award remains open until March 31. Everyone is encouraged to head over to the ECBACC website (http://ecbacc.com/wordpress/?page_id=76) and vote for your favorite black comic from 2007.

Sign up for Jamar’s mailing list and find out more about his work at http://www.sweatshoppress.com/.

2008 Glyph Comic Award Nominees

Author: sbrandford
February 24, 2008
Story of the Year

  • Hunter’s Moon, James L. White, Dalibor Talajic and Sebastian Cardoso
  • Nat Turner: Revolution, Kyle Baker
  • Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, James Sturm & Rich Tommaso
  • Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, Percy Carey & Ronald Wimberly
  • Welcome to Tranquility, Gail Simone & Neil Googe

Best Cover

  • Blade #5, Marko Djurdjevic
  • Highwaymen #1, Brian Stelfreeze
  • JSA Classified #28, Steve Uy
  • Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, Ronald Wimberly
  • Special Forces #2, Kyle Baker


Best Writer

  • Percy Carey, Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm
  • Dwayne McDuffie, Fantastic Four
  • Gail Simone, Welcome to Tranquility
  • James Sturm, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
  • James L. White, Hunter’s Moon

Best Artist

  • Kyle Baker, Nat Turner: Revolution
  • Olivier Coipel, Thor
  • Georges Jeanty, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Jeremy Love, Bayou
  • Ronald Wimberly, Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm


Best Male Character

  • Emmet Wilson, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
  • Luke Cage, New Avengers
  • MF Grimm, Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm
  • Nat Turner, Nat Turner: Revolution
  • The Spectre, Tales of the Unexpected

Best Female Character

  • Amanda Waller, Checkmate
  • Lee Wagstaff, Bayou
  • Martha Washington, Martha Washington Dies
  • Saida Nri, Adrenaline
  • Thomasina Lindo, Welcome to Tranquility


Rising Star Award

  • Marguerite Abouet, Aya
  • Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman, Monster Attack Network
  • Mark Haven Britt, Full Color
  • Klio, SPQR Blues
  • Korby Marks, Stormbringers

Best Reprint Publication

  • Aya, Drawn & Quarterly
  • Beyond Premiere HC, Marvel
  • It Rhymes With Lust, Dark Horse
  • Storm Premiere HC, Marvel
  • Stormwatch: Post Human Division V1, DC/Wildstorm


Best Comic Strip

  • Bayou, Jeremy Love
  • Candorville, Darrin Bell
  • Funny Cartoon of the Week, Kyle Baker
  • The K Chronicles, Keith Knight
  • Watch Your Head, Cory Thomas

Fan Award for Best Comic

  • Fantastic Four: The New Fantastic Four, Dwayne McDuffie, Paul Pelletier & Rick Magyar
  • JSA Classified #28, Fabian Nicieza & Steve Uy
  • New Warriors #1-6, Kevin Grevioux, Paco Medina & Juan Vlasco
  • Squadron Supreme: Hyperion vs. Nighthawk, Marc Guggenheim & Paul Gulacy
  • Stormwatch: Post Human Division, Christos Gage, Doug Mahnke and Andy Smith

Click here for a history of Glyph Comic Awards nominees and winners

2007 Glyph Comic Award Winners

Author: mwaters
May 21, 2007


Story of the Year
Stagger Lee, Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix


Best Writer
Derek McCulloch, Stagger Lee


Best Artist
Kyle Baker,The Bakers


Best Male Character
Stagger Lee, Stagger Lee


Best Female Character
Thomasina Lindo, Welcome to Tranquility


Rising Star Award for Best Self-Publisher
Spike, Templar, Arizona


Best Reprint Publication
Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda, First Second


Best Cover
Stagger Lee, Shepherd Hendrix


Best Comic Strip
The K Chronicles, Keith Knight, creator, writer and artist


Fan Award for Best Comic
Storm: Eric Jerome Dickey, David Yardin, Lan Medina, Jay Leisten, and Sean Parsons

2007 Fan Favorite of the Year

Author: mwaters
February 19, 2007

                

If you have a preference for another black comic not on the ballot, please send your write-in choice to rich.watson@gmail.com.

This is ONLY for nominations not on this ballot. Any write-in ballots containing any of the above five nominees will be discarded!

The deadline for voting in the Fan Award is Sunday, April 15, 2007.

2007 Glyph Comic Award Nominees

Author: mwaters
February 19, 2007
Story of the Year

  • The American Way, John Ridley, Georges Jeanty and Karl Story
  • Bluesman Book 3, Rob Vollmar and Pablo Callejo
  • Day 8, Damian Duffy, Deborah Grison and John Jennings
  • Earthlight Vol. 1, Stuart Moore and Christopher Schons
  • Stagger Lee, Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix

Rising Star Award

  • Darryl Hughes and Monique MacNaughton, GAAK
  • Mark Page, Kana’s Island
  • Felipe Smith, MBQ
  • Spike, Templar, Arizona
  • Masheka Wood, What Masheka Did


Best Writer

  • Damian Duffy and Deborah Grison, Day 8
  • Derek McCulloch, Stagger Lee
  • Stuart Moore, Earthlight Vol. 1
  • John Ridley, The American Way
  • Rob Vollmar, Bluesman Book 3

Best Reprint Publication

  • Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda, First Second
  • Krazy and Ignatz 1937-38, Fantagraphics
  • Nat Turner Encore Edition Vol. 1, Kyle Baker Publishing
  • Never Made to Last: Stories of Suburban Folklore, Ourobor Books
  • Tokyo Tribes Vol. 5, TokyoPop


Best Artist

  • Kyle Baker, The Bakers
  • Shepherd Hendrix, Stagger Lee
  • Jamal Igle, Firestorm
  • Georges Jeanty, The American Way
  • Christopher Schons, Earthlight Vol. 1

Best Cover

  • 52 Week 14, J.G. Jones
  • The American Way #2, Georges Jeanty, Karl Story and Randy Mayor
  • Firestorm #23, Brian Stelfreeze
  • Stagger Lee, Shepherd Hendrix
  • Storm #1, Mike Mayhew


Best Male Character

  • Infidel, Astro City: Samaritan
  • Lem Taylor, Bluesman Book 3
  • Mr. Jenkins, Day 8
  • New American, The American Way
  • Stagger Lee, Stagger Lee

Best Comic Strip

  • Candorville, Darrin Bell
  • The K Chronicles, Keith Knight
  • Templar, Arizona, Spike
  • (th)Ink, Keith Knight
  • Watch Your Head, Cory Thomas


Best Female Character

  • Amo Tanzer, Lucifer’s Garden of Verses: Between the Devil and Miles Davis
  • Evelyn Prescott, Stagger Lee
  • Ororo, Storm
  • Sahara, Elephantmen
  • Thomasina Lindo, Welcome to Tranquility

Fan Award for Best Comic

  • Black Panther: The Bride, Reginald Hudlin, Scot Eaton and Klaus Janson
  • Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre, Will Pfeifer and Cliff Chiang
  • Firestorm #28-32, Stuart Moore, Jamal Igle and Keith Champagne
  • New Avengers #22, Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu
  • Storm, Eric Jerome Dickey, David Yardin, Lan Medina, Jay Leisten and Sean Parsons

2006 Glyph Comic Award Winners

Author: mwaters
May 20, 2006


Story of the Year
Nat Turner, Kyle Baker, writer and artist


Best Writer
Lance Tooks, Lucifer’s Garden of Verses: Darlin’ Niki


Best Artist
Kyle Baker, Nat Turner


Best Male Character
Huey Freeman, Aaron McGruder, creator and writer


Best Female Character
Niki, Lance Tooks, creator, writer and artist


Rising Star Award for Best Self-Publisher
Robert Roach, The Roach


Best Reprint Publication
Birth of a Nation (soft cover)


Best Cover
Nat Turner #1, Kyle Baker, illustrator


Best Comic Strip
The K Chronicles, Keith Knight, creator, writer and artist


Fan Award for Best Comic
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?, Reginald Hudlin, writer, John Romita Jr.& Klaus Janson, artists, Axel Alonso, editor