Archive for Glyph Comics Awards
Fan Award for Best Comic Nominees
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Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel
Kevin Grevioux, writer, Mat Broome, Sean Parson & Alvaro Lopez, artists |
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Black Lightning Year One
Jen Van Meter, writer, Cully Hamner, artist |
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Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink
Eric Wallace, writer, Fabrizio Fiorentino, artist |
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Luke Cage Noir
Mike Benson & Adam Glass, writers, Shawn Martinbrough, artist |
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War Machine: Iron Heart
Greg Pak, writer, Leonardo Manco, artist |
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Write-in Ballots
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 Wednesday, March 31, 2010.
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2010 GLYPH COMICS AWARDS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED; JUDGES NAMED
This past May, history was made at the Glyph Comics Awards (GCA) ceremony as Jeremy Love’s Bayou became the most celebrated book in GCA history, winning all five awards in which he and his webcomic were nominated, including Story of the Year. Expectations are high for another exciting competition this year.
The panel of judges for the 2010 competition is:
- David Brothers, comics blogger, 4th Letter!
- Carol Burrell, editorial director, Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group
- Brian Cronin, writer, Comic Book Resources
- Katie Merritt, co-owner, Green Brain Comics; former president, Friends of Lulu
- Dan Merritt, co-owner, Green Brain Comics
Any comics publisher – small, large, corporate, independent, self-published – as well as online comic creators and cartoonists for newspapers and other periodicals, are invited to submit black-themed material released from January 1 through December 31, 2009 for consideration for award recognition. The Committee defines black-themed work as any comic with any combination of the following: a black protagonist(s), or at least a black character(s) pivotal to the direction of the story; a setting(s) or a theme(s) that explores the black experience within the United States and/or abroad, past, present, and/or future; and/or a comic of any kind written and/or illustrated by a black creator(s).
Anyone wishing to submit their comic book or comic strip for consideration in the 2010 competition should e-mail GCA Committee Chair Rich Watson for further information. Hard copies are preferred, though submissions of electronic files will also be accepted. Online comics creators and newspaper/periodical cartoonists with websites should send a direct URL link to their site or page. Daily cartoonists must have a minimum of one month’s work archived and available for viewing; weekly cartoonists a minimum of two months. The deadline for submissions is Sunday, January 31, 2010.
The 2010 Glyph Comics Awards ceremony will be held at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) on Friday, May 14, 2010.
Congratulations
to the
2009 Glyph Comics Awards Winners
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Story of the Year
Bayou; Jeremy Love, Writer and Artist
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Best Writer
Jeremy Love, Bayou
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Best Artist
Jeremy Love, Bayou
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Best Male Character
Black Lightning, Final Crisis: Submit; Grant Morrison, Writer; Matthew Clark, Norm Rapmund, Rob Hunter, and Don Ho, Artists; Tony Isabella and Trevor von Eeden, Creators
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Best Female Character
Lee Wagstaff; Bayou; Jeremy Love, Writer and Artist
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Rising Star Award for Best Self-Publisher
Damian Duffy and John Jennings, The Hole: Consumer Culture
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Best Cover
Unknown Soldier #1; Igor Kordey, Illustrator
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Best Reprint Publication
Me and the Devil Blues V1, David Ury, Del Rey, Translator/Adapter
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Best Comic Strip
Bayou; Jeremy Love, Writer and Artist
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Fan Award for Best Comic
Vixen: Return of the Lion; G. Willow Wilson, Writer; Cafu, Artist
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Story of the Year
- Bayou; Jeremy Love, writer and artist
- Incognegro; Mat Johnson, writer, Warren Pleece, artist
- Justice League of America: The Second Coming; Dwayne McDuffie, writer, Ed Benes, artist
- Pilot Season: Genius; Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman, writers, Afua Richardson, artist
- Presidential Material: Barack Obama; Jeff Mariotte, writer, Tom Morgan, artist
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Best Cover
- Final Crisis: Submit; Matthew Clark & Norm Rapmund, artists; Richard & Tonya Horie, colors
- The Hole: Consumer Culture; John Jennings, illustrator
- Pilot Season: Genius; Afua Richardson, illustrator
- Unknown Soldier #1; Igor Kordey, illustrator
- Vixen: Return of the Lion #1; Josh Middleton, illustrator
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Best Writer
- Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman; Genius
- Mat Johnson; Incognegro
- Jeremy Love; Bayou
- Jeff Mariotte; Presidential Material: Barack Obama
- Dwayne McDuffie; Justice League of America
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Best Artist
- Jamal Igle; Supergirl
- Jeremy Love; Bayou
- Warren Pleece; Incognegro
- Afua Richardson; Pilot Season: Genius
- Larry Stroman; Black Panther Annual #1
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Best Male Character
- Black Lightning; Final Crisis: Submit; Grant Morrison, writer, Matthew Clark, Norm Rapmund, Rob Hunter & Don Ho, artists; created by Tony Isabella & Trevor von Eeden
- Black Panther; Black Panther Annual #1; Reginald Hudlin, writer, Larry Stroman & Ken Lashley, artists; created by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby
- Lwanga Moses; Unknown Soldier; Joshua Dysart, writer, Alberto Ponticelli, artist; inspired by the character created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert
- The Spectre; Final Crisis: Revelations; Greg Rucka, writer, Philip Tan, Jeff de los Santos & Jonathan Glapion, artists; inspired by the character created by Jerry Siegel & Bernard Bailey
- Zane Pinchback; Incognegro; created by Mat Johnson, writer, and Warren Pleece, artist
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Best Female Character
- Destiny Ajaye; Pilot Season: Genius; created by Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman, writers, Afua Richardson, artist
- Lee Wagstaff; Bayou; created by Jeremy Love, writer and artist
- Storm; X-Men: Worlds Apart; Christopher Yost, writer, Diogenes Neves, artist; created by Len Wein & Dave Cockrum
- Vielle; Fungus Grotto; created by Shatia Hamilton, writer and artist
- Vixen; Vixen: Return of the Lion; G. Willow Wilson, writer, Cafu, artist; created by Gerry Conway & Bob Oksner
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Rising Star Award
- Jennifer Crute; Jennifer’s Journal
- Damian Duffy & John Jennings; The Hole: Consumer Culture
- Charlie Goubile; Blackbird
- Starline X. Hodge; Candi
- Ashley Woods; Millennia War
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Best Reprint Publication
- Aya of Yop City; Drawn & Quarterly
- Me and the Devil Blues V1; Del Rey
- Nat Turner HC; Abrams
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Best Comic Strip
- Bayou; Jeremy Love, writer and artist
- Café con Leche; Charlos Gary, writer and artist
- Fungus Grotto; Shatia Hamilton, writer and artist
- “Jefferson Jacks” from Crankshaft; Tom Batiuk & Tony Isabella, writers, Chuck Ayers, artist
- The K Chronicles; Keith Knight, writer and artist
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Fan Award for Best Comic
- Iron Man: Director of SHIELD #33-35; Christos Gage, writer, Sean Chen & Sandu Florea, artists
- Pilot Season: Genius; Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman, writers, Afua Richardson, artist
- Presidential Material: Barack Obama; Jeff Mariotte, writer, Tom Morgan, artist
- Vixen: Return of the Lion; G. Willow Wilson, writer, Cafu, artist
- Young Avengers Presents #1; Ed Brubaker, writer, Paco Medina, artist
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Click here for a history of Glyph Comic Awards nominees and winners
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2009 GLYPH COMICS AWARDS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED; JUDGES NAMED
This past May, in the closest race in the brief history of the Glyph Comics Awards (GCA), Sentences, the autobiography of underground rapper MF Grimm, a.k.a. Percy Carey, walked away with the grand prize of Story of the Year. This year promises just as competitive a race.
The GCA Committee has selected their panel of judges for the 2009 competition. They are:
- Valerie D’Orazio, president, Friends of Lulu
- Mathan Erhardt, writer, Comics Nexus
- Ed Mathews, columnist, Pop Image
- Tim O’Shea, writer/interviewer, TalkingWithTim.com
- Elayne Riggs, comics reviewer and commentator
Any comics publisher – small, large, corporate, independent, self-published – as well as online comic creators and cartoonists for newspapers and other periodicals, are invited to submit black-themed material released from January 1-December 31, 2008 for consideration for award recognition. The Committee defines black-themed work as any comic with any combination of the following: a black protagonist(s), or at least a black character(s) pivotal to the direction of the story; a setting(s) or a theme(s) that explores the black experience within the United States and/or abroad, past, present, and/or future; and/or a comic of any kind written and/or illustrated by a black creator(s).
Anyone wishing to submit their comic book or comic strip for consideration in the 2009 competition should e-mail GCA Committee Chair Rich Watson for further information. Hard copies are preferred, though submissions of e-files will also be accepted. Online comics creators and newspaper/periodical cartoonists with websites should send a direct URL link to their site or page. Daily cartoonists must have a minimum of one month’s work archived and available for viewing; weekly cartoonists a minimum of two months. The deadline for submissions is Saturday, January 31, 2009.
The 2009 Glyph Comics Awards ceremony will be held at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) in May 2009.
Congratulations
to the
2008 Glyph Comics Award Winners
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Story of the Year
Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm ; Percy Carey, writer, Ronald Wimberly, artist
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Best Writer
James Sturm, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
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Best Artist
Kyle Baker, Nat Turner: Revolution
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Best Male Character
Emmet Wilson, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow; co-created by James Sturm, writer, and Rich Tommaso, artist
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Best Female Character
Amanda Waller, Checkmate; Greg Rucka, writer, Joe Bennett & Jack Jadson, artists
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Rising Star Award for Best Self-Publisher
Marguerite Abouet, Aya
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Best Reprint Publication
Aya, Drawn & Quarterly; Chris Oliveros, publisher, Helge Dascher, translator
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Best Cover
Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm; Ronald Wimberly, illustrator
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Best Comic Strip
The K Chronicles; Keith Knight, story and art
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Fan Award for Best Comic
Fantastic Four: The New Fantastic Four; Dwayne McDuffie, writer, Paul Pelletier & Rick Magyar, artists
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Best Female Character
- Amanda Waller, Checkmate
- Lee Wagstaff, Bayou
- Martha Washington, Martha Washington Dies
- Saida Nri, Adrenaline
- Thomasina Lindo, Welcome to Tranquility
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Click here for a history of Glyph Comic Awards nominees and winners
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Story of the Year
Stagger Lee, Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix
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Best Writer
Derek McCulloch, Stagger Lee
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Best Artist
Kyle Baker,The Bakers
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Best Male Character
Stagger Lee, Stagger Lee
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Best Female Character
Thomasina Lindo, Welcome to Tranquility
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Rising Star Award for Best Self-Publisher
Spike, Templar, Arizona
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Best Reprint Publication
Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda, First Second
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Best Cover
Stagger Lee, Shepherd Hendrix
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Best Comic Strip
The K Chronicles, Keith Knight, creator, writer and artist
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Fan Award for Best Comic
Storm: Eric Jerome Dickey, David Yardin, Lan Medina, Jay Leisten, and Sean Parsons
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Best Artist
- Kyle Baker, The Bakers
- Shepherd Hendrix, Stagger Lee
- Jamal Igle, Firestorm
- Georges Jeanty, The American Way
- Christopher Schons, Earthlight Vol. 1
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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
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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
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Best Comic Strip
- Candorville, Darrin Bell
- The K Chronicles, Keith Knight
- Templar, Arizona, Spike
- (th)Ink, Keith Knight
- Watch Your Head, Cory Thomas
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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
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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
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Story of the Year
Nat Turner, Kyle Baker, writer and artist
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Best Writer
Lance Tooks, Lucifer’s Garden of Verses: Darlin’ Niki
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Best Artist
Kyle Baker, Nat Turner
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Best Male Character
Huey Freeman, Aaron McGruder, creator and writer
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Best Female Character
Niki, Lance Tooks, creator, writer and artist
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Rising Star Award for Best Self-Publisher
Robert Roach, The Roach
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Best Reprint Publication
Birth of a Nation (soft cover)
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Best Cover
Nat Turner #1, Kyle Baker, illustrator
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Best Comic Strip
The K Chronicles, Keith Knight, creator, writer and artist
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Fan Award for Best Comic
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?, Reginald Hudlin, writer, John Romita Jr.& Klaus Janson, artists, Axel Alonso, editor
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