Jack Kirby, William Messner Loebs Named This Year’s Recipient Of Bill Finger Award




The late Jack Kirby and the longtime writer and sometimes-cartoonist William Messner-Loebs will take home Bill Finger Award honors for 2017. One goes to a writer that has passed and one goes to a living writer.

The award, named after foundational Batman writer Bill Finger, targets writers that might have been under-appreciated in a way Finger was for so many years.

I believe this is the first time that the award has gone to creators potentially as or better known for their artistic contributions -- Kirby in particular is known as one of the 20th Century's two or three greatest comics artists. I think that's good to see, as a lot of artists also write, and at times their writing is treated differently than that done by people that come from a more solidly non-artistic scripting tradition. I also like both of these writers -- Messner-Loebs for his work on the historical drama Journey maybe more than the mainstream work. Kirby I think was a terrific writer who more than makes up in poetic expression and tone what he might lack in line to line writerly sophistication.

The Finger Award is given out during the Eisner Awards ceremony held the Friday of Comic-Con International weekend.
 
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