Missed It: Diamond Gem Awards

They're not generally flattering of the comics art form, but they don't care: the Gem Awards handed out by industry-dominant distributor Diamond Comic Distributors provides a yearly view of the Direct Market straight from the merchandise pallet. This year's awards came out last Thursday. DC was the big winner with 10 various awards. With IDW pushing into big-boy land in terms of market share, Boom! Studios took home the under-four percent publisher award. DC's dominance here makes some sense in light of Marvel's continued huge market share because DC had the best-received solo-series launch (Batman and Robin) and they were more overt about pushing their Blackest Night mega-series as such, where Marvel seemed more reluctant to travel down that road in 2009. IDW's Parker: The Hunter joins Abrams' Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics and Top Shelf's LOEG: Century #1 as critically well-received books to receive an award for their sales performance.

* 2009 Comic Book Publisher of the Year Over 4%: DC Comics
* 2009 Comic Book Publisher of the Year Under 4%: BOOM! Studios
* 2009 Backlist Publisher of the Year: DC Comics
* 2009 Manga Publisher of the Year: VIZ Media
* 2009 Toy Manufacturer of the Year: DC Direct
* 2009 Game Manufacturer of the Year: Wizards of the Coast (WotC)
* 2009 Sports Card Manufacturer of the Year: The Upper Deck Company
* 2009 Non-Sports Card Manufacturer of the Year: Rittenhouse Archives
* 2009 Video Manufacturer of the Year: Warner Home Video
* 2009 Comic Book of the Year Under $3.00: Batman and Robin #1 (DC Comics)
* 2009 Comic Book of the Year Over $3.00: Blackest Night #1 (DC Comics)
* 2009 Licensed Comic of the Year: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #22 (Dark Horse Comics)
* 2009 Licensed TP or HC of the Year: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 TP Volume 4: Time of Your Life (Dark Horse Comics)
* 2009 Original GN of the Year: Richard Starks' Parker: The Hunter HC (IDW)
* 2009 Indie GN of the Year: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen III: Century #1 – 1910 (TopShelf Productions)
* 2009 Manga TP of the Year: Naruto TP Volume 45 (Viz Media)
* 2009 Reprint TP or HC of the Year: Watchmen TP (DC Comics)
* 2009 Anthology TP of the Year: Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics HC (Abrams Comicarts)
* 2009 Trade Book of the Year: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies SC (Chronicle Books)
* 2009 Magazine of the Year: DC Super-Hero Figurine Collection (Eaglemoss Publications)
* 2009 Toy Product of the Year: Hot Toys' The Dark Knight 1/6 Scale Joker (DC Direct)
* 2009 Toy Line of the Year: Blackest Night (DC Direct)
* 2009 Collectible Statue of the Year: Cover Girls of the DCU Statue: Wonder Woman (DC Direct)
* 2009 Mini-Bust of the Year: Heroes of the DCU: Superman Bust (DC Direct)
* 2009 Sports Card Product of the Year: Topps 2009 Series 1 Hobby MLB T/C Box (Topps)
* 2009 Non-Sports Card Product of the Year: X-Men Archives T/C Box (Rittenhouse)
* 2009 Game Product of the Year: Magic: The Gathering TCG 2010 Core Set (Wizards of the Coast)
* 2009 Audio / Visual Media of the Year: Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog DVD (New Video)
 
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