Missed It: Your 2016 Glyph Awards Nominees



Brigid Alverson has a nice write-up here on the nominees for this year's Glyph Awards, the winners of which are given out in conjunction with the East Coast Black Age Of Comics Convention, held each year in Philadelphia. This year the winners will be named May 20.

Alverson notes write-in nominations are encouraged in the "Fan Favorite" category.

The nominees are as follows:

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Story of the Year

* Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven -- Brandon Easton, Writer; Denis Medri, Artist
* Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker -- Julian Voloj, Writer; Claudia Ahlering, Artist
* Revelation: Brotherman -- Dictator of Discipline -- Guy A. Sims, Writer; Dawud Anyabwile, Artist

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Best Cover

* Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven -- Brandon Easton, Writer; Denis Medri, Artist
* Blue Hand Mojo: Dust to Dust -- John Jennings, Writer and Artist
* Tephlon Funk! -- Stephane Metayer, Writer; David Tako & Nicolas Safe, Artists

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Best Writer

* Erika Alexander and Tony Puryear, Concrete Park Volume Two: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
* (H)Afrocentric">Juliana "Jewels" Smith, (H)Afrocentric
* David F. Walker, Cyborg

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Best Artist

* Dawud Anyabwile, Revelation: Brotherman -- Dictator of Discipline
* Keef Cross, Dayblack #4 -- Shot in the Ass
* John Jennings, Blue Hand Mojo: Dust to Dust

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Best Male Character

* Arron Day (Blackjack), Blackjack: There Came a Dark Hunter -- Alex Simmons, Writer; Tim Fielder, Artist
* Antonio Valor (Brotherman), Revelation: Brotherman -- Dictator of Discipline -- Guy A. Sims, Writer; Dawud Anyabwile, Artist

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Best Female Character

* Moon Girl, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur -- Brandon Montclare and Amy Reeder, Writers; Natacha Bustos and Amy Reeder, Artists
* Lily, Malice in Ovenland -- Micheline Hess, Writer and Artist
* Naima Pepper, (H)Afrocentric -- Juliana "Jewels" Smith, Writer; Ronald R. Nelson, Artist

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Rising Star Award

* Chuck Collins, Writer and Artist -- Bounce!
* Stephane Metayer, Writer; David Tako & Nicolas Safe, Artists -- Tephlon Funk!
* D.C. Walker, Writer; Bruno Oliveira, Artist -- When the River Rises

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Best Comic Strip or Webcomic

* Blackwax Boulevard -- Dmitri Jackson, Writer and Artist
* Bounce! -- Chuck Collins, Writer and Artist
* Detective Boogaloo: Hip Hop Cop -- Jamar Nicholas, Writer and Artist

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Best Reprint Publication

* Ajala: A Series of Adventures, Book Two (XMoor Studios)
* Concrete Park, Volume One: You Send Me (Dark Horse Comics)
* Concrete Park, Volume Two: R-E-S-P-E-C-T (Dark Horse Comics)

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Fan Award for Best Work

* Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven -- Brandon Easton , Writer; Denis Medri , Artist
* Bounce! -- Chuck Collins, Writer and Artist
* Concrete Park, Volume Two: R-E-S-P-E-C-T -- Erika Alexander and Tony Puryear, Writers; Tony Puryear, Artist
* Shaft, Volume One: A Complicated Man -- David Walker, Writer; Sanford Greene, Artist

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