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February 17, 2009


Your 2009 Glyph Awards Nominations

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The Glyph Comics Awards has released its list of nominees for their 2009 program. They are:

Story of the Year
* Bayou, Jeremy Love
* Incognegro, Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece
* Justice League of America: The Second Coming, Dwayne McDuffie and Ed Benes
* Pilot Season: Genius, Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman and Afua Richardson
* Presidential Material: Barack Obama, Jeff Mariotte and Tom Morgan

Best Writer
* Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman, Pilot Season: Genius
* Mat Johnson, Incognegro
* Jeremy Love, Bayou
* Jeff Mariotte, Presidential Material: Barack Obama
* Dwayne McDuffie, Justice League of America

Best Artist
* Jamal Igle, Supergirl
* Jeremy Love, Bayou
* Warren Pleece, Incognegro
* Afua Richardson, Pilot Season: Genius
* Larry Stroman, Black Panther Annual #1

Best Male Character
* Black Lightning, Final Crisis: Submit (Grant Morrison and Matthew Clark and Norm Rapmund and Rob Hunter and Don Ho; created by Tony Isabella and Trevor von Eeden)
* Black Panther, Black Panther Annual #1 (Reginald Hudlin and Larry Stroman and Ken Lashley; created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
* Lwanga Moses, Unknown Soldier (Joshua Dysart and Alberto Ponticelli; inspired by the character created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert)
* The Spectre, Final Crisis: Revelations (Greg Rucka and Philip Tan and Jeff de los Santos and Jonathan Glapion; inspired by the character created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Bailey)
* Zane Pinchback, Incognegro (Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece)

Best Female Character
* Destiny Ajaye, Pilot Season: Genius (Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman and Afua Richardson)
* Lee Wagstaff, Bayou (Jeremy Love)
* Storm, X-Men: Worlds Apart (Christopher Yost and Diogenes Neves; created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum)
* Vielle, Fungus Grotto (Shatia Hamilton)
* Vixen, Vixen: Return of the Lion (G. Willow Wilson and Cafu; created by Gerry Conway and Bob Oksner)

Rising Star Award
* Jennifer Crute, Jennifer's Journal
* Damian Duffy and John Jennings, The Hole: Consumer Culture
* Charlie Goubile, Blackbird
* Starline X. Hodge, Candi
* Ashley Woods, Millennia War

Best Reprint Collection
* Aya of Yop City, Drawn & Quarterly
* Me and the Devil Blues V1, Del Rey
* Nat Turner HC, Abrams

Best Cover
* Final Crisis: Submit, Matthew Clark and Norm Rapmund and Richard Horie and Tonya Horie
* The Hole: Consumer Culture, John Jennings
* Pilot Season: Genius, Afua Richardson
* Unknown Soldier #1, Igor Kordey
* Vixen: Return of the Lion #1, Josh Middleton

Best Comic Strip
* Bayou, Jeremy Love
* Cafe con Leche, Charlos Gary
* Fungus Grotto, Shatia Hamilton
* "Jefferson Jacks" from Crankshaft, Tom Batiuk and Tony Isabella and Chuck Ayers
* The K Chronicles, Keith Knight

Fan Award for Best Comic
* Iron Man: Director of SHIELD #33-35, Christos Gage and Sean Chen and Sandu Florea
* Pilot Season: Genius, Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman and Afua Richardson
* Presidential Material: Barack Obama, Jeff Mariotte and Tom Morgan
* Vixen: Return of the Lion, G. Willow Wilson and Cafu
* Young Avengers Presents #1, Ed Brubaker and Paco Medina

Judges are Valerie D'Orazio, Mathan Erhardt, Ed Mathews, Tim O'Shea and Elayne Riggs. The ballot for the Fan Award for Best Comic is now open at the website for the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC). The awards ceremony will be held on May 15 in Philadelphia. This is their fourth year.
 
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