Your 2009 Lulu Award Winners

The Friends of Lulu organization has announced the winners of its 2009 awards program. Nominees decided upon by a panel were announced in early October; the finalists were tabulated from an on-line vote. The winners are as follows in bold.

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BEST FEMALE CHARACTER
* Monica Villarreal, from Wapsi Square by Paul Taylor
* Kimberly *Skim* Keiko Cameron, Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
* Rapunzel, Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon, Dean, and Nathan Hale
* Barbara Thorson, I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly & JM Ken Niimura
* Mirka, Hereville by Barry Deutsch
* Melanie, Melody by Ilias Kyriazis
* Julie Martin, Echo by Terry Moore

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FEMALE COMIC CREATOR'S HALL OF FAME
* CLAMP, Chobits, Kobato, Cardcaptor Sakura, and many many more
* Tove Jansson, Moomin
* Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket
* Gail Simone

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KIM YALE AWARD FOR BEST NEW TALENT
* Kate Beaton for Hark, a Vagrant
* Liz Baillie, My Brain Hurts
* Mariko Tamaki, Skim
* Madeleine Rosca, Hollow Fields
* Kathryn Immonen, Hellcat

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LEAH ADEZIO AWARD FOR BEST KID-FRIENDLY WORK
* Korgi, Christian Slade
* Sardine in Outer Space, Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar
* Gary the Pirate, Scott Christian Sava
* Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and Nathan Hale
* Stinky, Eleanor Davis
* Tiny Titans, Art Baltazar
* Hereville, Barry Deutsch

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LULU OF THE YEAR
* Shaenon K. Garrity, Skin Horse
* Lynda Barry, What It Is
* Danielle Corsetto for Girls with Slingshots
* Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole
* Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, Skim
* Terry Moore, Echo
* Jessica Abel, Life Sucks, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures

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WOMAN OF DISTINCTION
* Joanne Carter Siegel
* Gina Gagliano, Marketing Associate at First Second Books
* Jackie Estrada, Eisner Committee & Exhibit A Press
* Francoise Mouly, Editorial Director of Toon Books
* Mimi Cruz, owner of Night Flight Comics

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VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
* Marion Vitus

The 2009 winners were named on-line rather than at a planned ceremony, a ceremony still on the table in late October according to Friends of Lulu blog postings. Valerie D'Orazio, the organization's leader since being named national president in 2007, explained. "We had originally planned to have the ceremony at King Con in Brooklyn, and had a meeting to that effect. But time, money and resources became a factor in our decision to forgo a ceremony this year," D'Orazio said. "And because just about all the winners were not local, we felt it was better to have an online tribute to each one that they could appreciate and refer to no matter where in North America they live."

The Friends Of Lulu was founded in 1994 to promote women reading comic books and participating in the comic book industry.

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