Your 2009 Lulu Awards Nominees

The Friends of Lulu advocacy group has announced its 2009 awards nominees, complete with instructions as to how to vote. The winners will be announced at a date sometime in November, at a venue to be named later.


Kim Yale Award for Best New Talent
* Kate Beaton, Hark, A Vagrant
* Liz Baillie, My Brain Hurts
* Mariko Tamaki, Skim
* Madeleine Rosca, Hollow Fields
* Kathryn Immonen, Hellcat


Lulu of The Year
* Shaenon K. Garrity, Skin Horse
* Lynda Barry, What It Is
* Danielle Corsetto, 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


Woman of Distinction
* Joanne Carter Siegel, widow of Superman co-creator Jerry 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


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, Shannon, Dean & Nathan Hale
* Stinky, Eleanor Davis
* Tiny Titans, Art Baltazar
* Hereville, Barry Deutsch


The Female Cartoonists And Comic Book Writer's Hall Of Fame
* CLAMP, Chobits, Kobato, Cardcaptor Sakura, and many many more
* Tove Jansson, Moomin
* Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket
* Gail Simone, Wonder Woman, Secret Six, Birds of Prey


Best Female Character
* Monica Villarreal, 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

The nominating judges were Brigid Alverson, Jennifer Babcock, Abby Denson, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Chris Eberle, Karen Green and Robert Randle. Also of note is that they changed the Hall of Fame to include "And Comic Book Writer's."
 
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