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October 15, 2012
Your 2012 Shel Dorf Awards Nominees
Unless I'm being led down the wrong path by errant e-mailers,
the Shel Dorf Awards have named their nominees slate and have their voting site up
. Winners will be named at the Detroit Fanfare show on October 27th. The nominees are:
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Writer of the Year
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Ed Brubaker
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Geoff Johns
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Mark Waid
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Robert Kirkman
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Scott Snyder
*****
Penciler of the Year
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Greg Capullo
*
Ivan Reis
*
J.H. Williams III
*
Paolo Rivera
*
Ryan Ottley
*
Ryan Stegman
*****
Inker of the Year
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Bill Nichols
*
Jonathan Glapion
*
Scott Williams
*****
Colorist of the Year
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Brian Miller / Hi Fi Color
*
Dave Stewart
*
Jeff Balke
*
Laura Allred
*
Nei Ruffino
*****
Editor of the Year
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Axel Alonzo
*
Chad Lambert
*
Raven Gregory
*
Shannon Eric Denton
*
Sina Grace
*****
Cover Artist of the Year
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Alex Ross
*
Bernie Wrightson
*
David Aja
*
Eric Basaldua
*
Nei Ruffino
*****
Letterer of the Year
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Chris Eliopoulos
*
Jaymes Reed
*
Stan Sakai
*
Tom Orzechowski
*****
Mini Series of the Year
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Avengers Vs. X-Men
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Deadworld War Of The Dead
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Star Trek TNG / Doctor Who: Assimilation
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Legend of Oz: The Wicked West
*****
Original Graphic Novel of the Year
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Batman Earth One
*
Chillers
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Harvey Pekar's Cleveland
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Jim Henson's Tale of Sand
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Underwater Welder
*****
Web Comic of the Year
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Axe Cop
by Malachai Nicolle and Ethan Nicolle
*
Battlepug
by Mike Norton
*
Disappointing Monsters
by Daniel Bradford & Owen Mackinder
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Gronk
by Katie Cook
*
Retail Sunshine
by Phil Machi
*****
Syndicated Print Strip of the Year
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Beardo
by Dan Dougherty
*
Garfield
*
Foxtrot
*
Funky Winkerbean
*****
Comic To Multi-Media Adaption of the Year
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The Avengers
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The Dark Knight Rises
*
The Walking Dead, Season Two
*
The Amazing Spider-Man
*****
Comic Blogger of the Year
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Rich Johnston
Bleeding Cool News
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Heidi MacDonald
The Beat
*
Henry Barajas
*
L. Vincent Poupard Yahoo
*
Decapitated Dan
*
Michael Hamersky
Michael Hamersky On Comics
*****
Continuing Series of the Year
*
Amazing Spider-Man
*
Batman
*
Daredevil
*
Saga
*
The Walking Dead
*****
Self Published Comic of the Year
*
Arsenic Lullaby
by Douglas Paszkiewicz
*
Bob Howard, Plumber of the Unknown
by Rafael Nieves and Dan Doughterty
*
Rachel Rising
by Terry Moore
*
Rainbow In The Dark
by Comfort Love & Adam Withers
*
Red Angel
by Erin Pyne & Russ Leach
*****
Kids' Comic of the Year
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Adventure Time
*
Amelia Rules
*
Owly
*
Superman Family Adventures
*
Tiny Titans
*****
A specific congratulations goes out to my blogging peers for their nominations in that category, but general good wishes all around for those receiving nods.
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