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December 22, 2013
Your Broken Frontier Awards 2013 Nominees
The site
Broken Frontier
has announced nominations for its tenth annual awards. You can vote via information presented
here
. Their nominees are:
Best Writer -- Mainstream
*
Brian Michael Bendis (
All-New X-Men
,
Guardians of the Galaxy
,
Uncanny X-Men
)
*
Matt Fraction (
Hawkeye
)
*
Jonathan Hickman (
Avengers
,
New Avengers
)
*
Mark Waid (
Daredevil
)
*
Scott Snyder (
Batman
,
The Wake
)
Best Writer -- Independent
*
Charles Forsman (
Celebrated Summer
,
TEOTFW
)
*
Nicole Georges (
Calling Dr. Laura
)
*
Matt Kindt (
Mind MGMT
,
Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes
)
*
Greg Rucka (
Lazarus
,
Lady Sabre & The Pirates of the Ineffable Aether
)
*
Brian K. Vaughan (
Saga
,
The Private Eye
)
Best Artist -- Mainstream
*
David Aja (
Hawkeye
)
*
Chris Burnham (
Batman Incorporated
)
*
Jamie McKelvie (
Young Avengers
)
*
Esad Ribic (
Thor: God of Thunder
)
*
Stuart Immonen (
All-New X-Men
)
Best Artist -- Independent
*
Becky Cloonan (
Demeter
)
*
Michael DeForge (
Very Casual
)
*
Marcos Martin (
The Private Eye
)
*
Gary Northfield (
Teenytinysaurs
)
*
Fiona Staples (
Saga
)
Breakout Talent
*
Gareth Brookes (
The Black Project
)
*
Hannah Eaton (
Naming Monsters
)
*
Charles Forsman (
Celebrated Summer
,
TEOTFW
)
*
Katie Green (
Lighter Than My Shadow
)
*
Isabel Greenberg (
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
,
Tall Tales and Outrageous Adventures
)
Best Ongoing Series
*
Copra
(Michel Fiffe)
*
Hawkeye
(Matt Fraction & David Aja, Marvel)
*
Mind MGMT
(Matt Kindt, Dark Horse)
*
Saga
(Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples, Image)
*
Young Avengers
(Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie, Marvel)
Best Limited Series
*
Dream Thief
(Jai Nitz & Greg Smallwood, Dark Horse)
*
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard 2
(David Petersen et al, BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
*
Numbercruncher
(Si Spurrier & PJ Holden, Titan)
*
Storm Dogs
(David Hin & Doug Braithwaite, Image)
*
Trillium
(Jeff Lemire, DC/Vertigo)
Best New Series
*
Lazarus
(Greg Rucka & Michael Lark, Image)
*
Kinski
(Gabriel Hardman, Monkeybrain)
*
Pretty Deadly
(Kelly Sue DeConnick & Emma Rios, Image)
*
Sex Criminals
(Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky, Image)
*
The Private Eye
(Brian K. Vaughan & Marcos Martin, Panel Syndicate)
Best Original Graphic Novel
*
Boxers/Saints
(Gene Yang, First Second)
*
March: Book One
(John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell, Top Shelf)
*
Swear Down
(Oliver East, Blank Slate)
*
The Black Project
(Gareth Brookes, Myriad)
*
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
(Isabel Greenberg, Jonathan Cape)
Best Book on Comics
*
Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary
(Denis Kitchen & Michael Schumacher, Bloomsbury USA)
*
Bazooka Joe and his Gang
(Jeff Shepherd & The Topps Company, Abrams ComicArts)
*
Comics Art
(Paul Gravett, Tate Gallery)
*
Curing the Postmodern Blues: Reading Grant Morrison and Chris Weston’s The Filth in the 21st Century
(Tom Shapira, Sequart)
*
Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore
(Lance Parkin, Aurum Press)
Best Publisher
*
Blank Slate Books
*
First Second
*
Image Comics
*
Nobrow Press
*
Oily Comics
Voting ends tomorrow at midnight!
posted 3:45 pm PST
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