Comments on: Award Winners

By: Rivkah

Rivkah — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:18:26 +0000

O_o I didn’t even know my book was a nominee for the Yomi’s . . . :P

By: ~chris

~chris — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:28:48 +0000

(Nomination Process and Qualifications) Every FoL member may submit up to three nominees per category. Hope Larson qualified according to the rules, and no voter should think anyone less worthy for being more or less “new.” The Lulu of the Year is the only Lulu Award open to entities; I for one would like to encourage publishers in Lulu-ish endeavors. It was a pleasure sharing a table at the Awards with Sheila Keenan and Jana Morashita of GRAPHIX, who were genuinely surprised and happy to win, and are genuinely enthused about the books they are publishing. BTW I nominated Scholastic/GRAPHIX and Hope Larson, and voted for GRAPHIX, Rose O'Neill, Hope, and Françoise Mouly. One of the benefits of nominating and voting is that it pushes me to do some internet research; I learn more about newcomers and about comics history. The best (and hardest) part was choosing only three Kim Yale Award nominees.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:11:56 +0000

I think they poll the membership for the nominees, but I’m not sure.

By: hcduvall

hcduvall — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:12:31 +0000

Out of curiosity, how are the nominees chosen? I know women in comics isn’t the deepest pool, but I admit to pausing when I saw Ronee (who’s a board member of Friends of Lulu) nominated, albeit for a position elsewhere.

By: Lisa Jonte

Lisa Jonte — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:08:14 +0000

I like Hope’s work a lot, but she’s not so new anymore. I think Leigh really deserved the award. As for people going against publishers… yeah, I agree. I would have been thrilled to see Jen Contino finally win.

I will say though, that the fact that Ronee didn’t win renews my faith in humanity somewhat.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:41:45 +0000

Kevin, thanks! Ray, I suspect that had something to do with it. Lea, aside from the link Markus provided (thanks, Markus!), here's more of my thoughts, and here's analysis around the title.

By: Ray Cornwall

Ray Cornwall — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 04:21:58 +0000

Is it possible that Diana got the award more as a lifetime acheivement thing than for Sexy Chix? Even if you’re not a fan of that book (and it’s not a great book by any means, to be sure; at best, it’s a mediocre anthology- other than Colleen Doran and Gail Simone, nobody does great work there), Diana’s been involved in a ton of great comics at Dark Horse and Comico. Hell, she spent a long time as Dave Sim’s proofreader, and for that alone, she should get *something*.

By: Kevin Lighton

Kevin Lighton — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:26:10 +0000

“Yomi” is (most likely) either the root of “yomu” (to read) or the root of “yomisuru” (praise/applaud) (or perhaps both).
The only other possible meaning I could find (root of “yomu” (compose/write a poem)) seems highly unlikely.

By: markus

markus — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:24:42 +0000

@Lea
http://fossen.blogspot.com/2006/02/sexy-chix.html
is a good starting point. It’s – at least for me – more a matter of objectionable marketing, title and packaging than actual content, but as the award was to go to the person responsible for just that I’d have considered it a bad choice as well.

By: Lea

Lea — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:53:36 +0000

I’m curious: is Sexy Chix sexist because it’s all women, or…what?

I’m really glad Leigh got Newcomer, but I am friend-biased. I also think she really deserved it.

By: Comics Worth Reading

Comics Worth Reading — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:08:25 +0000

[...] Speaking of Friends of Lulu,Ronee is now “Retail Communications and Customer Service Manager” for “TightLip Entertainment, a company that is dedicated to bringing the world of comic-book entertainment beyond the present day normal” (whatever that means). As a result, she’s no longer Comic News Editor for PopCultureShock. (I hope they’ll be able to get someone capable to replace her.) [...]