[...] that in 2007, Stagger Lee similarly won four of the nine judged awards. Some may see this as recognition of the strongest work in a particular year, but I fear it also [...]

[...] away from humor, in 2007, Stagger Lee deservedly swept the Glyph Comic Awards, which recognize the best in black comic books and creators. It explores the story behind the song [...]

[...] from and writeup of the Glyph Comics Awards, courtesy Mikhaela B. Reid. I wish I could have been there, but it looks like it went well. [...]

I should have closed with “And these different expectations may also account for why Storm won the Fan Award.”

I recently gave a Storm hardcover as gift to a friend of mine. She’s really enjoying it so far. I should note that my friend is more a novel reader (e.g., Eric Jerome Dickey books) than a serious comic reader.

I think that’s the other thing to consider. That readers checking out the book because of Dickey, the X-Men films or both have different expectations than long-time fans of the X-Men comics. So, my friend’s positive reaction to the Storm HC makes sense in that regard.

[...] on Comics Worth Reading has news of this year’s Glyph Awards which were announced at the weekend at the East Coast [...]

[...] Glyph Comics Awards, which celebrate the representation of black issues and viewpoints in comics. Johanna Draper Carlson has the complete list of [...]

I’m also surprised Storm won the Fan Award considering all the complaints about the Black Panther/Storm romance. I guess people calmed down and realized it was a great origin story for the Windrider.

Next year, I REALLY need to get to Philly. ECBACC sounds like a lot of fun.

Stagger Lee is a fine book. It’s up for an Eisner too (just the one nomination, though, I think). My review is here.

I hadn’t encountered Templar, Arizona before. Lord, but it’s hard to follow a sustained narrative as a web-comic, particulrly if the pages are vertically oriented! I’ll have to keep an eye out for the print version

(And I’m always glad to have this blog as a way to keep up with news when I’m otherwise preoccupied.)

Baker totally deserved Best Artist, as well. I finally picked up Nat Turner v2 and Cartoonist this past week and the man has been at the top of his game for years now. I just want a copy of Captain America: Red, White, and Black now.

I’d planned to attend ECBACC, but a cross country move and new job happened to be this week and that had to take priority. There’s always next year.

[...] Draper Carlson has the full list of winners.   Posted by Kevin Melrose in Comics, Creators, Graphic Novels, Events, Conventions, [...]