2008 Glyph Comics Awards Winners Announced
- Posted by Johanna on May 17, 2008 at 11:14 pm
- Category: Comic News
From the press release: The winners of the 2008 Glyph Comics Awards were announced in a ceremony at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention on Friday, May 16. The winners are:
Story of the Year
Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm; Percy Carey, writer, Ronald Wimberly, artist
Best Writer
James Sturm, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
Best Artist
Kyle Baker, Nat Turner: Revolution
Best Male Character
Emmet Wilson, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow; co-created by James Sturm, writer, and Rich Tommaso, artist
Best Female Character
Amanda Waller, Checkmate; Greg Rucka, writer, Joe Bennett & Jack Jadson, artists
Rising Star Award
Marguerite Abouet, Aya
Best Reprint Publication
Aya, Drawn & Quarterly; Chris Oliveros, publisher, Helge Dascher, translator
Best Cover
Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm; Ronald Wimberly, illustrator
Best Comic Strip
The K Chronicles; Keith Knight, story and art
Fan Award for Best Comic
Fantastic Four: The New Fantastic Four; Dwayne McDuffie, writer, Paul Pelletier & Rick Magyar, artists
The Glyph Comics Awards recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. While it is not exclusive to black creators, it does strive to honor those who have made the greatest contributions to the comics medium in terms of both critical and commercial impact. By doing so, the goal is to encourage more diverse and high quality work across the board and to inspire new creators to add their voices to the field.
The awards are named for the blog Glyphs: The Language of the Black Comics Community at Pop Culture Shock, started in 2005 by comics journalist Rich Watson as a means to provide news and commentary of comics with black themes, as well as tangential topics in the fields of black science-fiction/fantasy and animation.
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May 19, 2008 at 7:55 AM
You were the first to post this that I have seen, although The Beat was on vacation this weekend. Blog@ just put it up this morning. Nobody else seems to have covered it.
May 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM
That’s a tricky subject that has been the subject of much (sometimes heated) discussion in the past. On the one hand, it’s a small convention with specialized subject matter; on the other, it’s an important area of concern.
May 19, 2008 at 5:35 PM
I didn’t even know that the show was this weekend and I was in Philly for some wrestling shows too.
Normally, there’s always talk about it on Dwayne’s board, but it’s been down for the last few days.
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