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[...] Draper Carlson has the details on who won what at this past weekend’s Glyph Comics Awards at ECBACC. She also has some interesting remarks on the awards, particularly in terms of women [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 16 May 2010 13:25:05 +0000

I guess I’ve known of too many cases where a creator worked to get their project either back into print or placed with a new publisher to consider a reprint the decision of the publisher.

I think awards with many more categories, multiple winners don’t seem as overwhelming — but that’s not asking you to add more categories! I think the small number you have is great.

Thanks for sharing the explanations, and for taking my comments in the positive spirit intended.

By: Rich Watson

Rich Watson — Sun, 16 May 2010 04:35:44 +0000

Hi Johanna. Reprints usually aren’t the responsibility of the creators (unless they self-publish their work), which is why the Best Reprint award goes to the publisher (or editor in some cases). It’s the only category in which publishers/editors are eligible.

Interesting thoughts about the distribution of wealth (so to speak). Personally, I don’t see multiple winners in the GCAs as being that different from multiple winners in, say, the Eisners, or for that matter, the Oscars or Grammys. If a comic resonates strongly enough with the judges, I don’t see this as necessarily a bad thing. At ECBACC this weekend I had one person tell me that he discovered BAYOU for the first time after reading about all the GCAs it won. Make of that what you will. The variety shows through in the overall nominees, where corporate comics like WAR MACHINE and LUKE CAGE NOIR compete on equal footing with indies and webcomics like ORIGINAL JOHNSON and WORLD OF HURT.

As for the women, well, past winners also include Gail Simone and Spike, and looking back, there have been a number of women creators nominated who aren’t exactly household names. And I always make it a point to include women as judges every year. You yourself were one.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts about the awards. I hardly ever get feedback of this nature.