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2010 Glyph Comics Awards Nominees announced

East Coast Black Age of Comics Con ‘10! Honoring Creativity, Imagination & Literacy! 2010 Glyph Comics Awards Nominees Story of the Year Luke Cage Noir ; Mike Benson & Adam Glass, writers; Shawn Martinbrough, artist The Original Johnson ; Trevor von Eeden, writer and artist Unknown Soldier #13 - 14 ; Joshua Dysart, writer, Pat Masioni, artist War Machine: Iron Heart ; Greg Pak, writer, Leonardo Manco, artist World of Hurt; Jay Potts, writer and artist Read more
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SmallWorld Reads: Book Review: Road to Paris (YA)

Book Review : Road to Paris (YA). While searching for books for our next Literature Circle class, I found this one by Nikki Grimes on the Coretta Scott King Book Awards list. Paris and her brother, Malcolm, have been in one foster home ...
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Michael Cavallaro’s PARADE (WITH FIREWORKS) nominated for YALSA list

Media Release -- Image Comics and Shadowline, LLC have announced their critically acclaimed graphic novel, PARADE (WITH FIREWORKS) by Michael Cavallaro, has been nominated for the prestigious Young Adult Library Services Association Great Graphic Novels for Teens Booklist! Read more
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BOOM! Studios nominated for 2010 Great Graphic Novels For Teens List

Media Release -- This year, three BOOM! Studios titles have been nominated by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) to be included in its annual Great Graphic Novels for Teens List. CTHULHU TALES VOL. 2: WHISPERS OF MADNESS , IRREDEEMABLE VOL. 1 and SCREAM QUEEN were all nominated. Read more
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BOOM! Studios Nominated for Project Fanboy Awards

The nominations are in and BOOM! leads the pack! The annual Project Fanboy awards allow readers and fans to select their favorite comics in the industry and tell the world what is the best in the industry today. And to no surprise, BOOM!’s critically acclaimed titles IRREDEEMABLE, HEXED and THE ANCHOR made the cut! Read more
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The Scream Awards Are A Mockery

The Scream 2009 awards ceremony, where fans get a chance to honour their favourite films and TV shows of the year, took place at the weekend. The point of the ceremony is to honour the genres traditionally ignored by the more stuffy awards shows, such as horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic adaptations. The event won’t actually air until October 27th on Spike TV in the US, but here are the big winners of the night. The teenage fad rich cinema of Twilight came out on top with four awards for Be
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Winners of the 2009 Harvey Awards

All-Star Superman, Vol. 2 The winners of the 2009 Harvey Awards were presented last night during a ceremony at Baltimore Comic-Con . Named in honor of the late cartoonist and Mad magazine editor Harvey Kurtzman, the awards recognize outstanding work in comics. The winners of the 2009 Harveys are: Best writer: Grant Morrison, All-Star Superman (DC Comics) Best artist: Gabriel Ba, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse) Best cartoonist: Al Jaffee, Tall Tales (Abrams Books)
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BCC ‘09: The Harvey Awards!

Hey CBR Livers! CBR News is here bringing you all the updates on the winners, presenters and hi-jinks that is the 2009 Harvey Awards. The nominees and presenters are all set, having just eaten a lavish meal. The ceremony is set to start at 9:15 PM with master of ceremonies and hilarious creator of PvP Scott Kurtz ready to tickle everyone’s funnybone. Stay tuned to CBR Live and keep checking back for live updates as the awards progress! 9:20 PM – Still haven’t started yet, looks like they’r
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Winners of the 2009 Ignatz Awards

Ignatz Awards The winners of the Ignatz Awards were announced yesterday during a ceremony at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland. Named in honor of the brick-wielding mouse in George Herriman's Krazy Kat strip, the awards recognize achievement in comics and cartooning. Nominees are selected by a panel of five cartoonists and then voted on by SPX attendees. The winners of the 2009 Ignatz Awards are: Outstanding Artist: Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf) Outstandi
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PhiloBiblos: Book Review: "Coraline"

Book Review : "Coraline". Neil Gaiman's Coraline has won just about all the awards there are to win, and deservedly so. It's a creepy little book , full of just the right amount of suspense and spookiness to keep a young child up late at ...
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