Comments on: 2009 Eisner Award nominees http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:45:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: SurveyReviewer http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3680881 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:45:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3680881 Thank you! You often write very interesting articles. I agree with your thoughts. Thank you! You often write very interesting articles. I agree with your thoughts.

]]> by: soupy http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3415367 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:27:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3415367 Go go Arsenic Lullaby! Go go Arsenic Lullaby!

]]> by: A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran » Archive » Culture Links: 4-25-09 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3172569 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:00:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3172569 [...] Completely slipped my mind to mention that Tori Amos: Comic Book Tattoo has been nominated for two Eisner Awards: Best Anthology and Best Design. [...] […] Completely slipped my mind to mention that Tori Amos: Comic Book Tattoo has been nominated for two Eisner Awards: Best Anthology and Best Design. […]

]]> by: Eisners, Shusters nominees announced | Tokyovation http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3158398 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:43:53 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3158398 [...]  The Beat has the complete list of this year’s Eisner Award nominees. Of course, the category most relevant to manga readers is the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan: [...] […]  The Beat has the complete list of this year’s Eisner Award nominees. Of course, the category most relevant to manga readers is the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan: […]

]]> by: SKFK http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3135756 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:55:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3135756 "Isn’t Locke & Key still ongoing?" Technically, it's a series of miniseries. The current series has a different title (Locke & Key: Head Games) and a new numbering. “Isn’t Locke & Key still ongoing?”

Technically, it’s a series of miniseries. The current series has a different title (Locke & Key: Head Games) and a new numbering.

]]> by: michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3134656 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:17:05 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3134656 Air, seriously? Isn't Locke & Key still ongoing? Why take out best single issue when they would keep best reprint GN category? Yes, let's award the publisher for repackaging old material that we may not have awarded when it first came out! Makes no sense to me. Air, seriously?

Isn’t Locke & Key still ongoing?

Why take out best single issue when they would keep best reprint GN category?

Yes, let’s award the publisher for repackaging old material that we may not have awarded when it first came out! Makes no sense to me.

]]> by: Ralph Mathieu http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3134498 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:04:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3134498 I think it would be great if Todd Klein brought all of the Eisners he's won with him to the ceremony and just placed them in front of him on his table, of course he'd need a wheelbarrel to haul them around. I think it would be great if Todd Klein brought all of the Eisners he’s won with him to the ceremony and just placed them in front of him on his table, of course he’d need a wheelbarrel to haul them around.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3134271 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:08:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3134271 Also, look at the Oscars. There is traditionally one Best Picture nominee that does not have director also got nominated. Also, look at the Oscars.

There is traditionally one Best Picture nominee that does not have director also got nominated.

]]> by: Jackie Estrada http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3134185 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:25:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3134185 Cekrypton: Look at the list of nominees for writer and for penciller/inker: Nearly all of them are nominated for titles that are also nominated. There are numerous categories for works, but fewer for the creators of those works. For instance, "Best Writer" can be for writer of a continuing series, a limited series, a title for kids or teens, a graphic album-new, a humor publication, or a reality-based work. Cekrypton:
Look at the list of nominees for writer and for penciller/inker: Nearly all of them are nominated for titles that are also nominated. There are numerous categories for works, but fewer for the creators of those works. For instance, “Best Writer” can be for writer of a continuing series, a limited series, a title for kids or teens, a graphic album-new, a humor publication, or a reality-based work.

]]> by: Cekrypton http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3133722 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:25:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3133722 Here is what I don't get--How does Invincible Iron Man (a book I LOVE by the way) get nominated for Best New Series and yet neither Fraction (the writer) nor Larocca (the artist) get nods in their individual categories? If neither of them are of the five best in their field, how is it that the book is one of the five best? It's not on the strength of the lettering or coloring as neither of those got nods either. (This is a reax against a lack of noms, not that Iron Man got a nod.) Here is what I don’t get–How does Invincible Iron Man (a book I LOVE by the way) get nominated for Best New Series and yet neither Fraction (the writer) nor Larocca (the artist) get nods in their individual categories? If neither of them are of the five best in their field, how is it that the book is one of the five best? It’s not on the strength of the lettering or coloring as neither of those got nods either.

(This is a reax against a lack of noms, not that Iron Man got a nod.)

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3133586 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:12:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3133586 Mr. Sakai, your craft as a letterer is so masterful that many do not notice your skill. As a cartoonist, you tell stories which transcend genre. Congratulations. Geez... I was hoping for a @*&!!¥€# tirade from Mr. Klein... but he is too professional and gracious. (I still think his poster collaboration with Alex Ross shoulda been nominated.) Ms. Estrada, thank you for the explanantion regarding Single Issue. Are the Eisner Award rules, regulations, and procedures available for public viewing? Does the lack of worthy single issues foretell the death of comicbook periodicals, OR is the graphic novel anthology becoming robust enough to succeed in today's marketplace? Mr. Sakai, your craft as a letterer is so masterful that many do not notice your skill. As a cartoonist, you tell stories which transcend genre. Congratulations.

Geez… I was hoping for a @*&!!¥€# tirade from Mr. Klein… but he is too professional and gracious. (I still think his poster collaboration with Alex Ross shoulda been nominated.)

Ms. Estrada, thank you for the explanantion regarding Single Issue. Are the Eisner Award rules, regulations, and procedures available for public viewing?

Does the lack of worthy single issues foretell the death of comicbook periodicals, OR is the graphic novel anthology becoming robust enough to succeed in today’s marketplace?

]]> by: Tom Muller http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3132939 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:51:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3132939 <em>I think EVERY category should feature the winner running out into the audience and punching the losers in the face. </em> I am intrigued and would like to hear more about your incredible proposition! I think EVERY category should feature the winner running out into the audience and punching the losers in the face.

I am intrigued and would like to hear more about your incredible proposition!

]]> by: Tom Spurgeon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3132581 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:47:06 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3132581 I think EVERY category should feature the winner running out into the audience and punching the losers in the face. I think EVERY category should feature the winner running out into the audience and punching the losers in the face.

]]> by: Ralph Mathieu http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3132378 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:36:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3132378 I totally want to echo what Mario posted above about All Star Supes and The Twelve (I enjoy both of them) and continuing series needs to be redefined. Robert, have you read Blue Pills, Solanin, Monster, Alan's War, What It Is, Unknown Soldier, or Acme Novelty Library #19? Any awards with these excellent works can't be called lackluster. What comic works do you think should be represented here? I totally want to echo what Mario posted above about All Star Supes and The Twelve (I enjoy both of them) and continuing series needs to be redefined.

Robert, have you read Blue Pills, Solanin, Monster, Alan’s War, What It Is, Unknown Soldier, or Acme Novelty Library #19? Any awards with these excellent works can’t be called lackluster. What comic works do you think should be represented here?

]]> by: Roberto Briceno http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3132292 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:10:03 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3132292 this list is very lackluster. I hope that All-Star Superman doesn't win anything. That would be a punch in the face to books that CAME OUT ON TIME and not a 12 issue series that took well over three years to produce. this list is very lackluster.

I hope that All-Star Superman doesn’t win anything. That would be a punch in the face to books that CAME OUT ON TIME and not a 12 issue series that took well over three years to produce.

]]> by: John Shableski http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3132152 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:04:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3132152 What a collection of books to sort through! Judging was like someone gives you a bowl of your favorite ice cream and then tells you, keep shoveling that down because there are 400 gallons more you need to eat before midnight. The books were all pretty amazing. I am chalking this Eisner experience up there as one very cool moment for me. Amy, Ben, Andy and Mike are all great people and I learned a lot from their perspectives. Jackie kept us hydrated and on schedule(thank you!). It was quite an honor to serve. . What a collection of books to sort through! Judging was like someone gives you a bowl of your favorite ice cream and then tells you, keep shoveling that down because there are 400 gallons more you need to eat before midnight.

The books were all pretty amazing.

I am chalking this Eisner experience up there as one very cool moment for me. Amy, Ben, Andy and Mike are all great people and I learned a lot from their perspectives. Jackie kept us hydrated and on schedule(thank you!). It was quite an honor to serve.
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]]> by: Tom Muller http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131947 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:23:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131947 I'm just happy I received a nod from the Eisner commitee. Very humbled &#38; honoured! I’m just happy I received a nod from the Eisner commitee. Very humbled & honoured!

]]> by: John A. Walsh http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131772 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:22:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131772 I would have been really upset if either Alan's War or Three Shadows had NOT been nominated. Easily the best graphic novels of 2008! I would have been really upset if either Alan’s War or Three Shadows had NOT been nominated. Easily the best graphic novels of 2008!

]]> by: Todd Klein http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131590 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:18:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131590 Thanks for the kind words, Stan! I've just posted a brief note about this year's Eisners on my blog, but in short, I'm fine with it, I've had a great run and many nominations and wins, and will be there to applaud for this year's winner. Thanks for the kind words, Stan! I’ve just posted a brief note about this year’s Eisners on my blog, but in short, I’m fine with it, I’ve had a great run and many nominations and wins, and will be there to applaud for this year’s winner.

]]> by: dave roman http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131587 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:16:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131587 Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, adapted by P. Craig Russell (HarperCollins Children’s Books) I wonder if comics ADAPTATIONS will eventually get its own category. There's so many of them these days and it seems weird to judge original works against direct adaptations of prose novels or movies. Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, adapted by P. Craig Russell (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

I wonder if comics ADAPTATIONS will eventually get its own category. There’s so many of them these days and it seems weird to judge original works against direct adaptations of prose novels or movies.

]]> by: Elan' Rodger Trinidad http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131520 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:54:30 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131520 This is like the second time I've been mentioned on your blog. I was afraid that my only contribution to comic-dom was depicting Richard Nixon getting raped by the Comedian. At least I'm doing something right, despite being on hiatus. Anyway, just in case my bandwidth fails, I stuck Speak No Evil: Melancholy of A Space Mexican on Flickr http://tinyurl.com/SNEmirror This is like the second time I’ve been mentioned on your blog. I was afraid that my only contribution to comic-dom was depicting Richard Nixon getting raped by the Comedian.

At least I’m doing something right, despite being on hiatus.

Anyway, just in case my bandwidth fails, I stuck Speak No Evil: Melancholy of A Space Mexican on Flickr

http://tinyurl.com/SNEmirror

]]> by: mario boon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131467 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:42:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131467 Nice list! Though a few frowns: -ASS for best continueing series? Surely that was a limited series which has ended quite some time ago. - The Twelve for best limited series? Shouldn't it have finished first to be able to be nominated? Because, frankly, I don't see the remaining issues being published for quite some time. Nice list!

Though a few frowns:

-ASS for best continueing series? Surely that was a limited series which has ended quite some time ago.

- The Twelve for best limited series? Shouldn’t it have finished first to be able to be nominated? Because, frankly, I don’t see the remaining issues being published for quite some time.

]]> by: Legba Carrefour http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131298 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:49:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131298 Air, by. G. Willow Wilson and M. K. Perker (Vertigo/DC) OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I am so glad to see Wilson get this nomination. She's easily one of the best new talents in comics and her subject matter is such a surreal and engaging break from the norm of even what Vertigo is putting out. And her being a young woman makes this even more incredible. Air, by. G. Willow Wilson and M. K. Perker (Vertigo/DC)

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

I am so glad to see Wilson get this nomination. She’s easily one of the best new talents in comics and her subject matter is such a surreal and engaging break from the norm of even what Vertigo is putting out. And her being a young woman makes this even more incredible.

]]> by: Abby Denson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131278 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:41:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131278 Yay Skim! Yay Skim!

]]> by: Jackie Estrada http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131274 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:40:42 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131274 Re: Best Single Issue The judges combined short story and single issue into a single category because they narrowed down the single issue possibilities to a very short list; when the voting was done, none of the single issues made the final list, meaning none got high enough scores, so the category was dropped this year. Re: Best Single Issue

The judges combined short story and single issue into a single category because they narrowed down the single issue possibilities to a very short list; when the voting was done, none of the single issues made the final list, meaning none got high enough scores, so the category was dropped this year.

]]> by: matthew http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131256 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:36:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131256 I'm really glad to see Madame Xanadu and Matt Wagner get so many nominations. I'm really enjoying the series but I always assumed it fell beneath everyone's radar except for diehard MW fans. I’m really glad to see Madame Xanadu and Matt Wagner get so many nominations. I’m really enjoying the series but I always assumed it fell beneath everyone’s radar except for diehard MW fans.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131212 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:13:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131212 Forgot to post earlier my annual Eisner joke: "Chris Ware got nominated/won for Best Lettering? Did they think the award was for Most Lettering?" /no disrespect meant to Chris Forgot to post earlier my annual Eisner joke:

“Chris Ware got nominated/won for Best Lettering? Did they think the award was for Most Lettering?”

/no disrespect meant to Chris

]]> by: scherem http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131207 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:08:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131207 Kinda of sad to see Best Single Issue go away as a category. I always liked trying to find the nominees and reading those issues (and using them as gateways to more titles). Any idea why that category was dropped? Kinda of sad to see Best Single Issue go away as a category. I always liked trying to find the nominees and reading those issues (and using them as gateways to more titles).

Any idea why that category was dropped?

]]> by: Dave Hackett http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131204 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:05:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131204 Hooray for Tiny Titans and Madame Xanadu! Both very much deserved. Hooray for Tiny Titans and Madame Xanadu! Both very much deserved.

]]> by: Leigh Walton http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131200 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:00:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/07/2009-eisner-award-nominees/#comment-3131200 Congratulations to Nate Powell and all the nominees! Congratulations to Nate Powell and all the nominees!

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