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SAN DIEGO – The cast of the upcoming Universal Pictures film Scott Pilgrim vs. the
World kicked things off at the 22nd annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
(the Eisner Awards) by awarding the Best Humor trophy to cartoonist Bryan Lee
O'Malley for the graphic novel Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe
(published by Oni Press).
The top winner at the gala awards ceremony held July 23 at the Hilton San
Diego Bayfront in San Diego was graphic novelist David Mazzucchelli,
whose critically acclaimed Asterios Polyp (published by Pantheon)
garnered the Best Graphic Album–New award as well as Best Writer/Artist and Best
Lettering.
The Eisner Awards ceremony, which honors comics' best and brightest, is at
the premier awards event for the industry, held at Comic-Con International
(Comic-Con), the largest comic book and popular arts event in Western
Hemisphere.
The other creators who received multiple awards were manga creator
Yoshihiro Tatsumi for A Drifting Life (Best Reality-Based Work and
Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia), published by Drawn &
Quarterly; artist Jill Thompson for Beasts of Burden (Best
Publication for Teens, Best Painter), published by Dark Horse; artist J. H.
Williams III for Detective Comics (Best Penciller/Inker, Best Cover
Artist), published by DC); and writer/artist team Eric Shanower and
Skottie Young for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Best Limited Series,
Best Publication for Kids), published by Marvel.
No single publisher dominated the evening. DC Comics had four winners,
including two for Absolute Justice; Dark Horse,IDW, Image, and
Marvel Comics all received three trophies; and First Second and Drawn &
Quarterly receive two.
The awards were presented at the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton San Diego
Bayfront. MCs Maurice LaMarche (voice actor, Pinky and the Brain,
Futurama) and Bill Morrison (creative director for Matt Groening's
Bongo Comics) kept the program going at a brisk pace. Assisting them on stage
was actress Kayre Morrison. Presenters during the evening besides the
Scott Pilgrim cast included actor Thomas Jane (The Punisher,
Hung), writer/actor Ben Garant (Reno 911) who was joined via
video by writing partner Tom Lennon; voice actor Phil LaMarr
(Futurama, Samurai Jack); Watchmen co-creator Dave
Gibbons; award nominees James Robinson,
C. Tyler, and
Laurie Sandell; and Comic-Con special guests
Berkeley Breathed,
Chris Claremont,
Milo Manara,
Peter Bagge,
James Sturm, and
Jillian Tamaki.
Sergio Aragonés once again presented the Hall of Fame Awards.
The six inductees and their acceptors were: Steve Gerber (accepted by his
daughter, Samantha), Dick Giordano (accepted by his longtime business
partner Pat Bastienne), Burne Hogarth (accepted by his son, Ross),
Michael Kaluta (accepted by his editor, Shelly Bond), Bob Montana
(accepted by his daughter Paige and son Donald), and Mort Weisinger
(accepted by his daughter, Joyce).
Among the other awards given out over the evening were the Comic-Con's
Clampett and Manning
awards. The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award, presented by
Bob's daughter Ruth, went to Jeannie Schulz, widow of Charles Schulz and
the Founding Board President of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center
in Santa Rosa, California. The Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award went
to Marian Churchland (writer/artist of Beast, published by Image
Comics) and was presented by past Manning recipient Eric Shanower.
The sixth annual Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing was
presented by Mark Evanier and
Jerry Robinson to Silver Age DC Marvel
writer Gary Friedrich (Sgt. Fury, Ghost Rider) and to Golden Age
writer Otto Binder (Captain Marvel), whose award was accepted by
Bill Schelly. Maggie Thompson (editor of Comics Buyers Guide) once
again handled the special In Memoriam salute.
The Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer
Award, given to a store that has done an outstanding job of supporting the
comics art medium both in the community and within the industry at large, went
to Vault of Midnight of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Baby Tattoo,
publishers of books
for kids and adults, sponsored the retailer award.
The Eisner Awards are part of, and underwritten by, Comic-Con International:
San Diego, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness
of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, primarily through
the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and
ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture.
2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Winners
Best Short Story
"Urgent Request," by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, in The Eternal Smile (First Second)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) Captain America #601: "Red, White, and Blue-Blood," by Ed Brubaker and Gene Colan (Marvel)
Best Continuing Series The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard (Image)
Best Limited Series or Story Arc The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
Best New Series Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
Best Publication for Kids The Wonderful Wizard of Oz hc, by L. Frank Baum, Eric Shanower, and Skottie Young (Marvel)
Best Publication for Teens Beasts of Burden, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
Best Humor Publication Scott Pilgrim vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe, by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni)
Best Anthology Popgun vol. 3, edited by Mark Andrew Smith, D. J. Kirkbride, and Joe Keatinge (Image)
Best Reality-Based Work A Drifting Life, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Adaptation from Another Work Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
Best Graphic Album—New Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzuccheilli (Pantheon)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint Absolute Justice, by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, and Doug Braithewaite (DC)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips Bloom County: The Complete Library, vol. 1, by Berkeley Breathed, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures deluxe edition, by Dave Stevens, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefe`vre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia A Drifting Life, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Writer
Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Daredevil, Marvels Project (Marvel) Criminal, Incognito (Marvel Icon)
Best Writer/Artist
David Mazzuccheilli, Asterios Polyp (Pantheon)
Best Writer/Artist–Nonfiction
Joe Sacco, Footnotes in Gaza (Metropolitan/Holt)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Jill Thompson, Beasts of Burden (Dark Horse); Magic Trixie and the Dragon (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Best Cover Artist
J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC)
Best Coloring
Dave Stewart, Abe Sapien, BPRD, The Goon, Hellboy, Solomon Kane, Umbrella Academy, Zero Killer (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Luna Park (Vertigo)
Best Lettering
David Mazzuccheilli, Asterios Polyp (Pantheon)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com)
Best Comics-Related Book The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics, by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle (Abrams ComicArts)
Best Publication Design Absolute Justice, designed by Curtis King and Josh Beatman (DC)
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