Minulý týden byly oznámeny nominace na Ceny Willa Eisnera (Will Eisner Comic Industry Award). K nejzajímavějším momentům letos patří 61 nominací pro 49 ženských autorek. Dále tu najdeme čtyři tituly, kterým se podařilo sesbírat po třech nominacích: March: Book Two (To Shelf/IDW), Bandette, Hip Hop Family Tree (Fantagraphics) a The Eternaut (Fantagraphics). Sedmnáct nominací získalo nakladatelství Fantagraphics a osmnáct Image (z toho ovšem 4 sdílené). Vítězové jednotlivých kategorií budou vyhlášeni 22. července na Comic-Conu v San Diegu.
NEJLEPŠÍ POVÍDKA
* “Black Death in America,” by Tom King and John Paul Leon, in Vertigo Quarterly: Black (Vertigo/DC)
* “Hand Me Down,” by Kristyna Baczynski, in 24 x 7 (Fanfare Presents)
* “It’s Going to Be Okay,” by Matthew Inman, in The Oatmeal, theoatmeal.com/comics/plane
* “Killing and Dying,” by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #14 (Drawn & Quarterly)
* “Lion and Mouse,” by R. Sikoryak, in Fable Comics (First Second)
NEJLEPŠÍ ČÍSLO NEBO SAMOSTATNÝ SEŠIT
* A Blanket of Butterflies, by Richard Van Camp and Scott B. Henderson (HighWater Press)
* I Love This Part, by Tillie Walden (Avery Hill)
* Mowgli’s Mirror, by Olivier Schrauwen (Retrofit/Big Planet)
* Pope Hats #4, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse)
* Silver Surfer #11: “Never After,” by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)
NEJLEPŠÍ SÉRIE NA POKRAČOVÁNÍ
* Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
* Giant Days, by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin (BOOM! Box)
* Invincible, by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, and Cliff Rathburn (Image/Skybound)
* Silver Surfer, by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)
* Southern Bastards, by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour (Image)
NEJLEPŠÍ MINISÉRIE
* Chrononauts, by Mark Millar and Sean Murphy (Image)
* The Fade Out, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
* Lady Killer, by Joëlle Jones and Jamie S. Rich (Dark Horse)
* Minimum Wage: So Many Bad Decisions, by Bob Fingerman (Image)
* The Spire, by Simon Spurrier and Jeff Stokely (BOOM! Studios)
NEJLEPŠÍ NOVÁ SÉRIE
* Bitch Planet, by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro (Image)
* Harrow County, by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook (Dark Horse)
* Kaijumax, by Zander Cannon (Oni)
* Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
* Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image)
* The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel)
NEJLEPŠÍ KOMIKS PRO ZAČÍNAJÍCÍ ČTENÁŘE (DO 8 LET)
* Anna Banana and the Chocolate Explosion, by Dominque Roques and Alexis Dormal (First Second)
* Little Robot, by Ben Hatke (First Second)
* The Only Child, by Guojing (Schwartz & Wade)
* SheHeWe, by Lee Nordling and Meritxell Bosch (Lerner Graphic Universe)
* Written and Drawn by Henrietta, by Liniers (TOON Books)
NEJLEPŠÍ KOMIKS PRO DĚTI (9 AŽ 12 let)
* Baba Yaga’s Assistant, by Marika McCoola and Emily Carroll (Candlewick)
* Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War, by Jessica Dee Humphreys, Michel Chikwanine, and Claudia Devila (Kids Can Press)
* Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor, by Nathan Hale (Abrams Amulet)
* Over the Garden Wall, by Pat McHale and Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios/KaBOOM!)
* Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson (Dial Books)
* Sunny Side Up, by Jennifer Holm and Matthew Holm (Scholastic Graphix)
NEJLEPŠÍ KOMIKS PRO DOSPÍVAJÍCÍ (13 AŽ 17 LET)
* Awkward, by Svetlana Chmakova (Yen Press)
* Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, by Don Brown (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
* March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
* Moose, by Max de Radiguès (Conundrum)
* Oyster War, by Ben Towle (Oni)
* SuperMutant Magic Academy, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
NEJLEPŠÍ HUMORNÝ KOMIKS
* Cyanide & Happiness: Stab Factory, by Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker, and Dave McElfatrick (BOOM! Studios/BOOM! Box)
* Deep Dark Fears, by Fran Krause (Ten Speed Press)
* Sexcastle, by Kyle Starks (Image)
* Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
* UR, by Eric Haven (AdHouse)
NEJLEPŠÍ ELEKTRONICKÝ/ONLINE KOMIKS
* Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
* Fresh Romance, edited by Janelle Asselin (Rosy Press/comiXology)
* The Legend of Wonder Woman, by Renae De Liz (DC Digital)
* Lighten Up, by Ronald Wimberly (The Nib), thenib.com/lighten-up-4f7f96ca8a7e#.u45ffr3l1
* These Memories Won’t Last, by Stu Campbell, memories.sutueatsflies.com/
NEJLEPŠÍ ANTOLOGIE
* Drawn & Quarterly, Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary, Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, edited by Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
* Eat More Comics: The Best of the Nib, edited by Matt Bors (The Nib)
* 24 x 7, edited by Dan Berry (Fanfare Presents)
* Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, vol. 3, edited by David Petersen (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
* Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, edited by Shannon Watters (kaBOOM!)
NEJLEPŠÍ KOMIKS PODLE SKUTEČNÝCH UDÁLOSTÍ
* The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978–1984, by Riad Sattouf (Metropolitan Books)
* Displacement: A Travelogue, by Lucy Knisley (Fantagraphics)
* Hip Hop Family Tree, Book 3: 1983–1984, by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
* Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist, by Bill Griffith (Fantagraphics)
* March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
The Story of My Tits, by Jennifer Hayden (Top Shelf/IDW)
NEJLEPŠÍ PŮVODNÍ ALBUM/GRAFICKÝ ROMÁN
* Long Walk to Valhalla, by Adam Smith and Matthew Fox (BOOM!/Archaia)
* Nanjing: The Burning City, by Ethan Young (Dark Horse)
* Ruins, by Peter Kuper (SelfMadeHero)
* Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen, by Dylan Horrocks (Fantagraphics)
* The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, by Sydney Padua (Pantheon)
NEJLEPŠÍ ALBUM/GRAFICKÝ ROMÁN – REPRINT
* Angry Youth Comics, by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics)
* Roses in December: A Story of Love and Alzheimer’s, by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers (Kent State University Press)
* The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal Omnibus, by E. K. Weaver (Iron Circus Comics)
* Nimona, by Nicole Stevenson (Harper Teen)
* Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
NEJLEPŠÍ ADAPTACE Z JINÉHO MÉDIA
* Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt, by Rebecca Goldfield, Mike Short, and Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum)
* City of Clowns, by Daniel Alarcón and Sheila Alvarado (Riverhead Books)
* Ghetto Clown, by John Leguizamo, Christa Cassano, and Shamus Beyale (Abrams ComicArts)
* Lafcadio Hearn’s “The Faceless Ghost” and Other Macabre Tales from Japan, adapted by Sean Michael Wilson and Michiru Morikawa (Shambhala)
* Two Brothers, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)
NEJLEPŠÍ AMERICKÉ VYDÁNÍ ZAHRANIČNÍHO MATERIÁLU
* Alpha… Directions, by Jens Harder (Knockabout/Fanfare)
* The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez (Fantagraphics)
* A Glance Backward by Pierre Paquet and Tony Sandoval (Magnetic Press)
* The March of the Crabs, by Arthur de Pins (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
* The Realist, by Asaf Hanuka (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
NEJLEPŠÍ AMERICKÉ VYDÁNÍ ZAHRANIČNÍHO MATERIÁLU – ASIE
* Assassination Classroom, vols. 2–7, by Yusei Matsui (VIZ)
* A Bride’s Story, by Kaoru Mori (Yen Press)
* Master Keaton, vols. 2–4, by Naoki Urasawa, Hokusei Katsushika, and Takashi Nagasaki (VIZ)
* Showa, 1953–1989: A History of Japan, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
* A Silent Voice, by Yoshitoki Oima (Kodansha)
* Sunny, by Taiyo Matsumoto (VIZ)
NEJLEPŠÍ ARCHIVNÍ SOUBOR/PROJEKT – STRIPY
* Beyond Mars, by Jack Williamson and Lee Elias, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/LOAC)
* Cartoons for Victory, by Warren Bernard (Fantagraphics)
* The Complete Funky Winkerbean, vol. 4, by Tom Batiuk, edited by Mary Young (Black Squirrel Books)
* The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
* Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi, vols. 1 and 2, edited by Joseph P. Procopio (Picture This/Lost Art Books)
* White Boy in Skull Valley, by Garrett Price, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
NEJLEPŠÍ ARCHIVNÍ SOUBOR/PROJEKT – SEŠITY
* Frank Miller’s Ronin Gallery Edition, edited by Bob Chapman (Graphitti Designs/DC)
* P. Craig Russell’s Murder Mystery and Other Stories Gallery Edition, edited by Daniel Chabon (Dark Horse)
* The Puma Blues: The Complete Saga, by Stephen Murphy, Alan Moore, Michael Zulli, Stephen R. Bissette, and Dave Sim (Dover)
* Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Don Rosa Library, vols. 3–4, edited by David Gerstein (Fantagraphics)
* Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tales, edited by Craig Yoe (IDW)
NEJLEPŠÍ SCENÁRISTA
* Jason Aaron, Southern Bastards (Image), Men of Wrath (Marvel Icon), Doctor Strange, Star Wars, Thor (Marvel)
* John Allison, Giant Days (BOOM Studios!)
* Ed Brubaker, The Fade Out, Velvet, Criminal Special Edition (Image)
* Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image)
* G. Willow Wilson, Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
NEJLEPŠÍ AUTOR
* Bill Griffith, Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist (Fantagraphics)
* Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor (Abrams)
* Sydney Padua, The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (Pantheon)
* Ed Piskor, Hip-Hop Family Tree, vol. 3 (Fantagraphics)
* Noah Van Sciver, Fante Bukowski, Saint Cole (Fantagraphics)
NEJLEPŠÍ KRESLÍŘ(I)/INKER(ŘI)
* Michael Allred, Silver Surfer (Marvel); Art Ops (Vertigo/DC)
* Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls (Image)
* Erica Henderson, Jughead (Archie), Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Marvel)
* Joëlle Jones, Lady Killer (Dark Horse), Brides of Helheim (Oni)
* Nate Powell, March, Book Two (Top Shelf/IDW)
NEJLEPŠÍ MALÍŘ/MULTIMEDIÁLNÍ UMĚLEC
* Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Tiger and Love: The Fox (Magnetic Press)
* Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain)
* Carita Lupattelli, Izuna (Humanoids)
* Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)
* Tony Sandoval, A Glance Backward (Magnetic Press)
NEJLEPŠÍ OBÁLKÁŘ
* David Aja, Hawkeye, Karnak, Scarlet Witch (Marvel)
* Rafael Albuquerque, Ei8ht (Dark Horse), Huck (Image)
* Amanda Conner, Harley Quinn (DC)
* Joëlle Jones, Lady Killer (Dark Horse), Brides of Helheim (Oni)
* Ed Piskor, Hip-Hop Family Tree (Fantagraphics)
NEJLEPŠÍ KOLORING
* Laura Allred, Lady Killer (Dark Horse); Silver Surfer (Marvel); Art OPS (Vertigo/DC)
* Jordie Bellaire, The Autumnlands, Injection, Plutona, Pretty Deadly, The Surface, They’re Not Like Us, Zero (Image); The X-Files (IDW); The Massive (Dark Horse); Magneto, Vision (Marvel)
* Elizabeth Breitwiser, The Fade Out, Criminal Magazine, Outcast, Velvet (Image)
* John Rauch, The Beauty (Image); Batman: Arkham Knight, Earth 2: Society (DC); Runaways (Marvel)
* Dave Stewart, Abe Sapien, BPRD Hell on Earth, Fight Club 2, Frankenstein Underground, Hellboy in Hell, Hellboy and the BPRD, (Dark Horse); Sandman: Overture, Twilight Children (Vertigo/DC), Captain America: White (Marvel), Space Dumplins (Scholastic Graphix)
NEJLEPŠÍ LETTERING
* Derf Backderf, Trashed (Abrams)
* Steve Dutro, Blood-C, Midnight Society, Plants vs Zombies (Dark Horse)
* Lucy Knisley, Displacement (Fantagraphics)
* Troy Little, Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Top Shelf/IDW)
* Kevin McCloskey, We Dig Worms! (TOON Books)
NEJLEPŠÍ KOMIKSOVÁ ŽURNALISTIKA
* Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
* Back Issue, edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows)
* Comic Riffs blog by Michael Cavna, washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/
* Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)
* Jack Kirby Collector, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)
NEJLEPŠÍ KNIHA O KOMIKSU
* Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America, by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics)
* King of the Comics: One Hundred Years of King Features Syndicate, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/LOAC)
* Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (Abrams ComicArts)
* Out of Line: The Art of Jules Feiffer, by Martha Fay (Abrams ComicArts)
* Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel, by Paul Levitz (Abrams ComicArts)
NEJLEPŠÍ NAUČNÁ/AKADEMICKÁ PRÁCE
* The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art, edited by Frances Gateward and John Jennings (Rutgers)
* Boys Love Manga and Beyond: History, Culture, and Community in Japan, edited by Mark McLelland et al. (University Press of Mississippi)
* Graphic Medicine Manifesto, by M. K. Czerwiec et al. (Penn State University Press)
* Superheroes on World Screens, edited by Rayna Denison and Rachel Mizsei-Ward (University Press of Mississippi)
* Unflattening, by Nick Sousanis (Harvard University Press)
NEJLEPŠÍ GRAFICKÁ ÚPRAVA
* Beyond the Surface, designed by Nicolas André, Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, and Camille Pichon (Nobrow)
* The Eternaut, designed by Tony Ong (Fantagraphics)
* Eventually Everything Connects, designed by Loris Lora, Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, and Camille Pichon (Nobrow)
* King of the Comics: One Hundred Years of King Features Syndicate, designed by Dean Mullaney (IDW/LOAC)
* Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, designed by Chip Kidd (Abrams ComicArts)
* Sandman Gallery Edition, designed by Graphitti Designs and Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios (Graphitti Designs/DC)