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Yes, it’s that exciting time when the Eisner nominees are announced. The winners, or course, will be determined in late July during San Diego Comic Con, but for now we can only wonder who will run away with the big prizes.
The Eisner committee already did all of the math for us. You can tell exactly how many nominations your favorite company got just by reading that press release. But what you don’t need any kind of press release to notice is how few mainstream superhero books got selected this year. You know, the kinds of books that make up a majority of the comic book industry’s market.
Bravo, judges.
Somebody has to make sure that these other important books get noticed and rewarded for their quality. As time goes on my mainstream Marvel and DC picks keep dwindling, so to see a list of nominees so fresh is pretty encouraging. The Eisner judges know that there is a lot of great stuff happening outside of the Big Two.
Of course this doesn’t mean that I’ve read everything on the list. Or even a significant portion of them.
But let me see if there’s a few things I can comment on:
Best Continuing Series: Chew has been a lot of fun. Locke & Key didn’t quite grab me with the first hardcover, but I guess it really does deserve a second chance. And Scalped is a grueling but great read every time. Also, I’ve been really sucked into 20th Century Boys, and it’s nice to see it nominated with all of these other books.
My comments for Best New Series and Best Publication for Kids are quite simple: give them to iZombie and Tiny Titans, respectively!
Best Graphic Album/Reprint: the only one I picked up from this category was Wednesday Comics. But I never saw a comic collection quite like that one, and I think that it’s more than deserving to win. The book itself was a work of art!
It sounds like there’s a lot of good stuff for me to track down on this list…
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