Showing posts with label 2023. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2023. Show all posts

Monday, April 01, 2024

Winners Of The 2023 Chesley Awards Announced

The winners of the 2023 Chesley Awards, for works and achievements in the period from January 1 to December 31 2023, have been announced.

The Chesley Awards, named after astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell, were established by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) in 1985 as a means for the Science Fiction and Fantasy art community to recognize individual works and achievements in a given year.


Best Hardback Illustration

'Africa Risen' edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, & Zelda Knight
(Tor; November 2022)

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Winners of the 27th Annual DICE Video Games Awards Announced

Finalists for the 27th Annual DICE awards, honouring and celebrating the best video games from 2023, have been announced by the Academy Of Interactive Arts And Sciences.

Since 1996, the DICE Awards (a backronym for Design Innovate Communicate Entertain) have recognized games, individuals and development teams that have contributed to the advancement of the worldwide entertainment software industry.


Outstanding Achievement in Animation

  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2

 

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

  • Alan Wake 2

 

Outstanding Achievement in Character

  • Miles Morales (Marvel's Spider-Man 2) 

 

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2

 

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2

 

Outstanding Achievement in Story

  • Baldur's Gate 3

 

Outstanding Technical Achievement

  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2

 

Action Game of the Year

  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2

 

Adventure Game of the Year

  • The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom 

 

Family Game of the Year

  • Super Mario Bros Wonder

 

Fighting Game of the Year

  • Street Fighter 6 

 

Role-Playing Game of the Year

  • Baldur's Gate 3

 

Sports Game of the Year

  • MLB The Show '23 

 

Racing Game of the Year

  • Forza Motorsport 

 

Strategy / Simulation Game of the Year

  • Dune: Spice Wars

 

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

  • Horizon: Call Of The Mountain

 

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

  • Asgard's Wrath 2 

 

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

  • Cocoon

 

Mobile Game of the Year

  • What The Car?

 

Online Game of the Year

  • Diablo IV 

 

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

  • Baldur's Gate 3

 

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

  • Baldur's Gate 3

 

Game of the Year

  • Baldur's Gate 3

Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Winners of the 2023 Saturn Awards Announced

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have revealed the winners of the 2023 Saturn Awards. 

The Saturn Awards are dedicated to honouring the finest in genre entertainment in film, television and home entertainment.

FILM

Best Science Fiction Film

  • Avatar: The Way of Water (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)

Best Fantasy Film

  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)

Best Horror Film

  • Talk to Me (A24)

Best Superhero Film

  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)

Best Action / Adventure Film

  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures)

Best Thriller Film

  • Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

Best Animated Film

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures/Marvel)

Best Independent Film

  • Pearl (A24)

Best International Film

  • Sisu (Lionsgate Films)

Best Actor in a Film

  • Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)

Best Actress in a Film

  • Margot Robbie, Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Supporting Actor in a Film

  • Nicolas Cage, Renfield (Universal Pictures)

Best Supporting Actress in a Film

  • Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

Best Younger Performer in a Film

  • Xolo Maridueña, Blue Beetle (DC/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Film Direction

  • James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)

Best Film Screenwriting

  • Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)

Best Film Music (Composer)

  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, John Williams (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)

Best Film Make-Up

  • The Covenant, Donald Mowat (United Artists Releasing)

Best Film Editing

  • Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lane (Universal Pictures)

Best Film Production Design

  • Barbie, Sarah Greenwood (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Film Costume

  • Barbie, Jacqueline Durran (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Film Visual / Special Effects

  • Avatar: The Way of Water, Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)

TELEVISION

Best Science Fiction Television Series

  • Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS)

Best Fantasy Television Series

  • Wednesday (Netflix)

Best Horror Television Series

  • The Last of Us (HBO/Max)

Best Superhero Television Series

  • Superman & Lois (Warner Bros. Television)

Best Action / Adventure / Thriller Television Series

  • Outlander (Starz)

Best Television Presentation

  • Marvel’s Werewolf by Night (Marvel/Disney+)

Best Animated Television Series or Special

  • Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Lucasfilm/Disney+)

Best New Genre Television Series

  • Andor (Lucasfilm/Disney+)

Best Actor in a Television Series

  • Patrick Stewart, Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS)

Best Actress in a Television Series

  • Caitriona Balfe, Outlander (Starz)

Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series

  • Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS)

Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series

  • Jeri Ryan, Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS)

Best Younger Performer in a Television Series

  • Jenna Ortega, Wednesday (Netfix)

Best Guest Star in a Television Series

  • Paul Wesley, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+/CBS)

HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Best Classic Film Home Media Release

  • Invaders from Mars 4K (Ignite)

Best Television Home Media Release

  • Night Gallery, Season 3 (Kino Lorber)

Best 4K Home Media Release

  • John Wick, Chapter 4 - 4K (Lionsgate Home Entertainment)

Best Film Home Media Collection

  • Superman 1978-1987 4K Collection (Warner Home Video)

SPECIAL AWARDS

The Visionary Award

  • Christopher Nolan

The Life Career Award

  • Jodie Foster

The Robert Forster Artist's Award

  • Seth MacFarlane

The Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

The George Pal Memorial Award

  • Dave Filoni

The Lance Reddick Legacy Award

  • Keanu Reeves

The Dan Curtis Legacy Award

  • The Cast & Creators of the Walking Dead (Scott Gimple, Norman Reedus, Danai Gurira, Denise Huth, Josh McDermitt)

Monday, January 01, 2024

Finalists for the 2023 Chesley Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2023 Chesley Awards, for works and achievements in the period from January 1 to December 31 2022, have been announced.

The Chesley Awards, named after astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell, were established by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) in 1985 as a means for the Science Fiction and Fantasy art community to recognize individual works and achievements in a given year.

Best Hardback Illustration

  • Marcela Bolívar Blackwater by Michael McDowell (Suntup Editions; Spring 2022)
  • Donato Giancola The Dragonborne Chair by Tad Williams (Grim Oak Press; April 2022)
  • Manzi Jackson Africa Risen edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, & Zelda Knight (Tor; November 2022)
  • Tran Nguyen The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim (Knopf Books for Young Readers; August 2022)
  • John Picacio Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (Simon & Schuster / Saga Press; April 2022)
  • Omar Rayyan Animal Farm by George Orwell (Suntup Editions; December 2022)

Best Paperback / Ebook Cover Illustration

  • Micah Epstein The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri (Orbit; August 2022)
  • Tom Kidd Library of the Sapphire Wind by Jane Lindskold (Baen; February 2022)
  • Luisa Preissler The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow By Rachel Aaron (Aaron Bach LLC; June 2022)
  • Charles Vess The Queen of Summer’s Twilight by Charles Vess (NewCon Press; September 2022)
  • Erin Vest All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie (Tordotcom; March 2022)

Best Magazine Cover

  • Ed Binkley Bourbon Penn #26; March 2022
  • Zezhou Chen Clarkesworld #184; January 2022
  • Daniel Conway Clarkesworld #193; October 2022
  • Tehani Farr Eternus #1 (Metal Variant); October 2022
  • J C Jongwon Park Clarkesworld #185; February 2022

Best Interior Illustration

  • David Álvarez The Collector by John Fowles (Suntup Editions; March 2022)
  • Bruce Brenneise The Witcher: Sword of Destiny: Illustrated Edition by Andrzej Sapowski (Orbit Books; December 2022)
  • Hilary Clarcq Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Suntup Editions; July 2022)
  • Jason Mowry Hannibal by Thomas Harris (Suntup Editions; July 2022)
  • Omar Rayyan Animal Farm by George Orwell (Suntup Editions; December 2022)
  • Corinne Reid “The Long View” by Susan Palwick (Tor.com; April 2022)
  • Red Nose Studios / Chris Sickels Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery by Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com; February 2022)

Best Gaming Related

  • Bruce Brenneise “Baldur’s Gate Harbor” (WofC Commander Legends; June 2022)
  • Dmitry Burmak “Vodalian Hexcatcher” (WofC Dominaria United; September 2022)
  • Julie Dillon “Thought Scour” (WofC Double Masters 2022; July 2022)
  • Serena Malyon “Soul of Emancipation” (WofC Streets of New Capenna; April 2022)
  • Victor Adame Minguez “Rith Liberated Primeva” (WofC Dominaria United; September 2022)
  • Ryan Pancoast “Discover the Impossible” (WofC Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty; February 2022)

Best Product Illustration

  • Antonio Caparo SILA poster for the Illustration West 61 (Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles; 2022)
  • Nico Delort The Lighthouse (Mondo; March 2022)
  • Annie Stegg Gerard Journey’s End (Dragoncon; August 2022)
  • James Jean Everything Everywhere All At Once (a24; March 2022)
  • Greg Ruth The Dune Sketchbook (Mondo; July 2022)
  • Jessica Seaman The VVitch (Mondo; March 2022)

Best Colour Work: Unpublished

  • Ed Binkley “Firefly Queen”; Acrylic & Colored Pencil
  • Donato Giancola “Fear”; Oils
  • Mark Harrison “The Singing Tree”; Oils
  • Serena Malyon ”Steady” Watercolour and acryla gouache
  • Lauren Raye Snow “The Ecstasy of St. Joan”; Procreate and Apple Pencil

Best Monochrome Work: Unpublished

  • Ed Binkley “Listener”; Colored Pencil and Acrylic
  • Jeff Echevarria “The Blessing”; Charcoal, Graphite Powder & Panpastels
  • Shawn E Russell “Rhythms”; graphite
  • Greg Ruth “Pan’s Labyrinth”; graphite on paper
  • Gary Villarreal “A King’s Futile Plea”; graphite

Best Three Dimensional Art

  • Dan Chudzinski “The Great Owl”; Mixed Media
  • Nicole Lee Grosjean “Year of the Tiger Paper”; mixed media
  • Ornélie “Underwater”; polymer clay, acrylic paint, butterfly, glass bubbles
  • Christine & Colin Poole “Dove Dreams of Flying Ceramic”; cold finish
  • Forest Rogers “Love Note to Kay Nielsen”; Mixed Media
  • Dug Stanant “The Boatman”; Mixed Media

Best Art Director

  • Neil Clarke Clarkesworld
  • Rebecca Dornsife Suntup Editions
  • Christine Foltzer Tor.com
  • Lauren Panepinto Orbit Books
  • Lia Ribacchi Dark Horse Comics

Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Manuel Pérez Clemente (aka Sanjulian)
  • Roger Dean
  • Gregory Manchess
  • Mark Schultz
  • Allen Williams

Friday, December 29, 2023

The Geeky Nerfherder 12th Anniversary & My 2023 Favourites

December 29
is the 12th anniversary of this nerdy blog, beginning all the way back on this day in 2011 with the obligatory introductory blog post. So, Happy Birthday Geeky Nerfherder!
 
The aim of the blog has always been to showcase inspiring, cool art and pop culture geekery, from poster art, comic art, book and magazine cover art to the artworks on view from the latest new contemporary exhibitions, and the artists that create them.
 
After all the years I've been doing this blog, it's still a lot of fun to curate; discovering the latest cool art, cover art, print releases and gallery shows, showcasing art from some of my favourite artists in my long running 'Artist Spotlight' series, and starting each day with an #ArtOfTheDay post - something random from the Geeky Nerfherder image archives.
 
I'm active on the socials and also sometimes post bonus content there, such as quicky reviews of the latest movies I have seen, and any nerdy #NewSwag that I add to my collection as well. The socials continue to gain new followers, especially Pinterest, Tumblr and Instagram, even with the algorithms doing their damndest to limit any visibility, with the number of followers in the thousands! WOW! Thank you so much!! It's always humbling and amazing to know that other people are also enjoying the artworks I'm posting and hopefully discovering new favourite artists along the way as well. But if you’re not already following, here are the links to my social profiles where I post to:


You can also help support the blog by using these Affiliate Links when shopping online:
So that's another year almost done and dusted! There's still been enough good stuff to escape into a geeky and nerdy bubble with, despite everything 2023 has conjured up, and here are a few of my favourites from the past year below.
 

Thursday, December 07, 2023

2023 Saturn Award Nominees Announced

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have revealed the nominees for the 2023 Saturn Awards. 

The Saturn Awards are dedicated to honouring the finest in genre entertainment in film, television and home entertainment.

The winners will be announced on February 4 2024.

FILM

Best Science Fiction Film

  • Avatar: The Way of Water (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)
  • The Creator (20th Century Studios)
  • M3GAN (Universal Pictures/Blumhouse)
  • Prey (20th Century Studios/Hulu)
  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Paramount/Hasbro)

Best Fantasy Film

  • Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Paramount Pictures/Hasbro)
  • Haunted Mansion (Walt Disney Studios)
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)
  • The Little Mermaid (Walt Disney Studios)

Best Horror Film

  • Barbarian (20th Century Studios)
  • Evil Dead Rise (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Insidious: The Red Door (Screen Gems/Blumhouse)
  • Renfield (Universal Pictures)
  • Scream VI (Paramount Pictures)
  • Smile (Paramount Pictures)
  • Talk to Me (A24)

Best Superhero Film

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
  • Blue Beetle (DC/Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • The Flash (DC/Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)

Best Action / Adventure Film

  • Bullet Train (Sony Pictures)
  • The Equalizer 3 (Sony Pictures)
  • Fast X (Universal Pictures)
  • John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate Films)
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures)
  • The Woman King (TriStar Pictures)

Best Thriller Film

  • Don’t Worry Darling (Warner Bros./New Line Cinema)
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
  • The Lesson (Bleecker Street)
  • The Menu (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Knock at the Cabin (Universal Pictures)
  • Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

Best Animated Film

  • Elemental (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)
  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Dreamworks/Universal)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures/Marvel)
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal Pictures)
  • Suzume (Crunchyroll)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount Pictures)

Best Actor in a Film

  • Ralph Fiennes, The Menu (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)
  • Ben Kingsley, Jules (Bleecker Street)
  • Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy – Vol. 3 (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
  • Keanu Reeves, John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate Films)
  • Sam Worthington, Avatar: The Way of Water (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)

Best Actress in a Film

  • Viola Davis, The Woman King (TriStar Pictures)
  • Mia Goth, Pearl (A24)
  • Anya Taylor-Joy, The Menu (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Amber Midthunder, Prey (20th Century Studios/Hulu)
  • Margot Robbie, Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Zoe Saldana, Avatar: The Way of Water (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)

Best Supporting Actor in a Film

  • Nicolas Cage, Renfield (Universal Pictures)
  • Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Ryan Gosling, Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Michael Keaton, The Flash (DC/Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Stephen Lang, Avatar: The Way of Water (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)
  • Mads Mikkelsen, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)

Best Supporting Actress in a Film

  • Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
  • Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Jane Curtain, Jules (Bleecker Street)
  • Melissa McCarthy, The Little Mermaid (Walt Disney Studios)
  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)
  • Sophie Wilde, Talk to Me (A24)

Best Younger Performer in a Film

  • Halle Bailey, The Little Mermaid (Walt Disney Studios)
  • Vivien Lyra Blair, The Boogeyman (20th Century Studios)
  • Jack Champion, Avatar: The Way of Water (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)
  • Xolo Maridueña, Blue Beetle (DC/Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Violet McGraw, M3GAN (Universal Pictures/Blumhouse)
  • Noah Schnapp, The Tutor (Vertical Entertainment)

Best Film Direction

  • James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)
  • Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • James Gunn, Guardians of the Galaxy – Vol. 3 (Marvel/Walt Disney Pictures)
  • James Mangold, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)
  • Mark Mylod, The Menu (Searchlight Films)
  • Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
  • Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou, Talk to Me (A24)

Best Film Screenwriting

  • Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)
  • Barbie, Noah Baumbach & Greta Gerwig (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • The Menu, Seth Reiss & Will Tracy (Searchlight Films)
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Erik Jendresen & Christopher McQuarrie (Paramount Pictures)
  • Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan (Universal Pictures)
  • Pearl, Ti West & Mia Goth (A24)

Best Film Music (Composer)

  • Avatar: The Way of Water, Simon Franglen (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)
  • Barbie, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, John Williams (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)
  • The Little Mermaid, Alan Menken (Walt Disney Pictures)
  • Renfield, Marco Beltrami (Universal Pictures)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Daniel Pemberton (Sony Pictures/Marvel)

Best Film Make-Up

  • The Covenant, Donald Mowat (United Artists Releasing)
  • Evil Dead Rise, Luke Polti (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy-Vol. 3, Alexei Dmitriew (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
  • Oppenheimer, Luisa Abel, Jason Hamer (Universal Pictures)
  • Prey, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. (20th Century Studios/Hulu)
  • Renfield, Christien Tinsley (Universal Pictures)

Best Film Editing

  • Avatar: The Way of Water, Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)
  • Fast X, Dylan Highsmith, Kelly Matsumoto, Corbin Mehl, Laura Yanovich (Universal Pictures)
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker, Dirk Westervelt (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)
  • John Wick: Chapter 4, Nathan Orloff (Lionsgate Films)
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Eddie Hamilton (Paramount Pictures)
  • Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lane (Universal Pictures)

Best Film Production Design

  • Avatar: The Way of Water, Dylan Cole, Ben Proctor (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)
  • Barbie, Sarah Greenwood (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy-Vol. 3, Beth Mickle (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
  • John Wick: Chapter 4, Kevin Kavanaugh (Lionsgate Films)
  • Oppenheimer, Ruth De Jong (Universal Pictures)
  • Renfield, Alec Hammond (Universal Pictures)

Best Film Costume

  • Avatar: The Way of Water, Bob Buck, Deborah Scott (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)
  • Barbie, Jacqueline Durran (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ruth E. Carter (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy-Vol. 3, Judianna Makovsky (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Joanna Johnston (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)
  • Oppenheimer, Ellen Mirojnick (Universal Pictures)

Best Film Visual / Special Effects

  • Avatar: The Way of Water, Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett (Walt Disney/Lightstorm)
  • The Creator, Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, Neil Corbould (20th Century Studios)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy-Vol. 3, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Andrew Whitehurst, Kathy Siegel, Robert Weaver, Alistair Williams (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney)
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Neil Corbould (Paramount Pictures)
  • Oppenheimer, Andrew Jackson, Giacomo Mineo, Scott Fisher, Dave Drzewiecki (Universal Pictures)

Best Independent Film

  • Aporia (Well Go USA)
  • Brooklyn 45 (Shudder)
  • Fall (Lionsgate Films)
  • Jules (Bleecker Street)
  • Pearl (A24)
  • The Tutor (Vertical Entertainment)

Best International Film

  • Madeleine Collins (Greenwich Entertainment)
  • Missing (Dark Star Pictures)
  • The Origin of Evil (IFC Films)
  • Ransomed (Well Go USA)
  • Speak No Evil (Shudder)
  • Sisu (Lionsgate Films)

TELEVISION

Best Science Fiction Television Series

  • Andor (Lucasfilm/Disney+)
  • Foundation (Apple TV+)
  • The Mandalorian (Lucasfilm/Disney+)
  • The Peripheral (Amazon)
  • Silo (Apple TV+)
  • Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS)
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+/CBS)

Best Fantasy Television Series

  • Ghosts (CBS)
  • Good Omens (Amazon)
  • House of the Dragon (HBO/Max)
  • The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power (Amazon)
  • Mayfair Witches (AMC)
  • Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+)
  • Wednesday (Netflix)

Best Horror Television Series

  • American Horror Story (FX/Hulu)
  • Chucky (NBC/Universal/Syfy)
  • Fear the Walking Dead (AMC)
  • From (MGM+)
  • Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
  • The Last of Us (HBO/Max)
  • What We Do in the Shadows (FX/Hulu)

Best Superhero Television Series

  • Doom Patrol (HBO/Max)
  • The Flash (Warner Bros. Television)
  • The Sandman (Netflix)
  • Secret Invasion (Marvel/Disney+)
  • She-Hulk: Attorney-At-Law (Marvel/Disney+)
  • Stargirl (Warner Bros. Television)
  • Superman & Lois (Warner Bros. Television)

Best Action / Adventure / Thriller Television Series

  • La Brea (NBC/Universal)
  • Manifest (Netflix)
  • Outlander (Starz)
  • Quantum Leap (NBC/Universal)
  • Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Amazon)
  • The Witcher (Netflix)
  • Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Best Television Presentation

  • Black Mirror (Netflix)
  • Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix)
  • Hocus Pocus 2 (Disney+)
  • Marvel’s Werewolf by Night (Marvel/Disney+)
  • The Midnight Club (Netflix)
  • Mrs. Davis (Peacock)
  • The Munsters (Universal 1440 Entertainment)

Best Animated Television Series or Special

  • Chainsaw Man (Crunchyroll)
  • Gremlins: Secrets of Mogwai (HBO/Max)
  • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
  • Harley Quinn (HBO/Max)
  • My Adventures with Superman (Cartoon Network/Adult Swim)
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)
  • Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Lucasfilm/Disney+)

Best New Genre Television Series

  • Andor (Lucasfilm/Disney+)
  • The Ark (Electric Entertainment/Syfy)
  • The Last of Us (HBO/Max)
  • Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power (Amazon)
  • Silo (Apple TV+)
  • The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC)
  • Wednesday (Netflix)

Best Actor in a Television Series

  • Tyler Hoechlin, Superman & Lois (Warner Bros. Television)
  • Sam Heughan, Outlander (Starz)
  • Diego Luna, Andor (Lucasfilm/Disney+)
  • Anson Mount, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+/CBS)
  • Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us (HBO/Max)
  • Harold Perrineau, From (MGM+)
  • Patrick Stewart, Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS)

Best Actress in a Television Series

  • Caitriona Balfe, Outlander (Starz)
  • Lauren Cohan, The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC)
  • Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon (HBO/Max)
  • Rebecca Ferguson, Silo (Apple TV+)
  • Tatiana Maslany, She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law (Marvel/Disney+)
  • Rose McIver, Ghosts (CBS)
  • Elizabeth Tulloch, Superman & Lois (Warner Bros. Television)

Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series

  • Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS)
  • Harvey Guillen, What We Do in the Shadows (FX/Hulu)
  • Ernie Hudson, Quantum Leap (NBC/Universal)
  • Ethan Peck, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+/CBS)
  • Ed Speleers, Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS)
  • Matt Smith, House of the Dragon (HBO/Max)
  • Todd Stashwick, Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS)

Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series

  • Jess Bush, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+/CBS)
  • Celia Rose, Gooding Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+/CBS)
  • Genevieve O’Reilly, Andor (Lucasfilm/Disney+)
  • Jeri Ryan, Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS)
  • Katee Sackhoff, The Mandalorian (Lucasfilm/Disney+)
  • Sophie Skelton, Outlander (Starz)
  • Rebecca Wisocky, Ghosts (CBS)

Best Younger Performer in a Television Series

  • Milly Alcock, House of the Dragon (HBO/Max)
  • Freya Allan, The Witcher (Netflix)
  • Zachary Arthur, Chucky (NBC/Universal/Syfy)
  • Brec Bassinger, Stargirl (Warner Bros. Television)
  • Jenna Ortega, Wednesday (Netfix)
  • Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us (HBO/Max)
  • Igby Rigney, The Midnight Club (Netflix)

Best Guest Star in a Television Series

  • Gael Garcia Bernal, Marvel’s Werewolf by Night (Marvel/Disney+)
  • Giancarlo Esposito, The Mandalorian (Lucasfilm/Disney+)
  • Nick Offerman, The Last of Us (HBO/Max)
  • Amanda Plummer, Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS)
  • Andy Serkis, Andor (Lucasfilm/Disney+)
  • Paul Wesley, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+/CBS)
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones, Wednesday (Netflix)

HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Best Classic Film Home Media Release

  • Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (Warner Archives)
  • Invaders from Mars 4K (Ignite)
  • It Came from Outer Space 4K (Universal Home Entertainment)
  • It, The Terror from Beyond Space 4k (Kino Lorber)
  • The Manchurian Candidate 4K (Kino Lorber)
  • The Night of the Hunter 4K (Kino Lorber)
  • Secret of the Incas (Kino Lorber)

Best Television Home Media Release

  • Better Call Saul (The Complete Collection) (AMC)
  • Creepshow (Season 3) (Shudder)
  • Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowman (BBC)
  • Interview with the Vampire (Season 1) (AMC)
  • Loki (Season 1) – 4K Steelbook (Disney Home Media)
  • Night Gallery, Season 3 (Kino Lorber)
  • Quantum Leap, Season 1 (Universal Home Entertainment)

Best 4K Home Media Release

  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 4K (Criterion)
  • The Exorcist 50th Anniversary Edition 4K (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
  • Cujo 4K (Kino Lorber)
  • John Wick, Chapter 4 – 4K (Lionsgate Home Entertainment)
  • Needful Things 4K (Kino Lorber)
  • To Live and Die in L.A. 4K (Kino Lorber)
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition 4K (Paramount Home Entertainment)

Best Film Home Media Collection

  • Arsene Lupin Collection (Kino Lorber)
  • Irwin Allen: Master of Disaster Collection (Shout Factory)
  • Mr. Wong Collection (Kino Lorber)
  • Shawscope: Volume Two (Arrow Video)
  • Superman 1978-1987 4K Collection (Warner Home Video)
  • Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror, Volume 2 (Universal Home Entertainment)
  • Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary 25 Film Collection: Vol. 4 (Thrillers, Sci-fi, Horror) (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Winners of the 2023 World Fantasy Awards Announced

The winners of the 2023 World Fantasy Awards have been announced.

The awards were presented during World Fantasy Convention 2023, that was held October 26-29 in Kansas City, Missouri.


NOVEL

  • Saint Death’s Daughter by CSE Cooney (Solaris)

NOVELLA

  • Pomegranates by Priya Sharma (Absinthe Books)

SHORT FICTION

  • “Incident at Bear Creek Lodge” by Tananarive Due (Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology)

ANTHOLOGY

  • Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, eds. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight (Tordotcom Publishing)

COLLECTION

  • All Nightmare Long by Tim Lebbon (PS Publishing)

ARTIST

  • Kinuko Y Craft

SPECIAL AWARD – PROFESSIONAL

  • Matt Ottley, for The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness (Dirt Lane Press)

SPECIAL AWARD – NON-PROFESSIONAL

  • Michael Kelly, for Undertow Publications

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

  • Peter Crowther
  • John Douglas

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards Announced

The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.
 
The 2023 Hugo Awards were presented at a ceremony during Chengdu Worldcon weekend - October 18-22 2023, the 81st World Science Fiction Convention in Chengdu, China.

Best Novel

  • Nettle & Bone, by T Kingfisher (Tor Books)

Best Novella

  • Where The Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

 

Best Novelette

  • “The Space-Time Painter”, by Hai Ya (Galaxy’s Edge, April 2022)

 

Best Short Story

  • “Rabbit Test”, by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2022)

 

Best Series

  • Children of Time Series, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan/Orbit)

 

Best Graphic Story or Comic

  • Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, by Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov, Krzysztof Ostrowski (Dark Horse Books)

 

Best Related Work

  • Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, by Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

  • Everything Everywhere All At Once, screenplay by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert (IAC Films / Gozie AGBO)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

  • The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Alcon Entertainment)

 

Best Editor, Short Form

  • Neil Clarke

 

Best Editor, Long Form

  • Lindsey Hall

 

Best Professional Artist

  • Enzhe Zhao

 

Best Semiprozine

  • Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; managing editor Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Elison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

 

Best Fanzine

  • Zero Gravity Newspaper, by RiverFlow and Ling Shizhen

 

Best Fancast

  • Hugo, Girl!, by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson

 

Best Fan Writer

  • Chris M Barkley

 

Best Fan Artist

  • Richard Man

 

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (presented by the World Science Fiction Society)

  • Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts), by Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Books for Young Readers)

 

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines)

  • Travis Baldree

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Winners of the 2023 British Fantasy Awards Announced

The winners for the 2023 British Fantasy Awards have been announced by the British Fantasy Society. at this year's FantasyCon, hosted at The Leonardo Royal Hotel, Broad Street, Birmingham, UK, September 15-17 2023.


The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel

  • The Spear Cuts Through Water – Simon Jimenez (Del Rey)

The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel

  • Just Like Home – Sarah Gailey (Hodder & Stoughton)

Best Novella

  • The Queen of the High Fields – Rhiannon A Grist (Luna Press Publishing)

Best Short Fiction

  • Morta – James Bennett (in The Book of Queer Saints, Medusa Publishing Haus)

Best Collection

  • Under The Moon – EM Faulds (Ghost Moth Press)

Best Magazine / Periodical

  • Interzone

Best Audio Work

  • The Stranger Times (CK McDonnell)

Best Independent Press

  • Luna Press Publishing

Best Artist

  • Vince Haig

Best Anthology

  • Someone in Time, ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris)

Best Non-Fiction

  • An Earnest Blackness – Eugen Bacon (Anti-Oedipus Press)

The Sydney J Bounds Award for Best Newcomer

  • Hiron Ennes, for Leech (Tor)

The Legends of Fantasycon Award (selected by the organisers of Fantasycon)

  • Roy Gray from TTA press, for his ongoing support of Fantasycon

The Karl Edward Wagner Award (selected by the BFS committee)

  • Ann Landmann

Friday, July 28, 2023

2023 World Fantasy Award Finalists Announced

The finalists for the 2023 World Fantasy Awards have been announced.

The awards will be presented during World Fantasy Convention 2023, to be held October 26-29 in Kansas City, Missouri.


NOVEL

  • Saint Death’s Daughter by CSE Cooney (Solaris)
  • Spear by Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom Publishing)
  • The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings (Redhook/Orbit UK)
  • Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by RF Kuang (Harper Voyager)
  • Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom Publishing)

NOVELLA

  • The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia (Tachyon Publications)
  • The House of Drought by Dennis Mombauer (Stelliform Press)
  • Even Though I Knew The End by CL Polk (Tordotcom Publishing)
  • Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum (Undertow Publications)
  • Pomegranates by Priya Sharma (Absinthe Books)

SHORT FICTION

  • “The Devil Don’t Come with Horns” by Eugen Bacon (Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology)
  • “Incident at Bear Creek Lodge” by Tananarive Due (Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology)
  • “The Morning House” by Kate Heartfield (PodCastle, July 5 2022)
  • “Telling the Bees” by Kat Howard (The Sunday Morning Transport, Jan. 30 2022)
  • “Douen” by Suzan Palumbo (The Dark magazine, March 2022)

ANTHOLOGY

  • Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor Nightfire)
  • Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology, eds. Vince Liaguno and Rena Mason (William Morrow)
  • Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror, ed. John F. D. Taff (Tor Nightfire)
  • Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, eds. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight (Tordotcom Publishing)
  • Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue, eds. Sheree Renée Thomas, Pan Morigan, and Troy Wiggins (Third Man Books)

COLLECTION

  • Dark Breakers by CSE Cooney (Mythic Delirium Books)
  • Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw (Undertow Publications)
  • All Nightmare Long by Tim Lebbon (PS Publishing)
  • Boys, Beasts & Men by Sam J Miller (Tachyon Publications)
  • A Different Darkness and Other Abominations by Luigi Musolino (Valancourt Books)

ARTIST

  • Kinuko Y Craft
  • Galen Dara
  • Matt Ottley
  • Lauren Raye Snow
  • Charles Vess

SPECIAL AWARD – PROFESSIONAL

  • Irene Gallo, for Tor.com
  • Gavin J Grant and Kelly Link, for Small Beer Press
  • Tim Lebbon and Daniele Serra, for Without Walls (PS Publishing)
  • Fiona Moore, for Management Lessons from Game of Thrones: Organization Theory and Strategy in Westeros (Edward Elgar Publishing)
  • Matt Ottley, for The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness (Dirt Lane Press)

SPECIAL AWARD – NON-PROFESSIONAL

  • Michael Kelly, for Undertow Publications
  • Cristina Macía, for The Celsius Festival
  • Lynne M Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, for Uncanny Magazine
  • Dave Ring, for Neon Hemlock Press
  • E Catherine Tobler, for editing The Deadlands

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

  • Peter Crowther
  • John Douglas

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Shortlist For The 2023 British Fantasy Awards Announced

The shortlist for the 2023 British Fantasy Awards have been announced by the British Fantasy Society.


The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel

  • The Bone Orchard – Sara A Mueller (Tor)
  • Cast Long Shadows – Cat Hellisen (Luna Press Publishing)
  • Glitterati – Oliver K Langmead (Titan)
  • The Oleander Sword – Tasha Suri (Orbit)
  • Path of War – David Green (Eerie River Publishing)
  • The Spear Cuts Through Water – Simon Jimenez (Del Rey)

The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel

  • Full Immersion – Gemma Amor (Angry Robot)
  • The Hollows – Daniel Church (Angry Robot)
  • Just Like Home – Sarah Gailey (Hodder & Stoughton)
  • Miracle Growth – Tim Mendees (Eerie River Publishing)
  • Sundial – Catriona Ward (Viper)

Best Novella

  • And Then I Woke Up – Malcolm Devlin (Tordotcom)
  • The Entropy of Loss – Stewart Hotston (NewCon Press)
  • Interference – Terry Grimwood (Elsewhen Press)
  • Ogres – Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
  • Pomegranates – Priya Sharma (PS Publishing)
  • The Queen of the High Fields – Rhiannon A. Grist (Luna Press Publishing)

Best Short Fiction

  • The Call of El Tunche – Shona Kinsella (in Weird Horror Anthology, Flame Tree Press)
  • A Moment of Zugzwang – Neil Williamson (in ParSec #4)
  • Morta – James Bennett (in The Book of Queer Saints, Medusa Publishing Haus)
  • The Tails That Make You – Eliza Chan (in Fantasy Magazine #82)

Best Collection

  • Behind A Broken Smile – Penny Jones (Black Shuck Books)
  • Breakable Things – Cassandra Khaw (Undertow Publications)
  • Candescent Blooms – Andrew Hook (Salt Publishing)
  • Under The Moon – EM Faulds (Ghost Moth Press)

Best Magazine / Periodical

  • Ginger Nuts of Horror
  • Interzone
  • Shoreline of Infinity
  • Strange Horizons

Best Audio Work

  • Breaking The Glass Slipper
  • The Painkiller Podcast (Bitter Pill Theatre)
  • Podcastle (Escape Artists)
  • Pseudopod (Escape Artists)
  • The Secret of St. Kilda (Michael Ireland & Naomi Clarke)
  • The Stranger Times (CK McDonnell)

Best Independent Press

  • Black Shuck Books
  • Flame Tree Press
  • Luna Press Publishing
  • NewCon Press

Best Artist

  • Chris Baker (Fangorn)
  • Ben Baldwin
  • Jenni Coutts
  • Vince Haig
  • Dan Hillier

Best Anthology

  • Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, ed. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight (Tordotcom)
  • The Book of Queer Saints, ed. Mae Murray (Medusa Publishing Haus)
  • Great British Horror 7: Major Arcana, ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books)
  • Isolation: The Horror Anthology, ed. Dan Coxon (Titan)
  • Sky Breaker: Tales of the Wanderer – Lee C Conley, HL Tinsley, JE Hannaford, David Green, Derek Power, C Marry Hultman, Damien Larkin and CF Welburn (Nordic Press)
  • Someone in Time, ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris)

Best Non-Fiction

  • An Earnest Blackness – Eugen Bacon (Anti-Oedipus Press)
  • Fantasy: How it Works – Brian Attebery (OUP)
  • The Full Lid – Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner
  • My Life in Horror, Vol. 2 – Kit Power
  • Outlander and the Real Jacobites – Shona Kinsella (Pen & Sword History)
  • Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes – Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)

The Sydney J Bounds Award for Best Newcomer

  • Sunyi Dean, for The Book Eaters (Tor)
  • Hiron Ennes, for Leech (Tor)
  • Somto Ihezue, for a collection of short stories: Whole; Like Stars Daring to Shine; A Girl is Blood, Spirit and Fire; The Carving of War
  • Shauna Lawless, for The Children of Gods and Fighting Men (Head of Zeus)
  • Elijah Kinch Spector, for Kalyna the Soothsayer (Erewhon Books)
  • Susan York, for Starless and Bible Black (Midnight Street Press)

Monday, July 24, 2023

Winners Of The 2023 Eisner Awards Announced

The winers of the 2023 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2022, given for creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards, have been announced.

The winners were announced during San Diego Comic Con.


Best Short Story

  • “Finding Batman” by Kevin Conroy and J Bone in DC Pride 2022 (DC)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

  • Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)

Best Continuing Series

  • Nightwing, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)

Best Limited Series

  • The Human Target, by Tom King and Greg Smallwood (DC)

Best New Series

  • Public Domain, by Chip Zdarsky (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

  • The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems (Union Square Kids)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

  • Frizzy, by Claribel A Ortega and Rose Bousamra (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

  • Do A Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image)

Best Humour Publication

  • Revenge of the Librarians, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Anthology

  • The Nib Magazine, edited by Matt Bors (Nib)

Best Reality-Based Work

  • Flung Out of Space, by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Graphic Memoir

  • Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album - New

  • The Night Eaters, Book 1: She Eats the Night, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Graphic Album - Reprint

  • Parker: The Martini Edition - Last Call, by Richard Stark, Darwyn Cooke, Ed Brubaker, and Sean Phillips (IDW)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

  • Chivalry by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Colleen Doran (Dark Horse)

Best US Edition of International Material

  • Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 1, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, translation by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (Dark Horse)

Best US Edition of International Material - Asia

  • Shuna's Journey, by Hayao Miyazaki; translation by Alex Dudok de Wit (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Archival Collection/Project - Strips (at least 20 years old)

  • Come Over Come Over, It’s So Magic, and My Perfect Life, by Lynda Barry, edited by Peggy Burns (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection / Project - Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)

  • The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, edited by Dian Hansen (TASCHEN)

Best Writer

  • James Tynion IV, House of Slaughter, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Nice House on the Lake, The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country (DC), The Closet, The Department of Truth (Image)

Best Writer / Artist

  • Kate Beaton, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker Team

  • Greg Smallwood, The Human Target (DC)

Best Painter / Multimedia Artist (interior art)

  • Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (Abrams ComicArts); Monstress (Image)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)

  • Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)

Best Colouring

  • Jordie Bellaire, The Nice House on the Lake, Suicide Squad: Blaze (DC); Antman, Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (Marvel)

Best Lettering

  • Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical / Journalism

  • PanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and Tiffany Babb (panelxpanel.com)

Best Comics-Related Book

  • Charles M Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects, by Benjamin L Clark and Nat Gertler (Schulz Museum)

Best Academic / Scholarly Work

  • The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions, edited by Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren (University Press of Mississippi)

Best Publication Design

  • Parker: The Martini Edition - Last Call, designed by Sean Phillips (IDW)

Best Webcomic


Best Digital Comic

  • Barnstormers, by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay (Comixology Originals)

Bill Finger Award

  • Sam Glanzman
  • Barbara Friedlander

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award

  • Beth Accomando
  • Scott Dunbier

Will Eisner Hall of Fame Inductees

  • Brian Bolland (by vote)
  • Ann Nocenti (by vote)
  • Tim Sale (by vote)
  • Diana Schutz (by vote)
  • Jay Johnson
  • Gaspar Saladino
  • Win Mortimer
  • Jack Katz
  • Tatjana Wood
  • Tony DeZuniga
  • Mort Walker
  • Garry Trudeau
  • Justin Green
  • Aline Kominsky-Crumb
  • Diane Noomin
  • Bill Griffith
  • Jerry Bails
  • Jeffrey Catherine Jones
  • Kim Thompson

Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Award


Russ Manning Best Newcomer Award

  • Zoe Thorogood

Friday, July 07, 2023

Finalists for the 2023 Hugo Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2023 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.
 
The 2023 Hugo Awards are scheduled to be presented at a ceremony during Chengdu Worldcon weekend - October 18-22 2023, the 81st World Science Fiction Convention in Chengdu, China.

Best Novel

  • The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
  • The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi (Tor Books)
  • Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree (Tor Books)
  • Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
  • Nettle & Bone, by T Kingfisher (Tor Books)
  • The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books)

Best Novella

  • Even Though I Knew The End, by CL Polk (Tordotcom)
  • Into The Riverlands, by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
  • A Mirror Mended, by Alix E Harrow (Tordotcom)
  • Ogres, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
  • What Moves The Dead, by T Kingfisher (Tor Nightfire)
  • Where The Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

 

Best Novelette

  • “The Difference Between Love and Time”, by Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance, Solaris)
  • “A Dream of Electric Mothers”, by Wole Talabi (Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Tordotcom)
  • “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, by John Chu (Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2022)
  • “Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness”, by SL Huang (Clarkesworld, December 2022)
  • “The Space-Time Painter”, by Hai Ya (Galaxy’s Edge, April 2022)
  • “We Built This City”, by Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld, June 2022)

 

Best Short Story

  • “D.I.Y.”, by John Wiswell (Tor.com, August 2022)
  • “On The Razor’s Edge”, by Jiang Bo (Science Fiction World, January 2022)
  • “Rabbit Test”, by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2022)
  • “Resurrection”, by Ren Qing (Future Fiction/Science Fiction World, December 2022)
  • “The White Cliff”, by Lu Ban (Science Fiction World, May 2022)
  • “Zhurong on Mars”, by Regina Kanyu Wang (Frontiers, September 2022)

 

Best Series

  • Children of Time Series, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan/Orbit)
  • The Founders Trilogy, by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey)
  • The Locked Tomb, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com)
  • October Daye, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
  • Rivers of London, by Ben Aaronovich (Orion)
  • The Scholomance, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)

 

Best Graphic Story or Comic

  • Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, by Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov, Krzysztof Ostrowski (Dark Horse Books)
  • DUNE: The Official Movie Graphic Novel, by Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson, Zid (Legendary Comics)
  • Monstress vol. 7: Devourer, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
  • Once & Future Vol 4: Monarchies in the UK, by Kieron Gillen / Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)
  • Saga, Vol. 10, by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Fonografiks (Image Comics)
  • Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Matheus Lopes (DC Comics)

 

Best Related Work

  • Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, by Kyle Buchanan (William Morrow)
  • Buffalito World Outreach Project, by Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem LLC)
  • Chinese Science Fiction, An Oral History, Volume 1, by Yang Feng (Chengdu Times Press)
  • “The Ghost of Workshops Past”, by SL Huang (Tor.com)
  • Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir, by Wil Wheaton (William Morrow)
  • Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, by Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

  • Avatar: The Way of Water, screenplay by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver, directed by James Cameron (Lightstorm Entertainment / TSG Entertainment II)
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, screenplay by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios)
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once, screenplay by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert (IAC Films / Gozie AGBO)
  • Nope, written by Jordan Peele, directed by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures / Monkeypaw Productions)
  • Severance (Season 1), written by Dan Erickson, Anna Ouyang Moench et al., directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle (Red Hour Productions / Fifth Season)
  • Turning Red, screenplay by Julia Cho and Domee Shi, directed by Domee Shi (Walt Disney Studios / Pixar Animation Studios)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

  • Andor: “One Way Out”, written by Beau Willimon, Tony Gilroy, and George Lucas, directed by Toby Haynes (Lucasfilm)
  • Andor: “Rix Road”, written by Tony Gilroy and George Lucas, directed by Benjamin Caron (Lucasfilm)
  • The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Alcon Entertainment)
  • For All Mankind: “Stranger In A Strange Land”, written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, directed by Craig Zisk (Tall Ship Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
  • She-Hulk: Attorney At Law: “Whose Show Is This?”, written by Jessica Gao, Francesca Gailes, and Jacqueline Gailes, directed by Kat Coiro (Marvel Entertainment)
  • Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy”, written by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, and Paul Dichter, directed by Shawn Levy (21 Laps Entertainment)

 

Best Editor, Short Form

  • Scott H Andrews
  • Neil Clarke
  • Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
  • Sheree Renée Thomas
  • Xu Wang
  • Feng Yang

 

Best Editor, Long Form

  • Ruoxi Chen
  • Lindsey Hall
  • Lee Harris
  • Sarah Peed
  • Huan Yan
  • Haijun Yao

 

Best Professional Artist

  • Sija Hong
  • Kuri Huang
  • Paul Lewin
  • Alyssa Winans
  • Jian Zhang
  • Enzhe Zhao

 

Best Semiprozine

  • Escape Pod, co-editors Mur Lafferty & Valerie Valdes; Assistant editors Benjamin C. Kinney & Premee Mohamed, host Tina Connolly, producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht
  • FIYAH, edited by the entire FIYAH team
  • khōréō, edited by Team khōréō
  • PodCastle, co-Editors Shingai Njeri Kagunda and Eleanor R. Wood; Assistant Editor Sofia Barker; Host Matt Dovey; Audio Producers Peter Adrian Behravesh, Devin Martin, and Eric Valdes
  • Strange Horizons, edited by The Strange Horizons Editorial Team
  • Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; managing editor Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Elison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

 

Best Fanzine

  • Chinese Academic SF Express, by Latssep and Tianluo_Qi
  • Galactic Journey, by Gideon Marcus, Janice Marcus, Tammi Bozich, Erica Frank, Arel Lucas, and Mark Yon
  • Journey Planet, by Regina Kanyu Wang, Yen Ooi, Arthur Liu, Sara Felix, Amanda Wakaruk, Olav Rokne, Jean Martin, Steven H Silver, Chuck Serface, Erin Underwood, Alissa Wales, John Coxon, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia.
  • Nerds of a Feather, by Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer, Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, G. Brown
  • Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, by Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk
  • Zero Gravity Newspaper, by RiverFlow and Ling Shizhen

 

Best Fancast

  • Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K Wolfe, produced by Jonathan Strahan
  • Hugo, Girl!, by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson
  • Hugos There, by Seth Heasley
  • Kalanadi, created and presented by Rachel
  • Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
  • Worldbuilding for Masochists, by Cass Morris, Rowenna Miller, Marshall Ryan Maresca

 

Best Fan Writer

  • Chris M Barkley
  • Bitter Karella
  • Arthur Liu
  • RiverFlow
  • Jason Sanford
  • Örjan Westin

 

Best Fan Artist

  • Iain Clark
  • Richard Man
  • Laya Rose
  • Alison Scott
  • España Sheriff
  • Orion Smith

 

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (presented by the World Science Fiction Society)

  • Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts), by Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Books for Young Readers)
  • Bloodmarked, by Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
  • Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen/Titan Books)
  • The Golden Enclaves, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
  • In the Serpents Wake, by Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers)
  • Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, by Catherynne M Valente (Margaret K McElderry Books)

 

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines)

  • Travis Baldree
  • Naseem Jamnia
  • Isabel J Kim (2nd year of eligibility)
  • Maijia Liu
  • Everina Maxwell (2nd year of eligibility)
  • Weimu Xin (2nd year of eligibility)

Monday, May 22, 2023

Finalists For The 2023 Eisner Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2023 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2022, given for creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards, have been announced.

The winners will be announced in July 21 2023 during the San Diego Comic Con weekend.


Best Short Story

  • “The Beekeeper’s Due,” by Jimmy Stamp and Débora Santos, in Scott Snyder Presents: Tales from the Cloakroom (Cloakroom Comics)
  • “Finding Batman” by Kevin Conroy and J Bone in DC Pride 2022 (DC)
  • "Good Morning," by Christopher Cantwell and Alex Lins, in Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #4 (Marvel)
  • “Silent All These Years,” by Margaret Atwood and David Mack, in Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes (Z2)
  • “You Get It,” by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto, in Amazing Fantasy #1000 (Marvel)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

  • Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)
  • Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond, by Jed Mackay and CF Villa (Marvel)
  • Moon Knight: Black, White, and Blood #3, edited by Tom Brevoort (Marvel)
  • Star Trek #400, edited by Heather Antos (IDW)
  • A Vicious Circle Book 1, by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo (BOOM! Studios)

Best Continuing Series

  • Daredevil, by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto and Rafael de Latorre (Marvel)
  • The Department of Truth, by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds (Image)
  • Killadelphia, by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander (Image)
  • The Nice House on the Lake, by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez Bueno (DC)
  • Nightwing, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)
  • She-Hulk, by Rainbow Rowell, Rogê Antônio, Luca Maresca, and Takeshi Miyazawa (Marvel)

Best Limited Series

  • Animal Castle, by Xavier Dorison and Felix Delep (Ablaze)
  • Batman: One Bad Day, edited by Dave Wielgosz and Jessica Berbey (DC)
  • The Human Target, by Tom King and Greg Smallwood (DC)
  • Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age, by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham (Marvel)
  • Superman: Space Age, by Mark Russell, Michael Allred, and Laura Allred (DC)

Best New Series

  • The Atonement Bell, by Jim Ousley and Tyler B Ruff (Red 5)
  • Love Everlasting, by Tom King and Elsa Charretier (Image)
  • Public Domain, by Chip Zdarsky (Image)
  • Star Trek, by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Ramon Rosanas (IDW)
  • Traveling to Mars, by Mark Russell and Roberto Meli (Ablaze)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

  • Beneath The Trees: A Fine Summer, by Dav (Magnetic Press)
  • Fox + Chick: Up and Down: and Other Stories, by Sergio Ruzzier (Chronicle Books)
  • Grumpy Monkey Who Threw That? by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang (Random House Studio)
  • Hey, Bruce!: An Interactive Book, by Ryan Higgins (Disney/Hyperion)
  • The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems (Union Square Kids)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

  • Adventuregame Comics: Leviathan, by Jason Shiga (Amulet/Abrams)
  • Frizzy, by Claribel A Ortega and Rose Bousamra (First Second/Macmillan)
  • Isla To Island, by Alexis Castellanos (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
  • Little Monarchs, by Jonathan Case (Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House)
  • Swim Team, by Johnnie Christmas (HarperAlley)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

  • Chef's Kiss, by Jarrett Melendez and Danica Brine (Oni)
  • Clementine Book One, by Tillie Walden (Image Skybound)
  • Do A Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image)
  • Heartstopper Volume 4, by Alice Oseman (Scholastic Graphix)
  • Wash Day Diaries, by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith (Chronicle Books)

Best Humour Publication

  • Cryptid Club, by Sarah Andersen (Andrews McMeel)
  • I Hate This Place, by Kyle Starks and Artyom Topilin (Image Skybound)
  • Killer Queens, by David Booher and Claudia Balboni (Dark Horse)
  • Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure, by JL Westover (Image Skybound)
  • Revenge of the Librarians, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Anthology

  • Creepshow, edited by Alex Antone and Jon Moisan (Image Skybound)
  • The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic, edited by Josh Bernstein (Z2)
  • The Nib Magazine, edited by Matt Bors (Nib)
  • Sensory: Life on the Spectrum, edited by Bex Ollerton (Andrews McMeel)
  • Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album, edited by Rantz Hoseley (Z2)

Best Reality-Based Work

  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense, by Noël Simsolo and Dominique Hé, translation by Montana Kane (NBM)
  • Alice Guy: First Lady of Film, by José-Louis Bocquet and Catel Muller, translation by Edward Gauvin (SelfMadeHero)
  • But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, edited by Charlotte Schallié (University of Toronto Press)
  • Flung Out of Space, by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer (Abrams ComicArts)
  • Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism, by Jess Ruliffson (Fantagraphics)
  • Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball, by Jon Chad (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Graphic Memoir

  • Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story, by Catherine Pioli, translated by JT Mahany (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press)
  • Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth: An Auto-Bio-Graphic-Novel, by Zoe Thorogood (Image)
  • So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship, by Sophie Lambda, translation by Montana Kane (First Second/Macmillan)
  • Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure, by Lewis Hancox (Scholastic Graphix)

Best Graphic Album - New

  • The Book of Niall, by Barry Jones (Ellie & Beatty)
  • Crushing, by Sophie Burrows (Algonquin Young Readers)
  • Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral, by Thomas Woodruff (Fantagraphics)
  • The Night Eaters, Book 1: She Eats the Night, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)
  • Ultrasound, by Conor Stechschulte (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album - Reprint

  • Days of Sand, by Aimée de Jongh, translation by Christopher Bradley (SelfMadeHero)
  • Geneviève Castrée: Complete Works, by Geneviève Castrée, translation by Phil Elverum and Aleshia Jensen (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Mazebook Dark Horse Direct Edition, by Jeff Lemire (Dark Horse)
  • One Beautiful Spring Day, by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
  • Parker: The Martini Edition - Last Call, by Richard Stark, Darwyn Cooke, Ed Brubaker, and Sean Phillips (IDW)
  • Super Spy Deluxe Edition, by Matt Kindt (Dark Horse)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

  • Chivalry by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Colleen Doran (Dark Horse)
  • Rain by Joe Hill, adapted by David M Booher and Zoe Thorogood (Syzygy/Image)
  • Ten Days in a Madhouse by Nellie Bly, adapted by Brad Ricca and Courtney Sieh (Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster)
  • Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album, edited by Rantz Hoseley (Z2)
  • A Visit to Moscow by Rabbi Rafael Grossman, adapted by Anna Olswanger and Yevgenia Nayberg (Turner)

Best US Edition of International Material

  • Always Never, by Jordi Lafebre, translation by Montana Kane (Dark Horse)
  • Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 1, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, translation by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (Dark Horse)
  • Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story, by Catherine Pioli, translation by JT Mahany (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press)
  • The Pass, by Espé, translation by JT Mahany (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press)
  • Tiki: A Very Ruff Year, by David Azencot and Fred Leclerc, translation by Nanette McGuinness (Life Drawn/Humanoids)

Best US Edition of International Material - Asia

  • Black Paradox, by Junji Ito, translation by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)
  • The Hellbound vols. 1-2, by Yeon Sang-ho and Choi Gyu-seok, translation by Danny Lim (Dark Horse)
  • Look Back, by Tatsuki Fujimoto, translation by Amanda Haley (VIZ Media)
  • PTSD Radio vol. 1, by Masaaki Nakayama, translation by Adam Hirsch (Kodansha)
  • Shuna's Journey, by Hayao Miyazaki; translation by Alex Dudok de Wit (First Second/Macmillan)
  • Talk to My Back, by Yamada Murasaki, translation by Ryan Holmberg (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection/Project - Strips (at least 20 years old)

  • Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos, by Jay Jackson (New York Review Comics)
  • Come Over Come Over, It’s So Magic, and My Perfect Life, by Lynda Barry, edited by Peggy Burns (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1922-1924, by George Herriman, edited by J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)
  • Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere, by Liniers, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
  • Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: Volume 8: Hijinks from the Horn of Plenty, by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection / Project - Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)

  • The Deluxe Gimenez: The Fourth Power & The Starr Conspiracy, by Juan Gimenez, edited by Alex Donoghue and Bruno Lecigne (Humanoids)
  • The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, edited by Dian Hansen (TASCHEN)
  • Home to Stay! The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories, by Ray Bradbury and various; edited by J Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)
  • The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus 1 (Abrams ComicArts)
  • Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: The Diamond Jubilee Collection, by Carl Barks; edited by David Gerstein (Fantagraphics)

Best Writer

  • Grace Ellis, Flung Out of Space (Abrams ComicArts)
  • Tom King, Batman: Killing Time, Batman: One Bad Day, Gotham City: Year One, The Human Target, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (DC); Love Everlasting (Image)
  • Mark Russell, Traveling to Mars (Ablaze), One-Star Squadron, Superman: Space Age (DC); The Incal: Psychoverse (Humanoids)
  • James Tynion IV, House of Slaughter, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Nice House on the Lake, The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country (DC), The Closet, The Department of Truth (Image)
  • Chip Zdarsky, Stillwater (Image Skybound); Daredevil (Marvel)

Best Writer / Artist

  • Sarah Andersen, Cryptid Club (Andrews McMeel)
  • Kate Beaton, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Espé, The Pass (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University)
  • Junji Ito, Black Paradox, The Liminal Zone (VIZ Media)
  • Zoe Thorogood, It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth (Image)

Best Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker Team

  • Jason Shawn Alexander, Killadelphia, Nita Hawes’ Nightmare Blog (Image)
  • Alvaro Martínez Bueno, The Nice House on the Lake (DC)
  • Sean Phillips, Follow Me Down, The Ghost in You (Image)
  • Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)
  • Greg Smallwood, The Human Target (DC)

Best Painter / Multimedia Artist (interior art)

  • Lee Bermejo, A Vicious Circle (BOOM! Studios)
  • Felix Delep, Animal Castle (Ablaze)
  • Daria Schmitt, The Monstrous Dreams of Mr. Providence (Europe Comics)
  • Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (Abrams ComicArts); Monstress (Image)
  • Zoe Thorogood, Rain (Syzygy/Image)
  • Thomas Woodruff, Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral (Fantagraphics)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)

  • Jen Bartel, She-Hulk (Marvel)
  • Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)
  • Alex Ross, Astro City: That Was Then . . . (Image); Fantastic Four, Black Panther (Marvel)
  • Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
  • Zoe Thorogood, Joe Hill’s Rain (Syzygy/Image)

Best Colouring

  • Jordie Bellaire, The Nice House on the Lake, Suicide Squad: Blaze (DC); Antman, Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (Marvel)
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu, I Hate Fairyland 2022, Twig (Image)
  • Dave McCaig, The Incal: Psychoverse (Humanoids)
  • Jacob Phillips, Follow Me Down, The Ghost in You, That Texas Blood (Image)
  • Alex Ross and Josh Johnson, The Fantastic Four: Full Circle (Abrams ComicArts)
  • Diana Sousa, Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins; The Mighty Nein Origins: Yasha Nydoorin; The Mighty Nein Origins: Fjord Stone; The Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widogast (Dark Horse)

Best Lettering

  • Pat Brosseau, Batman: The Knight, Wonder Woman: The Villainy of Our Fears (DC): Creepshow, Dark Ride, I Hate This Place, Skybound Presents: Afterschool (Image Skybound)
  • Chris Dickey, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (Abrams ComicArts)
  • Todd Klein, Chivalry (Dark Horse); Fables (DC); Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (Marvel)
  • Nate Piekos, Black Hammer Reborn, Minor Threats, Shaolin Cowboy, Stranger Things: Kamchatka (Dark Horse), I Hate Fairyland, Twig (Image)
  • Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)
  • Thomas Woodruff, Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral (Fantagraphics)

Best Comics-Related Periodical / Journalism

  • Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
  • Comic Book Creator, edited by Jon B Cooke (TwoMorrows)
  • The Comics Journal #308, edited by Gary Groth, Kristy Valenti, and Rachel Miller (Fantagraphics)
  • PanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and Tiffany Babb (panelxpanel.com)
  • Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, ICv2, Publishers Weekly

Best Comics-Related Book

  • The Art of the News: Comics Journalism, edited by Katherine Kelp-Stebbins and Ben Saunders (Oregon State University Press)
  • Charles M Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects, by Benjamin L Clark and Nat Gertler (Schulz Museum)
  • The Charlton Companion, by Jon B Cooke (TwoMorrows)
  • Gladys Parker: A Life in Comics, A Passion for Fashion, by Trina Robbins (Hermes Press)
  • Resurrection: Comics in Post-Soviet Russia, by José Alaniz (Ohio State University Press)

Best Academic / Scholarly Work

  • Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels, by Josef Benson and Doug Singsen (University Press of Mississippi)
  • Graphic Medicine, edited by Erin La Cour and Anna Poletti (University of Hawai’i’ Press)
  • How Comics Travel: Publication, Translation, Radical Literacies, by Katherine Kelp-Stebbins (Ohio State University Press)
  • The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions, edited by Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren (University Press of Mississippi)
  • Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels, by Tim Smyth (Routledge)

Best Publication Design

  • Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral, designed by Thomas Woodruff, Jacob Covey, and Ryan Dinnick (Fantagraphics)
  • A Frog in the Fall (and later on), designed by Linnea Sterte, Olle Forsslöf, and Patrick Crotty (PEOW)
  • Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 40X40: Bad Reputation/I Love Rock-n-Roll, designed by Josh Bernstein and Jason Ullmeyer (Z2)
  • Mazebook Dark Horse Direct Edition, designed by Tom Muller (Dark Horse)
  • Parker: The Martini Edition - Last Call, designed by Sean Phillips (IDW)
  • Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album, designed by Lauryn Ipsum (Z2)

Best Webcomic


Best Digital Comic

  • All Princesses Die Before Dawn, by Quentin Zuttion, translation by MB Valente (Europe Comics)
  • Barnstormers, by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay (Comixology Originals)
  • Behind the Curtain, by Sara del Giudice, translation by MB Valente (Europe Comics)
  • Ripple Effects, by Jordan Hart, Bruno Chiroleu, Justin Harder, and Shane Kadlecik (Fanbase Press)
  • Sixty Years in Winter, by Ingrid Chabbert and Aimée de Jongh, translation by Matt Madden (Europe Comics)