2010 Eisner Award nominations announced

Best Short Story
• “Because I Love You So Much,” by Nikoline Werdelin, in From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the 3rd Millennium (Fantagraphics/Aben malen)
• “Gentleman John,” by Nathan Greno, in What Is Torch Tiger? (Torch Tiger)
• “How and Why to Bale Hay,” by Nick Bertozzi, in Syncopated (Villard)
• “Hurricane,” interpreted by Gradimir Smudja, in Bob Dylan Revisited (Norton)
• “Urgent Request,” by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, in The Eternal Smile (First Second)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
• Brave & the Bold #28: “Blackhawk and the Flash: Firing Line,” by J. Michael Straczynski and Jesus Saiz (DC)
• Captain America #601: “Red, White, and Blue-Blood,” by Ed Brubaker and Gene Colan (Marvel)
• Ganges #3, by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics)
• The Unwritten #5: “How the Whale Became,” by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC)
• Usagi Yojimbo #123: “The Death of Lord Hikiji” by Stan Sakai (Dark Horse)

Best Continuing Series
• Fables, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Andrew Pepoy et al. (Vertigo/DC)
• Irredeemable, by Mark Waid and Peter Krause (BOOM!)
• Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
• The Unwritten, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC)
• The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard (Image)

Best Limited Series or Story Arc
• Blackest Night, by Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, and Oclair Albert (DC)
• Incognito, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
• Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka, by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki (VIZ Media)
• Wolverine #66–72 and Wolverine Giant-Size Special: “Old Man Logan,” by Mark Millar, Steve McNiven, and Dexter Vines (Marvel)
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)

Best New Series
• Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick, art by Tony Parker (BOOM!)
• Ireedeemable, by Mark Waid and Peter Krause (BOOM!)
• Sweet Tooth, by Jeff Lemire (Vertigo/DC)
• The Unwritten, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC)

Best Publication for Kids
• Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute, by Jarrett J. Krosoczeka (Knopf)
• The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook, by Eleanor Davis (Bloomsbury)
• Tiny Tyrant vol. 1: The Ethelbertosaurus, by Lewis Trondheim and Fabrice Parme (First Second)
• The TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics, edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly (Abrams ComicArts/Toon)
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz hc, by L. Frank Baum, Eric Shanower, and Skottie Young (Marvel)

Best Publication for Teens
• Angora Napkin, by Troy Little (IDW)
• Beasts of Burden, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
• A Family Secret, by Eric Heuvel (Farrar Straus Giroux/Anne Frank House)
• Far Arden, by Kevin Cannon (Top Shelf)
• I Kill Giants tpb, by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura (Image)

Best Humor Publication
• Drinky Crow’s Maakies Treasury, by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics)
• Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me, And Other Astute Observations, by Peter Bagge (Fantagraphics)
• Little Lulu, vols. 19–21, by John Stanley and Irving Tripp (Dark Horse Books)
• The Muppet Show Comic Book: Meet the Muppets, by Roger Langridge (BOOM Kids!)
• Scott Pilgrim vol. 5: Scott Pilgrm vs. the Universe, by Brian Lee O’Malley (Oni)

Best Anthology
• Abstract Comics, edited by Andrei Molotiu (Fantagraphics)
• Bob Dylan Revisited, edited by Bob Weill (Norton)
• Flight 6, edited by Kazu Kibuishi (Villard)
• Popgun vol. 3, edited by Mark Andrew Smith, D. J. Kirkbride, and Joe Keatinge (Image)
• Syncopated: An Anthology of Nonfiction Picto-Essays, edited by Brendan Burford (Villard)
• What Is Torch Tiger? edited by Paul Briggs (Torch Tiger)

Best Digital Comic
• Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl, www.abominable.cc
• Bayou, by Jeremy Love, http://zudacomics.com/bayou
• The Guns of Shadow Valley, by David Wachter and James Andrew Clark, www.gunsofshadowvalley.com
• Power Out, by Nathan Schreiber, www.act-i-vate.com/67.comic
• Sin Titulo, by Cameron Stewart, www.sintitulocomic.com/

Best Reality-Based Work
• A Drifting Life, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco (Metropolitan/Holt)
• The Imposter’s Daughter, by Laurie Sandell (Little, Brown)
• Monsters, by Ken Dahl (Secret Acres)
• The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second)
• Stitches, by David Small (Norton)

Best Adaptation from Another Work
• The Book of Genesis Illustrated, by R. Crumb (Norton)
• Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation, adapted by Michael Keller and Nicolle Rager Fuller (Rodale)
• Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, adapted by Tim Hamilton (Hill & Wang)
• Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
• West Coast Blues, by Jean-Patrick Manchette, adapted by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album—New
• Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzuccheilli (Pantheon)
• A Distant Neighborhood (2 vols.), by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
• The Book of Genesis Illustrated, by R. Crumb (Norton)
• My mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill, by Jean Regnaud and Émile Bravo (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
• The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second)
• Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint
• Absolute Justice, by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, and Doug Braithewaite (DC)
• A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, by Josh Neufeld (Pantheon)
• Alec: The Years Have Pants, by Eddie Campbell (Top Shelf)
• Essex County Collected, by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
• Map of My Heart: The Best of King-Cat Comics & Stories, 1996–2002, by John Porcellino (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
• Bloom County: The Complete Library, vol. 1, by Berkeley Breathed, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
• Bringing Up Father, vol. 1: From Sea to Shining Sea, by George McManus and Zeke Zekley, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW)
• The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons 1913–1940, edited by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)
• Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons, by Gahan Wilson, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
• Prince Valiant, vol. 1: 1937–1938, by Hal Foster, edited by Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
• Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, Walt McDougall, and W. W. Denslow (Sunday Press)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
• The Best of Simon & Kirby, by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, edited by Steve Saffel (Titan Books)
• Blazing Combat, by Archie Goodwin et al., edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
• Humbug, by Harvey Kurtzman et al., edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
• The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures deluxe edition, by Dave Stevens, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
• The TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics, edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly (Abrams ComicArts/Toon)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
• My mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill, by Jean Regnaud and Émile Bravo (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
• The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second)
• Tiny Tyrant vol. 1: The Ethelbertosaurus, by Lewis Trondheim and Fabrice Parme (First Second)
• West Coast Blues, by Jean-Patrick Manchette, adapted by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
• Years of the Elephant, by Willy Linthout (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
• The Color Trilogy, by Kim Dong Haw (First Second)
• A Distant Neighborhood (2 vols.), by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
• A Drifting Life, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Oishinbo a la Carte, written by Tetsu Kariya and illustrated by Akira Hanasaki (VIZ Media)
• Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka, by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki (VIZ Media)
• Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)

Best Writer
• Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Daredevil, Marvels Project (Marvel) Criminal, Incognito (Marvel Icon)
• Geoff Johns, Adventure Comics, Blackest Night, The Flash: Rebirth, Superman: Secret Origin (DC)
• James Robinson, Justice League: Cry for Justice (DC)
• Mark Waid, Irredeemable, The Incredibles (BOOM!)
• Bill Willingham, Fables (Vertigo/DC)

Best Writer/Artist
• Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter (IDW)
• R. Crumb, The Book of Genesis Illustrated (Norton)
• David Mazzuccheilli, Asterios Polyp (Pantheon)
• Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Books)
• Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka (VIZ Media)

Best Writer/Artist–Nonfiction
• Reinhard Kleist, Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness (Abrams ComicArts)
• Willy Linthout, Years of the Elephant (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
• Joe Sacco, Footnotes in Gaza (Metropolitan/Holt)
• David Small, Stitches (Norton)
• Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
• Michael Kaluta, Madame Xanadu #11–15: “Exodus Noir” (Vertigo/DC)
• Steve McNiven/Dexter Vines, Wolverine: Old Man Logan (Marvel)
• Fiona Staples, North 40 (WildStorm)
• J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC)
• Danijel Zezelj, Luna Park (Vertigo/DC)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
• Émile Bravo, My mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
• Mauro Cascioli, Justice League: Cry for Justice (DC)
• Nicolle Rager Fuller, Charles Darwin on the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation (Rodale Books)
• Jill Thompson, Beasts of Burden (Dark Horse); Magic Trixie and the Dragon (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
• Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics)

Best Cover Artist
• John Cassaday, Irredeemable (BOOM!); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
• Salvador Larocca, Invincible Iron Man (Marvel)
• Sean Phillips, Criminal, Incognito (Marvel Icon); 28 Days Later (BOOM!)
• Alex Ross, Astro City: The Dark Age (WildStorm/DC); Project Superpowers (Dynamite)
• J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC)

Best Coloring
• Steve Hamaker, Bone: Crown of Thorns (Scholastic); Little Mouse Gets Ready (Toon)
• Laura Martin, The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures (IDW); Thor, The Stand: American Nightmares (Marvel)
• David Mazzuccheilli, Asterios Polyp (Pantheon)
• Alex Sinclair, Blackest Night, Batman and Robin (DC)
• Dave Stewart, Abe Sapien, BPRD, The Goon, Hellboy, Solomon Kane, Umbrella Academy, Zero Killer (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Northlanders, Luna Park (Vertigo)

Best Lettering
• Brian Fies, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? (Abrams ComicArts)
• David Mazzuccheilli, Asterios Polyp (Pantheon)
• Tom Orzechowski, Savage Dragon (Image); X-Men Forever (Marvel)
• Richard Sala, Cat Burglar Black (First Second); Delphine (Fantagraphics)
• Adrian Tomine, A Drifting Life (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
• Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
• ComicsAlliance, www.comicsalliance.com
• Comics Comics, edited by Timothy Hodler and Dan Nadel (www.comicscomicsmag.com) (PictureBox)
• The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, Michael Dean, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
• The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com)

Best Comics-Related Book
• Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel, by Annalisa Di Liddo (University Press of Mississippi)
• The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics, by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle (Abrams ComicArts)
• The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, by Helen McCarthy (Abrams ComicArts)
• Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater, by Eric P. Nash (Abrams ComicArts)
• Will Eisner and PS Magazine, by Paul E. Fitzgerald (Fitzworld.US)

Best Publication Design
• Absolute Justice, designed by Curtis King and Josh Beatman (DC)
• The Brinkley Girls, designed by Adam Grano (Fantagraphics)
• Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
• Life and Times of Martha Washington, designed by David Nestelle (Dark Horse Books)
• Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, designed by Philippe Ghielmetti (Sunday Press)
• Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? designed by Neil Egan and Brian Fies (Abrams ComicArts)
source: http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/04/08/2010-eisner-award-nominations-announced/

Awesome nominations. I hope Chew wins.

Solid nominees all around...but James Robinson nominated for best writer of 2009?? Baffling.

My preferences and guesses on the Eisner Awards.

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)
• The Unwritten #5: “How the Whale Became,” by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC)

Best Continuing Series
• Fables, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Andrew Pepoy et al. (Vertigo/DC)

Best Limited Series or Story Arc
• Blackest Night, by Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, and Oclair Albert (DC)

Best New Series
• The Unwritten, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC)
^ This is some deep, meta stuff, on top of being just a good story.

Best Publication for Kids
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz hc, by L. Frank Baum, Eric Shanower, and Skottie Young (Marvel)

Best Publication for Teens
• I Kill Giants tpb, by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura (Image)

Best Humor Publication
• Scott Pilgrim vol. 5: Scott Pilgrm vs. the Universe, by Brian Lee O’Malley (Oni)

Best Anthology
• Popgun vol. 3, edited by Mark Andrew Smith, D. J. Kirkbride, and Joe Keatinge (Image)
^ I need to get these. Popgun keeps winning things.

Best Digital Comic
• Bayou, by Jeremy Love, http://zudacomics.com/bayou
^ You suck if you haven't at least taken a gander at Zuda's site.

Best Reality-Based Work
• Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco (Metropolitan/Holt)

Best Adaptation from Another Work
• Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, adapted by Tim Hamilton (Hill & Wang)

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)
^ Didn't think it was too great, but the comic-community loved it.

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
• The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons 1913–1940, edited by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
• The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures deluxe edition, by Dave Stevens, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
^ Want this!

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
• The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
• A Drifting Life, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Writer
• Geoff Johns, Adventure Comics, Blackest Night, The Flash: Rebirth, Superman: Secret Origin (DC)

Best Writer/Artist
• Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Books)

Best Writer/Artist–Nonfiction
• David Small, Stitches (Norton)

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); Northlanders, Luna Park (Vertigo)

Best Lettering
• David Mazzuccheilli, Asterios Polyp (Pantheon)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
• ComicsAlliance, www.comicsalliance.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)[b]

I have't read all of these but (paid attention to the ones I care about lol):

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
• The Unwritten #5: “How the Whale Became,” by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC)

Best Continuing Series
• The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard (Image)

Best Limited Series or Story Arc
• Incognito, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)

Best New Series
• The Unwritten, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC)

Best Humor Publication
• Scott Pilgrim vol. 5: Scott Pilgrm vs. the Universe, by Brian Lee O’Malley (Oni)

Best Anthology
• Flight 6, edited by Kazu Kibuishi (Villard)

Best Adaptation from Another Work
• Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, adapted by Tim Hamilton (Hill & Wang)

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 Writer
• Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Daredevil, Marvels Project (Marvel) Criminal, Incognito (Marvel Icon)---I'll riot if he does not win.

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
• J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC)---If him or McNiven do not win, again, I'll riot and rage.

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
• Nicolle Rager Fuller, Charles Darwin on the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation (Rodale Books)

Best Cover Artist - I can't choose. They all deserve it.
• Salvador Larocca, Invincible Iron Man (Marvel)
• Sean Phillips, Criminal, Incognito (Marvel Icon); 28 Days Later (BOOM!)
• J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC)



Best Coloring
• Alex Sinclair, Blackest Night, Batman and Robin (DC)


Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
• ComicsAlliance, www.comicsalliance.com


Best Publication Design
• Life and Times of Martha Washington, designed by David Nestelle (Dark Horse Books)

Interesting nominations. Old Man Logan and Blackest Night are good, but I'm not too sure about Eisner-worthy...it's kind of like having a summer blockbuster win best picture.. It doesn't happen that often. And James Robinson gets an Eisner for JLA: Cry for justice? From the fan reaction I've heard, it hasn't been that good. As for Johns, I don't see Flash rebirth as Eisner-worthy either, maybe Adventure or Secret origin, but not Rebirth. Just my opinions @ the moment. I really need to pick up some of the stuff on that list.

Also, I hope I Kill Giants wins and I'm surprised that Bendis and Jonathan Hickman didn't get any nominations.

My picks (only for the ones I know enough to make a pick for)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
• Captain America #601: “Red, White, and Blue-Blood,” by Ed Brubaker and Gene Colan (Marvel)

Best Limited Series or Story Arc
• Blackest Night, by Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, and Oclair Albert (DC)
• Incognito, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
Have to go with a tie for this one. Loved both of the series.

Best Publication for Kids
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz hc, by L. Frank Baum, Eric Shanower, and Skottie Young (Marvel)

Best Adaptation from Another Work
• Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
I haven't read this, but I've heard really good things about it.

Best Graphic Album—New
• Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzuccheilli (Pantheon)
• Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
Tie, heard great things about both.

Best Graphic Album—Reprint
• Absolute Justice, by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, and Doug Braithewaite (DC)
This hardcover just looks sexy.

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
• The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures deluxe edition, by Dave Stevens, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Heard amazing things about this too.

Best Writer
• Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Daredevil, Marvels Project (Marvel) Criminal, Incognito (Marvel Icon)
• Geoff Johns, Adventure Comics, Blackest Night, The Flash: Rebirth, Superman: Secret Origin (DC)
Tie

Best Writer/Artist
• Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter (IDW)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
• Steve McNiven/Dexter Vines, Wolverine: Old Man Logan (Marvel)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
• Mauro Cascioli, Justice League: Cry for Justice (DC)

Best Cover Artist
• John Cassaday, Irredeemable (BOOM!); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
• Salvador Larocca, Invincible Iron Man (Marvel)
• Sean Phillips, Criminal, Incognito (Marvel Icon); 28 Days Later (BOOM!)
• Alex Ross, Astro City: The Dark Age (WildStorm/DC); Project Superpowers (Dynamite)
• J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC)
Can all of these guys win?

Best Coloring
• Alex Sinclair, Blackest Night, Batman and Robin (DC)

Best Publication Design
• Absolute Justice, designed by Curtis King and Josh Beatman (DC)




You ever think to yourself; "Man I buy a shit ton of comics and I haven't read most of what was nominated here." I just did.

^ I gotcha. Almost all of the ones I picked that I haven't read yet are on my soon-to-get list. Which isn't always the case. A lot of stuff during comic awards are usually just so-so, but a lot of indies have been rockin' the industry these past 3 years.

With Robinson's nomination, the Eisners just lost any credibility.

Tomer Soiker wrote:With Robinson's nomination, the Eisners just lost any credibility.

While I doubt most award/honours, I think this was partly due to the fact that DC was mucking things up and what Robinson wrote was more or less a compromise. Cry For Justice was still bad and should not have gotten Robinson any noms but it seems he gave us a reduced version of the atrocity that DC wanted (to destroy most fictional DC cities aside from Metropolis and Gotham and maybe Opal City).

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25567&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=ping.fm

"The writer revealed more behind the scenes information about "Cry For Justice," explaining that originally, DC wanted to get rid of most of their fictional cities (not Metropolis or Gotham obviously). He disagreed with the idea and didn’t do it, feeling the fictional cities of the DC Universe should be embraced; they make the fictional world more unique.

Eddie Berganza chimed in that a place like Star City is just a generic Seattle, it’s not unique like Metropolis or Opal City. The same can be said for Hub City, the Question’s hometown. It was decided in the end that if they were making a big push to make Green Arrow a character to watch, then they should do the same for Star City."
It could have been worse in that respect.

^The above article has really gotten me interested in Robinson. Is his recent Superman and JLA (not 'Cry for justice) stuff any good?

I found this quote by Robinson about his Eisner nomination:

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/04/quote-of-the-day-james-robinson-on-his-eisner-nomination/

To all who congratulated me for the Eisner nom, thank you. To all those vocally pissed that I got one, thank you too. The fact that you care enough about comics to have strong opinions at all is a good thing, ultimately. So bravo to all you Robinson haters, I love you all.

Foreigner_Man wrote:^The above article has really gotten me interested in Robinson. Is his recent Superman and JLA (not 'Cry for justice) stuff any good?

I found this quote by Robinson about his Eisner nomination:

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/04/quote-of-the-day-james-robinson-on-his-eisner-nomination/

To all who congratulated me for the Eisner nom, thank you. To all those vocally pissed that I got one, thank you too. The fact that you care enough about comics to have strong opinions at all is a good thing, ultimately. So bravo to all you Robinson haters, I love you all.

People seem to like the Superman stuff, though a complaint, mine included, is that it is taking way too long. It moves at a snail's pace and seems to be much ado about nothing. It should be a big deal but it is easy to forget that. Personally, I think the whole series is being mis-mangaged and focusing on a number of unimportant things.

The JLA thus far has been, well, JLA. It's hard to care for the title and Bagely's art makes it even harder to do so (I used to love his art too).

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:
People seem to like the Superman stuff, though a complaint, mine included, is that it is taking way too long. It moves at a snail's pace and seems to be much ado about nothing. It should be a big deal but it is easy to forget that. Personally, I think the whole series is being mis-mangaged and focusing on a number of unimportant things.

The JLA thus far has been, well, JLA. It's hard to care for the title and Bagely's art makes it even harder to do so (I used to love his art too).

Thanks. I've been a bit weary of the New Krypton stuff, but if I'm correct Robinson did an storyarc pre-NK, so I'll check that out. Eventually I'll probably check out NK, but as you said, it seems to be taking its time, dragging the story along, although there are some great creators on the titles. I'll wait until it's all said in done before I dive into any of it.

Yeah, JLA has editorially been all over the place. Even tho I don't like having Geoff Johns on a bajillion books, I think him taking over JLA (preferably w/Tony Harris) is the obvious choice DC should make.

Loving your Alan Moore-Wizard sig BTW!

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:

Tomer Soiker wrote:With Robinson's nomination, the Eisners just lost any credibility.

While I doubt most award/honours, I think this was partly due to the fact that DC was mucking things up and what Robinson wrote was more or less a compromise. Cry For Justice was still bad and should not have gotten Robinson any noms but it seems he gave us a reduced version of the atrocity that DC wanted (to destroy most fictional DC cities aside from Metropolis and Gotham and maybe Opal City).

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25567&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=ping.fm

"The writer revealed more behind the scenes information about "Cry For Justice," explaining that originally, DC wanted to get rid of most of their fictional cities (not Metropolis or Gotham obviously). He disagreed with the idea and didn’t do it, feeling the fictional cities of the DC Universe should be embraced; they make the fictional world more unique.

Eddie Berganza chimed in that a place like Star City is just a generic Seattle, it’s not unique like Metropolis or Opal City. The same can be said for Hub City, the Question’s hometown. It was decided in the end that if they were making a big push to make Green Arrow a character to watch, then they should do the same for Star City."
It could have been worse in that respect.

Wow. Seriously? I have a hard time believing somebody like Geoff Johns would even consider anything like that. I have to imagine he shot that down pretty quick too as Chief Creative Officer.

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:People seem to like the Superman stuff, though a complaint, mine included, is that it is taking way too long. It moves at a snail's pace and seems to be much ado about nothing. It should be a big deal but it is easy to forget that. Personally, I think the whole series is being mis-mangaged and focusing on a number of unimportant things.

Yeah I've greatly soured on the current Superman stuff. I really liked the first few issues of the 12-issue World of New Krypton book, then it took an uninteresting nosedive in quality. It wasn't terrible, just plain boring. And in some ways I think that's worse than "trainwreck" terrible since at least those are somewhat fun to watch and laugh at lol. At this point I just want it to be over and want to see what JMS has in store...I wonder if DC feels to same way and that's why they're doing the whole War of Supermen thing all in one month.

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:The JLA thus far has been, well, JLA. It's hard to care for the title and Bagely's art makes it even harder to do so (I used to love his art too).

JLA has been bad and directionless for a year or two now. The last issue of Cry for Justice got a 1/10 rating from IGN! I've never seen them rate a book that outstandingly bad...not even Ultimatum! DC really just needs to blow JLA up and start over at this point. I'm sure Johns as CCO realizes that and will do it soon. I'm hoping the original 7 return as the core team now that Barry Allen, Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter are back in the DCU.

Bigtymin504 wrote:

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:

Tomer Soiker wrote:With Robinson's nomination, the Eisners just lost any credibility.

While I doubt most award/honours, I think this was partly due to the fact that DC was mucking things up and what Robinson wrote was more or less a compromise. Cry For Justice was still bad and should not have gotten Robinson any noms but it seems he gave us a reduced version of the atrocity that DC wanted (to destroy most fictional DC cities aside from Metropolis and Gotham and maybe Opal City).

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25567&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=ping.fm

"The writer revealed more behind the scenes information about "Cry For Justice," explaining that originally, DC wanted to get rid of most of their fictional cities (not Metropolis or Gotham obviously). He disagreed with the idea and didn’t do it, feeling the fictional cities of the DC Universe should be embraced; they make the fictional world more unique.

Eddie Berganza chimed in that a place like Star City is just a generic Seattle, it’s not unique like Metropolis or Opal City. The same can be said for Hub City, the Question’s hometown. It was decided in the end that if they were making a big push to make Green Arrow a character to watch, then they should do the same for Star City."
It could have been worse in that respect.

Wow. Seriously? I have a hard time believing somebody like Geoff Johns would even consider anything like that. I have to imagine he shot that down pretty quick too as Chief Creative Officer.

I don't know if he was COO at the time a lot of people are saying that Eddie Berganza (some editor--excutive editor or something like that) was the one who pushed for the city destruction-fest. But yeah, I don't see Johns doing something like that. Robinson has a good track record but one wonders if this was him trying to deflect some blame. We'll never truly know but I agree with Tomer that Robinson should not win for Cry for Justice.

Bigtymin504 wrote:

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:People seem to like the Superman stuff, though a complaint, mine included, is that it is taking way too long. It moves at a snail's pace and seems to be much ado about nothing. It should be a big deal but it is easy to forget that. Personally, I think the whole series is being mis-mangaged and focusing on a number of unimportant things.

Yeah I've greatly soured on the current Superman stuff. I really liked the first few issues of the 12-issue World of New Krypton book, then it took an uninteresting nosedive in quality. It wasn't terrible, just plain boring. And in some ways I think that's worse than "trainwreck" terrible since at least those are somewhat fun to watch and laugh at lol. At this point I just want it to be over and want to see what JMS has in store...I wonder if DC feels to same way and that's why they're doing the whole War of Supermen thing all in one month.

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:The JLA thus far has been, well, JLA. It's hard to care for the title and Bagely's art makes it even harder to do so (I used to love his art too).

JLA has been bad and directionless for a year or two now. The last issue of Cry for Justice got a 1/10 rating from IGN! I've never seen them rate a book that outstandingly bad...not even Ultimatum! DC really just needs to blow JLA up and start over at this point. I'm sure Johns as CCO realizes that and will do it soon. I'm hoping the original 7 return as the core team now that Barry Allen, Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter are back in the DCU.

I've been hearing rumours that part of the reason why Johns is bringing back so many Silver Age people is so that he can write JLA with all of them on board. This also plays into what Morrison has been planned, to bring the DC universe "to life" (don't even ask me where he's going with that--I know he was half-joking when he said it but....being Morrison ). In short, Morrison wants to move DC past the static state it has been set in (when one thinks about it, it really has been in one steady state--some things come to upset it but it always goes back to normal--one thing Marvel has actually avoided). Whether this will be good or bad is anyone's guess. I guess it will be good. It's fiction so it can always be fixed. Johns just wants to write JLA withthe characters that he wants. And as COO, he may get a chance to do that in the universe that he wants. Should be interesting to see what comes of this.

And yes, I have a set of pictures and such for this leg of the Morrison conspiracy as well.

Yeah, the Robinson nom is a head scratcher. Did he get an Eisner for Starman? If not, is this like Russel Crowe winning for Gladiator because everyone thought he was robbed for "A Beautiful Mind?"

Glad to see some love for Unwritten. Great series, and that single issue was definitely worthy of a nom.

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:I don't know if he was COO at the time a lot of people are saying that Eddie Berganza (some editor--excutive editor or something like that) was the one who pushed for the city destruction-fest. But yeah, I don't see Johns doing something like that. Robinson has a good track record but one wonders if this was him trying to deflect some blame. We'll never truly know but I agree with Tomer that Robinson should not win for Cry for Justice.

Win? I'm dumbfounded at how he got nominated. He's come down with a serious case of Loeb-flu. Thankfully the disease doesn't appear to have gone airborne...yet.

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:I've been hearing rumours that part of the reason why Johns is bringing back so many Silver Age people is so that he can write JLA with all of them on board. This also plays into what Morrison has been planned, to bring the DC universe "to life" (don't even ask me where he's going with that--I know he was half-joking when he said it but....being Morrison ). In short, Morrison wants to move DC past the static state it has been set in (when one thinks about it, it really has been in one steady state--some things come to upset it but it always goes back to normal--one thing Marvel has actually avoided). Whether this will be good or bad is anyone's guess. I guess it will be good. It's fiction so it can always be fixed. Johns just wants to write JLA withthe characters that he wants. And as COO, he may get a chance to do that in the universe that he wants. Should be interesting to see what comes of this.

Yeah I've been hearing rumors of a Johns/Lee JLA book for some time now. I doubt we'll see it anytime soon, especially the Lee part since he can't seem to draw more than 3 issues in a year anymore. And Johns has a year-long obligation to Brightest Day, relaunching Flash, and continuing Green Lantern on his plate. Not to mention both of their extra responsibilities now after the promotions. So I doubt we'll see it for awhile, if ever. Johns would be the best and most obvious choice to restore the JLA to greatness though so hopefully he will take over sooner rather than later.

I'm not a Morrison fan, but his JLA stuff was pretty good. It would be interesting to see him take back over with the "Big 7" again. I'd be down for that.

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:And yes, I have a set of pictures and such for this leg of the Morrison conspiracy as well.

Demonweasel wrote:Yeah, the Robinson nom is a head scratcher. Did he get an Eisner for Starman? If not, is this like Russel Crowe winning for Gladiator because everyone thought he was robbed for "A Beautiful Mind?"

Uh... what?! A Beautiful Mind came out the year following Gladiator's release. It has been said by many that Crowe deserved to win the Oscars for his role in The Insider, his breakout role a year before his winning for Gladiator.

These are the people to blame:
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_10judges.shtml

Foreigner_Man wrote:I found this quote by Robinson about his Eisner nomination:

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/04/quote-of-the-day-james-robinson-on-his-eisner-nomination/

To all who congratulated me for the Eisner nom, thank you. To all those vocally pissed that I got one, thank you too. The fact that you care enough about comics to have strong opinions at all is a good thing, ultimately. So bravo to all you Robinson haters, I love you all.

I do feel bad these guys have to deal with this kind of criticism though. They're big boys and I know they can take it, but it still has to suck to see so many people saying you shouldn't have been nominated for an award. Robinson has proven to be a great writer in this industry so he does deserve that respect, it's just his recent work has been sub-par to say the least.

Next year: Chris Claremont gets nominated for an Eisner for his work on X-Men Forever because that 1980 Eagle Award wasn't good enough.

Bigtymin504 wrote:Solid nominees all around...but James Robinson nominated for best writer of 2009?? Baffling.

The best thing I read from James Robinson was a Superman issue where Krypto fights....I think it was Atlas. One of the best issues I read in a long time.

Tomer Soiker wrote:With Robinson's nomination, the Eisners just lost any credibility.

Yeah. I gotta agree. For the most part, his stuff was pretty lackluster.

Tomer Soiker wrote:

Demonweasel wrote:Yeah, the Robinson nom is a head scratcher. Did he get an Eisner for Starman? If not, is this like Russel Crowe winning for Gladiator because everyone thought he was robbed for "A Beautiful Mind?"

Uh... what?! A Beautiful Mind came out the year following Gladiator's release. It has been said by many that Crowe deserved to win the Oscars for his role in The Insider, his breakout role a year before his winning for Gladiator.

These are the people to blame:
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_10judges.shtml

Ahhh, I knew it was something like that. Thanks for the correction, Tomer.

jaydee74 wrote:

Bigtymin504 wrote:Solid nominees all around...but James Robinson nominated for best writer of 2009?? Baffling.

The best thing I read from James Robinson was a Superman issue where Krypto fights....I think it was Atlas. One of the best issues I read in a long time.

Tomer Soiker wrote:With Robinson's nomination, the Eisners just lost any credibility.

Yeah. I gotta agree. For the most part, his stuff was pretty lackluster.

agreed

The best thing I read from Robinson was JSA: Golden Age, although it's a bit overrated. I have yet to read his Starman but according to everyone who read it was a great series.