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02-18-2006, 12:11 PM
LANCE TOOKS' LUCIFER'S GARDEN GARNERS 4 AWARD NOMINATIONS
Lance Tooks' second volume "Darlin' Niki" in his quartet entitled "Lucifer's Garden of Verses", from NBM Publishing, has received 4 nominations for the Glyph Awards for outstanding achievement in black comics. The series has been coming out at a rate of 2 books per year with the third out last December and the last one scheduled for June. "Darlin' Niki" tells the story of a teen girl who's been used by her father as his cute mascot for his mega-corporation until she leaves in a fractious dispute. Seemingly light, the series is full of singeing irony and bears repeated readings for its many layered parodies.
Here is the Glyphs Awards own release:
ECBACC presents the 2006 Glyph Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EAST COAST BLACK AGE OF COMICS CONVENTION PRESENTS THE INAUGURAL GLYPH
AWARDS HONORING THE BEST IN BLACK COMICS AND BLACK CREATORS
Since 2002, the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) has been
an annual gathering for black creators and fans from all walks of life to
meet and learn from each other. This year, ECBACC reaches further out into
the comics industry at large in presenting the first Glyph Awards, for
outstanding achievement in black comics. The awards ceremony will take place
May 19, 2006, at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, with the
convention to be held the following day, May 20, 2006, at Temple
University's Ritter Hall.
The Glyph Awards recognizes the best in comics made by, for, and about
people of color from the preceding calendar year. While it is not exclusive
to black creators, it does strive to honor those who have made the greatest
contributions to the comics medium in terms of both critical and commercial
impact. By doing so, we hope to encourage more diverse and high quality work
across the board and to inspire new creators to add their voices to the
field.
The Glyph Awards are named for the web log Glyphs: The Language of the Black
Comics Community (http://glyphsonline.blogspot.com), started in 2005 by
comics journalist Rich Watson as a means to provide news and commentary of
comics with black themes, as well as tangential topics in the fields of
black science-fiction and animation. Watson is on the Awards Committee along
with the following:
- Omar Bilal, creator of the Museum of Black Superheroes website
(http://www.blacksuperhero.com).
- Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, senior comics editor at Pop Culture Shock
(http://www.popcultureshock.com).
- Stephanie Brandford, moderator of the Dwayne McDuffie forum at VHive
(http://dwaynemcduffie.thevhive.com).
- Eliot Johnson, co-founder of the fan club STEEL (Stop Trying to Eliminate
Ethnic Legends) and former columnist with Broken Frontier.
The nominees for the 2006 Glyph Awards are:
Story of the Year
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?, Reginald Hudlin, John Romita Jr. &
Klaus Janson
Lucifer's Garden of Verses: Darlin' Niki, Lance Tooks
Moped Army, Paul Sizer
Nat Turner, Kyle Baker
Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian, Grant Morrison & Cameron Stewart
Best Writer
Reginald Hudlin, Black Panther
Aaron McGruder, Boondocks
Grant Morrison, Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian
Paul Sizer, Moped Army
Lance Tooks, Lucifer's Garden of Verses: Darlin' Niki
Best Artist
Ho Che Anderson, Scream Queen
Kyle Baker, Nat Turner
Dougie Braithwaite, Justice
Jamal Igle, Firestorm
Lance Tooks, Lucifer's Garden of Verses: Darlin' Niki
Best Male Character
Black Panther, Black Panther
Guardian, Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian
Huey Freeman, Boondocks
Nat Turner, Nat Turner
Papa Midnite, Hellblazer: Papa Midnite
Best Female Character
Agent 355, Y: The Last Man
Arisa, Perhapanauts
Niki, Lucifer's Garden of Verses: Darlin' Niki
Ororo, Ororo: Before the Storm
Simone Coleman, Moped Army
Rising Star Award for Best Self-Publisher
Glenn Brewer, Askari Hodari
Mark & Mike Davis, Blokhedz
Danny Kimanyen, The Adventures of EboNYC
Johane Matte, Horus
Robert Roach, The Roach
Best Reprint Publication
Birth of a Nation (softcover), Crown
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther? (hardcover), Marvel
Fierce (trade paperback), Dark Horse
King: A Comics History of Martin Luther King Jr. (trade paperback),
Fantagraphics
The Lone and Level Sands (hardcover), Archaia Studios Press
Best Cover
Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #1, Alex Ross
Black Panther #1, John Romita Jr. & Klaus Janson and Dean White
JSA #76, Alex Ross
Nat Turner #1, Kyle Baker
Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian #2, Cameron Stewart and Moose Bauman
Best Comic Strip
The Boondocks, Aaron McGruder
Candorville, Darrin Bell
The K Chronicles, Keith Knight
Mama's Boyz, Jerry Craft
(th)Ink, Keith Knight
In addition, there is a tenth award in which the fans will have an
opportunity to vote for their choice for favorite black comic. The nominees
for the Fan Award for Best Story are:
Astro City: The Dark Age Book One, Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?, Reginald Hudlin, John Romita Jr.
and Klaus Janson
Firestorm #10-13, Dan Jolley, Jamal Igle & Rob Stull and Dale Eaglesham &
Wade von Grawbadger
Seven Soldiers: Guardian, Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart
Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle, Grant Morrison, Pasqual Ferry and Billy
Dallas Patton
write-in choice
Fans wishing to vote should go to the ECBACC website (http://www.ecbacc.com)
for more information. The deadline for fan voting is March 31, 2006.
The Glyph Awards ceremony will also include the annual ECBACC Pioneer Award,
given to a trailblazing black creator from the past who contributed
significantly to the growth of black comics.
It is the Awards Committee's hope that the Glyph Awards will be the
beginning of a new tradition, in which black comics and black creators help
expand the overall comics market and bring in new readers and new talent
from across the spectrum. For further information about the awards, please
contact committee chairman Rich Watson at cptsisko318@aol.com.
About ECBACC:
The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC), in association with
the Temple University Pan-African Studies Community Education Program, is an
annual gathering of comic book creators and retailers who create and sell
material that caters to black readers of all ages. In addition to selling
their work, they also take part in panel discussions and self-publishing
workshops for aspiring creators. The convention is held on the Temple
University campus in Philadelphia each May. There is also a pre-show
reception held at the African American Museum in Philadelphia
(http://www.aampmuseum.org). ECBACC is an outgrowth of the original Black
Age of Comics Convention in Chicago, founded by Turtel Onli.
For more information about ECBACC, contact event coordinator Maurice Waters
at maurice.waters@ecbacc.com
To see more about Lucifer's Garden: http://www.nbmpub.com/comicslit/tooks/tookshome.html
Lance Tooks' second volume "Darlin' Niki" in his quartet entitled "Lucifer's Garden of Verses", from NBM Publishing, has received 4 nominations for the Glyph Awards for outstanding achievement in black comics. The series has been coming out at a rate of 2 books per year with the third out last December and the last one scheduled for June. "Darlin' Niki" tells the story of a teen girl who's been used by her father as his cute mascot for his mega-corporation until she leaves in a fractious dispute. Seemingly light, the series is full of singeing irony and bears repeated readings for its many layered parodies.
Here is the Glyphs Awards own release:
ECBACC presents the 2006 Glyph Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EAST COAST BLACK AGE OF COMICS CONVENTION PRESENTS THE INAUGURAL GLYPH
AWARDS HONORING THE BEST IN BLACK COMICS AND BLACK CREATORS
Since 2002, the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) has been
an annual gathering for black creators and fans from all walks of life to
meet and learn from each other. This year, ECBACC reaches further out into
the comics industry at large in presenting the first Glyph Awards, for
outstanding achievement in black comics. The awards ceremony will take place
May 19, 2006, at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, with the
convention to be held the following day, May 20, 2006, at Temple
University's Ritter Hall.
The Glyph Awards recognizes the best in comics made by, for, and about
people of color from the preceding calendar year. While it is not exclusive
to black creators, it does strive to honor those who have made the greatest
contributions to the comics medium in terms of both critical and commercial
impact. By doing so, we hope to encourage more diverse and high quality work
across the board and to inspire new creators to add their voices to the
field.
The Glyph Awards are named for the web log Glyphs: The Language of the Black
Comics Community (http://glyphsonline.blogspot.com), started in 2005 by
comics journalist Rich Watson as a means to provide news and commentary of
comics with black themes, as well as tangential topics in the fields of
black science-fiction and animation. Watson is on the Awards Committee along
with the following:
- Omar Bilal, creator of the Museum of Black Superheroes website
(http://www.blacksuperhero.com).
- Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, senior comics editor at Pop Culture Shock
(http://www.popcultureshock.com).
- Stephanie Brandford, moderator of the Dwayne McDuffie forum at VHive
(http://dwaynemcduffie.thevhive.com).
- Eliot Johnson, co-founder of the fan club STEEL (Stop Trying to Eliminate
Ethnic Legends) and former columnist with Broken Frontier.
The nominees for the 2006 Glyph Awards are:
Story of the Year
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?, Reginald Hudlin, John Romita Jr. &
Klaus Janson
Lucifer's Garden of Verses: Darlin' Niki, Lance Tooks
Moped Army, Paul Sizer
Nat Turner, Kyle Baker
Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian, Grant Morrison & Cameron Stewart
Best Writer
Reginald Hudlin, Black Panther
Aaron McGruder, Boondocks
Grant Morrison, Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian
Paul Sizer, Moped Army
Lance Tooks, Lucifer's Garden of Verses: Darlin' Niki
Best Artist
Ho Che Anderson, Scream Queen
Kyle Baker, Nat Turner
Dougie Braithwaite, Justice
Jamal Igle, Firestorm
Lance Tooks, Lucifer's Garden of Verses: Darlin' Niki
Best Male Character
Black Panther, Black Panther
Guardian, Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian
Huey Freeman, Boondocks
Nat Turner, Nat Turner
Papa Midnite, Hellblazer: Papa Midnite
Best Female Character
Agent 355, Y: The Last Man
Arisa, Perhapanauts
Niki, Lucifer's Garden of Verses: Darlin' Niki
Ororo, Ororo: Before the Storm
Simone Coleman, Moped Army
Rising Star Award for Best Self-Publisher
Glenn Brewer, Askari Hodari
Mark & Mike Davis, Blokhedz
Danny Kimanyen, The Adventures of EboNYC
Johane Matte, Horus
Robert Roach, The Roach
Best Reprint Publication
Birth of a Nation (softcover), Crown
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther? (hardcover), Marvel
Fierce (trade paperback), Dark Horse
King: A Comics History of Martin Luther King Jr. (trade paperback),
Fantagraphics
The Lone and Level Sands (hardcover), Archaia Studios Press
Best Cover
Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #1, Alex Ross
Black Panther #1, John Romita Jr. & Klaus Janson and Dean White
JSA #76, Alex Ross
Nat Turner #1, Kyle Baker
Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian #2, Cameron Stewart and Moose Bauman
Best Comic Strip
The Boondocks, Aaron McGruder
Candorville, Darrin Bell
The K Chronicles, Keith Knight
Mama's Boyz, Jerry Craft
(th)Ink, Keith Knight
In addition, there is a tenth award in which the fans will have an
opportunity to vote for their choice for favorite black comic. The nominees
for the Fan Award for Best Story are:
Astro City: The Dark Age Book One, Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?, Reginald Hudlin, John Romita Jr.
and Klaus Janson
Firestorm #10-13, Dan Jolley, Jamal Igle & Rob Stull and Dale Eaglesham &
Wade von Grawbadger
Seven Soldiers: Guardian, Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart
Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle, Grant Morrison, Pasqual Ferry and Billy
Dallas Patton
write-in choice
Fans wishing to vote should go to the ECBACC website (http://www.ecbacc.com)
for more information. The deadline for fan voting is March 31, 2006.
The Glyph Awards ceremony will also include the annual ECBACC Pioneer Award,
given to a trailblazing black creator from the past who contributed
significantly to the growth of black comics.
It is the Awards Committee's hope that the Glyph Awards will be the
beginning of a new tradition, in which black comics and black creators help
expand the overall comics market and bring in new readers and new talent
from across the spectrum. For further information about the awards, please
contact committee chairman Rich Watson at cptsisko318@aol.com.
About ECBACC:
The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC), in association with
the Temple University Pan-African Studies Community Education Program, is an
annual gathering of comic book creators and retailers who create and sell
material that caters to black readers of all ages. In addition to selling
their work, they also take part in panel discussions and self-publishing
workshops for aspiring creators. The convention is held on the Temple
University campus in Philadelphia each May. There is also a pre-show
reception held at the African American Museum in Philadelphia
(http://www.aampmuseum.org). ECBACC is an outgrowth of the original Black
Age of Comics Convention in Chicago, founded by Turtel Onli.
For more information about ECBACC, contact event coordinator Maurice Waters
at maurice.waters@ecbacc.com
To see more about Lucifer's Garden: http://www.nbmpub.com/comicslit/tooks/tookshome.html