Sending Out the Herd Signal: Vote in the 2010 Inkwell Awards

2010 Inkwell Awards voting to commence on August 15 / Awards ceremony in October!
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For the third successive year the Inkwell Awards will post their ballot for voting online on their website (http://www.inkwellawards.com) on August 15 until one month later on September 15. Anyone can vote whether they be a fan or an industry professional.

As previously reported, the 2010 Nomination Committee made up of various respected industry professionals, was chosen last fall/winter and they voted on nominees for the ballot this past spring. Previously the ballot had been posted during the spring and then the summer, respectively, but this year, in order to coordinate the voting period to precede the live awards ceremony that takes place in October, they had to adjust their schedule.

Vote here.

Read more about the Inkwell Awards here.
Source: Newsarama

Sending Out the Herd Signal: Vote for Matt Timson in the Eagle Awards

Our very own Impaler's Matt Timson is up for an Eagle Award.

Be sure to vote for Matt in the "Favourite Newcomer Artist" category.

Vote here.

Top Cow Nominated for First Annual Comic Monsters Horror Comics

ComicMonsters.com is hosting it’s first annual Horror Comic Awards. The awards fans of Horror Comics have been waiting for. Voting is open via the ComicMonsters.com site on December 24th, 2009 and ends on December 31st, 2009. Best of Luck to the Nominees……May the most brutal comic prevail!!!

The categories and nominees for 2009 are:

Writer of the Year:
Robert Kirkman - The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Tim Seeley - Hack/Slash - Devil’s Due Publishing
Peter Milligan - Hellblazer - Vertigo/DC Comics
Phil Hester - The Darkness - Top Cow Productions
Steve Niles - Batman: Gotham After Midnight - DC Comics
Jason Aaron - Ghost Rider - Marvel Comics
Mike Mignola - Hellboy - Dark Horse Comics
Garth Ennis - Crossed - Avatar Press

Inker of the Year:
Guy Davis - BPRD: The Black Goddess - Dark Horse Comics
Todd McFarlane - Spawn - Image Comics
Ryann Winn - The Darkness - Top Cow Productions
Charlie Adlard - The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Rob E. Brown - Bane of the Werewolf - Silver Phoenix Entertainment
Mico Suayan - Dead of Night: Werewolf by Night - Marvel Comics
Steve Pugh - Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Radical Publishing

Best Ongoing Series:
The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Hack/Slash - Devil’s Due Publishing
The Darkness - Top Cow
Ghost Rider - Marvel Comics
Hellblazer - Vertigo/DC Comics
Grimm Fairy Tales - Zenescope Entertainment
28 Days Later - BOOM! Studios
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Dark Horse Comics

Best Cross-Over:
The Living Corpse and Hack/Slash - Zenescope Entertainment
Witch Hunter and Night - Monarch Comics/Jester Press
Dethklok and The Goon - Dark Horse Comics
The Darkness and Pitt - Top Cow Productions
Freddy, Jason and Ash - - Dynamite Entertainment/Wildstorm/DC Comics
Kolchak and Barnabas Collins - Moonstone Books

Best Scene:
The Dead #3 - Shower interrupted - Berserker
Crossed #7 - Patrick talks back to his mom - Avatar Press
The Darkness #10 - A thirty foot well of what? - Top Cow Productions
Army of Darkness #20 - Ash meets Brad - Dynamite Entertainment
Jesus Hates Zombies Volume 2 - Nurses don’t get paid enough - Alterna Comics
Locke & Key: Head Games #3 - A look inside Bode's head - IDW Publishing
The Walking Dead #60 - Morgan finds some bad stuff - Image Comics
Marvel Zombies 4 #2 - Morbius is a monster - Marvel Comics

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Harvey Awards Nominees Announced

BALTIMORE, MD (June 29, 2009) -- The 2009 Harvey Award Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot, presented by the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry's most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. They will be presented October 10, 2009 in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con.

Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by creators - those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field. They are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. Professionals who participate will be joining nearly 2,000 other comics professionals in honoring the outstanding comics achievements of 2008. Thank you to all that have already participated by submitting a nomination ballot.

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MTV’s 2009 Movie Award Nominations Are Packed With Comic Book Nods — Vote Now!

Voting is officially open for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, and you’ve never had more opportunities to let your votes do the talking when it comes to comic book movies.

Last year’s wealth of films based on comic book properties is indeed reflected in this year’s list of MTV Movie Award nominees, with 11 nominations spread over 7 categories — from the grand “Best Movie” all the way to the most head-scratching “Best WTF Moment.”

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Top Cow creators appear on Shuster Award Nominee list

Congrats to colorists Dave McCaig (Berserker, Broken Trinity: Witchblade & Angelus), Blond (Freshmen: Summer Special, Dragon Prince), and Nathan Fairbairn (Pilot Season: The Core) as well as Top Cow alumni Dave Finch for their Shuster Award nominations honoring outstanding Canadians in comics.

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Wanted nominated for 35th Annual Saturn Awards

"Wanted has been nominated for Best Fantasy Film as part of the 35th Annual Saturn Awards.
Click on the link to see the full list of nominations.

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The Beat notes Glyph Award nominations

Publisher's Weekly The Beat blog reported on the Glyph Award nominations and we can't help but notice the image they chose to use to highlight the nominees. Excellent choice!

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Congratulations to Genius for 6 Glyph Award Nominations!

THE 2009 GLYPH COMICS AWARDS NOMINEES ARE NAMED; THE FAN AWARD POLL IS OPEN

Now in its fourth successful year, the Glyph Comics Awards (GCA) continue to honor the best in black comics and creators. Many new faces are among this year’s nominees, as well as some old familiar ones.

The nominees for 2009 are:

Story of the Year

Bayou, Jeremy Love, writer and artist

Incognegro; Mat Johnson, writer, Warren Pleece, artist

Justice League of America: The Second Coming; Dwayne McDuffie, writer, Ed Benes, artist

Pilot Season: Genius, Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman, writers, Afua Richardson, artist

Presidential Material: Barack Obama; Jeff Mariotte, writer, Tom Morgan, artist

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Twilight Guardian nominated twice for CGS Best of 2008 Awards

Here are the nominations from the Speakers of Geek and the listeners. Out of the following categories/nominations, send me your selections. From this list the winners will be chosen and announced on an upcoming episode. Easy breezy! Thanks! Send your submissions to peter@comicgeekspeak.com

BEST NEW HERO OR TEAM (debut in 2008)
Nick Fury's Secret Warriors (Marvel)
the Twelve (Marvel)
Julie Martin (Terry Moore's Echo)
Twilight Guardian (Top Cow)
Zorro (D.E.)
Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel)
Bucky as the new Captain America (Marvel)

BEST SLEEPER HIT/SURPRISE (in comics)
All Star Batman and Robin (DC)
Twilight Guardian (Top Cow)
Flash Gordon (Ardden Ent)
Project Superpowers (D.E.)
Northlanders (Vertigo)
Boy Who Made Silence (AAM Markosia)
Incredible Hercules (Marvel)

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Brikhed’s Blog picks URBAN MYTHS as Favorite One-Shot of 2008

Favorite Mini-Series/One-Shot 2008:
(1) Pilot Season: Urban Myths (Top Cow/Image) - For the past two years Top Cow has had an initiative called Pilot Season in which six books are released as one-shot books. The books are then voted on by the fans and the top two vote getters win a mini-series. This year Jay Faerber created a current day world based on mythology and interesting characters called Urban Myths. READ MORE.

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Top Cow nominated for 2 Harvey Awards

BEST AMERICAN EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL - Witchblade Manga, Top Cow/Image
BEST INKER - Kevin Nowlan, Witchblade, Top Cow/Image READ MORE.

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It's great just to be nominated!

Top Cow received 5 nominations for this year's Harvey Awards and we are thrilled! For more information on the awards and how you can vote go to the official website, http://harveyawards.org/!

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