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Nominees announced for British Fantasy Awards

The British Fantasy Society has announced the shortlist for the British Fantasy Awards, which will be presented in September at FantasyCon in Nottingham.

The nominees in the Best Comic/Graphic Novel category are:

• 30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow, by Steve Niles and Bill Sienkiewicz (IDW Publishing)
• All-Star Superman, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC Comics)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 3: Wolves at the Gate, by Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard and Georges Jeanty (Dark Horse)
• Comic Book Tattoo: Tales Inspired by Tori Amos, edited by Rantz A. Hoseley and Tori Amos (Image Comics)
• Hellblazer: The Fear Machine, by Jamie Delano, Mark Buckingham, Richard Piers Rayner and others (DC Comics/Vertigo)
• Hellblazer: The Laughing Magician, by Andy Diggle, Leonardo Manco and Daniel Zezelj (DC Comics/Vertigo)
• Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)
• The Girly Comic Book, Vol. 1, edited by Selina Lock (Factor Fiction)
• The New Avengers: Illuminati, by Brian Bendis, Brian Reed and Jim Cheung (Marvel Comics)

In addition, Neil Gaiman was nominated for Best Book, for The Graveyard Book, and Best Non-Fiction, for his blog. Dave McKean received a nod for Best Artist for The Graveyard Book.

(via the Forbidden Planet International blog)