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Nominees announced for Friends of Lulu Awards
Friends of Lulu
Nominations have been announced for the 2009 Friends of Lulu Awards, which recognize “the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women.”
Voting is open via email through Oct. 19, with winners announced in November.
The nominees are:
Kim Yale Award for Best New Talent
• Kate Beaton, Hark, A Vagrant
• Liz Baillie, My Brain Hurts
• Mariko Tamaki, Skim
• Madeline Rosca, Hollow Fields
• Kathryn Immonen, Hellcat
Lulu of the Year
• Shaenon K. Garrity, Skin Horse
• Lynda Barry, What It Is
• Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots
• Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole
• Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, Skim
• Terry Moore, Echo
• Jessica Abel, Life Sucks, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures
Woman of Distinction
• Joanne Carter Siegel, widow of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel
• Gina Gagliano, marketing associate at First Second Books
• Jackie Estrada, Eisner Committee and Exhibit A Press
• Francoise Mouly, editorial director of Toon Books
• Mimi Cruz, owner of Night Flight Comics
Leah Adezio Award for Best Kid-Friendly Work
• Korgi, Christian Slade
• Sardine in Outer Space, Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar
• Gary the Pirate, Scott Christian Sava
• Rapunzel’s Revenge, Shannon, Dean & Nathan Hale)
• Stinky, Eleanor Davis
• Tiny Titans, Art Baltazar
• Hereville, Barry Deutsch
The Female Cartoonists and Comic Book Writer’s Hall Of Fame
• CLAMP, Chobits, Kobato, Cardcaptor Sakura and more
• Tove Jansson, Moomin
• Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket
• Gail Simone, Wonder Woman, Secret Six, Birds of Prey
Best Female Character
• Monica Villarreal, Wapsi Square by Paul Taylor
• Kimberly “Skim” Keiko Cameron, Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
• Rapunzel, Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon, Dean and Nathan Hale
• Barbara Thorson, I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura
• Mirka, Hereville by Barry Deutsch
•Melanie, Melody by Ilias Kyriazis
• Julie Martin, Echo by Terry Moore
More details can be found here.
- October 7, 2009 @ 06:53 AM by Kevin Melrose