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Straight for the art | Manapul's Golden Age Superman

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Artist Francis Manapul shares this absolutely stunning image of the Golden Age Superman he drew for the poster promoting this year's Joe Shuster Awards. Check out his blog to see the full design process.

Via Dean Trippe

2009 Joe Shuster Award nominees announced

The nominees for the 2009 Joe Shuster Awards, which honor Canadian comics creators, were announced today. The five-year-old awards program is named after Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman. The list of nominees this year includes Darwyn Cooke, J. Torres, Karl Kerschl, Dave Sim, Kathryn & Stuart Immonen, Faith Erin Hicks and Seth, among many others.

Check out the full list of nominees in the press release after the jump.

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