Hugo Awards
Girl Genius, Shaun Tan win Hugo awards
The Hugo Awards for excellence in science fiction were presented Saturday night in a ceremony in Reno, Nevada, during the sci-fi convention Renovation, and the winner in the Best Graphic Story category was Phil and Kaja Foglio’s Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse. This is the third year that comics have been included in the Hugo categories, and it is also the third year in a row that Girl Genius has won the award, volumes 8 and 9 having taken the honors in 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The Foglios weren’t the only sequential artists to win an award, however; Shaun Tan, creator of The Arrival and The Lost Thing, won the award for Best Artist. Tan’s mantelpiece must be getting crowded; earlier this year he won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for excellence in children’s literature, and the film version of The Lost Thing, which he directed, won an Oscar.
- August 21, 2011 @ 02:49 PM by Brigid Alverson
Nominees announced for 2011 Hugo Awards
The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man
Finalists have been announced for the 2011 Hugo Awards, which recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy.
Presented annually since 1955 by the World Science Fiction Society, the Hugo is among science fiction’s most prestigious awards. This year’s winner will be presented Aug. 20 in Reno, Nevada, during Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention.
The nominees for best graphic story are:
• Fables, Vol. 14: Witches, written by Bill Willingham; illustrated by Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Jim Fern, Craig Hamilton and David Lapham (Vertigo)
• Girl Genius, Vol. 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
• Grandville Mon Amour, by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
• Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel, written and illustrated by Howard Tayler; colors by Howard Tayler and Travis Walton (Hypernode)
• The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man, written by Mike Carey; illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)
This is the third year for the graphic story category. Girl Genius won the award the two previous years.
The full list of nominees can be found on the Renovation website.
- April 25, 2011 @ 06:00 AM by Kevin Melrose
Girl Genius wins 2010 Hugo Award
Girl Genius, Vol. 9
The ninth volume of Girl Genius, the popular fantasy-adventure series by Kaja and Phil Foglio and Cheyenne Wright, has won the prestigious 2010 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story. This marks the second win for the comic in the two-year-old category.
Presented annually since 1955 by the World Science Fiction Society, the Hugo is among science fiction’s most prestigious awards. This year’s winners were announced today in Melbourne, Australia, at AussieCon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention.
Described as a “gaslamp fantasy,” Girl Genius follows the adventures of Agatha Heterodyne, a student at Transylvania Polygnostic University who inherited the Spark, the element in the comic’s world that makes mad scientists what they are. The series debuted in print in January 2001, and made the move online in April 2005. There Girl Genius has flourished, with storylines appearing in webcomic form before being released in print collections.
The other nominees for Best Graphic Story were: Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert and Scott Williams (DC Comics); Captain Britain and MI13, Vol. 3: Vampire State, by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk, Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf (Marvel); Fables, Vol. 12: The Dark Ages, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Peter Gross, Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn, Lee Loughridge, Laura Allred and Todd Klein (Vertigo); and Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse, by Howard Tayler.
- September 5, 2010 @ 08:03 AM by Kevin Melrose
Nominees announced for 2010 Hugo Awards
Captain Britain and MI13, Vol. 3
Finalists were announced today for the 2010 Hugo Awards, which recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy.
Presented annually since 1955 by the World Science Fiction Society, the Hugo is among science fiction’s most prestigious awards. This year’s winners will be announced in September in Melbourne at AussieCon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention.
Nominees for Best Graphic Story are:
• Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? — Written by Neil Gaiman, penciled by Andy Kubert and inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics)
• Captain Britain and MI13, Vol. 3: Vampire State — Written by Paul Cornell, penciled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf (Marvel)
• Fables, Vol. 12: The Dark Ages — Written by Bill Willingham, penciled by Mark Buckingham, Peter Gross, Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred and David Hahn, colored by Lee Loughridge and Laura Allred, and lettered by Todd Klein (Vertigo)
• Girl Genius, Vol. 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm — Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
• Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse — Written and illustrated by Howard Tayler
This is only the second year for the Best Graphic Story category. Girl Genius, Vol. 8, won last year’s award.
The full list of nominees can be found at the Hugo Awards website.
- April 4, 2010 @ 04:41 PM by Kevin Melrose
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- March 23, 2009 @ 08:31 AM by Kevin Melrose
Six comics among 2009 Hugo Award nominees
Girl Genius, Vol. 8
Six comics have been nominated as Best Graphic Story in the 2009 Hugo Awards, which honor work in science fiction and fantasy.
This is the first year the World Science Fiction Society has included a category specifically for comics. In 1988, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen received a Hugo in the Other Forms division.
The nominees for Best Graphic Story are:
• The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle, written by Jim Butcher and illustrated by Ardian Syaf (Del Rey/Dabel Brothers Publishing)
• Girl Genius, Vol. 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, written by Kaja and Phil Foglio, illustrated by Phil Foglio, and colored by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
• Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces, written by Bill Willingham, illustrated by Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha and Andrew Pepoy, colored by Lee Loughridge, and lettered by Todd Klein (DC Comics/Vertigo)
• Schlock Mercenary: The Body Politic, Written and illustrated by Howard Tayler (The Tayler Corporation)
• Serenity: Better Days, written by Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews, illustrated by Will Conrad, colored by Michelle Madsen, cover by Jo Chen (Dark Horse Comics)
• Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores, written by Brian K. Vaughan, and illustrated by Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan Jr. (DC Comics/Vertigo)
The 2009 Hugo Awards will be presented Aug. 9 in Montreal at Anticipation, the 67th annual World Science Fiction Convention. Neil Gaiman is the convention’s guest of honor.
- March 20, 2009 @ 03:00 AM by Kevin Melrose