Auteur : Davide Occhicone
Interview réalisée lors de sa visite en Italie du 16 au 20 mai 2010.
Il tour italiano di Émile Bravo giunge al termine nella fumetteria Alastor di Napoli, dove abbiamo incontrato l'autore. Le
tappe sono state la Fiera del Libro di Torino, un entusiasmante briefing a Milano e incontri a Bologna e Roma.
Il giro, ci racconta Michele Foschini, non è stato casuale; "l'Alastor
è stata l'unica fumetteria e questo perché la Bao sta cercando
visibilità anche in libreria. A Milano, alla Rizzoli, si sono stupiti
per la grande
disponibilità di Émile; a Bologna Bravo ha tenuto una vera
conferenza in una libreria "per l'infanzia" (un incontro in un qualche
modo accademico). Ogni volta abbiamo trovato persone che
non si aspettavano di trovare quello che poi hanno trovato.
Ed è questo quello a cui puntiamo: allargare il raggio delle persone
interessate al fumetto. Magari ai nostri, che è
meglio.
Il giro è stato molto interessante, e sono felice di averlo
fatto con un autore di un fumetto che, non nego, mi commuove sempre ad
ogni rilettura.
Qui, in fumetteria, saldiamo in minima parte il debito che
abbiamo nei confronti dei grandi appassionati e lettori di fumetti.
Anche nei confronti dei nerd. Sai, nei film di fantascienza
si vedono questi esseri umanoidi con la testa enorme e le
braccine piccole perché hanno solo cervello. Io credo che invece stiamo
tutti diventando personaggi con il cerotto sugli occhiali
e la maglietta di Star Trek; dei nerd, appunto. Noi che
eravamo già così da molto tempo, a quel punto, domineremo il mondo…"
Il tuo disegno a prima vista rimanda a una precisa
scuola fumettistica che genericamente viene chiamata Ligne Claire e più
in generale ogni volta che si parla del tuo lavoro si fa
questo riferimento. Quanto c'è di esatto in questa
definizione? Ti ritrovi?
Mi riconosco nella definizione di Hergè della "linea chiara"
non in quella semplicemente estetica e grafica. Lui intendeva che la
linea doveva essere chiara nel senso che doveva
consentire la comprensione del racconto; il segno era inteso
come linguaggio. Da questo punto di vista il senso del disegno scarno,
puro, pulito che serve a raccontare una storia… beh, in
questo mi ci riconosco, nella definizione del solo "tipo" di
disegno no.
Da questo punto di vista spesso sorprendo chi mi sente dire
che trovo che Art Spiegelman in Maus faccia della "linea chiara", ovvero
intendo che il disegno è perfettamente al servizio
della storia, questo vuol dire "linea chiara" per me. Anche
se il grafismo è sporco, quasi carboncino; dal mio punto di vista,
essendo al servizio della storia e quindi racconta con un
"tratto" chiaro quello che l'autore voleva raccontare.
Nel caso di Spiegelman questo avviene anche perché
parliamo di un autore completo. Che condizioni ci devono essere per far
sì che accada anche laddove c'è uno sceneggiatore ed un
disegnatore?
Credo che la fusione fra un disegnatore ed uno sceneggiatore
abbia del miracoloso; infatti molte volte si vede chiaramente che non
funziona come dovrebbe. Penso che Uderzo sia un grande
disegnatore, per fare un esempio, però è sempre stato
Goscinny a sapere come tirare fuori da Uderzo il meglio. Quando viene a
mancare uno dei due autori viene a mancare la simbiosi che si
era creata.
Se consideri l'autore di un fumetto (anche se sono in due)
come se fosse una sola persona la mancanza dello sceneggiatore si può
paragonare alla perdita di un arto, di questa
"fantomatica" persona unica…
Molto spesso ci sono dei disegnatori che aggiungono
dettagli, virtuosismi che non servono a raccontare qualcosa in più; sono
un contributo eccessivo. Così come ci sono sceneggiatori che
non si rendono conto che a spiegare le sfumature serve il
disegno e quindi aggiungono dei livelli ulteriori di lettura nel testo
che non servono per cui in realtà ciascuno sta cercando di
mettere in mostra il suo talento.
Cogliamo però una voglia di andare oltre, se non
altro ci sembra che la tua sia perlomeno una modernizzazione del modo
canonico di disegnare dentro la linea chiara. Un po' come
fece prima di te Joann Swarte, per esempio.
Mah, trovo il lavoro di Swarte molto bello esteticamente ma
anche come ricerca del modo di lavorare ma si tratta di un qualcosa di
puramente estetico. Non è un caso che parliamo di un
modernizzatore del concetto di linea chiara. Non è che non
mi piaccia, ma diciamo che non mi interessa particolarmente, ciò che mi
interessa è più considerare l'estetica come parte del
fumetto, non come fine.
Del resto, se parliamo di tematiche, dato che sei
spesso scrittore delle tue storie, non ci sembra che tu sia così
inchiodato sul classicismo. In Italia abbiamo visto poco dei
tuoi fumetti, ma Young American in questo senso è
folgorante. In superficie c'è un disegno pulito, innocuo, tradizionale,
quasi umoristico, ma poi la storia è un abile gioco di
ribaltamenti con una dicotomia evidente tra il testo, feroce
e pungente, e il disegno. È solo un divertissement oppure è un episodio
importante nella tua carriera?
È stato un divertissement, sicuramente. Però è stata anche
una cosa molto importante secondo me. Volevo dimostrare il fatto che non
si deve dare eccessiva importanza al disegno; la storia
mostrava due volte le stesse tavole ma con testi differenti.
La prima volta è didascalica, pesante…. la seconda volta è
assolutamente pornografica e politicamente scorretta ma i disegni
sono gli stessi. Guardando semplicemente ciò che c'è
disegnato non è detto che si capisca cosa racconta la storia; il
virtuosismo non era tanto nell'aspetto grafico ma nella capacità di
illustrare nello stesso modo due storie molto diverse.
Si vous souhaitez lire la suite de cette interview, rendez-vous sur le site Lo spazio Bianco
Le temps fort des quinzièmes rendez-vous de la bande dessinée d'Amiens aura lieu les 5 et 6 juin 2010.
L'affiche est signée Emile Bravo.
Jules Verne à Gustave Doré, en dédicace..."Nan mais en fait, j'crois qu'les gens, ils aiment pas ton dessin... Y
a trop d'traits. 'Faut qu'tu simplifies..."
Vous pouvez commencer à découvrir les auteurs qui ont confirmé leur présence (ils seront près de 90 au final), faire le tour des
expositions pressenties, réviser votre charte de la dédicace...
Pour en savoir plus: On a marché sur la
Bulle
Une image extraite du magasine Spirou n° 3741
Illustration du haut de page de la question du père.
Tome 5 d'une épatante aventure de Jules.
Cliquez sur l'image pour l'agrandir.
Les oeuvres mises en vente ont été réalisées à l'occasion de l'édition 2009 de STRASBULLES,
le Festival Européen de la Bande Dessinée de Strasbourg.
La troisième édition du Festival Européen de la Bande Dessinée de Strasbourg a lieu du
31 mai au 6 juin 2010.
Près de 100 auteurs et 20 collectifs de micro-édition y seront accueillis
De nombreux événements et animations (rencontres, dédicaces, conférences, expositions, ateliers, espace comics) consultables
sur notre site émailleront
ce magnifique festival qui pour la première fois se
fera la vitrine de la Bande Dessinée Européenne d’hier et
d’aujourd’hui à travers l’exposition et les auteurs de 7 pays européens
présents dans l’Espace Européen du Festival.
Dans le cadre d'une performance organisée en 2009, une vingtaine d'auteurs ( CAPUCINE & LIBON – PAREL – SURCOUF – WEBER – NIK & NOTZ – MOIZIE etc
…)ont réalisé en moins de six heures une oeuvre originale de 1 à 3 planches.
Il s’agissait de détourner, recomposer, compléter ou utiliser tout ou partie d'une planche choisie et réalisée par le parrain de STRASBULLES 2009 : Emile
BRAVO
Les frères Ben Qutuz à Frustration Land.
Publiée dans Ferraille illustré n°26
Chaque travail a par ailleurs fait l'objet au dos d'un commentaire personnalisé et signé par Émile BRAVO.
Le fruit de la vente permettra de participer à la création d'une bibliothèque destinée à des jeunes issus d'un territoire qui concentre difficultés économiques
et sociales.
C'est le moment d'acquérir une œuvre originale d'auteur !
Le lien du site de vente ICI
La galerie des planches ICI
Séances de dédicaces, pour la sortie de "Ma maman est en Amérique" en Italien.
- Le dimanche 16 mai à Turin à l'occasion du salon du livre de presse au stand De Agostini nel padiglione 2 del
Lingotto Fiere.
- Le lundi 17 mai, à Milan (18h00) à la librairie Rizzoli dans la gallerie Victor
Emmanuel.
- Le mardi 18 mai, à Bologne (18h00) nell'ambito della manifestazione Fieri
di Leggere, presso la libreria Giannino Stoppani, in via Rizzoli 1/f.
- Le mercredi 19 mai, à Rome (17h00) à la librairie l'aventure, in via del Vantaggio
21.
- Le jeudi 20 mai, à Naple (18h00) à la librairie Alastor, in via Mezzocannone
7.
Le lien vers le site d'origine: Bao
Publishing
Source: Bulles et
Onomatopées
Gaston nous revient dans le journal de Spirou numéro 3762.
Retrouvez dans ce numéro spécial Gaston, qui sortira le 19 mai, de
nombreuses planches hommage au héros sans emploi réalisées par de grands
noms tels que Yoann & Vehlmann, Bouzard, Bravo,
Trondheim, Bercovici, Léturgie & Yann, Olivier Vatine, Jannin et
bien d'autres encore.
Ce numéro collector restera en kiosque pour 3 semaines, inutile de
vous dire de vous ruer dessus, un tel contenu pour 2,30€ est absolument
immanquable !
Une merveilleuse initiative des éditions Dupuis, qui devrait ravir les amateurs de l'anti-héros le plus célèbre...
Une image extraite du magasine Spirou n° 3739
Illustration du haut de page de la question du père.
Tome 5 d'une épatante aventure de Jules.
Cliquez sur l'image pour l'agrandir.
Source: La cigogne Volubile
L’Institut Français de Meknès a organisé pour les 7 – 12 ans le 1er salon international des livres et de l’édition jeunesse au
Maroc.
La Cigogne volubile, Le Printemps des livres jeunesse de Meknès a eu
lieu le vendredi 9, samedi 10 et dimanche 11 avril 2010, à l’Institut
Français de Meknès.
Destinée
à donner le goût de lire dès le plus jeune âge et à contribuer au
développement éditorial et économique de l’édition jeunesse
au Maroc, la manifestation a accueilli des auteurs, illustrateurs,
éditeurs français et marocains.
Tomi Ungerer est le parrain de cette 1ère édition et il en a réalisé le visuel.
Pour la
France, les auteurs Elisabeth Brami, Stéphane Daniel, Alexis Ferrier,
Jean-Luc Luciani, Elisabeth Piquet, Arthur Ténor, les
auteurs-illustrateurs Emile Bravo, Thierry Dedieu,
Antoine Guilloppé, Pef, l’illustrateur Zaü, le conteur Pierre Delye les
éditeurs Didier Jeunesse (Michelle Moreau), MeMo (Yara
Nascimento), Seuil Jeunesse (Françoise Mateu), Rageot Editions
(Caroline Westberg) et Le Sablier (Hélène Bonis) seront présents.
Le Maroc sera représenté par les auteurs et illustrateurs Ouadia
Bennis, Abdellatif et Jocelyne Lâabi, Nathalie et Alexis Logié, Habib
Mazini, Dominique Nouiga, Sonia Ouajjou, Mostafa Oghnia,
Rhalid Rezqi, les conteurs Mohammed Bariz et Halima Hamdane et les
éditeurs Marsam, Nouiga, Yanbow Al Kitab, Yomad.
"Auteurs
et illustrateurs dédicaceront leurs ouvrages à La Librairie. On
trouvera également à La
Librairie, une sélection des meilleurs livres jeunesse récents, en
français ou bilingue français-arabe. Le grand public pourra aller plus
loin avec auteurs, illustrateurs et éditeurs lors d’Un
thé à la menthe avec…..
Le grand public devrait également trouver son bonheur dans les
multiples activités avec l’Envol de La Cigogne : Projections au Théâtre
(Les Trois Brigands et Le ballon d’or) et en Médiathèque («
Trait pour trait » sur l’œuvre de Tomi Ungerer et « Les morts tordus
» sur l’œuvre de Pef, ainsi que des dessins animés « Les belles
histoires de pomme d’Api » tirés de livres jeunesse),
Expositions (« Expect the unexpected » de Tomi Ungerer, « De la
bouche du conteur aux mains du lecteur » et « Dessine moi une lettre »
d’Anne Bertier) dans tous les lieux, Ateliers, Conférences
pour tous s’ajouteront aux restitutions des 124 Projets de classes
réalisés par plus de 2500 élèves des Cours de Langue de l’Institut
Français de Meknès, des écoles publiques et privées de
Meknès.
Les Journées professionnelles se dérouleront vendredi, samedi et
dimanche. Sur inscription, les professionnels (médiathécaire, libraire,
animateur jeunesse, enseignant…) pourront se former
vendredi sur le thème « Construire, développer et entretenir un
rayon jeunesse », suivre les Ateliers pédagogiques « L’album jeunesse en
classe » et « Monter une BCD en classe ». Les
professionnels auront l’occasion de participer à diverses
Conférences « Tendance de l’édition jeunesse au Maroc », « Marché et
économie du livre jeunesse » ou encore « Comment faire lire et
vendre le livre jeunesse » qui seront ouvertes également à toutes
personnes intéressées.
Rendez-vous donc au printemps 2010 pour accueillir La Cigogne volubile à Meknès !
Pour plus d’informations : Maroc Institut Français de Meknès : OO 212 5 35 51 65 00"
Merci à Natali pour cette information 
Source: Livreshebdo.fr
Lewis Trondheim, Emile Bravo, Emmanuel Gibert ou Jacques Tardi font partie des auteurs sélectionnés pour les prestigieux Eisner
Awards, des prix qui récompensent les meilleurs bandes dessinées américaines.
On trouve dans la sélection pour la « meilleure série basée sur la réalité » la traduction du Photographe d’Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre et Frédéric Lemercier publiée
outre-Atlantique par First Second.
Dans la sélection pour la meilleure adaptation, Le petit bleu de la Côte Ouest de Jean-Patrick Manchette, adapté par Jacques Tardi, édité par Fantagraphics.
Parmi les six nommés pour le meilleur roman graphique, on découvre à nouveau Le photographe (First Second) ainsi que Ma maman est en Amérique, elle a rencontré Buffalo
Bill de Jean Regnaud et Emile Bravo, traduit chez
Fanfare/Ponent Mon. Emile Bravo est d’ailleurs aussi retenu pour le
meilleur peintre/artiste multimédia.
Enfin quatre des cinq nommés pour le meilleur album étranger édité aux Etats-Unis sont des albums franco-belges à savoir Le photographe, Ma maman est en Amérique, elle a rencontré
Buffalo Bill, Le petit bleu de la Côte Ouest et Le roi des catastrophes, vol. 1 de Lewis Trondheim et Fabrice Parme (First Second).
Les Eisner Awards sont décernés par les professionnels des "comics"
et sont remis lors de la convention Comic-Con International qui se
tiendra à San Diego (Californie) du 22 au 25
juillet.
Il est extrêmement rare que des auteurs franco-belges soient
sélectionnés pour ces prix, équivalents pour l’édition américaine à ceux
remis à Angoulême.
Depuis la création de ces récompenses en 1988, seuls Moebius, Hergé,
Uderzo et Gosciny, et dernièrement Joann Sfar, ont été primés.
Source: Comic-con
Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) is proud to announce the nominations
for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2010. The
nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide
range of material being published in comics and graphic novel
form today, from multivolume deluxe hardcovers to online stories to
traditional comic book format.
Topping the 2010 nominees with 4 nominations is David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp, a highly acclaimed literary graphic
novel published by Pantheon. Several works have received 3 nominations, including two French graphic novels, My mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill
(by Jean Regnaud and Émile Bravo, published by Fanfare/Ponent Mon) and The Photographer (by Emmanuel Guibert, published by First Second). Japanese manga master Naoki Urasawa is
represented by multiple nominations for two of his works, 20th Century Boys and Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka (both published by VIZ Media), nominated not only in the International
category but also for Best Continuing Series (20th Century Boys) and Best Limited Series (Pluto). Another manga title with 3 nominations is Yoshihiro Tatsumi's A Drifting
Life (published by Drawn & Quarterly). Other publications with 3 nominations are Robert Crumb's illustrated version of The Book of Genesis (published by Norton), Darwyn Cooke's
Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter (IDW), Mike Carey and Peter Gross's comic book series The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC), and Mark Waid and Peter Kraus's series Irredeemable
(BOOM!), which also has a shared nomination. The big DC event miniseries of the year, Blackest Night, is also on the ballot, with 2 nominations and 1 shared.
The
creators with the most nominations are Urasawa (5) and Mazzucchelli (4),
followed by several creators with 3: Cooke, Crumb, Bravo,
Guibert, Carey, Waid, and writer Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Criminal, and Incognito, published by Marvel).
DC
Comics has the most nominations for a publisher, with its various
imprints (DCU, Vertigo, WildStorm, Zuda) garnering 20 nominations
(plus 2 shared). The DC Universe has 11 of those nominations, spread
among multiple titles and creators. The Vertigo imprint's 7 nominations
are led by 3 for The Unwritten. The publisher
emerging with the second most nominations this year is Fantagraphics
Books, with 17 (plus one shared). The company dominates the categories
for Archival Collections, with 5 out of the 11 nominees
in those categories. Two of the archival works also have design
nods: The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley's Cartoons and Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons.
The rest of Fantagraphics' nominations are spread throughout the
ballot, with the only other multiple nominations being for Carol Tyler
(Best Writer/Artist and Best Painter/Multimedia Artist for
You'll Never Know: A Good and Decent Man) and the French graphic album West Coast Blues.
Abrams CartoonArts has six titles on the ballot (led by The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics), toting up 8
nominations in all. Also with 8 nominees (plus 2 shared), Marvel Comics posseses multiple nominations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young), Wolverine:
Old Man Logan (by Mark Millar, Steve McNiven, and Dexter Vines), and the Marvel Icon titles Incognito and Criminal (by Brubaker and Sean Phillips).
Three
publishers have 7 nominees: Fanfare/Ponent Man (for 3 titles), IDW
(for 5 titles, plus 1 shared nomination), and W. W. Norton (for 3
titles, including Crumb's Book of Genesis and David
Small's Stitches). Close behind are First Second (6
nominations plus 1 shared), VIZ Media (6 nominations), BOOM! (5
nominations plus 2 shared), and Dark Horse (4 nominations plus 2
shared). Drawn & Quarterly and Image each have 4 nominees.
This
year's judges made some significant changes in the categories, restoring
one that last year's judges omitted (Best Single
Issue/One Shot), changing the names of two ("U.S. Edition of
International Material-Japan" revised to "U.S. Edition of International
Material-Asia" and "Limited Series" changed to "Limited Series
or Story Arc"), and splitting the Best Writer/Artist category into
two, with the second being Best Writer/Artist-Nonfiction. They also
added the category of Best Adaptation from Another Work.
This addition reflects the large number of comics and graphic novels
now being based on other sources. The nominees here include not only
Crumb's Genesis but also adaptations of
Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Darwin's On the Origin of Species, Richard Stark's The Hunter, and Jean-Patrick Manchette's West Coast Blues.
Named
for acclaimed comics creator the Will Eisner, the awards are in their
22nd year of highlighting the best publications and
creators in comics and graphic novels. The 2010 judging panel
consists of academic Craig Fischer (associate professor of English,
Appalachian State University), librarian Francisca Goldsmith
(staff development instructor/consultant, Infopeople), reviewer John
Hogan (GraphicNovelReporter.com), writer James Hudnall (Harsh Realm, The Psycho), and retailer Wayne Winsett (Time
Warp Comics, Boulder, Colorado).
Ballots
with this year's nominees will be going out in mid-April to comics
creators, editors, publishers, and retailers. A
downloadable pdf of the ballot will also be available online, and a
special website has been set up for online voting. The results in all
categories will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on
the evening of Friday, July 23 at Comic-Con International.
Voting
in one Eisner Awards category, Hall of Fame, is already completed. The
judges chose the nominees earlier this year, and voting
was conducted solely online, with voting ending on March 31.
The
Eisner Awards are presented under the auspices of Comic-Con
International, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to
creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related
popular art forms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and
events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions
of comics to art and culture. Jackie Estrada has been administrator
of the Awards since 1990. She can be reached by clicking here.
The 2010 Will Eisner
Comic Industry Award Nominees
Best Short Story
"Because I Love You So Much," by Nikoline Werdelin,
in From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the 3rd Millennium (Fantagraphics/Aben maler)
"Gentleman John," by Nathan Greno, in What Is
Torch Tiger? (Torch Tiger)
"How and Why to Bale Hay," by Nick Bertozzi, in
Syncopated (Villard)
"Hurricane," interpreted by Gradimir Smudja, in
Bob Dylan Revisited (Norton)
"Urgent Request," by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk
Kim, in The Eternal Smile (First Second)
Best Single Issue (or
One-Shot)
Brave & the Bold #28: "Blackhawk and the
Flash: Firing Line," by J. Michael Straczynski and Jesus Saiz (DC)
Captain America #601: "Red, White, and
Blue-Blood," by Ed Brubaker and Gene Colan (Marvel)
Ganges #3, by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics)
The Unwritten #5: "How the Whale Became," by
Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC)
Usagi Yojimbo #123: "The Death of Lord Hikiji" by Stan Sakai (Dark Horse)
Best Continuing Series
Fables, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Andrew Pepoy et al. (Vertigo/DC)
Irredeemable, by Mark Waid and Peter Krause (BOOM!)
Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
The Unwritten, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC)
The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard (Image)
Best Limited Series or Story Arc
Blackest Night, by Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, and Oclair Albert (DC)
Incognito, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka, by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki (VIZ Media)
Wolverine #66-72 and Wolverine Giant-Size Special: "Old Man Logan," by Mark Millar, Steve McNiven, and Dexter Vines
(Marvel)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
Best New Series
Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick, art by Tony Parker (BOOM!)
Ireedeemable, by Mark Waid and Peter Krause (BOOM!)
Sweet Tooth, by Jeff Lemire (Vertigo/DC)
The Unwritten, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC)
Best Publication for Kids
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute, by Jarrett J. Krosoczeka (Knopf)
The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook, by Eleanor Davis (Bloomsbury)
Tiny Tyrant vol. 1: The Ethelbertosaurus, by Lewis Trondheim and Fabrice Parme (First Second)
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics, edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly (Abrams
ComicArts/Toon)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz hc, by L. Frank Baum, Eric Shanower, and Skottie Young (Marvel)
Best Publication for Teens
Angora Napkin, by Troy Little (IDW)
Beasts of Burden, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
A Family Secret, by Eric Heuvel (Farrar Straus Giroux/Anne Frank House)
Far Arden, by Kevin Cannon (Top Shelf)
I Kill Giants tpb, by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura (Image)
Best Humor Publication
Drinky Crow's Maakies Treasury, by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics)
Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me, And Other Astute Observations, by Peter Bagge (Fantagraphics)
Little Lulu, vols. 19-21, by John Stanley and Irving Tripp (Dark Horse Books)
The Muppet Show Comic Book: Meet the Muppets, by Roger Langridge (BOOM Kids!)
Scott Pilgrim vol. 5: Scott Pilgrm vs. the Universe, by Brian Lee O'Malley (Oni)
Best Anthology
Abstract Comics, edited by Andrei Molotiu (Fantagraphics)
Bob Dylan Revisited, edited by Bob Weill (Norton)
Flight 6, edited by Kazu Kibuishi (Villard)
Popgun vol. 3, edited by Mark Andrew Smith, D. J. Kirkbride, and Joe Keatinge (Image)
Syncopated: An Anthology of Nonfiction Picto-Essays, edited by Brendan Burford (Villard)
What Is Torch Tiger? edited by Paul Briggs (Torch Tiger)
Best Digital Comic
Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl,www.abominable.cc
Bayou, by Jeremy Love,http://zudacomics.com/bayou
The Guns of Shadow Valley, by David Wachter and James Andrew Clark,www.gunsofshadowvalley.com
Power Out, by Nathan Schreiber,www.act-i-vate.com/67.comic
Sin Titulo, by Cameron Stewart,www.sintitulocomic.com/
Best Reality-Based Work
A Drifting Life, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco (Metropolitan/Holt)
The Impostor's Daughter, by Laurie Sandell (Little, Brown)
Monsters, by Ken Dahl (Secret Acres)
The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second)
Stitches, by David Small (Norton)
Best Adaptation from Another Work
The Book of Genesis Illustrated, by R. Crumb (Norton) Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation, adapted by Michael Keller and Nicolle Rager Fuller (Rodale)
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, adapted by Tim Hamilton (Hill & Wang)
Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
West Coast Blues, by Jean-Patrick Manchette, adapted by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
Best Graphic Album-New
Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzuccheilli (Pantheon)
A Distant Neighborhood (2 vols.), by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
The Book of Genesis Illustrated, by R. Crumb (Norton)
My mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill, by Jean Regnaud and émile Bravo (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second)
Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
Best Graphic Album-Reprint
Absolute Justice, by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, and Doug Braithewaite (DC)
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, by Josh Neufeld (Pantheon)
Alec: The Years Have Pants, by Eddie Campbell (Top Shelf)
Essex County Collected, by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
Map of My Heart: The Best of King-Cat Comics & Stories, 1996-2002, by John Porcellino (Drawn &
Quarterly)
Best Archival Collection/Project-Strips
Bloom County: The Complete Library, vol. 1, by Berkeley Breathed, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Bringing Up Father, vol. 1: From Sea to Shining Sea, by George McManus and Zeke Zekley, edited by Dean Mullaney
(IDW)
The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley's Cartoons 1913-1940, edited by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)
Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons, by Gahan Wilson, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
Prince Valiant, vol. 1: 1937-1938, by Hal Foster, edited by Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, Walt McDougall, and W. W. Denslow (Sunday
Press)
Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books
The Best of Simon & Kirby, by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, edited by Steve Saffel (Titan Books)
Blazing Combat, by Archie Goodwin et al., edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
Humbug, by Harvey Kurtzman et al., edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures deluxe edition, by Dave Stevens, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics, edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly (Abrams
ComicArts/Toon)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material
My mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill, by Jean Regnaud and Émile Bravo (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second)
Tiny Tyrant vol. 1: The Ethelbertosaurus, by Lewis Trondheim and Fabrice Parme (First Second)
West Coast Blues, by Jean-Patrick Manchette, adapted by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
Years of the Elephant, by Willy Linthout (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia
The Color Trilogy, by Kim Dong Haw (First Second)
A Distant Neighborhood (2 vols.), by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
A Drifting Life, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
Oishinbo a la Carte, written by Tetsu Kariya and illustrated by Akira Hanasaki (VIZ Media)
Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka, by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki (VIZ Media)
Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
Best Writer
Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Daredevil, Marvels Project (Marvel) Criminal, Incognito (Marvel Icon)
Geoff Johns, Adventure Comics, Blackest Night, The Flash: Rebirth, Superman: Secret Origin (DC) James Robinson, Justice League: Cry for Justice (DC)
Mark Waid, Irredeemable, The Incredibles (BOOM!)
Bill Willingham, Fables (Vertigo/DC)
Best Writer/Artist
Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter (IDW)
R. Crumb, The Book of Genesis Illustrated (Norton)
David Mazzuccheilli, Asterios Polyp (Pantheon)
Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Books)
Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka (VIZ Media)
Best Writer/Artist-Nonfiction
Reinhard Kleist, Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness (Abrams ComicArts)
Willy Linthout, Years of the Elephant (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
Joe Sacco, Footnotes in Gaza (Metropolitan/Holt)
David Small, Stitches (Norton)
Carol Tyler, You'll Never Know: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Michael Kaluta, Madame Xanadu #11-15: "Exodus Noir" (Vertigo/DC)
Steve McNiven/Dexter Vines, Wolverine: Old Man Logan (Marvel)
Fiona Staples, North 40 (WildStorm)
J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC)
Danijel Zezelj, Luna Park (Vertigo/DC)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
É Bravo, My mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
Mauro Cascioli, Justice League: Cry for Justice (DC)
Nicolle Rager Fuller, Charles Darwin on the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation (Rodale Books) Jill Thompson, Beasts of Burden (Dark Horse); Magic Trixie and the Dragon (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Carol Tyler, You'll Never Know: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics)
Best Cover Artist
John Cassaday, Irredeemable (BOOM!); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
Salvador Larocca, Invincible Iron Man (Marvel)
Sean Phillips, Criminal, Incognito (Marvel Icon); 28 Days Later (BOOM!)
Alex Ross, Astro City: The Dark Age (WildStorm/DC); Project Superpowers (Dynamite)
J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC)
Best Coloring
Steve Hamaker, Bone: Crown of Thorns (Scholastic); Little Mouse Gets Ready (Toon)
Laura Martin, The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures (IDW); Thor, The Stand: American Nightmares
(Marvel)
David Mazzuccheilli, Asterios Polyp (Pantheon)
Alex Sinclair, Blackest Night, Batman and Robin (DC)
Dave Stewart, Abe Sapien, BPRD, The Goon, Hellboy, Solomon Kane, Umbrella Academy, Zero Killer (Dark Horse); Detective
Comics (DC); Luna Park (Vertigo)
Best Lettering
Brian Fies, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? (Abrams ComicArts)
David Mazzuccheilli, Asterios Polyp (Pantheon)
Tom Orzechowski, Savage Dragon (Image); X-Men Forever (Marvel)
Richard Sala, Cat Burglar Black (First Second); Delphine (Fantagraphics)
Adrian Tomine, A Drifting Life (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
ComicsAlliance, edited by Laura Hudson www.comicsalliance.com
Comics Comics, edited by Timothy Hodler and Dan
Nadel (www.comicscomicsmag.com) (PictureBox)
The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, Michael Dean, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com)
Best Comics-Related Book
Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel, by Annalisa Di Liddo (University Press of Mississippi)
The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics, by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle (Abrams ComicArts)
The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, by Helen McCarthy (Abrams ComicArts)
Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater, by Eric P. Nash (Abrams ComicArts)
Will Eisner and PS Magazine, by Paul E. Fitzgerald (Fitzworld.US)
Best Publication Design
Absolute Justice, designed by Curtis King and Josh Beatman (DC)
The Brinkley Girls, designed by Adam Grano (Fantagraphics)
Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
Life and Times of Martha Washington, designed by David Nestelle (Dark Horse Books)
Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, designed by Philippe Ghielmetti (Sunday Press)
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? designed by Neil Egan and Brian Fies (Abrams ComicArts)
