The Harvey Awards committee has released the final ballot and list of nominees for this year’s awards, and a few books I’ve worked on show up on the list, including the third consecutive nomination for Image’s POPGUN anthology (we won with volume 1, volume 2 losing to the very deserving COMIC BOOK TATTOO last year).
The biggest surprise however is to see my name in the Best Letterer category for Mike Oeming and Taki Soma’s RAPTURE from Dark Horse. When we discussed the lettering for the original Myspace Dark Horse Presents short story, I had a pretty big personal breakthrough in how to create more organic-looking word balloons digitally. It’s very cool to see this recognized by other creators.
Also nominated for Best Letterer are Chris Eliopoulos (FRANKLIN RICHARDS: SON OF A GENIUS, Marvel Comics), Brian Fies (WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW?, Abrams ComicArts), David Mazzucchelli (ASTERIOS POLYP, Pantheon), and Richard Starkings (ELEPHANTMEN, Image Comics). These guys do terrific work. It’s a real honor to be listed alongside them.
If you haven’t checked out RAPTURE yet, have a look at issue 1 in the Free Reads section to see how it measures up to the work of the others (our editor okayed the gallery since it’s on Dark Horse’s website as well).
Here’s a list of all the items I’ve had a hand in. If you’re a creator (those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field), please consider them when you fill out your final ballot. You can find it here: http://www.harveyawards.org
BEST LETTERER
Thomas Mauer, “RAPTURE”, Dark Horse Comics
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC PUBLICATION FOR YOUNGER READERS
“NEW BRIGHTON ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY”, Image Comics
BEST ANTHOLOGY
“POPGUN # 3″, Image Comics
…and also consider voting for these:
BEST COVER ARTIST
Michael Avon Oeming, “MICE TEMPLAR: DESTINY, PART I”, Image Comics
BEST NEW TALENT
Matthew Weldon, “NEW BRIGHTON ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY”, Image Comics
BEST PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED GRAPHIC ALBUM
“MICE TEMPLAR VOLUME 1″, by Bryan J.L. Glass and Michael Avon Oeming, Image Comics
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