POPGUN has won the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Anthology!
Just got back from some family business, and I’m looking at the list of Eisner winners. This is the second award for the POPGUN anthology; the first was the Harvey in 2008 for best anthology, and now the Eisner? So cool.
Also congrats to the CHEW team for taking Best New Series! You guys rock.
Unfortunately THE GUNS OF SHADOW VALLEY lost Best Digital Comic against the deserving SIN TITULO. We’ll continue to push ourselves as the story unfolds.
Congratulations to all the other winners as well.
Eisner Awards 2010 Voting
Voting for this year’s Eisner Awards is now open for comics creators. Here are my picks. I did a bunch of write-ins, though I doubt they’ll change anything. They’re marked in red below.
If you’re a creator, please support POPGUN for Best Anthology and THE GUNS OF SHADOW VALLEY for Best Digital Comic. I’m working on both.
| Cat # | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|
| 0001 | Best Short Story | D. “Hurricane,” interpreted by Gradimir Smudja, in Bob Dylan Revisited (Norton) |
| 0002 | Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) | D. The Unwritten #5: “How the Whale Became,” by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC) |
| 0003 | Best Continuing Series | D. The Unwritten, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC) |
| 0004 | Best Limited Series or Story Arc | Rapture, by Michael Avon Oeming, Taki Soma, and Val Staples (Dark Horse) |
| 0005 | Best New Series | A. Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image) |
| 0006 | Best Humor Publication | B. Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me, And Other Astute Observations, by Peter Bagge (Fantagraphics) |
| 0007 | Best Publication for Kids | The New Brighton Archeological Society, by Mark Smith & Matthew Weldon (Image) |
| 0008 | Best Publication for Teens | The New Brighton Archeological Society, by Mark Smith & Matthew Weldon (Image) |
| 0009 | Best Anthology | D. Popgun vol. 3, edited by Mark Andrew Smith, D. J. Kirkbride, and Joe Keatinge (Image) |
| 0010 | Best Digital Comic | C. The Guns of Shadow Valley, by David Wachter and James Andrew Clark, www.gunsofshadowvalley.com |
| 0011 | Best Reality-Based Work | E. The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second) |
| 0012 | Best Graphic Album–New | The New Brighton Archeological Society, by Mark Smith & Matthew Weldon (Image) |
| 0013 | Best Graphic Album–Reprint | D. Essex County Collected, by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) |
| 0014 | Best Adaptation from Another Work | D. Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW) |
| 0015 | Best U.S. Edition of International Material | B. The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second) |
| 0016 | Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia | A. The Color Trilogy, by Kim Dong Haw (First Second) |
| 0017 | Best Archival Collection / Project — Comic Books | D. The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures deluxe edition, by Dave Stevens, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW) |
| 0018 | Best Archival Collection / Project — Strips | B. Bringing Up Father, vol. 1: From Sea to Shining Sea, by George McManus and Zeke Zekley, edited by Bruce Canwell (IDW) |
| 0019 | Best Writer | James Andrew Clark and David Wachter, The Guns of Shadow Valley (webcomic) |
| 0020 | Best Writer/Artist | A. Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter (IDW) |
| 0021 | Best Writer/Artist — Nonfiction | A. Reinhard Kleist, Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness (Abrams ComicArts) |
| 0022 | Best Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker Team | E. Danijel Zezelj, Luna Park (Vertigo/DC) |
| 0023 | Best Painter / Multimedia Artist (interior art) | E. Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics) |
| 0024 | Best Cover Artist | E. J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC) |
| 0025 | Best Coloring | Val Staples, Rapture (Dark Horse) |
| 0026 | Best Lettering | C. Tom Orzechowski, Savage Dragon (Image); X-Men Forever (Marvel) |
| 0027 | Best Comics-Related Periodical / Journalism | A. Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows) |
| 0028 | Best Comics-Related Book | B. The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics, by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle (Abrams ComicArts) |
| 0029 | Best Publication Design | D. Life and Times of Martha Washington, designed by David Nestelle (Dark Horse Books) |
The big news from a few days ago
First up is POPGUN VOL. 3 from Image Comics in the Best Anthology category. I did production edits on the book, as on all other volumes. We actually won the Harvey Award with the first volume of the book 2 years ago, which is the other major industry award. So being nominated for the Eisner now shows that we’re not just continuing to be good, but getting better all the time. (Volume 4 was released a few weeks ago, btw. Check Amazon and get it.)
The second project is the webcomic The Guns of Shadow Valley by Dave Wachter and Jim Clark in the Best Webcomic category. I letter it. One of the most fun projects I’ve been working on over the years. Got new pages last night, so I’m getting my fix now. 
To see the entire list of nominations, follow this link:
Tags: Eisner Awards, Harvey Awards, Popgun, The Guns of Shadow Valley
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