Glyphs/ECBACC News
Well, the Glyphs awards were this weekend and Bayou pretty much swept the whole darn thing!
Story of the Year
Bayou; Jeremy Love, writer and artist
Best Writer
Jeremy Love, Bayou
Best Artist
Jeremy Love, Bayou
Best Male Character
Black Lightning, Final Crisis: Submit; Grant Morrison, writer, Matthew Clark, Norm Rapmund, Rob Hunter & Don Ho, artists
Best Female Character
Lee Wagstaff, Bayou; Jeremy Love, writer and artist
Rising Star Award
Damian Duffy & John Jennings, The Hole: Consumer Culture
Best Reprint Publication
Me and the Devil Blues V1; Del Rey, David Ury, translator/adapter
Best Cover
Unknown Soldier #1; Igor Kordey, illustrator
Best Comic Strip
Bayou, Jeremy Love, writer and artist
Fan Award for Best Comic
Vixen: Return of the Lion; G. Willow Wilson, writer, Cafu, artist
The East Coast Black Age of Comics convention also took place this weekend. PWCW and Glyphs both have a rundown of what happened. An interesting bit of news to come out of ECBACC is that Carol Burrell is doing a graphic novel adaptation of Kindred. Nice.