by King Hazard
The Joe Shuster Awards: 2012 List Of Nominees
More great news has been announced for the 2012 Montreal ComicCon. The 8th annual Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards, known as The Joe Shuster Awards, will be presented at ComicCon in Montreal on Saturday, September 15, 2012.
The winners will be awarded publicly for outstanding achievements in the creation of comic books, graphic novels and web comics by Canadians.
Here is the official 2012 list of nominees:
Artist
– Chris Bachalo
Age of X: Alpha 1, Avengers 13, 15, Wolverine and the X-Men 1-3, X-Men 7-10 (Marvel Comics)
– Marc Delafontaine
Les Nombrils T.5: Un Couple D’enfer (Delcourt)
– Stuart Immonen
Fear Itself 1-7, “Queen, King, Off-Suit“/X-Men: To Serve and Protect 4 (Marvel Comics), “Say You’re Dead“/Outlaw Territory Vol.2 (Image)
– Fred Jourdain
Le Dragon Bleu / The Blue Dragon (Éditions Alto/Ex Machina/House of Anansi Press)
– Jeff Lemire
Jonah Hex 69 (DC Comics), “A Coffin for Mrs. Bishell”/ Outlaw Territory Vol. 2 (Image)
– Yanick Paquette, Nathan Fairbairn
Swamp Thing 1-3, Batman Incorporated 3, 5 (with Michel Lacombe) (DC Comics)
– Cameron Stewart
“Chapter 1: The School of Night“/Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! 1 (DC Comics), Suicide Girls 1-4 (IDW)
Cartoonist
– Chester Brown
Paying For It: A Comic Strip Memoir About Being A John (D+Q)
– Darwyn Cooke
”The Seventh“/Parker: The Martini Edition, “Betty Saves the Day“/Rocketeer Adventures 2 (IDW)
– Guy Delisle
Chroniques de Jerusalem (Delcourt)
– Ray Fawkes
One Soul, Possessions Book Two (Oni Press)
– Francois Lapierre
Chroniques Sauvages (Glenat Quebec)
– Jeff Lemire
Sweet Tooth 17-25 (DC/Vertigo)
– Ramon Perez
Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand (Archaia Press)
– Michel Rabagliati
Paul au Parc (La Pasteque)
Cover Artist
– Kalman Andrasofszky
X-23 5-19, X-Men: Earth’s Mutant Heroes 1 (Marvel Comics), Stan Lee’s Soldier Zero 6-10 (Boom!)
– Kaare Andrews
Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis 5, Ultimate Comics Hawkeye 1-4, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man 156, 1-5, Ultimate Comics X-Men 1-5, Ultimate Comics Ultimates 1-5 (Marvel Comics)
– Fred Jourdain
Le Dragon Bleu / The Blue Dragon (Éditions Alto/Ex Machina/House of Anansi Press)
– Francois Lapierre
Chroniques Sauvages (Glenat Quebec)
– Jeff Lemire
Jonah Hex 69 (DC Comics), Sweet Tooth 18-28 (DC/Vertigo)
– Francis Manapul
The Flash Vol.4 9-12, The Flash Vol. 5 1-4, Flashpoint: Grodd of War 1, Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost 1-3, Green Lantern 4, Green Lantern Corps 62, Superboy 5, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents 5 (DC Comics) 7 Warriors (Boom!)
– Yanick Paquette
Batman Incorporated 3-5, Knight and Squire 1-6, Swamp Thing 1-4 (DC Comics)
Webcomics Creator
– Jayd Ait-Kaci
The Fox Sister, Sfeer Theory
– Emily Carroll
Comics 2011 (Anu-Anulan and Yir’s Daughter, Dream Journal Mar 30th, Margot’s Room, The Prince and The Sea)
– Tony Cliff
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
– Kate Craig
Heart of Ice
– Iris and Zviane
L’ostie d’chat – Le blog de Jasmin et Jean-Seb
– Drazen Kozjan
The Happy Undertaker
– Ty Templeton
Bun Toons
Writer
– Anthony Del Col, Connor McCreery
Kill Shakespeare 9-12 (IDW)
– Francis Desharnais
Motel Galactic (Editions Pow Pow)
– Maryse Dubuc, Marc Delafontaine
Les Nombrils T.5: Un Couple D’enfer (Dupuis)
– Kathryn Immonen
Avengers: Origins – Thor 1, Captain America and the First Thirteen 1, Wolverine and Jubilee 1-4, “Queen, King, Off-Suit“/X-Men: To Serve and Protect 4 (Marvel Comics), “Say You’re Dead“/Outlaw Territory Vol.2 (Image)
– Jeff Lemire
Animal Man 1-4, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown 1-3, Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. 1-4, Giant Size Atom 1, Superboy 3-11 (DC Comics), Sweet Tooth 26-28 (DC/Vertigo), “-“/Brilliant! Tragic! The Comic Book 1 (Art Brut)
– Tristan Roulot
Le Testament de Capitaine Crown T.1: Cinq Enfants du Putain, Goblins T.5: La Fleur au Canon, Psykoparis T.1 (Soleil)
– Kurtis G. Wiebe
Green Wake 1-8, The Intrepids 1-6 (Image), “Logan‘s Lost Lesson“/Marvel Holiday Special 2011 (Marvel Comics)
– Jim Zubkavich
Skull Kickers 5, 7-11 (Image)
The Dragon Award (Comics for Kids)
– Ariane et Nicolas Tome 6: Les Toiles Mysterieuses
Paul Roux (Les 400 Coups)
– Big City Otto Vol.1
Bill Slavin (Kids Can Press)
– Hyena in Petticoats: The Story of Suffragette Nellie McClung
Willow Dawson (Puffin Books)
– L’Agent Jean Tome 1: Le Cerveau de l’Apocalypse
Alex A. (Presses Aventure)
– Lone Hawk: The Story of Air Ace Billy Bishop
John Lang (Puffin Books)
– Luz Sees the Light
Claudia Davila (Kids Can Press)
– Silly Kingdom: Alengrimrickshaw’s 211th Birthday
Katie and Steven Shanahan (Self-Published)
– Three Thieves Book 2: The Sign of the Black Rock
Scott Chantler (Kids Can Press)
Gene Day Award (Self-Publishers)
– Silly Kingdom: Alengrimrickshaw’s 211th Birthday
Katie and Steven Shanahan
– Ghost Rabbit
by Dakota McFadzean
– Drupe
Jeremy Bourgeois Raymonde
– 21 Journeys
Cloudscape Comics Collective,
– Fifteen Months
Colleen MacIsaac
Harry Kremer Award (Retailers)
– Amazing Stories
(Saskatoon, SK)
– Another Dimension
(Calgary, AB)
– The Comic Hunter
(Moncton, NB)
– Comic Readers
(Regina, SK)
– Golden Age Collectables
(Vancouver, BC)
– Heroes
(London, ON)
– L’Imaginaire
(Quebec City, QC)
– Silver Snail
(Toronto, ON)
– Studio 9 Comic Shop
(Montreal, QC)
– Warp 1 Comics and Games
(Edmonton, AB)
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