Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Candorville Nominated for the Glyph Award

This is turning out to be a great year for Candorville. It's one of the only strips adding papers right now (both the English and Spanish versions), the book sold out its first printing in record time (well, a record for me, anyway), and now Candorville has been nominated for the first annual Glyph Award, which is quite an honor. From the press release:

EAST COAST BLACK AGE OF COMICS CONVENTION PRESENTS THE INAUGURAL GLYPH AWARDS HONORING THE BEST IN BLACK COMICS AND BLACK CREATORS

Since 2002, the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) has been an annual gathering for black creators and fans from all walks of life to meet and learn from each other. This year, ECBACC reaches further out into the comics industry at large in presenting the first Glyph Awards, for outstanding achievement in black comics. The awards ceremony will take place May 19, 2006, at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, with the convention to be held the following day, May 20, 2006, at Temple University’s Ritter Hall.

The Glyph Awards recognizes the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. While it is not exclusive to black creators, it does strive to honor those who have made the greatest contributions to the comics medium in terms of both critical and commercial impact. By doing so, we hope to encourage more diverse and high quality work across the board and to inspire new creators to add their voices to the field.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on this, Darrin!

Your hard work is paying off. :-)

Darrin Bell said...

Thanks, Rick!

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