2012 Joe Shuster Awards for Canadian Comics Nomination

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2012 Joe Shuster Awards for Canadian Comics Nomination
By The Editor
May 10, 2012 - 10:51

From coast to coast, Canada is home to many of the comic book industry’s top talents, and the JOE SHUSTER AWARDS are a way of recognizing and celebrating their achievements. Since it was established in 2004, the Joe Shuster Award program has been Canada’s national awards program for recognizing the outstanding achievements of Canadian comic book creators, publishers and retailers. The juried awards are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the iconic super-powered hero, Superman.

In April of this year, the nominees were chosen from lists comprising all eligible titles published during the year 2011 *, by Canadian citizens living at home or abroad and Canadian permanent residents **. Now that the nominees have been selected, their works will be evaluated by different juries who will determine winners in each category.

Winners will be announced during a public ceremony on the evening of Saturday, September 15, 2012, at the Montreal Comic Con, which takes place from September 14-16, 2012 at the Palais de Congres (Montreal).

Artist / Artist Team:

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 and Nathan Fairbairn (with Michel Lacombe) Swamp Thing 1-3, Batman Incorporated 3, 5 (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)

Webcomic Creator / Creative Team:

Jayd Ait-Kaci (artist) The Fox Sister, Sfeer Theory
Emily Carroll (cartoonist) Comics 2011 (Anu-Anulan and Yir’s Daughter, Dream Journal Mar 30th, Margot’s Room, The Prince and The Sea)
Tony Cliff (cartoonist) Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
Kate Craig (cartoonist) Heart of Ice
Iris and Zviane (cartoonists) L’ostie d’chat - Le blog de Jasmin et Jean-Seb
Drazen Kozjan (cartoonist) The Happy Undertaker
Ty Templeton (cartoonist) Bun Toons

Writer / Writing Team:

Anthony Del Col & Connor McCreery Kill Shakespeare 9-12 (IDW)
Francis Desharnais Motel Galactic (Editions Pow Pow)
Maryse Dubuc Les Nombrils T.5: Un Couple D'enfer (Delcourt)
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

This award recognizes the works which capture the attention and fascination of young readers, and help to create a passion for life-long reading. Works considered for this award are comic books and graphic novels by Canadian creators that are targeted at readers 14 and under. Nominees for this award are selected from the eligible creators lists by a team of educators led by Jennifer Haines, MA, B.Ed., who is also the proprietor of Guelph, Ontario’s The Dragon comic book shop.

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-Publishing

Named after the late Howard Eugene Day (1951-1982), this award honours Canadian comic book creators or creative teams who self-published their work during the previous calendar yearor, but did not have the books distributed by a third party distributor. The nominees were selected from over 50 individual publications submitted for review. The award winner will also receive a bursary of $500.

Silly Kingdom: Alengrimrickshaw’s 211th Birthday by Katie and Steven Shanahan
Ghost Rabbit by Dakota McFadzean
Drupe by Jeremy Bourgeois Raymonde
21 Journeys by the Cloudscape Comics Collective,
Fifteen Months by Colleen MacIsaac

Harry Kremer Award - Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer

Named after the late Harry Kremer, original owner of Now & Then Books (in Kitchener, Ontario). Shops are recommended by the general public and a separate Retailer Award Committee reviews all materials received and select a short list of stores that has shown merit in a variety of categories such as: (1) Support of a wide variety of innovative material, (2) Overall appeal of the store and usage of space, (3) Knowledge, (4) Community activity, and (5) Adherence to standard ethical business practices.

10 Selected, 5 Finalists will be announced in late July 2012

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)

Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame

Inductee(s) will be announced in late July 2012
Artist, Cartoonist, Cover Artist & Writer Nominees selected by: Jonathan Kuehlein, Laurent Boutin, Jamie Coville, Gareth Gaudin, Patrick Marleau, David Kelly Lloyd Chesney, Eric Bouchard, Martin Dubé, Sarrah Young, Tyler Jirik, Leonard Wong, Jeff Brown, Amy Chop, Mike Jozic, Andrew Uys, Kevin Boyd and Robert Haines. Webcomics Nominees selected by Andrew Walsh, Allison Covey, Tyrone Biljan, Robert Haines, Peter DeCourcy and Kevin Boyd. Gene Day Award Nominees selected by Robert Haines, Kevin Boyd.

Congratulations to all of the nominees and all of the eligible creators for another memorable year of great comics, both in print and online!