Mar 29 2007
2007 Harvey Award Nominating Ballots
I’ve always considered it somewhat unseemly to vote for oneself in award ceremonies… However, that doesn’t prevent me from imploring others to vote for me in such ceremonies!
So, if you’re a comics industry professional, you’re eligible to vote for this year’s Harvey Award nominees, from whom the winners will eventually be chosen after a second round of voting. And if you liked MIDNIGHT SUN, then consider yourself officially “implored” to vote for it.
Potential categories are:
BEST CARTOONIST
BEST NEW TALENT (I’m not exactly “new,” but based on past nominees, I’d guess I qualify.)
BEST NEW SERIES
BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
You can download a PDF of the ballot here and read general info about the award here.
They’re due in by April 4th, which is just around the corner, though, so you may want to download the ballot as a Word document and just email it in (the email address is listed inside the document).
Update:
I hadn’t really had a chance to ruminate on last year’s books until I filled out my Harvey ballot this morning. Conclusion: 2006 had some damn good books. Here are a few items I voted for in various categories:
Alice – SLG/Tommy Kovac, Sonny Lieu
Billy Hazelnuts – Fantagraphics/Tony Millionaire
Glenn Ganges – Kevin Huizenga/Fantagraphics
Dork # 11 – Evan Dorkin/SLG
Dr. Strange: The Oath – Marvel
Usagi Yojimbo – Stan Sakai/Dark Horse
Isaac the Pirate vol. 2 – Chritophe Blain
Project Romantic – Adhouse
The Trouble with Igor – Chris Reilly, Gus Fink/SLG
I Yam what I Yam: Popeye Vol. I – E.C. Segar/Fantagraphics
Scrubland – Joe Daly/Fantagraphics
The Mourning Star – Kazimir Strzepek/Bodega
Abandon the Old in Tokyo – Yoshihiro Tatsumi/D&Q
I also recanted and shamelessly voted for myself in a single category: Best Continuing or Limited Series. More important, I voted for Shadowlands by Kim Dietch in pretty much every category I could wedge it into. I think it was probably my favorite book of original material last year. Pick it up if you haven’t already.
There were two Manga series I’ve really been enjoying, Dragon Head and Monster, but I couldn’t really figure out what category, if any, I could nominate them in. Are they reprints of foreign material? Original series? Continuing series? Reprint of archival material?
Mar 22 2007
Southern Bitch w/ Ironhead – Saturday @ The Garage
Yeah, sure, it’s not even April, but I’m gonna go ahead and call this upcoming Saturday’s (the 24th) show at The Garage the local CLUB SHOW O’ THE YEAR. What’s on tap?
First up, 44 Love. I know nothing about this band. But apparently no one does. According to friend and longtime Winston-Salem music scene fixture, Doug Davis, this is the band’s debut performance.
Following that is local glam/punk outfit, Ironhead. These guys (and I use the term loosely–the bass player is female) sound a little like old skool Crüe or Hanoi Rocks, with maybe a little Danzig or Motörhead thrown into the mix. Note that two of the four bands that immediately come to mind when considering Ironhead have umlauts in their names–that’s a sign of quality, folks. More modern musical analogs for these guys might be Birmingham, Alabama’s Smithwick Machine, or maybe “Come Down Heavy”-era Thee Hypnotics. If there’s anything bad to say about this band, it’s that they don’t have an umlaut in their name.
Finally, headlining, is Athens, Georgia’s Southern Bitch. These guys (again, using the term loosely for the same reason) probably get compared to the Drive by Truckers enough that they’re likely sick of it by now. The comparison is somewhat apt, but from what I’ve heard they’ve got more Skynyrd/Nugent/Blackfoot thing going on–with maybe some Stones thrown in for good measure. Modern analog? Hell, I dunno… Raging Slab?
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