{"id":2985,"date":"2011-04-11T18:55:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T22:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2011-04-11T18:55:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T22:55:41","slug":"amelia-earhart-this-broad-ocean-nominated-for-eisner-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=2985","title":{"rendered":"Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean Nominated for Eisner Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, here’s something kinda crazy: just when I’d decided Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean<\/em> had pretty much run its course, it’s been nominated for the 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards<\/a> (AKA: “The Eisners”) in the Best Publication for Kids category. I’m incredibly honored–not to mention totally surprised–to receive such an accolade.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Believe it or not, this is actually my second<\/em> Eisner nomination; the first was back in 2004, right after my first book, Farewell, Georgia<\/em> came out. I say “believe it or not” partially because that was a ways back, but also because you’d never find that nomination by Googling me owing to my name’s having been mispelled on the ballot<\/a>. Those crazy internets!<\/p>\n

This nomination feels totally different. Back then, I had just been back reading<\/em> comics for a few years and, as mentioned, Farewell, Georgia<\/em> was my very first book. I’m not sure then I even knew what the heck the Eisner Awards were<\/em>. I still remember the email about it I received from SLG commander-in-chief Dan Vado. It began with something like, “You may not know what these awards are, but…” In so many words, “listen up, noob, this is a big deal.”<\/p>\n

Now I know<\/em> it’s a big deal! And I’m of course incredibly honored to have Amelia<\/em> recognized by the comics industry’s most prestigious awards. A big thanks goes out to Sarah Stewart Taylor, the book’s writer; Christain Trimmer, our editor at Disney\/Hyperion; James Sturm of CCS; Judy Hansen, the literary agent who put this whole series deal together; the Eisner judging committee; and, especially (especially!) Jason Lutes who (as you know if you’ve read any of the process posts on this blog) did a ton of heavy lifting on this book and in a just world would be included in this nomination.<\/p>\n

P.S. – If you have some sort of apparatus that can alter the space-time continuum such that Tiny Titans<\/em> no longer exists, please contact me at the email address in the masthead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, here’s something kinda crazy: just when I’d decided Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean had pretty much run its course, it’s been nominated for the 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (AKA: “The Eisners”) in the Best Publication for Kids category. I’m incredibly honored–not to mention totally surprised–to receive such an accolade. Believe it or … <\/p>\n

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