2012 Eisner Awards Drop ‘Best New Series’ for ‘Level of Quality’ in Eligible Submissions
The Eisner Award nominees for 2012 were announced yesterday, and eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that while two new categories appeared -- Best Publication for Early Readers and Best Academic/Educational Work -- four other categories were missing from the list: Best Writer/Artist--Nonfiction, Best Adaptation from Another Medium, Best New Painter, and most surprisingly, Best New Series.
Awards Administrator Jackie Estrada explained the decision in the press release that accompanied the announcement:
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