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GLAAD Media Awards Announce Shortlist For Outstanding Comic
GLAAD Media Awards Announce Shortlist For Outstanding Comic
GLAAD Media Awards Announce Shortlist For Outstanding Comic
The GLAAD Media Awards have always provided an interesting marker for the progress of queer representation in mainstream comics. While in the past many comics received nominations and accolades for achieving minimal levels of inclusion, the industry is now bustling with competition for the award, which celebrates LGBTQ characters and themes in comics. This year's shortlist is the biggest one yet, and the field is wide open for anyone to take home the coveted award.
'Lumberjanes' Wins 2016 GLAAD Media Award
'Lumberjanes' Wins 2016 GLAAD Media Award
'Lumberjanes' Wins 2016 GLAAD Media Award
Every year, the GLAAD Media Awards aim to celebrate the best of LGBT-inclusive media and the people producing that work. This weekend at a ceremony in Los Angeles, winners for the 2016 awards were announced, with Boom Studios’s acclaimed Lumberjanes taking home the award for Outstanding Comic Book.
'WicDiv', 'Midnighter', 'Lumberjanes' Among GLAAD Nominees
'WicDiv', 'Midnighter', 'Lumberjanes' Among GLAAD Nominees
'WicDiv', 'Midnighter', 'Lumberjanes' Among GLAAD Nominees
GLAAD, the advocacy group that monitors lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender representation in the media, has announced the 2016 nominees for its annual Media Awards celebrating positive LGBT representation, including five comic book series that provided outstanding examples of fair, inclusive, original and impactful LGBT characters in 2015. Four publishers are recognized this year; DC leads with two nominees, Harley Quinn and Midnighter. Marvel's sole nominee is Angela, Queen of Hel, while Boom's Lumberjanes and Image's The Wicked And The Divine complete the list. For the first time, the GLAAD website lists the artists for the books rather than just crediting the writers.
'Rat Queens' Wins GLAAD Award
'Rat Queens' Wins GLAAD Award
'Rat Queens' Wins GLAAD Award
The adventure series Rat Queens from Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch took home the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday. The medieval fantasy series centers on a diverse cast of female adventurers, including lesbian halfling thief Betty. This year's other nominees were Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Annie Wu, and Matt Hollingsworth; Lumberjanes, by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, and Brooke Allen; Memetic, by James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan; and Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.
Boom And Image Receive Two Nominations Each In GLAAD Awards
Boom And Image Receive Two Nominations Each In GLAAD Awards
Boom And Image Receive Two Nominations Each In GLAAD Awards
GLAAD, the media monitoring group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender representation, has announced the nominees for its annual Media Awards celebrating positive LGBT representation in mainstream media, including the five comic book series that it believes provided outstanding examples of fair, inclusive, original and impactful LGBT characters in 2014. This year's awards include first-time nominations for two publishers, Image Comics and Boom Studios. DC Comics is conspicuously absent this year, despite being nominated at least once every year seemingly for as long as GLAAD has recognized comics. Archie Comics is also absent for the first time since the debut of Kevin Keller in 2010.
A Closer Look At The 25th GLAAD Media Awards Comics Nominees
A Closer Look At The 25th GLAAD Media Awards Comics Nominees
A Closer Look At The 25th GLAAD Media Awards Comics Nominees
GLAAD, a high profile media advocacy group for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, has announced the nominees for its 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards, including five nominees for Outstanding Comic Book. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize high quality productions that represents LGBT people in fair, inclusive, original, and impactful ways.
Comics Nominees Announced for the 24th GLAAD Media Awards
Comics Nominees Announced for the 24th GLAAD Media Awards
Comics Nominees Announced for the 24th GLAAD Media Awards
The Gay And Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has announced its nominees for the 24th Annual GLAAD media awards, which "recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives...
GLAAD Announces Nominees for Outstanding Comic Book 2011
GLAAD Announces Nominees for Outstanding Comic Book 2011
GLAAD Announces Nominees for Outstanding Comic Book 2011
Batwoman and Kevin Keller are among the nominees for Outstanding Comic Book at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. GLAAD, The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, is an LGBT media monitoring organization, and its annual awards honor "outstanding media images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community that inspire change." T...