Good To Know That Some Things Are Constant In This Inconstant World
Today’s example: the Cartoonist Studio Prize, presented as a joint endeavour of Slate magazine’s book review and the Center For Cartoon Studies, currently in its eighth iteration. Year after year, they put together a really strong slate¹ of ten nominees in the category of print, and ten more in web; the shortlists serve as an effective You Should Read This To Keep Up list, and each winner gets one thousand American dollars cash². Folks that you see written about on this page are frequently seen on either list.
This year’s nominees for Best Print Comic are:
- Bttm Fdrs by Ben Passmore and Ezra Claytan Daniels (Fantagraphics)
- Flying Kites by the Stanford Graphic Novel Project (self published)
- Glenn Ganges In The River At Night by Kevin Huizenga (D&Q)
- Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (D&Q)
- The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis (D&Q)
- Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers (D&Q)
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (:01 Books)
- Pittsburgh by Frank Santoro(New York Review Comics)
- Sobek by James Stokoe (ShortBox)
- The Tenderness Of Stones by Marion Fayolle (New York Review Comics)
Part of what I love about the CSP is its utter disregard for length, subject, or genre; if it’s in print and it’s good, it’s on the list.
This year’s nominees for Best Web Comic are:
- About Face by Nate Powell
- Cabramatta by Matt Huynh
- Eat Street Diners Club by Will Dinski
- I Am More Than My Chromosomes by Elísabet Rún.
- Koreangry by Eunsoo Jeong
- Loving My Inner Black Weirdo by Bianca Xunise
- Paranatural by Zack Morrison
- Sleepless Domain by Mary Cagle
- Tiger, Tiger by Petra Erika Nordlund
- Unhealthy by Abby Howard
Again — there’s ongoing series, there’s one-shot autobio/nonfiction, and there’s everything in between. I was a little surprised to see the web version of Unhealthy on the list; not because it’s unworthy — it’s an excellent read — but because it’s only Abby Howard’s half of the longer print version that was a joint project with Sarah Winifred Searle.
If I were part of the jury (and let me stress that I am not), I’d be pulling for Unhealthy, and Laura Dean, which were two of the best things I read last year. But there’s great creators up and down both lists, and as is typical for the CSP, there’s not a name in sight that would annoy me for winning. Congratulations to all the shortlistketeers; the winners will be announced a few weeks.
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¹ I’m so sorry.
² Or about 1.66667 times class money.
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