This post keeps asking you to submit.

• T’other day, we pointed you at the NCS awards submission process, and we have another one today, but I’m actually of two minds about this one. As we all agree, the Eisner Awards are the most prestigious comics awards in North America, and you should definitely submit your work for consideration, the guidelines to which are found here¹ [PDF].

  On the other hand, the administration of the Eisners was revealed to be deeply, deeply broken, from start to finish, and nobody associated with the Eisners or Comic-Con International (a California nonprofit public benefit corporation) would answer a single damn question about what went wrong, why it went wrong, how long it had been going wrong, or which steps they’re taking to keep it from going wrong in the future. There has been, as near as I can tell, no substantive communication on this matter, and therefore I must conclude no recognition of the legal obligations they have with respect to this data breach.

  With my day job hat on, I cannot in good conscience recommend anybody agree to participate in the Eisner voting process until there’s a metric fuckton more disclosure provided. But hey, voting isn’t for months now, so submit and hopefully they’ll unfuck themselves? I mean, that’s all we can do for now. I’ll keep on the story as I’m able to.

• Let’s bring up the mood a little; something that I can wholeheartedly recommend that you submit work to — although it’s somewhat niche — is the Graphic Medicine Review, which will be making a call for submissions shortly. In this ongoing Plague Year-Plus, damn near everybody has a story about their personal intersection with the medical system and health outcomes, so I expect to see you considering this, people. For more info, contact Matthew Noe or A David Lewis².
• But Gary, I hear you cry, what if I have a great piece of comic work that doesn’t involve COVID and I don’t trust the Eisner process? Good question, and by way of answer may I suggest you look at the Cartoonist Studio Prize, now in its ninth iteration, and renowned for both its blessed simplicity (two categories: print and web, that’s it) as well as its choice to recognize comics greatness with cold, hard cash? This year, in addition to the traditional one thousand US dollars, the winners will also receive a Wacom One tablet.

  As in past years, the CSP is presented by The Center For Cartoon Studies, but it appears that the media partner is shifting from Slate magazine to The Beat.

  Creators may submit no more than one work per category, which must have been released in calendar year 2020, and your deadline for submissions is 15 February. Please read through the full set of guidelines and the submissions forms for print [PDF] and webcomics [Google form] for more information.

  The nominations list will be released in April, and the two winners announced shortly after.

Spam of the day:

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As I write this, one Bitcoin goes for USD30,201.20, and is down approximately 26% from its high 13 days ago. Might want to turn in your prognosticator’s card there, Sparky.

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¹ Interestingly, they are talking about tentative categories, which is not something I can recall seeing previously. I guess if they decide to not have a category you submit in, try not to take it personally?

² Some day, he hopes to be The David Lewis.

What, I’m the only one that remembers mid-’80s Saturday Night Live?