Books that rocked the 2012 Glyph Awards

The 2012 Glyph Awards have been announced. Special thanks to all the nominees, as all the books were strong this year. Here are the winners which were announced at the May 18th ECBACC Glyph Awards.

Story of the Year Princeless, Jeremy Whitley, writer, Mia Goodwin, artist

Best Writer Jeremy Whitley, Princeless

Best Artist Sara Pichelli, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man

Best Male Character Miles Morales, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Brian Michael Bendis, writer, Sara Pichelli, artist; inspired by the character created by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko

Best Female Character Adrienne, Princeless; created by Jeremy Whitley, writer, and Mia Goodwin, artist

Rising Star Award Whit Taylor, Watermelon

Best Cover Chew #27, Rob Guillory, illustrator

Best Comic Strip or Webcomic Fungus Grotto, Ms. Shatia Hamilton, story and art

ECBACC 2012 This Weekend!

Opening Reception & Glyph Awards Ceremony
Friday, May 18, 2012, from 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m.
location: African American Museum of Philadelphia
701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
(Free to the public)

ECBACC Convention - 2012Saturday, May 19th from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
location: The Enterprise Center,
4548 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19139
$10 Admission for Teens and Adults
(kids 12 and under FREE when accompanied by paying adult).

Follow the 365 Days of Blacksuperheroes

Thought I'd mention a great project that's going on over at Deviant art which I heard about on the forum.  365 of Blacksuperheroes by "Sprivate". Great idea, this could be a cool card collection when finished!

Corsairs Draw-Off! Deadline March 1st.

Poster from the Archive

Just thought I'd post this image. It's one of my favorite posters. It was created several years ago by none other than Kenjji, the talented writer/artist of Witchdoctor.