La Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association ha reso noto i trionfatori della XII edizione dei Joe Shuster Awards (intitolati al co-creatore di Superman insieme a Jerry Siegel), vale a dire i migliori autori di fumetto canadesi. Ecco l’elenco completo delle candidature con i nomi dei vincitori in grassetto, proclamati durante la cerimonia dello scorso 6 novembre tenutasi al Forest City Comic Con di London (Ontario).

 

Miglior Sceneggiatore

• Brendan Fletcher – Batgirl, Black Canary, Gotham Academy (DC Comics)
• Normand Grégoire – La petite patrie (La Pastèque)
• Kathryn Immonen – Russian Olive to Red King (Adhouse Books), Operation S.I.N., Agent Carter: SHIELD Anniversary Special (Marvel Comics)
• Jeff Lemire – Justice League United (DC Comics), Descender, Plutona (Image Comics), All-New Hawkeye, Extraordinary X-Men (Marvel Comics), Book of Death: Fall of Bloodshot , Bloodshot Reborn (Valiant Comics)
• Ryan North – Adventure Time (Boom! Studios), Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Marvel Comics)
• Chip Zdarsky – Jughead (Archie Comics), Kaptara (Image Comics), Howard the Duck (Marvel Comics)

 

Jeff Lemire

 

Miglior Disegnatore

• Andy Belanger – Southern Cross (Image Comics)
• Stuart Immonen – Russian Olive to Red King (Adhouse Books), All-New Captain America, Star Wars (Marvel Comics)
• Leonard Kirk – Captain Canuck (ChapterHouse Comics), Fantastic Four, Squadron Supreme (Marvel Comics)
• Julie Rocheleau – La petite patrie (La Pastèque)
• Steve Skroce – We Stand on Guard (Image Comics)
• Fiona Staples – Archie (Archie Comics), Saga (Image Comics)
• Cameron Stewart – Fight Club 2 (Dark Horse Comics)

 

Steve Skroce

 

Miglior Autore Completo

• Samuel Cantin – Whitehorse: Première partie (Éditions Pow Pow)
• Michael DeForge – Dressing (Koyama Press)
• Francis Manapul – Detective Comics (DC Comics)
• Michel Rabagliati – Paul dans le Nord (La Pastèque)
• Ethan Rilly – Pope Hats 4 (Adhouse)
• Seth – Palookaville 22 (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Jillian Tamaki – SuperMutant Magic Academy (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Zviane – Ping-Pong (Éditions Pow Pow)

 

Jillian Tamaki

 

The Gene Day Award – Miglior Autori Indipendenti (autoprodotti)

• Nemo Balkanski – The Deliverer
• Stephen Gilbert – Colville
• Kathleen Gros – Last Night at Wyrmwood High
• A. Shay Hahn – Homeless G-Men 1-3, Battle Rally 1-2, Crypto-Zombic 1
• Vari: Cloudscape Comics Collective – Epic Canadiana Vol. 2
• Vari: Toronto Comics Anthology – Toronto Comics, Vol 2

 

Cloudscape Comics Collective

 

The Dragon Award – Miglior fumetto per Ragazzi

• March Grand Prix (Stone Arch Press) di Kean Soo
Awkward (Yen Press) di Svetlana Chmakova
Sex is a Funny Word (Seven Stories Press) di Cory Silverberg e Fiona Smyth
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War (Kids Can Press) di Michel Chikwanine, Jessica Dee Humphreys, Claudia Davila
Windmill Dragons (Toon Books) di David Nytra
L’Agent Jean Tome 08 (Presse Aventure) di Alex A.
Salome et les hommes en noir (Bayard Canada) di Valerie Amiraux, Francis Desharnais
Le prisonnier sans frontieres (Archambault) di Jacques Goldstyn

 

Awkward

 

Altri premi:

Miglior rivenditoreAnother Dimension (Calgary, AB)
T.M. Maple Award John Bell
Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame Tedd Steele, Ley Fortune alias  Shirley Fortune, Fred Kelly, Mark Shainblum, Darwyn Cooke

 

Joe Shuster Awards

 

 

Fonte: Joe Shuster Awards