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Congratulations to all of our 2012 Eisner Nominees! Best Publication for Early Readers — Nursery Rhyme ComicsBest Publication for Kids — Zita the Spacegirl, by Ben HatkeBest Publication for Teens — Anya's Ghost, by Vera BrosgolBest Publication for Teens — Level Up, by Gene Luen Yang and Thien PhamBest Anthology — Nursery Rhyme ComicsBest Graphic Read the Rest…

Life Sucks (for those of you just joining us here) was a book that we published in 2008: it's by Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria, and Warren Pleece, and it's a vampire story.  It's a vampire story about a vampire twenty-something who is eternally stuck working at a convenience store.  That's kind of awesome. Apparently, China Read the Rest…

"Gird your word-swords, writers." Today's quote of the day comes from Margaret Atwood.  It is technically the quote of yesterday, since this was part of Margaret's speech at the Whiting Awards last night.  Most excellent imagery, is it not? Congratulations to all the Whiting Award winners, especially Adam Johnson, who (as well as running the Read the Rest…

Deogratias, by J.P. Stassen, translated by Alexis Siegel, has been named the Best Reprint Publication by the Glyph Comics Awards, honoring the best in black comics and creators! See the other 2007 Glyph Comics Award winners at PopCultureShock.

This just in from the American Library Association Midwinter conference: AMERICAN BORN CHINESE IS THE FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL TO WIN THE PRINTZ AWARD. More about it all soon! Congratulations, Gene!