Obituary: Jack Adler

Former DC Comics vice president Jack Adler (b.1918) died on September 18. Adler worked at DC Comics from 1946 through 1981 and in 1971 won the Shazam Award for Best Colorist. He also served as DC’s production manager and vice president of production.

Eisner Winners

The Eisner Awards were announced at Comic Con San Diego on July 22. Below are the winners.

• Best Short Story: “Post Mortem,” by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark
• Best Single Issue (or One-Shot): Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben
• Best Continuing Series: Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory
• Best Limited Series: Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá
• Best New Series: American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque
• Best Publication for Kids: Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco
• Best Publication for Teens: Smile, by Raina Telgemeier
• Best Humor Publication: I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler
• Best Anthology: Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen
• Best Digital Comic: Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl
• Best Reality-Based Work: It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi
• Best Graphic Album-New: Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee
• Best Graphic Album-Reprint: Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello
• Best Adaptation from Another Work:The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
• Best Archival Collection/Project-Strips: Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein
• Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books: Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier
• Best U.S. Edition of International Material: It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi
• Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia: Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa
• Best Writer: Joe Hill, Locke & Key
• Best Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit
• Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team:
• Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz

• Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art): Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad
• Best Cover Artist: Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships
• Best Coloring: Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In, Detective Comics, Neil Young’s Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian
• Best Lettering: Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie, Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom, SHIELD, Driver for the Dead
• Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland
• Best Comics-Related Book: 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz
• Best Publication Design:
• Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk

• Hall of Fame
  • Judges’ Choices: Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Jackson, Martin Nodell, Lynd Ward
  • Elected: Mort Drucker, Harvey Pekar, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman
• Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Nate Simpson
• Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Patrick McDonnell
• Bill Finger Excellence in Comic Book Writing Award: Del Connell, Bob Haney
• Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Comics & Vegetables, Tel Aviv, Israel, Yuval Sharon & Danny Amitai

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Harvey Nominees

The nominees for the Harvey Awards, presented at the Baltimore Comic Con have been announced. The awards will be given out at a banquet on August 20. The Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art and are named for Harvey Kurtzmann.

Best Letterer

• Box 13, by Scott Brown
• Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit, by Darwyn Cooke
• Casanova, by Dustin Harbin
• Witchblade, by Troy Peteri
• Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom # 1, by Robbie Robbins
• Thor, by John Workman

Best Colorist

• Mice Templar: Volume 10, by Veronica Gandini
• The Stand, by Laura Martin
• Gutters, by Ed Ryzowski
• BPRD, by Dave Stewart
• Cuba: My Revolution, by Jose Villarrubia

Best Syndicated Strip or Panel

• Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson
• Doonesbury, by Garry Trudeau
• Mutts, by Patrick McDonnell
• Non Sequitur, by Wiley Miller
• Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling

Best On-Line Comics Work

• Guns of Shadow Valley, by David Wachter and James Andrew Clark
• Gutters, by Lar deSouza, Ed Ryzowski and Ryan Sohmer
• Hark! A Vagrant, by Kate Beaton
• La Morte Sisters, created Tony Trov, Johnny Zito and Christine Larsen
• PVP, by Scott Kurtz

Best American Edition of Foreign Material

• Ax: Alternate Manga, edited by Sean Michael Wilson and Mitsuhiro Asakawa
• Blacksad, by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
• It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi
• The Killer: Modus Vivendi, by Matz and Luc Jacamon
• Torpedo: Volume 2, by Jordi Bernet

Best Inker

• Hawks of Outremer, by Damian Couceiro
• Box 13, by Steve Ellis
• Agents of Atlas, by Gabriel Hardman
• Thor, by Mark Morales
• Magdalena, by Sal Regla

Best New Series

• American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque
• Echoes, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Rashan Ekedal
• Gutters, Lar deSouza, by Ed Ryzoski and Ryan Sohmer
• Kill Shakespeare, by Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery
• Sixth Gun, by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt
• Thor: The Mighty Avenger, by Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee

Most Promising New Talent

• Barry Deutsch, Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by
• Comfort Love and Adam Withers, Rainbow in the Dark, by
• Chris Samnee, Thor: The Mighty Avenger, by
• Scott Snyder, American Vampire, by
• Nick Spencer, Morning Glories, by

Special Award for Humor in Comics

• The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis, by Matt Groening
• The Muppet Show, by Roger Langridge
• Gutters, by Ryan Sohmer
• I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler
• Love and Capes, by Thom Zahler

Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers

• Amulet #3: The Cloud Searcher, by Kazu Kibuishi
• Jingle Belle, by Paul Dini
• Meanwhile: Pick Any Path, 3856 Story Possibilities, by Jason Shiga
• Reading with Pictures, Josh Elder
• Smile, by Raina Telgemeier
• Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani

Best Graphic Album Previously Published

• Art in Time, edited Dan Nadel
• Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson
• Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk & edited by Scott Dunbier
• The Marvelous Land of Oz, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
• Tumor, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon

Best Anthology

• Blab World #1, edited by Monte Beauchamp and Bill North
• CBGB, edited by Ian Brill
• Popgun # 4, edited by D.J. Kirkbride, Anthony Wu, and Adam P. Knave
• Reading with Pictures, edited by Josh Elder
• Strange Tales, Volume II # 1, edited by Jody LeHeup
• Uniques Tales, edited by Comfort Love and Adam Withers

Best Domestic Reprint Project

• The Darkness, by Garth Ennis, Marc Silvestri, and Batt
• Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk & edited by Scott Dunbier
• Jet Scott, by Jerry Robinson and Sheldon Stark
• Li’l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays, edited by Bruce
  Canwell

• Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, by Neal Adams and Dennis O’Neil

Best Cover Artist

• Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit, by Darwyn Cooke
• Angel, by Jenny Frison
• Amazing Spider-Man, by Marcos Martin
• Hellboy, by Mike Mignola
• Batman and Robin, by Frank Quitely

Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation

• 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Myth-Making, by Paul Levitz
• The Art of Jaime Hernandez: The Secrets of Life and Death, edited by Todd Hignite
• Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics, by N. C. Christopher Couch
• Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, by Denis Kitchen, Charles Brownstein, John Lind, and Diana Schutz
• Portrait of a Sequential Artist, directed by Andrew D. Cook

Special Award for Excellence in Presentation

• Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk & edited by Scott Dunbier
• Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen by Denis Kitchen, Charles Brownstein, John Lind, and Diana Schutz
• Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke
• SHAZAM! The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal, Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear
• Wednesday Comics Hardcover Edition, edited by Mark Chiarello

Best Graphic Album – Original

• Duncan, The Wonder Dog, by Adam Hines
• Market Day, by James Sturm
• Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour, by Bryan Lee
  O’Malley

• Wilson, by Dan Clowes
• X’ed Out, by Charles Burns

Best Continuing or Limited Series

• Chew, John Layman and Rob Guillory
• Daytripper, by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba
• Echo, by Terry Moore
• Fantastic Four, by Jonathan Hickman and Dale Eaglesham
• Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom # 1, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriquez
• Love and Rockets: Volume 3, by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez

Best Writer

• Sixth Gun, by Cullen Bunn
• Echoes, by Joshua Hale Fialkov
• Thor: The Mighty Avenger, by Roger Langridge
• Gutters, by Ryan Sohmer
• Irredeemable, by Mark Waid

Best Artist

• Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit, by Darwyn Cooke
• Cuba: My Revolution, by Dean Haspiel
• Sixth Gun, by Brian Hurtt
• Gutters, by Ed Ryzowski
• Thor: The Mighty Avenger, by Chris Samnee

Best Cartoonist

• Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit. by Darwyn Cooke
• Love and Rockets, by Jaime Hernandez
• Sweet Tooth, by Jeff Lemire
• Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour, by Bryan Lee O’Malley
• RASL, by Jeff Smith

Best Single Issue or Story

• ACME Novelty Library # 20: Lint, by Chris Ware
• Daytripper, by Fabio Moon and Gabiel Ba
• Echoes # 1, Joshua Hale Fialkov and Rashan Ekedal
• Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriquez
• Love and Rockets: New Stories, Volume 3, by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez
• Popgun # 4, edited by D.J. Kirkbride, Anthony Wu and Adam P. Knave
• Wilson, by Daniel Clowes

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Obituary: Gene Colan

Artist Jean Colan (b.1926) died on June 23. Colan began working on comics in 1944 and his art appeared in Batman, Daredevil, Tomb of Dracula, and Howard the Duck, among other titles. Colan also co-created the Falcon, the first mainstream African-American superhero. Colan was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005.

Obituary: Lew Sayre Schwartz

Artist Lew Sayre Schwartz (b.1926) died on June 19 following a fall which resulted in a brain hemorrhage. Schwartz worked as a ghost artist for Bob Kane on Batman from 1946 through 1953, when he went to work for King Features. Schwartz’s work in advertising would eventually win him 4 Emmys and 6 Clios. Schwartz also helped create the title sequence for the film Dr. Strangelove and taught at the School of Visual Arts,where he founded the film department.

Obituary: Carlos Trillo

Argentine comic writer Carlos Trillo (b.1943) died on May 8. Trillo is perhaps best known for the comic Cybersix. He also wrote for Clara de noche, Boy Vampire, The Big Hoax, and more. His work won the Yellow Kid Award twice and the Angouleme Award.

Eisner Award Nominations

The nominees for the Eisner Awards, to recognize excellence in comics, have been announced. The winners will be announced at Comic-Con International in San Diego during the weekend of July 22.
Best Short Story

• “Bart on the Fourth of July,” by Peter Kuper
• “Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow,” by Billy Tucci
• “Cinderella,” by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo
• “Hamburgers for One,” by Frank Stockton
• “Little Red Riding Hood,” by Bryan Talbot and Camilla d’Errico
• “Post Mortem,” by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)

• The Cape, by Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, and Zack Howard
• Fables #100, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and others
• Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben
• Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1: “Sparrow,” by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
• Unknown Soldier #21: “A Gun in Africa,” by Joshua Dysart and Rick Veitch

Best Continuing Series

• Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory
• Echo, by Terry Moore
• Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
• Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma
• Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa
• Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra

Best Limited Series

• Baltimore: The Plague Ships, by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck
• Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, by Chris Roberson and Shawn McManus
• Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá
• Joe the Barbarian, by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy
• Stumptown, by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth

Best New Series

• American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque
• iZombie, by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred
• Marineman, by Ian Churchill
• Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma
• Superboy, by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo

Best Publication for Kids

• Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, by Sara Stewart Taylor and Ben Towle
• Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), by Jimmy Gownley
• Binky to the Rescue, by Ashley Spires
• Scratch9, by Rob M. Worley and Jason T. Kruse
• Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco
• The Unsinkable Walker Bean, by Aaron Renier

Best Publication for Teens

• Ghostopolis, by Doug TenNapel
• Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by Barry Deutsch
• Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee
• Smile, by Raina Telgemeier
• Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke

Best Humor Publication

• Afrodisiac, by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca
• Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, by Ian Boothby, John Delaney, and Dan Davis
• Drinking at the Movies, by Julia Wertz
• I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler
• Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953, by Dave Kellett
• Prime Baby, by Gene Luen Yang

Best Anthology

• The Anthology Project, edited by Joy Ang and Nick Thornborrow
• Korea as Viewed by 12 Creators, edited by Nicolas Finet
• Liquid City, vol. 2, edited by Sonny Liew and Lim Cheng Tju
• Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen
• Trickster: Native American Tales, edited by Matt Dembicki

Best Digital Comic

• Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl
• The Bean, by Travis Hanson
• Lackadaisy, by Tracy Butler
• Max Overacts, by Caanan Grall
• Zahra’s Paradise, by Amir and Khalil

Best Reality-Based Work

• It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi
• Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book, by Lynda Barry
• Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir, by Joyce Farmer
• Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Terrible Axe Man of New Orleans, by Rick Geary
• Two Generals, by Scott Chantler
• You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage, by Carol Tyler

Best Graphic Album-New

• Elmer, by Gerry Alanguilan
• Finding Frank and His Friend: Previously Unpublished Work by Clarence ‘Otis’ Dooley, by Melvin Goodge
• Market Day, by James Sturm
• Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee
• Wilson, by Daniel Clowe

Best Graphic Album-Reprint

• The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects, by Mike Mignola
• Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson
• Motel Art Improvement Service, by Jason Little
• The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis, by Ian Boothby, James Lloyd, and Steve Steere Jr.
• Tumor, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon
• Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello

Best Adaptation from Another Work

• Dante’s Divine Comedy, adapted by Seymour Chwast
• The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, adapted by Joann Sfar
• The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
• 7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2, adapted from Hal Clement’s Needle by Nobuaki Tadano
• Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure, adapted by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker

Best Archival Collection/Project-Strips

• Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein
• 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, by G. B. Trudeau
• George Heriman’s Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays, edited by Patrick McDonnell and Peter Maresca
• Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, by Cliff Sterrett, edited by Dean Mullaney
• Roy Crane’s Captain Easy, vol. 1, edited by Rick Norwood

Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books

• Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier
• The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read!, edited by Jim Trombetta
• The Incal Classic Collection, by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Moebius
• Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts, edited by Art Spiegelman
• Thirteen “Going on Eighteen”, by John Stanley

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

• It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi
• The Killer: Modus Vivendi, by Matz and Luc Jacamon
• King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave, by Mezzo and Pirus
• The Littlest Pirate King, by David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan
• Salvatore, by Nicolas De Crécy

Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia

• Ayako, by Osamu Tezuka
• Bunny Drop, by Yumi Unita
• A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio
• House of Five Leaves, by Natsume Ono
• Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa

Best Writer

• Ian Boothby, Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book; Futurama Comics #47–50; Simpsons Comics #162, 168; Simpsons Super Spectacular #11–12
• Joe Hill, Locke & Key
• John Layman, Chew
• Jim McCann, Return of the Dapper Men
• Nick Spencer, Morning Glories, Shuddertown, Forgetless, Existence 3.0

Best Writer/Artist

• Dan Clowes, Wilson
• Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit
• Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965
• Terry Moore, Echo
• James Sturm, Market Day
• Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

• Richard Corben, Hellboy
• Stephen DeStefano, Lucky in Love Book One: A Poor Man’s Story
• Rob Guillory, Chew
• Gabriel Rodriguez, Locke & Key
• Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Lynda Barry, Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book
• Brecht Evens, The Wrong Place
• Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad
• Janet Lee, Return of the Dapper Men
• Eric Liberge, On the Odd Hours
• Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage

Best Cover Artist

• Rodin Esquejo, Morning Glories
• Dave Johnson, Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain, Unknown Soldier, Punisher/Max, Deadpool
• Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships
• David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard
• Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten

Best Coloring

• Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley
• Metaphrog (Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers), Louis: Night Salad
• Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In, Detective Comics, Neil Young’s Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian
• Hilary Sycamore, City of Spies, Resistance, Booth, Brain Camp, Solomon’s Thieves
• Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint

Best Lettering

• Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit
• Dan Clowes, Wilson
• Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley
• Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie, Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom, SHIELD, Driver for the Dead
• Doug TenNapel, Ghostopolis
• Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

• Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas
• The Beat, produced by Heidi MacDonald
• ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland
• ComicsAlliance, produced by Laura Hudson
• The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon
• USA Today Comics Section, by Life Section Entertainment Editor Dennis Moore; Comics Section Lead, John Geddes

Best Comics-Related Book

• Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau, by Brian Walker
• Fire and Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics, by Blake Bell
• The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, by Denis Kitchen and Charles Brownstein, edited by John Lind and Diana Schutz
• Shazam! The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear
• 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz

Best Publication Design

• Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk
• Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, designed by Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney
• Return of the Dapper Men, designed by Todd Klein
• 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, designed by Josh Baker
• Two Generals, designed by Jennifer Lum

Hall of Fame
Judges’ Choices:

• Ernie Bushmiller
• Jack Jackson
• Martin Nodell
• Lynd Ward

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Obituary: Dwayne McDuffie

Producer Dwayne McDuffie (b.1962) died February 22. McDuffie joined Marvel in the late 1980s, and by 1993 had founded Milestone Media, with the goal of expanding the role of minorities in comics. McDuffie served as story editor for the animated series Justice League Unlimited, wrote for Fantastic Four and Justice League of America, and wrote the script for the animated All Star Superman.

Obituary: Joanne Siegel

Joanne Siegel (b. Joanne Carter, 1918) died on February 14. Siegel was married to Jerry Siegel, one of the creators of Superman and was one of the models of Lois Lane. She met Siegel when she placed an ad to become a model. Siegel’s partner, Joe Shuster, hired her and Siegel married Joanne in 1948, after he divorced his first wife. She filed a lawsuit in 1999, claiming the Siegel and Shuster estates owned part of Superman and in 2008, a federal judge ruled in her favor, although details of the settlement have not been finalized.

DC Goes to Ratings

DC Comics has announced it will cease carrying the Comics Code Authority Seal of Approval. The CCA was established in 1954, partially in response to the studies and testimony of Fredric Wertham. DC’s competitor, Marvel, broke from the CCA in 2001. DC will move to a ratings system similar to that used by movies, television, and video games, with E for Everyone, T for Teen, T+ for over 16, and Mature for older than 18. All graphic novels in the Vertigo line will still be considered Mature.

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