Congratulations to Adam Hines!
Adam Hines won the award in the graphic novel category at this year's LA Times Book Festival. He won for his book Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One (AdHouse Books). He faced stiff competition in the category: Carol Tyler's Collateral Damage, Dash Shaw's Bodyworld, Karl Stevens' The Lodger, and Jim Woodring's Weathercraft. Congratulations to Adam for the win, and congratulations to all the nominees!
-- John HoganThor Week on Jimmy Kimmel Live
The late-night TV program Jimmy Kimmel Live is planning a week-long celebration of the upcoming Thor movie, featuring all the key actors as guests on the show. So I guess we can expect to see a good variety of clips from the movie, which opens May 6.
-- John HoganSample an Eisner Nominee
One of the nominees for the Best Humor Publication category in this year's Eisner Awards is Dave Kellett's hilarious Literature! Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953. And in a very generous move, the author has made it available to all to read. You can download a pdf of the book at this link (I asked Dave and he was happy to share it with all GNR readers, so enjoy!).
-- John HoganGeorge R.R. Martin is a comics fan
And I am a George R.R. Martin fan. As HBO begins what looks like a great adaptation of A Game of Thrones (and I realize I need to start a subscription to HBO...I don't think I can miss this), the New York Times runs a great pro-comic book quote from the amazing writer. It's from 1981 (I wish I had known about it back then...it would have been very helpful to me when dealing with my parents and teachers).
-- John HoganLibrarian wins $20,000 Graphic Novel Library Collection at Texas Library Association’s Annual Conference
At the Texas Library Association’s (TLA) Annual Conference held in Austin, Texas, April 12–15, Eduardo Zepeda from Weslaco Public Library was the lucky recipient of the $20,000 prize in the Great Graphic Novel Library Giveaway, sponsored by Brodart Company,
-- Carol Fitzgerald2011 Eisner Nominees Announced
The new Eisner nominees have been announced. Click here for the full list. Tons of great comics are represented here (very happy to see nods for Hereville, Unsinkable Walker Bean, and Ghostopolis, to name just three). More when I get a chance to look over the list in more depth.
-- John Hogan
