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...know quite how I qualified, but the Eisner nominees are decided by a panel of five professionals. These are chosen by Jackie Estrada, the award's long-time administrator, and a woman with whom you do not want to battle over "Little Lulu" trivia. The other four judges included Charles Vess, a longtime comix artist and illustrator; Jeremy Shorr, a jocular Texan who runs a comic store in Dallas; Steve Leaf, a purchasing agent for Diamond, America's largest comic distributor; and Jen Contino, a fellow web-based comix journalist. With the exception of Jen, who stayed home for personal...
...Even so, the final Eisner Award nominee list made far more sense than any committee-created list had any right to. It has a very strong showing of interesting, independent works. I arrived at San Diego worried about having to argue the merits of David B.'s masterful "Epileptic," (see review) and Lynda Barry's fascinating "One Hundred Demons," (see review) but instead I was pleasantly surprised at how open the judges were to the strengths of such material. Both ended up with a Best Graphic Album - New nomination. The nominees will now be voted on by industry professionals...
During his fifteen-year business career, Gioia wrote on his own time. And in 1992, he left the corporate world to write full time. He numbers among his many literary accomplishments three books of poetry—one of them an American Book Award winner—and the book of literary criticism Can Poetry Matter? named for his Atlantic Monthly essay which stimulated much discussion on the role of poetry in the modern world. Gioia also leads several poetry conferences and is a commentator for BBC Radio...
...since it did hit the shelves in April 2002, A Problem from Hell has snatched up one prestigious book award after another—including most recently, the most vaunted writing award of all: a Pulitzer Prize...
...weeks ago Monday, a friend tipped Power off that the Pulitzers were about to be announced. Had this friend not mentioned it, Power says, she would not have been thinking about the award...