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narrativestringtheory · 1 year

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On Comics: Comics Needs Jacob Lawrence, Not Crumbs of Freedom

by Noah Berlatsky

[ed. note: a prior iteration of this article appeared as “Crumbs of Freedom” on Patreon in 2019]

Canons aren’t just descriptions of the most important artists in a field. They’re a proscriptive vision of what art should be, and how you should interact with it. Brian Doherty at Reason makes that very clear in his extensive 2019 defense of R. Crumb.

The article was responding to an incident in which cartoonists at the Ignatz Award in 2018 booed Crumb (who was not attending) as a racist and a sexist. Doherty is admirably careful to point out that these boos were simply an exercise of free speech, not some sort of censorship of Crumb. But he argues that the exercise of that speech, the liberty of critique, is in fact a gift from Crumb himself. “Crumb’s attempt to open comics to a vast range of human expression was victorious,” Doherty writes. He continues:

Whether they want to acknowledge it or not, those working in the field today are his descendants. Like all children and grandchildren, they can choose whether or not to understand their patriarch, whether to emulate him or tell him to fuck off. Their choices may not always be kind or wise, but such is human freedom.

For Doherty, Crumb defines the parameters of comics possibility for all creators, “Whether they want to acknowledge it or not.” Creators can embrace Crumb, or they can reject Crumb, but it is always Crumb they are embracing or rejecting. He is the problematic father who successors must adore or kill. Creators cannot, in Doherty’s view, pick and choose their influences; they can say they reject Crumb, but their freedom to do so is just more evidence of their debt to him. “Anyone making noncorporate, nongenre, self-expressive comics occupies a space [Crumb] created,” Doherty says. He praises human and artistic freedom, but that freedom has strict limits. And the name of those limits is “Crumb.”

Doherty is correct; Crumb does occupy a unique place in comics. Crumb treated comics, not as genre adventure, but as a way to pour out his neurosis, sexual obsessions, racist fantasies, and political irritations on the page. Anything in your head could go into your comics, Crumb insisted. That’s been inspiring for autobiographical cartoonists like Art Spiegelman and Alison Bechdel. And it’s been a way to lend comics legitimacy, which is why Crumb has been so important to Gary Groth, editor of The Comics Journal, and publisher of Fantagraphics, one of the most important independent comics imprints.

But the question is: is Crumb canonical because his work is important? Or is his work important because it’s canonical? In other words, does self-expression, controversial content, and legitimacy in comics have to pass through Crumb, as a historical inevitability? Or has the critical elevation of Crumb been something of a self-fulfilling prophecy? Is Crumb what people find to open them to possibilities, or is he the possibility people are offered? To put it another way, what options are closed down, and what traditions are excluded, when all comics are said to be in conversation with this one guy?

One artist that gets excluded from a Crumb-dominated discussion of comics is Jacob Lawrence.

Lawrence is a well-known figure in visual art; he’s one of the seminal African-American painters of the twentieth century. His work isn’t generally thought of as comics for various reasons. One innocuous one is that his art generally hangs in galleries, rather than being reproduced in pamphlets. A more disturbing possibility is that comics traditions and iconography has been shaped by traditions of racist blackface caricature, and antiracist work is therefore marginalized within the comics subculture.

But whatever the reason for Lawrence’s exclusion, it’s not that difficult to recuperate him for comics if you’re willing to look at his work with fresh eyes. Lawrence’s wonderful The Legend of John Brown, for example, is a series of twenty-two 20” x 14” images with text—or pages, if you will—originally completed in 1941, but typically displayed as a series of screenprints completed in 1977. While it’s not in a mass-market pamphlet format, the work is presented as a series of prints.

Lawrence’s figures are simplified, distorted, and deliberately flat; he’s working from a mural tradition which parallels, and overlaps with, cartooning. More, The Legend of John Brown is a narrative series, and each image is accompanied by a short text description/explanation. By Scott McCloud’s definition of comics as “Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer,” The Legend of John Brown is more comics than The Far Side.

More importantly, I think Lawrence and comics have something to offer each other. Each of the images of The Legend of John Brown is striking on its own, but the work gains in complexity and power when it is considered as a whole narrative work. Typical galleries of this work do Lawrence a disservice by not organizing the prints in sequence or by not including Lawrence’s text. Treating the work as discrete images, rather than as a single comic, undersells Lawrence’s artistry.

For example, the first page in the series (above) shows Brown contemplating a giant, crucified Christ, the cross stark against the hill and sky. It’s an image which puts us in the place of Brown, gazing upon a large, awesome, open spectacle of death, obligation, and blood (which flows copiously down Christ’s legs and onto the hillside.)

The second page is an abrupt shift; the text reads, “For 40 years, John Brown reflected on the hopeless and miserable condition of the slaves,” and the image shows him doing that, in a small house, with others praying around him. The cramped space, and the heads all bowing together, are emphasized by Brown’s own interlaced hands, a massed clump, in the center of the image. The insistent inward-turning is relieved by a skewed window at the side, through which a single bare tree reaches up to the sky—an echo of the cross on the first page. Communal resolution, between people, is undertaken in the shadow of God. Immanence takes on weight and power because of transcendence, and vice versa.

This back-and-forth between tight groupings of figures and flashes of space is an organizing theme throughout the comic. Page 6, “John Brown formed an organization among the colored people of the Adirondack woods to resist the capture of any fugitive slaves,” shows Brown in close consultation with a group of three black men, all clustered together around a pair of rifles Brown holds in both large clasped hands, their barrels making a cross. The next page, “To the people he found worthy of trust, he communicated his plans,” shows Brown at another table, a coat tree at his side (again echoing the cross), a window open behind him.

This symbolic emphasis on closing in and opening out are emphatically resolved on the final two pages. Page 21, “After John Brown’s capture, he was put on trial for his life in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia),” shows Brown against a brown background as he slumps over a cross held in his clasped hands. It’s an image of cloistered intimacy; we can’t even see Brown’s face, which is bent and shrouded in his hair. The final page opens up to show Brown hanging by the neck against a deep blue sky. A cloud seems to reach out to him, forming a shadowy fist behind him, an echo of his own clasped hands, as if he’s now in fellowship with God.

If Lawrence gains from being considered as comics, I think comics also gains by including Lawrence in its canon. That’s not (just) because Lawrence is an amazing artist who would solidify comics status as a worthwhile art form. Rather, it’s because Lawrence offers formal and intellectual resources which comics artists could use.

The Legend of John Brown is especially impressive as a narrative, which (literally, one could say) draws the viewer into a political and moral community.

Political engagement in canonical comics, from editorial cartoons to Doonesbury to Crumb, often leverages cartooning’s power to ridicule in order to caricature and mock. Lawrence takes another tack. His comic is also public art, and the narrative insistently faces both inwards and outwards. On page 17, for example, we see Brown, face turned from us addressing a group of black men. The soldiers fill the panel—on both sides men’s arms are cut off by the border. This makes the image look cluttered and crowded; the group of people massing against racism can barely fit in the image. It also beckons to people off panel, like us. They’re listening to Brown, and we’re listening to Brown; we’re standing together.

The message is even more direct on the last page, which calls back to the first. Brown hanging in mid-air echoes Christ standing against the sky. And just as Brown was inspired by Christ’s body, the story calls us to be inspired by Brown’s. Lawrence’s politics are his comics. The twenty-second panel, the page which isn’t drawn, is a cluster of people which includes John Brown, God, and us.

The community that Lawrence includes us in is an antiracist one—and more, a revolutionary antiracist one. That is not a community that Crumb easily fits into.

Crumb has been widely praised for opening up artistic expression in comics, in part because of his use of racist and sexist caricatures, which are framed by fans as a daring violation of political correctness. But the truth is that racist caricatures have long been a part of comics iconography—Little Nemo, Tintin, The Spirit, Mickey Mouse, and more, all used blackface iconography. Crumb’s blackface imagery may be satirical, sometimes. But the satire, mocking Crumb’s own investment in blackface imagery by employing it, is still a far cry from a call for solidarity with black people, much less an actual demand for the violent overthrow of a racist system.

Crumb may open some possibilities for other cartoonists who are interested in autobiography, and in controversial imagery carefully disconnected from any sort of collective political program. But for cartoonists who might be influenced or inspired by Lawrence, Crumb is a barrier, not a resource. After all, if booing Crumb is an act of ignorant ingratitude, what to make of John Brown actually murdering people to try to overthrow the civilization that had given him those guns, and that Christ? Is antiracism just a perversion of a freedom given to you by a white guy? Or is it its own tradition, with its own power and its own inspirations?

This isn’t to say that comics has no radical collective tradition. On the contrary, comics includes Marxist cartoonists Art Young and Boardman Robinson, John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell’s March, Diane DiMassa’s Hothead Paisan, and for that matter the William Moulton Marston and H.G. Peter Wonder Woman. Those are all examples of consciously-political cartooning, which compliments and contextualizes Lawrence’s work. Crumb is much more canonical than any of these artists at the moment. But that’s a choice, not some sort of absolute truth.

Crumb opens certain possibilities for certain cartoonists. But those are not the only possibilities. People who reject Crumb aren't necessarily his children, and they aren’t necessarily in his debt. They may instead be trying to clear ground for alternate traditions, which have been buried and restricted—not liberated—by Crumb’s ascendance.

What would comics look like if Jacob Lawrence occupied the place of reverence and influence that Crumb has been granted? It’s impossible to know for sure. But a good guess is that they would be less white. It would also, in certain respects, be more free.

Had I so interfered on behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or on behalf of their friends […] and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference […] every man in this court would have deemed it worthy of reward rather than punishment.

—John Brown

#R. Crumb #Jacob Lawrence #On Comics #Noah Berlatsky

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genevieveetguy · 15 years

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- What has happened to you? How did you turn out this way? You know everything about me. I don't know shit about you. Not a damn thing. - That's the way it is.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor), Niels Arden Oplev (2009)

#Niels Arden Oplev #Nikolaj Arcel #Rasmus Heisterberg #Noomi Rapace #Michael Nyqvist #Lena Endre #Sven Bertil Taube #Peter Haber #Peter Andersson #Marika Lagercrantz #Ingvar Hirdwall #Björn Granath #Eric Kress #Jacob Groth #Anne Østerud #2009

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positivelyamazonian · 7 years

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My Lartis playlist (II) - Partnership

Hi pals! Welcome to the second part of my Lartis playlist. :) This time I’m not just bringing rock&metal - which will be always my favourites - but also some other styles I sometimes like to listen.

This time my selection is more focused on a theme we could name just partnership...meaning Lara and Kurtis make a fantastic team, as partners, as cooperating and being amazingly compatible and well-synchronized. In one word: soulmates.

They are not necessarily speaking about love... they speak more about loyalty, trust and friendship. Over all, loyalty. For if there’s one thing we got plenty confirmed in TRAOD, is that they trusted each other as they never had done with anyone before, and it happened in the blink of an eye. They recognized each other as if having spent a life together, so that’s why they made a terrific team immediately.

All these songs, in one way or another, remind me of this feeling.

Two Steps From Hell - Dangerous (Vanquish)

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I discovered Two Steps From Hell - a musical project of Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix focused on music for trailers and soundtracks - a year ago and, though not being my particularly style of music, they immediately caught me for its creativity and beauty. A lot of their tracks have inspired my Muse more than once.

Most of their music is just instrumental, but there are some lyrics songs. Dangerous is relatively recent, from their last album Vanquish, and I loved it not just because it’s beautiful - the choirs, damn, again - but damn... the lyrics. The freaking lyrics.

Like the break of the dawn and sun We will rise before you You and I have seen the end Now it's time to show you Your little lies are oil on my skin Your little lies, the oldest of sins You're an angel looking into my eyes I can see you, travel back into time Still they say you hide a devil inside You are dangerous So am I

I love the idea of Lara and Kurtis assessing each other and recognizing each other as dangerous, but potential partners. Like two old souls who were predestined to each other. This song reminds me a lot that feeling... that every step they took in life just lead one to another without no way back. He was meant to her as she was meant to him. So you hear the fire burn? It will call your name Steady rising before the end For the whole tomorrow

And the idea of they live every day as if their last day on Earth, as if there’s no tomorrow. Also the climax at the last part of the song help me to visualize it’s just fate they were meant to we together, despite all the trials and hardships. It speaks to me in a more deep way, if I think of my fanfics...

Like the break of a dawn and sun We will rise...

Epica - Burn To A Cinder (Design Your Universe)

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Well, you already know Epica is one of my fav metal bands EVER. Their songs speak more about the good fight, loyalty and self-superation than of love and lust. Epica is about epicness, but also about hope and endurance, to fight to win, to get a better future.

There are so many songs in Epica and Within Temptation who remind me of this feeling of absolute loyalty and self-sacrifice for each other, but I decided to pick Burn To A Cinder. This song represents for me the reality of living in constant danger and be about to die at any time, but still, the willingness to fight for each other and die for each other if necessary, with no regrets.

I'll never let them stake you down I'll fight to find a way out there It must be hard I'll never let them break you now Keep holding on

And the frustration if they get separated and left alone in their ordeal...

Why can’t I bleed with you?

Within Temptation - Dark Wings (Mother Earth)

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Ok, Within Temptation was compulsory again. This band is pretty much the same as Epica when it comes to feelings and realities transmited by their lyrics, tho the style and the voice is totally different. Sweeter and softer.

I remember Dark Wings was my fav song of their first album Mother Earth, after the amazing Ice Queen of course. It’s the beginning of the band and the music and voice are still undeveloped, a little simple, but the lyrics.... daaaaamn the lyrics are so Lartis.

I like to imagine this song also a dialogue between Lara and Kurtis - again, not a real dialogue, they would not say such things to each other, but rather a exchange of inner feelings, ideas, more than actual words.

I think there’s no need to explain why I find each part suitable for each character to recite.

KURTIS:

Why was I one of the chosen ones? Until the fight I could not see The magic and the strength of my power It was beyond my wildest dreams

Dark wings they are descending See shadows gathering around One by one they are falling Every time they try to strike us down

LARA:

Don't you die on me You haven't made your peace Live life, breathe, breathe!

As they took your soul away The night turned into the day Blinded by your rays of life Give us the strength we needed

Jacob Groth - Would Anybody Die For Me? (The Girl Who Played With Fire)

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Change of style again. This was a song from The Girl Who Played With Fire, the second movie of the amazing trilogy Millennium, after Stieg Larsson’s books featuring one unforgettable character, Lisbeth Salander.

I loved the song from the first, it’s immensely beautiful. Everything is in the progression. And again, it reminded me of Lartis, particularly the sense of them being soulmates and predestined to each other. Rather, this song would depict how they felt before finding each other: Lara, dead inside after the accident in Egypt, lost, with nothing to make her go on but revenge; Kurtis, pretty much the same. Absolutely lost. Absolutey lonely. Left astray to the deepest despair.

Hear me... hear me now...

Restless souls are left undone

Hearts are burning, unpredictable

Are we sinners, everyone?

Feel the cold, too irresistible

No confessions to be made

Just believing all is unprepared

You won't ever hear me pray, no

Destiny is to be unaware...

And the main question who could pop in their minds. Is there a sense for their current status? Why to be alive, after all? Is anybody caring out there?

... would anybody die for me?

Ah, yes. Someone would.

Damn, I promised to focus only on team, partnership and loyalty, but I think I failed to avoid love. Because if you’re willing to die for your partner... is because you love, right? Even if you’re not still aware of it.

#*drops this here and run*#i'm too emotional right now #songs that speak to my Muse #my lartis playlist #perfect for this OTP #traod #tomb raider #lara croft #kurtis trent #lartis #partners and soulmates #partnership #my otp is perfect #epica #burn to a cinder #two steps from hell #dangerous #jacob groth #would anybody die for me

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badgaymovies · 3 years

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Riders Of Justice (2020)

ANDERS THOMAS JENSEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB Original Title: Retfærdighedens ryttere Denmark, 2020. Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Vast, Zentropa International Sweden, Danish Film Institute, FilmFyn, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Swedish Film Institute, Nordisk Film Distribution, Yousee, TV2 Danmark, Sveriges Television, Yleisradio, MEDIA Programme of the European Union. Idea by Nikolaj Arcel,…

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goalhofer · 3 years

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2020 Olympics Denmark Roster

Archery

Maja Buskbjerg-Jager (Nørre Broby)

Athletics

Thijs Nijhuis (Copenhagen)

Abdi-Hakin Ulad (Skælskør)

Ole Hesselbjerg (Charlottenlund)

Kojo Musah (Aarhus)

Simon Hansen (Herning)

Tazana Dyrbak-Kamanga (Nairobi, Kenya)

Frederik Schou-Nielsen (Copenhagen)

Anna Møller (Copenhagen)

Sara Slott-Petersen (Nykøbing Falster)

Emma Bomme-Beiter (Copenhagen)

Astrid Glenner-Frandsen (Copenhagen)

Ida Karstoft (Copenhagen)

Mathilde Kramer (Copenhagen)

Rowing

Sverri Sandberg-Nielsen (Tórshavn)

Joachim Sutton (Roskilde)

Frederic Vystavel (Copenhagen)

Ida Gørtz Jacobsen (Copenhagen)

Christina Juhl-Johansen (Tommerup Stationsby)

Fie Udby-Erichsen (Hobro)

Hedvig Rasmussen (Fredriksberg)

Frida Sanggaard-Nielsen (Copenhagen)

Trine Dahl-Pedersen (Copenhagen)

Sailing

Jakob Precht-Jensen (Aarhus)

Jonas Warrer (Aarhus)

Christian Lübeck (Lyngby)

Ida Baad-Nielsen (Aarhus)

Marie Olsen (Aarhus)

Lin Cenholt (Aarhus)

Lærke Buhl-Hansen (Copenhagen)

Anne-Marie Rindom (Søllerød)

Shooting

Jesper Hansen (Bjergsted)

Steffen Olsen (Aarhus)

Rikke Ibsen (Herning)

Anna Nielsen (Funen)

Table Tennis

Jonathan Groth (Copenhagen)

Wrestling

Fredrik Bjerrehuus (Herning)

Badminton

Anders Antonsen (Aarhus)

Viktor Axelsen (Dubai, U.A.E.)

Kim Astrup-Sørensen (Copenhagen)

Anders Rasmussen (Copenhagen)

Mia Blichfeldt (Solrød Strand)

Maiken Fruergaard-Sørensen (Hvidovre)

Sara Thygesen (Frederiksberg)

Mathias Christiansen (Copenhagen)

Alexandra Bøje (Copenhagen)

Canoeing

Sara Milthers (Copenhagen)

Julie Frølund-Funch (Copenhagen)

Bolette Iversen (Copenhagen)

Emma Jørgensen (Bursø)

Cycling

Kasper Asgreen (Kolding)

Jakob Fuglsang (Geneva, Switzerland)

Christopher Juul-Jensen (Kilmacanogue, Ireland)

Michael Valgren-Hundahl (Østerild)

Niklas Larsen (Slagelse)

Lasse Hansen (Faaborg)

Rasmus Pedersen (Odense)

Frederik Rodenberg-Madsen (Værløse)

Michael Mørkøv-Christensen (Kokkedal)

Sebastian Fini-Carstensen (Hellerup)

Emma Norsgaard-Jørgensen (Silkeborg)

Cecilie Uttrup-Ludwig (Fredriksberg)

Amalie Dideriksen (Kastrup)

Julie Leth (Aarhus)

Caroline Bohé (Hillerød)

Malene Degn (Copenhagen)

Simone Christensen (Aaarhus)

Equestrian

Peter Flarup (Søndre)

Andreas Schou (Kolding)

Cathrine Dufour (Hvalsø)

Carina Cassøe-Krüth (Hobro)

Nanna Skodborg-Merrald (Hvalsø)

Golf

Rasmus Højgaard (Billund)

Joachim B. Hansen (Hørsholm)

Nanna Madsen (Copenhagen)

Emily Pedersen (Copenhagen)

Handball

Niklas Landin-Jacobsen (Søborg)

Magnus Landin-Jacobsen (Søborg)

Emil Jakobsen (Kerteminde)

Magnus Saugstrup-Jensen (Aalborg)

Lasse Svan-Hansen (Lille Heddinge)

Kevin Møller (Tønder)

Henrik Møllgaard-Jensen (Bramming)

Mads Mensah-Larsen (Holbæk)

Henrik Toft-Hansen (Skive)

Mikkel Hansen (Helsingør)

Morten Olsen (Osted)

Jóhan Hansen (Tórshavn, Faroe Øer)

Lasse Andersson (Copenhagen)

Jacob Holm (Esbjerg)

Mathias Gidsel (Skjern)

Judo

Lærke Olsen (Hørsholm)

Skateboarding

Rune Glifberg (Copenhagen)

Swimming

Tobias Bjerg (Bagsvaerd)

Anton Ipsen (Birkerod)

Alexander Nørgaard (Birkerod)

Helena Bach (Holstrebo)

Emilie Beckmann (Tune)

Pernille Blume (Herlev)

Signe Bro (Ballerup)

Julie Jensen (Hvidovre)

Jeannette Ottesen (Kongens Lyngby)

Clara Rybak-Andersen (Charlottenlund)

Karoline Sørensen (Copenhagen)

#Sports #National Teams #Denmark #Races #Kenya #Boats #Tennis #Fights #U.A.E.#Switzerland #Animals #Golf

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purpleyin · 4 years

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So Sworn fanmix by purpleyin

A fanmix for Game of Thrones and the relationship of Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth. I’ve been lurking in this fandom for ages and slowly been working on this mix for almost as long. I’m not sure I could do fic well for them but I hope this fanmix is enjoyable.

The narrative I went with has Jaime still leaving in 8x04 but it’s AU after that and he does find his way back to Brienne eventually. And I know some of the lyrics in a couple of songs aren’t quite right for them but I liked the songs overall for them.

Ao3 listing here. Can listen on Spotify here or on YouTube playlist here. It’s not on 8tracks yet but if anyone wants it on there let me know.

1. The Golden Floor - Snow Patrol

You're cold until my body bathes / You in the heat I kept aside / All these days / I'm not afraid of anything / Even time / It'll eke away at everything / But we'll be fine

2. Undisclosed Desires - Muse

I want to reconcile the violence in your heart / I want to recognize your beauty is not just a mask / I want to exorcise the demons from your past / I want to satisfy the undisclosed desires in your heart / You trick your lovers / That you're wicked and divine / You may be a sinner / But your innocence is mine

3. Let Me Down Gently - La Roux

Turn me into someone good / That's what I really need / Tell me that I'm someone good / So we're not so far apart, apart / I hope it doesn't seem like I'm young, foolish and green / Let me in for a minute / You're not my life but I want you in it

4. I Dream Of You - JJ Heller

When you fall asleep / What will you dream / Castles and Kings / The story's been read / And you rest your head / Warm in your bed / My love may dream / Of beautiful things / Till the dawn of the day / Bright and new / Wherever you go / I want you to know / When I dream / I dream of you

5. Sign Your Name - The Flying Pickets

Time I'm sure will bring / Disappointments in so many things / It seems to be the way / When your gambling cards on love you play / I'd rather be in hell with you baby / Then in cool heaven, it seems to be the way / Sign your name across my heart / I want you to be my baby / Sign your name across my heart / I want you to be my lady

6. It Could Be Sweet - Portishead

I don't want to hurt you / For no reason have I but fear / And I ain't guilty of the crimes you accuse me of / But I'm guilty of fear / I'm sorry to remind / But I'm scared of what we're creating / This life ain't fair / You don't get something for nothing, turn now / Gotta try a little harder / It could be sweet

7. Would Anyone Die For Me? - Jacob Groth

no confessions to be made / just believing all is unprepared / you won't even hear me praying / destiny is to be unaware / silence, quiet now / no one in the crowd / there's no place to be / there's no one to see / would anybody die for me?

8. Iron - Woodkid

A million miles from home, I'm walking ahead / I'm frozen to the bones, I am / A soldier on my own, I don't know the way / I'm riding up the heights of shame / I'm waiting for the call, the hand on the chest / I'm ready for the fight, and fate

9. Old Wounds - PVRIS

They say don't open old wounds / But you're still brand new / And all the flames you said you ran through / You got a little more to prove / One day I'll give you my heart / When it's not in two / They say don't open old wounds But I'm going to / I think I could love you 'til the day that you die / If you let me love you when the timing is right / And if they said I had to, I swear I'd wait my whole life / I think I could love you 'til the day that you die

10. Back To The Sky - Ólafur Arnalds & JFDR

So has my world become run out of breath / I'm not the only one to lose a friend / Where do you go? You're going home / What do I do with the void in your shape / Leaving me frailty, a drop and I break / What do I do with half of myself? / And then when stars align with some kind of peace / I could be loved by you, either way / Where did you go? You’re going home

11. Back For Me - Electric Guest

I only want you here / And I’m trying to find a reason but I only want to hear / Coming back for me / Hope you're coming back for me ... For now I know I’m on my own / Until the day you call me home

12. Long Live - Taylor Swift

I said remember this moment / In the back of my mind / The time we stood with our shaking hands / The crowds in stands went wild / We were the kings and the queens / And they read off our names / The night you danced like you knew our lives / Would never be the same / You held your head like a hero / On a history book page / It was the end of a decade / But the start of an age

#braime #jaime x brienne #jaime lannister x brienne of tarth #game of thrones #game of thrones fanmix #jaime lannister #brienne of tarth #got aus #purpleyin #purpleyin: fanmixes

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thegothicviking · 4 years

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I was tagged by @zatanista ! Thank you! 😊🖤

(Have many playlists but I'll do the "Allstars" list since that is diverse/has different types of music in it).

Rules: You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to! Put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people. No skipping!

WO BIST DU - Rammstein

Perfect Love - The Residents

Saturn Barz (feat. Popcaan) - Gorillaz

Would Anybody Die for Me? - Jacob Groth (The girl who played with fire, Swedish version OST)

By my side - INXS

Hwyl Fawr Heulwen - Y Cyrff (Welsh music)

Bats in My Pants - Nekromantix

Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz

Suspiria (Original Soundtrack) - Goblin

Children of the Sun - Lindemann

And I'll tag @lust-for-sacher @reeshs @flakelli @ofmemesandbands @paulschin @n3bel @thegraphitechronicles @ruby16wallpaper @lalyseencuentra-blog @kruspetiddies

#the viking gets tagged #the viking gets mentioned

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acciohq · 3 years

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mw fcs?

HELLO ANON, thanks for your question! we did our best and combined a long list for you, sorted by boys, gals, and non binary pals. hope this helps you out!

kit young, jacob batalon, michael evans behling, chance perdomo, alton mason, elliot fletcher, miguel herran, freddie carter, thomas doherty, logan lerman, noah guthrie, aria shahghasemi, manny jacinto, robert sheehan, pedro pascal, harvey guillen, michael fassbender, ewan mcgregor, laith ashley, david corenswet, lewis tan, chella man, lee pace, michiel huisman, lukas alexander, callum turner, riz ahmad, ben barnes, qian kun, yusuf gatewood, david castaneda, wesley tucker, omar ayuso, elliot page, keith powers, aubrey joseph, avan jogia, cengiz al, conan gray, reece king, john boyega, justice smith, froy gutierrez, jackson wang, fady elsayed, charles melton, cha eunwoo, ramy youssef, sang woo kim, o’shea jackson jr, mena massoud, luka sabbat, khalid, jorge lopez, jonathan daviss, henry zaga, gavin leatherwood, oscar isaac, alexander koch.

bree kish, banita sandhu, josie totah, halle bailey, christina nadin, madelaine petsch, valentina sampaio, chloe arden, fahriye evcen, dai meng, taylor thein, iskra lawrence, hoyeon jung, sydney sweeney, zion moreno, sandra oh, imaan hammam, normani kordei, ashley moore, abigail cowen, nicole maines, mina mahmood, rachel weisz, natalia lorenzo, priya sidhu, maya hawke, maddie baillo, leyna bloom, amaya colon, bianca lawson, danielle rose russell, aditi rao hydari, aja naomi king, adrianne ho, ana de armas, ashley graham, clara paget, fei fei sun, paloma elsesser, jenny boyd, madchen amick, kimiko glenn, mj rodriguez, maggie q, lucy boynton, hari nef, theresa palmer, danai gurira, jari jones, shanina shaik, luma grothe, loey lane, amiyah scott, duckie thot, madelyn cline, lais ribeiro, shannon purser, jamie clayton, gugu mbatha-raw, ryan destiny.

ariela barer, medalion rahimi, nico tortorella, miles jai, quintessa swindell, lachlan watson, theo germaine, jessie mei li, liv hewson, jade willoughby, tyler ford, vanessa lengies, dorian electra, eliot sumner, ciaran strange, erika linder, munro bergdorf, rain dove, shamir bailey, alia shawkat, lizzo, alex newell, asia kate dillon, cara delevingne, jo kwon, olly alexander, angel haze, sivan alyra rose.

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Nominees for the 2018 Eisner Awards announced

Comic-Con International has announced the nominees for the 2018 Eisner Awards, presented annually in San Diego at the convention.

Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda and My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris each received five nominations across various categories; other comics with multiple nominations included Mister Miracle, Black Hammer, The Flintstones, Grass Kings, Eartha and Hawkeye.

Check out the complete list of nominees below.

Best Short Story

“Ethel Byrne,” by Cecil Castelluci and Scott Chantler, in Mine: A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood (ComicMix) “Forgotten Princess,” by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Antonio Sandoval, in Adventure Time Comics #13 (kaboom!) ”A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green,” by Nick Sousanis, in Columbia Magazine (Summer 2017), https://ift.tt/2I41VPy “Small Mistakes Make Big Problems,” by Sophia Foster-Dimino, in Comics for Choice (Hazel Newlevant) “Trans Plant,” by Megan Rose Gedris, in Enough Space for Everyone Else (Bedside Press)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Barbara, by Nicole Miles (ShortBox) Hellboy: Krampusnacht, by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Dark Horse) Pope Hats #5, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books) The Spotted Stone, by Rick Veitch (Sun Comics) What Is Left, by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (ShortBox)

Best Continuing Series

Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and David Rubín (Dark Horse) Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Liz Fleming (BOOM! Box) Hawkeye, by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, and Mike Walsh (Marvel) Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) The Wicked + The Divine, by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)

Best Limited Series

Black Panther: World of Wakanda, by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. Martinez (Marvel) Extremity, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image/Skybound) The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC) Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC) X-Men: Grand Design, by Ed Piskor (Marvel)

Best New Series

Black Bolt, by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward (Marvel) Grass Kings, by Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins (BOOM! Studios) Maestros, by Steve Skroce (Image) Redlands, by Jordie Belaire and Vanesa Del Rey (Image) Royal City, by Jeff Lemire (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

Adele in Sand Land, by Claude Ponti, translated by Skeeter Grant and Françoise Mouly (Toon Books) Arthur and the Golden Rope, by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye/Nobrow) Egg, by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books) Good Night, Planet, by Liniers (Toon Books) Little Tails in the Savannah, by Frederic Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci, translated by Mike Kennedy (Lion Forge/Magnetic)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)

Bolivar, by Sean Rubin (Archaia) Home Time (Book One): Under the River, by Campbell Whyte (Top Shelf) Nightlights, by Lorena Alvarez (Nobrow) The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neill (Oni) Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel) Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

The Dam Keeper, by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi (First Second/Tonko House) Jane, by Aline Brosh McKenna and Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia) Louis Undercover, by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi) Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)

Best Humor Publication

Baking with Kafka, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly) Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, by Tom King, Lee Weeks, and Byron Vaughn (DC) The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC) Rock Candy Mountain, by Kyle Starks (Image) Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)

Best Anthology

A Bunch of Jews (and Other Stuff): A Minyen Yidn, by Max B. Perlson, Trina Robbins et al. (Bedside Press) A Castle in England, by Jamie Rhodes et al. (Nobrow) Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color, edited by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press) Now #1, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) The Spirit Anthology, edited by Sean Phillips (Lakes International Comic Art Festival)

Best Reality-Based Work

Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow) The Best We Could Do, by Thi Bui (Abrams ComicArts) Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary, 1852–1903, by Christian Perrissin and Matthieu Blanchin, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (IDW) Lennon: The New York Years, by David Foenkinos, Corbeyran, and Horne, translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger (IDW) Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)

Best Graphic Album—New

Crawl Space, by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press) Eartha, by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics) My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics) Stages of Rot, by Linnea Sterte (Peow) The Story of Jezebel, by Elijah Brubaker (Uncivilized Books)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

Boundless, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly) Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Black Hole by Charles Burns, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection, by Colleen Coover (Oni/Limerence) Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero, by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly) Unreal City, by D. J. Bryant (Fantagraphics)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Beowulf, adapted by Santiago García and David Rubín (Image) H. P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories, adapted by Gou Tanabe, translated by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse) Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, adapted by Christophe Chabouté, translated by Laure Dupont (Dark Horse) Kindred, by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow) Flight of the Raven, by Jean-Pierre Gibrat, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (EuroComics/IDW) FUN, by Paolo Bacilieri, translated by Jamie Richards (SelfMadeHero) Ghost of Gaudi, by El Torres and Jesús Alonso Iglesias, translated by Esther Villardón Grande (Lion Forge/Magnetic) The Ladies-in-Waiting, by Santiago García and Javier Olivares, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics) Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom, by Marcelo D’Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

Furari, by Jiro Taniguchi, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) Golden Kamuy, by Satoru Noda, translated by Eiji Yasuda (VIZ Media) My Brother’s Husband, vol. 1, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii (Pantheon) Otherworld Barbara, vol. 2, by Moto Hagio, translated by Matt Thorn (Fantagraphics) Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories, by Junji Ito translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

Celebrating Snoopy, by Charles M. Shulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O’Brien (Andrews McMeel) Crazy Quilt: Scraps and Panels on the Way to Gasoline Alley, by Frank King, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press) Foolish Questions and Other Odd Observations, by Rube Goldberg, edited by Peter Maresca and Paul C. Tumey (Sunday Press Books) Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Dailies, by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., edited by Daniel Herman (Hermes Press) Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 1, by Russ Manning et al., edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, by Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha) Behaving MADly, edited by Craig Yoe (Yoe Books/IDW) The Collected Neil the Horse, by Arn Saba/Katherine Collins, edited by Andy Brown (Conundrum) Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics) Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, by Paul Gravett, Denis Kitchen, and John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Writer

Tom King, Batman, Batman Annual #2, Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, Mister Miracle (DC) Matt Kindt, Grass Kings (BOOM! Studios); Ether (Dark Horse); Eternity, X-O Manowar (Valiant) Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Descender (Image) Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image) Mark Russell, The Flintstones (DC)

Best Writer/Artist

Lorena Alvarez, Night Lights (Nobrow) Chabouté, Moby Dick (Dark Horse); Alone, Park Bench (Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster) Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics) Cathy Malkasian, Eartha (Fantagraphics) Jiro Taniguchi, Furari, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide: Venice (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi) Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC) Gary Gianni, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (Dark Horse) Ramón K. Perez, Jane (Archaia) David Rubín, Black Hammer #9 & #12, Ether, Sherlock Frankenstein #1–3 (Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Dinosaur, Little Tails (Lion Forge/Magnetic) EFA, Monet: Itinerant of Light (NBM) Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Flight of the Raven (EuroComics/IDW) Cyril Pedrosa, Portugal (NBM) Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Best Cover Artist

Jorge Corona, No. 1 with a Bullet (Image) Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC); Doom Patrol (DC Young Animal) Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther (Marvel) Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image) Julian Totino Tedesco, Hawkeye (Marvel)

Best Coloring

Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics) Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC) Ed Piskor, X-Men: Grand Design (Marvel) David Rubín, Ether, Black Hammer, Sherlock Frankenstein (Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image) Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, BPRD: Devil You Know, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, Sherlock Frankenstein, Shaolin Cowboy (Dark Horse); Maestros (Image) Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, What Is Left (ShortBox)

Best Lettering

Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi) Clayton Cowles, Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, Redlands, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Bolt, Spider-Gwen, Astonishing X-Men, Star Wars (Marvel) Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics) Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: Slay of the Gods (Dark Horse) John Workman, Mother Panic (DC Young Animal); Ragnorok (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows) The Comics Journal, edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone, tcj.com (Fantagraphics) Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes Jack Kirby Collector, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows) PanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com

Best Comics-Related Book

Deconstructing the Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius, by Jean Annestay and Christophe Quillien (Humanoids) How Comics Work, by Dave Gibbons and Tim Pilcher (Wellfleet Press/Quarto Group) How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels, by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics) Line of Beauty: The Art of Wendy Pini, by Richard Pini (Flesk) Monograph, by Chris Ware (Rizzoli) To Laugh That We May Not Weep: The Life and Times of Art Young, by Glenn Bray and Frank M. Young (Fantagraphics)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

The Comics of Charles Schulz: The Good Grief of Modern Life, edited by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon (University Press of Mississippi) Ethics in the Gutter: Empathy and Historical Fiction in Comics, by Kate Polak (Ohio State University Press) Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics, by Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press) Neon Visions: The Comics of Howard Chaykin, by Brannon Costello (LSU Press) Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics, edited by Mark Heimermann and Brittany Tullis (University of Texas Press)

Best Publication Design

Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, and MASH•ROOM (Kodansha) Celebrating Snoopy, designed by Spencer Williams and Julie Phillips (Andrews McMeel) Monograph, designed by Chris Ware (Rizzoli) My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics) Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Digital Comic

Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology) Barrier, by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate) The Carpet Merchant of Konstaniniyya, by Reimena Yee (reimenayee.com/the-carpet-merchant) Contact High, by James F. Wright and Josh Eckert (gumroad.com/l/YnxSm) Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost, by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O’Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideon Kendall (comiXology Originals/Kitchen, Lind & Associates) Quince, by Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner, and Emma Steinkellner, translated by Valeria Tranier (Fanbase Press/comiXology)

Best Webcomic

Awaiting a Wave, by Dale Carpenter and Nate Powell, features.weather.com/us-climate-change/arkansas (The Weather Channel Digital) Brothers Bond, by Kevin Grevioux and Ryan Benjamin, www.webtoons.com/en/action/brothers-bond/list?title_no=1191 (LINE Webtoon) Dispatch from a Sanctuary City, by Mike Dawson, https://thenib.com/dispatch-from-a-sanctuary-city (The Nib) The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neill, teadragonsociety.com (Oni Press) Welcome to the New World, by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan, www.michaelsloan.net/welcome-to-the-new-world/ (New York Times Sunday Review)

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Eisner Awards 2018: poco "Star Wars" tra le nomination

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Eisner Awards 2018: poco "Star Wars" tra le nomination

Eisner Awards 2018. Verrà assegnato a breve uno dei premi più importanti del panorama fumettistico. Quest’anno tra le varie nomination c’è anche qualcosa legata a Star Wars, ma veramente poco…

Eisner Awards 2018 – Tutte le nomination

Best Short Story

“Ethel Byrne,” by Cecil Castelluci and Scott Chantler, in Mine: A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood (ComicMix)

“Forgotten Princess,” by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Antonio Sandoval, in Adventure Time Comics #13 (kaboom!)

”A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green,” by Nick Sousanis, in Columbia Magazine (Summer 2017), http://magazine.columbia.edu/features/summer-2017/life-comics?page=0,0

“Small Mistakes Make Big Problems,” by Sophia Foster-Dimino, in Comics for Choice (Hazel Newlevant)

“Trans Plant,” by Megan Rose Gedris, in Enough Space for Everyone Else (Bedside Press)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Barbara, by Nicole Miles (ShortBox)

Hellboy: Krampusnacht, by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Dark Horse)

Pope Hats #5, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)

The Spotted Stone, by Rick Veitch (Sun Comics)

What Is Left, by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (ShortBox)

Best Continuing Series

Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and David Rubín (Dark Horse)

Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Liz Fleming (BOOM! Box)

Hawkeye, by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, and Mike Walsh (Marvel)

Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)

The Wicked + The Divine, by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)

Best Limited Series

Black Panther: World of Wakanda, by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. Martinez (Marvel)

Extremity, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image/Skybound)

The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC)

Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)

X-Men: Grand Design, by Ed Piskor (Marvel)

Best New Series

Black Bolt, by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward (Marvel)

Grass Kings, by Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins (BOOM! Studios)

Maestros, by Steve Skroce (Image)

Redlands, by Jordie Belaire and Vanesa Del Rey (Image)

Royal City, by Jeff Lemire (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

Adele in Sand Land, by Claude Ponti, translated by Skeeter Grant and Françoise Mouly (Toon Books)

Arthur and the Golden Rope, by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye/Nobrow)

Egg, by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books)

Good Night, Planet, by Liniers (Toon Books)

Little Tails in the Savannah, by Frederic Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci, translated by Mike Kennedy (Lion Forge/Magnetic)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)

Bolivar, by Sean Rubin (Archaia)

Home Time (Book One): Under the River, by Campbell Whyte (Top Shelf)

Nightlights, by Lorena Alvarez (Nobrow)

The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neill (Oni)

Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

The Dam Keeper, by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi (First Second/Tonko House)

Jane, by Aline Brosh McKenna and Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia)

Louis Undercover, by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)

Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)

Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)

Best Humor Publication

Baking with Kafka, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)

Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, by Tom King, Lee Weeks, and Byron Vaughn (DC)

The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC)

Rock Candy Mountain, by Kyle Starks (Image)

Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)

Best Anthology

A Bunch of Jews (and Other Stuff): A Minyen Yidn, by Max B. Perlson, Trina Robbins et al. (Bedside Press)

A Castle in England, by Jamie Rhodes et al. (Nobrow)

Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color, edited by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)

Now #1, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

The Spirit Anthology, edited by Sean Phillips (Lakes International Comic Art Festival)

Best Reality-Based Work

Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow)

The Best We Could Do, by Thi Bui (Abrams ComicArts)

Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary, 1852–1903, by Christian Perrissin and Matthieu Blanchin, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (IDW)

Lennon: The New York Years, by David Foenkinos, Corbeyran, and Horne, translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger (IDW)

Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)

Best Graphic Album—New

Crawl Space, by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press)

Eartha, by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)

Stages of Rot, by Linnea Sterte (Peow)

The Story of Jezebel, by Elijah Brubaker (Uncivilized Books)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

Boundless, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Black Hole by Charles Burns, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection, by Colleen Coover (Oni/Limerence)

Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero, by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)

Unreal City, by D. J. Bryant (Fantagraphics)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Beowulf, adapted by Santiago García and David Rubín (Image)

H. P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories, adapted by Gou Tanabe, translated by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse)

Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, adapted by Christophe Chabouté, translated by Laure Dupont (Dark Horse)

Kindred, by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow)

Flight of the Raven, by Jean-Pierre Gibrat, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (EuroComics/IDW)

FUN, by Paolo Bacilieri, translated by Jamie Richards (SelfMadeHero)

Ghost of Gaudi, by El Torres and Jesús Alonso Iglesias, translated by Esther Villardón Grande (Lion Forge/Magnetic)

The Ladies-in-Waiting, by Santiago García and Javier Olivares, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics)

Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom, by Marcelo D’Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

Furari, by Jiro Taniguchi, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)

Golden Kamuy, by Satoru Noda, translated by Eiji Yasuda (VIZ Media)

My Brother’s Husband, vol. 1, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii (Pantheon)

Otherworld Barbara, vol. 2, by Moto Hagio, translated by Matt Thorn (Fantagraphics)

Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories, by Junji Itotranslated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

Celebrating Snoopy, by Charles M. Shulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O’Brien (Andrews McMeel)

Crazy Quilt: Scraps and Panels on the Way to Gasoline Alley, by Frank King, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)

Foolish Questions and Other Odd Observations, by Rube Goldberg, edited by Peter Maresca and Paul C. Tumey (Sunday Press Books)

Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Dailies, by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., edited by Daniel Herman (Hermes Press)

Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 1, by Russ Manning et al., edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, by Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha)

Behaving MADly, edited by Craig Yoe (Yoe Books/IDW)

The Collected Neil the Horse, by Arn Saba/Katherine Collins, edited by Andy Brown (Conundrum)

Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, by Paul Gravett, Denis Kitchen, and John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Writer

Tom King, Batman, Batman Annual #2, Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, Mister Miracle (DC)

Matt Kindt, Grass Kings (BOOM! Studios); Ether (Dark Horse); Eternity, X-O Manowar (Valiant)

Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Descender (Image)

Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image)

Mark Russell, The Flintstones (DC)

Best Writer/Artist

Lorena Alvarez, Night Lights (Nobrow)

Chabouté, Moby Dick (Dark Horse); Alone, The Park Bench (Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster)

Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)

Cathy Malkasian, Eartha (Fantagraphics)

Jiro Taniguchi, Furari, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide: Venice (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)

Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)

Gary Gianni, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (Dark Horse)

Ramón K. Perez, Jane (Archaia)

David Rubín, Black Hammer #9 & #12, Ether, Sherlock Frankenstein #1–3 (Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Dinosaur, Little Tails (Lion Forge/Magnetic)

EFA, Monet: Itinerant of Light (NBM)

Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Flight of the Raven (EuroComics/IDW)

Cyril Pedrosa, Portugal (NBM)

Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Best Cover Artist

Jorge Corona, No. 1 with a Bullet (Image)

Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC); Doom Patrol (DC Young Animal)

Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther (Marvel)

Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Julian Totino Tedesco, Hawkeye (Marvel)

Best Coloring

Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)

Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)

Ed Piskor, X-Men: Grand Design (Marvel)

David Rubín, Ether, Black Hammer, Sherlock Frankenstein (Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image)

Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, BPRD: Devil You Know, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, Sherlock Frankenstein, Shaolin Cowboy (Dark Horse); Maestros (Image)

Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, What Is Left (ShortBox)

Best Lettering

Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)

Clayton Cowles, Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, Redlands, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Bolt, Spider-Gwen, Astonishing X-Men, Star Wars (Marvel)

Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)

Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: Slay of the Gods (Dark Horse)

John Workman, Mother Panic (DC Young Animal); Ragnorak (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)

The Comics Journal, edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone, tcj.com (Fantagraphics)

Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes

Jack Kirby Collector, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)

PanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com

Best Comics-Related Book

Deconstructing the Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius, by Jean Annestay and Christophe Quillien (Humanoids)

How Comics Work, by Dave Gibbons and Tim Pilcher (Wellfleet Press/Quarto Group)

How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels, by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics)

Line of Beauty: The Art of Wendy Pini, by Richard Pini (Flesk)

Monograph, by Chris Ware (Rizzoli)

To Laugh That We May Not Weep: The Life and Times of Art Young, by Glenn Bray and Frank M. Young (Fantagraphics)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

The Comics of Charles Schulz: The Good Grief of Modern Life, edited by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon (University Press of Mississippi)

Ethics in the Gutter: Empathy and Historical Fiction in Comics, by Kate Polak (Ohio State University Press)

Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics, by Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press)

Neon Visions: The Comics of Howard Chaykin, by Brannon Costello (LSU Press)

Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics, edited by Mark Heimermann and Brittany Tullis (University of Texas Press)

Best Publication Design

Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, and MASH•ROOM (Kodansha)

Celebrating Snoopy, designed by Spencer Williams and Julie Phillips (Andrews McMeel)

Monograph, designed by Chris Ware (Rizzoli)

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)

Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Digital Comic

Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)

Barrier, by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)

The Carpet Merchant of Konstaniniyya, by Reimena Yee (reimenayee.com/the-carpet-merchant)

Contact High, by James F. Wright and Josh Eckert (gumroad.com/l/YnxSm)

Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost, by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O’Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideo Kendall (comiXology Originals/Kitchen, Lind & Associates)

Quince, by Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner, and Emma Steinkellner, translated by Valeria Tranier (Fanbase Press/comiXology)

Best Webcomic

Awaiting a Wave, by Dale Carpenter and Nate Powell, features.weather.com/us-climate-change/arkansas (The Weather Channel Digital)

Brothers Bond, by Kevin Grevioux and Ryan Benjamin, www.webtoons.com/en/action/brothers-bond/list?title_no=1191 (LINE Webtoon)

Dispatch from a Sanctuary City, by Mike Dawson, https://thenib.com/dispatch-from-a-sanctuary-city (The Nib)

The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neill, teadragonsociety.com

Welcome to the New World, by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan, www.michaelsloan.net/welcome-to-the-new-world/ (New York Times Sunday Review)

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