Joe Schuster Awards 2020: tutti i vincitori

Lo scorso fine settimana, sono stati annunciati i vincitori dell'edizione 2020 dei Joe Schuster Awards, i riconoscimenti canadesi al mondo del Fumetto e alle eccellenze frutto del lavoro degli artisti e degli autori del Paese degli aceri. Condizione necessaria per essere candidati è infatti la cittadinanza della Confederazione.

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Ecco i premiati di questa edizione, con il riconoscimento dedicato alla memoria del co-creatore, assieme a Jerry Siegel, del super eroe per eccellenza: Superman. Si segnalano soprattutto la vittoria di Mariko Tamaki, davvero in un anno magico, già insignita del prestigioso Eisner Award. Laura Dean continua a lasciarmi e Harley Quinn: Gotham Arrivo! tra i successi che l'anno portata al riconoscimento, così come il suo lavoro su Archie. Altra conferma rispetto ai premi assegnati al San Diego Comic-Con è la vittoria  di Afterlift di Chip Zdarsky e Jason Loo, che si aggiudica il titolo, anche in questa occasione, di miglior webcomic dell'anno.

BEST ARTIST

• Yana Bogatch – Grimoire Noir (First Second)

• WINNER:  Jamal Campbell – Far Sector #1-2, Naomi #1-6 (DC Comics)

• Mike Del Mundo – Thor #9-10, 12-13, 15-16 (Marvel Comics)

• Dale Eaglesham – Shazam #3-8 (DC Comics)

• Faith Erin Hicks – Pumpkinheads (First Second)

• Karl Kerschl – Isola #6-9 (Image Comics)

• Ken Lashley – Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 #18.HU, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #7-10, 13-14 (Marvel Comics), Bloodshot: Rising Spirit #3 (Valiant Comics)

• Simon Leclerc – Jours D’attente (La Pastèque)

• WINNER: François Miville-Deschênes – Zaroff (Lombard)

BEST WRITER

• Ed Brisson – Contagion #1-5, Dead Man Logan #3-12, Ghost Rider Vol. 9 #1-3, Ghost Rider 2099 Vol. 2 #1, New Mutants Vol. 4 #1-4, Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance #1, X-Force Vol. 5 #2-10, Age of X-Men: Nextgen #1-5,  Uncanny X-Men Vol. 5 Annual #1, plus contributions to Alpha Flight: True North #1, Marvel Comics #1000, Incoming #1, Uncanny X-Men Vol. 5 #8-10  (Marvel Comics)

• Cecil Castellucci – Batgirl #37-42, Female Furies #1-6, Mysteries of Love in Space #1 (DC Comics)

• Thomas Desaulnier-Brousseau – Jours D’attente (La Pastèque)

• Brendan Fletcher – Isola #6-9 (Image Comics), Robotech: Remix #1-3 (Titan)

• Jeff Lemire – Berserker Unbound #1-4, Black Hammer/Justice League #1-5, Black Hammer ’45 (with Ray Fawkes) #1-4 , Black Hammer: Age of Doom #9-12, Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy #1, The Quantum Age: From the World of Black Hammer #6 (Dark Horse Comics), The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #1 (DC Comics), Ascender #1-8, Gideon Falls #10-19 (Image Comics), plus contributions to Marvel Comics #1000 (Marvel Comics)

• Jed Mackay – Black Cat #1-7, Annual #1, Absolute Carnage: Weapons Plus #1, Man Without Fear #1-5, plus contributions to Bizarre Adventures #1, Spider-Verse Vol. 3 #1, 3 (Marvel Comics)

• WINNER: Mariko Tamaki – Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me (First Second), Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC Comics), Spider-Man and Venom: Double Trouble (Marvel Comics), Archie #706-709 (Archie Comics)

• Darcy Van Poelgeest – Little Bird #1-5 (Image Comics)

• Chip Zdarsky – The White Trees #1-2 (Image Comics), Daredevil Vol. 6 #1-15, Spider-Man: Life Story 1-6, Invaders Vol. 3 #1-12,  Doom 2099 Vol. 2 #1, as well as contributions to Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle #1,, Incoming #1, Marvel Comics #1000, War of the Realms: War Scrolls #1 (Marvel Comics)

BEST CARTOONIST

• Brigitte Archambault – Le projet shiatsung (Mecanique Generale)

• Sophie Bedard – Les petits garcons (Pow Pow)

• WINNER: Nina Bunjevac – Bezimena (Fantagraphics)

• Emily Carroll – When I Arrived at the Castle (Koyama Press)

• Michael Deforge – Stunt (Koyama Press)

• Sarah Leavitt – Agnes, Murderess (Freehand Books)

• Jeff Lemire – Frogcatchers (Simon and Schuster)

• Renee Nault – The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel (McClelland & Stewart) adapted from the novel by Margaret Atwood

• Jay Stephens – Dejects (Black Eye Books)

BEST COVER ARTIST

• Kaare Andrews

• Sweeney Boo

• WINNER: Nick Bradshaw

• Michael Cho

• Mike Del Mundo

• Dale Eaglesham

• David Finch

• Dale Keown

• Francis Manapul

BEST WEBCOMIC/DIGITAL COMIC

• S.M. Beiko – Krampus is My Boyfriend

• Boum – Boumeries

• Tony Esteves – Cigarro & Cerveja

• Karl Kerschl – The Abominable Charles Christopher

• Isabelle Melançon (with Megan Lavey-Heaton – USA) – Namesake

• Ronn Sutton (with Martin Powell – USA) – Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Man-Eater

• WINNER: Chip Zdarsky, Jason Loo, et al. – Afterlift

BEST SELF-PUBLICHED COMIC/GRAPHIC NOVEL

• Daniel Brodie, Robert Jennex – Morgan’s Organs #3

• Naomi Cui, Janice Liu – Chicken Soup & Goji Berries

• A. Shay Hahn – Beaver Damn #3, Our Hearts Are Full, Vladiasaurs

• WINNER: Becka Kinzie – Gehenna: Death Valley

• Jonathan Kociuba – Lover Man Vol. 1

• Minikim – Maman, Papa… et moi! et moi! et moi!

• Chris Sanagan, Jason Lapidus – Group of 7 #4-6

BEST ANTHOLOGY COLLECTION

• Cauldron Magazine #2 (Ricky Lima, Sam Noir, Shane Heron Publishers)

• Life Finds a Way (Cloudscape Comics Collective)

• RAID Two (RAID Studio)

• Shout Out (TO Comix)

• WINNER: This Place: 150 Years Retold (Highwater Press)

• The Witching Hours (Cloudscape Comics Collective)

BEST COMIC FOR YOUNGER READERS

• Marvel Action: Captain Marvel – Sam Maggs, Sweeney Boo (IDW Publishing/Marvel Comics)

• Mort et Déterré T.1: Un cadavre en caval – Jocelyn Boivert, Pascal Colpron (Dupuis)

• WINNER: Operatic / Opératique – Kyo Maclear, Byron Eggenschwiler (Groundwood Books/la Pastèque)  

• Peter and Ernesto: The Lost Sloths – Graham Annable (First Second Books)

• Surviving the City Vol. 1 – Tasha Spillett-Sumner, Natasha Donovan (Highwater Press)

• Si on Était T.1 – Axelle Lenoir (Front Froid)

Fonte: Smash Pages