Eisner Awards: Nominierte Webcomics

Auf der Comic-Con in San Diego werden heute Abend die "Oscars" der Comicbranche verliehen: die Eisner-Awards. Auch Webcomics sind nominiert, in einer eigenen Kategorie: Best Digital/Webcomic. Die Mischung dieses Jahr ist ziemlich bunt, sowohl von den Themen also auch vom Stil. Reinklicken lohnt sich! Wir haben einen Überblick mit Links und Kurzinfo zusammengestellt.

Eine Übersicht über alle Kategorien und Nominierungen gibt es auf der Comic-Con-Seite: Will Eisner Award Nominations 2014, und mehr zur Comic-Con gibt es hier: Comic-Con 2014: Comics, Filme, Podcasts, Video, Infos

Die nominierten Webcomics: 

As the Crow Flies
by Melanie Gillman
"As the Crow Flies is a story about Charlie — a queer 13 year old girl who finds herself stranded in a dangerous place: an all-white Christian youth backpacking camp. It has been nominated for the Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize (2013) and an Eisner Award (2014). Updates usually fall on Mondays and Fridays..."

Failing Sky
by Dax Tran-Caffee
"Failing Sky is a web-based indie graphic novel, written and illustrated by me, Dax Tran-Caffee. It is an experimental narrative in ink & watercolor, with four interrelated stories: the memoir of a failed sailor, the quest of a traveling ghost, the adventure of a genderqueer nancy drew, and some rampaging giant robots.... (more)"

High Crimes
by Christopher Sebela and Ibrahim Moustafa
"People die every year on Mount Everest. This year is going to be murder. Living in the bleak majesty of Kathmandu, Zan Jensen is an American expatriate on the run from a scandalous past..."

The Last Mechanical Monster
by Brian Fies
One key reason for releasing The Last Mechanical Monster as a work-in-progress webcomic is to get readers’ feedback. Please feel free to share your thoughts via the comments on each page. Another aspect of The Last Mechanical Monster's WIPness is that most of it is black and white. Without color, this really is like the first draft of a novel or the rough cut of a film.

The Oatmeal
by Matthew Inman
The Oatmeal's real name is Matthew and he lives in Seattle, Washington. He subsists on a steady diet of crickets and whiskey. He enjoys long walks on the beach, gravity, and breathing heavily through his mouth. His dislikes include scurvy, typhoons, and tapeworm medication.
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