DARK HORSE WINS FOUR STUMPTOWN AWARDS!
MAY
10, MILWAUKIE, OR—The Stumptown Comic Arts Awards were presented on
April 27 at the tenth annual Stumptown Comics Fest, in Dark Horse
Comics’ backyard of Portland, Oregon.
As reported via Twitter by comics’ own Jen Vaughn, Dark Horse walked away with four wins, a very impressive showing.
The
nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, journalists, and
retailers, reflect the wide range of independent material being
published in comic and graphic novel form today.
DARK HORSE STUMPTOWN 2013 AWARD WINNERS
Best Artist
Best Publication Design
Blacksad: A Silent Hell, designed by Cary Grazzini
Best Cartoonist
Best Letterer
About Stumptown Comics Fest
The Stumptown Comics Fest was
started almost on a whim in 2004 by a small group of Portland-area
cartoonists lamenting the lack of local convention-style outlets. While
there were certainly other comic book shows in town, there weren't any
that gave much attention to the artists themselves. The dream was to
design a festival with the creators as its focus, rather than dealers
and work-for-hire publishers.
About Dark Horse Comics
Since
1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how
integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium
and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The
company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it
provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from
top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way,
Will Eisner, and best-selling prose author Janet Evanovich, Dark Horse
has developed such successful characters as the Mask, Timecop, and the
Occultist. Additionally, its highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan the Barbarian, Mass Effect, Serenity, and Domo. Today, Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic-book publisher in the United States and is
recognized as both an innovator in the cause of creator rights and the
comics industry’s leading publisher of licensed material.
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