Hey everyone, and happy almost-2013! You know what that means; tons of award-type thingies. And so, without further ado, here’s the list of the nominees for this year’s Ghastly Awards (which I always want to call The Ghastlies, because I’m ever so hip. Stop laughing.)
The Ghastly Awards celebrates achievements in horror comics, and they’re voted on by professionals in the biz. This coming award season there will be a new Fan Favorite category, which should be a lot of fun to peek at. (NOTE: Yours Truly is now a judge for these awards. So yes, I “have to” read comics now. Oh the horror. The wonderful, awful horror!)
The full list of nominees after the jump!
From the official press release:
The Ghastly Award Judges are proud to announce the 2012 Ghastly Award Nominees. The nominees, which were chosen by the entire comic creating community, reflect the wide range of horror material being published in print and web comic form today.
Named after acclaimed comics creator “Ghastly” Graham Ingels, the awards are now in their 2nd year. Created to honor excellence in Horror Comics, every comic creator had a say in who the nominees were by nominating their favorites throughout the year.
The 2012 Nominees Are:
Best Ongoing Title:
American Vampire (Vertigo)Hack/Slash (Image)Hellblazer (Vertigo)Rachel Rising (Abstract Studios)The Walking Dead (Image)Best Mini-Series:
Deadworld: War of the Dead (IDW)
Ragemoor (Dark Horse)
Rebel Blood (Image)
Severed (Image)
The Living Corpse: Exhumed (Dynamite)Best One-Shot:Edgar Allan Poe’s The Conqueror Worm (Dark Horse)
Enormous (Image)
Ghosts (Vertigo)
Locke & Key: Grindhouse (IDW)
Steamcraft (Antarctic Press)Best New Series (Fans Will Decide the Winner):
Bedlam (Image)
Ferals (Avatar)
Hoax Hunters (Image)
Mars Attacks (IDW)
The Strain (Dark Horse)Best Anthology:
Bela Lugosi’s Tales from the Grave (Monsterverse)
Chillers (Transfuzion)
Creepy (Dark Horse)
Fubar: Summer Special (Alterna)
Indie Comics Horror (Aazum)Best OGN:
Flesh and Blood Book 2 (Monsterverse)
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Book 1 (Heavy Metal)
Riven (Dark Horse)
The Hive (Pantheon)
Whispers in the Walls (Humanoids)
Best Archival Collection:
Best of From the Tomb Magazine (Twomorrows)
The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics: Zombies (IDW/Yoe Books)
Creepy Presents Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
Lenore Swirlies (Titan Books)
Vampirella Archives Vol. 5 (Dynamite)Best Writer:David Hine (The Darkness, Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath)
David Lapham (Ferals, Crossed Badlands, The Strain, Caligula)
Jeff Lemire (Animal Man, Justice League Dark)
Steve Niles (Criminal Macabre, 30 Days of Night, Transfusion, Frankenstein Alive, Alive, Lot 13)
Robert Tinnell (Flesh and Blood Book 2, Riven)Best Artist:
Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire)
Simon Bisley (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Hellblazer)
Sami Makkonen (Deadworld: War of the Dead)
Riley Rossmo (Bedlam, Green Wake, Rebel Blood)
James Stokoe (Godzilla: Half Century War)Best Inker:
Richard Corben (Edgar Allan Poe’s The Conqueror Worm, Ragemoor)
David Hutchison (Steamcraft)
Terry Moore (Rachel Rising)
Andrea Sorrentino (I, Vampire)
Bernie Wrightson (Frankenstein Alive, Alive)Best Letterer:
Terry Moore (Rachel Rising)
Nate Piekos (Creepy, The Goon, Ragemoor)
Robbie Robbins (Locke & Key)
James Stokoe (Godzilla: Half Century War)
Kelly Tindall (Bedlam, Green Wake, Rebel Blood)Best Colorist:
Ulises Arreola (Justice League Dark)
Chad Fidler (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)
Jay Fotos (‘68, Locke & Key)
Owen Gieni (Avengelyne)
Dave Stewart (B.P.R.D.)Best Web Comic:
Crossed: Wish You Were Here (www.crossedcomic.com)
Disappointing Monsters (www.disappointingmonsters.com)
Halloween Man (www.halloweenman.com)
Love Stories About Death (www.shadowlineonline.com)
Monsterhood (www.monsterhood.com)
The Manor (www.welcometothemanor.com)Hall of Fame Inductees:
Al Feldstein & Bill Gaines
Bernie Wrightson
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