The following is a list of the nominees for the 2009 Lulu Awards. The Lulu Awards recognizes the the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE LULU AWARDS!! Email us with your picks (one from each category) at
friendsoflulumail@yahoo.com
along with your full name, by Monday, OCTOBER 19. One ballot per person, please.
The winners will be revealed in November at a date & venue to be announced soon on this website.
This year’s judges are:
Brigid Alverson – writer, editor, columnist, and blogger
Jennifer Babcock – comic book historian and creator
Abby Denson – writer, cartoonist, and teacher
Cheryl Lynn Eaton – blogger and writer
Chris Eberle – comics retailer
Karen Green – academic librarian and columnist
Robert Randle – purchasing assistant manager, Diamond Distributors
UPDATE: Due to an error, Tracy White & Sabrina Jones were nominated in the “Best New Talent” category. Tracy & Sabrina have actually been on the comic scene longer than the required three years maximum, but we would still urge you to read Tracy’s innovative webcomic Traced, and buy Sabrina’s critically-acclaimed Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography. Anybody who has already voted for Tracy & Sabrina will be contacted and offered another chance to vote for this category. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.
And now here are the nominees for the 2009 Lulu Awards:
Kim Yale Award for Best New Talent
(must have first published work within the last three years)
Kate Beaton, Hark, A Vagrant
Liz Baillie, My Brain Hurts
Mariko Tamaki, Skim
Madeline Rosca, Hollow Fields
Kathryn Immonen, Hellcat
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Lulu of The Year
(awards the creator/s, book, or other project whole work best exemplifies Friends of Lulu’s mission)
Shaenon K. Garrity, Skin Horse
Lynda Barry, What It Is
Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots
Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole
Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, Skim
Terry Moore, Echo
Jessica Abel, Life Sucks, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures
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Woman of Distinction
(nominees work in the comic industry in non-creator roles such as editing, publishing, reporting, or retail)
Joanne Carter Siegel, widow of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel
Gina Gagliano, Marketing Associate at First Second Books
Jackie Estrada, Eisner Committee & Exhibit A Press
Francoise Mouly, Editorial Director of Toon Books
Mimi Cruz, owner of Night Flight Comics
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Leah Adezio Award For Best Kid-Friendly Work
Korgi, Christian Slade
Sardine in Outer Space, Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar
Gary the Pirate, Scott Christian Sava
Rapunzel’s Revenge, Shannon, Dean & Nathan Hale)
Stinky, Eleanor Davis
Tiny Titans, Art Baltazar
Hereville, Barry Deutsch
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The Female Cartoonists And Comic Book Writer’s Hall Of Fame
(formerly, The Female Cartoonists Hall Of Fame)
CLAMP, Chobits, Kobato, Cardcaptor Sakura, and many many more
Tove Jansson, Moomin
Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket
Gail Simone, Wonder Woman, Secret Six, Birds of Prey
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Best Female Character
Monica Villarreal, Wapsi Square by Paul Taylor
Kimberly “Skim” Keiko Cameron, Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
Rapunzel, Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon, Dean, and Nathan Hale
Barbara Thorson, I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly & JM Ken Niimura
Mirka, Hereville by Barry Deutsch
Melanie, Melody by Ilias Kyriazis
Julie Martin, Echo by Terry Moore
BONUS: Here is a gallery of the female characters our panel of judges picked as the most fascinating of the past year…
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