2009 Eisner Nominations

The 2009 Eisner award nominees have just been announced. I wish I could comment on the list, but am embarrassed by how few of the entries I've actually read.

It's interesting to notice that three nominees:
Wondermark: Beards of Our Forefathers, by David Malki (Dark Horse) (Best Humor Publication),
MySpace Dark Horse Presents, edited by Scott Allie and Sierra Hahn (Dark Horse) (Best Anthology)
Fishtown, by Kevin Colden (IDW) (Best Reality-Based Work)
were originally webcomics, but receive nominations only as printed material. Either the judges found a dramatically different experience reading Wondermark online from reading it in print or the digital comics category is so robust that nominees from other categories can't compete in it (that's how I'll choose to interpret). Last year, a Myspace Dark Horse Presents work won digital comics, while Haspiel's Immortal was nominated as a webcomic, but not as print comics this year (although I was heartbroken at the lack of color in the floppies).

And because I can link to them (and will sit down now to read), here's the best digital comics nominees:
Bodyworld, by Dash Shaw, www.dashshaw.com
Finder, by Carla Speed McNeil, www.shadowlinecomics.com/webcomics/#/finder/
The Lady’s Murder, by Eliza Frye, http://theladysmurder.elizafrye.com
Speak No Evil: Melancholy of a Space Mexican, by Elan Trinidad, www.theoryofeverythingcomics.com/SNE/
Vs., by Alexis Sottile & Joe Infurnari, www.smithmag.net/nextdoorneighbor/2008/12/08/story-18/

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