Broken Frontier Awards 2013: Vote Now!

Broken Frontier has unveiled the nominees for its tenth annual Broken Frontier Awards. Voting is now open and closes on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at midnight PT.

The BF staff has selected five nominees for each of the following 11 award categories: Best Writer – Mainstream, Best Writer – Independent, Best Artist – Mainstream, Best Artist – Independent, Breakout Talent, Best Ongoing Series, Best Limited Series, Best News Series, Best Original Graphic Novel, Best Book on Comics and Best Publisher.

With the ballot now live, it’s up to you to help determine the award winners. Voting is completely anonymous and is open to fans, creators and industry professionals until Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at midnight PT. The total amount of votes from the comics community will account for 50% of the final tally, while the votes of the BF staff will account for the other 50%. The winners will be announced on Monday, December 30, 2013.

Cast your votes, and invite your friends and fellow fans to do the same!

Vote now!

Broken Frontier Awards 2013: The Ballot

Best Writer – Mainstream

Brian Michael Bendis (All-New X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, Uncanny X-Men)
Matt Fraction (Hawkeye)
Jonathan Hickman (Avengers, New Avengers)
Mark Waid (Daredevil)
Scott Snyder (Batman, The Wake)

Best Writer – Independent

Charles Forsman (Celebrated Summer, TEOTFW)
Nicole Georges (Calling Dr. Laura)
Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT, Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes)
Greg Rucka (Lazarus, Lady Sabre & The Pirates of the Ineffable Aether)
Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, The Private Eye)

Best Artist – Mainstream

David Aja (Hawkeye)
Chris Burnham (Batman Incorporated)
Jamie McKelvie (Young Avengers)
Esad Ribic (Thor: God of Thunder)
Stuart Immonen (All-New X-Men)

Best Artist – Independent

Becky Cloonan (Demeter)
Michael DeForge (Very Casual)
Marcos Martin (The Private Eye)
Gary Northfield (Teenytinysaurs)
Fiona Staples (Saga)

Breakout Talent

Gareth Brookes (The Black Project)
Hannah Eaton (Naming Monsters)
Charles Forsman (Celebrated Summer, TEOTFW)
Katie Green (Lighter Than My Shadow)
Isabel Greenberg (The Encyclopedia of Early Earth, Tall Tales and Outrageous Adventures)

Best Ongoing Series

Copra (Michel Fiffe)
Hawkeye (Matt Fraction & David Aja, Marvel)
Mind MGMT (Matt Kindt, Dark Horse)
Saga (Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples, Image)
Young Avengers (Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie, Marvel)

Best Limited Series

Dream Thief (Jai Nitz & Greg Smallwood, Dark Horse)
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard 2 (David Petersen et al, BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
Numbercruncher (Si Spurrier & PJ Holden, Titan)
Storm Dogs (David Hin & Doug Braithwaite, Image)
Trillium (Jeff Lemire, DC/Vertigo)

Best New Series

Lazarus (Greg Rucka & Michael Lark, Image)
Kinski (Gabriel Hardman, Monkeybrain)
Pretty Deadly (Kelly Sue DeConnick & Emma Rios, Image)
Sex Criminals (Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky, Image)
The Private Eye (Brian K. Vaughan & Marcos Martin, Panel Syndicate)

Best Original Graphic Novel

Boxers/Saints (Gene Yang, First Second)
March: Book One (John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell, Top Shelf)
Swear Down (Oliver East, Blank Slate)
The Black Project (Gareth Brookes, Myriad)
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth (Isabel Greenberg, Jonathan Cape)

Best Book on Comics

Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary (Denis Kitchen & Michael Schumacher, Bloomsbury USA)
Bazooka Joe and his Gang (Jeff Shepherd & The Topps Company, Abrams ComicArts)
Comics Art (Paul Gravett, Tate Gallery)
Curing the Postmodern Blues: Reading Grant Morrison and Chris Weston’s The Filth in the 21st Century (Tom Shapira, Sequart)
Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore (Lance Parkin, Aurum Press)

Best Publisher

Blank Slate Books
First Second
Image Comics
Nobrow Press
Oily Comics

Vote now!