This year's slate of Hugo Awards nominees have been announced. They come with a Graphic Story category. Those nominees are:
* Grandville Bête Noire, Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse Comics, Jonathan Cape)
* Locke & Key Volume Five: Clockworks, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
* Saga Vol. 1, Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples (Image)
* Schlock Mercenary: Random Access Memorabilia, Howard Tayler and Travis Walton (Hypernode Media)
* Saucer Country, Volume One: Run, Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly and Jimmy Broxton and Goran Sudžuka (DC/Vertigo)
In addition, the comics-related book Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them was nominated in the Best Related Work category, and the comics-related film The Avengers was nominated in Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form.
The winners are to be announced on September 1 in San Antonio, Texas. Serving as toastmaster will be Graphic Story nominee Paul Cornell. Past winners of the Graphic Story category include Digger and volumes 9-10 of Girl Genius.
* Grandville Bête Noire, Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse Comics, Jonathan Cape)
* Locke & Key Volume Five: Clockworks, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
* Saga Vol. 1, Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples (Image)
* Schlock Mercenary: Random Access Memorabilia, Howard Tayler and Travis Walton (Hypernode Media)
* Saucer Country, Volume One: Run, Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly and Jimmy Broxton and Goran Sudžuka (DC/Vertigo)
In addition, the comics-related book Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them was nominated in the Best Related Work category, and the comics-related film The Avengers was nominated in Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form.
The winners are to be announced on September 1 in San Antonio, Texas. Serving as toastmaster will be Graphic Story nominee Paul Cornell. Past winners of the Graphic Story category include Digger and volumes 9-10 of Girl Genius.