Media Release -- The Stumptown Comic Art Awards 2011 were presented last night in Portland, OR. In a packed-room ceremony following a bustling first day at the Stumptown Comics Fest, host Bobby "Fatboy" Roberts presented the awards to the winners. Nominees in each category were chosen by a panel of judges consisting of comics industry professionals, journalists, and retailers, and then voted on by the comics-reading public.
This year's categories and winners are:
Best Artist
Emily Carroll, His Face All Red
Best Writer
Aaron Renier, The Unsinkable Walker Bean
Best Cartoonist
Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
Best Letterer
Johnny Ryan, Prison Pit #2
Best Colorist
Emily Carroll, His Face All Red
Best Publication Design
Michael DeForge, Spotting Deer
Best Anthology
Studygroup 12 #4, edited by Zack Soto
Best Small Press
"I Want You #2" by Lisa Hanawalt
Best New Talent
Michael DeForge
Reader's Choice
Pang, the Wandering Shaolin Monk by Ben Costa
Director's Choice
The Sixth Gun, by Brian Hurtt and Cullen Bunn, published by Oni Press
The awards themselves were sculpted by Leslie Levings of Beastlies.com, with shelves provided by Lavrans Mathiesen, a Portland woodworker.
Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees of the inaugural Stumptown Comic Arts Awards!
