Comic-Con International has announced this year’s nominees for the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award, which is given to a comic artist "who, early in his or her career, shows a superior knowledge and ability in the art of creating comics." This year's nominees are:

• Rem Broo, artist of The End Times of Bram and Ben (published by Image)

• Craig Cermak, artist of Voltron, Year One (published by Dynamite)

• Bryan Coyle, artist of Babble (published by Com.x)

• Paul Roman Martinez, writer/artist of The Adventures of the 19XX (self-published)

• Russell Roeling, artist of Wasteland (published by Oni)

Both Cermak and Martinez are previous nominees.

The award is named for Russ Manning, the prolific artist who worked on Tarzan and Star Wars, and created the classic comic series Magnus, Robot Fighter. Started in 1982 as a joint presentation of Comic-Con International and the West Coast Comics Club, this award honors a comics artist who, early in his or her career, shows a superior knowledge and ability in the art of creating comics. Previous winners of the award include Dave Stevens, the first winner in 1982, as well as Art Adams, Jeff Smith, Gene Ha, Jerome Opeña, Steve Rude, David Petersen, R. Kikuo Johnson, Marian Churchland, Nate Simpson and Tyler Crook.

The winner will be announced July 13 during the Eisner Awards ceremony at Comic-Con International in San Diego.