Shortlist announced for British Comic Awards

CBR

By Brigid Alverson

Published Sep 25, 2013

The shortlist for the second annual British Comic Awards was released today, and the judges will now begin the task of determining the final set of winners, which will be announced in November at the Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds.

The nominations for the BCAs are a multi-step process, as explained by BCA Committee member Richard Bruton: First the committee selects a longlist; during that process, the public is invited to send in suggestions for inclusion. After that, the committee winnows it down to the shortlist and hands it over to the judges, who make the final picks in four categories. The committee determines the year's Hall of Fame winner, Leo Baxendale, creator of the Bash Street Kids, Minnie the Minx, Sweeny Toddler and a host of other characters who delighted children, myself included, for more than 30 years.

Best Comic

• The Absence #5 – Martin Stiff (self published)

• The Listening Agent – Joe Decie (Blank Slate Books)

• Mud Man #6 – Paul Grist (Image Comics)

• Soppy – Philippa Rice (self published)

• Winter’s Knight: Day One – Robert M Ball (Great Beast/self published)

Best Book

• The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil – Stephen Collins (Jonathan Cape)

• Judge Dredd: Trifecta – Al Ewing, Rob Williams, Simon Spurrier, Henry Flint, D’Israeli, Carl Critchlow and Simon Coleby (2000AD Graphic Novels)

• The Man Who Laughs – David Hine and Mark Stafford (Self Made Hero)

• Mrs. Weber’s Omnibus – Posy Simmons (Jonathan Cape)

• The Nao of Brown – Glyn Dillon (Self Made Hero)