GLAAD Media Awards Announces Comic Book, Graphic Novel Nominees

GLAAD has announced the nominees for this years’ 36th annual Media Awards, including comics from Marvel, DC, and more.

Presented yearly to, “recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community and the issues that affect their lives,” per the org’s website, this year’s nominations include favorites such as The Nice House by the Sea and Poison Ivy from DC Comics, NYX and Captain Marvel from Marvel, and BOOM! Studios I Heart Skull-Crusher, DSTLRY’s Spectregraph, and many more.

On the graphic novel list, titles include Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story from DC, Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans from A Wave Blue World, and others.

In addition to the comic and graphic novel categories, GLAAD also honors everything from films and TV shows to podcasts. Marvel’s Agatha All Along was nominated for Outstanding New Series, while Heartstopper was nominated for Outstanding Kids & Family Programming or Film – Live Action, and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur was nominated in the animated category.

Check out the full list of GLAAD Media Awards comic book and graphic nominees, below.

Outstanding Comic Book

• Alan Scott: The Green Lantern, by Tim Sheridan, Cian Tormey, Jordi Tarragona, Raúl Fernandez, John Livesay, Matt Herms, Chris Sotomayor, Lucas Gattoni (DC Comics)
• Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices, by Anthony Oliveira, Carola Borelli, Bailie Rosenlund, IG Guara, Alba Glez, Elisabetta D’Amico, Pablo Collar, Karen S. Darboe, Carlos Lopez, KJ Díaz, Ian Herring, Frank William, Ariana Maher, Joe Caramagna (Marvel Infinity Comics)
• Captain Marvel, by Alyssa Wong, Jan Bazaldua, Ruairí Coleman, Roberto Poggi, Bryan Valenza, Carlos Lopez, Ariana Maher (Marvel Comics)
• I Heart Skull-Crusher, by Josie Campbell, Alessio Zonno, Angel De Santiago, Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios)
• The Nice House by the Sea, by James Tynion IV, Álvaro Martínez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire, Andworld Design (DC Comics)
• NYX, by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Francesco Mortarino, Enid Balám, Elisabetta D’Amico, Michael Shelfer, Raúl Angulo, Joe Sabino (Marvel Comics)
• The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos, by Tate Brombal based on an idea by James Tynion IV, Isaac Goodhart, Soo Lee, Naomi Franq, Miquel Muerto, Patricio Delpeche, Héctor Barros, Aditya Bidikar (Dark Horse Comics)
• Poison Ivy, by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Luana Vecchio, Haining, Arif Prianto, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (DC Comics)
• Spectregraph, by James Tynion IV, Christian Ward, Aditya Bidikar (DSTLRY)
• Suicide Squad: Dream Team, by Nicole Maines, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, José Luís, Adriano Di Benedetto, Adriano Lucas, Becca Carey (DC Comics)

Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology

• Ash’s Cabin, by Jen Wang (First Second)
• Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story, by Nicole Maines, Rye Hickman (DC Comics)
• Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans, [anthology] (A Wave Blue World)
• Deadendia: The Divine Order, by Hamish Steele (Union Square & Co.)
• The Deep Dark, by Molly Knox Ostertag (Graphix)
• The Fox Maidens, by Robin Ha (HarperAlley)
• Lunar Boy, by Jes Wibowo and Cin Wibowo (HarperAlley)
• My Fairy Godfather, by Robert Mailer Anderson, Jon Sack (Fantagraphics)
• The Ribbon Skirt, by Cameron Mukwa (Graphix)
• The Science of Ghosts, by Lilah Sturges, El Garing, Alitha Martinez, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Jimmy
• Betancourt (Legendary Comics)

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