The nominees have been announced for the 2021 Dragon Awards, which have been presented during DragonCon since 2016.
The awards include multiple categories for books, media tie-ins like movies and video games, and two categories for comics — “Best Comic Book” and “Best Graphic Novel.”
The nominees in those two categories are:
Best Comic Book
- Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett
- Once & Future by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora
- X-Men by Jonathan Hickman, Mahmud Asrar
- Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda
- Invisible Kingdom by G. Willow Wilson, Christian Ward
- Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto
Best Graphic Novel
- Pulp by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips
- Dracula, Motherf**ker by Alex de Campi, Erica Henderson
- The Magicians: New Class by Lev Grossman, Lilah Sturges, Pius Bak
- The Green Lantern Season Two by Grant Morrison, Liam Sharp
- The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
- The Book Tour by Andi Watson
Voting is open to the general public—you don’t need a DragonCon membership to vote, but you will need to register your email address with them to receive a ballot.
Dragon Con will take place Sept. 2-6 in Atlanta, Georgia. While they do plan to have a virtual element to it, the in-person convention is going on as planned, although with reduced capacity. You cna read more about how they are adjusting due to COVID here.