Comic-Con International has announced the nominees for this year’s Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award, which will be presented during the Eisner Award ceremony in July.
Named for the creator of Magnus, Robot Fighter, the award recognizes a new artist who “shows a superior knowledge and ability in the art of creating comics.”
Previous winners include Dave Stevens, Eleanor Davis, Jeff Smith, Marion Churchland, David Petersen, Tyler Crook, Dan Mora, Lorena Alvarez, Nate Simpson, Zoe Thorogood and Oliver Bly. Richard Blake, writer and artist of Hexagon Bridge, won the award last year.
Congratulations to this year’s nominees:
Robert Mgrdich Apelian, writer/artist of Fustuk (Penguin Workshop)
Katie Hicks, writer/artist of Astral Panic (Flying Eye)
Stipan Morian, artist of Our Soot Stained Heart (Mad Cave)
Toril Orlesky, writer/artist of Hotblood (Mad Cave)
Carlos Sánchez, writer/artist of Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces and Rune: The Tale of the Obsidian Maze (Flying Eye)