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The Fam™

So, this is our first original post on this blog. It’s an introduction to relationships between the Voltron squad and our OC’s Celeste and Willow Sobek. This ties directly into our Crossover Fanfiction we’ll hopefully be writing out soon when we get our shit together.

And without further ado, my kids.

Celeste:

Allura

Original Space Mom and Space Mom v.2

Spaceship baddies

Are pretty af but will kill you

Celeste is fond of her, as she is with everyone on the ship, but isn’t for the Princess shit

Years of Jaeger piloting has taught her that maybe a warrior is more her style

But, if she’s in the mood to be pampered (or if Willow wishes for a ‘girls night’) she will go to Allura first to get that girly love

After that is Lance but that’s more of a party than gossip and hair braiding, sh don’t tell Allura

Coran

???

Celeste thinks he’s hilarious

Designated Space Uncle

She enjoys all his stories because they remind her fondly of how her father used to tell boot camp and Jaeger glory days tales

That and he so exuberant it’s hard to ignore him

She finds him interesting in the ‘hey you’re an alien, but you’re so human it hits home??’ sort of way

Lowkey reminds her of Willow because of his high intelligence, loyalty, and seriousness when necessary that collides with his overall fantastic attitude and the way he can blurt out the weirdest shit ever in a matter of seconds

Hunk

BESTIES

Food besties

Bond over their love of food and fierce loyalty

ALSO LET’S NOT FORGET ENGINEERING BUBBIES AAAA

Both of them may seem a bit on the dimmer side due to their physical appearances, but these two can pull apart and reassemble a ship (or a Jaeger) in a matter of seconds while telling you exactly what was wrong, what part and tool they need/are using, and what they’re doing to fix it

Literally friend goals

They will spend hours figuring out how to cook from the alien stuff Coran provides them with and will experiment to the point everyone kind of steers clear of the kitchen when they’re going past because they have no idea what the hell they are doing in there

Snack breaks are essential

Cuddles are 11/10 always 100% expected and needed during snack breaks or hanging out

Can sit in silence for hours and not be bored of each other

Personal pillows for each other or portable furnaces, usually both

Often found asleep on each other

If you can’t find one, they’re probably with the other somewhere

They share nearly everything, every insecurity, every problem, every nightmare, everything

Hunk is one of the few people to ever see Celeste cry

Keith

Oh god where to begin

First, Keith is the only person she has ever let dominate her.

One time, she made him extremely jealous and he literally fucked her into the mattress. After that, she was much more open to the idea of being sub.

Keith is the only person who’s ever asked her why she has such sad eyes.

He had thought that Celeste was truthfully unbothered by her situation. Like Allura, Celeste never let her emotions show through. She chose to internalize it and act like it wasn’t there. She laughed and cracked jokes, but sometimes when Keith would look at her, he could see the pain in her eyes, and he realized that Celeste may have been a goddess, but she was also painfully human. He never let her get away with “I’m fine’s” or “I’m just tired’s” because he knew better. Though she never cried in front of him, she did open up about her family and her nightmares.

She even eventually told him about the man she loved, despite their sexual/romantic relationship. He had been hurt, but tried really hard to get past it because he simply had too strong of feelings for her.

If it got her in his bed, he did it. After all, she was still extremely dominant, so she exercised this “control” everywhere but in the bedroom.

Keith is extremely possessive, but know’s how not to be a shithead. He’s long since accepted that Celeste will do as she pleases and nobody (but Willow) can tell her otherwise.

When Keith first laid eyes on Celeste, his only thought was “Goddamn” and nothing else. It must have been the sight of her crawling out of a smoking Jaeger in a skintight suit of armor (that he later learned was called a Drivesuit.)

Get’s frustrated by her lack of shyness (he loves seeing girls blush), but discovers that the one way to get her to blush is have her ride his face. Though she loves being on top, she feels that she’s too heavy and that she’ll crush him.

He convinced her that she was not too heavy, but she still hesitates when he asks.

Both are extremely witty and sarcastic. When they to are together, nobody is spared. Lance usually takes the brunt of the roasts, but occasionally they go after Shiro because annoyed Shiro is best Shiro.

Celeste weighs more than Keith and has more muscle, but he’s faster. Both are brutal fighters, and both are equally terrifying. Once, when fighting Galra soldiers, one actually ran from them in fear after watching them absolutely eviscerate one of his comrades.

Both love they swords and literally will gut you in one swipe if fucked with.

Both are sinners but when they sleep, they cling to each other as if they were going to be torn apart. Morning showers are routine because they wake up drenched in each others sweat. It’s gross af but they can’t help it. They’re both hot-blooded.

IMPULSIVE FUCKING DICKHEADS CAN I GET AN AMEN

Celeste calls him Billy Ray Cyrus because of the mullet. He hates it and in return calls her fishface.

Lance

Both flirt to annoy one another but are basically siblings.

Lance broke down once, relating to her on missing their family. He feels as though he’s not important to the team. So, her being other space mom, she sings to him and plays with his hair and realizes that he’s still just a baby and gains a newfound respect for how strong he and all of the Paladin’s are.

P.s. she sang You are My Sunshine because honestly, Lance is a little baby sunshine and a blessing.

Celeste dubbed him the “annoying gremlin” of the team and nearly died having to explain what a gremlin was to the two very confused Alteans.

Can be found playfighting, but Celeste denies it because she’s “too old for that shit”. Lance is always offended when she says this, but alas, the fighting still goes on.

They are the hispanic children of the team.

When Celeste and Willow first arrived, Lance had come down to find them at the table casually eating breakfast. When he asked who they were and where they came from, Willow explained their situation, but Celeste, attempting to be a little shit, said “Somos el puto pez que cayó del cielo, estúpido muchacho de culo”, which translates to “We are the the fucking fish who fell from the sky, stupid ass boy.” Lance, being Cuban, understood what she had said and called her out on it, much to her surprise. Since then, the two would communicate in mostly spanish.

During their play fights, Spanish curses could be heard from throughout the castle, frequently “Idiota” from Lance and “pinche pendejo” from Celeste.

At first, Celeste couldn’t stand the kid because he wouldn’t stop hitting on her, but after he got used to her, (and she played him for Keith’s attention), he opened up and started to act like regular!lLance around her. She gave in, finally laughing at his stupid jokes and antics, hence the sibling attitude and play fighting.

Pidge

Celeste will only call Pidge “Pudge” because it annoys her.

Celeste pulled Lance aside one day and carefully instructed him that if and when her and Willow made it back home, Lance would have to continue to call her Pudge. There wasn’t a specific reasoning, but she never wanted the small child to forget her.

In retaliation, Pidge calls Celeste “Cilantro”. Lance had jumped on the bandwagon and tried to call her Carnitas, but Celeste threatened him with death if he ever called her that again. When Pidge had asked why she got so mad, Celeste had to explain that Carnitas translates to “little meats” and was basically pork cooked in lard or oil.

Pidge lowkey hated Celeste because she thought that she was just a dumb brute (harsh), but when the girls had brought them to see the inside of ‘Cuda and Celeste began to explain the mechanics behind her, and the AI etc, she realized that Celeste was much smarter than she looked.

Celeste walked in on Pidge mid breakdown about her father and brother, and despite her lashing out and begging for her to leave, Celeste simply wouldn’t. When Pidge (reluctantly) let her sit beside her, Celeste coaxed her to tell what was wrong. She shared her story, telling Pidge how she had lost her mother and father. She didn’t know if it was her story or the soft way that she spoke to the young girl, but she found herself cradling the her as she cried. They both vowed to not tell anyone, but since then, Pidge has looked up to Celeste as a big sister.

When the girls returned home, Pidge was crushed because Willow and Celeste had filled the void in her heart that had formed when she lost Matt. It was almost like she had had him back.

Shiro

Actual Space Parents ™

Celeste is more of a mother figure than Allura could ever be, no shade just truth. She’s better with people and much less condescending. Even if she’s hurt, she will always listen to the other side of the story. When Keith was found to have Galra blood, she still loved and treated him the same because he had protected her and everyone else on the team with such fervor and fierce loyalty. There was no question that he was on their side, at least not to Celeste.

Both consult each other before Allura (usually) when making decisions. Celeste may not be a total nerd but her leadership skills are A1 and Shiro always goes to her for a second opinion.

These two are extremely close, not in a sibling way or a best friend way, or a romantic way (she ain’t willow tho he daddy ™ ), they just are. It’s difficult to explain, but they both are headstrong, natural born leaders. They’re prepared to do what it takes to protect their team. Self sacrifice isn’t even a question if it would save the lives of one another or the team.

Both are secretly silly as hell but hide it well unless they’re with someone who they trust. One time, they had an argument over what he should name his Galra arm.

“Name it Herbert.” “What?” “No, name it…. Pepe.” “What the hell is ‘Pepe’?” “Oh God.”

Lance and Willow lost their shit and never let Shiro live it down, despite his claims that he had “bigger things to worry about than memes.” He also grumpily claimed that it was because he was imprisoned by the Galra for a year and got increasingly irritated when neither of the three would take him seriously.

Willow:

Allura

Honestly?? Willow is intimidated by her

Willow doesn’t understand how someone can be so strong even after losing everything

She really respects it

She’s jealous of the fact that Allura can so effortlessly hide what weakness she may have

She enjoys Allura’s presence, it’s soft, but sometimes Allura’s need for command and attention irks her

It don’t make sense because Willow has no problem with Celeste’s or Shiro’s authority ??

One time she started gabbing in Gaelic (a bad habit she’d had since childhood) Allura - without missing a beat - started rambling back in ancient Altean and Willow thinks that was the closest she’s ever been to Allura

Coran

Again SPACE UNCLE

He reminds her of her Grandma and her father, with all the boot camp stories and such, much like Celeste

Willow likes to remind him that she comes from a family of ‘warriors’ and that her Grandmother could so easily kick his ass just because he always talks about meeting her Grandma

Hugs

Coran is one of the few fellow touchy-feely persons in the Castle, so more often than not, if they achieve something together, they hug and cheer

Coran is incredibly interested in Gaelic and is trying to get Willow to teach him some

He just doesn’t recognize he’s terrible at learning other languages

Hunk

Like with her sister, Willow and Hunk are cuddle buddies

Willow will often share little things from she and Celeste’s childhood (especially dishes that their mother made) and will find out Hunk tried to make it

Her basic reaction is !!!!

She may or may not kiss his cheek and hug him because he’s such a fucking cutie

She’s almost cried twice because of how kind Hunk is

The other hugger on the ship so they’re constantly hugging and being affectionate

The Squishies

Keith

They don’t really talk, both aren’t able to read the other well besides what’s on the surface and know that a whole untreated ocean is underneath.

They leave well enough alone

They respect each other, high five after missions, all that friendly shit

Lowkey awkward cuties

Mostly connected by Celeste, so they know they have at least one thing in common

Willow is still loyal and protective to him, as is he

Training buddies

Keith hates when she beats his ass but it’s making him better so he can’t complain that much

His complaining increases if Lance is present during their training sessions

Just like Lance, he both hates and loves her

Dabbing, for example, since Lance refused to let Willow explain it to him

Which is a thing he loves, if he doesn’t understand something, then Willow is sure to explain it to him with as little judgement as possible

But also conspiracy theories, oh my god it is the way to this boys heart so of course he’s gonna like it when Willow makes a bad bigfoot joke

Lance

M E M E T E A M

Literally their entire relationship is essentially finger guns, sunglasses, and depression memes

Before I get into the funny shit; they share insecurities and often run to each other when they need reassurance because they are terrified of telling anyone else about their internalized problems

Literally have seen each other cry so many times

Love and protect each other almost like siblings

They’ve almost entirely wired themselves to calm down in the presence of the other tbh

Weepy cuddles and depression naps

Okay, back to our regularly scheduled meme program -

First off, Lance is probably partially deaf; the one time Lance wasn’t fully paying attention to what Willow was saying, he misinterpreted ‘Shiro’ as something along the lines of ‘Shirp’

His reaction basically being “Willow, wouldn’t it make sense to say ‘shrimp’ like everyone else? I mean what is wrong with you Irish??”

He didn’t understand why Willow started laughing so hard until she could finally breath again and explained to him what was going on

After the initial embarrassment of his stupidity was gone, Willow made him promise one thing….

Shiro is forever and always going to be named Shrimp now

Don’t tell Shiro

Dabbing

They started doing it ironically but now they can’t stop

It really bothers Keith so Lance just,,, eggs Willow on to the point both of them look ridiculous

Don’t get me started on the Yeet thing …. These two

Lance did it first, Willow swears on her life

Lance showed her it because ‘she wasn’t meme cultured’ properly and it just kind of,,, spiraled

They were being funny one day, exchanging puns and inside jokes, when Willow - being the meme loving shit that she is - proceeded to try and make Lance laugh by throwing her (plastic, it was important it wasn’t metal or glass or Coran and Hunk would be on her ass about it) cup after she had drank all of the liquid inside and yelled “THIS BINCH EMPTY! Y E E T!”

She did manage to get a barking, almost crying laugh from Lance, until they both realized that she had thrown the cup right in Shiro’s face and hit him square in the nose

If it would’ve been later in she and Shiro’s relationship, Willow would laughed and said something along the lines of ‘get wrecked’ but this was still when she was mildly intimidated by him and thought of him as only her commanding officer

It took a three second silence before both she and Lance were out the fucking door in a full r u n

“Shiro, ground her, she was the one to throw it.” “Lance.”

Pidge

SCIENCE TWINS

Lit just bond over their love of technology and general fuckery

Willow bonds with her because, honestly, Pidge is the closest she will ever get to a little sister, she has always been the little sister, but with Pidge, she has someone to pass her womanly knowledge of the world onto

Pidge is the same way, she loves that Celeste and Willow have taken her under their collective and metaphorical wings

Pidge enjoys the fact that Willow loves the quiet of the working mind as much as she does

Most of the time (if Willow isn’t working on Cuda as well) Willow will sit with Pidge in the lab and knitt as Pidge does her smarty thing

Willow loves carrying her around

Pidge would be salty about it with anyone else but Willow is so soft and smells close to home and asks first, so she lets Willow give her piggyback rides and carry her around on her shoulders so Pidge can reach all those high places without dangerous climbs

Willow is highkey president of the ‘protect the smol green bean’ club

Don’t matter if Pidge is a little badass, Willow will still smoother her

Pidge secretly loves it

Shiro

I don’t even know where to start

Literally that awkward, positively pure couple that everyone knows will happen eventually

It’s vv hard to hide the fact that there’s something there from the squad

Especially Lance and Celeste with these two

Keith is oblivious, but as soon as Celeste figured it out, he happened to know to

The info spreads like wildfire tbh

Pidge pokes fun at Willow about it aLL the damn time and Hunk makes it his mission to get them alone as much as possible

Celeste is really good at talking to and reading her sister, so it’s not hard to get Willow to finally admit it under great duress

Lance finds it wonderful to drop little comments and ideas on Shiro he thinks it’s fun to watch Shiro’s ears go red

But every pure couple has to have angst

Cough cough Chuck Hansen

Of course a girl like that would have someone at home waiting for her

But… It was really easy for Shiro to figure out that she could be so much happier, in a much healthier situation that isn’t sending her into fits of guilt and panic because of what Chuck says to her

And it’s not easy to convince Willow she deserves better

When Chuck told Willow she couldn’t be close to the Paladins, she listened, avoiding everyone unless necessary

Lasted like a day before she was back to talking to Shiro and cuddling up to Lance once again for comfort

She just stopped telling Chuck excitedly about her new friends, which everyone would see was hurting her more than ever

Shiro and Celeste were really the ones to set Willow into the motions of letting go

To make a long story really short, Shiro has a firm resentment of Chuck even though he’s never met him face to face and that Willow likes tea when she’s upset like him and was more than happy to share a cup of her favorite tea with him, no matter if she only had a limited supply or not

Surprisingly, vulnerability is their bread and butter

Vulnerability allows for the falling of walls, and with every vulnerable moment shared, the more walls are crashed down on both sides

For a quick and easy example besides from the one above; Sendak

Willow is a natural nurturer (both an advantage and a fault) so she was at Shiro’s side and understood every boundary, every panicked look, every need for silence

Shiro’s panic with Sendak was their door opener, the first sledgehammer against walls of emotional hurt that they decided to wade through together

These two, like, never sleep (literally my nightmare kids) so they’re often spending those sleepless nights in each other company

Lots of tea and books and blankets are shared between them if they end up in the longue

Willow found a room made entirely out of glass (Allura scolds them if she finds them in the control room late at night looking at the stars instead of sleeping guys wtf) and sometimes she’s already there when Shiro wakes up from nightmares

They just kind of lay down next to each other, sometimes they don’t talk at all, other times they don’t shut up

It’s their bonding time

Totally haven’t been found asleep in the lounge in blanket forts cuddled up to each other

And definitely haven’t held hands when they’re in their ‘star room’

And of course they haven’t kissed at all at four in the morning when both of them are half dead but struggling to keep awake for the other

Just omg

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centtaura · 2 years

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two scions and a fear avatar

Willow: a former scion of Mama Sara, an Incan goddess, she’s now a wielder of a Story Blade that takes the form of gardening shears. She loves plants and hates clothes.

Monica: a scion of Sobek. She’s an amateur bodybuilder and ringleader of an information network, calling herself the Brooklyn Belle. Her best friends are a fellow female bodybuilder and her twin brother, an ‘entrepreneur’ who specializes in tax fraud.

Liam: I’ve posted him before. The Italian dirty-sexy Avatar of the End who hangs out in alleys and throws loaded dice to win your lifeforce using charmed words and tricks.

#my art #my ocs #ocs #scion #tma #the magnus archives

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heroicadventurists · 4 years

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2020 Eisner Award Nominees

Best Short Story

“Hot Comb,” by Ebony Flowers, in Hot Comb (Drawn & Quarterly)

“How to Draw a Horse,” by Emma Hunsinger, The New Yorker, https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/how-to-draw-a-horse

“The Menopause,” by Mira Jacob, The Believer, https://believermag.com/the-menopause/

“You’re Not Going to Believe What I’m About to Tell You,” by Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal, https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe

“Who Gets Called an ‘Unfit’ Mother?” by Miriam Libicki, The Nib, https://thenib.com/who-gets-called-an-unfit-mother/

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Coin-Op No. 8: Infatuation, by Peter and Maria Hoey (Coin-Op Books)

The Freak, by Matt Lesniewski (AdHouse)

Minotäar, by Lissa Treiman (Shortbox)

Our Favorite Thing Is My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)

Sobek, by James Stokoe (Shortbox)

Best Continuing Series

Bitter Root, by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene (Image)

Criminal, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

Crowded, by Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt (Image)

Daredevil, by Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto (Marvel)

The Dreaming, by Simon Spurrier, Bilquis Evely et al. (DC)

Immortal Hulk, by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and Ruy José et al. (Marvel)

Best Limited Series

Ascender, by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen (Image)

Ghost Tree, by Bobby Curnow and Simon Gane (IDW)

Little Bird by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (Image)

Naomi by Brian Michael Bendis, David Walker, and Jamal Campbell (DC)

Sentient, by Jeff Lemire and Gabriel Walta (TKO)

Best New Series

Doctor Doom, by Christopher Cantwell and Salvador Larocca (Marvel)

Invisible Kingdom, by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Once & Future, by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)

Something Is Killing the Children, by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)

Undiscovered Country, by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Daniele Orlandini (Image)

Best Publication for Kids

Akissi: More Tales of Mischief, by Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin (Flying Eye/Nobrow)

Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls, by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic Graphix)

Guts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)

New Kid, by Jerry Craft (Quill Tree/HarperCollins)

This Was Our Pact, by Ryan Andrews (First Second/Macmillan)

The Wolf in Underpants, by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoïz, and Paul Cauuet (Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group)

Best Publication for Teens

Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass, by Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh (DC)

Hot Comb, by Ebony Flowers (Drawn & Quarterly)

Kiss Number 8, by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw (First Second/Macmillan)

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (First Second/Macmillan)

Penny Nichols, by MK Reed, Greg Means, and Matt Wiegle (Top Shelf)

Best Humor Publication

Anatomy of Authors, by Dave Kellett (SheldonComics.com)

Death Wins a Goldfish, by Brian Rea (Chronicle Books)

Minotäar, by Lissa Treiman (Shortbox)

Sobek, by James Stokoe (Shortbox)

The Way of the Househusband, vol. 1, by Kousuke Oono, translation by Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)

Wondermark: Friends You Can Ride On, by David Malki (Wondermark)

Best Anthology

ABC of Typography, by David Rault, translation by Edward Gauvin (SelfMade Hero)

Baltic Comics Anthology š! #34-37, edited by David Schilter, Sanita Muižniece et al. (kuš!)

Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival, edited by Diane Noomin (Abrams)

Kramer’s Ergot #10, edited by Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics)

The Nib #2–4, edited by Matt Bors (Nib)

Best Reality-Based Work

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, by Mira Jacob (One World/Random House)

Grass, by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translation by Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly)

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos, by Lucy Knisley (First Second/Macmillan)

Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight, by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (Hill & Wang)

My Solo Exchange Diary, vol. 2 (sequel to My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness), by Nagata Kabi, translation by Jocelyne Allen (Seven Seas)

They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker (Top Shelf)

Best Graphic Album—New

Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (First Second/Macmillan)

Bezimena, by Nina Bunjevac (Fantagraphics)

BTTM FDRS, by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore (Fantagraphics)

Life on the Moon, by Robert Grossman (Yoe Books/IDW)

New World, by David Jesus Vignolli (Archaia/BOOM!)

Reincarnation Stories, by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

Bad Weekend by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

Clyde Fans, by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)

Cover, vol. 1, by Brian Michael Bendis and David Mack (DC/Jinxworld)

Glenn Ganges: The River at Night, by Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)

LaGuardia, by Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Rusty Brown, by Chris Ware (Pantheon)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made, by Josh Frank, Tim Hedecker, and Manuela Pertega (Quirk Books)

The Giver, by Lois Lowry, adapted by P. Craig Russell, (HMH Books for Young Readers)

The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel, by Margaret Atwood, adapted by Renee Nault (Nan A. Talese)

HP Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, vols. 1–2, adapted by Gou Tanabe, translation by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse Manga)

The Seventh Voyage, by Stanislaw Lem, adapted by Jon J Muth, translation by Michael Kandel (Scholastic Graphix)

Snow, Glass, Apples, by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran (Dark Horse Books)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

Diabolical Summer, by Thierry Smolderen and Alexandre Clerisse, translation by Edward Gauvin (IDW)

Gramercy Park, by Timothée de Fombelle and Christian Cailleaux, translation by Edward Gauvin (EuroComics/IDW)

The House, by Paco Roca, translation by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

Maggy Garrisson, by Lewis Trondheim and Stéphane Oiry, translation by Emma Wilson (SelfMadeHero)

Stay, by Lewis Trondheim and Hubert Chevillard, translation by Mike Kennedy (Magnetic Press)

Wrath of Fantômas, by Olivier Bocquet and Julie Rocheleau, translation by Edward Gauvin (Titan)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

BEASTARS, by Paru Itagaki, translation by Tomo Kimura (VIZ Media)

Cats of the Louvre, by Taiyo Matsumoto, translation by Michael Arias (VIZ Media)

Grass, by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translation by Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly)

Magic Knight Rayearth 25th Anniversary Edition, by CLAMP, translation by Melissa Tanaka (Kodansha)

The Poe Clan, by Moto Hagio, translation by Rachel Thorn (Fantagraphics)

Witch Hat Atelier, by Kamome Shirahama, translation by Stephen Kohler (Kodansha)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

Cham: The Best Comic Strips and Graphic Novelettes, 1839–1862, by David Kunzle (University Press of Mississippi)

Ed Leffingwell’s Little Joe, by Harold Gray, edited by Peter Maresca and Sammy Harkham (Sunday Press Books)

The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1916–1918, edited by R.J. Casey (Fantagraphics)

Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays, by George Herriman, edited by Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)

Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady, by Violet and Denis Kitchen (Beehive Books)

Pogo, Vol. 6: Clean as a Weasel, by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

Alay-Oop, by William Gropper (New York Review Comics)

The Complete Crepax, vol. 5: American Stories, edited by Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)

Jack Kirby’s Dingbat Love, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)

Moonshadow: The Definitive Edition, by J. M. DeMatteis, Jon J Muth, George Pratt, Kent Williams, and others (Dark Horse Books)

Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter Artist Select, by Stan Sakai, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

That Miyoko Asagaya Feeling, by Shinichi Abe, translation by Ryan Holmberg, edited by Mitsuhiro Asakawa (Black Hook Press)

Best Writer

Bobby Curnow, Ghost Tree (IDW)

MK Reed and Greg Means, Penny Nichols (Top Shelf)

Mariko Tamaki, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC); Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan); Archie (Archie)

Lewis Trondheim, Stay (Magnetic Press); Maggy Garrisson (SelfMadeHero)

G. Willow Wilson, Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse); Ms. Marvel (Marvel)

Chip Zdarsky, White Trees (Image); Daredevil, Spider-Man: Life Story (Marvel); Afterlift (comiXology Originals)

Best Writer/Artist

Nina Bunjevac, Bezimena (Fantagraphics)

Mira Jacob, Good Talk (Random House); “The Menopause” in The Believer (June 1, 2019)

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Grass (Drawn & Quarterly)

James Stokoe, Sobek (Shortbox)

Raina Telgemeier, Guts (Scholastic Graphix)

Tillie Walden, Are You Listening? (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

Ian Bertram, Little Bird (Image)

Colleen Doran, Snow, Glass, Apples (Dark Horse)

Bilquis Evely, The Dreaming (DC)

Simon Gane, Ghost Tree (IDW)

Steve Pugh, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC)

Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Painter/Digital Artist

Didier Cassegrain, Black Water Lilies (Europe Comics)

Alexandre Clarisse, Diabolical Summer (IDW)

David Mack, Cover (DC)

Léa Mazé, Elma, A Bear’s Life, vol. 1: The Great Journey (Europe Comics)

Julie Rocheleau, Wrath of Fantômas (Titan)

Christian Ward, Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Best Cover Artist

Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image Comics)

Francesco Francavilla, Archie, Archie 1955, Archie Vs. Predator II, Cosmo (Archie)

David Mack, American Gods, Fight Club 3 (Dark Horse); Cover (DC)

Emma Rios, Pretty Deadly (Image)

Julian Totino Tedesco, Daredevil (Marvel)

Christian Ward, Machine Gun Wizards (Dark Horse), Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Best Coloring

Lorena Alvarez, Hicotea (Nobrow)

Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Middlewest, Outpost Zero (Image)

Matt Hollingsworth, Batman: Curse of the White Knight, Batman White Knight Presents Von Freeze (DC); Little Bird, November (Image)

Molly Mendoza, Skip (Nobrow)

Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know, Hellboy and the BPRD (Dark Horse); Gideon Falls (Image); Silver Surfer Black, Spider-Man (Marvel)

Best Lettering

Deron Bennett, Batgirl, Green Arrow, Justice League, Martian Manhunter (DC); Canto (IDW); Assassin Nation, Excellence (Skybound/Image); To Drink and To Eat, vol. 1 (Lion Forge); Resonant (Vault)

Jim Campbell, Black Badge, Coda (BOOM Studios); Giant Days, Lumberjanes: The Shape of Friendship (BOOM Box!); Rocko’s Modern Afterlife (KaBOOM!); At the End of Your Tether (Lion Forge); Blade Runner 2019 (Titan); Mall, The Plot, Wasted Space (Vault)

Clayton Cowles, Aquaman, Batman, Batman and the Outsiders, Heroes in Crisis, Superman: Up in the Sky, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC); Bitter Root, Pretty Deadly, Moonstruck, Redlands, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Reaver (Skybound/Image); Daredevil, Ghost-Spider, Silver Surfer Black, Superior Spider-Man, Venom (Marvel)

Emilie Plateau, Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin (Europe Comics)

Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

Tillie Walden, Are You Listening? (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

Comic Riffs blog, by Michael Cavna with David Betancourt, www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/comics/

The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, RJ Casey, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)

Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)

Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, edited by Qiana Whitted (Ohio State University Press)

LAAB Magazine, vol. 4: This Was Your Life, edited by Ronald Wimberly and Josh O’Neill (Beehive Books)

Women Write About Comics, edited by Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne, www.WomenWriteAboutComics.com

Best Comics-Related Book

The Art of Nothing: 25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell (Abrams)

The Book of Weirdo, by Jon B. Cooke (Last Gasp)

Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe (Dark Horse)

Logo a Gogo: Branding Pop Culture, by Rian Hughes (Korero Press)

Making Comics, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Screwball! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny, by Paul Tumey (Library of American Comics/IDW)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

The Art of Pere Joan: Space, Landscape, and Comics Form, by Benjamin Fraser (University of Texas Press)

The Comics of Rutu Modan: War, Love, and Secrets, by Kevin Haworth (University Press of Mississippi)

EC Comics: Race, Shock, and Social Protest, by Qiana Whitted (Rutgers University Press)

The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life, edited by Andrew Blauner (Library of America)

Producing Mass Entertainment: The Serial Life of the Yellow Kid, by Christina Meyer (Ohio State University Press)

Women’s Manga in Asia and Beyond: Uniting Different Cultures and Identities, edited by Fusami Ogi et al. (Palgrave Macmillan)

Best Publication Design

Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe, designed by Ethan Kimberling (Dark Horse)

Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays, by George Herriman, designed by Anna-Tina Kessler (TASCHEN)

Logo a Gogo, designed by Rian Hughes (Korero Press)

Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady, designed by Paul Kopple and Alex Bruce (Beehive Books)

Making Comics, designed by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Rusty Brown, designed by Chris Ware (Pantheon)

Best Digital Comic

Afterlift, by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo (comiXology Originals)

Black Water Lilies, by Michel Bussi, adapted by Frédéric Duval and Didier Cassegrain, translated by Edward Gauvin (Europe Comics)

Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin, by Tania de Montaigne, adapted by Emilie Plateau, translated by Montana Kane (Europe Comics)

Elma, A Bear’s Life, vol. 1: The Great Journey, by Ingrid Chabbert and Léa Mazé, translated by Jenny Aufiery (Europe Comics)

Mare Internum, by Der-shing Helmer (comiXology; gumroad.com/l/MIPDF)

Tales from Behind the Window, by Edanur Kuntman, translated by Cem Ulgen (Europe Comics)

Best Webcomic

Cabramatta, by Matt Huynh, http://believermag.com/cabramatta/

Chuckwagon at the End of the World, by Erik Lundy, https://hollowlegcomics.tumblr.com/chuckwagon

The Eyes, by Javi de Castro, https://www.javidecastro.com/theeyes

Fried Rice Comic, by Erica Eng, https://friedricecomic.tumblr.com

reMIND, by Jason Brubaker, https://is.gd/T7rafM

Third Shift Society, by Meredith Moriarty, https://www.webtoons.com/en/supernatural/third-shift-society/list?title_no=1703

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La route semée d’embûches des Eisner Awards 2020 vers un palmarès admirable

Les Eisner Awards (Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards de son nom complet) récompense depuis 1988 la crème de la crème de l’industrie du comics book. La cérémonie se tient chaque année conjointement à la San Diego Comic Con. Elle rend hommage au pionnier américain Will Eisner. Il est notamment le créateur de A Contract With God, considéré comme le premier roman graphique, ou encore du personnage de Spirit.

Tout comme la SDCC, les Eisner Awards ont connu une édition 2020 tumultueuse à cause de la pandémie. Les organisateurs de la cérémonie ont dû s’adapter à la tendance actuelle en se servant du numérique. Cependant, comme leur partenaire, cela n’a pas été sans son lot d’incidents.

Le processus de vote du jury officiel a été mis à mal par les restrictions sanitaires, le site de vote était défectueux et une polémique autour du manque de diversité a éclaboussé la présidence. Cependant, tout est bien qui a bien fini, la cérémonie et le palmarès de cette édition ont été un vrai succès.

Elire en période de pandémie

La liste des nommés aux prix a été publiée début juin, incluant les publications du 1er janvier au 31 décembre 2019.

Jackie Estrada, administratrice de la cérémonie depuis 1990, s’est exprimée sur le défis que représentait le processus de vote mis en place en raison du COVID 19 :

« Normalement, les juges se rencontrent à San Diego. Pendant quatre jours, ils échangent entre eux dans une pièce pleine des comics et livres soumis au vote. Avec le confinement, ils ont dû rester chez eux et communiquer via émail, réseaux sociaux et Zoom. Des colis de livres ont été transbahutés dans tout le pays ».

Elle poursuit en précisant :

« Heureusement, nous avons pu travailler avec les gens de comiXology et la plupart des éditeurs pour que tous les juges aient une version digitale des centaines de comics en lice».

Ajoutant :

« Le processus a prix deux mois de plus que d’habitude, la fenêtre de vote a été significativement raccourcie comparée aux années passées. »

A la base, les votes devait être clôturés le 18 juin, ça n’est arrivé que le 30. En cause, une vague de problèmes techniques concernant le site de vote.

Une brèche dans la matrice

Plusieurs professionnels de l’industrie du comics ont détecté des anomalies concernant le site de vote des Eisner Awards. Ils ont constaté la modification de leurs informations personnelles et potentiellement celle de leurs votes. Un problème délicat quand on sait que pour s’authentifier sur le site, il fallait entrer toutes sortes d’informations privées (nom, adresse postale, numéro de téléphone et rôle dans l’industrie).

David Glanzer, Chef de la Communication et de la Stratégie de la San Diego Comic Con, s’est exprimé chez Newsarama :

« Nous avons fermé les votes et lancé une investigation pour éclaircir la situation. Nous ferons une annonce dès que nous aurons des informations supplémentaires. Nous sommes désolés pour la gêne occasionnée aux votants. »

Jackie Estrada a envoyé un mail le 24 juin pour apporter les conclusions de l’enquête :

«En se fiant au résultat de notre investigation concernant les récents reports de problèmes avec le site de vote des Eisner Awards, il semble que ce n’était pas un acte malveillant, mais une erreur informatique de la plateforme. Notre examen du dossier nous mène à croire que le problème était minime et nous n’avons aucune preuve d’altération des votes. Pour plus de précautions, nous avons décidé de refaire les votes sur une plateforme sécurisée. »

Pour plus de précisions, les comptes des participants étaient interconnectés. En modifiant leur compte, ils modifiaient celui des autres et ainsi de suite.

Un imbroglio pas possible poussant à remettre les votes à zéro. Cependant, un bon nombre de votants n’ont pas accédé au second tour, car ils n’ont pas reçu le mail de relance.

En conséquence, des professionnels se sont dédouanés des résultats, voir ont remis en question la légitimité de leur prix, car il est difficile de savoir à quel point les votes ont été biaisés lors de cette édition.

Le vote blanc

Si le comité des Eisner Awards a évolué dans le bon sens pour inclure plus de diversité dans la sélection des nommés, ce n’est pas le cas au sein du jury qui préside.

Le site américain Comic Book Resources a dénoté un manque répété de créateurs de couleur au sein de la présidence. Chaque année, l’équipe de juges est majoritairement composé de « caucasiens ». Exception faite cette année, grâce à la présence du journaliste Simon Jimenez. Jamie Colville, Martha Cornog, Michael Dooley, Alex Grecian, et Laura O'Meara sont les autres membres du jury. On notera une tentative de parité ratée avec la participation de deux femmes sur six.

Pour en avoir le cœur net, j’ai vérifié par moi-même la composition du jury des Eisner Awards de ces cinq dernières années. Et le constat est indéniable. Un schéma évident de sous représentation est répété. Jamais complètement blanc, le jury est toujours composé d’un membre issu de minorité. Coïncidence ou préméditation ?

Une solution simple serait d’augmenter le nombre de juges, tout en faisant un effort sur la sélection des professionnels, en introduisant plus de travailleurs marginaux afin de croiser les expertises.

La cérémonie et le palmarès

La 32ème cérémonie des Eisner Awards s’est tenue le 24 juillet dernier sur Youtube. Elle a été présentée par Phil LaMarr, acteur (Marvin dans Pulp Fiction) et surtout doubleur spécialisé dans les séries animées (Futurama, Justice League, Star Wars Rebels…).

Cette édition a fait la part belle aux éditions indépendantes, tout en respectant une parité exemplaire. Le Big Two (DC et Marvel), sans être absent du palmarès, n’ont pas brillé en comparaison du nombre de publication en 2019. Le palmarès a une portée symbolique, comme une bouteille à la mer, invitant les lecteurs à se pencher sur des travaux moins mainstream.

Les grans gagnants de cette édition sont Mariko Tamaki et Rosemary Valero-O’Connell avec leur roman graphique Laura Dean Is Breaking Up with Me (Mes Ruptures avec Laura Dean en VF, disponible aux éditions Rue de Sèvres), raflant les prix de la Meilleure Publication pour Adolescents, Meilleure Scénariste, Meilleur Dessinatrice/Encreuse.

Retrouvez ci-dessous le palmarès complet des Eisner Awards 2020 (en gras les gagnants + l’éditeur qui le publie en France) :

Meilleure histoire courte

Hot Comb, Ebony Flowers (Drawn & Quarterly)

How to Draw a Horse, Emma Hunsinger, The New Yorker

The Menopause, Mira Jacob, The Believer

Who Gets Called an 'Unfit' Mother?, Miriam Libicki, The Nib

You're Not Going to Believe What I'm About to Tell You, Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal

Meilleur single/one-Shot

Coin-Op No. 8: Infatuation, Peter and Maria Hoey (Coin-Op Books)

The Freak, Matt Lesniewski (AdHouse)

Minotäar, Lissa Treiman (Shortbox)

Our Favorite Thing Is My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)

Sobek, James Stokoe (Shortbox)

Meilleure sérien en cours

Bitter Root, David Walker, Chuck Brown, Sanford Greene (Image, HiComics en VF)

Criminal, Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips (Image)

Crowded, Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt (Image)

Daredevil, Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto (Marvel)

The Dreaming, Simon Spurrier, Bilquis Evely (DC)

Immortal Hulk, Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Ruy José (Marvel)

Meilleure série limitée

Ascender, Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen (Image)

Ghost Tree, Bobby Curnow, Simon Gane (IDW)

Little Bird, Darcy Van Poelgeest, Ian Bertram (Image, Glénat en VF)

Naomi, Brian Michael Bendis, David Walker, Jamal Campbell (DC)

Sentient, Jeff Lemire, Gabriel Walta (TKO)

Meilleure nouvelle série

Doctor Doom, Christopher Cantwell, Salvador Larocca (Marvel)

Invisible Kingdom (HiComics en Octobre) , G. Willow Wilson, Christian Ward (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Once & Future, Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)

Something Is Killing the Children, James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)

Undiscovered Country, Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Daniele Orlandini (Image)

Meilleure publication pour les plus jeunes (- de 8 ans) :

Comics: Easy as ABC, Ivan Brunetti (TOON)

Kitten Construction Company: A Bridge Too Fur, John Patrick Green (First Second/Macmillan)

The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!, Mo Willems (Hyperion Books)

A Trip to the Top of the Volcano with Mouse, Frank Viva (TOON)

¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market, Raúl the Third (Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Who Wet My Pants?, Bob Shea, Zachariah Ohora (Little, Brown)

Meilleure publication pour les enfants (de 9 à 12 ans) :

Akissi: More Tales of Mischief, Marguerite Abouet, Mathieu Sapin (Flying Eye/Nobrow)

Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls, Dav Pilkey (Scholastic Graphix)

Guts (Courage,chez Akileos), Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)

New Kid, Jerry Craft (Quill Tree/HarperCollins)

This Was Our Pact, Ryan Andrews (First Second/Macmillan)

The Wolf in Underpants, Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoïz, Paul Cauuet (Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group)

Meilleure publication pour adolescents

Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass, Mariko Tamaki, Steve Pugh (DC)

Hot Comb, Ebony Flowers (Drawn & Quarterly)

Kiss Number 8, Colleen AF Venable, Ellen T. Crenshaw (First Second/Macmillan)

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (Mes Ruptures avec Laura Dean chez Rue de Sèvres), Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (First Second/Macmillan)

Penny Nichols, MK Reed, Greg Means, Matt Wiegle (Top Shelf)

Meilleure publication humoristique

Anatomy of Authors, Dave Kellett (SheldonComics.com)

Death Wins a Goldfish, Brian Rea (Chronicle Books)

Minotäar, Lissa Treiman (Shortbox)

Sobek, James Stokoe (Shortbox)

The Way of the Househusband, vol. 1 (La voie du Tablier chez Kana), Kousuke Oono, traduit par Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)

Wondermark: Friends You Can Ride On, David Malki (Wondermark)

Meilleure Anthologie

ABC of Typography, David Rault (SelfMade Hero)

Baltic Comics Anthology ! #34-37, édité par David Schilter, Sanita Muižniece (kuš!)

Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival, édité par Diane Noomin (Abrams)

Kramer’s Ergot #10, édité par Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics)

The Nib #2–4, édité par Matt Bors (Nib)

Meilleur adaptation d’une histoire vraie

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, Mira Jacob (One World/Random House)

Grass, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, traduit par Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly)

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos, par Lucy Knisley (First Second/Macmillan)

Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight, par Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (Hill & Wang)

My Solo Exchange Diary, vol. 2 (suite de My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness), par Nagata Kabi, traduit par Jocelyne Allen (Seven Seas)

They Called Us Enemy (Nous étions les Ennemis chez Futuropolis), George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker (Top Shelf)

Meilleur album original

Are You Listening? (Sur la Route de West chez Galliamrd) ( , Tillie Walden (First Second/Macmillan)

Bezimena, Nina Bunjevac (Fantagraphics)

BTTM FDRS, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Ben Passmore (Fantagraphics)

Life on the Moon, Robert Grossman (Yoe Books/IDW)

New World, David Jesus Vignolli (Archaia/BOOM!)

Reincarnation Stories, Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)

Meilleur album de réimpressions (TPB)

Bad Weekend, Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips (Image)

Clyde Fans, Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)

Cover, vol. 1, Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack (DC/Jinxworld)

Glenn Ganges: The River at Night, Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)

LaGuardia, Nnedi Okorafor, Tana Ford (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Rusty Brown, Chris Ware (Pantheon)

Meilleure adaptation d'un autre médium

Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made, Josh Frank, Tim Hedecker, Manuela Pertega (Quirk Books)

The Giver, Lois Lowry, P. Craig Russell (HMH Books for Young Readers)

The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel, Margaret Atwood, adapté par Renee Nault (Nan A. Talese)

HP Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, vols. 1–2, adapté par Gou Tanabe et traduit par Zack Davisson (Dark Horse Manga)

The Seventh Voyage, Stanislaw Lem, adapté par Jon Muth, traduit par Michael Kandel (Scholastic Graphix)

Snow, Glass, Apples, Neil Gaiman, Colleen Doran (Dark Horse Books)

Meilleure édition américaine d'une oeuvre internationale

Diabolical Summer, Thierry Smolderen, Alexandre Clerisse, traduit par Edward Gauvin (IDW)

Gramercy Park, Timothée de Fombelle, Christian Cailleaux, traduit par Edward Gauvin (EuroComics/IDW)

The House (La Maison chez Delcourt), Paco Roca, traduit par Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

Maggy Garrisson, Lewis Trondheim, Stéphane Oiry, traduit par Emma Wilson (SelfMadeHero)

Stay, Lewis Trondheim, Hubert Chevillard, traduit par Mike Kennedy (Magnetic Press)

Wrath of Fantômas, Olivier Bouquet, Julie Rocheleau, traduit par Edward Gauvin (Titan)

Meilleure édition américaine d'une oeuvre asiatique

BEASTARS, Paru Itagaki, traduit par Tomo Kimura (VIZ Media)

Cats of the Louvre (Les Chats du Louvre chez Futuropolis), Taiyo Matsumoto, traduit par Michael Arias (VIZ Media)

Grass, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, traduit par Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly)

Magic Knight Rayearth 25th Anniversary Edition, CLAMP, traduit par Melissa Tanaka (Kodansha)

The Poe Clan, Moto Hagio, traduit par Rachel Thorn (Fantagraphics)

Witch Hat Atelier (L'Atelier des Sorciers chez Pika), Kamome Shirahama, traduit par Stephen Kohler (Kodansha)

Meilleur travail d'archive pour les comic strips

Cham: The Best Comic Strips and Graphic Novelettes, 1839–1862, David Kunzle (University Press of Mississippi)

Ed Leffingwell’s Little Joe, Harold Gray, édité par Peter Maresca et Sammy Harkham (Sunday Press Books)

The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1916–1918, édité par R.J. Casey (Fantagraphics)

Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays (chez Les Rêveurs), par George Herriman, édité par Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)

Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady, Violet et Denis Kitchen (Beehive Books)

Pogo, Vol. 6: Clean as a Weasel, Walt Kelly, édité par Mark Evanier et Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

Meilleur travail d'archive pour les comic books

Alay-Oop, William Gropper (New York Review Comics)

The Complete Crepax, vol. 5: American Stories, édité par Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)

Jack Kirby’s Dingbat Love, édité par John Morrow (TwoMorrows)

Moonshadow: The Definitive Edition, J. M. DeMatteis, Jon J. Muth, George Pratt, Kent Williams (Dark Horse Books)

Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter Artist Select, Stan Sakai, édité par Scott Dunbier (IDW, chez Paquet en VF)

That Miyoko Asagaya Feeling, by Shinichi Abe, traduit par Ryan Holmberg, édité par Mitsuhiro Asakawa (Black Hook Press)

Meilleur scénariste

Bobby Curnow, Ghost Tree (IDW)

MK Reed et Greg Means, Penny Nichols (Top Shelf)

Mariko Tamaki, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC, chez Urban en VF); Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan); Archie (Archie)

Lewis Trondheim, Stay (Magnetic Press); Maggy Garrisson (SelfMadeHero)

G. Willow Wilson, Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse); Ms. Marvel (Marvel)

Chip Zdarsky, White Trees (Image); Daredevil, Spider-Man: Life Story (Marvel); Afterlift (comiXology Originals)

Meilleur auteur/dessinateur

Nina Bunjevac, Bezimena (Fantagraphics)

Mira Jacob, Good Talk (Random House); “The Menopause” dans The Believer (June 1, 2019)

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Grass (Drawn & Quarterly)

James Stokoe, Sobek (Shortbox)

Raina Telgemeier, Guts (Scholastic Graphix)

Tillie Walden, Are You Listening? (First Second/Macmillan)

Meilleur dessinateur/encreur

Ian Bertram, Little Bird (Image)

Colleen Doran, Snow, Glass, Apples (Dark Horse)

Bilquis Evely, The Dreaming (DC)

Simon Gane, Ghost Tree (IDW)

Steve Pugh, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC)

Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan

Meilleur peintre ou dessinateur en numérique

Didier Cassegrain, Black Water Lilies (Europe Comics)

Alexandre Clarisse, Diabolical Summer (IDW)

David Mack, Cover (DC)

Léa Mazé, Elma, A Bear’s Life, vol. 1: The Great Journey (Europe Comics)

Julie Rocheleau, Wrath of Fantômas (Titan)

Christian Ward, Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Meilleur artiste de couverture

Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image Comics)

Francesco Francavilla, Archie, Archie 1955, Archie Vs. Predator II, Cosmo (Archie)

David Mack, American Gods, Fight Club 3 (Dark Horse); Cover (DC)

Emma Rios, Pretty Deadly (Image, chez Glénat en VF)

Julian Totino Tedesco, Daredevil (Marvel)

Christian Ward, Machine Gun Wizards (Dark Horse),

Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Meilleur coloriste

Lorena Alvarez, Hicotea (Nobrow)

Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Middlewest, Outpost Zero (Image)

Matt Hollingsworth, Batman: Curse of the White Knight, Batman White Knight Presents Von Freeze (DC); Little Bird, November (Image)

Molly Mendoza, Skip (Nobrow)

Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know, Hellboy and the BPRD (Dark Horse, Delcourt en VF); Gideon Falls (Image, Urban Comics en VF); Silver Surfer Black, Spider-Man (Marvel, chez Panini Comics)

Meilleur lettrage

Deron Bennett, Batgirl, Green Arrow, Justice League, Martian Manhunter (DC); Canto (IDW); Assassin Nation, Excellence (Skybound/Image); To Drink and To Eat, vol. 1 (Lion Forge); Resonant (Vault)

Emilie Plateau, Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin (Europe Comics)

Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

Tillie Walden, Are You Listening? (First Second/Macmillan)

Meilleure antenne de presse sur les comics

Comic Riffs blog, Michael Cavna

The Comics Journal, édité par Gary Groth, RJ Casey, et Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)

Hogan’s Alley, édité par Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)

Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, édité par Qiana Whitted (Ohio State University Press)

LAAB Magazine, vol. 4: This Was Your Life, édité par Ronald Wimberly et Josh O’Neill (Beehive Books)

Women Write About Comics, édité par Nola Pfau et Wendy Browne

Meilleur ouvrage lié au sujet des comics

The Art of Nothing: 25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell (Abrams)

The Book of Weirdo, Jon B. Cooke (Last Gasp)

Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe (Dark Horse)

Logo a Gogo: Branding Pop Culture, Rian Hughes (Korero Press)

Making Comics, Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Screwball! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny, Paul Tumey (Library of American Comics/IDW)

Meilleur design pour un album

Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe, Ethan Kimberling (Dark Horse)

Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays, Anna-Tina Kessler (TASCHEN)

Logo a Gogo, Rian Hughes (Korero Press)

Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady, Paul Kopple et Alex Bruce (Beehive Books)

Making Comics, Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Rusty Brown, Chris Ware (Pantheon)

Meilleure publication sur le design

Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe, designed by Ethan Kimberling (Dark Horse)

Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays, by George Herriman, designed by Anna-Tina Kessler (TASCHEN)

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ULTIMATE List of Witch Familiar Names: Historical, Fairy Tale, & Nature InspiredThe Official List of Witch Familiar Names

Whether you are naming a magical pet or familiar spirit, this is the ultimate list of witch familiar names. For centuries, witches have had familiars to aid in their magical workings. The traditional familiars came in fairy or human-form, or in animal form like the cat, toad, dog, bird, hare, ferret, rat, goat, sheep, horse, frog, butterfly, fly, wasp, and pig. But the Wiccan familiar comes in all shapes and sizes and can be physical or spiritual. This list will include traditional and historical witch familiar names, as well as mythical, fun, and nature names.

Traditional & Historical Witch Familiar Names

From the Pendle Witch Trials in England, there are witch familiar names and the accused witches’ names to choose from. According to the Discovery of Witches written by Thomas Potts in 1613, each of the Pendle witches had his or her own familiar spirit. Prince Rupert, Isobel Gowdie, and Besse Dunlop all had familiars, as well.

Ball – Elizabeth Device’s familiar spirit, a brown dog

Dandy – James Device’s familiar spirit often in the form of a brown dog

Fancy – the familiar spirit of Anne Chattox

Tibb (or Tibbs) – the familiar spirit of Elizabeth Demdike

Bulcock – the last name of an accused witch

Chattox – last name

Device – last name

Hewitt– last name

Nutter – last name

Redferne – last name

Robey – last name

Boye – Prince Rupert’s “magical dog” that rode into battle with him

Tom Reid – accused Scottish witch Besse Dunlop’s familiar spirit

Queen of Elphame – the fairy queen that aided Isobel Gowdie

Devil – familiars were often called “devils” or were thought to be the devil himself

Imp – another name for a familiar, fairy, or goblin of some kind

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Fairy Tale Familiar Names

Name your Wiccan familiar after a beloved fairy tale creature. Many of the fairy tales talk of animals helping the protagonist, which in some scholars’ opinions echoes the concept of a witch familiar. You don’t have to limit your witch familiar names to animal names – there are hundreds of cute fairy tale names to choose from!

Rumpelstiltskin – from the traditional fairy tale

Puss In Boots – a cat from the fairy tale who shows up magically when needed (some scholars believe this reflects the concept of a familiar)

Jiminy Cricket – Disney’s name for Pinocchio’s animal guide, the cricket

Bill the Lizard – from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Cheshire Cat – also from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Bambi

Grip – the bird’s name from a Swedish fairy tale called The Bird ‘Grip’

Henny Penny

Bluebeard

Hansel and Gretel

Seven Dwarves – sleepy, grumpy, doc, happy, sneezy, dopey, and bashful

Inspired by Gods and Goddesses’ Names

Next we move on to gods and goddesses names. Nearly any deity’s name serves as inspiration for a Wiccan familiar name. Choose your favorite god or goddess or the name that your familiar likes.

Celtic Gods and Goddesses: Aine, Angus Og, Artio, Bel, Blodeuwedd, Bran, Branwen, Brighid, Cernunnos, Cerridwen, Dagda, Danu, Epona, Eostre, Flidais, Lugh, Maeve, Manannan, Morrigan, Nemain, Ogma, Rhiannon, Sequana, Shannon, Taliesin, Teutatis

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses: Amun, Anubis (great name for a dog), Bast (name for a cat), Hathor, Heket (for a frog familiar), Horus (bird familiar name), Mehit (cat familiar name), Set, Sobek (a great name for a lizard or reptile familiar), Tefnut (cat), and Thoth

Norse Gods and Goddesses: Baldur, Freya, Frigg, Heimdall, Hel, Loki, Odin, Nerthus, Thor, Tyr

Nature Names for the Wiccan Familiar

Anything in nature, such as trees, plants, animals, etc. serves as a great witch familiar name, including:

Flower Names: Amaryllis, Anemone, Aster, Begonia, Bella Donna, Bellflower, Bluebell, Buttercup, Calla Lily, Cana Lily, Chrysanthemum, Clematis, Clover, Cosmo, Daffodil, Dahlia, Daisy, Daphne, Day Lily, Delphinium, Forsythia, Foxglove, Fuschia, Heather, Hellebore, Hollyhock, Honeysuckle, Hyacinth, Hydrangea, Jasmine, Kalmia, Lantana, Lavender, Lilac, Lily, Lupin, Mallow, Marigold, Mayflower, Mimosa, Moonflower, Morning Glory, Narcissus, Orchid, Passion Flower, Penta, Petunia, Phlox, Pointsettia, Poppy, Powder Puff, Queen of the Meadow, Rose, Silene, Snapdragon, Snowdrop, Snowflake, Sundrop, Sunflower, Sweetpea, Tiger Lily, Tulip, Ursinia, Verbena, Vinca, Viola, Violet, Waterlily, Windflower, Winter Berry, Wisteria, Yarrow, Yellowbell, Zenobia, Zinnia

Tree Names: Alder, Apple, Ash, Aspen, Bay, Beech, Birch, Blackthorn, Camphor, Cinnamon, Cherry, Dogwood, Elder, Fig, Gorse, Hawthorn, Hazel, Holly, Honeylocust, Ivy, Maple, Mistletoe, Oak, Olive, Reed, Rowan, Spruce, Palm, Pine, Willow, Yew

Landscape Names: Bog, Cliff, Creek, Desert, Field, Forest, Lake, Meadow, Moor, Mountain, River, Sea, Valley, Waterfall

Examples of Witch Familiar Names

Take your favourite deities and combine them with nature names. Or take two names from nature and put them together to create the perfect Wiccan familiar name. Here are some examples:

Blackthorn River

Willow Wisteria

Elder Fox

Maple Silene

River Lily

Desert Anubis

Zinnia of the Meadow

Branwen of the Valley

Aspen Ibis

Yellowbell Creek

Ivy Moonflower

Violet Reed

Ash Meadow

Oak Wolf

Poppy Hare

Black River Fox

https://otherworldlyoracle.com/list-witch-familiar-names-historical-fairy-tale-nature-inspired/

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