well, here are the nominees for this year's ghettoManga Awards. thanks to everybody who sent me their nominations! i've written blogs about most of the nominees... check 'em out by clicking here. and scrolling down!
you can vote in the polls on the sidebar. i don't know if it will let you vote more than once per category or not, so vote as much as you can! you can always vote "other" and put your vote in the comments of this post too. please let other people know, so we can get as many votes as possible!
Best Comic Award
Bayou
The Sword
All-Star Superman
Angel:Revelations
Umbrella Academy
Proof
Hardcover/TPB of the Year
(Trade Paper Back)
Thor
Logan
TrapDancing: The Aym Geronimo Collection
OGN of the Year
(Original Graphic Novel)
Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
Wet Moon: Drowned In Evil
Amulet: The Stonekeeper
Joker
Aqua Leung
Sentences: the Life of MF GRIMM
Emcee of the Year
Jean Grae
Jay Electronica
Gift of Gab
Rapper of the Year
Talib Kweli
Nas
L'il Wayne
T.I.
Big Boi
Vocalist of the Year
Erykah Badu
Alicia Keys
T Pain
Georgia Ann Muldrow
HipHop/Rap Group of the Year
The Roots
Blu & Exile
Binkis Recs
Artist/Illustrator of the Year
Jim Mahfood
Lesean Thomas
Cully Hamner
Dave Johnson
Jason Pearson
Mike Hawthorne
Cartoonist of the Year
Ross Campbell
Bryan Lee O'malley
Jeremy Love
Chris Ware
Video of the Year
Get Busy by the Roots
Sly Fox by Nas
Duck Boy by Jurassic 5
Gunfight by The Mighty Underdogs
Honey by Erykah Badu
Album of the Year
Rising Down by The Roots
Untitled (the N-word) by Nas
Eardrum by Talib Kweli
Sharper Images by Jax (of Binkis Recs)
Los Angeles by Flying Lotus
Movie of the Year
The Dark Knight
Kung Fu Panda
Red Belt
Iron Man
Speed Racer
Champion of Children Award
12 Comics (Learning Support Program)
Naruto
Ben 10
Man/Woman of the Year
Barack Obama
Nas
Derrick Coleman
Tyler Perry
okay, so the polls are open until December 31st. results will be announced here in February, and discussed in-depth in the next issue of ghettoManga Quarterly.
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Rapper of the Year:
ReplyDeleteAndre 3000
Best Comic:
RASL
Cartoonist:
Jeff Smith
Champion of Children:
Jeff Smith- Shazam
Shane's dead on with RASL.
ReplyDeleteI also reccomend FREAKANGELS on trades, and Mike Krunkle's BILLY BATSON for the COC award.