Compared to WHAT?

A quick thought on this year’s Harvey Award nominations:


BEST AMERICAN EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL

Witchblade Manga, Top Cow/Image

The HELL?

17 Responses to “Compared to WHAT?”

  1. Greg McElhatton Says:

    It is SO easy to stack the nomination deck in the Harveys, I’m always surprised more people don’t do so.

  2. John Jakala Says:

    I’m trying to count all the ways in which that’s wrong, but I think I’d need to go back to school for an advanced degree in mathematics first.

  3. davidpwelsh Says:

    It defies calculation. I think that’s actually the equation that Matt Damon solved in that movie.

  4. Jason Says:

    I’m still trying to figure out how our blog (www.meanwhilecomics.com) got nominated for an award.

    Must’ve been one of the 4 people who read it regularly…

  5. davidpwelsh Says:

    Well, having a crush on The Defenders carries a lot of weight. I mean, depending on which era we’re talking about.

  6. davidpwelsh Says:

    Oh, and congratulations!

  7. Ryan Says:

    hahahahaha

  8. Huff Says:

    I can’t believe I’m saying this, but the Eisner nominations are better than the Harvey noms this year. A LOT better. Who picked these?

  9. Jason Says:

    HA! Well, thank you Mr. Welsh.

    I’ll ride this Defenders obsession through hell itself!

  10. Eva Says:

    You say Witchblade Manga, I say Manga Shakespeare. Seriously? They’re the best?

    Apparently you and I are the only ones who liked that Aya nonsense. And Tekkonkinkreet? Rubbish.

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  13. Lea Hernandez Says:

    Oh, for fuck’s sake.

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  15. Hazel Says:

    Someone should be fired! I hope Moomin wins, although I’d like to see a manga artist take a stab at a moomin/witchblade combination…perhaps with less fanservice ^_^;

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