The Joe Shuster Awards took place in Montreal Saturday September 15th, during the Montreal Comiccon. Here’s the list of nominees with the winner in bold.
Artist
- Chris Bachalo, Age of X: Alpha 1, Avengers 13, 15, Wolverine and the X-Men 1-3, X-Men 7-10 (Marvel Comics)
- Marc Delafontaine, Les Nombrils T.5: Un Couple D’enfer (Delcourt)
- Stuart Immonen, Fear Itself 1-7, “Queen, King, Off-Suit“/X-Men: To Serve and Protect 4 (Marvel Comics), “Say You’re Dead“/Outlaw Territory Vol.2 (Image)
- Fred Jourdain, Le Dragon Bleu / The Blue Dragon (Éditions Alto/Ex Machina/House of Anansi Press)
- Jeff Lemire, Jonah Hex 69 (DC Comics), “A Coffin for Mrs. Bishell”/ Outlaw Territory Vol. 2 (Image)
- Yanick Paquette & Nathan Fairbairn, Swamp Thing 1-3, Batman Incorporated 3, 5 (with Michel Lacombe) (DC Comics)
- Cameron Stewart “Chapter 1: The School of Night“/Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! 1 (DC Comics), Suicide Girls 1-4 (IDW)
Cartoonist
- Chester Brown, Paying For It: A Comic Strip Memoir About Being A John (D+Q)
- Darwyn Cooke, ”The Seventh“/Parker: The Martini Edition, “Betty Saves the Day“/Rocketeer Adventures 2 (IDW)
- Guy Delisle, Chroniques de Jerusalem (Delcourt)
- Ray Fawkes, One Soul, Possessions Book Two (Oni Press)
- Francois Lapierre, Chroniques Sauvages (Glenat Quebec)
- Jeff Lemire, Sweet Tooth 17-25 (DC/Vertigo)
- Ramon Perez, Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand (Archaia Press)
- Michel Rabagliati, Paul au Parc (La Pasteque)
Cover Artist
- Kalman Andrasofszky, X-23 5-19, X-Men: Earth’s Mutant Heroes 1 (Marvel Comics), Stan Lee’s Soldier Zero 6-10 (Boom!)
- Kaare Andrews, Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis 5, Ultimate Comics Hawkeye 1-4, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man 156, 1-5, Ultimate Comics X-Men 1-5, Ultimate Comics Ultimates 1-5 (Marvel Comics)
- Fred Jourdain, Le Dragon Bleu / The Blue Dragon (Éditions Alto/Ex Machina/House of Anansi Press)
- Francois Lapierre, Chroniques Sauvages (Glenat Quebec)
- Jeff Lemire, Jonah Hex 69 (DC Comics), Sweet Tooth 18-28 (DC/Vertigo)
- Francis Manapul, The Flash Vol.4 9-12, The Flash Vol. 5 1-4, Flashpoint: Grodd of War 1, Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost 1-3, Green Lantern 4, Green Lantern Corps 62, Superboy 5, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents 5 (DC Comics) 7 Warriors (Boom!)
- Yanick Paquette, Batman Incorporated 3-5, Knight and Squire 1-6, Swamp Thing 1-4 (DC Comics)
Webcomics Creator
- Jayd Ait-Kaci, The Fox Sister, Sfeer Theory
- Emily Carroll, Comics 2011 (Anu-Anulan and Yir’s Daughter, Dream Journal Mar 30th, Margot’s Room, The Prince and The Sea)
- Tony Cliff, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
- Kate Craig, Heart of Ice
- Iris and Zviane, L’ostie d’chat – Leblog de Jasmin et Jean-Seb
- Drazen Kozjan, The Happy Undertaker
- Ty Templeton, Bun Toons
Writer
- Anthony Del Col & Connor McCreery, Kill Shakespeare 9-12 (IDW)
- Francis Desharnais, Motel Galactic (Editions Pow Pow)
- Maryse Dubuc & Marc Delafontaine, Les Nombrils T.5: Un Couple D’enfer (Dupuis)
- Kathryn Immonen, Avengers: Origins – Thor 1, Captain America and the First Thirteen 1, Wolverine and Jubilee 1-4, “Queen, King, Off-Suit“/X-Men: To Serve and Protect 4 (Marvel Comics), “Say You’re Dead“/Outlaw Territory Vol.2 (Image)
- Jeff Lemire, Animal Man 1-4, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown 1-3, Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. 1-4, Giant Size Atom 1, Superboy 3-11 (DC Comics), Sweet Tooth 26-28 (DC/Vertigo), “–“/Brilliant! Tragic! The Comic Book 1 (Art Brut)
- Tristan Roulot, Le Testament de Capitaine Crown T.1: Cinq Enfants du Putain, Goblins T.5: La Fleur au Canon, Psykoparis T.1 (Soleil)
- Kurtis J. Wiebe, Green Wake 1-8, The Intrepids 1-6 (Image), “Logan‘s Lost Lesson“/Marvel Holiday Special 2011 (Marvel Comics)
- Jim Zubkavich, Skull Kickers 5, 7-11 (Image)
The Dragon Award (Comics for Kids)
- Ariane et Nicolas Tome 6: Les Toiles Mysterieuses, Paul Roux (Les 400 Coups)
- Big City Otto Vol.1, Bill Slavin (Kids Can Press)
- Hyena in Petticoats: The Story of Suffragette Nellie McClung, Willow Dawson (Puffin Books)
- L’Agent Jean Tome 1: Le Cerveau de l’Apocalypse, Alex A. (Presses Aventure)
- Lone Hawk: The Story of Air Ace Billy Bishop, John Lang (Puffin Books)
- Luz Sees the Light, Claudia Davila (Kids Can Press)
- Silly Kingdom: Alengrimrickshaw’s 211th, Birthday Katie and Steven Shanahan (Self-Published)
- Three Thieves Book 2: The Sign of the Black Rock, Scott Chantler (Kids Can Press)
Gene Day Award (Self-Publishers)
- Silly Kingdom: Alengrimrickshaw’s 211th Birthday Katie and Steven Shanahan
- Ghost Rabbit by Dakota McFadzean
- Drupe Jeremy Bourgeois Raymonde
- 21 Journeys Cloudscape Comics Collective,
- Fifteen Months Colleen MacIsaac
Harry Kremer Award (Retailers)
- Another Dimension (Calgary, AB)
- The Comic Hunter (Moncton, NB)
- Comic Readers (Regina, SK)
- L’Imaginaire (Quebec City, QC)
- Silver Snail (Toronto, ON)