Animation World Magazine, Issue 2.8, November 1997



Animation World News:Comics

Marvel Reissues. Four classic Marvel Comics characters have beeen re-launched with Heroes Reborn: The Return, a new, four-part weekly series of comic books featuring Captain America, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers. The first comic in the limited-run series first became available October 8, with additional titles being released every week through the end of December. While these Marvel characters are being revived in print, fans in Los Angeles are still awaiting the opening of Marvel Mania, a Marvel character-themed restaurant in Universal City which was set to open this month. The Marvel Entertainment Group is still negotiating settlement with its secured lenders, and looking for a solution to its current bankrupt status.

SPX Awards Comic Artists. The Small Press Expo, an event held in Silver Spring, Maryland in September, honored several comic artists with the first Ignatz Awards for outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. Named after George Herrimen's brick-wielding mouse, the Ignatz Awards aim to recognize work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve as an art form and a means of personal expression. Winners were determined by ballot by the attendees of the Small Press Expo:
Outstanding Artist: Seth for Palookaville, published by Drawn & Quarterly.
Breakout Talent: Debbie Dreschler for Nowhere, published by Drawn & Quarterly.
Outstanding Story: From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, published by Kitchen Sink Press.
Outstanding Series: Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware, published by Fantagraphics.
Outstanding Comic: Eightball # 17 by Daniel Clowes, published by Fantagraphics.
Outstanding Minicomic: The Perfect Planet self-published by James Kochalka.
Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection: It's A Good Life if You Don't Weaken by Seth, published by Drawn & Quarterly.

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