Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Ledger Awards - The Final List

Judges Category

SMALL PRESS TITLE OF THE YEAR
Mini comics, zines featuring comic content etc.

GOLD:
Happy Birthday Anyway, Matt Huynh


SILVER:
Pirates, Tonia Walden ed.

BRONZE:
Dreams of Tomorrow, Liz Argall ed.


INDEPENDENT PRESS TITLE OF THE YEAR
Local publishers distributing mainly in Australia.

GOLD:
Eldritch Kid by Christian Read (story)
& Christopher Burns (Art), Phosphorescent Comics/Creatorline

SILVER:
Platinum Grit by Trudy Cooper, Doug Bayne and Danny
Murphy

BRONZE:
The Crumpleton Experiments by Daniel Reed, Nautilus
Illustrations


INTERNATIONAL TITLE OF THE YEAR
Titles distributed overseas and within Australia featuring
Australian talent.

GOLD:
Small Gods, Jason Rand (story). Image Comics

SILVER:
Fell, Ben Templesmith (art) Image Comics

BRONZE:
DeeVee: Flange, Eddie Campbell, Daren White &
various. DeeVee Press


WEBCOMIC OR COMIC STRIP OF THE YEAR
Produced by Australian creators.

GOLD:
Big Fun Mega Happy Pet Land by Jase Harper (Mania
Magazine)


SILVER:
Magellan by Stephen Crowley

BRONZE:
Raymondo Person by Patrick Alexander


WRITER OF THE YEAR
In recognition of writing excellence in 2005 by an
Australian creator. Print or web.

GOLD:
Trudy Cooper (Platinum Grit)


SILVER:
Christian Read (Eldritch Kid, various)

BRONZE:
Matt Huynh (Happy Birthday Anyway, various)


ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Full art, penciller, painter or multimedia. In recognition
of excellence in 2005 by an Australian creator. Print or web.

GOLD:
Doug Holgate ('Laika', various)


SILVER:
Trudy Cooper (Platinum Grit)

BRONZE:
Matt Huynh (Happy Birthday Anyway, various)


SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY OF THE YEAR
In recognition of excellence in a particular issue or short
story in 2005 by an Australian creator/s. Print or web.

GOLD:
"Laika" by Doug Holgate, (Flight #2)

SILVER:
"The Record" by Christian Read (story) & Tonia
Walden (art), (Something Wicked)

BRONZE:
Star Wars Tales #27, illustrated by Nicola Scott
(Dark Horse Comics)


PRODUCTION DESIGN OF THE YEAR
Australian artist, publisher, entrepreneur or event. Business
or creative.

GOLD:
Glen Shearer and Darren Close, Operation Funnybone

SILVER (Tie):
Troy Kealley (cover by Simon Sherry), Something Wicked

Tonia Walden, Pirates, various





Public Voted Categories


ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR
Australian artist, publisher, entrepreneur or event. Business
or creative.

GOLD:
Operation Funnybone (Glen Shearer, co-ordinator)


SILVER:
OzComics 24 Hour Comics Challenge (Mark Selan, co-ordinator)

BRONZE:
Pulp Faction Forums (Maggie McFee, co-ordinator)



TALENT DESERVING WIDER RECOGNITION
In recognition of excellence in 2005. Print or web.

GOLD:
Stephen Crowley


SILVER:
Dean Rankine

BRONZE:
Steve Martinez


RETAIL OUTLET OF THE YEAR
In recognition of Australian retail excellence and support
in 2004.

GOLD:
Phase Two Comics, online

SILVER:
Kings Comics, Sydney

BRONZE:
Minotaur Books, Melbourne



FAVOURITE FOREIGN COMIC BOOK OR GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR
Favourite comic book or graphic novel (English or foreign
language) released by overseas publishers during the year.

GOLD:
Flight 2

SILVER:
Daisy Kutter - The Last Train

BRONZE:
Garfield



FAVOURITE FOREIGN CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Favourite international creator (artist, writer etc.) with
work released during the year.

GOLD:
Mike Mignola

SILVER:
Kazu Kibuishi

BRONZE:
Paul Grist


LEDGER OF HONOUR
Nominees chosen from Australian creators, publishers or retailers
past or present.

Peter Ledger (automatically inducted)
Gary Chaloner (2005)
Trudy Cooper (2006)


3 comments:

The Frase said...

TALENT DESERVING WIDER RECOGNITION
In recognition of excellence in 2005. Print or web.

GOLD:
Stephen Crowley

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Who is Stephen and whats he done? Asking cos he "deserves wider recognition" but I can't place who he is.

Mark Selan said...

I have no idea who Stephen is, but he does a web comic called Magellan and after a quick google i discovered he did a graphic novel on nudist called Koala Bares.

http://www.graphicsmash.com/series.php?name=magellan

The Frase said...

Thats pretty much what I found aswell.

So.... is that it?

Not dissing- just wanting to KNOW about the dude- cos the PEOPLE of Australia say his stuff is worth checking out.