INTRODUCING THE 2008 QUEERIE AWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Your Pal Eric]

The award categories are listed below. Please submit your nominations for creators in all 6 categories to us@comicbookqueers.com!


Best Portrayal of a Queer Character in Mainstream Comics

Best Out Queer Creator

Best Near-Queer Creator

Best Queer Indie Book

Best Non-Queer Artist Who Draws Awesome Asses

Creator Who Looks Most Like they Would Have a Manly but Alluring Scent, Like the Smell of the Forest, or in the Case of Women, Like that of a Beautiful English Tea Garden

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"You're fingering all the poses that I'VE liberated!"

-Deven Green

[stevieDisme]

BUMP


so give us those nominations!!!

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I'd do me.

[Ben Weldon]

Best Portrayal of a Queer Character in Mainstream Comics
Mitchell Hundred; Ex Machina

Best Out Queer Creator
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Best Near-Queer Creator
Gail Simone

Best Queer Indie Book
Shortpacked!

Best Non-Queer Artist Who Draws Awesome Asses
Frank Cho

Creator Who Looks Most Like they Would Have a Manly but Alluring Scent, Like the Smell of the Forest, or in the Case of Women, Like that of a Beautiful English Tea Garden
Mike Norton/Nicola Scott

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[stevieDisme]

nice nominations, ben!!

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I'd do me.

[KidEternity]

hey boys when is the deadline for this?

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"Truth speaks best in the language of poetry and symbolism, I think."
--Elfayaed, The Invisibles #1

[kwip]

Hey guys - we talked about this recently and here's what we came up with (b/t the three of us, we have a couple different opinions on some of them):
Best portrayal of a queer character in mainstream comics: Midnighter, Anole (New X-Men), Colussus (Ultimate X-men)

Best out queer creator: Phil Jimenez

Best near-queer creator: Jason Becker, Gail Simone

Best queer indie book: We suck, no good idea. But I didn't realize Shortpacked! fell into this category, so we'll second that, thanks Ben!

Best non-queer creator who draws awesome asses: Darick Robertson

Creator Who Looks Most Like they Would Have a Manly but Alluring Scent, Like the Smell of the Forest, or in the Case of Women, Like that of a Beautiful English Tea Garden: Gail Simone, Greg Rucka, Chuck Huston

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"If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards!'" --Terry Pratchett
"Reality continues to ruin my life." --Calvin

[MrVinegar]

Best Portrayal of a Queer Character in Mainstream Comics:
The first that comes to mind is Rene Montoya

Best Out Queer Creator:
Marc Andreyko for his Nightwing annual (and he's pretty)

Best Near-Queer Creator:
Grant Morrison of course, he does no wrong

Best Queer Indie Book:
I can't think of anything that came out in 07 that I'd nominate, how about The Best American Comics 2007

Best Non-Queer Artist Who Draws Awesome Asses:
Tony Harris, just cuz

Creator Who Looks Most Like they Would Have a Manly but Alluring Scent, Like the Smell of the Forest, or in the Case of Women, Like that of a Beautiful English Tea Garden:
Beau Smith, even though everything about him screams homophobe, he is one hot hairy man that I would love to smell and lick and touch and... oops, getting carried away! but the picture of him in that cowboy hat on his CBR blog mmmmmm

[hadmatter]

Anybody who is stumped for a Best Queer Indie book nomination can feel free to use me, and my Love Omnibus which came out six months ago!

Not that I'm trying to solicit nominations, or anything.

As for best near queer creator, I think we should make Alan Moore fight Grant Morrison and then give the award to whomever achieves TKO or Nirvana first.

PS: I smell like coffee. Is that manly?

[NJ Baritone]

Best Portrayal of a Queer Character in Mainstream Comics
QUASAR - her sexuality is never ignored but its never gratuitous either

Best Out Queer Creator
ROBERT RODI

Best Near-Queer Creator
JUDD WINICK

Best Queer Indie Book
oh LOVE OMNIBUS by all means!

Best Non-Queer Artist Who Draws Awesome Asses
DALE EAGLESHAM

Creator Who Looks Most Like they Would Have a Manly but Alluring Scent, Like the Smell of the Forest, or in the Case of Women, Like that of a Beautiful English Tea Garden
MICHAEL AVON OEMMMMMMING

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...But he was your second husband. Your first husband also disappeared.

But that was his job. He was an illusionist.

But he never reappeared.

He wasn't a very good illusionist.

[Gene]

Best Portrayal of a Queer Character in Mainstream Comics
Thomas Jagger (From Checkmate)...Man it's been a really boring year for gay characters

Best Out Queer Creator
Allan Heinberg

Best Near-Queer Creator
Gail Simone

Best Queer Indie Book
Love Omnibus

Best Non-Queer Artist Who Draws Awesome Asses
Frank Cho

Creator Who Looks Most Like they Would Have a Manly but Alluring Scent, Like the Smell of the Forest, or in the Case of Women, Like that of a Beautiful English Tea Garden
David Mack

[ultimatexavior]

est Portrayal of a Queer Character in Mainstream Comics
Quasar

Best Out Queer Creator
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Best Near-Queer Creator
Dan Slott ( i thought he was gay )

Best Queer Indie Book
I din't read none. bad 'mo!

Best Non-Queer Artist Who Draws Awesome Asses
Phil Briones for Sub-Mariner. He made Tony Stark's Iron ass look bubblicious!

Creator Who Looks Most Like they Would Have a Manly but Alluring Scent, Like the Smell of the Forest, or in the Case of Women, Like that of a Beautiful English Tea Garden
Michael Turner

x a v i o r

[ZdrowcaB]

Best Portrayal of a Queer Character in Mainstream Comics:
Christ, I don't know. I've been really out of touch with comics during the later half of last year....does Xavin count? If not, then I nominate Midnighter...

Best Out Queer Creator:
Marc Anrdeyko

Best Near-Queer Creator:
Gail Simone

Best Queer Indie Book:
Huh. It has to be queer-centric? I might have said something like Scott Pilgrim, but its probably more of a "Near Queer" indie book.

Best Non-Queer Artist Who Draws Awesome Asses:
Frank Cho

Creator Who Looks Most Like they Would Have a Manly but Alluring Scent, Like the Smell of the Forest, or in the Case of Women, Like that of a Beautiful English Tea Garden: Tony Harris...lol.

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Mulch often and plant a tree seasonally.

[MatMutchmr]

Best Portrayal of a Queer Character in Mainstream Comics
Todd Rice (Obsidian) (and Damon Matthews too) in Manhunter. Was that in '07?

Best Out Queer Creator
Marc Andreyko

Best Near-Queer Creator
Gail Simone

Best Queer Indie Book
Adrian Tomine's Optic Nerve: Not essentially a "gay" book, but it has some of the most honest and realistic (and not always flattering) gay characters that I've ever read. Check out the main character's lesbian best friend in the trade "Shortcomings." (edit) Also need to mention Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez for Love & Rockets Vol. II.

Best Non-Queer Artist Who Draws Awesome Asses
(edit) I'm changing my vote to Russ Braun -- for Jack in Jack of Fables.

Creator Who Looks Most Like they Would Have a Manly but Alluring Scent, Like the Smell of the Forest, or in the Case of Women, Like that of a Beautiful English Tea Garden
I've said it before, and I'll say it again -- I love me some Paul Pope. Ted McKeever seems like he might smell like a bar of Irish Spring as well. As for the ladies....I dunno. Jill Thompson?

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"Can you do an 'I'm Sorry' spell? I don't wanna get too near him." "It's not the staff of Hallmark, Mol." -- Molly to Nico, Runaways #29

[howtaobrowncow]

Best Portrayal of a Queer Character in Mainstream Comics
Anole, from the New X-Men -- written by Kyle and Yost, pencils by Skottie Young. Perfectly presented in that coming out stage where he's not really saying yes, but he's not saying no either, and all his friends know anyway. I hope to gods someone good picks this character up, in all the X-shuffle they're doing at Marvel.

Best Out Queer Creator
Marc Andreyko. Still waiting for Manhunter to come back, but damn that was a good book.

Best Near-Queer Creator
Brian K Vaughn for Midnighter #7. The best issue of the series so far, brilliant in and of itself, and the best Midnighter and Apollo's relationship has been shown since they were created.

Best Queer Indie Book
Yes, Love Omnibus, and not just because Matt suggested it. Funny, whimsical, warm, and a great relationship book. Well worth reading.

Best Non-Queer Artist Who Draws Awesome Asses
Skottie Young. Not because they were all teen asses, but because his mutants looked like real mutants, not hypertrophied spandex models. As an L.A. resident, I'll take real asses over the fake kind any day.

Creator Who Looks Most Like they Would Have a Manly but Alluring Scent, Like the Smell of the Forest, or in the Case of Women, Like that of a Beautiful English Tea Garden
David Mack. For the ladies, the only person I can think of who should smell like a Beautiful English Tea Garden is Emma Thompson. Ok, she doesn't do comics, but that's all I've got.

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Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
- Brendan Gill

[NJ Baritone]