Svetlana Chmakova Nominated for an Eisner Award

5/2/2007   After poring through the thousands of books, and comics submitted, a five-person blue-ribbon panel of judges have arrived at the 2007 nominees for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, considered the “Oscars” of the comic book industry. And they’ve come up with quite an eclectic mix.

The judges’ choices, in 29 categories, encompass the full spectrum of the comic artform. Perhaps the most noticeable trends in this year’s choices are many more female nominees and greater representation of manga.

Women of Comics II special guest Svetlana Chmakova was nominated for a
"Special Recognition" Eisner (formerly called Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition Award) for her original graphic novel - Dramacon II.

Past Women of Comics guests Linda Medley and Jill Thompson were also nominated this year: Medley for Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Castle Waiting, and Thompson for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art) for her work in "A Dog and His Boy" in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters; "Love Triangle" in Sexy Chix (Dark Horse);"Fair Division," in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC) .