Jonathan Case tops Stumptown Comic Arts Awards 2012 winners

Jonathan Case tops Stumptown Comic Arts Awards 2012 winners

Dear Creature

Jonathan Case, artist of Green River Killer and creator of Dear Creature, was the big winner this year at the Stumptown Comic Art Awards, taking home two of the awards' unique trophies this past weekend during the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, Ore.

Nominees in each category were chosen by a panel of judges consisting of comics industry professionals, journalists and retailers, and then voted on by the comics-reading public. This year's winners are:

Best Artist
Jonathan Case, Green River Killer

Best Writer
Brandon Graham, Prophet

Best Cartoonist
Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets

Best Letterer
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo: Fox Hunt

Best Colorist
Dave Stewart, Hellboy: House of the Living Dead; Chimichanga

Best Publication Design
Petrograd, Tyler Crook and Keith Wood

Best Anthology
Lies Grownups Told Me edited by Nomi Kane, Jen Vaughn, Caitlin M.

Best Small Press
Fugue #1 by Beth Hetland

Best New Talent
Jonathan Case, Dear Creature, Green River Killer

Reader's Choice
Vic Boone by Shawn Aldridge, Geoffo Panda

• May 1, 2012 @ 08:00 AM by JK Parkin
• Tagged: awards, Beth Hetland, Brandon Graham, Dave Stewart, Geoffo Panda, Jaime Hernandez, Jonathan Case, Keith Wood, Shawn Aldridge, Stan Sakai, Stumptown Comic Arts Awards, Stumptown Comics Fest, Tyler Crook, Vic Boone

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