Archie & Friends: The Cartoon Life of Chuck Clayton TP

Alex Simmons website

Wikipedia entry on Chuck Clayton

Kids Comic Con, the all-ages comics convention run by Alex Simmons

To say that Alex was surprised at getting nominated for a Glyph Comics Award for his work on this book would be… understating it. But it’s definitely well-earned. Find out why this week.

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Also this week:

Azrael #5

Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance TP. Art by Chriscross.

Supergirl #50. Pencils by Igle. (Plus a backup story co-written by cinematic Supergirl Helen Slater!)

Black Panther: Power TP

Deathlok #4 (of 7)

Doctor Voodoo #5

Doomwar #1 (of 6). The Black Panther leads an all-star cast of heroes against Doctor Doom.

Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Fool’s Gold #3

ZMD #6 (of 6). Written by Grevioux.

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Also notable:

Green Lantern #51, Green Lantern Corps #45. Blackest Night tie-ins.

Dark Avengers #14. Siege tie-in.

Logan’s Run #1. Honestly, I’ve never understood the love for this crappy sci-fi movie, but it continues to live on, this time as a comic inspired by the film.

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Thoughts on this year’s GCA nominees:

- We’ve been doing the GCAs for five years now, and I’ve seen many different creators nominated for all sorts of comics. The one constant throughout it all has been Keith Knight and The K Chronicles. Fifth straight nomination, three consecutive wins. Seven lifetime noms for Keef. That’s respect, folks.

- With a leading six noms this year, including Story, Comic Strip and Rising Star, Jay Potts’ World of Hurt is the biggest debut in GCA history. And if it seems odd that Hurt beat out Bayou for a Story nomination, even though Bayou repeated in all its other categories from last year, well, what can I say? These things happen.

- Aya completes the hat trick in the Reprint category, and gets a Female Char nomination. Plus we go back to a full five nominees for Reprint; I hated having to shorten it last year but I had no choice.

- I hate having to do this every year, but I’ve got to remind people of this: in the Fan award poll, if you choose to submit a write-in candidate, PLEASE DO NOT CHOOSE ONE OF THE CHOICES ALREADY ON THE BALLOT! The write-in option is so you can vote for a black comic that’s NOT on the ballot, like Doctor Voodoo, or Black Panther, or heck, even the Chuck Clayton issues of Archie & Friends; it doesn’t matter as long as it’s not one of the five choices already listed! I’ve had this happen a bunch of times in the past by people who just don’t get it and I’m telling you now that if you do that, your vote WILL NOT COUNT! So please, either pick one of the five nominees or send in one of your own. Don’t send me a write-in vote for something that’s already on the ballot. Thank you.

Moving on…

Looks like Vin Diesel’s ready to make another Riddick movie… and Ving Rhames will appear in a Death Race prequel. Yay.

Jim Rugg is holding an Afrodisiac art contest where you can win some cool prizes.