Kids’ Comics Award Winners

Regina Telgemeier’s Ghosts was announced as the winner of the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids’ Comics at the Ann Arbor Comics Art Festival on June 18.  The award runs in tandem with the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity and focuses on comics aimed at young readers. Here is the complete shortlist:

  • Bad Machinery Volume 6: The Case of the Unwelcome Visitor, by John Allison
  • Blip! by Barnaby Richards
  • The Cloud, by K.I. Zachopoulos and Vincenzo Bolzano
  • The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo, by Drew Weing
  • Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier
  • Goldie Vance, by Hope Larson, Britney Williams and Sarah Stern
  • Hilda and the Stone Forest, by Luke Pearson
  • Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol. 1: BFF, by Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclair
  • Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! Vol. 1: Hooked On A Feline, by Kate Leth, Brittney Williams and Natasha Allegri
  • Princess Princess Ever After, by Katie O’Neill.

The Ann Arbor Comics Art Festival (A2CAF) also sponsored a set of awards that kids attending the con were able to vote for via paper ballot, while the wider world was invited to vote via online form. The nominees are listed below with the winner in BOLD.

MOST EPIC ADVENTURE

  • The King of Kazoo, by Norman Feuti
  • Tree Mail, by Mike Raicht and Brian Smith
  • Red’s Planet, by Eddie Pittman
  • The Great Pet Escape, by Victoria Jamieson
  • Night Air, by Ben Sears

FUNNIEST GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Dog Man, by Dav Pilkey
  • Comics Squad: Lunch! by various
  • Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy, by Doug Savage
  • Caveboy Dave, by Aaron Reynolds
  • Lucy and Andy Neanderthal, by Jeffrey Brown

FAVORITE AUTHOR

  • Jennifer Holm
  • Raina Telgemeier
  • Ben Hatke
  • Jarrett Krosoczka
  • Hope Larson

BRAVEST HERO

  • Bera the One-Headed Troll
  • Raven the Pirate Princess (tie)
  • Margo Maloo
  • Mighty Jack (tie)
  • Peony from Space Battle Lunchtime

FRIENDSHIP TO THE MAX!

  • Caveboy Dave by Aaron Reynolds
  • Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea! by Ben Clanton
  • Hippopotamister, by John Patrick Green
  • Monty the Dinosaur, by Bob Frantz and Jean Franco
  • Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier

FAVORITE GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT LUNCH

  • Space Battle Lunchtime, by Natalie Reiss
  • Comics Squad: Lunch! by Various
  • Lunch Witch: Knee-deep in Niceness, by Deb Lucke