The Spectrum 25 Awards were presented at a ceremony in Los Angeles on May 5.

The ceremony was held in the historic Brookledge Theater and presided over by Spectrum’s Director and publisher, John Fleskes. Presenters included such luminaries of the art community as Alina Chau, Craig Elliott, Te Hu, Tim O’Brien, Iain McCaig, Brynn Metheney, Karla Ortiz, Colin and Kristine Poole, William Stout, Paul Sullivan. Spectrum co-founder Arnie Fenner introduced a memorial video devoted to the creatives who had passed away in the previous year. Bob Self served as the master of ceremonies during the evening.

French comics creator Claire Wendling was named the Spectrum 2018 Grand Master. She responded on Facebook:

OMG!!! Spectrum awarded me with the grand master prize!! They don’t know , well know they do ,how much it matters to me. Thank you guys.

 

Spectrum 25 Awards Recipients

Spectrum 2018 Grand Master

• Claire Wendling

Spectrum 2018 Rising Star

• Miranda Meeks

Advertising

Gold Award

• Greg Ruth
  Moonrise

Silver Award

• Laurel Blechman
  ComicBase 2018

Book

Gold Award

• Victo Ngai
  Serving Fish

Silver Award

• Petar Meseldžija
  The Old Man and the Forest

Comic

Gold Award

• Alex Alice
  Castle in the Stars book 2 pages 60-61

Silver Award

• Gary Gianni
  Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea page 11

Concept Art

Gold Award

• Wangjie Li
  Battlefield Scene

Silver Award

• Anthony Francisco
  Okoye and Nakia the Dora Milaje

Dimensional

Gold Award

• Forest Rogers
  Octopoid Descending

Silver Award

• Jessica Dalva
  I’ll Need Entire Cities to Replace You

Editorial

Gold Award

• Edward Kinsella III
  My Whereabouts

Silver Award

• Tim O’Brien
  “Nothing to See Here”

Institutional

Gold Award

• Seb McKinnon
  Stasis

Silver Award

• Piotr Jab?o?ski
  Moaning Wall

Unpublished 

Gold Award

• Andrew Hem
  Whirlpool

Silver Award

• Michael MacRae
  Tip of the Spear