Greetings, this is Dark Horse Publicity Coordinator Jim Gibbons here with some good news! Three of our fantastic comic creators have been nominated for Spike's Scream Awards!

And now, the nominees…

 
The incomparable Mike Mignola scored a nomination for the "Best Comic Book Writer" award based on his heaping plate-load of solid work over the past year, including B.P.R.D: 1947, Hellboy In Mexico, Hellboy: The Wild Hunt, Witchfinder: In The Service of Angels and Hellboy: The Bride of Hell. Mr. Mignola's certainly been busy, and all of us here at Dark Horse are jazzed he's getting some recognition for his writing efforts. (Mignola's cover for Hellboy: The Bride of Hell recently won a Harvey award, in case you missed it.) Head over to Spike's site to vote for Mr. Mignola now, and hey, why not tell your friends to do the same?! 
Dark Horse is proud to have two nominees in the "Best Comic Book Artist" category, as well! Both Jill Thompson's work on Beasts of Burden and Fábio Moon's work on B.P.R.D.: 1947 and Sugarshock should be counted at the tip-top of the cream of the crop when it comes to great comics art. It's nice to see that Spike agrees! Go vote for Ms. Thompson or Mr. Moon for "Best Comic Book Artist" now! Unfortunately, you can't vote twice from a single IP address (to my knowledge, at least.) So, I suggest logging in a vote for one of these exceptional artists and then hitting up a local wifi hotspot and voting for the other. Just a friendly suggestion, as I know the choice between B.P.R.D. and Beasts of Burden is enough to make you go bonkers!

Here at Dark Horse, we definitely pride ourselves on our horror comics. As the PR guy, I sent a bunch of great books over to Spike for Scream consideration and while I think everything I sent over was worthy of recognition (Hey, I'm biased!), it's great to see three exceptional talents like Mr. Mignola, Ms. Thompson and Mr. Moon who worked on such excellent and eerie titles nominated for this award! Congratulations Mike, Jill and Fábio!

Thanks for your attention and taking the time to vote for our distinguished nominees , Dark Horse Fans! It's very much appreciated! For now, I've logged in my votes—go do the same! And heads up, you'll be seeing more of me on the blog in the near future as I'll be premiering a weekly link roundup column called "Dark Horse in the Headlines" next week. Stay tuned!


--Jim Gibbons, Publicity Coordinator