The awards for 1994 are coming in now, and it appears that those creators associated with Dark Horse are pulling ahead of the pack. To date, Dark Horse creators have received six awards and twenty-seven nominations for future awards.

Dark Horse took the Eisner Awards by storm this year, garnering 26 nominations, more than any other company! The nominations run the gamut of Dark Horse's diverse publication schedule, as one will note from the attached list of nominations. From Nina Paley's Best Writer/Artist, Humor nomination to Jim Silke's Best Painter nomination, Dark Horse's diversity has put it at the front of the race.

Frank Miller was nominated for a Reuben Award, an honor which is bestowed by the members of the National Cartoonists' Society. Miller won the award in 1993.

Bryan Talbot's The Tale of One Bad Rat and Frank Miller's Sin City swept the two British awards ceremonies, The UK Comic Art Awards (sponsored by Rusty Staples, organizers of UKCAC and the Glasgow Comic Art Convention) and the Comic World Awards (sponsored by the British fan magazine, Comic World).

Frank Miller received the award for Best Writer/Artist in both the UKCAA and CWA awards, as well as receiving UKCAA's Special Career Achievement Award. Miller was also a contender in CWA's Best Writer category.

Talbot received three awards (Best New Publication, UKCAA; Best Limited Series, CWA; and Best Limited Series/Story Arc by the prestigious Comic Creators Guild) and placed in three other categories (1st runner-up Best Writer/Artist, UKCAA; 1st runner-up Best Story, CWA; and 3rd runner-up Best Writer/Artist, CWA).

Other Dark Horse-related placings in these two awards ceremonies include: John Byrne - 1st runner-up in CWA's Best Writer/Artist category; Lynn Varley - 2nd runner-up in UKCAA's Best Auxiliary Contributor category; and Mike Mignola - 1st runner-up in the category of Best Artist and 2nd runner-up in the categories of Best Book Collection and Best New Publication from UKCAA.

"On behalf of publisher Mike Richardson, editor in chief Diana Schutz, and all of the Dark Horse staff," said vice president of publishing David Scroggy, "let us say congratulations and thanks to these creators for making us look so good. We feel that publishing is a partnership, and we are very lucky to have partners like the impressive talents who have been recognized this year."

Dark Horse Comics publishes the most diverse line of quality comics in the industry.

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Dark Horse's Eisner Award Nominations


Best Single Issue:
The Dance of Lifey Death by Eddie Campbell

Best Short Story:
"The Babe Wore Red," by Frank Miller

Best Serialized Story:
Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths by Darko Macan and Edvin Biukovic
"Hellboy: Wolves of St. August," by Mike Mignola, in Dark Horse Presents

Best Limited Series:
Concrete: Killer Smile by Paul Chadwick
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For by Frank Miller
The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot

Best Anthology:
Dark Horse Presents

Best Graphic Album - Reprint:
Andrew Vachss' Hard Looks, Book 1
The Complete Concrete
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction

Best Writer/Artist:
Paul Chadwick
Mike Mignola
Bryan Talbot

Best Writer/Artist, Humor:
Nina Paley, Nina's All-New & Improved All-Time Greatest Collector Item Classic Comic

Best Painter:
Chris Moeller, Shadow Empires: Faith Conquers
Jim Silke, Rascals in Paradise

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team:
Edvin Biukovic
Dave Gibbons

Best Coloring:
Elizabeth Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile
Angus McKie, Martha Washington Goes to War

Best Lettering:
Todd Klein, Batman vs. Predator II (plus stuff for DC, Gladstone)

Best Editor:
Diana Schutz
Bob Schreck

Best Comics-Related Item:
Bone figurine
Madman trading cards