Vertigo has 3 Anthony Award nominees for Best Graphic Novel

The 25th annual Anthony Award nominees were announced today. Vertigo leads the 2011 BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL category with three nominees:

Best Graphic Novel
Sickness in the Family - Denise Mina – Vertigo Crime
Beasts of Burden – Jill Thompson/Evan Dorkin – Dark Horse
Richard Stark's Parker, Vol. 2: The Outfit –Darwyn Cooke - IDW Press
The Chill - Jason Starr – Vertigo Crime
Scalped Vol 6 - The Gnawing - Jason Aaron – Vertigo

Tumor - Joshua Hale Fialkov/ Noel Tuazon - ARCHAIA STUDIOS PRESS

The awards are named after Anthony Boucher, a book reviewer and early champion of the mystery genre. The winners will be announced at the 2011 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in St. Louis on the morning of September 18th.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

For the full list of nominees and more information about the Anthony Awards and the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, please visit www.Bouchercon2011.com.

If you’re at Wondercon this weekend

And you’re a fan of SCALPED or want to know more about it and the writer behind such tremendous storylines as Casino Boogie, Dead Mothers, and The Gnawing, head to this:

SATURDAY, April 2

SCALPED: ONE ON ONE WITH JASON AARON
6-7pm, Room 104
The mind behind Vertigo's critically acclaimed series comes to WonderCon! Jason Aaron is joined by VP - Marketing, John Cunningham, for an in-depth look back at the first 47 issues of Scalped – as well as a glimpse at what’s to come!

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SCALPED

Here are a few sketches by RM Guera from SCALPED #33 out in November.:

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And here's the cover to #35 by Jock, a one off that will have art by Danijel Zezelj (LUNA PARK):
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