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All event and program rooms have limited capacity as set by the Fire Marshal. Even though your badge is needed to get into all events, it does not guarantee you access to any event if it has reached its capacity. We do not clear rooms between events. Most autograph signings are of a limited nature. Your badge does not guarantee autographs at any event.

OTHER AWARDS:

•	The Comic-Con Icon Awards
•	Tate's Comics Receives the 2009 Spirit of Comics Retailer Award
•	Denis Kitchen Receives the 2009 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
•	Eleanor Davis Receives the 2009 Manning Award
•	John Broome, Frank Jacobs to Receive 2009 Bill Finger Award
•	2009 Comic-Con International Inkpot Awards
•	The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

Portrait of Russ Manning
by Milton Caniff

Eleanor Davis Receives 2009 Manning Award

Congratulations to Eleanor Davis, writer/artist of Stinky (published by RAW Junior/Toon Books), who received the 2009 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award as part of the 2009 Eisner Awards held on Friday, July 24, 2009, as part of Comic-Con International: San Diego.

In addition to Davis, the 2009 nominees were:

Gregory Baldwin, writer/artist of Path (published by com.x Ltd)
Leigh Kellogg, artist of Wayfarer's Moon (Single Edge Studios)
Lukas Ketner, artist of Witchdoctor (self-published)
Christian Slade, artist of Korgi (published by Top Shelf)

The nominees were selected by a committee consisting of representatives of the West Coast Comics Club and Comic-Con International: San Diego, and the winner was chosen by past Manning award winners and Russ Manning assistants.

The Russ Manning
Most Promising Newcomer Award

The Manning award has been given out annually at the San Diego Comic-Con since 1982. It is given in the name of Russ Manning, the artist best known for his work on the Tarzan and Star Wars newspaper strips and the Magnus, Robot Fighter comic book. Russ was a popular guest at the San Diego convention in the 1970s. Past Manning winners have included Dave Stevens, Jan Duursema, Steve Rude, Scott McCloud, Art Adams, Eric Shanower, Dan Brereton, Jeff Smith, Gene Ha, Goran Sudzuka, and Tan Eng Huat.

The chair of the Manning Awards committee is Gene Henderson. He can be contacted at:

Comic-Con International
Attn: Gene Henderson
P.O. Box 128458
San Diego, CA 92112

Past winners of the Manning Award,

presented in conjunction with the West Coast Comics Club:

Dave Stevens (1982), Jan Duursema (1983), Steve Rude (1984), Scott McCloud (1985), Art Adams (1986), Eric Shanower (1987), Kevin Maguire (1988), Richard Piers Raynor (1989), Dan Brereton (1990), Daerick Gross (1991), Mike Okamoto (1992), Jeff Smith (1993), Gene Ha (1994), Edvin Biukovic (1995), Alexander Maleev (1996), Walt Holcomb (1997), Matt Vander Pool (1998), Jay Anceleto (1999), Alan Bunce (2000), Goran Sudzuka (2001), Tan Eng Huat (2002), Jerome Opena (2003), Eric Wight (2004), Chris Bailey (2005), R. Kikuo Johnson (2006), David Peterson (2007), Cathy Malkasian (2008), Eleanor Davis (2009).

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