Premio Russ Manning
Nominations Open for Russ Manning Newcomer Award
Submissions Deadline Is May 29
Submissions are now being accepted for the 43rd annual Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award. The award will be presented on July 24 during the Eisner Awards Ceremony at Comic-Con in San Diego.
Started in 1982 in conjunction with the West Coast Comics Club (which no longer exists), this award honors a comics artist who, early in their career, shows a superior knowledge and ability in the art of creating comics. The deadline for all submissions is May 29.
To qualify for the award:
1. The artist must be a newcomer to the comics field, with no professional work published prior to January 2022. Exceptions to this rule are:
A. Work done as an unaccredited assistant to another artist
B. Small press with a print run of 500 or less
C. A one-shot in a new talent anthology comic
2. The artist’s work must have been published prior to submission.
3. A sample of the artist’s work must be included.
4. A sample of the artist’s pencil work should be submitted if it was inked by another artist.
5. If multiple names are credited to the work, what the artist contributed must be made clear.
6. If selected as a nominee, the artist (or publisher) should be prepared to provide 25 copies of the work to be sent to the judges.
All submissions will be reviewed by a panel of representatives from Comic-Con and the comics community, who will select the five finalists. The winner will then be chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of comics professionals, including prior Russ Manning winners and Russ Manning’s former assistants.
Submissions should include a submissions form and be sent to Russ Manning Award, Comic-Con International, 4375 Jutland Drive, San Diego, CA 92117. For questions about submitting, contact Jackie Estrada: jackie@comic-con.org.
About the Russ Manning Award
Il Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award viene assegnato ogni anno al Comic-Con dal 1982. Viene assegnato a un artista di fumetti che, all'inizio della sua carriera, dimostra una conoscenza e un'abilità superiori nell'arte di creare fumetti. Prende il nome da Russ Manning, l'artista meglio conosciuto per il suo lavoro sulle strisce di Tarzan e Guerre Stellari e sul fumetto Magnus, Robot Fighter. Russ era un ospite popolare della convention di San Diego negli anni Settanta.
Il primo a ricevere il premio è stato l'ex assistente di Manning Dave Stevens, che ha poi creato The Rocketeer. Tra gli altri, Jan Duursema, Steve Rude, Scott McCloud, Art Adams, Eric Shanower, Dan Brereton, Jeff Smith, Gene Ha, David Petersen, Eleanor Davis, Tyler Crook, Dan Mora, Anne Szabala, Zoe Thorogood e Greg Smallwood, solo per citarne alcuni.
I candidati sono scelti da una giuria composta da membri del consiglio e del comitato del Comic-Con International e da un rivenditore di fumetti di San Diego. Il vincitore viene scelto dai precedenti vincitori del premio Manning e dagli assistenti di Russ Manning. Il vincitore viene annunciato durante la cerimonia degli Eisner Awards al Comic-Con di San Diego.
Precedenti destinatari del premio
2020s
- 2025 Richard Blake
- 2024 Oliver Bly
- 2023 Zoe Thorogood
- 2022 Luana Vecchio
2010s
- 2019 Lorena Alvarez
- 2018 (TIE) Hamish Steele, Pablo Tunica
- 2017: Anne Szabla
- 2016: Dan Mora
- 2015: (TIE) Jorge Corona, Greg Smallwood
- 2014: Aaron Conley
- 2013: Russel Roehling
- 2012: Tyler Crook
- 2011: Nate Simpson
- 2010: Marian Churchland
2000s
- 2009: Eleanor Davis
- 2008: Cathy Malkasian
- 2007: David Petersen
- 2006: R. Kikuo Johnson
- 2005: Chris Bailey
- 2004: Eric Wight
- 2003: Jerome Opena
- 2002: Tan Eng Huat
- 2001: Goran Sudzuka
- 2000: Alan Bunce
1990s
- 1999: Jay Anceleto
- 1998: Matt Vander Pool
- 1997: Walt Holcomb
- 1996: Alexander Maleev
- 1995: Edvin Biukovic
- 1994: Gene Ha
- 1993: Jeff Smith
- 1992: Mike Okamoto
- 1991: Daerick Gross
- 1990: Dan Brereton
1980s
- 1989: Richard Piers Raynor
- 1988: Kevin Maguire
- 1987: Eric Shanower
- 1986: Art Adams
- 1985: Scott McCloud
- 1984: Steve Rude
- 1983: Jan Duursema
- 1982: Dave Stevens