GLAAD has announced the nominees for the 35th annual Media Awards. The awards recognize media for their fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of the LGBTQ+ community.
There are two categories dedicated to comics, one for comics and one for graphic novels.
Dark Horse received five nominations this year between the two categories while DC received four, and Marvel received three.
In comic related movies and tv shows…
Shortcomings which is based on the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine was nomiated for “Outstanding Film – Wide Theatrical Release.” Harley Quinn, the animated series on Max based on the DC character, was nominated for “Outstanding Comedy Series.” While Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the animated Netflix series based on the graphic novels published by Oni Press, was nominated for “Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.” Heartstopper, based on the webcomic and graphic novel series by Alice Oseman, was nominated for “Outstanding Kids & Family Programming or Film – Live Action.” Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Nimona, and Transformers: Earthspark will compete for “Outstanding Kids & Family Programming or Film – Animated.”
You can find all of the nominees at GLAAD’s site. Congrats to all and good luck! The ceremonies will take place in Los Angeles on March 14th, 2024 and in New York City on May 11th, 2024.
Outstanding Comic Book
- Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent, by Tom Taylor, Clayton Henry, Darick Robertson, Norm Rapmund, Jordie Bellaire, Wes Abbott (DC Comics)
- Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain, by Tini Howard, Vasco Georgiev, Erick Arciniega, Ariana Maher (Marvel Comics)
- Hawkgirl, by Jadzia Axelrod, Amancay Nahuelpan, Adriano Lucas, Alex Guimaraes, Carrie Strachan, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (DC Comics)
- Killer Queens 2, by David M. Booher, Bradley Clayton, Harry Saxon, Lucas Gattoni (Dark Horse Comics)
- The Neighbors, by Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Letizia Cadonici, Alessandro Santoro, Becca Carey (BOOM! Studios)
- New Mutants Lethal Legion, by Charlie Jane Anders, Enid Balam, Elisabetta D’Amico, Matt Milla, Travis Lanham (Marvel Comics)
- The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos, by Tate Brombal based on an idea by James Tynion IV, Isaac Goodhart, Miquel Muerto, Aditya Bidikar (Dark Horse Comics)
- Poison Ivy, by G. Willow Wilson, Atagun Ilhan, Marcio Takara, Guillem March, Kelley Jones, A.L. Kaplan, Luana Vecchio, Arif Prianto, Ivan Plascencia, Jose Villarrubia, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (DC Comics)
- Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, by Alyssa Wong, Minkyu Jung, Natacha Bustos, Jethro Morales, Rachelle Rosenberg, Joe Caramagna (Marvel Comics)
- Tim Drake: Robin, by Meghan Fitzmartin, Riley Rossmo, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz, Serg Acuna, Nikola Cizmesija, Lee Loughridge, Josh Reed, Tom Napolitano (DC Comics)
Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology
- Blackward, by Lawrence Lindell (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Carmilla: The First Vampire, by Amy Chu, Soo Lee, Sal Cipriano (Berger Books/Dark Horse Comics)
- Cosmoknights (Book Two), by Hannah Templer (Top Shelf Productions)
- Four-Color Heroes, by Richard Fairgray (Fanbase Press)
- Heartstopper Vol. 5, by Alice Oseman (Graphix/Scholastic)
- Light Carries On, by Ray Nadine (Dark Horse Books)
- Northranger, by Rey Terciero, Bre Indigo (HarperAlley)
- Parallel, by Matthias Lehmann (ONI Press)
- Roaming, by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Us, by Sara Soler, Joamette Gil (Dark Horse Books)
Source: Graphic Policy
