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The first Comic Con India Awards to kick start the 2nd Annual Comic Con India on 16th February 2012 at Indian International Center, New Delhi has received a great response from the industry in its 7 different categories.
Speaking to AnimationXpress.com Jatin Varma, Founder, Comic Con India shares, “We have had a tremendous response from all quarters of the Comics Industry as well entries from the mainstream publishers. Our Unpublished Work Grant received 140 entries from across India, the awards have started off on the right path, we look forward to announcing the winners on the 16th of February.”
The final nominations for the awards have been announced. They are
Best Graphic Novel/ Comic Book of the Year
Tenzing Norgay, Amar Chitra Katha Nelson Mandela, Campire Graphic Novel Shiva, Vimanika Comics Animal Palette, Aakruti Books
Best Writer
Suhas Sundar for Odayan #1 Dan Danko for Leonardo Da Vinci Chetan Joshi for Animal Palette
Best Publication for Children
Tinkle Magazine’s Tinkle Holiday Special (37), Campfire Graphic Novels’ two titles- The Jungle Book and Three Men in a Boat, Penguin Group’s (India) two titles- The Kashmiri Storyteller and Moochhandar, Sufi Comics’ 40 Sufi Comics Green Gold Animation’s Chhota Bheem
Best Cover
Muhammad Ali, Prince Varghese (art) & Jayakrishna KP (Design) River of Smoke Vol.2, Ajanta Guhathakurta (Cover Illustration) & Bena Sareen (Cover Design) Tinkle 590, Abhijeet Kini Sita, Manikandan (Illustrator) & Jayakrishna KP (Color & Design) Odayan – Issue 01, Deepak Sharma & Raghavendra Kamath I Am Kalki, Vimanika Comics
Best Artist
Tenzing Norgay, Atula Siriwardane The Rabhas Incident, Harsho Mohan Chattoraj Odayan, Deepak Sharma Leonardo Da vinci, Lalit Kumar Sharma Muhammad Ali, Lalit Kumar Sharma The Jungle Book, Amit Tayal Milk and Quickies, Abhijeet Kini Ravanayan (Issue 04), Vivek Goel
Best Web Comic
40 Sufi Comics, Sufi Comics Beast Legion, Beast Legion Odayan, Level 10 Entertainment
Best Unpublished Work Grant
A Figment of Reality, Neelesh V. Saran The Masterpiece, Harsho Mohan Chattoraj Satya Police, Mohit Srivastava & Gagandeep Kochar Untitled, Aashim Raj Hail, Abhinav Krishna
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