Here are the winners of the first edition of CBAM Awards

On 9 & 10 April, Animation Xpress successfully completed India’s first-ever CBAM (Comic Books & More) Summit, which was widely welcomed and hailed by the industry. And today, it held the CBAM Awards where the best talents in the world of Comic Books were honoured and recognised.

Publishers, artists, and individuals participated in large numbers, across various categories and the ANX team couldn’t have asked for a better start in the first edition of the CBAM Awards. It attracted over 300 plus entries across 33 categories which were judged by a well-qualified 12 member jury through an online mechanism. 

Being the first year, the team working on CBAM Awards did face some challenges and were grateful to all the participants and jurors for their support and patience and have promised to make the next edition a much smoother process.

The event has been supported by session partner Wacom, support partner HUION and awards gifting partner XP-Pen.

Here’s the list of CBAM Awards nominations and winners:

CREATIVE Category

Best Colorist

• Charbak Dipta
  SuperAvni & The Invisible Challenge

• Charbak Dipta
  Macbovy’s Adventures

• Abhishek Singh
  Outrage (Indusverse)

• Rohan Baikar
  Stunt (Indusverse)

• Vivek Shinde, Nehaal Gonsalves, Rajesh Nagulakonda
  #The Beginning (Indusverse)

Best Letterer

• Charbak Dipta
  LUBLU

• Charbak Dipta
  SuperAvni & The Invisible Challenge

• Charbak Dipta
  Macbovy’s Adventures

• Ajish G Habib
  Nagin: An untold love story (Tuttifrutti Interactive)

• Fenil Sherdiwala
  BAJARANGI SERIES #01 1411 (Fenil Comics)

Best Writer

• Charbak Dipta
  LUBLU

• Adam First
  Destiny Awakes (FirstOffPress)

• Alok Sharma
  Stunt (Indusverse)

• Arunabh Kumar
  Outrage (Indusverse)

• Aparna Sundaresan
  WingStar 02: Dangers Unseen (Tinkle)

• Arunabh Kumar & Lianne Texeira Singh
  #The Beginning (Indusverse)

Best Penciller/Inker Or Penciller-inker Team Award

• Bakarmax
  Punchayat

• Harsho Mohan Chattoraj
  Destiny Awakes

• Charbak Dipta
  Macbovy’s Adventures

• Saumin Suresh Patel
  Stunt (Indusverse)

• Hemant Kumar and Jagdish Kumar
  Outrage (Indusverse)

• Rajesh Nagulakonda
  #The Beginning (Indusverse)

• Ajish G Habib
  Nagin: An untold love story (Tuttifrutti Interactive)

Best Painter/Digital Artist

• Bakarmax
  Karejwa

• Nikhil Salvi
  Tibu Comics (Magic Elements Studios)

• Charbak Dipta
  SuperAvni & The Invisible Challenge

• Charbak Dipta
  Macbovy’s Adventures 

• Manek D’Silva
  Bonabyl: A Spooky Adventure (Wicked & Wise Entertainment)

• Rohan Baikar
  Stunt (Indusverse)

Best Cover Artist  Award

• Charbak Dipta
  SuperAvni & The Invisible Challenge

• Charbak Dipta
  Macbovy’s Adventures

• Sanket & Neel
  Stunt (Indusverse)
  
• Babban and Guddu
  #The Beginning (Indusverse)

• Ajish G Habib
  Nagin: An untold love story (Tuttifrutti Interactive)

COMIC BOOK / GRAPHIC NOVEL Category

Best Single Issue/One-shot book

• Karejwa (Bakarmax)

• Pagla Sahib’s Grave (Harsho Mohan Chattoraj)

• Aruna Asaf Ali (Amar Chitra Katha)

• Angry Maushi – CITIZEN PAIN (Abhijeet Kini Studios)

• Ek Din Ka Hero (Abhijeet Kini Studios)

• Making Friends with Snakes (But from a distance) (Pratham Books)

Best Continuing Series

• Love in Mussoorie (TBS Planet Comics)

• Small Thunder (Bakarmax)

• The Beast Legion (Jazyl Homavazir)

• Efundu Science Comic Strips called Zyno Class (Hapilipi – Efundu)

• Bajrangi Series #1 1411 (Fenil Comics)

Best Limited Series

• Mahadeva Series (Amar Chitra Katha)

Best New Series

• SuperAvni & The Invisible Challenge series (Deeper Learning Innovations – Dabung Girl Comics)

Best Graphic Novel—new

• Stunt (Indusverse)

• Outrage (Indusverse)

• #TheBeginning (Indusverse)

Best Graphic Novel—reprint

• Essential Angry Maushi 2020 Edition (Abhijeet Kini Studios)

Best Regional Language Comic Book

• Chotushkon (Harsho Mohan Chattoraj)

• Bajarangi Series #02 Simha (Fenil Comics)

• Om Series #01 Secret Agent Om (Fenil Comics)

Best Emerging Comic Book Hero (Kids)

• Zyno Inga Mini (Hapilipi – Efundu)

• Dabung Girl (Dabung Girl Comics)

• Diwali Dev (Diamond Comics)

Best Emerging Comic Book Hero for (Mature Readers)

• Musalman (Bakarmax)

• Sam/Stunt (Indusverse)

• Outrage/Satya (Indusverse)

PUBLISHERS Category

Best Publication House (Comics & Graphic Novels) – Kids

• Amar Chitra Katha 

Best Publication House (Comics & Graphic Novels) – Teens/Young Adults

• Dabung Girl Comics

• Amar Chitra Katha

• Indusverse

Best Publication House (Comics & Graphic Novels) – Adults

• Bakarmax

 Best Emerging Comic Book Publishing House

• bigbang books

• Dabung Girl Comics

• Indusverse

OTHERS Category

Best Web Comic

• Tibu Comics (Magic Elements Studios)

• LUBLU (Charbak Dipta Studios)

• The Beast Legion (Jazyl Homavazir)

Best Digital Comic Award

• Veerana (TBS Planet Comics)

• Dabung Girl and Delhi Yatra (Dabung Girl Comics)

• Tashree (Pratilipi)

Best Political Cartoonist

• Shaunak Samvatsar
  Breadcrumbs

Best Independent Comic category

• Destiny Awakes
  Harso Mohan Chattoraj

• LUBLU
  Charbak Dipta Studios

• Angry Maushi CITIZEN PAIN
  Abhijeet Kini Studios

Best Emerging Comic

• Outrage (Indusverse)

Best Comic Book Merchandise

• Angry Maushi “Kaay re virus” mask (Abhijeet Kini Studios)

Best Merchandise By Comic Artists

• Rhyme Fighters Mumbai collection terracotta figure-eens (Abhijeet Kini Studios)

SPECIAL Category

Best Graphic Novel/Comic Book Of The Year

• Destiny Awakes (Harsho Mohan Chattoraj)

• Pagla Sahib’s Grave (Harsho Mohan Chattoraj)

• SuperAvni and the Invisible Challenge (Dabung Girl Comics)

Best Children’s Illustrated Book Of The Year

• The Mountains of Mumbai (Karadi Tales Company)

• Mutthasi’s Missing Teeth (Debasis Sharma)

• The Middle (Pickle Yolk Books)

• Giggi and Daddy (Pickle Yolk Books)

• Who Stole Bhaiya’s Smile? (Pratham Books)

Best International Comic Book

• The Cities Beneath / Die unterirdischen Städte (Syenagiri)

Best Comic Book Editor Award

• Rajeev Tamhankar
  Love in Mussoorie (TBS Planet Comics)

• Charbak Dipta 
  LUBLU

• Reena I. Puri
  Mahadeva (Amar Chitra Katha)

• Nupur Sharma
  Stunt (Indusverse)

• Nupur Sharma
  Outrage (Indusverse)

• Nupur Sharma
  #TheBeginning (Indusverse)

Comic Artist Of The Year Award

• Rajeev Tamhankar
  Love in Mussoorie (TBS Planet Comics)

• Harsho Mohan Chattoraj
  Destiny Awakes

• Charbak Dipta
  SuperAvni & The Invisible Challenge

• Saumin Suresh Patel
  Stunt (Indusverse)

• Rajesh Nagulakonda
  #The Beginning (Indusverse)

• Ajish G Habib
  Nagin: An untold love story (Tuttifrutti Interactive)

Lifetime Achievement Award
GULSHAN RAI