Princeless Takes The Prize
Princeless, an all-ages comic book from Action Lab Entertainment about a princess who’s not going to sit around and wait to be rescued, led the 2012 Glyph Comics Awards presented at the ECBACC. Princeless took home honors for Story of the Year, the comic’s writer, Jeremy Whitley, won Best Writer, and Adrienne, the female lead created by Whitley and artist M. Goodwin, was named Best Female Character.
The Glyph Comics Awards recognize “the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year,” and were presented at the 11th annual East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention in Philadelphia.
The full list of winners:
Story of the year: Princeless, by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin (Action Lab Entertainment)
Best writer: Jeremy Whitley, Princeless (Action Lab Entertainment)
Best artist: Sara Pichelli, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (Marvel)
Best cover: Chew #27, Rob Guillory (Image Comics)
Best male character: Miles Morales, Ultimate Spider-Man; Brian Michael Bendis, writer, Sara Pichelli, artist; inspired by the character created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (Marvel)
Best female character: Adrienne, Princeless; created by Jeremy Whitley, writer, and M. Goodwin, artist (Action Lab Entertianment)
Rising star award for best self-publisher: Whit Taylor, Watermelon
Best comic strip or webcomic: Fungus Grotto, by Ms. Shatia Hamilton
