Diamond Announces Nominations For 2012 Gem Awards - Bleeding ...

The nominations for the Diamond GEM Awards, voted on by retailers, have been announced. You can see last year?s nominations and winners here. Bleeding Cool Magazine #1 is nominated for Best Magazine. Archie and Valiant have squeezed out Zenescope and Oni for Publisher Under 4%, and bizarrely Hit-Girl is described as a ?Licensed comic?. Not quite sure of the logic there.

Retailers can vote on these awards until February 12th,

Comic Book Publisher of the Year ? Over 4%

• Dark Horse Comics
• DC Comics
• IDW Publishing
• Image Comics
• Marvel Comics

Comic Book Publisher of the Year ? Under 4%

• Archie Comics
• Avatar Press
• BOOM! Studios
• Dynamite Entertainment
• Valiant Entertainment

Best Comic Book of the Year Under ? $3.00

• Green Lantern #0 (DC)
• Hawkeye #1 (Marvel)
• Hellboy in Hell #1 (Dark Horse)
• Saga #1 (Image)

Best Comic Book of the Year ? Over $3.00

• Amazing Spider-Man #700 (Marvel)
• Batman #9 ? Night of Owls (DC)
• Mars Attacks #1 (IDW)
• The Walking Dead #100 (Image)
• X-O MANOWAR #1 (Valiant)

Best Licensed Comic of the Year

• Adventure Time #1 (BOOM! Studios)
• Hit-Girl #1 (Marvel)
• My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #1 (IDW)
• Masks #1 (Dynamite)
• Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi Force Storm #1 (Dark Horse)

Magazine of the Year

• Bleeding Cool Magazine #1 (Avatar)
• DC Nation #1 (DC)
• DC Superhero Chess Figure Collection Magazine #1 ? Batman White King (Eaglemoss
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• Marvel Super Heroes #1 (Marvel)
• Walking Dead Magazine #1 (Titan Publishing)

Best Backlist Publisher of the Year

• DC Entertainment
• Dark Horse Comics
• IDW Publishing
• Image Comics
• Marvel Comics

Best Original Graphic Novel

• Richard Stark?s Parker: The Score (IDW)
• Batman: Earth One HC (DC)
• Blacksad: Silent Hell HC
• Superman: Earth One Vol. 2 HC (DC)
• Spider-Man Season One Premiere HC (Marvel)
• Not My Bag GN (Image)

Best Reprint Trade Paperback or Hard Cover of the Year

• Walking Dead Vol. 2 Compendium (Image)
• Saga Vol. 1 TP (Image)
• Batman: The Court of Owls Vol. 1 HC (DC)
• Justice League: Origin Vol. 1 (DC)
• Scott Pilgrim Color Edition Vol. 1 (Oni Press)
• Deadpool Kills Marvel Universe TP (Marvel)
• Adventure Time Vol. 1 TP (BOOM!)
• Daredevil by Mark Waid Vol.1 TP (Marvel)

Best Licensed Trade Paperback or Hard Cover of the Year

• Avatar: Last of the Airbenders ? The Promise, Part 1 Vol. 1 TP (Dark Horse)
• Game of Throne Vol. 1 GN (Bantam/Spectra)
• Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Vol. 1 HC (DC/Vertigo)
• The Stand HC Omnibus with Slipcase (Marvel)
• Star Trek Next Generation / Doctor Who Assimilation Vol. 1 TP (IDW)

Best Manga Trade Paperback of the Year

• Sailor Moon: Kodansha Edition Vol. 3 TP (Kodansha Comics)
• Black Butler Vol. 8 TP (Yen Press)
• Tezuka: Message to Adolf Vol. 1 GN (Vertical Inc.)
• 21st Century Boys Vol. 1 GN (Viz Media)
• Fallen Words GN (Drawn & Quarterly)
• FLCL Omnibus (Dark Horse)

Best Manga Publisher of the Year

• Yen Press
• Kodansha Comics
• Seven Seas Entertainment
• Vertical Inc.
• Viz Media
• Dark Horse Comics

Best Anthology of the Year

• Best American Comics HC 2012 ( Houghton Mifflin)
• Marvel Firsts 1970s TP VOL 01 (NOV110636)
• Best American Comics HC (Houghton Mifflin) Marvel Firsts: 1970 Vol. 1 TP (Marvel)
• Womanthology: Heroic HC (IDW)
• Dark Horse Presents #13 (Dark Horse)

Best Indie Graphic Novel of the Year

• The Underwater Welder (Top Shelf)
• Charles Burns Hive GN (Pantheon Books)
• Tower Chronicles: Geisthawk Vol. 1 GN (Legendary Comics)
• Chris Ware: Building Stories HC (Pantheon Books)
• Anomaly HC (Anomaly)
• Are You My Mother: A Comic Drama HC (Houghton Mifflin Company)

Best Trade Book of the Year

• Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide Vol. 42 (Gemstone)
• Sonic the Hedgehog: Complete Comic Encyclopedia TP (Archie)
• The History of Sonic the Hedgehog HC (Udon)
• Avengers: Art of the Avengers HC with Slipcase (Marvel)
• Art of Mass Effect HC (Dark Horse)
• The Sky: The Art of Final Fantasy Boxed Set HC (Dark Horse)
• David Mazzucchelli Daredevil Born Again Artist ED HC (IDW)
• Art of Todd McFarlane Devils in the Details HC (Image)

Best Game Manufacturer of the Year

• Cryptozoic Entertainment
• Paizo Publishing
• USAopoly
• WIZKIDS/NECA
• Wizards of the Coast

Best Game Product of the Year

• DC Comics Deck Building Game
• Pathfinder RPG: Advanced Race Guide
• Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Edition Monopoly
• Marvel Heroclix Galactic Guardians Expansion
• Magic the Gathering: Return to Ravinca Expansion

Best Toy Manufacturer of the Year

• DC Entertainment/DC Collectibles
• Diamond Select Toys
• Kotobukiya
• Bowen Designs
• Hasbro
• TMP

Best Toy Product of the Year

• Marvel Select: Avengers Movie Hulk Action Figure (Diamond Select Toys)
• Marvel Select: Amazing Spider-Man Movie AF (DST)
• Batman Arkham Asylum Play Arts ~Kai~ Arm Batman AF (Square Enix)
• Justice League Superman Action Figure DC Entertainment /DC Collectibles
• We Can Be Heroes Justice League 7 Pack Box Set DC Entertainment/DC Collectibles

Best Toy Line of the Year

• Play Arts ~Kai~ (Square Enix)
• Mass Effect 3 Action Figures (Big Fish)
• Marvel Select AF (DST)
• Walking Dead Series 2 Assortment (McFarlane Toys)
• DC Justice League New 52 Action Figures DC Entertainment/DC Collectibles
• Batman Arkham City Series 3 DC Entertainment/DC Collectibles

Best Collectible Statue of the Year

• DC Harley Quinn Bishoujo Statue (Koto)
• Red Hulk PX Mini-Bust (Gentle Giant)
• Thor Classic Action Statue (Bowen)
• Dragon Age II: Flemeth Dragon Statue (Dark Horse)
• DC Comics Cover Girls Harley Quinn Statue DC Entertainment/DC Collectibles
• Batman Black and White Statue New 52 By Jim Lee DC Entertainment/DC Collectibles

Source: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/01/23/diamond-announces-nominations-for-2012-gem-awards/

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