It's been a year.
Since the last Granties™? Well duh, yeah, but I don't mean it like that.
I mean, it's been a YEAR; A long, frustrating, scary, habitually disappointing year where it seems like almost everything that takes place outside of a panel or a splash is looking to drain humanity's bandwidth just a fraction more each time.
And, suffice it to say, that sucks moose ass.
But that's why comics and sequential art seem to mean so much more today. This perfect amalgam of words and artwork that magically seem to be more cinematic than a film and more thoughtful than an album has done so much for, well, me over the course of this year despite so many twists, turns, and setbacks. I don't know how well I'd be doing without the upcoming list of comic work and workers.
These are pieces that I have spent money on, stumbled upon, and been almost forced to read at times, and they struck me in that wonderful resonating way that makes your spirit vibrate. These are pieces I allowed into my life, and I feel that's the ultimate award anybody can give a piece of art nowadays, y'know? We're inundated by so much fucking content, so much of it inherently worthless (bc it's sharted out by almost any platform to get your attention and your money and your thoughts), that our ability to place value on our chosen books or pdfs or podcasts or whatever makes it SO much more precious.
And that's what these are, this dumb award thing I made up - These are works that have meant the most to me over this last year. If your work doesn't make my list? That doesn't mean it holds any less value to anyone else. That doesn't mean it's not good or it's unworthy. If you feel like you've been jilted, make your own goddamn awards - I did!
So, in addition to containing a shred of acknowledgment, I wanted these medalists to also have my gratitude, for producing something so subjectively pleasing in a field that means so much to me. I wish my dumb jpegs were more intrinsically valuable to our community in a broader sense, but I hope they serve as a reminder that your hard work meant a lot to one person. And if they can reach me (a dopey, awkward, middle-aged turd) on such a profound level, think of what your work must do to others!
But enough farting around, here are the 2022 Grantie™ Medallists!
Favorite Writers
Jarred Luján (Twin Blades, All the Devils Are Here, YULE)
Markisan Naso (By the Horns)
Danny Lore (DoDS: Blade, Lunar Room, Truth & Justice)
Ram V (Swamp Thing, Many Deaths of Laila Starr)
Si Spurrier (the Rush, Step by Bloody Step, Way of X)
Grant Morrison (Superman and the Authority, Green Lantern)
Favorite Line Artists
Alaire Racicot (Crown & Anchor, Sidequest)
Jason Muhr (By the Horns)
Skylar Patridge (Resonant, Marvel Voices)
Max Sarin (Giant Days, Harley Quinn: Eat, Bang, Kill Tour)
Bayleigh “Iceghost” Underwood (It Took Luke)
Bob Quinn (Way of X)
Favorite Color Artist
Martina Bonanni (Sidequest, Pilgrim's Dirge)
Ellie Wright (Red Sonja, 33)
AHG (Eat My Flesh Drink My Blood)
Rocco Langg (the Twin Blades)
Favorite Cover Artists
Favorite Letterers
Favorite Editors
Favorite Podcasts
Favorite Webcomic
Favorite Young Reader Comic
I Am Not Starfire
ParaNorthern
Star Wars Adventures
Favorite Mini
Harley Quinn: Eat, Bang, Kill Tour
Blacks Myth
Step By Bloody Step
The Crimson Cage
Good Boy
Superman and the Authority
Favorite Ongoing
Swamp Thing
Die
By the Horns
Lunar Room
Static
Favorite KS Book
The Twin Blades
The Bardic Verses
Pilgrim’s Dirge
Brigantia
Bette Noir 3
The Preserve
Favorite Anthology
Yule
Shield Maiden v2
Crackle v3
Smut Comic
Beyond Sunset
Howl
Favorite Publisher
Scout Comics
Vault
TKO
Source Point Press
Dauntless
Mad Cave
Favorite One-Shot
Servant of the Black Dog
Ghosts of the Carousel
Death of Dr Strange: Blade
Eat My Flesh, Drink My Blood
Saturn Effect
Lost Connection
River of Sin
Favorite Horror Series
Tomb of the Red Horse
Nice House by the Lake
All the Devils Are Here
Hallowed North
Deadliner
The Crimson Cage
Favorite Humor Series
Metalshark Bro v2
Old Head
Moneyshot
The Bardic Verses
Favorite Fantasy Series
Barbaric
Sidequest
White Ash
The Bardic Verses
Step By Bloody Step
Helm Greycastle
Favorite One-Pager
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