Nominations for the XXX Salon de Barcelona Awards

The nominees for the XXX Barcelona Comic Fair Awards have already been announced. The truth is that with the limitation to three categories, the analysis that can be made of each nomination by critics and the ordinary fan can be much more exhaustive. There has been a place for them to enter the shortlist of true jewels that were on the favorites lists: The Hero, Dublinés, The Wild Girl, The Atlas & Axis Saga. Others that arrive with the surprise band in quotation marks: Adventures of a Japanese office worker or The protector. And of course, the usual portion of Paco Roca, this time with Memories of a man in pajamas. I do not think that this year he will take it. It would be, in my opinion, an outrage. My favorites are The Hero and The Atlas & Axis Saga at 50%. In the foreign work section there is Arzak the watchman who may be the favorite if you want to pay tribute to Moebius on the occasion of his death, although my favorites are Habibi and above all Polina. As for the fanzines, since it could not enter as such Synonyms of Profit, the people of Thermozero are doing a great job and I would be happy if they took the award:

The prizes of 30 Barcelona International Comic Fair they are the ones that will have the largest total endowment in the history of the contest. The Salon Grand Prize and the award for Best Work by Spanish Author they have, respectively, 10.000 euros, while the award for Best Fanzine is 1.500 euros. In addition, thanks to the sponsorship of the Divina Pastora Foundation, Revelation Author Award it will be maintained with an endowment of 3.000 euros. The category for Best Work by Foreign Author continues without a cash prize.

All the awards add up to 24.500 euros compared to 20.400 last year. A rise of 20 percent. Despite the crisis, the Salon increases, with its own resources and with the collaboration of the Divina Pastora Foundation, its commitment to reward the talent of our authors.

In the first phase of the voting, the professionals of the comic strip sector have chosen the nominees for the categories of Best Work of Spanish Author 2011, Best Work of Foreign Author and Best Fanzine. This is the list of nominees:

NOMINATED BEST WORK BY SPANISH AUTHOR PUBLISHED IN 2011

Adventures of a Japanese office worker, by José Domingo (Bang Ediciones)

Dublinés, by Alfonso Zapico (Astiberri Ediciones)

The Hero, by David Rubín (Astiberri Ediciones)

Españistán, by Aleix Saló (Ediciones Glénat, now Editores de Tebeos, SL)

Fagocitosis, by Marcos Prior and Danide (Ediciones Glénat, now Editores de Tebeos, SL)

Stories of the neighborhood, by Gabi Beltrán and Bartolomé Seguí (Astiberri Ediciones)

The Wild Girl, by Mireia Pérez (Ediciones Sins Entido)

The protector, by Keko (Edicions de Ponent)

The Atlas & Axis saga, by Pau (Dibbuks)

Memories of a man in pajamas, by Paco Roca (Astiberri Ediciones)

NOMINATED BEST FOREIGN WORK PUBLISHED IN SPAIN IN 2011

Arzak the vigilant, by Moebius (Editorial Standard)

Five thousand kilometers per second, by Manuele Fior (Ediciones Sins Entido)

Chronicles of Jerusalem, by Guy Delisle (Astiberri Ediciones)

Little Christian, by Blutch (Norma Editorial)

Frank, by Jim Woodring (Fulgencio Pimentel Ediciones)

Habibi, by Craig Thompson (Astiberri Ediciones)

Paying for it, by Chester Brown (Ediciones La Cúpula)

Polina, by Bastien Vivès (Diabolo Ediciones)

Quai d'Orsay, by Abel Lanzac and Christophe Blain (Norma Editorial)

Toxic, by Charles Burns (Random House Mondadori)

NOMINATED BEST SPANISH FANZINE 2011

Dressing

Hummingbird

thermozero

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Zócalo

As of Wednesday, March 14, the second phase of professional voting begins, ending on Thursday, April 19. In this second round, the professionals will give their vote to one nominee for each of the three categories. In addition, for the Grand Prize of the Comic Fair, in recognition of the trajectory of more than 25 years, professionals may propose up to a maximum of five names on the condition that they have not previously won the award. The author with the most votes will be the winner.

El Revelation Author Award sponsored by the Divina Pastora Foundation will be selected directly by a jury of recognized comic specialists chosen by said entity and the award will be given at the awards ceremony of the 30 Barcelona International Comic Fair. All those authors who have published their first unitary or serial work in 2011, with the condition that they were born from 1976 onwards, will be eligible for this award. The Divina Pastora Foundation It contemplates among its foundational purposes the carrying out of training and educational, educational and cultural tasks.

Fans will be able to vote directly to the one they consider the Best Comic of the year 2011, whether by a Spanish or foreign author. Said vote will be carried out through the website of FICOMIC between the March 19 and the April 16.

El 30 BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL COMIC SHOW It will be held from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 May in the palace number 8 of Fira de Barcelona. I remind you that the application period for accreditations and interviews is now open. This period will end on Monday, April 23, date from which no more passes will be processed. To request the accreditations it is necessary to provide all the data of the medium, as well as the coverage carried out during the previous year. If it is the first year in which you go to the Living Room, it is necessary to send some recently published work related to comics or culture in general.

Source: AACE.