The first Comic Con India Awards to kick start the 2nd Annual Comic Con India on 16th February 2012 at Indian International Center, New Delhi has received a great response from the industry in its 7 different categories.
Speaking to AnimationXpress.com Jatin Varma, Founder, Comic Con India shares, “We have had a tremendous response from all quarters of the Comics Industry as well entries from the mainstream publishers. Our Unpublished Work Grant received 140 entries from across India, the awards have started off on the right path, we look forward to announcing the winners on the 16th of February.”
The final nominations for the awards have been announced. They are
Best Graphic Novel/ Comic Book of the Year
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Tenzing Norgay, Amar Chitra Katha
Nelson Mandela, Campire Graphic Novel
Shiva, Vimanika Comics
Animal Palette, Aakruti Books
Best Writer
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Suhas Sundar for Odayan #1
Dan Danko for Leonardo Da Vinci
Chetan Joshi for Animal Palette
Best Publication for Children
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Tinkle Magazine’s Tinkle Holiday Special (37),
Campfire Graphic Novels’ two titles- The Jungle Book and Three Men in a Boat, Penguin Group’s (India) two titles- The Kashmiri Storyteller and Moochhandar,
Sufi Comics’ 40 Sufi Comics
Green Gold Animation’s Chhota Bheem
Best Cover
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Muhammad Ali, Prince Varghese (art) & Jayakrishna KP (Design)
River of Smoke Vol.2, Ajanta Guhathakurta (Cover Illustration) & Bena Sareen (Cover Design)
Tinkle 590, Abhijeet Kini
Sita, Manikandan (Illustrator) & Jayakrishna KP (Color & Design)
Odayan – Issue 01, Deepak Sharma & Raghavendra Kamath
I Am Kalki, Vimanika Comics
Best Artist
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Tenzing Norgay, Atula Siriwardane
The Rabhas Incident, Harsho Mohan Chattoraj
Odayan, Deepak Sharma
Leonardo Da vinci, Lalit Kumar Sharma
Muhammad Ali, Lalit Kumar Sharma
The Jungle Book, Amit Tayal
Milk and Quickies, Abhijeet Kini
Ravanayan (Issue 04), Vivek Goel
Best Web Comic
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40 Sufi Comics, Sufi Comics
Beast Legion, Beast Legion
Odayan, Level 10 Entertainment
Best Unpublished Work Grant
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A Figment of Reality, Neelesh V. Saran
The Masterpiece, Harsho Mohan Chattoraj
Satya Police, Mohit Srivastava & Gagandeep Kochar
Untitled, Aashim Raj
Hail, Abhinav Krishna