The Quill Awards

chad writes, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” has won “Book of the Year” in the first-ever Quill Awards. The nominees are selected by a large group of booksellers and librarians, but the winners are chosen by the readers. Genre winners include “The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror” by Christopher Moore (Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror) and “Marvel 1602 Volume I” by
Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, and Richard Isanove (Graphic Novel). The Quill Foundation has some pretty heavy supporters–so I think we’ll be hearing more about these awards in the upcoming years. Having read (and reviewed) 1602, I’m a little surprised by the win. The wins for including Jon Stewart and company’s America: The Book in the humour and audiobook categories don’t surprise me in the least, though. The book is funny.

Weekly Comics Discussion – Wednesday, October 12, 2005

This week’s shipping
list includes Essential Spider-Man Vol. 7
and Essential Werewolf by Night Vol. 1, which
are the only two items I’ll be taking home this week.
(I won’t be ordering further volumes of Essential
Amazing Spider-Man, Essential Fantastic
Four or Essential X-Men, either, thanks
to the DVD-ROM versions.) Other items of note include
Exiles #71, the first issue of Peter David’s
Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man (which
kicks off the 12 part “The Other” storyline, which
will run through all three Spider-Man titles until
January, and which has a single writer handling all
three titles for the first month), House of M
#7, Ghost Rider (along with a
“Director’s Cut” edition of Ghost Rider ),
Ultimate X-Men #64, the Green Lantern
Rebirth hardcover (which I do recommend but
haven’t reviewed yet), Infinite Crisis ,
and the Astro City: Local Heroes TPB.