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Urasawa, Tatsumi, Taniguchi Nominated for 2010 Eisners
posted on by Egan Loo
Also: Color Trilogy, Oishinbo, 2 non-fiction anime/manga books, Stan Sakai


The former Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan category has now been expanded to Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia. The following manga and manhwa titles are vying for the first award in the renamed category:

Kim Dong Hwa
First Second

Jiro Taniguchi
Fanfare / Ponent Mon

Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Drawn & Quarterly

Written by Tetsu Kariya, illustrated by Akira Hanasaki
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Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki
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Naoki Urasawa
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British anime journalist Helen McCarthy and American author Eric P. Nash will be competing in the Best Comics-Related Book category with The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga and Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater, respectively. Japanese-American creator Stan Sakai earned a nod in the Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) category for Usagi Yojimbo #123.
Comic-Con International will host the awards ceremony on July 23 in San Diego.
Source: The Comic Reporter
Update: More background information added.
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