OTHER AWARDS:

•	The Comic-Con Icon Awards
•	The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
•	Brave New World Gets the 2008 Spirit of Comics Retailer Award
•	Archie Goodwin, Larry Lieber to Receive 2008 Bill Finger Award
•	Paul Levitz Receives the 2008 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
•	Cathy Malkasian Receives the 2008 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award
•	Comic-Con International's Inkpot Awards

Portrait of Russ Manning
by Milton Caniff

Cathy Malkasian Receives 2008 Manning Award

Comic-Con, the nation's largest comic book and popular arts convention, announces this year's recipient of the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award (or The Manning Award as it is more commonly referred): Cathy Malkasian, writer/artist of Percy Gloom (published by Fantagraphics). The award was given to Malkasian as part of the 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards held Friday, July 25, 2008, at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.

The Manning award has been given out annually at the San Diego Comic-Con since 1982. It is presented to a comics artist who, early in his or her career, shows a superior knowledge and ability in the art of creating comics. It is named for Russ Manning, the artist best known for his work on the Tarzan and Star Wars newspaper strips and the Magnus, Robot Fighter comic book.

The 2008 nominees were:

• Fred Chao, writer/artist of Johnny Hiro (published by AdHouse)
• Barry Deutsch, writer/artist of Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword (self-published)
• Cathy Malkasian, writer/artist of Percy Gloom (published by Fantagraphics)
• Mukesh Singh, artist of Shadow Hunter (published by Virgin Comics)
• Christian Slade, artist of Korgi (published by Top Shelf)

The nominees were selected by a committee consisting of representatives of the West Coast Comics Club and Comic-Con International: San Diego, and the winner was chosen by past Manning award winners and Russ Manning assistants.

The Russ Manning
Most Promising Newcomer Award

The Manning award has been given out annually at the San Diego Comic-Con since 1982. It is given in the name of Russ Manning, the artist best known for his work on the Tarzan and Star Wars newspaper strips and the Magnus, Robot Fighter comic book. Russ was a popular guest at the San Diego convention in the 1970s. Past Manning winners have included Dave Stevens, Jan Duursema, Steve Rude, Scott McCloud, Art Adams, Eric Shanower, Dan Brereton, Jeff Smith, Gene Ha, Goran Sudzuka, and Tan Eng Huat.

The chair of the Manning Awards committee is Gene Henderson. He can be contacted at:

Past winners of the Manning Award,