You have until Sunday to vote for the best work in comics form the past 12 months, and it has been a good year for comics. Here’s all the details and the categories are below.
Broken Frontier Awards 2010: The Ballot
Best Writer – Mainstream
Bill Willingham (Fables, Jack of Fables)
Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Avengers)
Grant Morrison (Batman and Robin, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne)
J. Michael Straczynski (Superman: Earth One, Brave & The Bold)
Jonathan Hickman (Fantastic Four, Secret Warriors)
Best Writer – Independent
Dan Clowes (Wilson)
Jeff Smith (Rasl)
Mark Waid (Irredeemable, Incorruptible)
Nick Spencer (Morning Glories, Shuddertown)
Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible)
Best Artist – Mainstream
Doug Mahnke (Green Lantern)
Frazer Irving (Batman and Robin, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne)
Jim Cheung (Avengers: The Children’s Crusade)
Olivier Coipel (Siege)
Steve Epting (Fantastic Four, The Marvel’s Project)
Best Artist – Independent
Charles Burns (X’ed Out)
Darick Robertson (The Boys)
Darwyn Cooke (The Outfit)
Jen Wang (Koko Be Good)
Nathan Fox (Fluorescent Black)
Best Ongoing Series
Batman and Robin (DC)
Scalped (DC/Vertigo)
The Unwritten (DC/Vertigo)
The Walking Dead (Image)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (Marvel)
Best Limited Series
Blackest Night (DC)
Daytripper (DC/Vertigo)
Hellboy: The Storm (Dark Horse)
Siege (Marvel)
Spider-Man: Fever (Marvel)
Best Debut Book
American Vampire (DC/Vertigo)
Morning Glories (Image)
The Sixth Gun (Oni Press)
Skullkickers (Image)
The Traveler (BOOM! Studios)
Best Graphic Novel
45 (Com.X)
Moving Pictures (Top Shelf)
Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
Wilson (Drawn + Quarterly)
X’ed Out (Pantheon)
Best Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Dark Horse
DC Comics
Image Comics
Marvel Comics