FRANCES GATEWARD AND JOHN JENNINGS WIN EISNER AWARD FOR THE BLACKER THE INK
Frances Gateward and John Jennings have won the 2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work for their edited collection, The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art.
The Blacker the Ink is the first book to explore not only the diverse range of black characters in comics, but also the multitude of ways that black artists, writers, and publishers have made a mark on the industry.
Named for the pioneering comics creator and graphic novelist Will Eisner, the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are considered the “Oscars” of the comics world. The 2016 awards were presented on Friday in more than two dozen categories during a gala ceremony at Comic-Con International: San Diego.