Gfest Fan Favorite Bill Willingham Nominated for a Hugo Award

Yesterday, the 2010 Hugo Award nominations were announced, naming the best that sci-fi and fantasy had to offer of the past year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories and have been presented every year since 1955.


The winners will be announced at this year’s WorldCon.

The nominees are:

Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages  Written by Bill Willingham; Pencilled by Mark Buckingham; Art by Peter Gross & Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn; Colour by Lee Loughridge & Laura Allred; Letters by Todd Klein (Vertigo Comics)


Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Written by Neil Gaiman; Pencilled by Andy Kubert; Inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics)


Captain Britain And MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State Written by Paul Cornell; Pencilled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf (Marvel Comics)

Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; Art by Phil Foglio; Colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)

Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse Written and Illustrated by Howard Tayler