Jennifer de Guzman 🪲🦋🐝🐞
After a blatantly racist work was nominated for four #EisnerAwards, it’s time to change how nominations for the comic book industry’s most prestigious awards are made. In an open letter to the Comic-Con International Board, Mariah McCourt and I are asking for greater transparency and changes to this process to reduce systemic bias in order to maintain awards’ prestige and relevance. Please read and sign on if you’re part of the #comics community and agree! https://jenniferdeguzman.com/blog/2023/5/25/the-eisner-awards-transparency-and-diversity-an-open-letter
The Eisner Awards: Transparency and Diversity - An Open Letter — Jennifer de Guzman

Comic-Con International Board of Directors Frank Alison Ned Cato Shelley Fruchey Chris Sturhan Ron McFee Michelle Hylton John Smith Dear Board: As comics professionals, we are concerned about the ongoing issues of inclusion and diversity in the nomination process of both Eisner judges and works f

Jennifer de Guzman
May 26, 2023 at 4:23pmWeb
Show threadJennifer de Guzman 🪲🦋🐝🐞May 26, 2023
For more context, here is an article about the controversy around the nomination of Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral by Thomas Woodruff: https://www.comicsbeat.com/eisner-award-best-graphic-novel-nominee-ignites-controversy/
Eisner Award Best Graphic Novel nominee ignites controversy

Thomas Woodruff's Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral has come under fire over his teaching career and charges of cultural appropriation.

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Show threadBrandon Seifert (he/him)May 26, 2023
@JenniferdeGuzman WOW. Good lord.
Show threadJennifer de Guzman 🪲🦋🐝🐞May 26, 2023
@brandontseifert Things been going down on twitter!
Show threadBrandon Seifert (he/him)May 26, 2023
@JenniferdeGuzman Looks like it! I've been avoiding the place like the plague for a long time.