Glyph Award winners announced

Winners of the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention's first Glyph Awards, which recognize "the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color," were announced this weekend in Philadelphia:

Story of the Year
Nat Turner, Kyle Baker, writer and artist

Best Writer
Lance Tooks, Lucifer's Garden of Verses: Darlin' Niki

Best Artist
Kyle Baker, Nat Turner

Best Male Character
Huey Freeman, Boondocks

Best Female Character
Darlin' Niki, Lucifer's Garden of Verses: Darlin' Niki

Fan Award for Best Comic
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?
Reginald Hudlin, John Romita Jr., Klaus Janson and Axel Alonso

Rising Star Award for Best Self-Publisher
Robert Roach, The Roach

Best Reprint Publication
Birth of a Nation softcover, Crown

Best Cover
Nat Turner #1, Kyle Baker, illustrator

Best Comic Strip
The K Chronicles, Keith Knight, writer and artist

Hudlin also was a guest of honor, along with actor/writer Kevin Grevioux and cartoonist Robb Armstrong.