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Nominations Open for Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Comics Award

Nominations Open for Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Comics Award

Submissions are now being accepted for the 42nd annual Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award The award will be presented on the Friday, the 25th of July 2025 during the Eisner Awards Ceremony at San Diego Comic-Con The deadline is the 30th of May. Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Comics Award Started in 1982 in conjunction with the West[...]
When Russ Manning Drew Boba Fett For The First Time In 1980

When Russ Manning Drew Boba Fett For Star Wars in June 1980

While the first appearance of Boba Fett in the UK comic came in the opening splash page of The Empire Strikes Back Weekly #127 from July 1980. But in June 1980, Boba Fett made his first comic book appearance outside of a graphic novel movie adaptation, in the Star Wars newspaper strip drawn by Russ Manning[...]
Comic Industry Professionals – It's SDCC Application Time

Comic Industry Professionals – It's SDCC Application Time

And if you didn't get in in time – well look forward to conducting all your meetings in the Hyatt lobby instead… And talking of comic book professionals at San Diego, the nominations for the Russ Manning Award, presented at the Eisner Awards for the most promising newcomer in comic books, have opened. Maybe you could get[...]