GLAAD announced the nominees for their 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, and DC Comics leads publishers in the Outstanding Comic Book category with two nominations: Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Chad Hardin, John Timms, and Jed Dougherty’s Harley Quinn; and, Steve Orlando, Aco, Hugh Petrus, Alec Morgan, and Stephen Mooney’s Midnighter.
Also nominated were Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Carolyn Nowak, and Brooke Allen’s Lumberjanes from BOOM! Studios; Marguerite Bennett, Kim Jacinto, Israel Silva, and Stephanie Hans’s Angela, Queen of Hel from Marvel Comics; and, Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Kate Brown and Tula Lotay’s The Wicked + The Divine from Image Comics.
Winners will be announced in the Spring. The comics award is typically given away at the second of two gala celebrations, which this year will take place in New York City on May 14th, 2016. The first night of awards takes place in Los Angeles on Aprul 2nd.
From the GLAAD website:
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
All proceeds of the GLAAD Media Awards support GLAAD’s work with the media to bring culture-changing stories of LGBT people to millions of homes and workplaces every day in an effort to increase understanding and awareness to build support for full equality and acceptance.
