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The 2013 Eisner Award Winners have been announced at San Diego Comic-Con with Chris Ware leading the wins for his celebrated work Building Stories, alongside Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga which also won a number of awards.

The Eisners are awarded each year at the San Diego Comic-Con and are the most prestigious awards in the comics industry, being the comics equivalent of the Oscars.

The Eisners are named after Will Eisner, one of the most celebrated artist/writers in comics whose works included creating the superhero series The Spirit as well as his masterpiece, A Contract with God, one of the best books of the 20th century.

This year saw artist/writer Chris Ware pick up the lion’s share of the awards for his book/construction project Building Stories, winning Best New Graphic Album, Best Writer/Artist, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design.

Also among the winners...

Comic-Con International has released the complete list of nominees for the 2013 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The winners of the award will be revealed during the annual ceremony held at Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 19.

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Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2013. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from crime noire to autobiographical works to cartoon adventures.

Three titles lead the 2013 list with 5 nominations each. Chris Ware’s critically acclaimed Building Stories (published by Pantheon) has nods for Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design. Also garnering 5 nominations are Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s Fatale (published by Image) and Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye (published by Marvel...

Comic-Con International is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards of 2013. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from crime noir to autobiographical works to cartoon adventures. Three titles lead the 2013 list with 5 nominations each.

Chris Ware’s critically acclaimed Building Stories (published by Pantheon) has nods for Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design. Also garnering 5 nominations are Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s Fatale (published by Image) and Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye (published by Marvel). Both are nominated for Best Continuing Series, Best New Series, Best Writer, Best Penciller/Inker, and Best Cover Artist. (Fatale also shares the coloring nomination for Dave Stewart.)Close behind with 4 nominations are Boom!/kaboom’s Adventure Time (Best New Series,...

With flashy movie adaptations of childhood favorites like The Smurfs and Alvin and the Chipmunks making incredible profits worldwide, it's little wonder that DreamWorks recently snatched up the rights to a whole cache of classic characters that could be spun into future family-friendly franchises. Now Kevin Clash, best known as the man behind the Sesame Street's Elmo, is getting in on the game, producing a film with long-beloved dolls Raggedy Ann and Andy at its center. Variety reports Clash and The Gotham Group will adapt Johnny Gruelle's storybook Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel With Wrinkled Knees into a musical comedy that will blend puppetry and computer graphics to bring its patchwork pair of protagonists to life. Much like the recent Muppets movie, the film will have a modern-day setting and include a slew of celebrity cameos. Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel With Wrinkled Knees...

Kevin Clash has entered many a childhood as the puppeteer of Sesame Street‘s Elmo, but it wasn’t until last year’s acclaimed (and streamable) Being Elmo that many got to see the man behind the fabric. The man’s now mixing the profession at which he so excelled and the world of film, as Variety reports that Clash has teamed with The Gotham Group for a live-action film based on Raggedy Ann and Andy.

The production, while mostly practical, will also require the assistance of CGI to create these beloved — though, in my opinion, slightly unsettling — dolls to life; it’s only right to expect Clash will be operating them. Plot-wise, inspiration stems from Johnny Gruelle‘s Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel With Wrinkled Knees, a story in which the two heroes get lost in the modern-day world whilst trying to retrieve a stolen doll, Babette.

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Aardvark Vanaheim

Glamourpuss #25, $3.00

Abstract Studios

Rachel Rising #8, $3.99

Action Lab Entertainment

Double Jumpers #1 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Antarctic Press

Airboy Deadeye #2 (Of 5), $3.50

Last Zombie Neverland #4 (Of 5), $3.99

Ape Entertainment

Richie Rich #5 (James Silvani Variant Cover), Ar

Archaia Entertainment

Cow Boy A Boy And His Horse Hc, $19.95

Archie Comics

Archie And Friends Double Digest #16, $3.99

Betty And Veronica Friends Double Digest #225, $3.99

Sonic The Hedgehog #237, $2.99

Ardden Entertainment

Minx Tp (resolicited)(not verified by Diamond), $19.99

Avatar Press

Crossed Badlands #3 (Jacen Burrows Auxiliary Edition), $3.99

Ferals #3 (Gabriel Andrade Auxiliary Edition), $3.99

Stitched #4 (Mike Wolfer Auxiliary Edition), $3.99

Barron’S Educational Series

Digital Art Technique Manual For Illustrators And Artists Sc, $29.99

Black Library

Dead Winter Mmpb (Warhammer)(Time Of Legends The Black Plague), $8.99

Bongo Comics

Futurama Comics #61, $2.99

Simpsons Summer Shindig #6, $4.99

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As Toy Story 3 arrives on DVD and Blu-ray, we look at other films in which toys walk and talk under their own power, and they've been doing it for quite a while too!

The Toy Story triumvirate will reign supreme among stories of toys coming to life and it's hard to imagine any single film or series that uses the premise of living playthings ever besting the perfect trio of movies.

But having given the hat trick fair praise, the toys in Andy's room weren't the first to walk and talk under their own control, and other stories feature toys springing to life when their owners aren't around or by the power of dreams and wishes, the magic of midnight or, in one case, the might of military grade munitions chips.

So, if you still have room for more childhood toy fantasies and adventures beyond Woody, Buzz and their crew,...

As Toy Story 3 arrives on DVD and Blu-ray, we look at other films in which toys walk and talk under their own power, and they've been doing it for quite a while too!

The Toy Story triumvirate will reign supreme among stories of toys coming to life and it's hard to imagine any single film or series that uses the premise of living playthings ever besting the perfect trio of movies.

But having given the hat trick fair praise, the toys in Andy's room weren't the first to walk and talk under their own control, and other stories feature toys springing to life when their owners aren't around or by the power of dreams and wishes, the magic of midnight or, in one case, the might of military grade munitions chips.

So, if you still have room for more childhood toy fantasies and adventures beyond Woody, Buzz and their crew,...

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Happy birthday Raggedy Ann!

Since 1915 when she was lovingly created by illustrator Johnny Gruelle for his daughter, the beloved character has delighted children of all ages.

Not only has she inspired 50 million books and toys, but she’s even appeared on The Office and been inducted in the National Toy Hall of Fame.

Well, now your tots can get in on the fun! To mark her 95th anniversary, she’s getting a modern update with an exclusive collection of vintage-inspired dolls.

It includes both Raggedy Ann ($30) and Raggedy Andy ($30), complete with commemorative certificates in each box for your mini toy collector.