ASTONISHING X-MEN, BATWOMAN & More Nominated For GLAAD Media Awards

ASTONISHING X-MEN, BATWOMAN & More Nominated For GLAAD Media Awards

The awards, which "honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives", have recognized several comic books from last year. Read on for the full list..

By MarkCassidy - Jan 16, 2013 08:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Comics
Source: GLAAD.org



The 24th annual GLAAD Media Award nominees have been revealed. Here are the nominations in the "Outstanding Comic Book" category..

Astonishing X-Men by Marjorie Liu
Marvel

Batwoman by W. Haden Blackman, J.H. Williams III
DC Comics

Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Andrew Chambliss, Scott Allie, Jane Espenson, Drew Z. Greenberg
Dark Horse

Earth 2 by James Robinson
DC Comics

Kevin Keller by Dan Parent
Archie Comics


So we have the same-sex marriage from Astonishing X-Men, a lesbian main character in Batwoman (which won last year), the gay slayer from Buffy, a gay Green Lantern in Earth 2 and I have no idea who Kevin Keller is but I'm gonna assume he's a gay Archie character? Anyway, who do you think should win? There are lots of other categories, with movies such as Cloud Atlas and Paranorman picking up noms so be sure to click the link below to check them out.









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