WATSON AND HOLMES Nominated For Two Eisner Awards

Great news from our clients at New Paradigm Studios: Watson and Holmes has been nominated for two Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards:  Best New Series (by Karl Bollers and Rick Leonardi) and Best Single Issue (#6 by Brandon Easton and N Steven Harris)! Congratulations to all our friends at New Paradigm for this prestigious honor! eisnerawards_logo_9     watson WATSON AND HOLMES is a modern urban take on the tales of “Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  Re-envisioning Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson as African Americans and taking place in New York City’s famous Harlem district, the stories can go in fresh and new directions never traveled before. Named for aclaimed comics creator the Will Eisner, the awards are celebrating their 26th year of highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels. The 2014 Eisner Awards judging panel consists of comics retailer Kathy Bottarini (Comic Book Box, Rhonert Park, CA), author/educator William H. Foster (Untold Stories of Black Comics), reviewer Christian Lipski (Portland, OR Examiner), Comic-Con International board member Lee Oeth, library curator Jenny Robb (Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum), and Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist/critic James Romberger (Post York, 7 Miles a Second, Jezebel’s Virtue). Grand Design Communications is the foreign rights agent for Watson and Holmes and the other excellent titles from New Paradigm Studios.

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