The 2020 ComicBook.com Golden Issue Award for Best Letterer
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Welcome back to the annual ComicBook.com Golden Issue Awards. Every year, the staff at ComicBook takes a look back at the year and selects the best of what comics, movies, television, anime, games, and the rest of pop culture had to offer. 2020 was a rough year in many respects, and unfortunately, the comics industry felt the squeeze of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the global economic impact that spun out of it. That didn t stop some truly remarkable work coming out of the American comics industry last year, though, and we re here today to celebrate our pick for the year s top letterer. Letterers are sometimes the unsung heroes in comics, bringing the thoughts and words of our favorite characters to life, as well as helping to shape the worlds they live in, with stylized fonts, sound effects, and other details rarely paid attention to by many readers. In more recent years, talent like letterers, colorists, and edit
The 2020 ComicBook.com Golden Issue Awards Nominees for Comics
Welcome to the 2020 Golden Issue Awards, an annual occasion in which the many writers at ComicBook.com gather to reflect upon the best comic books (and related media) of the prior year and vote to select the best of the best for recognition. For this section of the awards, we are focused entirely on the medium of comics in 8 categories highlighting specific publications and creative positions.
2020 was a year unlike any other for comics, but the diversity of our nominees in each category reflect the resilience and excellence epitomized by the industry in the midst of hard times. The “big two” publishers offered up a variety of series which flew far above the standards for capes comics, while many smaller publishers delivered both enthralling new concepts and reinvigorated classic ideas. It was a similar case for creators. Relative newcomers rose to stand side-by-side with living legends delivering some career-best w