WEBVTT 00:00.031 --> 00:05.267 [SPEAKER_00]: Image Comics Snacks, multiple awards, every Hilled Publisher steps down. 00:05.708 --> 00:07.454 [SPEAKER_00]: Happy Birthday Adam Hughes! 00:08.035 --> 00:11.526 [SPEAKER_00]: This is Comic Book Club News for May 5th, 2026. 00:29.326 --> 00:36.939 [SPEAKER_00]: With Eisner nominations now open, image comics is pulling out all the stops to tout some of its titles that have already won awards. 00:37.139 --> 00:43.149 [SPEAKER_00]: Perra press released for the publisher, all Negro comics won the twenty-twenty-six children and youth literacy award. 00:43.249 --> 00:48.077 [SPEAKER_00]: While Jeff LeMier's fish flies was nominated at the twenty-twenty-five Nebula Awards. 00:48.057 --> 00:57.807 [SPEAKER_00]: In addition, the power fantasy was nominated for a 26-Hugo Award and Feral and the Department of Truth were both ranked on the American Library Association's annual lists. 00:58.167 --> 00:59.969 [SPEAKER_00]: Is today a slow news day for comics? 01:00.330 --> 01:13.423 [SPEAKER_00]: Sure is, as of this recording, but hey, if you are nominating anything for the Isters this year, image would like you to keep these titles in mind. 01:16.778 --> 01:22.467 [SPEAKER_00]: Dave White, co-founder of the graphic novel company, Avery Hill publishing, is stepping down after 14 years. 01:22.647 --> 01:25.953 [SPEAKER_00]: He'll be succeeded as publisher by fellow co-founder Ricky Miller. 01:25.993 --> 01:31.722 [SPEAKER_00]: Founded in 2012, Avery Hill is known for books like The Hard Switch, a drift on a painted sea and more. 01:31.842 --> 01:41.638 [SPEAKER_00]: While White is stepping down, there's plenty more to come this year, including an adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a sci-fi adventure titled John of the Night and Others. 01:41.618 --> 01:48.550 [SPEAKER_00]: Send Whitefeet Press release quotes on said to be stepping away I'm excited that there are so many brilliant graphic novels ahead with Avery Hill. 01:48.710 --> 02:00.471 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm looking forward to being on the other side of the table and filling my bookshelf with more Avery Hill classics for years to come. 02:03.995 --> 02:08.642 [SPEAKER_00]: Today is legendary artist Adam Hughes' birthday as the creator turns 59. 02:08.702 --> 02:15.752 [SPEAKER_00]: Not to start this on a sour note, but last month, Hughes' wife Ellison soon announced he had been diagnosed with coloeorectal cancer. 02:15.832 --> 02:23.683 [SPEAKER_00]: Good news is that Hughes has started keyotherapy, and despite having a large mass removed this type of cancer is survivalable and treatable. 02:23.743 --> 02:30.593 [SPEAKER_00]: So in honor of that, let's list some of the many, many accomplishments of Hughes to celebrate the fact that he's still around, and hopefully kicking cancer's butt. 02:30.573 --> 02:38.545 [SPEAKER_00]: Hughes began his career in 1987 starting as a pin-up artist before moving over to DC Comics after being introduced to an editor by Bill Willingham. 02:38.565 --> 02:41.309 [SPEAKER_00]: This led to a long career drawing everything from Mr. 02:41.369 --> 02:45.735 [SPEAKER_00]: Miracle to Gen 13 for Wildstorm covers for Wonder Woman and much more. 02:45.816 --> 02:57.593 [SPEAKER_00]: Leading into his pin-up roots, Hughes also generated everything from a controversially sexy Mary Jane Watson statue to a less controversial real power of the DC Universe poster in the style of Vanity Fair's cover shoots. 02:57.573 --> 03:08.228 [SPEAKER_00]: His cover work continued with standout stinside Catwoman, three-ish who run on covers and tears and writing for Betty and Veronica for Archie, and back again to covers for a divisible woman-bitty series for Marvel. 03:08.289 --> 03:20.066 [SPEAKER_00]: While Hughes technically moved away from comic books in 2022 to work on character design for animation, the Eisner-winning artist remains a staple and legend to the comic book community here's hoping that continues for years to come. 03:20.106 --> 03:22.249 [SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Elbin. 03:22.369 --> 03:23.190 [SPEAKER_00]: And hey, we did it! 03:23.390 --> 03:25.133 [SPEAKER_00]: Sloan news day over! 03:25.113 --> 03:27.198 [SPEAKER_00]: Got tips or stories you'd like us to cover? 03:27.418 --> 03:30.285 [SPEAKER_00]: Email us at comic bookclublive at gmail.com. 03:30.445 --> 03:35.417 [SPEAKER_00]: For more comic book news, reviews, and interviews, check out comic bookclublive.com. 03:35.437 --> 03:40.168 [SPEAKER_00]: Listen early and add free on patreon.com slash comic book club.