Good friend, loyal supporter of Twilight Star Studios, co-founder of Champion City Comic Con , and my partner in crime in regards to Comic Book Jeopardy...Matt Smith...is up for an Eisner Award!!!!

Best Educational/Academic Work
Alan Moore: Conversations, ed. by Eric Berlatsky (University Press of Mississippi)
Cartooning: Philosophy & Practice, by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press)
Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods, edited by Matthew J. Smith and Randy Duncan (Routledge)
Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby, by Charles Hatfield (University Press of Mississippi)
Projections: Comics and the History of 21st Century Storytelling, by Jared Gardner (Stanford University Press)


Way to go Matt!!!!!!!

And ....Mark Waid who appeared as a celebrity guest for the latest version of Comic Book Jeopardy hosted by Matt this past weekend at Gem City Comic Con in Dayton Ohio has multiple nominations for his recent work on Daredevil!!!

Wishing these two guys the best....they deserve it!!!