The nominations for the 2015 Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award were announced last week on the Comic Con International website, and one of the nominees was Gabriel “Gabo” Bautista of the ONI Press series The Life After.
Russ Manning was a popular artist of the Golden and Silver Age of comics, and he was known for his work on the Magnus, Robot Fighter comic book and the Tarzan and Star Wars newspaper strips. The 2015 Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award has been given out annually at San Diego Comic-Con since 1982 to honor a comic artist that at the beginning of his or her career demonstrates a high level of ability to create quality comics. The first recipient of the award was Dave Stevens, creator of The Rocketeer, and many other comic legends have been honored with this award, including Scott McCloud, Jeff Smith, Steve Rude, and David Petersen.
Official press release:
THE LIFE AFTER ARTIST GABO NOMINATED FOR RUSS MANNING PROMISING NEWCOMER AWARD
GABO RECOGNIZED FOR HIS WORK ON CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SERIES
PORTLAND, OR May 1, 2015 – Oni Press, Portland’s premier independent comic book publisher, today celebrates a Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award nomination for Gabo, artist on The Life After.
Gabriel “Gabo” Bautista is an Eisner and Harvey award-winning colorist and illustrator located in Chicago. He has previously worked on titles such as Will Eisner’s The Spirit, Elephantmen, and All-Star Western. Gabo’s work on the Oni Press comic The Life After, as illustrator and colorist, has earned him this nomination.
“I pretty much fainted when I heard the news, and then I saw the other nominees and I fainted again,” says Gabo about the nomination. “I am so incredibly honored and thrilled to be standing next to such brilliant artists. I owe all credit to my editor Ari Yarwood, the rest of the Oni Press crew, and of course Josh Fialkov for this. They’ve trained and nurtured me like a prize fighter, I love them all dearly.”
The Life After is a psychedelic, dark comedy adventure through Heaven and Hell, with the one man who could change the very nature of the afterlife itself. Jude’s life seems like every day is just a repeat of the last one, until he discovers supernatural abilities that reveal the world around him is Purgatory for suicides. Now awake, he and the legendary Ernest Hemingway plan to change the afterlife for the better even if that doesn’t sit well with the bigwigs down below or up above.
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