Glyph Comics Awards
The Glyph Comics Awards is an annual award ceremony for comic creators who are people of color. The ceremony was initiated with the goal of inspiring young writers from diverse backgrounds to participate in the comics industry.
| Glyph Comics Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The best in comics made by, for, and about people of color |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention |
| First awarded | 2006 |
| Website | www |
The awards are named after Glyphs: The Language of the Black Comics Community, at Pop Culture Shock, a blog founded in 2005 by comic journalist Rich Watson as "a means to provide news and commentary on comics with black themes, as well as tangential topics in the fields of black science-fiction/fantasy and animation."
The Glyph Comics Awards have been presented at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, in Philadelphia, since 2006.
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