Award season is here! We are pleased to share that SAUCER COUNTRY has been nominated for a Hugo Award and BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE artist, Amanda Conner, has been nominated for a Reuben Award!

The Hugo Awards have been presented annually since 1955 and are science fiction’s most prestigious award. Voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention, the nominees for the 2013 Hugo Awards were recently announced.

SAUCER COUNTRY Vol 1: RUN, written by Paul Cornell with art by Ryan Kelly, is nominated in the Best Graphic Story category.

You can visit the Hugo Awards site for the full list of nominees.

The 2013 Hugo Award and John W. Campbell Award winners will be announced Sunday, September 1, 2013, during the Hugo Awards Ceremony at LoneStarCon 3 in San Antonio, Texas.

But that’s not all!

Each year, the National Cartoonists Society honors the year’s outstanding achievements in all areas of the profession. The 2012 nominees for the 67th Annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards were recently announced.

Among the nominees in the Comic Book category is artist and co-writer, Amanda Conner for her work on BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE.

For the full list of nominees click here.

The winners will be announced Saturday, May 25th at the Reuben Awards dinner in Pittsburgh, PA.

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!